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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


JpLj 8, 1881 . 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 

Saturday, July 2, 1881. 


HARPER’S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

Ax Illustrated Weekly -16 Faoeb. 

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THE ALLEGED BRIBERY. 

V MID the ju*t indignation arising from the allegt-d 
Attempt at bribery in Albany, it i* well to remem- 
ber tliat the whole familiar system of politic* baatxl 
upon " the spotlit” is it form of bribery, The spoils 
system, of which Mr. CoXEUXO is the especial repre- 
sentative, ami to amfina which he mugned, is mere- 
ly a system by which boast* use the public money to 
buy votes and services. Under the spoils regime, the 
million and a half of dollars which are paid in sal- 
arica at the New York Custom-house are given upon 
the understanding that the recipients have done and 
will continue to do certain political work, such as 
carrying primaries, and securing votes for the bosses 
in conventions. The public money, under this sys- 
tem, is used to promote private and personal inter- 
ests, under the plea of the welfare of the parly. This 
is of the very essence of bribery, because it is the poy- 
nteiit of money for votes aud Influence. But it is the 
mmuicst kind of bribery, becauau tbe briber uses the 
public money, and not his own 

Vice-President ARTHUR said, by implication and 
by general understanding, ut the DoRKEY dinner, that 
Dorsey bought the vote of Indians. The money was 
raised in purt from the enforced "contributions" of 
government utlicers. They felt— and the general prue 
tice for many years justified them in thinking— that 
the uiouey so extorted was the price of the place held 
by the giver. This is the baldest robbery and cor- 
ruption. We have ou revive* known place-holders 
distinctly warned at conventions by their appointing 
and removing superior officer that if tiiey voted ah 
they wished to rote, they should be removed, and 
tli t-ir fnmilits left penniless. They were forced by 
the threat of Ions of wage* to vole against their con- 
victions. Tliis is corruption quite as grew* as any- 
thing alleged by Mr. Bkadley. That it is reduced 
to a system is a familiar fact. It begins with the 
practice of Assessment* upon place-holders — a prac- 
tice which Axes the price of the place. That is to say, 
the party bosses and managers give a place upon con- 
dition that the holder will agree to return a percentage 
of the public money which lie receive* in salary for the 
expenses of the purt.v. Here, for instance, is a letter 
addressed on the 25 th of October last to the holder of 
a small national office: 

" Pm* Sit, — Our tank* ibow that yea law pni-l no heel to 
cither of tbe rcqseeM of thin oaamiUe* fur Me The time for 
action i* abort I need n»l *»r to jtj*i that *0 implant canrui 

like (bo one now being made ill t State like require* a great 

oatfay of inooer. and we look to yen. as one 0/ the federal beno- 
tic-urn-s, to help bear the linden. Two per c«®L of your Mtliirv U 
— . Dok remit promptly 

“ At the clu*e of the campaign we *11*11 plate a ll*t af tlaw 
who have ik< paid in the hand* of the btad of the >li |i*iim< ut you 
are in. Truly your*, 

Tlie letter was signed by the chairman of the State 
Committee. 

80 long as politics red upon this wholly mercenary 
basis that places are to lie farmed out to those who 
will pay most for them, why should we be surprised 
by any other kind of bribery and corruption in poli- 
tics f If it is honorable for a party committee to sell 
public offices, why is it dishonorable for Assemblymen 
to sell tbeir votes ? If it be right for an appointing 
officer to promise or to give the emoluments of a pub- 
lic office within In* patronage in consideration of 
personal or partisan service, why is it wrong for him 
to offer money for a vote 1 Bribery in the Lrgisln 
turo is the natural logical result of the whole system 
of venal politics known as spoils and putrouage. Mr. 
Oomtuxo resigned in order to strengthen this system. 
He an Instant mil y maerted that the Senators from a 
State should control the payment of the public mon- 
ey within it in the form of the salaries of minor offi- 
cer*. He asked the Legislature of New York to ap- 
prove that doctrine. He expected to impose it upon 
a willing Senate. He and hi# henchmen in New 
York have constantly conformed to it. They have 
unscrupulously used the appointing and removing 
power to reward aud punish subordinates. Obvious- 
ly it is a totally corrupt system. It poison* the fount- 
ains of free government. But the eorrujitioii is quite 
iw vital when It is employed in the form of patron- 
age to control the vote* of a Convention a* when, 
by the open tender of money, it is used to buy Use 


votes of a Legislature. If it should be proved that 
money has been paid to members of the Legislature 
to sign or not to digit a call for a caucus, to vote for 
or against any candidate, or for any oilier illicit pur 
pose, let every poison proved to be guilty be pun- 
ished to the utmost. But so long ion the people al 
low party home* to pay their way with the public 
money in the form of spoils, they must expect votes 
to be bought in Legislatures, and politics to be cor- 
rupted at every point. 


THE CONTEST AT ALBANY. 

The nrrond week of the content for the Senators]! ip 
in New York ended by a vote for Mr. Depew of three 
more iliun a majority of the Republican members of 
tlie Legislature. By the usages of tbe party this ia 
equivalent to a nomination. Had Mr. DCPKW re- 
ceived this number of vote* in a caucus, he would 
hare been the candidate. As the opponents of Mr. 
OoKKUNti, however, declined a caucus at the begin- 
ning. the caucus will not now be recognized by bia 
supportere. If the member* who rule for him refuse 
to vote for any other person, an election by this 
legislature, except by a coalition with the Democrats, 
is impossible ; aud Mr. Platt is asserted, without de- 
nial, to have said tliat either he and Mr. CoNKUXtt 
or elae two Democrats must he elected. 

The one thing which is plain is that the immense 
majority of the Republican* of New York and of the 
country are opposed to the re-election of Mr. Oosk- 
LJXO aud his colleague a* men who have betrayed 
their trust- Tlie must striking evidence of this feel- 
ing in New York is that in a Legislature which waa 
especially friendly to them lust winter, Mr. CoXKLtXO 
now receives but about thirty votes out of one hundred 
and six, and that although some members are known 
to be personally dreirous to vote for him. they are de- 
terred by tbeir knowledge of the feeling of their con- 
stituencies and of the party in the State. Of course, if 
the inte re s ts of the party, and of the country through 
the party, were especially regarded by him, Mr. OoNK- 
IJXii would yield to the unwavering declaration of 
ilia Republican party of New York that it rejects him. 

He will, however, risk the election of a Democratic 
successor, aud the complete transfer of tbe Senate to 
Democratic control, rather than permit another Re- 
publican to be elected in his place if he can possibly 
prevent it. His desertion of his post left the Senate 
in Democratic control, but he could restore it to the 
Republicans by withdrawing from the content. That, 
however, he will not do. upon the plea that if the 
party has rejected him, it has not United upon any 
other person mm a successor. As we write, this is 
true. But Mr. CoxKLisu and the country know 
that tlie instant he — who can not be elected, and 
who merely makes a Democratic sucovor possible 
— should withdrew, a Republican successor would 
be elected. Should tbe Ia-gislature adjourn without 
an election, the return cif two Republican Senators 
would become exceedingly doubtful, because tbe small 
Republican majority in tlie Slate hint year would 
probably disappear in tbe furious heal of tlie present 
division in the party. If. therefore, the United States 
Senate i« to be Republican, the present Legislature 
must elect. Tliat the Senate is now Democratic is 
due to Mr. COXKIJXn, and he alone will be responsible 
should it become permanently so. 

FRENCH POLITICS. 

FnKH politics have suddenly become interesting. 
M. Garrett a earnestly favors a change in tbe elect- 
oral law which would substitute the vote of a de- 
partment for that of a district, and which would so 
far bo a departure from the sound fundamental rule 
of a popular system known n> local representation. 
It would remove tlie legislative power from small 
constituencies. arid vent it in large one*; us if our 
members of Congress should lie elected Upon a gen- 
eral State ticket instead of a district ticket. This tend- 
ency to the government of a majority selected at 
large ha* been always one of the moat dangerous tend- 
encies of the French republic. It i* the perilous 
plebiscite of Low* NaPOLEOX— perilous because it en- 
ables the Government to put up candidate* for the 
whole ibountry or department, and so construct the 
mist despotic of machines. M. Gakuktta favors 
this system, and supports the department vote against 
the vote of the district because it is u step toward tbe 
rule of a simple majority w ithout check or Idlance. 

But tlie voting in the French Chambers show* that 
the sentiment of France a* there represented is against 
him. 8oiue time ago a majority of eight only in a 
vote of four hundred and seventy eight in the Depu- 
ties passed the department bill. It was a very leuu 
majority, and, before the Senate voted, M. Gambetta 
made a public progress to bis native town, and was 
welcomed very warmly. But M. Jules Simox and 
M. Waddixotox opposed tbe scheme earnestly in the 
Senate, and by a majority of thirty-four tbo bill has 
been defeated in the Senate. Tried by hi* own prin- 
ciple of tlie grotm majority, therefore, the bill ha* 
been rejected by the representative* of the people. 
But the question will be referred to the country, and 
M. UaMBETTa, from what his organ now snys, will 


evidently interpret a favorable result at the polls os a 
verdict not only for the scheme, -but again.-* the Sen- 
ate, and he will apparently propoac a revision of the 
Senatorial powers. This would bo revolutionary 
politic*. A change of the Constitution to subordinate 
the Senate to the House of Deputies, simultaneously 
with the election of Deputies' hy department* upon 
tickets prepared by M.^axhktta, would make him 
practically dictatbYW France. 

Hi* scheme is nol-fax-oruble to true representativu 
govern meait. and bstrays the defect of all French re- 
publican thinking.— a disregard of tuiziorities. The 
French republican thinks only of u majority, how- 
ever acquired, and has not yet learned that a Consti- 
tution is meant for the defense of minorities by plain- 
ly and firmly regulating tlie action of majorities. Tho 
father of American Democracy, a* tho disciples of Mr. 
Jeppersos delight to call him, said, most truly " All, 
loo, will bear in mind thi* sacred principle, tlmt 
though the will of the majority is in all cases to pre- 
vail, tliat will, to be rightful, must be reasouabto ; 
that the minority possum their equal rights, which 
equal laws must protect, and to violate would be op- 
pression.” True popular government will not bo 
achieved for France by a mere appeal to the million* 
of French voters in a mass, but by securing a wise 
system of the local representation of French opinion. 
Tha ('•ongrtasionai nomination of Uresident in this 
country wus abandon'd because it did not represent 
the choice of tlie country on either side, Tbe over- 
throw of the unit rule, and the osacrtiuu of district 
representation ut Chicago, were truly republican 
measures, because they promote peace and order by 
providing for a fair expression of all opiuions; and 
because it thwarts such an expression, GambpITa'b 
scheme is reactionary and unrepublican. 

“THE IMMORTAL PARNELL." 

No one can understand tlie situation in Ireland 
without knowing that * ‘ the immortal Parxkll,” an 
Archbishop Choice call* him, promote* the Land 
la-ague agitation, not to secure I letter land law*, but 
to achieve tlie independence of Ireland. The land 
la-ague is merely the PaRXKLL wny of playing the 
uld gutne. ‘‘The reul reason,” he says, “why the 
Irish do not succeed in Ireland is that a nation gov- 
erned bv another nation never does succeed. Tlie 
cures of foreign rule overshadows everything.” Im- 
proved land laws mar alleviate the situation some- 
what. but they are not a remedy; and Mr Pakxell'* 
objection* and obetructinns to the Gi.aimToxk bill are 
logicoL He oppose* alleviation because it bam the 
discontent upon which he rests hi* hope* and plan*. 

The evictions which are taking place are largely 
due, according to Mr. Forster, tlie Irish Secretary, 
to the ordera of the Land League prohibiting the pay- 
ing of rent. In Home case*!, doubtle-s, tier: is real 
inability to pay, but the apparent principle of tbo 
la-ague is that landlords are oppressors because they 
are landlord*, and that rent is rot die ry. Behind all 
this is the feeling that the landlords owe their claim 
to conquest and conlbu-ation. and that they have no 
rights in the country whatever. They are foreigners 
holding practically by force, and any mean* of in- 
commoding and finally expelling them is justifiable. 
Temporary anarchy, according to thi* view, is prefer- 
able to permanent subjugation. Tlie more disturbed 
and liopeleos the condition of Ireland, tin? more will- 
ing. it is assumed. England will be to relinquish her 
hold. 

These are the politic* of desperation. But no oth- 
er theory explain* tins animosity of the Irish party 
toward tbeir friends in England and their co-opera- 
tion w ith enemies. laird BeaCOXseixUi'h motto upon 
tlie Irish question waa. No surrender and no compro- 
mise. This ia the familiar Tory unreason. Tlie lab- 
era 1 policy has hc-eu inquiry and reasonable relief. 
That party has done all that has bot-u done for tbe 
remedy of Irish complaints, and to introduce justice 
into the government of Ireland. But “ the immortal 
FaRXELL” clasp* hands with the ancient and unyield- 
ing foe* of Ireland in order that the suffering of hi* 
country may become *0 intolerable as to precipitate 
su-puration. It is this position which exhaust* tho 
patience uud the sympathy of the mist n-asonahle 
Englisluneu. But the (i LADUTOxe government bolds 
j steadily to its purpose of pacification by justice, aud 
more patriotic and wiser Irishmen than Parxkll 
heartily sustain it. 

DEMOCRATIC BLUNDERS. 

The Democrats have inudn two mi* take* in tint 
pending Senatorial contest in New York : one in vir- 
tually supjiortiug Mr. CoXKLlXti'a re - election, the 
other in nominating Mr. Jacobs ua one of their can- 
didates for Uhj Seiiatorehip. The reason fur the 
friendly tone toward Mr, Coxkuxu is evident enough. 
Mr. CoNKLTXO wishes to go bock to Washington, us 
General GRAXT says, to ligltt the Administration. 
That is what tlie Democrats mean to do, ex officio, a* 
an opposition, and they would be glad of Mr, CoXK- 
UNO's nasLtance.. The succco* of the Republicans a* 
uguinsl tbe Conklin 11 faction would be tlie election 
of Senators friendly to the Administration - a result 


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kith would be obviously exceedingly dixtaataftil to 
to Democrat*. But in a larger view, to sustain Mr 
cotKLi.xu in to approve his resignation, which, nc- 
iniing to liis statement, was due to the 1’rwudent'a 
tfiwal to withdraw a nomination at Mr. CoHKLIira 
id Ox's dictation, and to the Senate's decision to 
.nlirin a nomination without the permission of Mr. 
;>XKLIXO. Now the Democratic jnirty is on its good 
dsaviur. But to adopt this monstrous pretension of 
r. I'nVKLlMM'ii is to alienate the entire independent 
de ul the country, to which it is looking for recruits. 
So in regurd to the Senatorial nomination. The 
Je for a party which is sure to be beaten at an r ke- 
rn, and which lisa therefore no reason for entnpro- 
ise in the selection of candidate, is to nominate its 
act eminent men, whose character and ability may 
cited to the party advantage a* the qualities which 
o rumor of the |>srty would bring into the public 
rvire. Under the <-i mi instance* of this contest, the 
•mination of Mr. KKHIUK was judicious, because Mr, 
iUnxll Senatorial career was creditable to the State 
d honorable to hi* party. But the significance of 
e selection was lust by associating with him Mr. 
cobs. Whatever the merits uf Mr. Jacobs may 
, he is known to the State only as a local politician, 
d to the country he is not known at all. The 
ml of liia nomination is that if the Democratic 
rty could select a Senator, it would select Mr. Ja- 
im. This. again, is not the way to prove to the 
jntry that it would be wise to intrust the goverti- 
•nt to the Democratic ]»rty ; and especially when 
• gi-ntleman thus deaignated for Senatorial distinc- 
ii sltows his estimate of the requirements of the 
ice by voting for Mr. Bradley, who is no doubt 
4j n highly meritorious gentleman, hut he is un- 
own to the State. A better way might be that in- 
duced by Tammany, namely, draw ing names from 
■at. 

rii«wc are literally the straws that allow the direc- I 
u of the wind. With one exception, the Demo- 
de, since their righteous down fall twenty yean ago, 
ve m Mused every great opportunity which was i 
•ned to them. Tlic excefriion was the nomination 
Mr, TfLDKM for the Governorship of New York. 

U uniform and unequalled blundering confirms 
- profound distrust of that party by the patriotic 
•'lligeiu'R uf the country as a purtv without prin- 
1c or political ability. In the present angry Re- 
dman division in New York tlic Democrats had 
y to affect a virtue, and they would have seemed 
have it. But they have once more lost an oppor- 
lity. and have chosen to rest their claims to public 
itidence and respect upon the assertion that if they 
ild elect a United States Senator from New York, 
rould not he Mr. SkyMOCM. or Mr. TILDES, or Mr. 
WITT, or Mr, BkimiICk, but Mr. Jacobs. 


VIGOROUS VETOES. 

•i ivekxor CoRJfXtX makrs ample use of the au- 
rity to veto separate items in tlic Appropriation 
!. and, upon the whole, his exceeding care must 
•I'gwrelcd a* wise. His rigid scrutiny save* a great 
itc of tlic public money, and bis resolution in ob- 
ing will doubtless temper the ie«l of jobber*. In 
veto message upon the Supply Bill the Governor 
rd a round hundred thousand dollar* to the State, 
Ilia reasons will be generally approved Indeed, 
jut* who does uot study the Supply Bill in detail 
recta how many job* of all kinds are thrust into 
hich only patient diligence upon the part of the 
•fimor will discover. 

omatimw WC should differ with the decision, as, 
example, in the case last year of the veto of an 
eopriation for the purchase of n historical cnllec- 
of relic* |icculiar hi the Stole, which sltould have 
i retained in New York, but which, U|iou the re- 
.1 of the State to buy it at u not unreasonable 
e, was instantly bought, we believe, by Harvard 
vendty. Undoubtedly many worth leas coltoc- 
a of many kinds are offered to the State, but it is 
■ vs easy to leuru from expert* and scholars what 
■ally valuable and proper for the Slate to pmwrax. 
:»ng the vetoed item* in this year’s bill there is an 
vanes of ^ 1 NM) for tlic payment of counsel in one 
ic canal caws, upon the retainer of the late Altor- 
trencrul FaIR( H 1 U>. It is objected to as exlrav- 
it and un reasonable. But is there not ait item of 
i larger nmount for the service* of Mr. OomtKO 
canal case, upon the retainer of the preaent At- 
cy-tleneral Ward, which is not objected tot 
is not such a discrimination liable to fall under 
h-iii nation as “a halcyon and vociferous proceed- 
’ ox jMiiuiig the Governor to the risk of being 
ibetwl at the oroM-ruuli of public opinion” I 
»t while exception may be taken to certain de- 
, we repeat that the scrupulous care of llw Gov- 
■r ill tliis matter deserve* cordial public appruvul. 
other vetoes also have been obviously judicious. 

. of tiro bill prohibiting coloring matter in oleo- 
ynrine wua not only just, but courageous. The 
. eminent chemists in the world have decided that 
uinrgunue is not deleterious. The sale of good 
margarine, therefore, can not be prohibited a* 
rious to tiro public he«Hh. while nothing can be 
: hurtful thou bad oleomargarine and bad butter. 


The liurutlctM coloring matter is not furbidden to but- 
ter, and ought not to be prohibited to oleomargarine. 
Dr. Playfair is of opinion that oleomargarine can 
never drive nut good hotter from the market, but 
ought tn expel bud butter; and certainly in the com- 
petition between two proper marketable eommoditiea, 
it is the Governor's duly hi hold the wales of justice 
even. The Governor's vigorous vetoes may cost him 
the favor of class inlerexU, but they will gam him the 
confidence of tha people at huge. 


THE CARLYLE DIFFICULTY. 

A RBCKJer contribution to tbe CaRLYi* discussion is a 
paper in tb" Matmtl Osfary by Kir lle.HHY TAYLOR, the 
•ulbor of I'kilip mm .irlmiitf. awl for many years one of 
the fsmouM literary F-ugli*hii>»'U. Il» was a « aim pvn*»ti- 
al friend of Carlyix'n, anil Iso puldUbm, from a book pri- 
vately printed sonic years age, bis estimate of Carlyle, 
besides rooummendiug him to uierrjr iu a kindly way even 
•|mhi the shewing of the Jfrwilaiscnrres. Sir IIk.NkY bad 
great ndmimtiiMi for the genius a cel the remarkable collo- 
quial jmiu rr irf I'ABi.YtJ:, but thirty-three yeaning" he wrote 
of him : " Jtw rou vernation t* as bright asmer, awl a* strik- 
ing in ita i in ugi native Hire la. .. . He can am nothing hut 
the chaos of hi* own mind reflected in tins uinm* Htr 
llfcNliY TaY Lou’S analysis of CaKLYUC is ss delicate and 
true ss suy that has a|>|ieoraL 

Another addition (•> the gossip is of a more painful kind. 
Mr. Knows bad sent to Mrv Arrsas CaRLYLK, tbe niece, 
a check for #7500 aa a royalty u[hiii tbe Arsianiansrm. In 
acknowledging tbe receipt Mrs. Caju.tlk iIiuvmI that 
abe regarded tbe sam as her own by right, and ant by tbe 
courtesy of Mr. Kauri*. Mis lawyer advised him that un- 
der Mint view bo became liable to all the members of tbe> 
family for all sums I hat might accrue from tho sale of any 
at tho work* intrust**! U> him by CaRLYLK, and lie tlicro- 
fore slopped tile payment of tbe ctn-ck. 

Nothing con lit well Imi mure disagreeable than Mr. 
Froi'Dt's position in relation to this literary legacy. It is 
irwonreit side that, knowing the relations whiuh hsd exist- 
ed butwocn CaRLYLR scnl his niece Mr*. C aKLYUE, who was 
in all thing* a daughter t» him, Mr- FROt'Mt sdnmli! not have 
consulted with her U|hmi the publication of tin) book. The 
altercation which is going on is aieat painful In «vory *s- 



THE ART OF DINING. 

A RKCKKT vnrv pleaaaiit article in tin) Timra drorriliea a 
‘'dinner with a critical old gcutlrman," who recount* to 
the writer a dinner incident with TiiacrkraY, and the ar- 
ticle ia written with a ligtilueaw of toaoli worthy that em- 
inent jn nrmtl. Tho critical eld gimtU-inaii iim*I i<» see 
Tnai-KRRAY dining at tbe fu/V * /art*. - a* far back aa 
1*411," with Yfltao.V, prince of epicures, and Oarou Tayuik. 
"What a look of benign satisfaction shone on his goi*! 
round face when a delicate dish was preveuted to him T’’ 
ffosithifaiw*-. Fur example. 

Ou* day the old gentlsnsaa — then young— dressed a to- 
mato hsIjmI. Tuai'KUIaY, tho wise, the benign, tbe appre- 
ciative, looked at it curiooaly from las table. The young 
American, with gustatory freemasonry, instantly wrote 
upon a canL. “Will Mr. TiiaCKKKaY permit a young Amer- 
ican. not to introduce himself, hut to offer to his approval 
an alMiriginal naiad f* Tbe great ami good man aocwptod 
It, tanled it, and sent tho giver his wine. It wa* on* of 
tbuse gtacioii* reiuibisornoca of travel which maku life ntem 
to bo worth living, and the critical "Id gentleman told it na 
he dined with the writer iu the fmo. As be ended the 
narration he waa evidently about to *]M-nk uf the dinner of 
which he bud just partaken, ordered with extrema caution 
by the younger man, who had seen willi approhaiialou the 
old geiitleitiMii remove with a saddened air all the dressing 
from tbe aalait. 

With tender, regretful care of his host's susceptibilities, 
the critical old gentleman proceeded to impart to him bis 
feeling that the American, although atidaiitacdly master 
of the world. Wits his aqiHragu* too much, and also that, 
sliining through extern ■>!’ seal, be iloes not stay his bsnd 
in tlrmong u *ala<l. “ Hear sir," be reasonod, plaintively, 
“why abouhl wc lie overwhelmed with that cataract of 
ensntimenta which the complicated casters of to-day con- 

triliwtef Tropic of simple tantea do not like to have on 

all oonmioov llieir eyes fijlod with leant due to tiiiintard 
amt red Iiepper” ll is a paper which Tiiacvkmav wonhl 
have enjoyed, ami which teaches the great lewon llvat it la 
owe of the attnbutea of man which diatinguishcs him from 
tbe brute, that he considers and prepares sod wisely enjoys 


PERSONAL 

Tux famor*’ Club ol Pennsylvania, an orcanimtioc osmpowd 
of luelve of tlic mist coaspicnoa* agricullurists of that c'lramon 
smith. «*mi*I, on tin) 9th ul Jteia-, si lbs “ bu^se-sArmuw" ol Mr. 
liknrox W. I'm 1 ins'* wew sad rpsejuu* farm-liMUB at Wuutmn, 
near Cbilailrlpbia. The ilnmi.-r wx* unc of tlom: ptsln, Jul«tauliui 
•oeal* tbit Mr ami Mr* CRILW st» noted fur givliyg tin iho table 
were flower plats, candelabra, uww-rt«»l*r* of gulii and lUver, sml 
|A>m ornamenu uf great beauty. In llnj wiurro of the enieruiii 
wont iwenty-two plaice of different him)* of dworatid pireelain 
WfCu paced lief ore each guml. no two alike. Eixlil plseee* to a 
iruvit were Ailed si different times with Tsrimis vintages- Tcrrs- 
[•11 wai lerVMl ia a litUe flutoi nest, like ChsrtoUoUuMe. Oranges 
■sen- *o*i|M.d ubL and tilled with el ana. sail then die piece rotund, 
and lla- whole amuageiuuut Imim. Several vegetable* were scried 
together m all artbUr arrwnpcinnil uf toioes, silh btnwsrd futaturs 
a< a lose, emliniiilnrNl with toautiMU, and a sui-fuam arrwii||i-tiieni 
of spinaeh on top. There ws* a waiter for .well pwsL A* might 
be suppowd, tliere was all tbe vivacity uf iqiirii anil gratu of con- 
versAtion that usually mark* tbe iwlcroooree of men who are ear- 
neat lillc-rs of the seal— such men a* farmer 8 uMM Carcsos; 
farmer Sctisloe Timaas 1. Bayarii, of th-lsware ; farmer Speaker 
Kxuru. J. K»*t>»tL. firmer Jotts Wxusi, late a ifiplomstoal ; 
farmer Watss MacViaoai . former Senator i. Duhalo Camuko . 
farmer Ijmarnrr, the puMssher; fanner KrExas, who sows *1 
many wsefsl aenls in the Zcdyav — sail several railway amt bank 
pTv»uknl>, sml otbor celebrities, who are nerer so happy as wbra 
they 9 (r *»*y frvui muncy-grahhing to meet and talk of tho beau- 


tiful bean, tlic cuiuolatory cum, dm p bassist pea, the loothsomo 
l>*wato, the opulent octAOi, thu prlm-Wwi |NiUUn. sml ihuvu tho 
rsbie of newly inrcnUid agriraltarel apparatus, the prospec** as 
to "craps," the gtsenm laiquity, nr the uhjertlnnsbte iTWMhof^>ef. 
An-1 then it is pWssaut to are ilii-sc hcraydramird delren of dm 
gw^iad when they nauc to dinowr. They xre stwsys jejune, and 
nandoron vlgoreuils, and they aifjj that which la puenkat w idi- 
uut briwteing crwplibiiL 

— Fadter I. a Burra, rienersl of the Ifaaainloaa Owler ihmogfa. 
out iln- world, arrived in Ne-w York a fuw day* ago, on a tour to 
dm Ihsaiinican priories at Somerset, Ubk>(ih« oWest in ibe United 
States), Meniphn, Tennewwe, Kuwark, Sew Jersey, 3pringhefcl 
sml I/Oui*rillc. Kentorki, and Ssn Knuu-isro The fhimlekan 
ie an order of preweber*. fuumhd by St, Ooaistc in It IS la 
Tenkmse- It u qwMa Utacsl La ita gorecnmetit, the sapertur of 
every eonvrat bstiiig diren-tionsry power to dupenao from Um 
eommoa rub* when- the tib>-rt» to he gained by preartiing may 
be teller subserred The uffiores of Ibe order, from higl.iwl u> 
knrest, are » hated for lenw* of front three tn six years, Thri ar. 
ringement is fatorshh- lo manly in.Jependi-nce and fmxfcaa of ac- 
lino, amt has grtwdy evolritatcd lo tie preservatiun of Um ociler, 
which ha* gin* to tbe world such men a* Ai.uaarTiH Maoera, 
Tuosas Agt isas. waiiixaiola, Lab L' asaa, Yixvxar Fuuiaa. Lacos 
oajxr, sol Father Tow lli kki. 

—The fstltcr of Mrs. Hsaiwvy, Mr, AtaartT, died recently fat 
Bnglbad, baring a Urge fortune, #TiiO.<k*l of whitb is to he de- 
voted to charitable purputre, nmi Id* widow and daughter are to 
direct as to It* ea|H*Jiture, Mr Hnarnsv tt a mini cuiispicumisly 
eyiiU-iiL who ha* made a voyage aicusd tbe world in hi* own 
steam -yarhi, W» um. 

— Tbe mill way ia which Caxlyir sometime* tddrmswd |mophi 
wsa *»>uipldic«l in hie remark lo aa acquaintance w ho had l-ren 
com ha ting tome uf hw opinxej. On taking lusts 11 # him at tho 
door, Camlyls said : ** frood-nlght, sir. And 1st me tell yon that 
you have espabiiitaea foe besxuulng one of Um greatest bores in 
England.” 

— It U tuld of Dr. taaiMii, who on the 1st of July enters <m hi* 
duties ss Commie** awr uf AgrinsHare. that he a»i his brotbrr 
Were gautil boy* Tlnir father, s clergrnkan, is said to have nl 
ihiwu one day to a cstlie show with seam very fat Inigs fur exhibi. 
thin, Tlw toys were rwther proud of the many ciunplinionta paid 
n> Um h»g*. wniii a farmer remarked to aa ari|iuiiitame, " Mightv 
iihv bog* those of Tnrsoo Loaisn’a ; bat why don’t be give hut 
boys more to c»L ami hu hogs lens T" 

—The saline* of ibe Amliasssilors sml Minima* Fireipotentiary 
of Ibe French Kcpubbr are mimalol a* folhiws fee the current yoar 
in the budget uf Foreiga Affairs : Amhsssodorw -St. Tetersbwric, 
#40,000; London, ftn.iHHt; Vkmao, #M,000; Berlin. |XB,no(i; iVsv- 
sianttooplo, HH.IW0; Madrid, IloaDr (quirtailj, # 33 , 000 ; 
RuOMftkw Vati.-*IM,|3.*,I«V sn-1 Berne, #13 , duo. M mixture Kbev- 
lpotaniiary— Pekin. #17,000; YoMn, Waslilngw*, and R*> d* J«. 
orire, #l«.O00; Itaeno* Avre*. #14,000; Atbsu*, Hemet*, the 
Hague, Liihnn, and Tebrrsn, # 11 , 000 ; Buibaresa, IVfwnkogea, 
Lima. Munich, -Ssmugo I Chili j, and t^uckimhn, fli'ttn 5 Belgrade, 
# 71 * 10 ; Tangier*, #*40u; FtaVau-Prlnos, #0000; and Cettinje, 
#4400. 

— Fusns Fives, llm last of tbe grandsons of Toowas Join, 
■a. 1 -.-I May SCI, in Kkwiila. at tbe ago of eighly*iltc. Mia (slbre 
nuirrinl Metre JuvtotMem. tbe Piraideml's youngest daughur. sml 
be wu* sins rulatnd to tlw PranOrnt through Mrs. JimkXM, wbrere 
beJf .ixt.-r w** ih*"di*r Nut" who figured so cuMpecuuusiy in 
JxrrTRHtx'* [nililushni oorrevpoolence. 

—Tbs will of tbe bte E J. M. Back, of Ha rev-bill. Mauve-fa ereetre. 
Uwiuostho f |i>l.it.s.i to the Pnhlic Ubrare ; Um rotate oa Kent 
Sertrl sml #40,000 to the City Hospital ; (4000 to the Old Lsdwx' 
Home Amociatmn . #20,000 to tho Aimrriiwn Bible Society ; #I0<*> 
a year to tbr Episcopal ehureh at Kowlh flruveUnd, usd # 10,000 
more na tbe Anal clewing up of Ibe satato ; usd #*.*J a year to Uio 
South (rrotelaml Library 

—Painting U a good trad* in London. At a recent public aalo 
of (mining* at (kumi It Mamos's, rstrsordinary pnee* were 
pod. Two of Nr Knwia LaHuena's works brought (ooo ninsoa 
cock; a third. iLlrei gnirtrer , s fowrth, TN0 gufnosa. Mr. Mire 
Lai*'* nidastid “PrinoBs in ibe Tower" brought Xaoci guiim*. 
Tbs whoW reUlogue of IZ4 pictures brought nearly #310,000 — 
nut a Iwd afternoon's work. 

—Lady Hoi, widow of the klc ftr SowLasn HlLL. died recently 
in London, aged clghiy-Aie. Shu sml her basliwnd were play- 
fellows from a Tory early age, and her warm'd sod iatelhcrat ro- 
oferetko ami s i sta l su n were of Hoi utmost swine to her hushsnd 
in his struggle to rffrek thu postal reforma which have made his 
aaose foaswaa. 


— Euxkhi* froysently isakew a concise statonrat which at one* 
h*gin* to circulate throoghont tbe osMatry His latott ia about 
religion, whidi he say* hat boenma “ pei* bo4Jing" 

— At a rocc-nt court levee held ia London the most noticeable 
incident waa old Admiral StSToairs, aged ainety two, going past 
with hit two ie«s on thalr appwntmrwri to tbe Vittorio Crass. 
There is only one other mas iu England who con bosrt a like 
honor, Cuhimfl Hroa tioow, wbo hu also two sons posoesouig 


— 1 km 



» WusMti. Ben was say* that “s free politic library is 
ry to a town as s nest is to a pair of birds. ScJujlar* 
■ he hatched m ft soewirr or later. Threw, too, yuu will 
many old birds westUa^, whether they bevsd ski tuig 


—The will of the lair Wiu.us A Panxxa.of Boston, provides 
that upon the wnulaoiinei of Utamutiw D^re shall be raid to the 
Homo foe Aged M»n #M0Q, to ilir Franklin Tyyngrefihiosl Socie- 
ty #V*m, sml to Um Warren Street Chapel #4000. 

— Primer ToMSstta, of Ibwne, is prsctkal in hai chsritks. Uo 
m|ikiy* two ikwitor* otpeeislly to attend poor familtos whs hart a 
horror of hospital* ; lie entirely provide* for J»» children, sml 

edvKSlm xvi more . sod be hu cstahUhed aa aaylnta for okl pro- 
pi 1 '. and a f.wiiul f'.e tbe blind Brsry day hn give* 1*0 dUbew 
of f-xip, with luvtii ami an-ai. lo lb* |Kur. It ia mol that 110 uue 
hu ever applied to him ia vain fur liidp. 

— Mlu ksua Tiu tenr, sftar haring multi a highly socrrewful 
tour in tlm prinei|wl inlirs of (wemuir, Auotria, and tbr Rhine, 
aaug <as llm vviming of May 3V, in the opers huuse at Madrid, be- 
feeu Um King and Qwre* sml a brilliant court audience; Mist 
Tm tost and Mr. Mataarx i>TSLste>HYl, her manager, had an audl- 
vnor with the King sml tforon at tbe palace 00 the mec dar. 

— Mr. J. B. Camll's isipurtaril work on the Calculus of Varia- 
tion* will soon be pmliliaheit by Jcaix ffaii A Nine, of this city. 
Mr. CaOLt. as our re* Jit* wilt reuicnibar, hu beta biiad from hi* 
birth, and bis work is regard**) aa a marwUuua hutalitw uf Uui 
power ol mind uver phsidcat dlssLUiisr* 

— Ds*a Ktaeixy I* proverbially kind lo tbu tnciagvr ckergy, and 
freiptvinly asks thorn to preach its W»tmia*lvr Abbey ; nor iu hs 
[articular u to tkwir maion* *>f eh*rrhnas*ahip. Among the re-“ 
o»«t powclmr* were If E. J, B«Va*. R M. HanoRX.C. W. Sresss. 
sml S II, llsam.sw Tbe lulnamerl it well known ss a clerical 
[■strori uf theatre* and mordr halls, and a great uower amung Ibe 
Loade* fieculoriols : M r nr am is 1 friend of iusnni Anna, and 
*n earnest ci|*n>eat of tbe cause of tbe sgriccaltarai labcirvr* ; Mr. 
Uaiiois is an aetire sdrocate for charity rvfurtu, and a write* and 
lecturer upon friendly societies ; and Mr, Bxtsk ia groat St Jjuodsy. 

school organ Lmtiuu. 



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||»t*« II nm'i Vnui x«» utn.| 

Tie Btaatffl Wretch : A BriiMon Story. 

Ur WILLIAM BLACK, 

miit of "Mxnn* Of I'm.’ "(nnnf," “A !*• o«« or Timi,' 
"IW *«»*•«* Annnm a I’a am,’ no 

cnAPTKR VtlMlWaamt.) 


" III tolli IV Ilorr hbnself," she rnntlnued. “ li U IV armnil 
' the Alphorti that baa broaglil tint hxtow to bin*. V »»,<» II' 
at in the trviirtwe at night. anil V beard I ho anwml of IV a iphorn 
•r a war. ami nothing would (!*•»•»! that hr moat tty to ewape. ami 
•i'll In father lain! by twUmniwg lltf* rirrr. Thro hr it ukrn, 
rj brought In fore Ilia uflher-. ami rondenine I ti» lie -twit, nml li« 
il» a»h> III- brother rohiWt to 6 re straight— But I aio not go. 
£ U> tfafl it.’’ 


Mu- |int Vr bond up farliv«lj fur a Mound to hr* *>«« ; ami 
linn »lu ••hi. cliiwrfntlv, 

" I have taml » tumult walking : -oppose wo wail for the carriage !'* 
"I think I might to apologise to too, Mit« Anne.” aalit V. 
" Vml prvfrr to • lit nit; by yourself— I wight not to harr ttitoo anil 
ImlhlTiri inn.” 

"It i- <>f no womiwiwr." raid Nan, looking hark fur the ear- 
tlrfr. ••• lone as tun haven't wet jour fort " 

They g>* into the carriagr ami rontiuuml on tlwir nay ; an! **r? 
•■»*» it lipramc appairal. fern tho llulior uf aiiiatij;lit ami gleam- 
of Mne. that they liad ■ mked tlielr may up throwgli tho eloud 
later*. In prnona uf time, krrdied, tbry got rirar of thw mi- la alto 
ptllief. nod rmrrgcJ mi to tin liluVr t allot a of tho A!|o — tart, 
tlerilw, lb* white annw plaint glillaring In t'h# tun, canrpa where 
lh« nwlta allowed through in poinu of intmar lAark. There were 
Mi lunger ati* (ilaot They wore In a worlil of allow at-l harmi 
roeka and brilliant uinlight, with a rwlil, lumimme btwr -kr nwpr- 
hrail, theuitclvr* the only 111 lag rt-alntva vitiblr, tbcli vutret 
aoanilinit tl rangrly ill- Unit in |h# tiVnrr 

kYlint thn were rjultr at tin Minimi* of the parr, n jmiirr. a< 
iVy aay lu Vatflaiul, • tine oter . hut it did nut ItrL By the tlaw 


t brj Intd pit lb* ding- on the « liurta, the ta-l g orge la-fore t km 
•lew rndliig and winding until it .1U.|i| .'«i«.| in u wall uf luounUhia 
uf the diwfwtt hill I- — wat again tllol with tunllghf ; and now (hay 
Iwyan Ml lai n little hit ahrtlrrr-l from the a led a* the hortrt trot- 
led anl aplatlied through the wet -now. carry inf thrra awuy down 
into Italy 

TVy fane bed *1 «'ani|*> Pulrinu, -till totnw Ihuiltanda of 1*0 1 
a Note |W lerel of the arm. Then on again, twinging away at a 
rnfad pare down into a mighty valley; rattling through gallrvica 
mil in the solid ne k . then nut again into the grateful >iinlighl; 
taking tbr tlimp t«trv*» of the road at the rnror break neck iprol j 
with alwaya briorr them— and *n far bdow them that it wat tilrnt 
— a mailing river twcrping down l«twren lair paatwn* and dota 
of village- As the evening (ell. Hair clatter of hoofs and w bee la 
came to a Hidden end . for they wr** enuring the town o < ChU- 
• putia.and there you IniiM go at walking pace through the narrow 
little thoroughfares. It wat ■ Image fur them to eooae down from 
the annw -world into thu uidinary Util* town, and to And In the 
bond not only all tori- of |irodin-ta »( a high . It dilation, hut rren 
people who w err S|u-akilig the faniilur English fuiigur. 

T Vie wat a leh j.-wt addrr.red ” Urutmant » U. Klafc RJJ," 


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m the bureau. When Frank King bail gut it out and 
■» «U«nt for a lecond or two. 

re fc* no bad new* J" Mill Moi Berm ford, in a kindly 
» not a v«y aynipalhrUc pcrton, but Frank Klim 
<1 op their tour dmiug llm»v ln«t two darn, and at* 
ire crawful lu Mm 

•aid. atiacnily -Oh no. nut l>ad uawa The lete- 
u the olhere 1 left in charge of lire FlfJty-KifXl. 1 
■ L lt I ahall be anting out fur ho raw again in a couple 


, , . Thu thundrrblacknra* la the aoatharat had deepened, thr wiui^ 

when do you think uf cuing lu wbta you get to Lake «n* whirling by great maaara of rape*. the water aaa apriwciug 
, high eking the terrace*. and the tree* in the terraced garden > a i re. 
! blown tliia way and that, eren though their hranclita were km.) 

I with rain. Then it »»> that Edith llcreaford u>i . 

! " San, you might to par*uadi< LMutrnanl King to auy orrr 

annthrr dav. lie laua l utu t’onni. Tin* ton't ('«»•" 

I “I?" laid Saa. uharply. "What ham I to do with Uf lie 
ran go ur May a* ha plraava." 

"Braldra," cowtiaunl Edith, “iw nwumnweoce of ihaa fcopw 


" HrUagto, lunat probably.' ' 

"Oil, ■ell, I will go with you aa far aa llcilagio, if I may," be 
1 I thoughtfully. 


Suit imoraing alao he wn» preocoapmd and Mtioua, inn. 
much that evert San notined It, and p»»l natomlly Imped he ha»l 
had no bad newa lie tuned somewhat. 

“ So, oh no.” be aaid “ Only the telegram I pit 
tut night rnakea it neemary far aae l 


Van'. brail la full 
" She eipn'ta to we the t'urao of tlie |.riin— Imp* : 
•Wt }•■«, Nan» Ulna ««ur and giddeli howta 
1-1 |ii«k hill*, and l laude Helmut.'. rw.lln lifting 
it" -whatever *»• it t— tu elrvwal aummer, I am 
ie quotation I* not quila rorrnrt," 

And the truth war that, tlmpile thin warning. 
Nun ilki aeeen .omental dirap|*iintrd when, after 
huura of rattling and aplathtng along a muddy 
reaid, they came u|wn a »l retch of dirtT, chalky 
fin-u water dial lu a manner mirrored the gray 
and batten etaga ahote tL 

• That util Cmar iried San “ It ran t In- " 
it Is” Uiaa lletrafoni laid, laughing, 
the apper eml uf IL” 

Hut Nan wail. I nut bullin'# It . aad whan at U.t 
liar ruaehnl I'.Jkii, and fuugtit tlmir way through 


eatu and dug",' 1 raid 


" I auppoee that moan, •Milter that 
San, a b>«e anger war of the l.riefcra d 

" — the grand Srmuit* it pill ol till n ■ ererer night. Sow he 
■Might tu .lay and are the ilt-aminaljuot of the boat..' 1 

“ The illimuntlioo* !“ aaid San. “1 Ux*)d think he had at 
tiling idle to thtnk uf." 

Seiortbebsa, when, at dinner. Dim Edith wa* god enough U 
put llumu euiiaHkntiiiiia tiefuni LimiUnatu King, lie atvtimd v 
aiiiene. l» mount , and hu at onco celled f.u a Inn 

i- imtnalty made out that hy inking dm night train a 
■■dwr.hn coilld remain at lli llagin urar tin next day. And he aaa 
rewarded, *o far a* tile aeallwr went 1*lm tunnilng aa* i|uilu 
Cunm like— fair and blue and ralm ; thr .an tinning on U» far 
auraled InIVi ami on dm rfMrkling little village, at their foot ; the 
green lake Mill running high, with litre and there a a lilt.- lip 
brenkiag . a Maze of nmhghl on the garden, below— on the green 
aeaeia liranrtiea nnd the ni.a.ee of acarlet «alvia — and uu III* 
white hot trrraeew where thr liiard* lay ba.kiog 

It aaa a hag. bile, drlwlnue ilay . ami MMoboW he eontnvol lu 
lm nrar Sail moat uf the time. He aaa ala.tr* anximu to know 
■ hat aim thought ahoat thia ur about that . lie directed her ai 
“on to % annua thing. , he coawtlmea telked to her about hi* thip, 
and about abat talbra* iliniight uf alien du e were far from hcet* 
aiul trend. They aim nut • *» the lake — ll»w fonr: the hot aim 
hail Mi lint the water natwahal Kivlmlng In the r 
of llm brail, in Hie .heller of the awning, limy lemhl brae thu twlla 
.at .Imre Taint ami di'telil llr thee walked in tint tong alUa 
hailing fum ram end of dm garde*-, the doable line of .hurt 
cheat mil a offering oxd and pin. ml ahadiiv, lire water laMuug 
iiloog the etnue parapet Im-ide them, and Imtwrein eaih two uf dip 
itema a framed picture, an it aere, of tbe lak* and the v*lvela*ift 
.lupra l.mtrad It aa. all trey pretty, they raid It aa« a In llo 
< union .opiate. ymihn|M . there were a cm*] many hntrfc and Utile 
ricnttiun ileanii'M alwut , and |mrhapa lure and there a tupp-% 
i*jm of the lire ikp Hut it wa. pretty Indeed, tnaanl antiret it 
aaa very nearly luvranlng Maamtlnug mote. Then thr cclraa in 

llm ike. die pi I. ha the ahaduaa Intern, the vlllegra were hot 

altogether , oral die naountaiiM, growing nww aud nmre wwalire 
under die rich gold aim e, hogan t» Im almrat fine One half for- 
cut the iwkaeyi.m amt fiaradlothy of tlm ptaee. and fur a moment 
hail a gtlmpre of the tree huielinraa and odiaonity of the Kalla 

A« the ilnak fell, they lagan to Imthink llitin.ei«e* of what ana 
iM'foee them 

"It would hue lawn a bad thing for the nniiiciaii* from la 
*ialo if they had attempted to go out la«t ei ruing," Jlitu Uerteford 

ii- iuatkcil 

" It will tm a bad thing for in," aaid Edith, who waa the mu.ieal 
I l hate Ml IM till* eveliilic, It 
* dl lie fill Uu Va>.l \ ml abuslil tll .er Im lull near And. Ctpo. 
. lallv whato llieev la wall i. lamie rtUbl. to well at auaaae dlrtanoe." 

"Von ran hire a .uuill M.ai, thru," aaVJ San. "They are all 

King, quickly. “I 


i Mggagi 


raird ivanmamliag |m.llliui* rat Ibe uppfr drek, 
d» n Nan du'larrel dial they were abiMit lr> the 
real lake of Cotim. It wan ohrarrud I bit tbe 
i iniog raih.r glalii'eil nnee ut twite r.itlmr aiikiuu*- 
Ij at dm dr nnd the etclhing tteiud.. 

Well, they railed away down through thia atreul. 
uf |ullid green water, that wa. heir and llutv ruf- 
Itni with wind, amt here ami there >im>nli enough 
tu reOrct the ..Ivee gray aky , awd the., called at 
eoreeanire little illlagr* . and they lagan tu lie 


aatkaaa ataait a oerutln lunkiug up of purple 
I linnla In the .uudiarat. The. fram.t nl.uit llu- 


I linnla In the .iMJIharat. They fiegot aiawt the 
rlinal aUTiir. and gut out llieir atni]inof* 
limy were glad in llml themralria diaalng near 
In lieUaglo. aud iu tdg hiMi l., ami villa*, and lev 
racnl gafikwa Thu wind had ri-mn ; the drive* 
tn»n watte aae here and there hereing white; 
and jurl a* they aere lamhue. a piwk Huih uf 
lighliuiiK darted nnm tbit ilctirc aall of purple 
. .«.t, and there wa* a long and It'teibvianng 
rattle of thunder 

" It •crin. In me ae hate juat gvt In In tiara," 
raid Flank King, in tlm hail ■ < llu- hotel. 

Tlie vlrawi inirramd in fury. Tlm gii|» tmilil 
mutely drera for dinner llnnngh being ntlratl.d 
lu Utt window bv the wiubc* 1 conlnpa oulaele. 


« ih, I wnuUiA adei.u 
Juu'l it ink U would tm ut 


••AND THBKW IIKltf Q.F OS USB KN1S8.' 


Digiti; 


426 

“ A Bailor afraid oi boat! !“ Mid Mm Edith, 
with a laugh. 

" Oh, ax for that," aald N'an, warmly, " every 
r®e kn:i»a that M'a tin** vrliu an roust ignorant 
r.f boot* who are imm revhhw* in thum. It'a very 
easy to hr brave if you're »iu|iollr igwraaiH. I 
knew papa wsed to MV it wax always ttai most <1 
poricnccd sportsman who look b»( «re atom! 

imkwdmg hit pin *wi going into a tumor, Why, 
If you're walking »lung the ller, ami »o* anmr 
young foola funding up la a boat aad rocking it 
until tin! gunwale motive* the water, you may he 
•or* Ihey'rc hoherdasherv down from the Borough 
for a day, who hare never teem In a boat before." 

In the' d oak they eonld not an that Frank King'* 
fare Dunlin! with phaaorv at Uiia aarna dufraar ; 
hut to only raid, quiatiy ; 

“ Yna tee, there will >e ten or twelve Meatneeii 
churning about in the dark ; and if tome carelm 
Inaatman were to make a mvitakc. or be hi* 
brad, yna might be under the paddle* in a aerorui 
t think yna ihould either get oa hoard or sue 
axhtira ; and I ahould «*y vou were aa well off 
here aa anfwhere. You will arc the proenssluu 
nn the lake wry will; and cron If they should 
halt over there at Cailenabbia tat the music, we 
could hear St here eaeellently." 

“ It is rrrr good advire*. Kdith," raid Mix* RraeS- 
ford. *enoo9ly. " I don't at all Eke pmall boat* 
Aad Uierc pee the first dinner bell : eo let'* make 
haate." 

At (tinner Frank King did not ray much ; lie 
aremral to lie thinking of hi* departure cm the 
morrow. Owe, liowerer. whrai they happened to 
**■ talking about Bright*, be looked acroaa the 
table to Nan. ami aald, 

“Ob. br-thr-way, what vat the name of the 
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«r aaid. 

“She m aelduffl In Oi* big town a ; ah* prefer* 
tramping hr herself along the ruuutry roada * 

“ 1* tbi* snnitor of Nan'a ymfryf** f” asked 
M'«c Bemcfont “ ft* know* the moat e vtranr- 
dinary people. She i* like the ehildrrai when 
they are lent down to the bench when the tide in 
low: they are alwaya moat delighted with the 
meatier* and hideous thing* they can pick op.” 

•* Y at moat hare rent Pinging Sal," raid Nan, 
quietly •' Aad ahe la neither moaetrou* nor hid- 
*iui* Site I* very w*U dressed, and ahe amp with 
a great deni of foiling, “ 

" Ferbap* alie will come and har* aftemnea 
tea with na T" raid Edith. wHh a aarenatio air. 

"I don't think ahe would find it intending 
enough," Nan answered, emlmly, 

When, after dinner, they wiwri not nn to the 
balcony above the garden, they found that the 
wonder* of the night had already begun. Far on 
Ibe other aide of the bkc the houac* of Cadenab- 
bia Were all ahlasn with Eullteet* of imall gold 
jMdato. the yellow gV.w from which ghmmeml 
down on the iilack water. The* In the prdi« 
hem then- were roar* uj«*n row* of Chinosa Inn 
tens, of all coin**, juM moving In tint atraral im- 
pcrceptthle brreae ; while along the •bore the aril- 
la* Kid their fmvtagu wall* tlcruealed wrth brill- 
iant line* of illuminated cup*, each a crimson, or 
white, or emerald star, Moreover, at the atop* of 
the terrace below, there <**■ a great tamlie of 
boat* . and each boat had it* pink juper lantern 
glowing hko a huge flre-fly in the dirkneos; and 
there aa* a confusion of chaffering and railing, 
with brightly d reward figures descending hr tbe 
light of tnrrtos, and duappearing into tbe on- 
knuwn. Tbrfl three boat* began to more away, 
with l heir glow - worm kaalent* a waving In the 
Mark night. The towel ravined alinoat deserted. 
Here wax nileiKV atoog th* shoe**. 

Bv-andby, at a great dHtaaco, they lntoU a 
wonderful thing come elowly into view— far away 
In the open spare of darken* that they knew to 
I* tbe lake. It wa* at find paly a glow of crim- 
sun . bat a* It came Bearer, thin glow separated 
Into point*, rack point a ruby colored shaft of fire, 
aad they saw that this muss be a steamer illomi 
ruled by red lam pa. And then another ateamcr, 
aad aniitbew, carer Railing up, with different col- 
ora Chaining 1 until cex, far higher tliau tbe oth- 
ers — a great ma** wf glittering gold— appeared in 
the midm of ih>wn, and niund this all the drat of 
small boat*, that wem. of eourao, only dittlngubh- 
able by their party odored lantern*, NM-renl to 
gather. 

” that I* the steamer that bat the musicians, 
clearly," asil Frank King. 

Me* ; but I don't bear any murie," answered 
Edilh, in a voice that Mated r*tbir otnirK-ws. 

They Ml anil Waited. Tito last of the gwrrt* 
had pit into the email luiu and gone away ; they 
were left alone in front of lb* Mg Itocel Tin- 
iikkbi wat rising behind tb* hilto In tlm *uulh, and 
already tbe surface of the laky was iHginnicg to 
declare luelf— a dull Mue-btock. 

“ I con not bear the least w»nd : is it possible 
they con be playing*" raid Edith. direppcMiteilly. 

It was a beouUfol spectacle, at nil nenl*. even 
if then weta or. noand accoaspuinng It. For nuw 
the ttHsm hod ri*<*t ctoar, and then- a a* a pale 
oft light all aVsig tb* oortbem bill*, and Just 
enough radialMw lying orrr tbu lx rum «f the lake 
l« show tbe darknrto «f the hull* of tb* dotul 
•tewrwem And tbro, w they watched, wimr ursh- 
reemed to gnaw not of that ontifuumi of ivilnml 
light* . the high gekien MW drew away, and thru 
the others followed, until the long undulating line 
seemed like some splendid nw.-teor in the night. 
Thera was no nand. CfcJcniltbin, with all it* 
yellow fire, was as ctrarly dmmed a* this Bella 
gao Inst, wkh all it* paper lanterns and colored 
eupSk TV* ptoevsshm had alowlv .leparted. The 
.‘ vraS a was ink tog place tome •tore else. Tlic 
gaedraa of this to*»l wen silent but for the oo- 
oaeioaal tutor* of Frank King and hi* eouipau- 
toas. 

WeB. they laughwl away tberr dtoappointmenl. 
and dialled pleasantly, and enjoyed the beautiful 


night, until Mis* llrrmford thought it was time 
fee them to go in-door*. 

“But where'* Nan!" she sold. “That girl ia 

never to l» found " 

" I think I twa Deal bar," said Frank king, ris- 
ing hastily. He hail Ixvn rvararditig fee suui* 
time back that long allie IwWweavt tin- HwwSuut*, 
and a ikirk figure there that was slowly pacing up 
and down, nreasiuttalls ornaaiag tbe fwtelwu of 
moonbrliL When be hsd got alvoat half way 
along, bo found Nan leaning with bee elbow* on 
tin- jontpot, and hxikuig out oa tbe tnnon lrt lake. 

“tlh, Mi« AtMtkT hs utul, - year slater want* 
voo to ram* to-duor*.” 

" All right," *b* said, cheerfully, raising Ixentlf 
and preparing to gn, 

" But I wstit to say a word to yo«," he raid, 
humedfy. *“ 1 hove beca trying for an ooportu- 
nity three two days. I hope you wua’t think it 
ttrangr, or premature, or impeninent — " 

"Oh no," aald Nan, with a sudden frar at she 
knew net what; “ but le« us go to-duar»." 

“No, Itore, now," be ptoadnl " Only tain mo- 
mrei. I knuw wu are yrtung. IVrhap* I elmuhl 
nut as* ynu to ploigy yoorvxlf, but all I axk ha- 
lt to hr allow t»l to hope, purely M utobratand. 
Neat, will you Ik- my wife— wane day?" 

He would have Ukeo her hand; hut she with- 
drew qnickly, and said, with a toet of gasp : 

“ Cla, I am eo aorry ! 1 had no ides. It mum 
be my fault. I am sura: kmt I did not know— I 
wa* riot thinking of snob a thing for a momrat — " 
" Hot you will give toe leave so hope?" he said. 

“Oh, no, no," she said, with an mrnMtnras 
that wa* abntwl pitraHit. “ If 1 bare mad* a ow»- 
takx brfnre, this moat tic clear now Dll, don't 
think of sorb a thing, ft never oMld to? — nev- 
er, never. I am very *o»ry if I Imre pained jrtm. 
But — but you don't know anything alxmt me; 
and you will exin forget, tnr we are both far bio 
young — at least I am— tv think of such things ; 
and— and I am tety, very aorry.” 

" But do you mratt that I ani never to tlitok of 
It again, »v«« as a bopef" ho sakl, atowly. 

“ tlh, I do txs-an that — 1 (to I If there baa 
been a mistake, tot it I hi vlnsx now, Can I nut 
be yn“ friend V 

Phe held out her hand. After a second or bo 
of hesitation, he took iL 

“ I know nwiee of you than you aorpect." he 
raid, slowly, and with a batch of hapelesines* in 
Ida voice. " I ««ld eee what you were the fisut 
half-boor I hid spoken to you. Aad I know you 
know your own mind, and that vest are sinrere. 
Well, i had liopod for something else; bat cr«o 
nut frbmdsKip will he valuable to mo— whau I 
have (tail a little lint* to forgrL" 

“ Oh, thank you— thank you I" Mid Nan. a lit- 
tle huuhereally. "I kaow you will to? wase. 
You have your praferehm to think of : that it of 
far mure import* ore I know you will lie wise 
—and gmroHis ton, and forgive me if the fault 
has been mroe. Now we trill no! speak of any 
such thing again ; let it l>e as if it Kail never born. 
Oms*." 

He pressed her band io silenoe -it was a tokrn 
of good by. These two did not see each otter 
again tor more than three years 


Ovr night toward the rad fit that ■nterral a 
strange ncene mwurvvd in U>n old manor hmaar of 
Kistgvreart, Wiltshire, Feoan an early part of the 
evening it wa* apparent that eomething unusual 
was a’-yil to take i-.u-e ; the sleepy old mansion 
was all astir ; a big fire biased in tbe fireplace 
of the hall ; and even tbe toog corridor, which 
was In effect a picture-gallery, and ordinarily 
looked rather grim with ita oak panelling anil 
dusky portraits and trophic* of arms, bad been so 
brillianlly Kt up that it seemed almost cheerful 

There wa* tin elierafulunts, bow ever, c® tlin fare 
of the loeil of the manor himself ; and there was 
nothing bill a hem and antioM ayuipalby 1st the 
regard of hi* friend the vicar, who bail count to 
keen hrin compuay Tbe former, Nlepheti Hoi. 
foeii Kis«, wm a bale old man nf uvra •evenly, 
with a sto-Khly stotven face grown red with ea- 
pcstare to tbe weather, rilrery short cropped bair, 
and flur, imprereive feature*. His oitl roltoge 
friend, the Bor. Mr. Lvr.nton, was a smaller nian, 
and Munnwbat younger, though Ills pole face bad 
a sail fip imsa , sa though lie hsd come tbruugb 
lunch tniulde. He also ws* clean shaven, which 
added cbsractra to hi* ctoar-cut fraluma. His 
chest *»• narrow, ami he »t«0(atd a little. 

“ It is kind of you to oun* «*riy, virer," retd 
the taller roan, who *w tiled much agitated, in 
spite of bis outwarrlly firm demeanor. "It will 
!w a terrilde ordrnl fur my poor wife. I wish tbe 

•' Ym mu«t face it like a man, friend King," 
suf the other. “ Yoa have acini rightly, great 
as the tain must lie to youriclf It ii the young 
nan's l*?t rhaaev ; and surety he amwps* it, nr 
lit would not be corning at all. And— the — 
•W 

"If only be hadn't married her!— if only he 
bsitii'l marred her ! She might have ruined him 
Ml |HH-kit, as sbe baa ruined others before ; hut 
—to ctouc in hern — " 

He glanced *1 the portraits along tbe wall*; 
lie •renw.il onirrelv to kmvw what br vat saving. 

" You might preach a senium fmm what t am 
suffering now, viuar. Oh, I ihrerve it. Jly 
pride ban leen taken down at last But the 
punishment is bard." 

" Bunion me, friend King; hut von exaggerate, 
surely. Burch a certain nieoaare of family pole 
is justifiable ; it ought to nerve a wan to lx 
worthy of those wfco have gone tofura biin. Noe 
have i ever lliuoght that your fea-bng alwsat your 
nan III being a heritage that you toad to guard 
jvaluualy and (auasly wat otbvrwiw than jusi.” 

" hive evuturiw, virer — for fit* reiiluriws tbe 


King* of Kingwoari. whether knight* nr corns 
mourn, hare been centlw ni w g r itthme o every 
man of them ; ard iha* is tbe rod f 

" Bat even now, old friend, you must not look 
at the blackest stale of thing*. Alfred may re- 
quite voo jut by hi* oomfuri for tb* tremendous 
•aerified you and Mrs. King ara making. Me 
haw muimiUid a social ennio ; but surely that l* 
Iwtur than lirisig in tin." 

“ Vicar. I know you hare tried to look «uly at 
the eheerfal side of thing* — a* far a* youv doth 
will permit ; and I trun in God that sornelbing 
may yet rotuc of it. But if noto-if this last ap- 
peal to turn protores nothing more lhan the oth- 
er* — then there is n final alternative tbit may 
hrip roa to s*vn Klngseoun and tbo family 

Whot is Otir hi* friend raid, Mgeelr. 

“I will not speak nf it now. We must Hope 
fra the best." 

At this moment there was heard the ramhling 
of carriage wheels outside, and tbo oM man 

"Come, lot u* gn Into tbo ball," ho aril, quick 
ly. Aud then 1 m addtd, in a loser and aglutod 
mire, “ Virer. do yim tliink my poor wife will— 
will have to his* liiix woman f That is «bat she 
■treads. That i* what terrifies her." 

The pale-fared clergyman Mereed embarrassed, 
and raid, hastily : 

“There will be B elt cunfutiou, no doubt. 
Come, friend King; pall yourself together. Yoa 
are welcoming borne your ton ami bis naaly mar- 
ried wife, remrenlwr." 

Tbe great hell rang; the seevanta swarmid 
into the hall ; the door wu opened; amt OUtliila 
la 111* darkues* Ibw re magi Umps wem lixihle, 
aliining down on the bread Hl*p» At the tonic 
nwvawmt a lady came along from the corridor — a 
tall, vlitrriy aasmv, witli a pvle, tweet fare, quite 
» Idle koir dime up In old fashioned little curia, 
and ailb eyre of a rad. tom i go evpiwrea She 
MWtsved to be very pleased ar-J cheerful : it was 
only Ibe vicar, wlio sdrook Linda with her, abo 
knew that her whole frame was trembling. 

“So yoa bare come to welrame homo tbo hrido, 
Mr. Lyiuttoo," she raid, in a (dear voire, so that 
every one could bear. "Alfred will he [dra.iil 
to sen ynu again after hit lung alunrv. Tlwy 
say that hriog so much abeuad ho* greatly im- 

""t^ll It 
Mr*. King; be 

tbe vicar, bis eyre ntill twrned toward tbe 

This was, indeed, a strikingly handsome mtn 
who now came up the step*, taller and more 
massive than hi* brother Frank, lighter also In 
bair and eye*. At this fim glance oa* aearrely 
noticed that bis fare was somcabal fiustod, and 
that tbe light blue eye* had a suet of uucvrtain 
ntrvnua tlmdi In tlwttt. 

“ My wife, mot lue." 

Tli* virer iu red with utoaithoarni. This pret- 
ty. height-fared Ettl* thing did iiiH look nrere 
Ibin eighteen or alaetont, though in fact (die 
was fire-wliiUwviiiy ; and in her light- filling f|- 
•ler, and plain gray bat, aval ijwiet yellnw grar 
glove*, she looked tin* very eod-xlunem of girisah 
grace and ncatneM and derorasn 

Tbe white-haired woman took thia new visitor 
by both bonds. 

" 1 am glad yea hare «unr. my dear," said th*, 
without any quaver of the voice ; aud sh* kltrad 
her first on eat check, and then on the other. 
"But you must be tired with your long yarney. 
Come, I will show you your drvetdng-ramii ; they 
hare taken Sswno Ins up foe yoa." 

"And to-night w« dine at seven, my dear," Mid 
the father of the liuuto, addre*Miig her at the Mine 
time, " for we thought yvm might he hungry aft- 
er yoof jwsvvwy. Si ifco't take too much time 
i* ilrw-iog. my dear ; w« are plain folks W# 
will are all your finery another night. Higgins, 
have Mr*. Alfred's bone* taken ap at rmcc. " 

Mr*. Alfred meanwhile stood lookkqr a little 
ponied, * little n roused, hat not at all ahy. fib* 
ararat-d to ronavder it rather a good Joke. 

“ Go on. Jinny," bur husband assd to bee, lazily. 
“ I aha'n't die**." 

" That I* an old prlnW** of Alfreds, my dear," 
raid Mra. King, leailiog thn new miner avoir. 
" H«* father, now, liasn'l inixx.il dreaeing for din- 
ner line evsnlog sinen wo were mtrrii-l— eirept 
ill* night tbe Viiantge Unsk fire. Bat I siipfK*c 

is roiir mom, my ihvtr. Catherine is bringing 
some hot water, and (he will open your botes fur 
yon." 

And the old lady herself went and alined up 
tho tire, and .irapr the tow i way -chair Bearer to 
Ilia litlK- table Wiese the tot-tlilngH were, snd 
roolinurd talklsig in the kl&Jlirwt way to her new 
guret until the uiaid arrived. Mr» Alfred had 
raid nothing at all ; lmt wh« *wniod contented— 
and ani'Mcd. 

At seven o'clock every one had assembled in 
the drawing r*>m euept Mi*. Alfred. Tim de- 
ar'* wife li*d arriv'd ; she was ■ wtooi, antraia- 

cyed little woman, vrt^ was obviously al.nn.il, 
allil talked miK'h to asOlire llm*e ansulid her tlial 
►be wa* igrits- at case. Mr Alt ml hmiMilf wax 
Uzy. gVMxl narurvi, ImlilTeieU — he hod drank two 
or ihrw glssraxi of sbeery mean** hike to jiara the 

time. 

Ftnrtnally at woven Mrv. A If red apprarvd Fhc 
looked more prim and nice ami neat than ever ia 
tliia blark silk drera with <M lare on tbe open 
square in front aad on the ruffs cf tb* tight 


Dinner wax mmouared, and tbe big folding- 
doors thrown open 

" My dear," «*hI Mr King to hi* wifi*. " I must 

take in Mrv. Alfred. It is a w devour Soon?, yoa 
know. Alfred, yoa take in Mr*. Lisutoa. Come 
abxg. fluid." 

Aad he gave her bia arm with great ceremony, 


and led her into the In"*. «vM-f**W«dH drolng. 
rono, which vma a blase of osndles, and gave her 
Ibe scat si hit right hard, and immediately ralhd 
for a lire-siTw* lest the flee should to too nnirh. 

"Of will yon sit the other side, my drar *" 

•Sul he. 

"I Hi no, rir,” she Mid, venr prettily, nnt of 
compliment to bis ago— “ oh no, sir ; I am boat 
pleased to sit where von wish me to ait." 

For by tliia time the amused took hid got* 
out of bra face, snd abe seemed to have grown 
settoildn of the great kludrmta tlsrsn people wore 
try lag to alma har. 

Dinner went on ; sod the <vinver*alire rented 
DM inly brew-fen Mr, Alfred, who was asking <|ure- 
tinns almwt the people in tbe nciglihceb-iwl, aisl 
the vicar, who answered him. But when any- 
thing amatlng was said, it wi*» addressed to Mr*. 
Alfred, or else they looked to are abetlier she 
vis pliasnl ; and sbe received a great deal of at- 
Urillua from tbe old grfitbmaii nrM her, awl 
Ktd many kind tiling* aald to her by Ida wife. 
Bat Mrv, Alfred'* fare* grew inure and meeo 
Mraiigw. film *mumd dgpreresid asvd tremblnl— 
timid at the ratne time and wrif-eouscinm ; raKo 
or twke her lips were tirmaloilk A«d then *U 
at once she rewe, and quickly went to where Mrs. 
King sat. and threw herself on Ker knee*, aad 
clasped the old tody's knees, aad burst into a 
wild fit of subbing snd crying. The old lady 
turned very pair, and put her hand nn the young- 
er woman'* head gently. The servants pretend- 
ed to SCO balling Mr. Alfred timbrel angrily, 
anil *aid : 

“ Jinny, don’t make a fool of yoonwlf. Go 
back to your seat." 

Then the elder wnmali ratoeil lira, with a len- 
d CTrew* awl cumpasrion not aliogrtlKV aseamrei, 
and led her back, saying: 

" Yon are Bred, ray dear. I thought jm look- 
ed tired, my dear. Wo will 1st yuu go soon to 
tad to-night.'* 

Then evraitioaty talked at once; and tb* llttlo 
incident mviihv! easily furvutU-ii. Mvreuvra, aa 
the erenlag progr w r d , old Stephen King rem- 
vinccd bimralf that he had (base wlial wax tawl 
for the by-gone King* of Kvtig*(r*iut and any 
Kings of kingvrewiTt there niqzht be. He would 
pay off his *■»’« debts once more Tliera two 
would be content to remain for yuan in the coun- 
try, tilt hrigMwa should to by puma elrawhm? ; 
and fvm Ln th* reunlry the neighbors m«ht pre- 
tend to a eonvmreni igixsranec- The vicar would 
help him. 

Tbe ticar and to* wife left alwnit ton ; Mr, snd 
Mr*. Alfred retired oarii ; tli* various agitations 
that had ahakeu lb* oM sllrer haired dauio gsv* 
place to a q as r soeaof that wa* in a imwaure tayw- 
f-al. Then slregi overtook tie- old manor- ta*ie», 
and the ailmce of tbe night, 

About nililkight there was a brad cra»h in the 
dining-room. Certain «f tbe senanta stop* nn 
the ya—d floor for Mfety's sake; and the firr* 
cat — 1 retail, tbe only one- -ia to thoroughly 
ornuaed by this suddro Helve was th* butler, a 
young tain who had tide-filed the porilloa from 
iii* fatlwr. He J-iinpol wp, hutily denned w«e 
rliitlxw. and rarrtad a light ak:mg to the room, 
wisely tliinklag that if It was only a fiWturo that 

hsd fallen, Ii nut alarm Iha wbola Ikiiim. 

hold At the ram* li na hr went cautiosuly, for 
be did not with to to teiwd by tho throat wa- 
ne found the dinlng-rrom door open, and some- 
thing in the dark mode hisig prone on the floor, 
lie pualml forward his candle, and to hi* horror 
found It was Mr*. Alfred, abo wa a slowly raising 
brrxrlf by taitb binds. 

“ l Ik. ma'ua, what has happened V he creed. 

“ Ita quiwL Where'* the brareJy •" *tir raid, 
angrilv ; and ibrti Him put her liauil to til* aldt 
of tor forehead. " 1'vu muck my brad agaiwl 


This young man wan a miracle of dricrelKWi, 
tint be wax startled, fib* did s*c4 talk iorohercwP 
ly, and yet she could not rise. 

"I* it Mr Alfred, ma'am v Shall I take him 
sons* brawl v * 1 Impc he isn't UI, ma'am ?" he 
sold. Ib a breath. 

" Mr. Alfred, vow foul ! lie's toe* dtwd drunk 
la tail for mere than an hour. Where's tho 
timely • Wbv don’t MB have the *|iiril xtatad 
mu, you ramraiv tlilvfT" 

Then to raw how mailer* stood ; and though 
he wax frighlrmi?i| a litllc, he wan pMhtl .He 
went and gut some brandy and water in a tum- 
bler; be snased her to p> ■!]■ "tale* ; be ani*trd 
her up; and tbro Kiting put her qairalr into her 
room, he returned dawn stain, and lockr-d tbo 
dlcilng-riwm dooe, putting tin- kvy ill his pocket. 

Till* Inrlik-nt tin.- young butler kept discreetly 
to htaesrlf ; be ws* not going to iin|x-ril Els sit- 
uaiuiii by trlbng vucli a saury itou bit futurei 
maxl.-r and mtatnoa All tbr ramu, tha old fa- 
tlmr sml mnltor began to groa very unraar, 
Mr*. Alfred wa* too unwell to npfvar neat day, 
nor would vhe «re awy one film wanted brandy, 
however, to keep tor aretcra up. The Win wing 
dsy tbe same Itpend wjx repeabil. l*n tbe even- 
ing of that day Alfred King sought out hi* father 
in ito siody, nml raid lie wanted to speak to him. 

" book here, father, it's no war. I'll tell Un- 
truth. 1 came down here to humbug vow, and 
gut mow mine money out of yoa. lint what's 
tin: guild ? If Ant had the Wi-ailh at til* Rnlll*- 
ibilita, xbr'd run tbroiigh it in a fortnight ; and 
th«* her fm-t trick wvswhl to to red me llh. I 
know bra; she's ari a tod «ort ; hot ahe> ta-en 
brought up to be what ahe U ; and abe dueraTt 
mean anything shabby, anything mere than a cat 
thinks ito.- If cruel when it plays with a mouse. 
Well, no matter." 

lie rang the bell, ordered some brandy and 
soda, and continued: 

" Now I've gut soma prlJc in the old place too, 
fattier: I don't want to »re Jlnuy raret Kiugw- 
iioirt splntiiug iha aaumrnt you die, Well, tliia 
I* a hat 1 propose. I’m »a gmxl, Fro pixy id 
ouL I'*« liad ray tuna, Wall, oow. If yuu'U 


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..- l.f IDT rich** «hrf Hate, Sad »Ult IDS frw 

;h £ rout— giving It iu truu to Mutebcdy. to 
It I ran tin my £* 00 or £9611 a jtmr — then 
romrat tn quash th* retail ; ynu liring tonne 
ink. ml (in hrtn Kiegronurt TW» toohr 
in tong a wikir, and lie'll look after Uk old 

fin nil ttan rrfnrded him calmly, bat also 
.» * seranre, wistful, fill kmk. 

‘ I luil ibnurtit o i it. lint if there no other 
*. ri ir 

• Xo r« lipjfco- I'M dan*. If too want to 
v Kut^rvuy, Oat's the only way. 1 ' 

‘And yea!* u • 

• l ie Ntd niT turn; l '•u't erortpUin. S*ohrr 
bur Jinny'll holt. Then ITbgo to- the flute* 


■ IKi tin know they've jail made Frink cent- 
n*-r 0 

II-'II If glad to Wave the nary, all the same. 
Ion* <»s1 Bum wbilo thay'reln the navy." 
What at* «:**» ilelit* Alfred f\ 
fere the brandy and soda ws* brought In, 
cli pare him tone tn think. 

I don't know courtly. T»o Ibntro have j-*«t 
I nf me I should fanrr time could all be 
ked *ff with f«Mi-«r £WKHi." 

£U.|JX>— It will be a beery charge on the 

Hot t ahall lie off IL What'l more, father, 
rack eianro homo, act jru married, anil plant 
pmd boy. and all that kind of tlilnc, don't Wt 
lift it roll) Ilin head Out I mat jealnil* of him, 
hat I think hi- baa impptontni me, Frank m 
re eh i p. Tell him H wa* my perywa) ; and 
ipe he'll be a better non to you than I hare 
r. Well, la h a bomb, father ?" 
lui old man tli ui i phi fur some time, and at 


Well, than, there'* another thine Jinny'* 
ililed *r»in*t manrthir-g. and pit a btai-k #*f. 

* ee« her not of the home witlarrt tbc.ro rr- 
roetsw her— thi* town tug. after M, And 

meet Ton any day you like at flharti A ku- 

ils, tbon, *u how it come about that Gran- 
dee Francis Ilulford Kmc, R.S., was twin- 
ed home tnrui the Wert Indlet, where ho 
b*re aith hla ship, tlie HtSmptai. lie war 
e for hia year* ; ami he war inner manly la 

* wane how. ami iweuuiily brow Me uf fare, 
when w>- iaut, raw him at lU-IUgio, on lake 

n ; tint ar lie sailed part the Kddyalonr light 
■nterwd «he taro** lew* tor* of Fl y w will i iviiiiiii 
■ war weitecbiiig within him that told him hia 
t had not quite forgot nil rti 


A hare nut by, aome 4 mm rand* off : be did 


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rrvix Kim«k war everything and did evrry. 
: that Me parent* could have Imped hr — ra- 
in one direction: be would lute nothing 
’ig*. lie earn* liniue without a 
sr "attired a word of regret about 
ivjng op a pruferektn that lie lunl fair hopes 
ti-aruvmrrii in : he adopted ilia new *et of 
« with cheer (nines*, ami cMurcti with tint 
l he feMlrltM of the antoia. For the leaf 
>yri luring to fall, and all the people about 
I «V paring to rhout tile carers . *o that ptr. 
i ail Ui Iw madu ap, and invktatiuns L—ni-1, 
here mem eaim- to lit a general tfir through- 
le eswntry-rate. Captain Frank, Uiongh ho 
rot mm-li of a rlmt, took hit share in all 
thing* ; but he held aloof from e- itankio-l. 
unlit tint have hi* nurritge evio *|Hiken of 
• most intimate rotative*. 

■at war thr min made nf, that he cnilld re- 
teetie like tbit * Iroigine nn .-spcii glade 
beautiful Wiltshire wood, cm the morning 
a alight fall nf wov. The sine* are blm-, 
lie world ir full of dear ruTi light • the lull- 
re intensely gram over the white of the 
; Iren.* otnl three on thn lure braimliiw ara 
red leatH*, A l-n mi tiro aur itrolf there 
rain of hrowni«h-t«*l In maw placro, where 
flit air nr the morning liMstdukra down with- 
lecdlc* from a Mil pine-tree Then there 
list ant, sharp flatter; the nniw inm-terw: 
nly a beautiful thine —a tnrteor of bmnsr 
Huron — coinai whirring along at a tremen- 
inoe ; t.'aptAia Frank blue* away with one 
, and iriM*wa;.. before ho knuwr wlior* b* U, 
i rasa nt rMoa* a’ Outipte of mlli-r off in thr 
and blue nf th* *kf. and hu <hw» m« ear* 
nl the secntul latrvl on a ruling romaii*- 
He i«its hi* gon over hi* thoaitfer. and re- 
to his pen«ire cnMempinUon of (lie glitter- 
■veil hollies, and' die white swrw, ami the 
of bare lirandies pning up into the blue, 
a new figure appuars in the naidsbof thi* 
h look Ing atomi A very btcftr loing ih 
nloug sutillng, h. r pmk rttipuka looking all- 


" f'»«»l by If ynu do mean to go up b 
Hill Farm, joa had Iwtler keep to the road, 
vise," be added. Isughinc, “ Mr. Ferrers will have 
Hcwnethtag.ro sar to you." 

"Well," *tH pevtty Mary Coventry to herself, 
a* dw parsel rei ntul tnto t>ie mad, " he did But 
even thank me fur all my trouble And 
wire drought union were' mppoaud to lie 
Hut perlupa he U Uimut-in mini' IdmAamunr 
Hwiwtlu-jrt In 1’atageaia, and won't lake any 
line of any truly " 

It wa« alainl a week after this that Captain 
Frank, haring rnn wp to town, met a young pm. 
tlrman in riccndilly whom he aeemed to recog- 
nur. He limbed agtiia— yea, it nxild be no oth- 
er than Tern Ureesfnrd. Hot It was Tom Hem- 
ford tmtsformed. Mr. Tom nl now of age 
liu.l hla dab, which he much ftei|Uctilnl ; lie 
a«inmnl lie air aad wanner of a man alumt 
town. Ttial ii to aae, althmigh be was tfcvev 
eitnugb, ami had a sriflieient tail’ll of humor, be 
euhi ruled a langnid sure, atul was char 
-peetdi; are! akkoock he wa. a wrlUtnilt young 
fellow, he walked w ith his ellmw* out and hia 
knees in aa if the tightness of hi* trmuers and 
hi. boo la made it nigh iDijxwiiblr for him to walk 
at alL Mureor er, hia dress waa moee rigidly one- 
red than errr; and of four** he carried the m 
et liable rone — Inerluldc aa the walking *Uck of 
the Athonisii, 

Frank King went up to him eagerly. 

“ Hallo, Beraofont, how are j*m T" 

" llow are yurt f" wa* the answer, a. a ii ; ght 
boyiili blath Homewliat hilerfcml witli the dig- 
nity of Mr. Tom. “ How are run * I heard yw 
were at home again. I brard of you through tlie 
Strathernea." 

“ Ami I heard of yon In t»m aaroe way," aaid 
Captain King, who Memtil grrwllr pbra>s<l to 
■wM an old frieml " I'll turn and walk with 
you, I'rn mailing partis-ular to do " 

• Will run tnnu- and lunch with me*" raid Mr. 
Tom (he b«.f renieen-d himelf after the intd. 
rertent Mushy, “We can walk along to the 
dob." 

“Yea, I will," aaid Frank King, heartily. 
“ Which la vour club*" 

“The Waterloo. They roll ll that tuvanse it 
Uni In Water k» I’laev. It'* iu Kegi-ol Scnvt " 

“ All right." Mbl 111* rolwr. Hat iiislanilr he 
began to jKirsue hi* ini|«irie*. '• Tea, I hnar'd of 
ye*a and year family from llw Hlrat lieruro , There 
lure f»*-n great ekongew *imv I b-ft Knglatid. 
Your eldest iwster i* married, i« she not?" 

“ Too mean Mall ye*. They Her in town— a 
small bonne back tlwre in Mayfair. He urod to 
lie a rieber man," olmereil Mr. Tom, eonteonpla- 
tkrrltr, “ Indore lie took »ilk." 

“ Hut they are going to make him a judge, I 


Faith, then, I hope be'tl sever have totr 
aaid Mr. Turn, with an air of onavietkin. 
unit I mil* nuilil hit it tiff. I bate |e 
p*o|iln, aed f**iple aim give tln-tiiM-lvew 
liking to you tlw flow' " 


T.l.l, 


Captain King wa* dutifully grateful foe this 
orerleecswinn. He raid be a1«o hat-*l pompnas 
peop le he couldn't hear thrna. Aed then he 
a* It cl atiowt Tom'* *L*1cr E-tilh. 

“ She's engagej to lie married, im't .hr »” 

“ It'* my belief,’' mid Mr. Tons with n smile, 
“ that all* ha* engaged herself to I Kith of them, 
just tn make sun-, ami that de nin't make wp 
her miml which to .iskI off. 1 deal wntdie at 
tier puliiiig a wry mouth atari having to tnarrt a 
•ala water manufarlumr ; lull tiiMla- water hn't 
half a lia-i *nrt nf fellow, arwl he I* fearfully rich. 
Yow art. he i* particularly M<aming jnM bow ; for 
there hare I wen two nr three lilniing hot *un»- 
meva runoing, and the demand moat bare been 
keiuendoiis. Then yoong Thywne be'* no end of 
a .well, no doubt ; but yon mny be cousin to all 
kloda of mrl. and diriuw aitliout tbetr giving you 
anything. I ilmull fancy his father l.-u him have 
two nr throe hundred a year. I ahwald like to wo 
the K«mtnnre.|al got aluiig with that ! Yoa cua’t 
live no a fellow"* snewstry, I think she Hliiiuhl 
tnke Sala- water, oven if iiw hasn't gTO anything 
like a father to *p«.s»k of. Ami even if he hasn't 
get a flthcr -this »«» what Nan mid— he might 
lie equally * mm /err rt mi u rrprnrhi ' " 




« it?" 


remarked Frank King, quickly. 

“That an* In her saucy day*," mM Mr. Torn, 
aadlv " If* quite ilifforviit now. Now she’* on 
tb* pools lay." 

"The wfeiit?" *aid Frank King It wa* char 
hnweror Me Turn hail alter 
‘ ore hi* manner of r. 

‘hnwch, and rvfedn*ro,"aa»l the Ir- 

r ^ "Oilier mlitnidciV*. dta’t you 

kta>w, UK I .vlsltlsg the poor, and rotchleg all 

, . ... tww °f ina hs M ul .ii loffttfL*!. And tlnan I imp- 

nrs-k Tiii* i* pMtfjlliy Cwv*v.ti7,- Pj^Ae the’ll rid by martylnglbgt meat* tlml - *1 
~‘iin ify ;Tkt 1 hm#m' What a *liam« H ial 
!^bt- rnuf'tO’ bo surli a l0r.’k. And or go and 
marry a ctual* T' V‘ 

“L heard of that tokT'MM C«|4ai<ulfkt^.k, 
with a Wt of a sigh. It was, iodecd. nn«ttg the 
first thing* lie hid Ward after returning to ilag. 
lairl. 

Hy tbit time tlau bail reached Mr. T«aa’» tfuli, 
which wa* pha-aiulr uiiuaUsI at a rnnarr of that 
great rlmniughfarv, •»> that it had fnan it* cuff.e 
room * inline* a •pwekai* view, and w»« alt'^p.’tii- 
er a light and cheerful root of place. 

1 Hot vou donl ask about I be Baby," aaid Mr. 
Tutu, a a he waa eutmng hi* frtend * narre in the 
rkt angers' Hook — th-. W atcrlmi being a busplta- 
tilr little club that olkiwnl rlaitro* lu eurne la at 
any huur. “ And llic Hubs u in a huh." 

“ Well, It must h* a sad thing for a baby to bo 
la a bcA* ; lint I don't quit* understand," oaad 
Captain King. 


>u*Iii Fraqk," the uyi, “ s hear do yon gen- 

i hmgh ladtyf* 

mk lion*,"* ho answer*, — you're rone right 
line M«*mi llw glut* ami the f waters." 

-. tl<nt'* all right,” aim M/A gayly. "I 
yim» father diMwn't albm *biwiiug nt ground 

inch i* to he wp M the Hill Farm." 
i. that's the wry thin! I want n long 
And I will' help Higgins to have every- 
nesatiy for you." 

*»Ul' la* very rough and tumble. You had 
In'it.-r go lau-V Imam to lunch." 
st I Imre craw lor tin* very purpose 1 I 

iruuglit (agar aad (tniianu.il to mult the 
few you. You will find it Maiding hot 


tlie Baby? The young 
% I think. 


" Don’t yon 
rot? Madge?" 

"Oh! Well, I only *«w b< 

What ia the matter with her?” 

"first pick out what you want for lunch, and 
then Til lull you." 

This was rosilr dune ; ami the two friend* aat 
down at a Mnail window table, wbieh enabled 
them tn glance c*M at the iiouing eitinil, aod 
•vraa a* far as the Duke of York’s rodmaot, ami 
the top* of the live* lit Kt. James’* Park. 

“ Ton see, my sister* bare all I wen ward* in 
Chanesry, 1 was also," nil Mr. Toro, with 
slight biiash ; for he w« no ir.wv than sit month* 
eronped from tutelage. " I suppose the r wo toe* 
funked soniethmg alsmt mr father's will; at “ 
e rents, they Hung tbe wts-^e thing la. Well, 
great iitnn ha* entno of It ; nut m mueli enst 
wcery a* T\*» wosld (t|*«. (Inly ibu girl* bare 
had Vail iSmiss of it atsmt tbrir sswUwarls I 
inrow the Baby — " 

" Tits Baby ! How old is the?' 

" Eiglitieti ; and wuumn>-o,lr gnod-kjoking, I 
think. Ilnre some sherry. Will, the Baby mole 
the troptainUrvic at iwsnsfhoily't boose of a voutig 
fvlbsw — son of a barrister — b*: 4 a farthing hut 
what he picks tip at prod. 1 don't think she 
meant anything — I iliNtl a bit. There's a lot of 
that kind of nonsense y. «•* on down lines ; Nun 
la the tody on* wlm lias kept clear nut nf Ir. 
Well, thr guardian* didn't *** H; aud tbey went 
to 111* court ; and they gut the Vice t lit ntelloe 
to inane an ooler forbidding yosag iUnburr fmm 
boring any sort of communication with Madge. 
Now, yew know, if yoa play any games, with an 
order nf that sort h a n ging over vest, It'a tbe very 
devil It Is. Won't ynu have some ps-klro T ’ 
" And how ht Mbo Mailgu affsebd by tb« or- 
der r asked Captala King. 

"Ok," saul thi* gwmslous youth, who Wl en- 
tirolr forgroten hi* rultirated, rstsecDt manner in 
snes’tkng Ihi* old friend , thr pretend* to hw great- 
ly hurt, a*d think* it cruel and heart-breaking, 
and all the rtTO of it; but that's only her fan, 
don't ynu know; tbe'* preeious gbid to get out 
of It, that'* my belief ; ami ttcAols knew iwtlrr 
than herself he vroaldn't do at all. Finished ? 
Cnmc and bar* a gator of lillbards, titan." 

They Wi-nt np stabs tn a long, byw-rroded aporv 
•lilt, in which were two table*. Tin t lit cigars, 
K*w their cue*, and fell tn work. Frank King 
id no* playest half a dnnm stroke* when Mr. 
gan oil, grwrrouslr, 

“ I will pat ys<o on thirty pronto." 

TYwy played fire misirtea longer. 

“ Look here, I will give you another thirtv.” 

“ Sitr in a hundred J" said King, laughing. 
“ Well, that ia rather a eonfauion of hod 

•• Oh, as for that,” said Mr. Tom, “ I iIimi’i we 
nl a naval othror should tv ashamed uf playing 
badly at billiards, lie should be proud of it I 
aha'n'i glory In It If I best you.” 

Mr, T<«o wa* really very friendly. After a 
nple of gatniw ar to he said ; 

” lesik hero, if* nearly fiuir oVIro-V. I out go- 
ing down to Rrighuat 1 st the 4 *>. Will tw 
tar down and see mr innUts-r olid the girl* ? I 
n afraid we can't pwl you wp hut ynu can grt 
bedroom at tlie Norfolk ur Priasre'a; and we 
dine at eight." 

Frank King hmitnted for a minute or two. 
Kn-r since lie bid i"re to England ho hail had n 
stnmgc with to see Nan Ur resf uni, even t lu mgh be 
bod beard she was grong to tie niamesl. Mu abdi- 
*d to aec nlis't lug sic had tvrnnl nut to tv *hat 
be hail predicted tn tilmself; whetln* *h« retoen- 
id tlK**r pssroliar dlMiactiun* nf character and 
•ssinei and rwmn.-r tlml hud mi attracted 
, simichuw lie tluiiigbt h* »>«H like just to 
sheke hands with her fur a moment wrf *ee once 
before him those slear. blue- gray, shy. bnmotvnis 
eye*. But tlii* twegswl w*« too Hidden. Ilia 
heart ynnipwd with a quick dismay. He was not 
peeparwd. 

Nerertbcleaa, Tom Bercsford insistol Was 
I'apiain King staying at a tr-toi ? No; h* had 
gut a tifileiwm in I'li-ieland How. That wa* the 
nej thing ; llwy mold stop lb*: hitstoin three «n 
Heir w*r I* Yuduaka that inti. The giri* would 
I*- gbtd to see him. They had always been *«1<I> 
ing hie wherwf* sit* abroad in tlie AdminiUy ap- 
liutments in th* newnmapee*. 

At last, with sow little tinriprrwl dread, 
Frank King consented ; and together tbey made 
thror way u> YbetwrU FtaUun. 

'i*i kiniw," Mbl Mr, Tsao, apokgetically. ia 
tbe Pullman, " l'«e brow Ulkir-g a tut almui mr 
■* ; lull I tell yon hnnettly I don't roe any 
girl* to heat them anywhere. I dun’i. The Sen- 
timental is ratker stupid, perhaps ; hut then *hc 
score* by her music. Non a tlie one fur mr mon- 
ey , though. She isn't the prvttiint ; bwl pen ter 
' iwn to anv dinner table, and yem rnn U« odd* 

I tire uglilimt tbsi Held. I ivkevc there’ arc a 
new. old grntlomcn wliu have got lo r lialuu in 
«ir will — sec. that she corns fur wueblly thing* 
»y mure— lit'* nil aamoity iiuw*. I wlsii to gowl 


But Mr. Turn bad a little discretion. He said 

“I suppose they nre all very much changed in 
nppraiaiitv,” Frank King *aid, thoughtfully. “ I 
sliuuldal be surprise*! if 1 sea reel y recognised 

• Wi yes. liimr arc. And I will canfero Hut 
i Ihh improtMl in «no war, hbr isn't os 
cheeky a* s be uwe*l to ho; she’s awfully groxl 
HUred — she'd d* anything for you. When | 
get into trcsrtile. I know Nan will be ay shert- 
iclior." 

“ Tlii-n I hope the coble will hold,” oud Frank ' 
King. 

Thor reached Brighton. Turn Rerwford found j 
* ivMnpuimi Mraugidy silent and prerowupirol, ! 
The fact »*« that Captain Frank *** very an* I 
usually agitated He hoped idle might not lie j 
alone. Thm ho strove to ronviacu hiineclf tKit 
Mi a ait be quite altered now. She must l*s I 


42 ? 


quite different frero the Truing giil wlm walked 
up the iSpingm Pass with luin. Than she w*« 

If. Ue would ice some nnu he might fail t*i rec- 
ogniro; rintthoNaiiof fonmrihir*; not the Naa 
that boil long ago ciirtuinot him with her frank, 
odd ways, and her true eye*, 

Tlier drove trot to a hotel, nnd rorwred s 1ie*l ; 
tlieii Bier went to Brunswick Terrace. When 
they went up slain to the drawiBg-rocan, they 

“IU 

go amt li&J tllcm.” 

He left, and Captain Prank Ingot tn try to 
quiet down ltdf uiuul lot-fur pvrtnrhntinn, Why 
should tie fan to tm bar? The past wa* over. 
Never was any decision given more irrernewblr : 
even If there had tuvn any i|u«Minii n* to an npvn 
fwlu-ro, that lud town d!*|eMrd of In the new* 
that hail wet him imi his return til England. It 
ought ■only to be * pleasure to him to sec her. 
He thought the w.wshl welcome him in a kmd 
way ; and be wnuld chow her that he tiuitc a<- 
ivplel nnnaslscets is they were. Only— and 
this he kept te|e*ating to hitnscH — he must ei- 
ro-et to to- dlsUlustoniscii Nan would nu lunger 
be that former Nan. Some of tbe freshness ae. d 
tlm lining wonder would toi pone ; aba would »«* 
e-iigliiU as a friend; lhal, im tli« whuto, waa bet- 
ter. 

Well, the door opened, anil he turned quickly, 
and tlwn hi* heart jnroptsl. No, *hc had not 
cfaieged st all, he said to himself, a* she ad- 
vanced toward him with • smile, and a frankly 
alndtd hand. The same pleasant eve*, the 
same graceful, lithe figure, the same soft v«cc. 
aa she raid, 

“Oil, how dn you -Jo. Captain King ?" 

And yet he waa bcwildrrod. There was ocodc- 
thing strange. 

*• 1—1 am very glad to sen yon again. Mi** 
A an*.” hr staamiiovd. 

rihe Iroiked at him fee a moment, (rasatod ; and 
then *h* aaid. with a quirt smile: 

“ Oh. hut I’m not Nan. 1 see yow bare forgot- 
ten me. Pm Madge." 


THE GREAT FIRE AT QUEBEC. 

Wr. glvo on page 4’JU several illnntratKina 
nf the great tire which recently laid a r»n- 
milcnthle* portiisn of Quebec in rnina. Thn 
*l*t nil* of tbe eiiliunit.r are an fprwlt that it la 
nniieeemary to lv)Ml Ibeiti b*r*. Nil Hire tis 
ray that 4 CM lion row Wee* burned, nnd 121 1 
fusil il Ira, eiMiaUrlug of IHW 4 men, welnctl, nnd 
children, wore rnaile boaicb-wo. 

The lung atrip of ruins shown in onr il- 
liintrstiiin* |sr**enl* a groml view of the 
tmtnrol diHtrict, taken from th* 84. Jidin 
Street WjulC, near tbo toll-gate, where the 
lire waa atoyecL One of tbo smaller cut* 
shows the min* of St. John's Church and 
throws of th* Friar*' School. 


THE PITTSBURGH FI.00D. 

T«* heavy rains of the week ending .Inn* 
11) in th* vicinity of Pittsburgh, IVnr.nl va- 
n is. swelled tbe river* enormotulr, and led 
to IIvkhI* the like of which have not been aro-tt 
for many yvitra. An old rewid*ut declares 
that th* Inundation la equal lu many nwjioria 
to the Inrribla dorol of 1846. Th* »wvll from 
the hcail- waters of tbe Munongsbcla and Al- 
leghany riven partirnlarly the latter— be- 
gan to allow its I’frecla early <>n the morning 
of Iho 10th, and by night-fall the rindi of 
water waa terrtHc. The lower dirtrii-t* of 
Pitulsnrgli and Alleghany were submerged, 
mg great deatmetion of property, anil 
almroit total saspcDsion of travel on tit* rail- 
roads lending from the city. The losa of 
III* river men, lumber dealer*, anil other* tv 
I'rtMiialuil at a mill win nf ilollurw. Bevernl 
fulultllcv are re]H>rted, and Ilsur* were many 
narrow eroapea Horn dromittig. Tim great- 
cat excitement prevailed at night along the 
shore of both river*, and thousand* of people 
lined th* bonk* until near daylight. 

Our artint-Vriewa given on page 42* »hnw 
nil* of lb* aceticw nnd iucid*iil* <>r tbe Qoml. 
Klver Avonni', in Alleghany City, from owe 
to th* otber, waa true to It* tintin’ fitr 
Every bon** on the street waa thu tri- 
ed . nnd tlie mmaten were compelled to tak* 
refng* in tb* upper atoms. The only mod* 
of tnsnafer along the avenue* wa* 1>y skiffs. 
The Pittotoirgh ami Weal urn Hail mail lay 
nr lw*|rn fret mwbr tb* Uinta (hat Ihmt- 
«d down thu river. All th* dnolUng-hoiMea 
nt rear of tb* Kxpcwitiou Budding, up to 
Hcbeccn htrcvt, were lurrounded hy watrr. 
Rafts mid other river craft floated into th* 
Expedition yard*, anil up «n to tb« alreela 
iri tin.’ rear <»r th* Main Building, Cumniu- 
uiealion with Urn Union Bridge was entirely 
cut off hy a rushing torrent forty fret w ide. 
Tha dApAt of the Pittsburgh mid Wcateni 
Kallrend nt Amkraon Street waa nnd*r wa- 
ter np to tlie second flour, nnd tbo platform* 
floated away. A train of freighl-enni in th* 
vicinity of tb* bridge wa* half *nbm*rg<d, 
and hod to lie anchored to thn attorn *Wi 
cable* ami elialoo. All the bridge* ware 
lilsed with »jM-et*toT», and men In boats aud 
wagons were every where busy in removing 
their household goods nnd picking up drift 
malarial. 





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INTROSPICE. 

8-1 rr vslvct i 7 **, ilufc -sh In fril«l»c (ms 
*M iMlk.ii loin*, SI* atUt <un*l h*k*» 

When itoutixli *nlu'»M vises Uw simwt ijin hnwk* 
U tmitlisg dlvsc Iron. Ibe iky ilmt. 

Where to the Hl4w €»•» ou nlilM thvtt. 

No riffJtnK bfirv dlaanrXnc current wakes, 
tin chutney rLm «Blrk to rtflHlImi Ink'* 

Fell ImM glreosa nt l«t w nn ih loin. 

Hul, lo ll» Mml elikli IhiMn ihr strut key, 

Nlrh In Ik" ssm»l ut ill prectou* Ihitiy*. 

Sclred slth tto thrill of wmI«I syaqolhy, 
Wham at IkroiwY vonwi ctooda Ml ami miy **• 
YUlmw of fkmcre mil «lm» Mil scrapli rap 

!■ ilKM Ur at hrtfM tattnhy, C. 


[R*c«n In lUarra's ffrmi Xev 1*1, Vet. XXIV.) 

CHRISTO WELL. 

0 Birtm cpc Ralr, 

Br R. D. BLACKMORK, 

Anna or ' Mur AsxmxT," “Emma Docm,” 
■" Cater*, nt Cuuuta," nc. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

XOTrTUH NIOI 1 T- 

Sow oil tbrse people and there must 
liava been a liartilml of the |i»1I4iihI mate- 
ria], and a* mnnj of the rough, according to 
the division now In vogue — Inul tborougli- 
ly rnjnymt a very pleasant day, and eon Id 
scarcely expert, an ROaukl* beings, lo en- 
joy the nijflit nn well. Withoot slaying 
any block sheep to the honor of the wind, 
nr u white one to propitiate the moon, or 
even paying kml to weather- glam, they 
had ventured, at a risky time of year, Into 
the stronghold of Imd weather: and they 
rlid not even bleaa their stars for the lnek 
no for vouchsafed to them. Bo they wanted 
a lemon, and they got it moat impressively. 

Having inaile nn exemplary mistake of 
late', anil paid for it with til* chronometer, 
1 'arson Short (although baldly prophetic to 
the Colonel) Iwael refused to do more tbnn 
eliuke bin bend when tlw ladies consulted 
him atom l their clmtheo. The wlw*t of man 
biMta faith in It la wisdom when it lina cost 
him a lump of In* tithe., and suspect* n vein 
of irony, aa the Pythia might have done, 
after failing t« predict her own isMmy. 
But now there ww no possibility of mis- 
take to any on* acqnaiuted with tiie man- 
ner of the moor. •* Have yon brought your 
el.ne carriage, a* I told yon I" asked the 
parson. 

Colonel Weotrombe replied that a. tnoeli 
aa ho disliked lo Iw shot up in a box on 
wheel*, be hail enme in hi* wife** carriage, 
tuth to plena* her, and to help any women 
•w bo might ho in troahlc of the rain. “ There 
«rr lots of great people here," said Urn par- 
son, smiling wickedly," without so luueh roi 
Tim Pngsley's pnka la protect then sniup- 
taioiM raiment. Not one of them will hear 
the idea of being soaked, altbnngli they all 
have courted it. The Touchwoods hate tun 
cloned carriage* bent; the hired things (*ueb 
ns Root amt Hpotty enme in) tls aa open os 
n net ; a tarred net la their aiiuilitude. With 
hwlf au hour’s rain, they dnp black drops 
that never conic out, though yon wash and 
wring forever. Little Roaa inerr* a bet- 
ter fata thnn that. How lovely she look, 
in her silver gray! She has nut tile least 
mono nf the rain impending, and rain and 
min aro the same word to her frock. She 
will cry, for she never had such a flock tie- 
fore; mid alie won't rare twopence for Ita 
value, perliapa, but for the disaster to her 
father's kind n cm. Your carnage will lie 
Itfwlegod by mighty ladies; hut they can 
atlonl to get turn'd every day. Make Rose 
go with you, and put her in first, amt daiw 
her to come out. and put your terrier on her 
cloak, nr else they will torn her out, nr sit 
upon her lap ; tbime ladles arc such treineu- 
dons crushers.” 

"Short, I have known yon for twenty 
yearn," said bis old friend, looking with sur- 
prise at him, “ hut yon are full of unknown 
corners still. See to it all ynuraalf. I can 
not pcrtvir* any ground for ruahing into 
action Irnfurn completing my. dinner. One 
reason why we generally got off pretty well 
was that wp seldom went into action with 
empty belli**, aa oar brave foes very often 
had to do. VVhat w* had was tough, tint 
we got through II, and wen* lit for tough 
work afterward. Ah, there will never I hi 
. neb day# again. Our mcnclus stood up 
tike stnlia of wire, and our teeth would go 
through heart* of oak. How well I rcinein- 
ber nil old Spanish rock, when 1 had the 
honiwof dining — But perhaps 1 hate liieh- 
tioncil that to yon taiCnre.'' 

“Scarcely less than fifty time*. The tale 
lias un improving tendency, and I wish there 
were lime for nuntber edition. This loath 
is excellent, and eke tbe lotariem. Taka a 
Immiii with you, tike an old canspaignur, and 
got yonr bones in aa soon as may lie. In 
a few minutes there wilt he helter-skelter. 
Here coin** the swirl of aucAhat out runs the 
storm. I will tiring Koaie to the road across 
tile hriilge.'' 

"Sow dou't you gat in front of Jack/' 


railed out the Colonel, as the parson Made 
off. with the wind be 111 lilt him; " Jack, So out 
Irani to do the proper bnsmeM for m la- 
dies. You have li.nl your lime. nnKM it 
go hy. Leave Roan to Jack; al»e jkltoo 
yonng for you. Y«* may do the bvfcf you 
can with Julia. Don't hurry me- I won't 
lie hurried. \V list are these jmtty driillsa 
after the monntain storms l lure hud to 
meet with for weeks together T True it is 
that T waa younger then — ” hi' abided, us his 
liat flew away into the river; “but never 
mlml, I can always tie my head up. The 
rising grnei alii ii is a wonder; Imt If they 
low their hats, their lirmls go too. Equally 
hollow both of them." 

Colonel Westcoinlie very seldom soiil n 
•pileful woctL Imt it was enough to re* Iitiis 
In son his new heaver display no sw imming 
powers in the rapids of the Feign, and to 
hear a loud laugh from acme young fellows 
(meant for gentlemen) who, if they hnd lieeu 
nt all up to their lurtli, would have jumped 
into th* water and p on bod on* another out 
nf It, in rivalry u» help a w hite-halted mail. 
The CoUmel, in reply to their laugh, bowed 
to them, to thank them for hnving olmerred 
his trouble, mid then with deliberation 
walked into the river, r<nud bis water- 
logged Imt, ami without another glance at 
ttieiii, crowed the ruggnl channel, to aare 
going round hy tbo bridge for his boraes. 
Jnck Weatcom h e, who wns watching Roee, 
Haw hy ber glance tbat something was 
wrong ill llial dirocliou, ami an noon nn !w 
found Ollt what it »««, Indignation made 
him art. amiss. For lie took the two lenders 
iti tbe heyday of tbeir grin, and recalled 
tbeir jocularity to their own concerns by 
delivering them Imtidsotnely into a lively 
stickle. 

Scarcely w.n then* time to get fairly 
through this before the full brunt of the 
storm wa* upon them, aud the valley wo* 
swept with confusion. The hills aeemed to 
lew in the darkening air. anti torrent wisps, 
like pitchforked hay, scattered all the linen 
nf wood amt crag. Away went canoes, ket- 
tle yules, and haui]iem; and not even a bot- 
tle full of stout could stand upright. The 
Indies, who would not liced a word of warn- 
ing, clung to the I twee, and strove to bring 
their skirls behind thorn; fo* skirts were 
then aeeo, where they bow have heel-dap*. 
Like arrow* a cloth-yard long, thickened in 
with omm-bow bolts, came tbe flight of the 
rain, with a cast of blue among tbe tree 
tranks, where it ran Into Ui» forest haw. 
Where it struck the young leave* they went 
np like shcUs, with the glared aide down 
ward, and any brown folio of last year, still 
sticking to its musty chronicle, was whirled 
and t ossed off like » winnowing. 

But one of the worst things for nil tbe 
good people, who bad fed on the fat of the 
hind all day. nod greased every brier with 
dnintinewt, was the rising nf their wall** 
into their own eye* niut teeth. Blacks of 
dried furxc from the hill hail been burned 
to enable them to spoil cookery, nod ninny 
a poor tree bad i>eeii burned »f its young 
leaves hy their skeltering smoke. And 
now, being full of intelligence, they owned 
— whenc vrr they found spans for a whisper 
— that there u such a thing na paying dear- 
ly for ooe's roost. 

Young West com Ik* hod observed, with 
much vesat loti, that through Bqilire Ricky’s 
rnaiMiuvra about Knee, his own go.*t father 
limt Imi’Ii robbed of tbo pleasure of tier com- 
pany nt dinner-time. After all tbo kind- 
new* of Mr. Arthur, arid the roclidctieo 
placed in bis honor, Jack had felt, through- 
out tlm day, tbat it would tw mean «u his 
part to takeadvantago ofthl* neutral ground, 
and endeavor so to Meal into forbidden 
graces. Nevertheless, it bad icrand quite 
fair to taring stamt, s» far as might lie, a 
feeling of grast-will and independent liking 
between the fair stranger and tbe Colonel. 
And new, when he saw Hie bo]>n of this cut 
short, in tin general confusion, and nobody 
coming to the aid of poor Mini Arthur, his 
heart homed u ithiu him to redrew* tbe and 
neglect. Without a moment lout lie ran np 
and led her into a Iwautifiilly shwllered 
spot, where a cove of dry stone wna over- 
hung with fringes of ivy. *' Yon now think 
twice atiout yourself," lie said; “they have 
mash-d you, uud ruu away, and left you to 
get sodden." 

“ It w not quite so bad nn that," she an- 
swered, while the storm iiarn'smsl around. 
“ I am not even wet ; and if I were, it would 
not hurt me, except for tuy father's klnd- 

•• How fond you are of your dear father ! 
I am auTe 1 am *fot at nil surprised at it, I 
have met him several limns; and I feel as 
if — But It* diH-s not waut any praise of 

•• He is far above anybody's pmiw." said 
Rcmc, lifting her gentle ryes with pride; 
end then, for fear of seeming rude, "In odd 
ed, “hut I am very glad that you speak so, 
Iweaiiso yon are so straightforward." 

“And what did yon think of my father, 
if yuu plsaaa » You hav* not am him at 


hi* heat to-day. I’eople of thi* kind pul 
him nuL-ta'cannr he ii no unpndeutioiis, I 
was iu -ni b a nge when they called yon 
away, just whan iuy Jatlur would have got 
on well. It krns ton bad nf that little mis 
•fable Dicky. 1 would gladly have put him 
<>n the bonfire- I hope be is drenched hy this 

“ You should not say a rich little things. 
I am wire yon do not mean them. He ts 
ti«t well yet: and he ia never very strong. 
There w as sorb a rush of dual that I can 
wot in sure, but I think I «*w lady Touch- 
wood In the distance putting him Into the 
great yellow carriage, with a tall man to 
take rare of him. He requires to he well 
looked after." 

Jack WmtCMnb* laughed, for he waa 
greatly pltaaed. Young men went to have 
no confidence at all either In tbeir own 
choice, or in the Judgment of tbe chneru 
one, that they continually get so jealous of 
wmie fellow utterly below contempt. “ You 
scarcely tweni t« sluin' his dear mamina's 
opinion of him. 1 * Jack became quite untile, 
as he east off petty feelings; •• bnt, Mis* 
Arthur, there an many things about him 
that one can not help feeling an affection 
fur, He. docs not gi»« himself half tbs airs 
tlml might he expected nf him. He la Very 
kind- hearted, and be love* bia bit of sport, 
and be tries to set np n strong way of his 
own, if bis mother and sister would only let 
him, He won't take to cheating, like hi* 
fattier — at least, that is tmt what 1 ought to 
■ay ; what I mean Is that he does not love 
riicnirwren and contract* and tlwwe dishon- 
est ways nf getting half a down carringes. 
He i* soft: hot hy way nf rontrnst 1 like 
him. Squire Ricky i* Dot a had fellow at 
all." 

Hue Arthur looked at Jack, a* he shook 
h>s bend Judicially o/lcr slimming np in fa- 
vor of Ricky Touchwood, ami she wondered 
nt hi* impartiality shout a gentleman whum 
he hod longed no lately to put upon one of 
the bonfires. Somehow or other she hnd 
Idrvneil great faith in the stability of this 
Jnck, and now he seemed a Jack of both 

“ Yon tiinst not anppow that ho will ever 
do anything," continued the other, for fear 
of having helped to exalt his rival danger- 
ously ; “he will never do any good aa long 
aa be exist*. Only it is a great thing to do 
no harm, for people who h*v« gone up so, 
and made a heap of money. Hul you bam 
not told me what you thought of my goisl 
father.” 

“ I never *nw anybody I liked so mnrh 
without knowing any thing ahont them, He 
•cents to me to In of the very noblest na- 
ture, and he had Jnat come up a tremen- 
dous bin." 

“ He rnn go up a hill now every bit aa 
well ns I can," said Jack, with filial poetic 
lieentw; "(fit wasn't fnr his wouimIs, I could 
never overtake him. Bnt that U a trifle 
compared to what they *ay olsvnl him in all 
the great historic*. In at least three bat- 
tles with the entire French army, every- 
thing depended tijsm my father; and be 
did It so superbly that their only chance 
was to run away immediately. He never 
mentioned it; mill be would lie very angry 
to think that I knew anything ataont It. 
But history is history, and there yon find 
the whole of it- Though I should not have 
known half aa much n* 1 do If it hud not been 
for old General Punk. The General is a 
most opiniated man, and a great friend of 
tny father's; and when anything is said, ho 
shuts one eye, and just glances with the oth- 
er at my father. If you Onaid only ace him. 
you wootd uuderntand how oar old officers 
conceal their exploits." 

" 1 have always thought, and I am quite 
anre now,” cried Boor, blushing up lo tier 
long eyelashes, aa she dropped them in 
sweet excitement, “that tny father must 
have done great exploits ton, lierunse be 
never speak* of them. He was in the thick- 
cat of tbe war in Hpain, as I know from a 
quantity of little things about olives, and 
gripes, and cork-tree*. Bnt oh. Mr. West- 
combo, I never meant to speak of it. and I 
ta'g yon not lo soy a won! nlxnit it. My fa- 
ther's desire is to live in strict retirement, 
as nearly all the great men long to do. I 
may trust you, 1 uni sore, not to say a word 
about it.” 

“ Y'onr father hits frosted me." Jack an- 
swered. with a gear* Magnanimously culm 
and *l>*4Taet, considering the stole his heart 
was in; “ I know a great deal inore of him 
thou anybody else docs. He said that he 
could are what I was quite plainly, and I do 
not violate any confidence in telling you 
that he liked, me." 

It may he dnaMed whether this »ns 
purely uptight on the |«*rt of Mr. John 
Westons* he. And he even Belt some doubts 
upon the point himself, when he eaniii to 
think of it afterward. But fur Rose to be 
looking at Ilian as she was. and for him to Imi 
looking at her, and knowing how srlihim lie 
got any cliauoe of so doing — purely tbriHigli 
hi* own upnglitu n sa —a n d fesiiug what a 


difference it mode to him. even to l«e near 
her In the very worst of weather, and w has 
a thing it would be to have movie her think 
a little of him. Jut now and then, with a 
gentle bit of sympathy, and a soft curiosity 
about his meaning nil this, in one mo- 
ment crowding in upon him w, left him 
very little time for neglecting his own in- 
ter** to. 

“If the rain would only slop," said the 
yonng lady, looking round for stnclbing 
superior to talk of; “bnt it veins to be 
growing darker almost every minute. It 
serve* me quite right for my eelfiahtieos in 

“You should never any that- You dhl 
not entno to please yourself, hat because 
yonr father wished it. I -cure everything 
to me. I will take good cure that you shall 
get Ini ne quite dry imd very nice — though 
nothing make* you look any thing but nice. 
Now will you lie frightened if | run away 
for lc«a than ten minute*, nud will you 
promise strictly to stay here !" 

She laughed at the idea of being fright- 
ened, ami nodded with u pretty aoiile her 
promise to stay there. “ But I am so afraid 
that you will get wet!" she said, with a 
glance worth a tlinmaml thorough duck- 
ing*. In fear of making answer to impres- 
sion, Jack k i— wd hi* hand, nml set forth into 
tbo storm, wishing hotly that there was a 
bumeaiin or deluge to meet for her sake, 
nml to shield her from. And she came to 
the earner of the shelter ami peeped ronnd, 
with ber taunt ifal hair scattered down the 
outnsrd shoulder, ami her hat blown bnck, 
and the ranntno of the wind striking tin* 
oval of her gentle face. “Oo hock,” ha 
shouted, and she obeyed him. and thought 
nf him tbe whole timo that she waa left 

(ve *■ ensvunsan.1 


“I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY EYE." 

BY TUB FAMILY DOCTOR. 

Ha vk yon, my good follow f Well, I know 
it is a painful cwnngh accident, although 
such a alight one, and I will see if I can not 
*M| relieve yim, It isn't mortar or lime, 
yon *ay f Well, t hat's all right- Now don't 
go on robbing it so; It will only mnk* it 
worse ; the more you rub, the more inflamed 
am! dry will yonr eye liecume, and the lent 
will ho the chance of the offending sub- 
stance coming out by itself Keep your eye 
shut, don't touch It, let the team, which will 
surely flow, All your eye, and ill great, prob- 
ability you will And that they will effectu- 
ally bring tbe fly, bit of dost, or whatever It 
may he, to the outer part of the eyelid, from 
whence you wilt easily lie able to remove It. 
You disagree with me, do yon T You say 
that you have often got a fly out of your 
eye by gently robbing toward yonr iioae, I 
don't doubt it for a moment ; but In alt 
probability the fly wiis close to the edge of 
the eyelid, and you wet* powu'Mrd of anm* 
little knock tn so removing it— a knock 
which possibly nineteen (itmiim oat of 
twenty are not prauessiil of— and remeo- 
qiwnlly 1 think you will see that my advice 
on Uim point is. on tbe whole, good. 

What do von say T— it won’t come out my 
war f Well, what I* It, do yon think, that 
has got Into yonr eye I A piece of atone 
chip. Very well; ait down, and let u»e see 
if I can not Boon remove tho rauus of thii 
irritating pain. Now look up nt me. Don't 
Iks frightened; I slia'u't hart yon. Now I 
am nlmost sure from experience that I shall 
And it under your upper eyelid, and to get 
at it 1 must turn this up. How am I going 
to do Hllaf Oh, that is easy enough. 1 
lay this small probe, for which 1 could sae- 
lly Mihstilnte Hie Id unt end of a darning or 
worsted needle, arrow the upper lid ; 1 now 
take bold of the middle iipjier eyelashes 
between my finger and thumb, and whilst 
drawing them outward and nponnl, ! gen- 
tly prom the probe upon the ltd. 1 now 
tell you to look down, nnd the eyelid at 
once become* everted. Ah ? now I see n list 
it it giving yon all this |min. I will wipe 
it away with n canael’a-lialr brush, slightly 
moistened, nr if 1 eonld not hnvn gut ihat, 
a piece of cotton-won! or soft handkerrhw'f 
dlpjH'd in water would have done na well. 
Now it's alt right ; you see it was not a very 
formidable operation either for you to bear 
or for me to perform. All you need do now 
is to keep yonr eyelids claw'd for a little 
while, and it will soon be quite well again, 
1 hope. 

What should I have done if the anhstanco 
had been Imbedded t Why, that would have 
required n certain amount of skill on my 
part nnd patience r>n yours, ami a* no one 
Imt a Burgeon should attempt tbe tvnoivnJ 
of a foreign body, which ha* Itecome Imbed- 
ded, from th* eye, I need not desrnbo th* 
proeem to you. 

The eye pain* you *1111, does ill Yea, I 
sec it U very inflamed, owing in a great 
measure to your foolish efforts to rob the 
piece of stone dust oat. Well, I will just 
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nml It wilt smut to I'lislef ; bill yrvit had tot- 
t-T «-«>%•<•» U tip, mh) not itte it ft ir a few 
lionrra, till It ooeius right again. 

Lucky thing fur you it wo* out mortar or 
Unto that got into your eye, for that it not 
only too vilely painful, but also very likely, an- 
ls-sux qilirlilv removed, to very materially af- 
fcct tliO aigbt, 

Now, if mich had lima the cane, 1 should 
itt. onri> liave well washed it out with a tep- 
id sMiltitinn of vinegar and water, itung 
it I tout it tco-apornful of vinegar to two ounce* 
of witter. After I hail given it n good bath* 
ing, 1 ixhoiild have everted the lid ns before 
ilenerilied to you, and wr if all the parti- 
clow of mortar >-r lime aero tin. roughly re- 
ins* ve«I. I ahould have then .1 ropp.il ammo 

a-uMtor-oil into the eye, and t«UI you not In 
attempt to uw it or let the light get to it 
lor aome little time. I may here tell you 
tlmt if Marti an accident did bn]>pen in yon, 
it would lie wiae for you in any rate to let a 
lucdicael man ate your eye, and make anre 
that no mischief had beam down. 

If your eye had been injured by a at mug 
iwlcl, the treatment would lie to at once 
wy rin go it out with a aolntlon of bicarbon- 
ate of noda, alxvnt four groin* to an ounce of 
water, nud after that had beeu elTeeliially 
dime, you might then have muni. oil, a* l»o- 
fnre dOM-rilied, diopped into it, Sn|i)m*iing 
your oyelida were alao injured by strong 
tu'ida, it ia beat to dreea them with a lini- 
ment composed nf linsroil-oil and lime-wa- 
ter. equal parte, with a little prepared ehalk, 
well mixed. Y*U dip a piece of soft lint 
iut<> thin liniment, arol apply It over tlie eye, 
securing it arith a pad of cotton-wool and a 
hundogo. 

Now Mimetimiw you may fancy yon barn 
anrldenly a bit of grit or brick-dust in your 
eye. and no argument will convince you 
(lint smell in trot the ram; but let me ex- 
plain to you that thi* feeling i« lh« first 
syniptsvm of an inlloiumatory cold of the 
miter covering of the eye called the con- 
junctiva, amt a very painfnl feeling it ia too. 
You oak what yon *11011111 do if yon caught 
ouch a mid in your eye? Most decidedly- 
let a medical Dan am it at mire, for if thi* 
condition be not properly and quickly at- 
tended to. M-rioiia mischief may Ihi tlm re- 
sult. In all probability be will order you 
to take tonic aperient medicine, to May in- 
door* for a few day*, and to wear a shade 
over your eye. He may then tell yon to 
fiuweiit it well with a decoction of poppy 
beads, blade hy mixing ail Minco of entailed 
poppy lieada with a pint of water, and boil- 
ing this for a quarter of an hour, and strain- 
ing through niii.hn; or he may tell you to 
keep a piece of lint dipped in MM Goulard 
water over the eye, with a piece of nritosi- 
wihiI amt oil-silk outside. In a day or two, 
when th* acute symptom* have NiiiMldrd, ha 
may than order you to batho it well with 
cold water or some astringent lotion. To 
do this properly yon mn»t procure a regular 
eic-doncbe. or an eye-cup, which are sold 
fur thi* purpose. The eye-cup consists of a 
.midi oval - shaped glam vnwsl, somewhat 
Isrgec than the eye, which, aa it wore, fits 
into It. You AH ttila gliiaa with whatever 
the doctor may have ordered, nnd press it 
agoinu the eyelida, which you must open 
whilst in the fluid, and by tlii* method the 
eye is thoroughly ansi effectually washed, 
Now 1 have told you all 1 think worth 
tour While to know about the war of deal- 
ing with (brae aiigbr aceldenta that may at 
any line happen to this most delicate and 
vundcrfcl organ of aiglit, and I hope I have 
(light yon sufficient to enable you to rvn- 
dvrbrlp when required to some inomevila- 
itly unhappy individual, who, like yourself 
Just now, has got something 111 Ills eyn. 


I and w*a quite convinced that Hnmphry in 
particular was bent on nasaulting him. It 
was in vain to assure him that Humphry 
n-aa tlm very paragon of good-nature, ansi 
to point out that when we were all out 
walking together he never one* oflerod to 
annoy him. My friend waa |--na ruled that 
if Humphry only got him alone.be would 
play some trick him. Ill fact, he Would 
not take a turn in the garden without as- 
suring himself that that " brat* of * dog’* 
was not prowling about; and 1 now think 
be had reason. 

One day, having satisfied himself that 
Humphry was out of the tray, he went out 
to a favorite walk that ran along beside a 
high hedge, and began to ruminate over 
oowio theological problem, na hr pored fock- 
want and forward, free from all anxiety. 
Then, to my amusement, as I freely eon feu*, 
I sow Humphry'* block but most intelligent 
cniniteuance peeping out from an opening 
in a hedge at the upper end of tlie garden, 
and watching with Veen delight his anuis- 
peotmg prey. Bt then himself 

tlirougli, trotted down the ganlen In a state- 
ly manner, and Just a* our fTiend was ap- 
proaching the cod of the bedge, Humphry 
presented himself, ami govs one bark. That 
bark can hardly to tleocribed; but alt my 
reodor* who know tbs sound of frn in a 
dog'* bark can Imagine ir. Tits look of dis- 
may in tlu> minister's solemn face os hn 
found himself tbua suddenly at hi* torment- 
or's merry was a study; nml ‘he began to 
retire backward, a* from the presence of 
royalty. This proceeding Hnmphry, who 
whs simply playing on tlm man’s nerrono- 
ness, walf licd with nmrh relish ; amt then, 
w hen it had lauded our friend half way ap 
tlie walk, he harried along the id her anlo 
of tlie hedge, nnd repeated the former bark, 
tills time firAiwf the loinislcr, wbw self- 
pfassiMOioii now gain way, ami gathering np 
iii* cost, like a child wailing through water, 
lie made a clean toll for a neighboring um- 
nicr-bon«c. Hnmphry waa <|mtc nnaltlo to 
follow him. He lay down on the grass, and 
literally rolled in an ecutasy of delight. 

When I arrived on th* *|m»I a* a relieving 
expedition, Humphry had recovered him- 
self, and was seated before his friend's place 
of refuge, listening w ith much complacency 
to a string of conciliatory remarks, “ Kino 
fellow," •* Poor dog," as if he had been a lajv- 
dng, nml suggestion* swell a* “ 1'nsny. pussy, 
sh — sb, cats," but steadily itvsioluitiiog bis 
position of watchfuiuem. Hut as soon as ! 
nuulc my appearance be seemed at once to 
realize hi* undignified ami inhospitable con- 
duct, sod hurriedly retired from the scene, 
with nu aiiwreslou or deep repentance in 
bis ears and rail. After this unfortunate 
incident 1 could no longer stand up for bis 
innocence, and was obliged to slmt him up 
during tlie minister's visit, lest the very 
sight of tbc mail should lie too much for 
Humphry's virtue. 

lty accident I learned on* day aunt her of 
Humphry's Htuiidhig*jokos ; fur, as I said be- 
fore, he was the most staul of dogs when 
with myself. One of my ciders, s most kind- 
ly and useful man, was little, nnd slightly 
deformed, sml l noticed that Humphry took 
much interval in him. However, they wore 
excel lent friends, and I never anapeeted bow 
much the elder antlered for this friendship, 
till I saw him coming along by the side of 
the eburrh, snd pressing himself again*! the 
wall, while Hnmphry accompanied him. giv- 
ing derisive forks, and inviting tbs little 
elder out to tbs open road. 

" I tear me, John, ysw am not afraid of 
Humphry t W hat tu the world are yon do- 
ing f* 

*• I daurna leave the wn’.' asid the poor 
man, who proceeded to explain that the mo- 
ment he did so, Humphry, if in a mischiev- 
ous mood, would ran in between hi* leg* and 
rtqmize him on hi* fol k. Hilt bo added, 
with a kindly look at Humphry, wbn rc- 
biuii.iiI at n snfe distance, •• I >iuna thrash 
Ivina, fur hr'a a tine dog ; anil it's jiat hi* na- 
tux' -lie's that fimd o’ n joke." A rather 
rongh one. however; and 1 induced Humph- 
ry to ntotaiu from it in fntairc Hut »* «>fl- 
ea ns be saw the good Hlllo man shuffling 
along ilia road, a gleam of supproMwiI fan 
cauio into his txpmin fare. 

flu snnllicr ncroaioti I heard a great noise, 
nuulc up of lrotueu scolding and dogs fork- 
ing, in our village washing green ; and look- 
ing out of my gale, 1 saw that in the centre 
of tbe green w*» spread a largo washing, 
ami on llio central shirt wit my little Kog- 
lisli terriar. What hail ironic Mm take up 
(hat position I can not tell, except pure mis- 
chief; but them be was sitting, and re- 
ceiving the angry threats of tbe woman in 
charge with an ill-natured growl and a 
gleam of bis teeth. Up above on a knoll I 
saw that Humphry lay stretched, viewing 
the wind* affair with <U*p interest, amt 
Joining In the conversation at intervals 
with a most comical “ font.” The moment 
I showed myself, both dogs recollected some 
bounces they hod np the way. and disap- 
puarod, while 1 mad* an apology to tbe good 


housewife. “Dal why did you not drive 
Jackie off your shirts U 

" Drive him nin Little ye keu him. lie's 
Jiat a we* 8a tail, sml hand* nor green in 
bondage. Hut 1 wonder sic a sonsy toast 
a* Humphry wwl countenance tin tricks; 
only a'bwly kens bo’ll ilee nnythiug that's 
droll." 

Yea, that wo* hie failing- The kindest 
of dog*, i tic !»■* nf all one children, lbs pro- 
toctnf nf all little dug*, amt tbo torn.! aflec- 
tionate of com pan ioik*, lie waa apt to forget 
himself on uncli oeesainua 111 * penitesioo 
afterword was, I believe, really genuine, for 
hr was n dog of fine feelings ; bat it waa 
too «!n>rt-liv<<d, nml nearly every wc*k vim 
siguallrcd by auum now ewapude. Yet 1*« 
was perhaps the most popular character in 
oor district, was welcome in every house, 
and when be died — poisoned, as we snp. 
posed Hnmphry waa universally regretted. 
“So Humphry'* dead," said one whom be 
often leased. " Wee-i, ho'U bo auir missed, 
for hn was a droll dug." 


JOHN'S WIFK 

Ir 1 s »7 "Taf to IV*. Jabs, can I tky levs nCstn T 

Knr I'm no tmsntj, ilcsr : IhwWs pltoty roll m» pin*. 
Lille Uil roes dmi-l Mead tlxir Unis la mr lore; 
I Saw ko w1|rt.»c Ms* ejex no etinSerlnl (rr»rc ; 
0*1 I hire health, srd tTDIh, slid piutb, snd I leva 

John, ivm ms take me al In ill, or ri* tboo imut 

I sn is cchnlir, John ; of srl I nonlrl nnl lyirok : 

I onM ms i*j*c ur drtaa, tbl look IUui ia ucaaot 

l'i» »4 aeilirdr st all; 1 do not ps**< »r p'jv ; 

Sur mold I aril* talc or famn. Bo mil Ice cui Ihc 


Wl 

lint I raa keep the Musgict tclgtit. and 1 lav* BO 



Came to my hr*rl, dttr gtrll Give iso thy enu- 

bncoOMl hul. 

r«lr»f «rt ihos In me thin th* ftlrrct In the land, 
lhor hell* worm iily wuuan ! Locv stall he i ny alura. 
love n Mter IMn witching eywa o* Many h»Jr; 
Lore H loiter iMui Manly or alt; love la hrtur I ban 
geld. 

fhboSlW /hw*4 fs the cwrtrt-jA**. for* U md 



WAIFS AND STRAYA 

Ow-Ciwn* sro not rwcvdnt on lit* electric 
railway tooluM la I*ro«i*. A hm* which >(cp|><-i 
reo no* of the rail* wo» thrown down, soil snnllicr 
•uffrewd s shack that m-iiI it g»IU>j-*iic away in 
tenor. Ih-af tin* will fo ahUi Ir. iiHiulge their 
|iro|H«i<ity for walking oa the track by wearing 
show with India ruble* roVs. 

Dail-rtonre which nvenlly fell in an enterpris- 
ing neighborhood in Kan roc were of the modi-al 
»m- of w B lc.!itK. tmt tbe expectant public is lu- 
fuctncd that they “ contained ia tbe centre small 
pcUdea." 

Th* ta*k of roriilng lit* Ifauartuiiott* stst- 
sSri «» in pnigntM. Pcrlisps it was in smicipa- 
thin nf ihi" work that lb* Grew I ami General 
Court raiiv. voted to have the «dd pwprrw in the 
State H.eipe reamngi-l, »nd In have new ropses 

mule of inch a* were found to fo illegiUe. 

St. Louis trwmp-v l»« their h*Rgings on the Is- 
sue of ctvniuntcrs twiween the gcarrebaiisc little 
sparrows la the parks. 

Aa old «ngl*r, who i* touched for u being 
"os ndialde as sny IS.hrmn on the river," 
claims to bar* caught five glimptew of a mermaid 
in lb* Ohio Hirer mar Marietta Hr say* that it 
mm to the surface, look* shout it. snd then 
gradually rinks, leaving it* Iwwutifuliy long and 
glossy black hair floating for * axcornt uu ibr 
water. He repreareiti* it si linving tin- face of a 
woman, snd ut< that tie didn't stmui the strangr 
crew tore trfcauac he feared that if he did, lui would 
“got into Hum* *«t of a murder triad," When 
a»L*<! wloibcr tint mermaid rarriod a comb or 
kok ing gbsa, lie rewUud ii-mpLaliiwi. snd answer- 
ed, " It might have, hot 1 didn't see any." 

The case of alleged bribery is the Sew York 
Legislature has wntrieewd a profound xeiiMlIun 
in tonw fwrta of tbe West, where Assemblyman 
llrailha's il.-|milllng the *SI with ilia SjHskrr 
L rrgsretivl i. sn uiipcvcedroliwl vaamplr uf raw 
lfgi*laUir'* cuttfhlrocii in anutlier. 

A jirrenile military iw ns ; u si » in Washington 
wa* attacked wnh a -tick by William Neal.* lit- 
tle negro. Captain Harry Conk, commanding 
tin- vosng warrv wn, struck the attacking fartr 
with has raivre. Civil law nml civil right* wren 
vlmiiniMvi ill the payment by Captain Cook uf a 
lire of raw Mk 


It is claimed in Arioma that dogs iki not ran 
mad there, and that sun-stroke is unknown. A 
paper printed la that Territory desires to have 
this claim “ mode known to nil the earth," to tfo 
end ihst sit wbo urn in fear of rstiid .tog* and 
tlie san's boat may find a placo of refuge there. 

Fourteen years ago a Mains man left his wife 
and child *» dinner, *«»d *»* ww again -era Ivy 
them till Ihcy framd bim caring bscwi and iwvaiM 
in a miner's hut under the shadow uf Tabic Muunt- 
sin. Csllfonria, uu yaars later. Two yean ago 
Ihn wimH-n JUappearevi A few mouths ago the 
BDotlwr waa fourth to a Han Kram-iwo walking 
match, with a record of lit mitoa, and thu Jacgl. 


««r was lix-knl up m Hwktaml, she having triad 
to drown herself after being made insane by tbs 
faithhwMwMi of her lorrv Tbe penfll* yiclil.d hy 
a |Hw-cut stand ia San Francisco now mat, to the 
tii.Hhcr ts> rare for her daughter. 

A Colorado paf lrr says riiat almut one hundred 
amt fifty Chinamen " arr slmriog mil gnld at the 
brad of Kuwtl (soldi." Tirere is ps-rliaps no 
dher expression in tlm Rnglisb language the 
BMrid uf which surged* rurh easy 00.1 off hand 
acquirement uf wealth a* “tlairiag out gold." 

There la considerable dlsonxsvcu in Hostiin a* 
to wh.-tbsr the old Htate-lluuMi ahsll lv« sacrificed 
t<> tbe .toniamls <>f cniuiurreii. Thu reosun for 
Ilia lack nf wnanimlty la tliat the oM Stale llrevs 
i» xs4 lAe old P la t a Housa, A unictwre which 
claims reapeetaliUily lu it.— urn must bare a dear 
1 record. 

An Atth.lmrenigli fM.vwuchus*tul man b*d hH 
will ui a pM-kct of tbe coat in which In- was buried. 
Tlie heir«, wbu were pre-art it when tlm I indy was 
s-thium-d and the drenmem brought tn light, ct 
ptoimsil that thedecuased man always wo* absent 

minded. 

In rouatris-a gnrenied by vremareha the people 
ore aci-usloranl to errors of apkmtor. This may 
aerostat fur Urn fact that a Montreal ,„,mr dc- 
vcAsvi sally fire line* to ifwaktug at tile feature* 
of a forth -romia* baekawn - * pknk. 

A parrot in Harlem *|>rok* two hundred snd 
fifty wocta. Threw twang Im than that riumbee 
'■f profane exprewslusia in the F.nglivh lar.guagr. 
it b Mcsuasabhi tlmt the hint is sonKttiiBg of a 
W* 

A vouwg man In Wanpacs, Orogsei, adraired 
two young women witli eqwaJ intensity, and each 
of th.-'in was os proud aa tbe other nf his sdml- 
ratinn. So they dn-idmt by the Wew of s roln 
which should hsvr lbs prcferrwvre. and tbe loose 
■ to be Best hridemul at the wedding. 

Lwulne Lattre* are authority for thu oswrtiun 
that thu h.wjfo of their roalrtmcrs are gradually 
■biuititohlag in equatorial dianwur, ami the I>*. 
lisli Itoriry hats veesn to be evld.-nrv of a flaltcu. 
big in the other direction. 

Yuting men m England play ptto in the glare 
nf electric lights. Attention is diridrel between 
the skill of the player* ami tbe agilltv of tbe 
ponies ut stepping over the Work shadow*. 

Although some of the rising yrsing epicure-* in 
London dine off “ tnognes of nightingale* whirl, 
ham been fre! an Cor* iron mvrlle*.“ tbe aider 
generation »tiU slicks to its English roast h«*f. 

InforroaU* OMnra Ivy the war of London that 
ex-Prssilbmi llavsw is U> vimt Europe this sum 
incr, awl that he “ will appear In tbe pulpit* of 
lb* Wostevan ehnfels," to which drttsminalrou 
he is "a shining light." 

Tlie Itdeydvone was first eihiliitrel in China snd 
Ja|iau «.me three year* ago, it waa at firs* sup- 
|Hwt*i ihst the mstrunwiii rou'd not repcaiwcc 
tbe peculiar intonalem uf tbe Chinese long wipe ; 
but *t length It orrwmvl to some one to give It * 
chance, snd the result was sstisfactotr. Tbs Brel 
Telephone Kachan** in the East has hreti ratals 
lidiwd in Singapore, sr.1 the J, t/ma II <*f (y J/e.V 
predii-u that the syslesa will awn fo la grawnil 
a*e aiming tbe native bustores nsrtt uf Hung 
K«ag and .‘Aianghai. 

Scjou raver Truth, at lbs age of otto hundred 
and six years, it l••t- 1 llring in Michigan. It to an. 
drrstrsd Hitt the U aleuit to make the gr**te*a 
effort of her life. 

A priwsicr In tbe Jail *t Hannibal. MWoori, 
unlocked his cell dime and the raster door of tbs 
prison with some plrvvuf tin or iron In Em |hw 

sewsion," writes arm tor — U»i disappmnvd. 

To goarel against ••*'»* put to so much innitde 
in tbe event of hi* Iwing recaptured, and hating 
to escape again, he took the locks otoog with Mm, 

Threw is something abwoet plouiug in the 

vnictw uf the Mrewt criers as brard la thi" riliea 

of tbe Old World Etch hi* iu distinguishing 
pilch, or csdrw.ee, or toflccthm. and tln-y enter the 
open windows in twaHMr-tlaw witbuwt vexing the 
ears of those within, ltd la Sr w York the rend- 
ers proiwc an almost iiBKiulurabto pandemoni- 
um wrii their dof crate liuwlt, F.xcepUng the 
sharp Ivul not eor-ptorriag velji of the nnlkaaen, 
tbe ery of the ragmen, anil the voice* of the land- 
ers of charcoal, their is hardly a cry, arising all 
nf lisas, which help to drive prop.!* Into the roun 
try as soon as tin. n«r of ojwn win. tow* B r 
nnw, that ■« Im distincuiahed, unlre* it is roared 
with *nrh v n|. mm that the sclUMes are di*lincr , 
and whew the sidewalk* are aforel lined with 
fowling rcodent. ivicli striving in drown the rcCcea 
of all the others, there is liuh. for the dwcltom 
to tbe vtoinllv to do tort to give tbrir uniliridsvt 
sttrntian tn the cimtmt. There to s moment of 
sui >f action ston the note of the roburt vsadsr 
of strawlmrrim aoddrcly cracks from owcrslrain- 
iag. and ho drop* out of tin: <xm petition ; hut an- 
urinw of tlm bowling Info ii sure to take hi* 
place, and then it is perhaps Un-ware, .» Iiroom*. 
nr crockery, that ha* the toad. Ikiwnsi the rend- 
er. and the hand organ grimier* there to no such 
thing u an approach u. quiet rill c-rid weather 
MM* a* a pmcivihm. It l* possible that this 
repuUlc would ivul he .ranpellod to furfril iu 
claim t .1 Iwing the land of tbe free If ihnre ahnukj 
be enacted foe thi* city an oidtoanci. in *ume do. 
gwe curtailing tbe privilege* of thu streol remdera 
nud tbe handsirgon meta. 


A WAG OF A DOG. 

A wixisttr nf the Chiirrh of Scot land 

le.K it rk.nwhrre's Jewirmf, ..f a favorite dog 
<f fosho nan hrilwful of fan. I tug*, lie 
ups are always rreditc-d with kiiidlinr*a, 
xagiclty, ausl faithfulnean, but not often 
with tiBiiur. My experience, however, him 
W me to conclude that, »v a rale, tlvey Hsvo 
an itiUtire ncnse »f tli* ludicrous. It varies, 
if cottar, with ilifl'ers-ut hreiits, a largo il.qj 
luriiiisgto fun, xvhllu an Kngltsh terrier is 
pwcally a cynic j hut every dog, except la- 
ilita’ lay-sltga and obviotuly stnpid aniiual*, 
W Mir- sense of lintnnr in his chamcter. 
vsne years ago 1 haul a line retriever ski. 
haf ti* aiost unn.totaknUb enjoy uieiit of 
fan This was. indr*<1, a kind of failing in 
pur Itanphry (lie U now deoil), and lei! 
tin Mtn axcewM-a he nflenrord plainly rr- 
|ixtt*f,ksth aa a dog and aa a minister's 
tig. bit thongh I must say he had a fo- 
rrnnj s*n*e of his pvwitsnn, and on viol- 
etlivt ic at a somioti meeting conductcl 
kiractf with lilatnelrtta propriety, be could 
kndlj roist m opportunity for a practical 
jsl*. 

lit* too totar wild vuutrd my manic ocro- 
taalii «aa a favorite victim. The gimd 
vat, vi. had trot a gleam of hamnr in Aas 
iufuiliia, waa oiorbully afraid of all slogs, 



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A ROMAN VILLA. 

O* page 433 <Mir reader* will find a picture of re- 
main* of an ancient Roman 1 ilia, recently diieovvtvd ui 
.Mall*. By ninny antiqnarmu* till* villa i* anppomd l.i 
have liwii lb* rretdcne* «f Prai.n «. * The moaaic tloor* 
are of varioua eolore. iliul in tbe Immediate r«regnn.bd 
bring hilaiil with' white, black, red, and pwn, The vaae 
ami ovida'intli* periatylo an- yellow ou a Ului-k ground, 
vurruanded w lib III" remalu* of "Ivt.en IMilf column*. 
The peritlyln I* twenty-four feet aqriarc. 

AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY* 

Tin: elective railway, wlilrb l»r. WncKrii Ktrwrv* lia* 
loii-itiKi.'.l in Rerun, between Ibe Mihorb of l.mbtenfrld 
ami tlw <'ade»tcoh*n«, i« nun regularly open fi»r p* Mon- 
ger*. and i» giving great nafwforlion. Tim rail* are of the 
ordinary railway |iot|eru, I nit tbi> gauge '*• onl) title* feel 
three iiirhra. A alnglr car i« prepelltd liy I be cnrreul at an 
average *|M<nl .if nine mil.-* an himr, (hough ihia tala' ran Iw 
doubled if nceewMirv.. . Tin* original model fur thl* line, i»l 
which wo give ail lllntlrnllnn mi page 4X1,1* now at work 
at tbe.Cyjttal Palace, M'driihiuii, a* on ullraa lion for viait- 
ore; hnl if ia prnhaUlo that electric railway*, before many 
yoare are pnat. may anperved* ateam ** a motive power. 

• The cWdcie railway at Berlin I* about a mil* ami a half 
long. ■ No'dilbcoliy Ira* Wou experienced lu ttalag one rati 


RNnl'UII TO MAKE A HORSE LAUGH. 

■7* - *** ; 4 |* ;•>' 

I a* Ibe pnMtivi* noil .llm oilier a* the negative emidnetor. 
Tbe enr i» roriatrueteil In hold twenty pereot.*. Ibe dynamo 
niarhine Iving placed underneath Ibe ear, and trarikinilting 
1 it* movement In t|i» wheel* hy *ptral atrul aprtnga. Tim 
; author! tic* were for noiur time donlitful bow to rluaa thin 
novel railway, ami niter long delilwration they hare do- 
: i i.lcil to rank it at u tratiM-nr. The lime for tnivrr*lng 
the dintunce i» out to Im.< leva than ten minute*, although 
the ear could make tile jiMirncy III alumni half tile time 
mill petfi'i'i aafety. 

Owr any oilier »yatrm worked by *team or cnmprrwd 
air4be elertriru! h»« the advantage that imi heavy uiarlim- 
ety hot to be earned alwiat to net the train in motion. The 
carriage* ran there fore In* hnllt in a lighter manner, thn* 
n-ilnring lire power iieeemury b» move them, and permit- j 
ling all tiihtgvi* and other ■upentrneture* to h* Unlit more 
i ehenply limn innnl. Several carnage*, eoeb with n dy- 
1 naino niarhine. con he joined to one train, and hy till* di*- 
liibntioii of motive power iniirli *toc|irr laelhie* can he 
overworn* tbnn when the *amr train I* drawn hy n dugl" 
i locomotive. lu addition to the ordinary brake*, 'mean* 
ran Iw provided to aliort cirrirlt the ruiuTilmw ou the car- 
, riagr*, and to rau*e them to act n* very powerful limke*. 
The ua« of large ■talhmary eogiiww reduce* the nmonut of 
fuel ueermnrj t«> develop a certain power on tbe travelling 
■ earriage, and if water-fail* can be ut Hired, tbe eo*t id work- 
ing the*e railway* cun he furtbrr dimiinUnal. Il arena* 
probable that »uch railway* call ho awfully alid economic- 


I ally cmiilnieliol to facilitate tbe t rattle In crowded ilrwu, 
or In Mlnaitoh* where local rirrunmiaurew favor their ap- 
1 plication. Tram all that lia* been done during the l»«t 
lew year* it i* evident that the art of tranamittlng power 
hy electricity ha* advanced rapidly, nml that It* practical 
application t* continually gaining ground. 

THS CHICKASAW GUARDS. 

On page 4X1 will It* found a kketeh of the fantona mill* 
tary company of MriupliivTrtinnaarc, the ( liickaaawGaarda, 
drawn up in front of tbeir armory hnildlng in that city. 
The " Chick*.' a* they are familiarly railed, have won tbe 
reputation, by the dee Ulna of Weal l*olnt ofllrcr*. of bolng 
tile inn*t.|>eifeetly drilled 'company of eitiaeu *»ldlery In 
! tbe rolled Siirtra. • They- have woo the chief priae for et- 
rellence in competitive .Irill* at Mempbia, Maalivlll*, 8t. 
; Lttuia, Columha*. tlhio,' Ulmttauooga. TetUMvwaOy gild New 
Orlcaii*,'*gaiiiht the “ erack~ rompuiitiw of the South aiul 
IVid. to 1-7«. lo iierul Sili;n»UN wirnrtoeil t belt drill in 
Ibe ronteat ut St. Loni*. and pruuowtorf! them *U|ieriar to 
auythiug ill or out of Weed Point. 

Tbe " t'tiir k»“ were orgiituae*l In 1*74. The prewut nfB- 
cere are t'lipiaiu h. T. t vnxr>, l.leateuaut* W. L < T.*er 
and IL I.. (It lux. Very few of the original charter cieui- 
l*er» now belong to tie- oompany. We wonld like to ires 
thl* fammw eiMinmo) break n "fHemlly lane*" with miw 
ofonr beat oomponic* here la New York. 



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THE ALCYONE DOAT-BOUSE. I 
Tins Aleyoue Bon* CIn1» «»•* J 1 *- 

Ulldloo nf jirTTring tha maul defiant bnAt- 

luiiw in the vicinity of New York. It 
staraU at *lie foot of a rolling Muff »* It*y 
Bulge, a*til «*min»ti4* a beautiful view of 
11 im liny. From lire foot of Ihe bluff a otair- 
eiiaa |e' M L> to a {ilatfum in I be rear of tlm 
boat’ Ikiimo, olid four entrain* doom a* I hi* 
point — two cumnauuicatlug with tls* "V°" 
cH>ua Umt-ruosn an l be lower Ooor,and two 
leading directly to lb* upper »t«r.v— pro vide 
ample mean* for entrance and egtvM. Tlie 
building fiiotH tin- liny, and fn>«i ■ plntfnrtn 
in front two Ifrldge*. ».i fed long by 10 fwl 
wide, running down to U fl'xtl by W b**« 
wliinb rim* uud fill I v with (lie tide, aud 
which u anid to I** the liugeat of the kind 
In the* cunutry, faniulirr all (lie facilities 
for tlie launching <«f boat*. Tho outirn low- 
er dour. 40 by 70 feet, i* mh! a* a room for 
tbo Htorage of boala, tackle. <»r», and all (be 
appliance* employed in boiling. It u ao 
aireiiged aa to accomntmiate font tinm *>f 
boat* on mosvatblu farka.ai.cl cun b* Iran* 
funned in a f»w lloiira' notii-o Into aaband- 
•mne a lwll-ti*MU an could pomibly be du- 
el red. 

The aocowl floor colitaiiw a IimIW par- 
lor, (be diuaeintinns of which are |t> by lfi 
feet; a Indira’ reception-room, t» bjf*T feet, 
and octagoti in nbape, with itnuble ■ aaab 
doom iu each corner; aud a dmoing rooeu, 
IK by (II foul, extending acroaa the rear of 
tba building. Thia divnulng-room, which t* 
intended for tlie member* of the club, n>- 
cJudra a lavatory fitted op with all I tin mod- 
ern cuoreuiericu*, )lt*rrt clouet*, and a both 
nil feet tapiam. It in lighted and ventilated 
by twemy-two windows WJ ‘ l contain* UNI 
locket* arranged ou each Mile of the nmus, 
and a double tier of movable hxk era on Mil- 
era in tbe cv litre. 

The Ale, tuna I tout Club i* the aldmt or 
giuiiMtkju of tho kind in the city i>f lirook- 
I) u, aud baa been in exiateuoo nearly thirty 
y uiira. It baa eighty -fivo active and aeVot,- 
(y-flve honorary of retired roemlwr*- Ita 
fleet rciiaiuU »f two eight oarvd nlirlU, two 
ai K-aarud gig*, two four -oared gig*, two pair- 
oarvtl adielU, two double wnl I*. one *i x -own'd 
laaiin*' barge, one fiHir-uared lntliiV IxltgO, 
one working boat, three wherrie*. null about 
ten single muU* iwLinging to niembera- 


Nnw ihM rfct hot weathre l* opmi a* mt*l people 

tu cuulUfrine lie* Ihrv <M> iWo niml.irtaW j. 
■u» W. Lane, ol Jtwrea.calb Mwullun llneugh 
nr ailiwrtlalug cuiiliau* to til* ** X( OitVlJCaJ 


Tmt Artificial Find of Infant* «i brew a wti- 
Jmt of studies** inUnwt *Lth luielligeut mother* 
and the mtilkwl profi-amu* for yrnra Not only 
the health, and ]wrt*ps life ut Uic mother, l*a 
the oawslilotnw of die infant I* involved in IV 
•upply of proper artificial *ii*ten»n«w. The Vie 
tor Baby Food appraUdM* bwiw bo healthy 
bnuntmllk than anything that chemical wicuce 
baa devised. It require* pa cmikhig or Bddid 
ingndluuu, and lj ccovenienlly given, according 
to plain and simple direction* Which aivouipany 
cwcli Ihix. It y will tiv all druggist*. Tmt 
K Macnatt k Pxrmia. PmiHetons 104 to ltd 
Read* Sums New Yuilu— [ddv ) 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


EPPS’S COCOA. 

GRATEFDL— COMFORTING. 

•l»fi thamgfe kaowbdev e< ttw mtuml lavm 

wtihb B»*rvn iirr iip.T»i|i.n* <4 Jlre'm mil uutri- 

tk*l. lint hy a rorrSI igtilkMibli -4 fheflnr |mi|wnliU 
limlitur-MMr* w*h a Siilratfir 

wbtcli m^mc Silt' tmt a 

i Mn *m«y V gmliiory hniH up mill rtnmg 
enwiC* b* mill - ■ tT V irmlmr} loCInim lluulnll 
■i( -Iililt-I natrilK* *n: Ihnllau aminiljni rvailf to it- 

■ Itk j«irv hk-ul oniT a pnpiri; uoailMad Iianx."— 
CWtl irreiv «mv«ta 

Made tlaitdy w*li bolllnr «awr « aiUk. 

(Md only la ndikml Cun. ft lad lb., Ulwllrd 

James Erl’s k co, cw<, 

Loinnoa, Eas. 

Aim. XjrjiVr OtUcobltr ttem for titemoon W 

THE ORGUINETTE. 



CiRIMTmft, (ITOIATIC MCnU’tl. ( tlHIT*, 

nrif owiaas kkh* •Miami, ut minus. 

TV, raaat wuodvrlol aiurk prodoclnc Imrninrnt* 
In the world. Play rwrytbtn*. A»y can 
■boat. Nu laaduol baowhdgr rttiolred. fall md too 

MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE CO., 

831 ■raaAuay.Wt. Iim and ISlk **•-, 

NKW YOU 1C. 

1.1 ON * HE A LI. 1*2 titolr HI., CMearS *1U 
Wholrml* Agent* for Mlc*i«m, W *«H, .NtamaiU, 
Nctmaba. CuWtda, uni tie Pacllk Cn#j* 

Uldiervagy piwwiiM by lb* Parnlty. 

TAMARAS. 

• at u ■ m ai rawbeal Mcmk*. kr 

IN 0 IEN 7 SH'“T’ j r 

ilviaF*fiiln- depart*. 

GRILLON'* 


UORSFDRirs ACID PHOSPHATE 

IS N EHVOI'H WBSIUTV. 


tswtlmd. Nu 


In there a harmUwv face po»d,» 1 Yu* ; Hiker’ 
American l’»* IVader *> eWwidy liannhaa an. 
very bewotlfnl in effect HeH fiefjalNW at a. 
ciaila tier Ini*. Tboae who prefer a ik|uid p*|» 
ratwo will Ewd Klker’a Cituin of lb**** the tu»* 
aalafacWry article they can uoe. — J 


> a foctMrt ntrtaa* to eewtouid a rerweCy of <n*elt 
astern** hmlUt iub*w 


rrk, and kou 


Ova— IA' 

MTKXAY Jt LAMMAS'S FLORIDA WATER, 
Vbw jm<I In tbr bath or M tan Idlrf. purtHra, w(n«h 
and wtillniw the aklli ; r*f««tuwtoTU[oriai», and Im- 
{nioauu time tllBirtaf a < I urn. Inf tml l*»i Inc trv 
fi.ru-e u( rare exotic Anna It V greatly Mp«r1nr 


L.*». 


Jc Ku 


l>. Bot« Pri^etrt'dw 


Ik l n Lnniuli, No. T 


aeutrd, tmt l*e e>'i» 


tome late Hooter wfetn 
<1 stay te «Mr It - aal 
raiM. t’nrei Rtuioanrto 
Id by Druppwtw — 1-1 A. ] 



__ _ ENAMELED 

Ol* Wart*, sum-wi**,. Trent. 

Alan- Til K CAMPBELL BRICK * TILE CO.W 
Karantl* »td tia*m*lHr»l Flmr TUei. Eamlra. *r. 
•rtlOb,. AKF1NWALI. « SON, 
«Ot Broadway, Haw York. 

Berts At* n,< l “ 'bo Hulled Kmi-e . 

LYON A MEALY 4 

t«4 tela Mrtt* Ckk»*», J 



• AMD OATALOOOI, 



PURS SUGAR. . 


(more generally known M/iWeir), hcrrlodure 
qnite exUOMvdy used by coofwl rorwra, 
brewvt*, etc., hat been sufficiently dry 
and white so that it can be powdered and 
mixed with yellow niearv It ratstx the 
standard of color largely, but not being ao 
sweet reduce* the saccharine ttrength. mak- 
ing it tioceaory to me more <if the article to 
attain the uuial degree of sweetne**. 
quantities of thia mixture are Ouw being 
made and sold under tarot* brand*, but all 
of ibten, ao far at we are aware, bear the 
*«il» •* New Proceta ” in addition to ether 
brand*. 

A* refiners of iw Btgar, we are, Wi view 
of these (act*, liable to be placed in a !*l»c 
jHMiiiou before the public, as the rraath* of 
analydt of rogar bought mdncrinunatcly, 
mil acetn to confirm the fibr tad malicious 


t intimating that a mixture 
cose and rase rugar is injurants to health, 
we do maintain that it defraud* the ianccrnt 
coutuarer or yn»l ao much sweetening power. 
In order, therefore, that the publrf can get 
sugar pure and la the conditioe il leave* 
our refineries, we aow put ll up la barrels 
and half Asrerfr, 

Inskle each package will he found a guar- 
antee of the purity of the osntrat* as follows ; 

»Pr kinky mftrm tkt fmkiit U*l rare 
rr/fmeJiHpm rcmriit loUly cj Mr pya/ttrl o/ 
nm rui-t'i r/fimJ. J<intk*r OIuimii, JUm- 
rso/v t/ Tin, tVmriktif Arid, mar any atkrr 
/atriftt inf’ilarwi wkaUrtr it, nr rw, Asr 
ten, mixed fti/M l/um. Onr Sngan and 
Syrnti are atiaiutety unadulterated. 

Affidavit to the above effect in New York 
papers of November tUth, 1878. 

Coivtumen should order from tbeir grocer, 
sugar in our original packages, esther naif or 
whole barrels. 

Consider well tbe above 
when purchasing migar 
for preserving pnrpones. 

HAVEN EYERS k ELDER, 

DC CASTRO & OONNER REFINING CO. 

1 <7 Wall Street, New Yoke. 


THE GREAT SAUCE 

OF THE WORLD. 


LEA & PERRINS' 


EXTRACT 
of a t.CTTKH trren 
D MKIJH AI. OKS- 
TLSMAM at M Jit- 
r-o. to "i-* t-uiiii-.' 
at woKrotTKU, 

^mlfeAEPKIt. 
KINS that their 
■•K* M bhfhlr css- 1 





THE SEA-SHORE COTTAGE 


MiW«IIIMiimai»au»Hi 


P“’f, 


AYR Ell RATH MM 1.8. CaUkfiara 

Is vs, I'aiil-Iinliiws, Cteradre, Tshlwax. Ac. 
■if frrr, hv enkaa r>n' aitlties* to 

Poas-sintra lias 3410, New Yorh. 


STATEN ISLAND 

FAKCY DYEING ESTABLISHIENT, 

data, S *B4 7 takll Ut.. 8. V. 

BRANCH i|RSStei 5 r ,tU 

offices i 


MW Lvmm, CTnsta, /AAm. WC. Ilf u't frkru*. on I 
Ilf thr nwM elslMaa* ■ljl««, cloaaul u< dyed i«(» 
tuDy 'iiiL-i *1 mil 11 
WtllMMUMi 


>srT»eTrt». iCmsiwU vr 4 md *1 


fie., ekmnl of dyed. 


JOHN DUNCAN S SONS, 

AOJUmm* 7 ME UNITED STATEM. 

NEW YORK. 

XRXANSAS LOUISIANA— TEXAS 

Soitl-Vtsltri Unmiration Co. 

TAe pnrpaee at I Lis Cvasuaay I* t,» farelsj* r *J ! *^* 
ttifuraiklkin, .tivenvAlre rnuu «1»rtsl«i-»l. mlsllntt t*> !»• 
. .• . — . -j u, ^mcn-U'n*. ^ ^ 



A Oeliclous and Re* 
fmhing Fruit 
Lozenge, Which 
Serves tlie Purpose 
of Pills and Die- 
ajfreenble Purgative 
Hledlcinew. 


rrMr. 1 ; 

Pt#a 2 Ste 4 MCTS. MUBT 8 I 


oor l«uiiw.*i(Ki conaj.wtlypmniiM 

a. an* salty jnotnirt Mum n) gnuU. 

JiK.ie w«t«I and reiannal t<> u*w ur ay mail. 

11 AMU KIT. NBPMKW* A CO., 

A us.fi T John XL. N. Y. 


HWtfi ONLY Mn**J*iure 

WHEEL CHA 

EAiILCSJVW.V — AM. *lr Ira *»• Ia *- 

lataliO* as* t'rtyytra 

fe-ir prraeiliUmtiy ue* •4haa<1» 'Vilf.lB 
.tn-rl re l,n» Own ty rt, .In ratoUUj, 
krnlra aut Mokir of Ux "M-IIln* 

ffl"ii , isri.srrs;s^".“3 

u.iqi, an4 xmllrin ItortnK* 

lO MIll ltr S.iXIVII, 3'4 ftall Mml.K.T. 

MAKE MONEY, ALL OF YOU I 

-jut»n.n. P-rt*. Nn.oo. 

Mser.rmtMfj.. 



The only mtutitehllWM m»IUi>* U SPECIAL 
MUNINEBB OS ROSEN. SOLANCE HOUSES 

j ™s»aSS= fjga 

•II utUxl. tw'tl I litre Sis’ IS tx sSvVfrejMi 

-~d. 



CANDY 


\ 


Beokiut II Hid* tu p^raii^kl Nunt^ ln nuAnrla^ntev 
•rxi a, l. wli* E*ifkL«'e Ufir Baiaim Is ujiit a t"i ‘ 
UnwJn*.- IJJr J 

A Nr* rial. TKACtrvo, and author of a popular I 
.S.rswtw of PVsmsliatiip, t>rmilu»Ur of the Wot- 
Svld. SU» . Naitnsl hrhw.il, with tun yran' expe- 
rience aa priui'ipal aad wiita n t, auliiiu an <-n- 
nusMt fir: rise euffling v»nr, Addrtau Special 
Irai-Wr, Katiwxy, S. J.— [vWr ] 




0W=T0 SPRINT 


pom B«<*ntoalM.Tilcae«. Aiiun*»x«r. uixiuau, 

bmfucnuucr, la KoiIImu !«■, ( Iilrar*. 

Cfl Meu (nm Partunnd M.Klo.Mom Krew.'SBrLiap- 

dUaMwtWitiLamuviiul'ic. C'urJ Mll'-Xortmuil.n, 


.u yax- y^ainLivi .uiiiioiHOW 

TO >HIHT. Ill^aau* aid 

Moniii.’pBESs 

’ srelre uiiM ill tti* Ir pr«il- 
trery Ibi'i lYonluily 


t.fli, Am n, us rrnniti It. I’rlrea from »1 tu S<n- Ererr it-ossuly 

HOW TO PRINT jBxw- all t*> p»nt™£in. A4dre.« ih. Miiwrkn.mm 

W. BAtlGHASAV AS Co., 7*1 Chestnut rhUadelptil* 


AVOID atVT. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES 

By uulng lUfCPAS’S CARBOLIC LAI'KUHY (SOAP, fre LnteViU and hnufirr purpnre*. It 
Hret-cksa Kup, «antalni«g R»«md Carbolic Add , wh’vh *H« a* * |*rm*ni-nt dyinfecUnr. Tlie ft 
u ate h*a the namt- of lire Sole PMprfrtMU, KIDDER * LAIRD, printed on each wrapper 
HOLD AT Al.t. (MluCEItH. 

, WholOMfklo Depflt, 88 John Street, New York. 


THE DINCtt * COMAkO CO. 

Bum Dnain, Vsrt Oirex*. CbssMt Ca . Pa. 

IIRPEB'S rpiiDicm. 

II ARFKini MAUAZntK. Oaa t*li « ** 

HAMPKItN WEKKLT.OswYatr. * *• 

llAMt’KKY' BAXAK. Ire Yowr * « 

IUILI AKS Tul'hti I'KOI’Lll Ona Ynsr 1 M 

IfikTCIl h B ROTHS Rfi. rmuklla Squa re, Iff. T. 

BEtfSKiigl 


on twjuracotYt artnram 



nil 1 fill; BraWIWmBiriBIKD 

rlLLUYV leuoa ; MAikSH iwnttilyiB 

HOLDER 


i 


JULY *, 1881. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


435 










ARNOLD, 

CONSTABLE, & CO, 


COSTUME DEPARTMENT. 


T ?f„5?"2 l ‘ PON[>tNC ‘ or *"i*ct t»i- 

L 1 YAAND juii blur Uni. XVII! ,|„rl„» ll.c 
t •uiKie** Hi Tirana, {flmintu uu |n >UI^« ) V,*, 
It.r M.nuKr |>ia |«r-rf.r,l lu Ih. Artlilvaa uf Ih* 

V *j5'o 1*"“ • V,K, ~ 

50 caul*. AiViM 

III. 

UNXIIET IN Til* 1 «TM CINTURV Cua- 


U." , 1 - ,wn I > * rfdHM I mil. 

IX Iwipsl ui,l f*n,h**ur .* ^MtniMic Ta— 
"'**7 i“i*Hwila m Ilia tTafeni Pl~b r >*«'«l 
4UN ft *“* ** c “ Ul >*■•*>• 
IT. 

H VH‘}ZJ.S' , S L . < i^ 0,K or »»'TI8M AND 
AMiniCAN PotTHY K4||«| h, E rn 
IlnjBl Sw, IL'umliiali.l Chub, C^inil Ed***. |< M. 


Broadway & 19th St, 


HUNTINQ ADVCNTUIKtOr 

Thr Iron* Xl'„>«ti I 11 Xnrlli 
H7 T11... a. W. K» 
II, ■» Tmnrllcea la Ih* Far Km 


THE NEW NOVELS 


HARPER A BROTHERS, New York. 


I ALIIMI % 

tALj^eXANTBA 


DR. SCOTT’S ELECTRIC FLESH BRUSH 


ABTONISBIWO CURES 


It— ■ !»«■. 8«l«Hw, floBta WeniM DchtUty, 


Lmieue««. all I'aIh-i gad Aclica rewltlac t>WI 
Cold*, Impure Bliwul. anil Ini pu l ml (Irralhtlan. 
It m-tn ijiiii'kly In Mn taA fh. Ut.t. And kid my 


T row Max, and i» a taIba M u maIaIarI la their 


Achea” peenHar to LADIES, 


OTTION 1. 1 X I 


1 ' 1*1 I' WATKN n.tll. *TM N Ills. 
, lm|)»,n.ln»ii iiimI 1 . 1 . rT|M,«l. 

tMTIWfltW »* X. K . Is.ll .* k MfMt 
VnXl.oHN. , TlKJitlAV, Jua* II. I Ml 

NKVAllA TIEXI'AY, Jiu, **. Ih A N. 

XHYMIMA Tl KKIiAY, July a. I I t* A N. 

W YIJNIMI TtimiMV. ini, lit* A M. 

AMUWNA Tl KM>A Y. Juj I*. ll.M A.M. 

t ahla (wyonllnt I* Ka«*-ronail, fa, m n i.| 

tIM. latrmrdlatr, I*, M,.rm, al Inw n.li* 
VBn, Xu. 20 Hrnadnar, 

WII.UAM* A O CION. 

LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

OK Ml: AT. KtSK«T AND fllEAfltST MKAT 
FLAVORING PTIM k KOM Mil KB, MAOS 
DISUKB, AM) BAt CKH. 

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

UK MKAT An ^. 1 . 1,1 old. .M n.iil.t*. Mic 


LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 


(uhnl~.l. <nd»„ C DAVID A CO., U Mark 
t-m*, toiMkw. fcndand. 

KnM .hulnaw In Nr* York h* PARK A TlLTORn, 
Mil T H A V ANDEU HKKk a/ kWI. MKRRAU, A 

"DSRaiil-i ? z. «■ 


CHEEK 

(, il>»n>»aa (»A* Am km Wo/ /ur a •• (.Wound juur inapudmcc; yon Uu.J luo jour 

' oW a*u»p, and bn pit my r*c»r in ymir mnmh " 

1 ftfuct r»»tT “ Hl<*a m, i« I have! I ihuu|jli> 1 iuUW llie Ihiar of my cigar, nmi 1 have nut 

1 anothrr lu iiffer jao.' 

FREEMAN. OII.I.TEB, & CO., 

. 30 Waal ltd. Ml.. I>rt. Alb * ilili A lea., 



7H YOUR N AMESiWafBSips 

ARTISTIC FIRMTIRE. 

1 I I.XTIUtXs AYR nx|C 1 » It ll.M MICH 

OS APPULATIOS. 

riJSS^ 

C IS 50 

t CC a .«« la »uur mm town, Ttnot and boalll 
JDD;r.. A II I: .I., .lit . 1 . ..VI. 1 . 

Si) tO S20 A Ml ,.|,H .» . r.. ■ ill. 1 . > 1 :. , 




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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


m 


JltY a, I- 






EARL & WILSON S 
MENS iiNEN COUfiHSANOCUf 
»RE THE BES* 

tor Lvfnvwv^LRt 


JOSEPH GILLOTT'S 
STEEL PENS 

Scoff At l ClAif*Z ' WApft-C' 

COLDMCOtk p*ms EXPOSITION IBM. 


KIDNEY-WORT 


dny*!|«il CduIT u i— Vul tC 

UMp •• i 1 -•> I— irtllj. 


A SAFE STIMULANT 

INSIDE AND OUT 1 1 1 


SMOKE MARSHALL'S 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &o. 

Sold by nil DwikWu; or —ad 25 cent* for wm|ilc boi by mail, to 

B. HORNBB, 59 Maiden L»no, Now York. P. S. A. 


In Cases of Colic or Cramp caused by im- 
prudence in eating or by cold, a teaspoonful or 
two of Brown’S Ginger in a little hot water 
will carry comfort to the sufferer, and when the 
prompt effect of a MUSTARD PLASTER is need- 
ed, a flannel wet thoroughly with “ Brown's 
Ginger” will warm the surface of the person 
well and do no harm. 

Aik for tile 6EWUINE 'Original) Old-Fashioned, Fred. 
Brown's Essence of Jamaica Ginger. 

REMEMBER-FREDERICK BROWN’S! 

PHILADELPHIA. 


CONGRESS WATER. 

IhartSe mlm Acofd ill mane, tirtuerg 
fnnivti awl iknnrwlit. The? ImpuT the UhnWiro o»- 
• ami kldmsa. Ihteiby mlunny IrrryarabW rwalla. 


ULn 1 1 1 ** r- I W*«ly.WeUlMlom, H.J. 


nnr PWATI1M and flflPT -rad 

IlEAN'H BBrmATIC PILL*, 
of A Vaiuil M.7V 


Do Your Own Printing! 

M Crew lorrarde. Ac^JMMnker. 
Ir*»iir?le>j«. TlP*' "tUnf cwj 

> 1 ' Ini -1 nwlnwllwo. tlfCTtawo; 

r ao»r» awl money milo-r. Se-M 
Ilamu I'M CMrinrM nl Fern*, 
ra, IriMJ A to., ■erode*, Laos. 


8YPHER A OO. 

aaa >o* IMimH rano IC*MI 

Antique Furniture, Clacks, 
Bronzes. China. &c„ &c. 

73» * 741 BKOtDWAY. 


ASBESTOS 

LIQUID PAINTS, ROOFING, 

sms: 

H. W. JOKI— IB F 0 CO.lTwH UK. LV. 


«•- SrliA for niaalnltd PHr-if uulo«ae, 

XX COT (aot |>Alnted, Whit* Dock) fZ. 


Oar S«Wrilo. .be,, 11 »< (.11 to ™i lb« «ord «ivertUai»iit °t Dr. Seen’. Etadrto Fl»l' Bru-h on Hi" "»t mod. p»r- 11 '»• hW “ 
d„ltit> idl tl»J dnim to, it To tbo.. P «p»rm K lof thrfr ■«»» bolld.y.. oor oi.lM » hoy H, md thin pm-iml tb» loo ol , -ionic d.y'. ploiom'. It 
wondulfully invm.r.to. lb. brad iiad body, .ad madW, an Unlit Id. /*»">»■ »/ V-to./to Km. To W lad o( all drawtiu-. All A-liti »n mOtrini to 
a. r ,«, ,y „ apoM. FALL MALI. ELICTBIC ABeOCUTlON. 8.2 Broadway, New York. 


Xau Ytu. " I ought ti 


<*\C TOjf 


FOOD 

Beat Substitute for Mothor’s Milk. 

nttCK 11 rtm SOLO BY ALL tlRl'MIloni 
Vlt roR K. 71 A I'tiBU A PKTMIK, N. Y. 

A PlIAtTIC A I. TRKATliFK nn tw. HtOPEW NUCH- 
IM I M BUT u! INFANTS SENT RD°> Application 

IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS. 

Head IlM lollo*rt»« Irtlar Irm.i a prominent itronlaL 
Hurt r,0,..a B N.r.iiR k I'na.e. 

Oitata : 1 *a urine lltbe llriiy Fowl Ik ay family 
I h i. '• initial ll lo I* all Ibatl » analnl •» a |arfirt« 
loail. It agieca with I lie rltlltl betlrr than anjIliiuE 
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last page art i» Uriel of very fumy Luten Tutus ft, turn. 


A KEW PARTY. 

HHE most amusing noHlioB which has been 
I made during lb* political controversy in New 
i irk is that Mr. OONKUHCl, in revenge for the over- 
'helming comieni notion of lasts course by the Repub- 
icnn party, should found a near party. Thu enter- 
uining proposition is made apparently upon the imp- 
osition that a party is made like an omelet, and that 
i discontented politician has only to mix certain doo- 
riues. tos* them up in a platform, and forthwith a 
now party is formed. In the present instance it ia 
recommended to Mr. OoNKUHa to call himself an 
anti-monopolist, and tn take command of all persons 
who distrust the tendencies of great corporations. 
Hut a party is not organized like a railroad company. 
It is the result of absorbing convictions which take 
precedence nf all others. The Republican party was 
the result of n coalition of Conscience Whigs, Liberty 
Party men, and Democratic Free-soilera. It was com- 
posed of utd Whigs and Democrats to whom the re- 
atrirtion of slavery was more vitally important than 
nny distinctively Whig or Democratic policy. It was 
the growth of the most earnest conviction and the 
most unselfish patriotism, and was not due to the 
petulant whim of a defeated politician. When Mr 
Seward left the Whig for the Republican party, he 
stated the considerations which alone jiersuude hon- 
orable men to such a course. 

There is no more reason that Mr. OoNKt.lNO should 
essay to lead an anti monopoly party than a monop- 
oly party, or a temperance or woman-suffrage party, 
or a free-trade and suilora'-righU party. He is in no 
manner identified with any of those questions. The 
advice to found a new party should he based upon 
general consent in some strong public conviction, or 
sonic representative character in the person adv toed. 
But Mr. OtiNELtNo's strong convictions, so far as his 
career and speeches announce them, are that the South 
(should lie distrusted, and that he should appoint the 
national office-holders in New York. A careful study 
of bis (Miblic career will reveal these great princi- 
ple* plainly, but they hardly afford adequate foun- 
dation for a new party. There is, indeed, a kind of 
CoMK UNO cult, or worship, of which a certain clou* 
of politicians, Messrs. DUTCHES, John F. SMYTH, 
Speaker Sharpe, ex Murahal Payx, Barney Bum*, 
Jacob Patterson, Stephen B. French, Vice-Pres- 
ident Arthur, Thomas Murphy, E. A. Carpenter, 
Dwioht Lawrence, and others, are high priests. 
They conduct the worship with solemn and edifying 
devotion, and they are doubtless most excellent gen- 
tlemen; but they are not a party, except like the fa- 
mous party in a parlor. They have nothing to rally 
about hut Mr. Conk Lists, and they have discovered 
that Mr. Conkuno in himself i* neither a political 
principle nor a public policy. To ask him to bo a 
party is not to ask, perhaps, more than ho would he 
willing to undertake, but very much more than he 
could accomplish. If lu: and his followers could suc- 
ceed in adjourning the Legislature, wlmt would bo 
their appeal to the voters I Merely that Mr. Conk- 
LINO ought to be sent to the Senate. But that would 
he equivalent to saying that he was justified in re- 
signing. The new party, therefore, would stand 
merely for the reasons that induced him to resign, 
and those reasons arc, a» /dated in his letter of resig- 
nation, l luil the President deed veil him, and that lie 
could not govern the President's course in a certain 
nomination. 

This to rather a slight platform for a nationul par- 
ty. Was the President's deceit, even were it estab- 
lished, a reason for Mr. CoNKl.lNO's betrayal of his 
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ficisl duty a sound reason fur Mr. CoxKLINO'f* rclin- I 
q mulling hisf Yet his action offers rio other point 
of departure for a new political organization, while it 
furnishes the most dangerous prrerdcut. If Senators 
ure to resign because they can not control the Execu- 
tive power cf nomination, there is an utti-mpted revo- 
lution, which every good citizen is hound to resist. 
An appeal to the voters upon such an issue could 
result in but one way. Undoubtedly the effect of 
the quarrel will be unfortunate for the Republican 
party. But, as the Times well remarks, that is the 
price which must he paid for tolerating a "boas.'' 
Should Mr. Conkuno full to secure hU election, as 
seems most probable, he and his friends would doubt- 
less witness with great complacency a Republican de- 
feat in the autumn election, because they would say 
that it was the consequence of not letting Mr. Conk- 
lino have Ilia way. In other wonla, they would 
make Mr. CoxKUNO the party. This to the natural 
result of the mercenary political system that he repre- 
sent*. It to a ntle-or-ruin system. It to illustrated 
by the voting in the Legislature, where his supporters 
consciously and deliberately withstand the plainly 
expressed desire of the party to elect some other per 
son, pursuing a course which, while it can not help 
Mr. CoNKUSO, must inevitably hurt the party. This 
is not the way in which new parties are formed. It 
is only a way in which men betray their old party. 

THE PRESSURE FOB PLACE 

It to announced that the pressure for place in Wash- 
ington is so overwhelming that the Administration 
to compelled to consider measures of relief. At the 
dinner of the Chamber nf Commerce in New York a 
few weeks ago, Mr«W ini* m, the Secretary of the Tn»- 
Miry, apologized, saying, "I have been engaged dur- 
ing the last three or four weeks discussing questions 
of appointment to clerkships in the Treasury Depart- 
ment," Ten years ago Mr. Gladstone, first Lord of 
the British Treasury and Prime Minister of England, 
said, in a speech to hto constituents at Greeuwich, 
“ I can my that as to the clerkships In my own office 
— the office of the Treasury— every one of you has 
just us much power over their disposal as I have." 
The contrast is significant, and undoubtedly Mr. 
Wixdom wishes that he were a* free to attend to his 
great duties as Mr. Gladstone. Even those who 
sneer most persistently at reform agree that some- 
thing must Is; dime to rescue the President and the 
Secretaries from the ruthless bonlcs of office seekers, 
in Congress and out, which infest the deportment* 
and obstruct the public buunes*; and if it be true 
Uiut a remedy to to l* sought, it can readily he found. 
The President has stated in hi* letter of acceptance 
and in hi* inaugural address that no reform can be 
effective which is not founded upon Congressional 
legislation. Yet the subject is largely within the 
Executive control. When the four years’ act was 
passed in 1880, during the administration of Mr. Mon- 
roe, the President resolved to renominate every wor- 
thy incumbent as his term expired. His successor. 
JoHN QUINCY Adams, adopted the same course, and 
with the message nominating hto own cabinet, the 
younger President Adams sent tu the Senate the re- 
nomination of all minor officer* whose terms hud 
expired. Here to a simple and obvious method of 
relief which in wholly at tlie President's discretion. 
Let it be understood that ho will adopt this course of 
supplanting no officer except for some sound reason, 
and u great part of the pressure will vanish. 

If. also, he will order that the rule* already in force 
for appointments to certain places in the New York 
Custom-house anti Post-office shall be strictly ob- 
served, and extended to other great offices in the coun- 
try, lie will take a step which requires no aid from 
Congress, and which has been proved to be most ad 
vantngcou* for the public service. When this whole 
question of relief in con ride red. it is not improbublt* 
that some modification of the rule* may be proposed. 
It nuiy be suggested that instead of competition there 
shall be a simple pass exam illation. the appointment* 
to be made at discretion from all who ]»** a mini- 
mum standard. Such propositions are merely plans 
to save ]»lronagc. The minimum standard will be 
always adjusted to allow the passing of the person 
whoso appointment is desired. It is, in fact, a plan 
that obviously fails to accomplish the purpose of nn 
examination, which is, first, to abolish favoritism, and 
second, to test comparative fitness, Only by some 
method which accomplishes these results can the 
overwhelming pressure for appointment be avoided. 
It makes no difference, so far us the extent and con- 
stancy of the pressure are concerned, whether it to 
upplird to secure an appointment directly, or an up- 
pointment for examination, or au appointment after 
examination. If tiiere is to be any favoritism what- 
ever, the pressure will be as overwhelming as it to 
now. 

With the two simple measures that we have men- 
tioned, and which both I ho Times and the Kvtning 
Post warmly advocate, tiie relief sought can be 
promptly obtained. Their adoption would commend 
the Acini inistratiiiu to the hearty support of the great 
multitude of citizens who are not scheming for place, 
uud who desire only to see the government honest- 



ly and economically administered- How dwp and 
strong this feeling to, and how rapidly growing, to 
shown in tlie steady formation of reform associa- 
tions for that purpose Within the last two or three 
weeks, fur instance, such association* have been form- 
ed in Baltimore ami Buffalo and Pittsburgh, follow- 
ing those recently organized in Cincinnati and Bt. 
Louis, and in all those cities the movers are leading 
citizens of both |uirtirs, and of pronounced party sym- 
pathy and political feeling. They see that the ordi- 
nary subordinate business offices, whose duties are 
the same under all administration*, aught tn he re- 
garded, like the offices of » village, os non partisan. 
It to alreudy an immense body of citizens which 
holds this view, and they are a most intelligent and 
patriotic clam. Their approval of the President'* 
adoption of some simple plan, like those we have in- 
dicated. for routing the army of office-seekers, would 
be unanimous and enthusiastic. Ho would find him- 
self sustained by a powerful public opinion, which 
has learned from the proceedings of Mr. Conkuno 
and hto meagre following in tin? Legislature that the 
real peril both to honest parties and to honest gov- 
ernment lie* in the evil from which some immediate 
and radical relief to indispensable. 


PARNELL AND THE LAND BILL. 

The “ immortal Parnell" has some wlmt modified 
hto hostility to the Irish Land Bill, and now profewws 
that he will offer no serious obstruction. This must 
b© taken to mean that he will offer no more obstruc- 
tion titan his own purposes require. If lie intends to 
withdraw opposition, it must bo because he is sure 
that he would he abandoned by hto supporters, who 
are naturally tired of suffering by holding out against 
measures intended for their relief. The Land Bill 
deals with one of the most important of contemporary 
questions, and in a way which looks to the relief of 
the laborer on the land. It is n question peculiarly 
vital to England and Ireland. Its imminent interest 
is shown by a single fact mentioned in a recent letter 
of Mr. Jensinos to tin* World. Speaking of property 
in land in England, lie says. 11 Solicitors tell me that 
for every mau who wants to pun-base an estate, there 
are a hundred ready to snap at half a bid." This 
means that there is profouud distrust of the conse- 
quence* to great proprietors of the tendencies which 
appear in the I .and Bill, and in the political drift of 
the country. 

Mr. Joseph Arch, the agricultural reformer, has 
written to Mr. Gladstone, who replies that measure* 
contemplating further enfranchisement of the farm 
laborer will noon be considered, and thto at a time 
when the American agricultural competition is be- 
ginning to press heavily upon the English farmer. 
What the English farm laborer was thirty years ago 
can he seen in Mr. Olmsted's Walks and Talks of an 
American Farmer in England, one of the moat in- 
structive and valuable books about England ever 
written by an American. From the depth of degra- 
dation which Mr, Olmsted describe*, the farm labor- 
er has been probably but little raised, and hto enfran- 
chisement would lie regarded by the aristocratic land- 
holders very much as that of the freedmen was viewed 
by the old slave-holders. The Tory objection to the 
Irish Land Bill to supposed to spring from tha appre- 
hension Hurt its principle will presently be applied to 
luud-holdiug in England, and that that principle ia 
substantially a question of the Laud-holder s right to 
do what he will with hto owu. 

Englixh farm rents have fallen enormously, and 
those in Ireland must he adjusted at a rate which to 
certain greatly to reduce the revenue* of the land- 
lord. Hut the fierce competition which this implies 
bodrs ill for the Irish laborer. The vast production 
of America to beginning to be fell everywhere in the 
British Islands. F mights will cluiapen , and the prrss- 
ure witt become still inure stringent. It is not a time 
for any Irish leader to insist that a plan providing for 
an equitable regulation of rents, and prohibiting arbi- 
trary evictions, shall not be supported. And the more 
strenuous the agricultural contest with America be- 
come*, the more Itopclcre must become the prospects 
of Parnell's dream of reparation. The remedy for 
Irish ill* to, first, the justice of which the Land Bill is 
a measure, and then hearty co-opcrstion of intelligent 
Irishmen, Englishmen, and Scotchmen for the com 
mou welfare. 

THE TEACHERS PENSION BILL. 

One of the most important of Governor Cornell's 
vetoes to that of the New York and Brooklyn! Teach- 
era’ Pension Bill. Hto message is drawn with care, 
and in an excellent spirit, aud seems to imply that 
the veto to mainly based upon the consideration that 
the subject has not received mature consideration. 
The proposition, he says, involves grave questions uf 
public policy, uud if further reflection shall approve 
the bill, a year's delay will be unimportant, and the 
measure can then be perfected. Tiiere to undoubt- 
edly some weight in the suggestion that the hill con- 
template* a very serious expense, which has hardly 
been the subject of very general public discussion. 
It is the misfortune of onr State legislation that there 
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the Albany papers, ami the Legislature may take ac- 
tion upon very importaut questions without general 
public knowledge of tho merits of the case, and with- 
out opportunity to ascertain public sentiment. When 
the Governor is natisfied that this is the situation, it 
its not an unfair exercise of the veto power to stay On; 
proceedings. 

The Governor ohjeet* to certain details of the bill. 
It provides, for instance, for retirement after an ag- 
gregate service of twenty live years, by a vote of two- 
thirds of the Board of Kducntinn, and for u peimon 
not less than one lvat f of the salary at llie time of re- 
tirement. Ho thinks tluit continuous! instead of an 
aggregate period of service should be required, that 
the rate of ]iension should be half-pay, and that tile 
art of retirement should be subject to revision by the 
Mayor. He thinks Ute term of twenty -five years 
short, because it would enable teachers to retire jseti- 
siomd at forty -five yean, with ample opportunity 
ami lime for entering upon new pursuits, and it is. he 
thinks, doubtful whether to destroy their ambition 
ami to render them contented with their pursuit would 
really benefit the teachers or the schools. Ho holds, 
also, that pensions are usually' granted only after long 
continuous public service of a peculiarly hazardous or 
exceptionally valuable character— army officer*, for 
instance, at the age of sixty -two. after forty years of 
constant service-. 

The details of such a bill, howerrr. am readily ad 
justed if the principle be sound, and the principle 
upon which pensions for teachers am sought is that 
teaching in the public schools is the most valuable 
kind of public service, and that it will lie improved 
in the degree that it is made a |K'rnianent career, and 
that nothing will more elevate its diameter than the 
CKinw.-inusncj« tluit it is a profession, and not a tempo- 
rary expedient. It is true that it is nut a hazardous 
profmaiou in the Senas that the military or naval 
service is hiuardtiuit in time of war; but if it be con- 
ceded tluit those who devote theniael von to the public 
service may properly be penaioued. them can be no 
objection in principle to the pensioning of public 
school teachers. There is no general principle which 
requires tlist the pursuit to which a pension Is attach- 
ed shall be hazardous. In this country it is true that 
we pension only one class of public servants -tlmsc 
in the army and navy, but in other countries civil 
arrrants also am pensioned. It is. in fact, merely a 
question of expediency, and the Governor's veto mm- 
sage opens the debate in the beat temper. It will 
lead undoubtedly to a careful and tliormigh revision 
of Un; whole subject, and to the preparation of a bill 
less liable in details to the objections which the Gov- 
ernor, not unreasonably, suggests. 


LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY. 

It was hardly possible for the law officer* of Al- 
bany County to remain silent and inactive after the 
emphatic and unqualified a—crtinnfl of Mr. TUTRILL'b 
vpm-ch. That gtmtlemon alleged, iu hla place as a 
member of the Amembly : 

“ Tin; e mi 1 1 of X. f>. ltAKiK.ru ho long Ism tlic bead-qoartcrv and 
den ■h.-rv bgialailmi ia laxigLt and wild, and where certain Icgria- 
taair» gml.lv with kibhyitea ami claim agents, and slier* a ganoe 
of (ana u roa.Je their e*el t» «o*«r aaknl bribery. I know enough, 
ate. of what I am saring to lake the re*q*«s»lbaltiy of laying It" 
This is quite enough for a prosecuting attorney and 
a Grand Jury, and Judge Alstkyne has properly 
called their attention to the subject. When a mmi- 
lier of the Legislature accuses his associates of being 
bribed, and invites attention to hi* declaration that 
he knows who bribed them, that legislator, or hi* asso- 
ciates and their briber, should be matte to suffer. Mr. 
Tnrmu, has made the moat damaging chargrs against 
the honor of the State and of the Legislature, and 
has virtually askrd to be put to the proof of their 
truth. Every facility should be afforded him, and if 
he con sustain his allegations against his fcllow-mem- 
hers, it will go hard with them, and with the party to 
which they belong. 

The allegation of legislative bribery at Albany is a 
familiar one, and it is safe to aay that, according to 
common rumor, then* are billspiuMed or defeated every 
year by the corrupt aw; of money. “ Bribery in the 
Legislature'" exclaimed a skeptic, when the BRADLEY 
tele was told. *' Bribery in the New York Legislature ! 
Bribery iu the Legislature in which Tweed used to 
ait! Incredible! Absurd! Such a tiling was never 
whispered before The calculation of the Bradley 
plot. If it was a plot, was that the venality of some 
members would be taken for granted, and that cor- 
ruption of some kind was so familiar that the story 
would have a strong air of probability. But Mr. 
TmULL went farther. He not only charged Bar- 
bour and Edwards by name, but he said: 

* It k! as cqwri secret dint tlm candidate of li>e corporations 

I Kr Pmcw] Ik and luu bran for years their lie*,! lobbyist. A. 1). 
Ussot's Him been hit confederal*- and aasuruic, and Kftilis and 
tte rest of the mug are lb* lieutenant* in ibrir »wk of infamy 
a»i corruption. 

Here Mr. Turn ILL makes the most distinct charge of 
hifnmoufl bribery and corruption against Mr. DtltV. 
If be doe* not make it good, if he does not furnish the 
evidence upon which he asserts that a gentleman fur 
whom a majority of the Republicans have voted as u 


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Senator of the United States is an infamous knave, 
lie must consent to be branded himself as a most rnu- 
lignant slanderer, unworthy of association with hon- 
orable men. and the faction for whose benefit the 
charge was mode will share in the merited contempt 
which will overwhelm Mr. TUTRJLL. 

In the absence of anything hut Mr. TCTIlllJL'8 as- 
sertion, Mr. Dkpew'h character is the answer to a 
charge of jxrrsniuiL corruption. His relations with 
the Central Railroad as legal counsel are known, but 
they liave not been hitherto publicly declaml. still 
Iran believed, to be diaJnmorablc. Are such relations 
necessarily disbonnrublc 1 Mr. CoKKLIMO also has 
taken retainers from tl»c Central Rood to argue for it 
lwfure a judge who win presumably appointed by Mr. 
Coxkliso's favor. But however unseemly such a 
poeitiou may be for a Senator of the United Slates, it 
do« not prove him to be infamously corrupt. Bo 
long as the charge is a mere assertion, it is Mr. TrT- 
hill, not Mr. Detew, who is justly odious, and Mr 
Pkfkw may rely upon the protection of an unsullied 
reputation, and a character hitherto unassailtd. 


TOE POST OFFICE PAYING ITS WAY. 

Tnx postal oervlea at this country Is maintained. trot for 
revenue, Imt for the go acral Wundt. Tla theory Is that tlio 
money honestly pout for it is money Burnt wisely »jM>i»t to 
promote intelligence, iutercoiine, prosperity, and pft.grviw. 
But tli* Yankee would imitiiutivcly like to mb it "psy.” 
While he wunlil not dwarf or diminish its mbjw, ho him 
been long looking to so* if wiiuehow, liy wiser management. 
It might not lie tnniln profitable. 

Apparently his hop* is to tie fulfilled, The energy and 
skill and knowleslgn of PMtaMfltfl*-0«Mra1 ,f auk*, with the 
efficient ca-ajieratiiHi of the sagacity mid address of the At- 
toruey-tletaeml, arc prodaciug striking riwnlta In the ite- 
partment which lias generally been an enortnnitt expense to 
the government. The rigorous exposure and breaking up 
of the ritar Hoot* ■» indie*, made by those whom it is known 
tlist tndltMir fear nor favor ran alter I, anil lb* supervision of 
the department hy aa oxpmrlruccri Master of the Irasinero, 
have slrrndy so lightened the burden a* to raise the ques- 
tion whether the 1'imt-ottleo may not hoeonse w-lf-siiMariiing, 

Up to the middle of Jnn*. that is to say, during the lira l 
three mouths of the C.vuncui administration, the annual 
expense* of the Post-office have been reduced one million 
of rinHan*. Tin) estimated receipts for the next year are 
$39,Wfi,78H, and the amount authorised to bo expended is 
|4U,U6M;K. ri*' that a further redaction of about $80,0(10 
will aaabte tho department to pay Its way. Whether an 
act ii at prodt cau bo reached remains to t«i seen, lint If It 
can be. a reduction iu the rates of postage will doubt I i-m ho 
luvpuevd l*y the PostiuasteHJfuernl. 


BLACKGUARDISM. 

A* tiro vituperation of of onr cwteemed ewitempora- 

rlen In thn Senatorial atragglo Is evidently exhausting it- 
self, we shall do them a service by catting their attention 
to some grma of invective which were scattered from bis 
opulent store by the late Lord HfcaCO.Vsmj.b in liisyoanger 
day, and which are collected hy a Ute writer. The young 
In-Funi rolled I»rd MxiXHttvF. •* the sleekest swine in 
ErKnui' sty” i I’AUtRHrrox and Chant were 11 two sleek 
and long-tailed rata"; Lord John RcwtU-, "an infinitely 
Htaall scorn bo- us,” and " on maect" ; and OT,'on*xu. *' a sys- 
tematic liar and a beggarly cheat, a swindler, and a pol- 
iter* is a change from ** ass," “ fool," and J ‘ donkey" which 
is well worthy tfac attention of virtuomin in blackgnanlisin. 
Why sbuald not a lusty bmvo of the press borrow frem 
DteiuKU this dewriplioti of Lent Mf.i aorttSE's cabinet, 
and apply it to Ills opponaotaf *' I cau compare them to 
nothing but the Schwallsscli swine in Uin Krenaon IhltddeH, 
gnxr.hng and gmutlng in a ted of mire, fouling tliumMilvre 
and hmUntiiug every lnckiess passenger with their con- 
tatmuating fllttL" This would be an agreeable relief from 
the dreary anil meagre monotony of much dcDuneiaUctii of 
the Administration amt its friends. 

Here, again, ia a very hi-ut article of abuse, behind which 
snail' of the most voluble blackgnanlisu) of this content 
merely pant* ami stagger* : 

M It is not. then, say |is*»lnii for noloriety that list iTelnocd me 
to t*twk the wfitot of the OM* l»j die nw, sml to inSW-t sundry 
kicks urnti the tow part of hit lja« tmclr— to mike him rat 
dirt, and his own words fouler than any filth— tea became I 
wished to ihow to tho vnxtd whst a moerahle poltroon, whst a 
craven dullard, what a literary srarerrow, uhal s no-re thing 
siulfnl willi straw and ratiliuh. ls the dirwtur of puMW 

cfduiou slid official organ of Whig |Hilitn*."' 

If that cun not be surfiaiMerl, might it not be aa well to 
abandon mere scurrility altogether t 


EX COMMISSIONER BENTLEY. 

TitK removal of Pension-Commimioner BxtnrtJtT la on act 
which, without further explanation, is greatly to bo re- 
gretted. It U conceded that no fault was to be found with 
him, and tluit he w as an admirable officer. That he woo 
distasteful to pension agents amt other* may he the high- 
est tribute to IriaAilrlity and efficiency, ami his removal te- 
cauw of such hmtility— if it bo the causa, n* is generally 
uudi-nitood —can be only on injury to ilia service. 

If stnrdily lioneat aiul devoted officers, whim* duty it ia 
to battle plotter* against the Treasury, are renwvid because 
of tbs oppoaitkin of such ptotter*. every devoted public 
uffierr will to* iUhcvui rngwt, and Use public service must ne- 
ct-SHarily suiter; for fit men will not t*e attrucleit tu the 
tervicr when tb*y sec that vigilant discharge of duty is no 
protection against arbitrary removal. 

Kuch rrunivul is a mistake of policy, tecans*, in the great 
lull of parly content ion. the public mind la fixed upon the 
general. vigor and efficiency of the A ilminiat ration, aud the 
Administration cau erno itself and ita party in no way ao 


certainly as by panning the course which wo have nine, 
where mdiculed — the enure* which alone can insure the ut- 
most economy, fidelity, and diligence in tint conduct of tho 
public buaim-N*. 


PERSONAL. 

Twx Rev. l tn.it ire ft' Kmzithv, reetor of the Episcopal church 
St Carthage Landing, oil the Ilodron, was widely known for Him 
literary ami K-lmlarly aliiblara, ja-i s> thr suilior of mveral charm- 
lug winks characteriiv-l by a vein of Ibr fimat liunmr. Amuog 
these May tie named, .SduiwAr end iKe Tk • llrrhir nf 

•St. /‘rtf * /com a At/ry, tec, etc, ||* was ate> a fre- 

i|nen« eoa tributes to the nagojuuw, and wits greatly teh»i-ed for 
hid adnriratde mill qualitira. 

— Mr. litiiMK I. fiaavxv, jinwldint uf the Ketropiiiiati Bank In 
this city. *aie, on tee 18th af June, $80,000 to the Wesleyan IV 
luslu Cutlige ia Haroo. (iwrpa, in ail>iitxoi to the $Mi,uuit gl<un 
•sjr him two months ago. 

— The late Jmcnt Miour, nf Mcotreal, left as estate of 
UMOOti. all of which, except ftu,i.mi m a uW«, U lHM|iioathe<l 
to IVtcetact cliarltlni in Roctraal, sad mauiunary work of the 
Preabyterian rtiurrh la Causds. 

—Dr. W. II. Knuxiu. in a recent letter say* that rinoe be was 
beve at tlm Iwgiaaing of Ills rt-telteoi, Wa»hingl»n h.vx uwiregone 
grratre u»iaii|;.w for tee I wrier limn any f-Ucc ir- the I'nitoJ Stari-s, 
m>d tea it ie now reconiywrably the moet beautiful city In llto 

I'aiun, 

— AM'liZn, the jocki'V who won the Derby for Mr l/aitijia. Is 
i|oite a chararter in EogHml. In 1*74 lie it said to lu>e wtud 
$ttn,00n profi-mionsllc. fn titTS he won I7S nora; in 187* bo 
won p.: ; in t»77. Sts : in t»7a,-L»; h 1H7», 187; sod ia lM<», 
170. lie is |Kllnt like a prliua dm i tin , ami in the c«.en|>anion o-f 
sportiug lord*, lie trevets from UK raco imvting to another in a 
tlrsl-t :an* carriage. Ids only to ride las appointed borer, aud keeps 
a »aWt tei sasi.t liim in rhuigiuK hi* drew* Hi* yearly uxomc Is 
greater Ilian ituu of a I'ritn.; Minister. This “ iruateue Arehet'* 
i* not "MiflSred" ease with matt* raws, 

— I Van Sts «l. tv ht* male another and very popular Innovation 
in the mfrioe? al Wcttminsler Alitev. On ctiuivli feteivsts that 
do not cceiir •»» ?on.iiT, instead of giving tlm audience tee o-ml 
hslf-teiur pe n a ehtra t, he is m tlmughtfuJ as to pnai-li only ten 
minutes. 7te- worldly Jouniate linartily ixwnnrtrl this new prac- 
Ucv of the guul but iviwncrie fhtta. 

— Mr*, (iusua Woto XwstoU*, wife of the author, and grazd- 
•lasglilcr nl l be Lil<- Nnunil.sH Lowwoflra. has esublnhei it |tot- 
toty art Srtuwl ia* CteciasMlk Nil* is widely known in teal pro- 
l*iii*l * it * for late** sml ulrait in wnirakt. 

— Srsator Boss, it is said, has a promise that wbrit Juatero 
(YirzuMi retires f’rvn the ratted Suios Supiviue (Vart, Ids hoc- 
cesaor will be Chief Justiew tiaav, of MuMuu-humtu. Jmtge I'ns 
rcao is now sevoriy-eight yean of age, and wa* appuioted Asto. 
t-Lsu Justice by PnaMaat Bcniaaa* iu January, lfcVk. If* is 
untitWiI to a retiring pi-u.iou equal to hi* salary — ( |u,is» a y«r. 

— Iftewilb* landing th* largo winainp* of Mr. Lokilluui wirit 
InKpmi* at th* DvrliT, and hi* racrerres wilh his other horse*. Iiu 
makes it no secret tlmt tin* cvtxwises of Iris stable* at liome u,l in 
Knghnd, up to the prevent time, are tner tZIW.mJO more tfian liia 


largest iudatidual gift ever bmAu to 

that institiitka. 

— Mr. Sromoji, librarian of Coogreea. atatro. in ilia .dmrrirw* 
.dhiulniie for lHHI,lliat tire aUMiUNl of gold and silver pruduivd 
la tW United Stale* during the last fi-ral year ia $7*. TOO, 000. 

— Jloii- Mr. Wanr. wIki u amuiami a* lists WKrererw of Sir Em 
w*a» THokvmv at Workington, i* fifty-four year* of age, and n 
bnitlii-r of Lord Da L* ftsu, Da it a leu brio* of htudsoree 
presence, fwod of sorietr, and liberal in hospitality. He ia no* 
British Minister at Mndril. 

— The Priocesa Imcisx knows other thi&x* this tee polite otu-s 
tomcLiwa s'lpptaud to tic only prrmlsutiln u> royalty, fn tin) 
cleror artlelo ■jo “ life at KMcsii Malt, - in llw July iiUBatwe at 
Baaraa'a Mioaxixi, it Is staUri that the PriiiorM dmw hot lliiisk 
it b*i irate her dignity to go into tec laundry and interact the 
maid* entire ruing their dulim. or to give a« Ocvaehmal eye to tli* 
marketing alien it is brwglil in. A lady dining lately at the Ha II 
allowed to the excellence of the oyster p#>ra. Yea," replied owe 
of the ladle*- it, w siting to tee PtWca*, “ kbey were inadu by her 
Rovnt lltahtm-." 

—The late Eu Bavu. of f'hlcago, has left # 10,000 for the erec- 
tion at a ntoftoniral to President Lixcntx at tlio ralraiwe of Lln- 
odfl Park ill lliat city, aii-i #LV.' *;* I tu the Indsutrial Sdklbi. 

— O i s e ral fwvasucrv, tee new Runs tan Prim* Mtniilre, eun-rel 
tlie anny wkwri NffllMi yrarw of age, and gain**! quick prarou- 
linn. In I HiP) be made a very farornhV treaty with the Ptunewr, 
obtainir-e for Rixaia a Urge grant of territory. For tew nervier he 
was raised to the rank of General when only twenty-eight rears old. 

— Mr. WiLLUM Bocctrai LT, who dieit smUeoly a few days since 
in LmuIoo, was tec oldaal of Ihnw brothers, of wliuta I>iux is tee 
youngosL llo and tec soeotiil btothvr, (iauaox, weut youag to Aua- 
tralbi to Srek ttwir fortoure, uud fuulidial the Midlwurne -Ira**, 
which by their ability act energy tlmy wockeit Into a vatualiki 
property, returning lo FaigUtid awM years since with a handtoiM 
fort uae. 

—Mr. Willi i* Cnan. who died in Pori* on the Slsl of Jane, 
was for several yrara on tlie rtafT of the New York /{emit, and 

• as very highly ovtrenwd by his profesakinal brethren, lie was 
a grailuabi of Ilown I'liitersitT, and sulm>iucnily-a profctKW iu 
Richmond Oiibgr, Virginia, latn-ily ho had dc rote.1 inoch time 
to tlie preparation of a Hnlory uf Iriaoch Literature for C'oBtges 
and High Scbocds He wan a man of It hn fa ri y taste* and habit*, 
tec mtsii-r of an easy, graceful Style, and hi* last sink, nearly tutu. 
pWt«i. will, ahen psldlsbed. he a tnlwable additimi to bteralare. 

— Lord k*xnou-u Put annu. Mr LflMU8» JvatiK*'* son-kt-law, 
is iVscrUied in a Non Lundon letter ns “always well dreso.il, 
always at lii* ease, aud always in his place, however late tile Hou.o 
may te .riling Hu ha* oil the industry of the bee, and all tho 
fi^htinra* of the Imltetfi*. tereotir UBcunM.-kniJ of any preoump- 
lion «n hi* ow II jiart, or of any superiority III ‘ 
other aide of the Home. Lml Kasieovi a 
bench sight after night with offensive qua* tern* and irritating 
W — > , goading Mr tJi.*m<T*iv* Into fury, hringtoj; down tho 
hardest blows of tee hard hitting Sr WlUlafl UjowCIS, praiuk- 
tng ruilcnnsses from Mr. Joraru PHaastaisi., and even angeritig 
tlm plu-aldc Mr. Foumo. lie ls a very Parliamentary aa**«piiti>. 
Hi* .ting i* sharp, led it ia M dangerous; it it impossible to 
shake him off. ami if ns fusing* to drive bins away for a mo- 
ment, tin-re he is again, a* trout. Ireonu* as ever. At ipoctdan time 
Loot It oinuit is '«U ttere ' Ha ba* generally st least half a 
■fcaca qorries to put, mret of them of a Irilllag hut hr ltlli og ehor- 
acUr, and neatly *11 of them bringing down «|Hin him tli official 
■nub. which woold crash aay more mnsitiv* sran, He read* the 

• socirty pwfs’tv,' erldsmly with grett earv. and nothing maddm* 
a ntiuiteer lunro than a question wliich he hoe* to pmt cm infirf- 
mstiem .hrrrr.d from some stray paragraph in Vanity /•'air at 
TmtK” 




HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


The Beanil Wretch : A Brifihton Story. 


Id IV II. MAM BLACK, 


"Hi«» people have Inlil me I urn r*r» Ilk* what Nun uni in lw." 
ncmtinin.1 Mini Mails', pleasantly, " Ami Ihet* ia a j.hnt. .graph 
of her — Let ror see, where is it I" 

She weal to a table ir.i opened an album, hi* eyew following bee 
with wonder and a ragur bcwlMcred delight For Ibi* wu n new 
anpilsUhui In the world; another Nan; a Nan free from all hare- 
fid lie* ; a Naa not engaged to be married. IVcserilly aim re 
lunanl wllli a rani in her hand 

• It naa taken at Kora* the lime Kan went to Italy. Thit'a 
mom than three yewra now. 

I think n-.i-clf it m hke aae; 

th'mgli It ia ratlrnr too young 

It wa* indeed remnrfcablv 
like, lint let anm enough it 
wa« Kan— the N«n that be 
reroemk-ir-l walking ilmol 
the hnlki&t hut stolen* at 
BrfLgi-.. Uurv ihu wa» 
standing at a lahto , her head 
bent itown ; her liarul placed 


“ Yea, H would do capitally 
a* a portrait nf yew.* lie <*id, 
•inwrhle; " DO wonder I »ai 
mi -taken And ytrar slater 
Bditlr, hat ahr grown up to 
lw like y <m eUtri air ter in 

"STCfti* arm wa. 
like the rent of u«. lilitli U 
•lark, you htow — " 

Aar to it her dUnaatlon of 
Mils fchlVi appearance 
mopped Ik the antral).-* of 
thtt twins Iwlv hteaedf, who 
wai pneetnl tiv her mumna 
Lldv Here iford received I lip 
tain Kins enre kimlly, and re 
fteatwl her aori'a iuritelnt 
that h« *bould dion with 
theta Ihit ee rains And 


waa not at all Imond up la nlbee fot-hnumU or harriers. lie wai 
a* deeply latvi«4i«l a» any one present ill the fauci-dre** I tall of 
the neil week, anil knew all the iiu>i( striking ki-Iviiiiw lliat wine 
being prepared No matter wliat it wai — old oak, tlm peupM-d 
imp of Chiarae aemntit, poet-wine, dauwjrrad., black Wedg- 
wood, Imuten, furred driving out-. ■■•thing, in abort. lint waa 
u-nilMe, and practical, aad English, and cotldwred to min'* nolid 
nnufuit and welfare in this far too aprculnlive and rifionary 
wrrM — In- talked about all *ueh tliiagt with vigor, precusluu, and 
delight Tlie iiitwunitlal, healthy look of bitn >u something in a 
n« Joy radial..! fnoi him. When you hoard him dctcnlw 
how damme mold Iwwl lw pre*ervnl, twi mold tnakn wee that 
then' wa* a firm anil healthy digrelhm : be was ■*< one of the 
■ relehrd ercatuiea wbo prukmg thnr depressed eaiwtenre by means 
of AupiMlora lattera, and only wake op to an occoncmal flicker of 
life at the instigation of aoor < Vuiupt-nc. 

Till* Ulk of the Joyous Bolwrl. wo* chiefly aihiresaed to Lady 
lk-re*fonl ; an it gate Frank King plenty nf oppnrt unity nf making 
the nrepmuitaliiv of NasTa younger eider. And aim Helm'd 
aatimi* to lw verr pleasant and kiwi to him She wanted to 
know all nboot Kingsooart, ami whit shooting they bad had 
She told liiaa bow they passtd the day at Brighton, and inii- 


►men hat return f And Ivrw 

a lid he propone renuin- 
Brighton? And which 
hotel wat he Maying at ? 

The fact wai, Captain King 
waa Mill a Utile hr-wlldrreZ 
He answered ai hehcil o»lH 
Ltdy Brrejfi.nl ■ i|wriUoaa, 
art- 1 alto reptml to toma 
peofooml mirks of Miaa 
F. tah'i oucrralng the rough 
weather in the Claaaael ; bat 


w In- 


advertantly straying t 
younger go I, who had gw 
to restore .Van'* pur trail to 
lu place, ami he wa. »*Ura 
tailed to are how ihit family 
Bit ewe la noil- 1 ettrad erew 
to the pm* nf Ihn figure an I 
the motion of the hand II* 
could almnit hare belter* I 
now that that waa Van there ; 
only he bid been told tint 
the real Nan— aodvtht eery 
much altered— war for th 
time bang Maying with oom: 
frieolt at Lcwps 

In due time he went away 
to hla hotel to drrwi foe din- 
ner —in operation that waa 
somewhat anrelianleally par- 
fortnol Hu wat thinking 
child/ of what Mr Tom had 
loll him in th* railway car- 
riage oonrerniag Um< ruing 


warmed ..IT by the Vice Chaw 
coltor. lie hail lahni liUhr 
Interne in the atopy then; 
nnw he wai antiom to rec- 
ollect It. Certainly Mut 
Madge did not teem to hire 
suffered much .from that 
separation. 

When he nriamrd to 
Keaniwirh Terrace, he found 
that the emir nlhre gucat of 
th* terming hail arrived, and 
waalnthedrawiiig roomwith 
th* family From llu marine. 
*clf aloof from Mi*» Kdith, 


in which lid* gemlVniaii held him 
I i&d not eerm ipal in her nr a|* 
. .. mugaia. h*r preronrv, Frank King iwnrtndrsl that he 
mail lu Mi*. Edith'* motor — no iitlire, l odr od , than the ptt*on 
whom Mr. T«wi had railed S»ta water. Soils wslce. if Ibis weir 
be, wai a man of about ftie-and thirty, ef nidille loecl.l. fee— It 
dimple aiuiird. in-J of wiry Kmilil. I.niking more like an M. F II . in 
fact, than anything «4w. flit eiotlu-* •remi.J U> lit well, but p-r 
bapi that wai Invauie be had a good figure; hi the mid.He u( hii 
apaciou* ahirt front abono a large opal, surrounded with amall 


Captain King had Ilia honor of taking Lilly Ik-rrwfool down to 
dinner, and he tat Indwcwn her anil Mk* Mad<v. It aura tai-naa 
apparemt tluit Onre waa going to lw no lack nf ronriiraathMi. John 
Robert*, the wnla watie muiufartiirer, wai a mm wIki hid a ktrg* 
enjoytoent of life, and liked to kt jirople know it, though w.tlnait 
the least oMantalion or pre«emc on bit ptri He look it for grant 
ed that all hii neigh Iwre miut aeoesaarily lw a. Vi.nly inunutol 
as himself in the hone he Lad ridden tbit nmniing to the mr.-l of 
the Sottthdowu fot-btrandt, and in the run from Htodirkj Wood 
taroogh tbo Itoxwd cor«rt to Crow borough tillage. But then he 


iieutinnol that they generally walked on the IVr In ll 


“ lUt you won't lw going tomorrow, w 111 yon F* be laid, qulekli 
"Wbi not r (dll! wa.1 

“ I .nn afraid llu wealhre promW* to lw wild Tlw wind i> 
•nnibnp*i. and fmhrmtng. Ireteti." 

Thire wa. a faint, iotermiurot. mmitiummi nimlJr uulside that 
told of tlie liremking of the »»a on the luieh 

"Ibat gnaaiiarll gnwewlly oitne* Mon a alorm," be Mid. 
“ I thought it lolled laid as I came along." 

“ W by *liould you prophesy enl ?" the Mid, pelwlintly. 

- trti. will, let us link at the chances cm the other wlc," he said, 
with goid-liuuioe. “ Tlie Iwit of nrighUMt ia that there is Do thing 
to catch and liuhl the cloud* ; ary with a fresh southerly wind, you 
uni have them blown away lulmd, and then you will hare I weak i 
of Aik w rallies. And then the streeU dry upqulekly In Urightun." 

Bat all tliat tuinna that It's going In lie a vet day," she sold, as 
if hr- were tw*pncu.ild«. 

"With breaks, I hope,'* he answered. rhrwrfuUr. "And thill, 
you know, Iiting at Brighton, you ought to be half a aaltor— you 
ahuuUlii'i nti&d a aboweg." 


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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


441 



MAS* MOCXTAIN IIKVKRI& 


log done nil tlx Brewing, mil raid the thought ho played von well 
tuiirain lug boo f.TO opportnaltira bo mint have bad of practicing 
A* abr raid oo— look In* frankly toward Mm — he thnoght that «»» 
)n»t lb. Hi] Van a mild liar* ipokrei. The nlcaaanl anil refined 
eipnm.ioa of lb# mnoth >u Ju*i ihr raiur, and there (be ume 
nuvW«» (mo nf lb* fair hair Ibit eorapad from Via liunila In fra- 
rinitjos Ungfc*. Ho thought bar fare >U • liulc l«. fret-bled 
than Xan'a — perhapa alio did not Inn lb* *un!iglil ami Die rao-alr 
•a much. 

The coming M u ra d with a womlrrful rapidity. Wbrd Mr. Turn 
cum back again Into the room— toward by a warrant bringing 
Bdtrar obmi ami thlaga they found it vu nearly eleven 

“I matt Idd you mamma oood-niebt, and be tdf.' raid Prank 
KngtolUdp. 


" Oh," rbr «U, "kb unnervrenry. Mamma gut* to btr room 
atrlv She trill make hit etraar* to yuu lancnwr " 
lit nn isalnM the pale, pretty fare had finahid up. 

“I nttin alien yon rail a rain— If yoa are not fane Imrk to 
hinilua nt <mir," • V tUmnii-reL 
“ oh no." he taiil, quite cogrrlr. •' f am nut going late* U» l/evkei 
nt core. I may way here tome little time. A*d of rourte I thnll 
call and aee jour imumra again, if I may — prrtuM in morruw ” 
-Then mv tuat »re yoo again." *hc rail, plrarantle, ai she 
offered him lire band '• tend night. Rdilh and 1 a ill Inara yon 
to your bflluinU and cigar*. And I how ynur peny.WI.* am nut 
p tog to interfere trilh our morning walk to morrow. When them 
it a heavy tea coming in, you ace it very well from the Sew Pier 
Good-night.'* 


MU* Mail/.- area! np ataira to her rearm ; hut Instead of cum 
|m*ia« brv mind In alec* abe look mil writing material*, and wrote 
till* letter 

“ ftaaa oipMotiiih N'aa.— You aui'l gu.-u who U Mu* at tbla 
niiuncnl— 1 1 i- v. — playing hlLliarel* with Tun and Mr Hobart*. 
Captain King. If I were tie. I aniild call myaelf lfnirunl.Kiac.far 
that Bound* lirtiif Kilith rayt hr U greatly improved, and the 
nlnar* raid he au litre kwkiitg. I think he it improved. He ana 
n« III uniform of mire, whirl! war a |wly, for I icmtiabrc Ida tie- 
fare : but, at all evcel*. br wore neat plain gold atuil*. and nut a 
great Mg diaii* *»1 nr opnl. I raa't hear mm w raring >■**!* like 
that ; why don't they wear a firing nf pcailt remuil llieir nrek f I 
bare bvro la aui-h a fright II. tent me a letter— not In Ilia van 


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handwriting. Isn't it nilly f I Atm'l tul my 
ri»ruo in tlie paper*. T<«n my* they will put liliu 
in pmnn, * Ukr winking.' if hr M nnt careful It 
it staphi ; ami of cobtm I riul k»i *»••« it. vt 
have anything to do with him. Mr Itolwvta Cnol 
hero llii* evening. I think lie Iim WO much to 
for for Ideuelf. I Ukr quint tin) gentlemanly tun* 
Co plain King and hi* pidv put IU ph>M<Mnt" 
loot TiiumUy, to **y nothing of hare* anil rab- 
InW ; no I auppewe tliry hare Rood abuotiB*. I 
w ifb tlirt would oik Tom. C. J. ha* dlrapprared 
from Brighton ho far a* I can euxke rut ; uml I 
beloive [asrj lie bt haunting the ixigt.lK.tlira.1 of 
LeBfBi l.a.kmg mil for a certain uhl Mother Hub- 
haul Happily hr ba* gut nothing to frar from 
the Chancery people , I "oppose they daren't in- 
tor free with the Church. Mi Mal-skin mat hi* 
curor hack . n I* beautiful now . and I liavr g>x 
n lot and feathre exactly the Mini. rulur aa nay In- 
dian red Him. mi I think they »Ul go my "well 
together. The mal-akia Inolit hUnker than It 
wm. The i* rough touighl. hat I hop« to 
pert down thr Her h> ore-row morning. Brighton 
i* fearfully crowded jait now ; ami you should 
come away from that sleepy old Lewe*. and hare 
a look at your fricndi. (rood-night, drar Nan. 

“ Manat" 

CILITTEB XI1L 
cnuixi. an> aiDum* 

Tut woman la nut Uiru wln» ran iptHe forgot 
the man who hi* ono* *"ki*l her to Ijcronm hi« 
wife, eren though at thr tnoiomt "hr may hate 
rejected the offer without a tliouchc of htroitalioci. 
Lifo with her, aa with all of u». i* *o much a mat- 
ter of experiment, and ho rarely lurca out to bo 
what one anticipated, that eren when "lie U mar- 
ried, and funouiidid with children. husband, and 
friend", win- can not hut at Uiihw iH-think lntwrlf 
of that pni|Hwal, and woo.hr wliat Woald hate 
hapy rened if «h» liad aiwqitod it. Would her own 
life harr been fuller, happier, lew occupied with 
trivial and aorfid curve ? Would lie hate Uvmm- 
*« great at>l fainmi* if *be had rasrriol him. and 
liaiiipere-1 him with early tin ? Might not abe— 
Happening t hinge to hnre gone the urim - way- 
hare eared him from utter ruin, and hare given 
liim courage and hope- ? After all, there I* noth- 
ing more important In the world than human liap- 
piliuas ; and an the slauplu •• Y*»“ or M So" of 
nuiidi-idxMkj my dftri.lu the happiarM of Bo* unr 
but two lit**, that b why It la a matter of unite ri- 
al inlerewt ill wing and story ; awl that M why 
«|wito elderly people, nwxnej by lialf a century 
from such frivuliuiw tbera-*e(n~, b**t nevrrtbeleae 
1- -u-teed of memory and a little imagi tallica, and 
Mill conscious that life liar been throughout a mu- 
sic and a game of chance, and that even in tbrir 
caae it might have turned out very differently. 
Bod themradic* awaiting with a strange cariosity 
anil anxiety the dechiun of scene child ut i-m 
iron, knowing no ui**v of tho world than a baby 
doraanm, 

OB the other hand, the woman who Aww not 
marry ie "till b*» likely to forget "well an ofTer. 
Herr, plainly tsxatgh, wae a turning point in lier 
life : what ha! happened pence, ahe owe* to her 
clvciiion then. And aa an unmarried life lit nat- 
urally and neoewwanly an unfulfilled life, where 
no great duty or purpose step* in to stop the gap, 
it la hot lltlie wonder if In momenta of dlsqul- 
e-lodf or unreal the mind should trarel away in 
"I range «|*vulml.iiii, and If the memory of a par- 
ticular pHTHun "liiiuld Ihi kept very grovn lodit-d. 
Nan Mertafool. at the *gy of twia.lt, would tale 
Ihh.ti grewllr "harked If you had told her that dur- 
ing the pact three year* "lie bad lew nlnirat Son- 
tinualiy thinking atoul the ycrotg -ailor wlium 
»lte hod rejected at BeUsgn. Had "He not been 
moat explicit — prrn eagerly explicit? Had the 
not experienced an extraordinary irenre of relief 
when be wax well away from the piece, and when 
otto could prone to herself in close »elf-o lamina- 
tion (hat atm ■ a* in no wav to blame for what 
had nreurred * Slur wa* a little aorry fur him, U 
in true ; hut "be ewahl not bullet* that It wai a 
▼cry nerimi" nuttier, H» would auun forgvt that 
idle dream in the I wink naSlie* of bi* |wirfituiim ; 
and he would "lww that be wan not like t hww uth 
cr young mew wh« came Huttcring mud her pin- 
tecs with their aunmering Hmlimentalitiec and 
vain llirtatiooa. AUtoc all. the had been ei- 
|di»t That cyuaodc waa oerr and rioted. It wm 
nlUcliod to Mrllagto : leaving DrUagto, they would 
leave it a lao Iwhlnd. And ahe wsa glad to get 
•way from Heltagio. 

Tea, Nan would h*n> town greatly abockad if 
you had told her that during llnwe tlmw ytwra 
ibe had been fnrjncolly thinking of Frank King 
—except, of eeeirpr, in the wav anycorinay think 
of an otBoer in her ktajedy'e navy, whore name 
aomrtimra apfiear* in the Admiralty apf.xnt- 
lucnta ia the oewapapere. nrr mind war ret «t 
far otlirr and higher Ullage. It war the t-hurchn 
and picture* cd Italy tbit Iwgou 1* — the frrwcuea 
in tl«i duUtora, the paiii-nt aculpture tolling of tlie 
devothar of litiw, civil tho yntinnt nredh- aoek on 
the altara, She arwoied to liroillio Ou atiaoa- 
pbere of an Ago of Faith, And when, aftor a 
I.Hig periml of delightful refuse almia.1, and myw- 
titui enjoyment of miiKic ami arohitectnre am! 
painting, all combiiiiug to place their mihlmil gift* 
at the aerriev of religion, the relumed to her fa- 
miliar home in Brighton, some vague derirc still 
remained in her heart that *be might lie atilo to 
make aoaMthlng brauLifnl of her life, aoouthlng 
Iraa attiah and worldly than the llrrs c J moat ahe 
mw around bar, A ml le to happauod that uniting 
brr frinuU tin an wliu Kwwwul to 1 h» nxal earuiwt 

In Utolr faith and BM roaili to ludp llut jaiur and 
the Hiifforing, Ihoae who lire! tlw higlirel Ural* of 
eiioton or, and etrove faithfully to reach tlieret, 
were mainly among the High -Church folk. In- 
m n*ibly ahe drew nearer and nearer to them. Site 
Ua.k uu intrrert at all in ant of the eontrovrrmre 
then racing about the peulico of the ritualist* 
in the Church of Euglund ; it waa pc-ratcd, not 
pnjxijdcs, thM tUiinoJ her regard ; and when she 


saw that SnaiwJ-ro ami .“o and-m Ib hit own urull 
circle of friend* were Siring, or hiriitng to lire, 
pure ami Bobla and well - aamftriag litre, "bp 
threw tn ha !«j* with them, and she was warmly 
■ i-liuraod. For Nan waa popular ia a way. All 
llat acerbity of her younger year* bad now ripen- 
t*l into a «<t of «»irt and tohsuait ge-al-humur. 
Ttnn BenaM called h-r a paplnl, ajsl angrily 
toM her to give up “ that itwetw* dodp”; hut hr 
was trry fond of her all the ram*, ami Irouoml 
her alunr with hi* confidence, ami woald have 
no uov to aay any ill uf her. Nay, for ber sake 
lie n.-uartttid to tie dill (o ihv Her. Mr. Jaeomt* 

Of Chark" Jaemiib It tired utly br told at 
prereoit that lie had recently 1 h»-ii uaiu.frrrod to 
an rtlrtrerly High (Tlmreli at Brighton from an 
tvjually High Chunih in a large, pcfniloa*, ami 
poor parish ill the aoulheaat of Lemdun, wbtte 
the rend - Catholic aerrioeti had tw ro ce dcd ia at- 
tracting a cooaiderable dumber of people who cab- 
er wire wuuid probably have grew toburlumdi at 
all. It waa hi* drecripciun uf liu work In ihi* 

bclghlK.rhiaal lliat lad WoU far bin* the re*|H-ct 

ami »tnti retow n of Nan Brireforel. The work 
was hart. The wrvioM were almost rtmtinuoua ; 
there »ii a great daal or risitotion to be gt* 
tbrcaigh ; in IBMc Inhere be naturally ran ngxintt 
curs of distress that no human being could with- 
ataitd; and bo had £W a year. lluieOTi-r, thivc 
•etc Jro debeato locipetuultona auch a* altend 

Ihv lalMra of euraua in too • murti fitnroj plaiv*. 
Tlicre waa nut — Mr JuxqjIi »ni|dala-»llj rtrnark 
erl — chore »** >a n griitlonau ia tho Mnth. 
When br went to IWnghtc® bo had miiriilereblT 
lews work, ami a great deal more of dinnere and 
aoriety, and ploarant »UrotK*>s. And Mr. Ja- 
romh. while Ire w»* a detcKnl. earnist, and bar-d- 
am king priest. Was alsoan Englialuoao, and likml 
hi* diruurr. u.J that wa* bow he became acquaint- 
'd with tlie Iknwforda, amt gradually grow tobr 
ui inljmatr friend of tlie family. Hit attentions 
to Nan were narked, and "he knew it, Flic know, 
althungli he bail Mid smiling to btr nlomt it, tlat 
he winliol btr to lie Ilia wife; and I hough sire 
would rather have I wen rantdrd to detote tee life 
to aoiuc good rod in Home other way, waa bo* till* 
tbe only way open to her? By herself, ahe waa 
ao helpless to do anything. rk> many of lev 
frb-i-.lt seemed to cultivate religion as 'a hightv 
specie* of mwitou — a sort of luxurfeus aati.fac 
tost that coded with tlunnwlfra Nan waotrd to 
do souieihiiig. If Mr. Jartimb had Mill laren in 
Ow "outboaol of Uuolllll, Working cat hi" X*> a 
.•ear. Nan would Iwve lutd Ho doubt aa to wbat 
alio might to do. 

llut Nan had very aerewii doubt ; metre than 
that, site sometimes broke (town, and delivered 
hcrrelf over to the dcriL At on-li Umes a si range 
yearning would take ) Kamo* inn of her; the at- 
uinspliaro of e tailed rellglnu* Piuotlou In which 
aim bv*d would Ls-glit to fac-l aUfllng; atoll MU, 
ska would hat" to get out of Dill 1.4-byu* and 
gain a t.rvwlll uf lirlak Mta air. And lltiei ahe 
wiHihl "bal away like a guilty thing no one of her 
long land I-Tuiow akasg the msuil ; and -lie would 
patiently Ulk to tho old slwpfcrobi on tlm .towns, 
ami wait for their laconic an* won. ; and she would 
make observation* to tlm mml guardroom about 
the weather; and always lier eyes, which were 
very dear and long sight'd, were on tbe outlook 
for Singing Sol. Then, if hr some rare and hap- 
py chance alio did run across that frre-and-easr 
vacrant, they always hod a V.og chat tcguttirv. 
Si I wry mpeetful, the young lady very matuv- 
of-fact; acd genrraJIv tbe talk came routd to Im- 
about nikira. Nan Ik-rislcwl had pit to know 
tlm rig of mury tinucl that aailttl tlm **«. Fun 
(her than that, sbr hiuwclf was unaware that n 
cry morning aa slip OftMoll the t**w*pa|H'r she in- 
advertently tavaol Krai of ail to the “Naval and 
Military Intellicrnre," until *he h*d airjuired an 
extraordinary knowledge of the going* and com 
lag* a&J foreign itatican of her Majrety'a ships. 
And if she aoindimea reflected that moot officers 
were trnnsfmvd to borne -totiuns for a time, oi- 
took the it leave la the ordinary war. and oho tW 
she tail inner heard of Cliplaln King — for the 
saw Im lad terra made Commander on account 
nf some "twiixJ larvka — hong ka Knghuvl, wo* 
it Hot natural that aim might bat* a arc-ret earn 
sckimm-s* that "lie wa* |Mrha|w rtHpouaiblo for 
Ilia Vmg i.xni'hraeiit? 

Bat three solitary prowls along tlie cotBl and 
three conferences with Binging Sal were wrong, 
and the knew they were wyc-og; and she went 
Itack to tlm calinor atmosphere of those beautiful 
sorvkm in wlileb U.r axumonplace, vulgar world 
nul-idc wa* fiirguttun. Aw grew, imbed, to hate 
a mywferiuns fis-liog that to her tho fiev. t.Tarloa 
JbcksbIi iwmonifiesl KeUgWan, and that Singing 
Sal in like Banner wa* a mi« of higli pria atww 
of Nature, and that they were In .badly antagt" 
nisan. They were Ormunl -and Aliriraan. She 
waa a strangely fanciful vosnig wsm, and the 
dwelt much on this thine, until, half fairing 
curtain untoward doubts and pnnupting* of her 
hotel, she leg* n to think tbit if ix>w *-.J at 
onre Mr Ja^timb would unKr oik her to be hix 
wife, "Im would avuid all purlin and eonfusloua by 
directly oreevliag him. awl an ductile her future 
forever. 

But that rooming that brought her Mad grit louer 
sating that Captain Frank King was in BrigbUwi. 
Nan was singularly distorted. She was "laying 
with the Her. Mr. Clarke and hia wife— an old 
couple wbn liked to hare tbsir besose bngii toned 
ocrasbutaUt' by the presence of some ooe of 
ytaingrr year*. They were good people — very, 
very good, and a liule tedious. Nob, however, 
WM alkiwid uoodderable Gbvrty ; aud wo* aumc- 
tiraes away the whole day from breakfast - lime 
till dinner. 

Madge had written her letter in a hurry, hut 
did not post H. in her incomrtpienlial fauhimi, 
until the aftcnuxffl of the nrtt day. » tlat Nan 
got It on the morning of the f.dkiwiug day. Hbv 
read and rv rca.1 It , and then, aonwehow, abv 
wamol to think about it In tbe open, under Ore 
•auk* akka, Bear the whla sot. rihe wonted to go 


think. Anil ahe was a llttlo tdt tar- 
rilird to find llut Imr heart *»> bcaliug fast. 

rilin tunic "OUST uxts-aar ur Oth S« after break fast, 
and departed. It wa» a clear, twauliful (kroetuher 
morning, the sun riiiniog brilliantly on the ever- 
greens and on the red huusc* of the bright, dean, 
piiiuresipi", Engnsh-knking ok) town. She went 
down to tbe station, and waited fur tbe fi.u train 

r g to Nawhaveaa Whim it cauu: In, alio imik 
plan. ; and away tire train went, at no break- 
neck H|H*tJ, down tire wide valley of the Ouar, 
which etvii on tlw* cold Demnher morning look- 
ed pleasant and tbeerful enough For here: and 
tbero tbe riser caught a stot-lv blue light from the 
sky overhead ; and the suaalUM aluau- along tlie 
round cliulk bills ; and tlwr# wore little pateb.-s 
uf villages far away unsung lire dunk «f tire l*»f- 
le*. Imre, where the church Spire rising into tbe 
blwr seemed to attract the wheeling of pigeons 
To Nan it nil a familiar accuc : ahe I requecitly 
apriil the day in this faihkxx. 

Nan waa now three year* abler than wbetx wn 
Usi uw her at Bellagiu. l'rria|M "hr bail nut 
grown uiui-Ji prettier, and alre netvr had great 
prvleUHHili* that way ; but aiwig with the aog» 
InrUy, ho to Hpewk, uf her ways of Ihinkiug. "Ire 
h-ul also loot tbe boomers of her figure. She 
waa now more fully fenced, thcsigh her figure 
was (till deader and graceful ; and alio hail ac- 
quired a grave and sweet exprosaluti, that spoke 
of a very kindly, humorous, tobrunl nature wUbia. 
Ouldrcn calm, tobrr norlily, and she let them pull 
fare hair. Kla- was incajal.h. of u harvb judgnseiit. 
The World evarel boMtifal to htw, and "he rex 
juywd liriag. •■specially wilt® sire waa oa the h^;h 
.towm. ovtTlooking Use »»a. 

Tt.is getting cwt into tbe open wa* on thia ocea- 
"ion a great relief to her. She argued with her- 
■elf. Wliat did it mallei to lu-v whether Frank 
King wore in Ilevhum, or trvan that he had Ihwii 
at tlie house in Btuiiawlck Torrare. duiiug and 
playing Millards? Hu liad probably feegocten 
that ever be had Iwwaa at Bvllagua was gbid 
tbe wvall.er waa fine. No .kssl.t her imleew emild 
hoovi lie sotting out for their muniing stroll duwn 
tbe Pk-v. 

Nun hwl taken her ticket for New haven Wharf, 
with a vague intention of walking from tluAcs. by 
lire shorvest to -Srwford, and from K-afuid tii 
Alfriaton, and in back to Lewra. Huweter, wlwn 
the train atopp**!, ahe tbcugfal aim would bare a 
liHik at tbe harbor ; and very pretty and I fright 
and busy it appeared ihi this clear morning ; the 
lira** aud nifftcr of the • learners all polished up ; 
liar* Hying; lire sun brilliant on tbe green w«i,t 
« f tlm wslwary ami ihi lire blue water of the pond* 
beyond that wore raffled with the wind. Thee, 
j*sst below bee, oaaoe in tbe ferry-boat, tilm 
Ibvaght she weald cross (though that waa nut 
tlie way to Sea f only When she gca to the other 
side, the "lopen I us. ling up to tiiu furl anumsl 
leiojuincly high ; "he knew that from Uw auo.tr.il 
of tbe downs this nsurulng nno wuuU late a 
s plraiiid view. And ao, perla|>s from imrv habit, 
aim took tbe cAl familiar Haul— |a>l the coast- 


soiltary itowus uvtrluuiiing tbe wvle, moving, 
shiailig h» 

HrigbUiu might to lie fair and beautiful oa such 
a morpiiig a* llii«; perhaps, by-and br alio mdghl 
ttmie U> Imve a gtimpoe of the pale yellow umna 
of tire di-tant bran. No d:«bt by tills Usne tiilh 
and Madge were oa the IVr— Miulire with her 
re<i skirt and black seal-skin ctatt. Madge >1 train 
dressed smartly— pcfliapa eren a tlfw Mildly. 
Tire hand would lie playing u*»w. In Urn ato-ltered 
plates it would Ire alsuast warm ; there vtsacnuU 
sit down and talk, and watch tlie Hhip« go bv. 
She aupjuMtl that In eounw of lime Urey would 
go back fur Iuiii-IikMx. Tint was always n merry 
“•cal at tow. They generally hwl viriloe* whom 
they bad WHually— on Hie Pier or in the 

King’s Kuad 

Ho Nan waa thinking and dreaming aa abe 
walked idly along, when her atUMitlnn wua aud- 
denly a me ted by a sound as ut nuiedi-- 
kuked round : tin 
eight, 




(hxvived the ear, were far Uh> far away. Then as 
at* went on again abe disci end whmxn tbe 
sound proceeded— from a litth- w.ic.len but facing 
the no. which lad prafialilt bn erected there 
ut a "liefter fur lire vtowi-gtardsmen. As she 
drew arewrvr alie rerogmai-d tlm "laixato twanging 
uf a guitar; so alre made "ure this was Sitting 
Hal Sire drew nearer still— her footstep* un- 
heard wt tbe »tmn/lh turf— awl then she (Bacov- 
ered that Sul was singing away to bmretf, not fire 
amuaeiucnt, a* »as bee wont, but for prat* ice. 
7here were roaticual repetltiotia. N«n gut ijuite 
close to the hut, and listcnod. 

Hinging Sal wa* doing bur wry bt«*t Hire was 
amglug with very great effivt ; and she had ■ 
haul, char vuira that stuihl nake tto-lf heard, if 
It waa imt of very flee ipusHtv, Hut whst struck 
Nan w»* the chvrr fresh bm in wbi<4> tliki woman 
wo* Uailoting tlw Ketnilb burr. It was a pit- 
urea’" wing, with a refrain waiellilng like tliia : 

« thi Iky "Or,* my tnoula twins, 

Ik* res, ajsill my "Iris, 
i*. IA" rev. Hum alii! mar Irani 
To my Daria ma hiws. - 

It waa very oltar that Sal waa proud of her per- 
form an oe ; and she hod a good right to be. for 
abe hod caught the guttural » event to perfection. 
Fur the rest, it was an inetnictite song to tie wnig 
aa a lullaby la a child; for thia was wbat Nan 
more or leaa mode out amid tbe various experi- 
ment* and R^Mtitians : 

•• Oh, fabmU it a itmv lot ; 

' — ’ •— fntdtol all h* had; 


TM* n 


4 liuhcil tl 


*. J«81. 


•• Yonder* Johnrda coming uoo: 
He birim iln- tvwi ..r a m» emir. 
Ttoy-tn all gone to the Bsrlry M, 
To to s glam wl’ Jofuiule. 

•• So jal'a go gtt the baron frirei, 
Anrt Ut u* mak a cUos frrelU^ 


•* /to Iky may, rey Inula halm, 
ihi Iky «a y, spun my alrirs. 
ia_ o Ihi.o all ! mat bora 


f» Iky rei. tbi.D all. 
To my Owda aao U 


But this was likely to go on forever; so Nan 
quietly atep-]wd round to tbe dcair of the but, 
■ burn she found Mnglng Hal silting on the liul.i 
enM-lwrirb, entirely oeciipiml with hrr guitar and 
tbe new rung. W hen she kokrd lip, on finding 
tbe door darkemd, sire did not screwra ; ber urn cx 
were not cxcitnhlc. 

** Oh, dear me, ia it you, miss ?" abe said. “ So 
wonder 1 did hoc hear ye, far I was aukiug 
enough tost antwrii. I hope you are very well, 
uila* ; it M many a day alow I have eeon you on 

lllO tflWM,* 

" I liave been llviing in Lewra for sreue time, " 
nil N'ao. *'I hate Ijecvi lirtouing to tbe sung 
yoi were ringing. TYat ia not tbe kind of song 
that oulura like, ia It?" 

So they bod begun about saikirs again ; and tho 
good genius Ormuai was rieon forguieu. 


CHAPTER XIV. 

All that night, as Flunk King bad feared, a 
heavy gale from the southwest raged furiously, 
the wind shaking tbe house* with violent gv-u 
the sea th-indering aLoag the brath. But in ibu 
mo ruing, wbeo Brightim stroke, tl found that tlw 
worst uf tlw storm had |u*t.>J .nor, having only 
a itulurlHs] and ilangt-roa> Imik *l«ol Uw etc- 
nnmlH, and also a singular rJewruus* in tlie air, so 
that tbe low torn! ct.luv* of wator and land nd 
sky were strangely inlerute ami ritii Near the 
shore the sew had bem tie* ter. into a muddy 
brown, then that melted into a cold green farther 
out, aid that again deepened aid deepened until 
It waa lost In a narrow Him- of ominous purple, 
block Just where the ai-a rote thn vague aud va- 
porous gray sky. In fail, at thin moment, the 
si-sasnl tow from uni firigliton wimtow rrausii- 
Med nothing so mm-li ax ret attempt at wane -evil 
esr tbit a »(-W.l girl Its* got ini., a li..|veics» mra* 
through waching aiwl wa-hing away at her shir* 
until she has gut hie hravicel rolur smudged over 
Uie boeixon line. 

But then that wa* only temporary. Every few 
minute* another change would steal over this 
strange, shifting, cleai, dark world. Somoumr* 
a lung si Irak of sunny green, aa sharp a* the 
edge of a knife, far oin at sen, told that there 
wu sonw unseen rift dtclariug ibwlf ovetbead in 
that watery aky. Th"n a pwb> graytxwn wnuhl 
rora* op from th" southwest and slowly evvew over 
Worthing aa with a veil ; ami then again that 
■void Ik- sera to go trailing; away riiland, ami the 
long spur lwynn.1 the bay appear hlacker tban 
ever. Soeactimra, too, aa if in contrast with all 
these cold hard tones and rolcea, a wonder of 
light would tlowlv o*** -Titrate on the far eliffs 
in the cost, until Heafurd Hunt bevamo a mass of 
glorified golden while, l.iiug apparently U-twera 
»•-» and sky. Alt.igitbci it wu But a day to 
tempt fash'KMial.ln folk to go oat foe their loro- 
tcmvri pTunwIirelai ; and assuredly it was But a day, 
supIKuiiig them toot on going mat, to re»jx«* that 
they "litre Id Ire Ure eUlreratr about their costume 

Nctertlwlea", wtirn Mira Ma-lgv Bevvsfiinl cwme 
into the IwHianl room, where ber I mother waa pre 
Irentlv practicing the spot stroke, ber appear.!. "re 
•corned to produae a great effect. 

“Well, we Aore grit oa a awagger dress this 
ticne !" tried Mr. Tom, who. though he had never 
been to Oxford, was a graiiliic fm.--tra.lcr in slang, 
ami wa* rrady to Impost It from any wbrre. 

He "U rod at ber — at ber .bark Indian rod hat 
and skirt, and her long tiglit-fitling block seal- 
skin cut! — and ahe Mire the scrutiny patiently. 

“You are lint going out on a morning Bka 
this f** Ms Mid at length, 

•• There is u ram now, lad tint Mrowta am 
quite dry," pleaded Madge " I know ft's gulag 
to lie fiiH 1 , - ' 

* It’» no mre, Roby, There won't be a tool to 
admire your new drees. Better go and finish 
tbure slippera for me." 

He proceeded with hi" biltstnM. 

“ Wum'i you crane. Tom •*’ she raid. “ I went 
to the bazar witli yuw when you wanted to see 
KaU- Hannan.” 

" Wanted to are Kale Ilarman !" be said, «m- 
temptnuosly. " Cowldu't onybesiy ace Kate Uar- 
dbhq * ho [laid half a crown at the door V' 

** But I took you up and introduced you to bee.’* 

” InirosSecvd me to her What lutroductuiu 
do you liiwil at a stall at a Muar exti-pt to pay 
a couple of aotvrvdgna fue a a hilling'" wsetli ut 
acvnt ? W Im told rou 1 wni.u-.l to apeak to Kato 
Haraaaa ? I'll MM you what it u, Baliy, it'# reey 
unladylllta to Irqmte nmUee*." 

" I net re del anything of tho kind,” Mid hit 
sister, bully, " Surer," 

She did no* unite undpratand what aoroiMtion 
had been brought against her ; bwt »he did ut 
like the Hound of the word " unladylike.'' 

“Very well," raid he, laying down hxa cue, 
“ since you say I hits incapable nf speaklug tbe 
truth, I suppose I must go ami walk up assd down 
the Pier with toil There's one thing auro — l 
■han't be sUroil at” 

N> he went and got hi* hat ar>i ran* and glov**, 
and when hr had hutlonisd hriusolf all over into 
the smallest poM.ldc .uswpui, ha called for hi* 
" icier, anil together they Bunt out intu tbe gusty, 
clear, sra-rei-nlcd morning. 

They hid the spaetiwa thoroughfare nearly to 
themseira, though tlie pavement" were fairly 
dry »ow. Fee tbe day waa sriM-tooking still ; tho 
occuiooal gleam of sunlight wm spectral and 



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443 


watory ; Anil a Mark shadow melting into a mft 
pray told of ikwiwj failing far away al ~n 
At a great many drawing-room wtadawft coffee- 
mom win- law*. club windows, were people iur>i- 
tag, i heir hand* behind their back, apparently 
itiscnain whether or unt to venture oaL Anil 
b> doubt eotne uf ita-vu, maairklug Turn and 
Help* IWrua/urd pass, muit luivu tbueght they 
fon^-d a aery luunli.ni... couple— i (be tall. w«fl. 
•milt young fellow, «lio hsikod three and twenty 
though be w*u not «i much, and the pretty girl 
of eighteen, wboalsu kail a good figure, and walked 
well. Tbcir feature* wen; much alike, too ; moat 
would bare gtliwaoj tbetn to he brotlu-r and stitor. 

"I obaefTc," remarked Mr. Tutu, peufuwndly, 
an lie gaaed with adiulratinn at l.i* own luiota, 
" llmt obrn I comp mil with wu. Baby, I have to 
do all the talking. When I go out wilh Na-x, 
now. .h« foot it all. ami I am amuerd. It isn't 
tbit I am *clb.lt : tut a girl come to year time 
of life— a woman, indeed — ought to cultivate the 
ait at am tiling people. There la a want of urtgi- 


“ Tom," ike .aid, “do you think you could get 
Captain King to none u> tire Hunt hall?" 
lie glanced at her sojpieiaoilT. 

“ Captain King !" uni be. “ liow d» you know 
I am going to tec Captain King again ? llow du 
you know that bo did DM go tuck to town tbi. 


thing very striking and nttructive aS:nt thi> young 
sailor, when even her brother Teen— who seemed 
to cunsidwr that the whole world ihculd wait upon 
hi* highness— no clearly went oat of Lii uay to 
niaVc hiniH'lf agreeable. N ot oaly that, but wlien 
they had hail nuniKh of the lice, aad bad Ukon 
a Kln.li nr two along the King'* Read, bringing 
the lime to ocarlyowe o'clock, what moat Mr. Turn 
do but inrist (hnt Frank King ahould come in 
*o.| lunth with ihtcu f 

“ Well, I will,'' aaid lie, “ if you will dine with 
me at the hotel la the evening. Dining by your- 
adf at a hotel i* not exhilarating." 

” Hal you'd tut bettor dint with a* too," laid 
Mr. Torn, taWly. 


livrciford now on the other aide of the table? 
Waa ho surprised to be reminded of tlut other 
Van far May— Mai now no doubt greatly altered 
freco her former self? Madge Ibtyiford wua 
aware that her neighbor iippnMlo regarded her 
very frequently — and ahe pr*tonil*il re* la I* 

coa*c*o>M of it ; but imee or twice, when ahe loo*, 
ml op and hrr rye* met hit, she thought there war 
an oddly wistful or even gmraied express!.*; in 
thuie dark blue eyes that Edith wu -always talk- 

Aftor lunchcua l.»dy Hm-sfunl rvtirwd to her 
mom, >‘ wa* her wont ; the two young tallies 
went up etaica to the drawing rresaxs : and Captain 
King acouijxinkd them, fur Madgu had siked 
him to advine her abc.it the rigging of «» taut* 
ahe hail been sketching. Mr. Toon rnnaiaed be- 
tow bi practice the upot ntmke. 

In the drawing-room Mis* Edith hoped that 
her playing a little wuuld tat interfere with their 
arlinie puiwulU ; on] Madge went and gat her 
sketch- lamk mol water-color*, and oxmesi them 
to a email taMu at .one of the window*, oud aat 
down. Captain King rexmaimd ►taluUxig. 

The sketche*. to toll the truth, wtee aa had u 
fad raid he. They were all wiporfaMrtal thing*, 
done tut of her own bread, aiming at a bind of the 
beautiful unknown to anybody on earth but the 
cliromo-llchugrapber. The actual *c« win. out 
there, luring her in the face, and there were boat* 
mi the leach ami tcuu on the water; hat iniuad 
of trying her liniut at anything txefuro her, ahe 
most’ nc to imagimi tovi-iy pirturua, mostly of 
blue ami pink, with gotta [wre-lud on brown 
crag*, and an ill -drawn .ogle tearing over a kkiw- 
poak. There were, however, .-nr nr two rkeu lie. 
of mbt, or moonlight, or thwsdu’alMBi, that had 
■vrtaiiily a weird and eerie effect ; but it waa nm 
m-ewasary to teU the spectator that (be*e had 
lawn got in moment* at ini |i* tierce, when, after 
laboriiuip trials at hrllbaiit-huoj scenes, (he angry 
artrel ln-l taken up a Mg brush, and waahoi the 
whole thing into chain — thereby, to her astonish- 
ment, reaching wmiethliig. ih»i ilk! not know ex- 
actly what, that wok at ail event* mystorioua and 


lakm tluil were supposed to be felucca* or har- 
cfaett* ho [need ; but when H iwem to a big till- 
ing lout tying Ml a loach, amt that leach |ic»- 
■uimaldy (Veaiali, from the ivdnr of the rock*, hr 
made a civil and even final remunetrance 

“ I don't think I would hare the xovt unite in 
the middle of the boat, if I were yon," said he, 
pathr. 

“ T thought it alwaya waa," ahe ni l , and yet If 
•h* had gcfer to the window the might havnweti. 

“ If it to n lugger, you nee," he coiulmmd, giv- 
ing her all Oort* of chaano of recap r, “ the mart 
would lie at the how, Ami if H to a cutler, yuu 
would have to put the mart farther forward, ami 
give hrr a boom and a lxiwfprit. Or if it to a 
yawl, then you would hare a little jigger-mart 
Bitcm, about there.” 

“ Oh, I can't be expected to know thing* like 
that," aim (nliL ~ tw.'len title accuracy iin'l want- 
id. They're only ikolvhre." 

“ Yea ; uli yew/’ he *ahl. 

" Vf uu’t that licwt du 4r diwnandcif 

"Oh yre, it will do," he tahl, fearful of offend- 
ing her. “ It mn't exactly where they put maiti, 
you know; but then few people know about born, 
or care about them.” 


cam* up to me when they were uaMng to bill- 
laida. 

" I ihiiuliln'l have ihown van three at all,” rhe- 
Mhl - 1 don’t take inlerert in them niyielf. I 
would far collier draw and point flower* ; but we 
never hare any flower* now except there wnxeu- 
Vwkpig hew tin axal that flaming p-.ir.UcUu over 
there.” 

"What did jm onU it, Madge V uad Mr. Turn. 


“ I called it pcintsMtia," she s»>i. with digahy. 

"Gamekeeper'* Greek. I should nay," be re 
mirkni, with hi* hand* in hi* pickc-t*. ** A erou 
Iwtweea a [mlnt.-r and a settee. You shouldn't 
no lucg wewdi, Mudgn. Conic along down." 

Hut tlito mention of Ihiweri [mi a new hh« 
into the head of Captain Ftwiik King Th.il very 
mnrtiing he hnd a window where be tool 

seen all Met* of brenlifol liluwoewt, many of 
tbcm Icing ia cotton-wool — [link and white lurael ■ 
tin*, white hvacinths. scarlet geiaiiiuT-n, lilKwof- 
the-rnllrT, atul what iiol Now might liu nut In- 
portutllol to rend Mu* Margirec a icUetMai of 
tliiae rare Iwlukoiii, tat a* a for mil taiui|U»-t 
at all, but merely for the purpoMU at |sit»lingT 
They wuuU iina[ily !m maUriato fur an nrti« . 
ami they would look well in a pretty basket tiu a 
soft cushion of wool. 


F«**w K»*i could never exactly define what 
pceullaticy uf mind or prrwiu rr manner it wm 
that hod *o singularly attracted him in Nan Henri- 
foeil, though he hnd *|ieiU many a meditative hour 
no board ship in thinking aicit her. In any case, 
that ton l*f ■ fancy won on* tint a few year* 1 ah- 
aenoe might very well lmv tern cxpcctul to rare. 
Rut lire very n|i[iu»Ui> had ba|ifa-ncd. IVrlupi 
it wa» the rure hopwlmmuie of tins thing that 
made him brood the more mer it, wntil it took 


falling in love with wore body else, which i. the 
twual remedy in inch taxes. Whin nt tasgtb be 
w in lunuawd bc«w. abcral the first new* that 
rearhrel liliaa wax of Xou'l rxinuiuplutnl mar- 
ruge. H* wia boa *ur|ntwl. And wheel bs 
conswiited to tt itowxi to liiighton with luw Iwx*. 
ther, it wm t hit lor might tottw ja*l mhi Bore 
glimpse of core whom lie always bad known wa* 
kwt to him. He had nothing to rrprach her or 
biuiarlf with. It wa* all a itiisfuctuiip, and noth- 
ing mere. But has life had lo.ru changed foe 
him by that mere boyish fatter. 

The* lOJire that wonderful new hefte. Nan 
• at away; Nan wm lotpaulble ; hut Iwra xax 
lire very counterpart of Xao. and whv *!«reld U 
not transfer all tlmt licigi-ring lovn and admira- 
tion f men lire one lime to the other who so dure 
ly mtvnliM her? It wis the pnwnpting uf <Se- 
spair a.* tawch a« asttliiats el*r. lie ugstd with 
himself, fie trirel to make himself believe tbit 
jh« wa* really Nan— only grown a year or to 
ok tor than the Nan whom lie tool list tees at 
Couiu. (If Minr thcru u.uxt be diffel emus ; [reo- 
plo changml with the changing year*. Kancre- 
limr* lu. t-iriMil away, so tlmt Ire might only hear 
hue. acre! hrr volar real Mu- Nun a. 

Now If Frank King wo* busy jwrssading hhu- 
i.*l f Uni this trUtatufcOM of affrttinci was not 
only xiatuTuI and [*>— ildo. Imu imbed the wa-bwl 
and Mtiiphret thing in the world. H mu»t lie ad- 
mitted that he cdda-.mil every blip and nitmir- 
agemeut fp'itn Madge Bmilnfi brnrelf. She 
wh* Btore than kiml to him; she wus attcotivc ; 
•ho pcof eased great rwpret for bis opinhwM; and 
she did bee test to conceal— or rather, lot ua way, 
autalwe — her laid temper. And they xrefw very 
tiiiu-h Uigetliri during these two or three days 
frank Kiaft, being nit such Intimate urraa of 
rriomlikip With Mr. T<wn, hail iilnarel Iretvwire an 
inmate of tire boon-. Hi- lreitg carri.Ml off to 
liwch, when they *»■( him in tire moraine, w*« a 
matter of ctxirre. Thun ho watches] Ma-dge paint, 
xnd listenexl to Edith's music, or they all went 
down stair* and piajtsj billiauto, and by that 
limn it wax tho hour for the aftcrnccei prome- 
nade. It waa do matter to tbcm that Doexwnhuf 
aftemoous are airort, and suimdiauiw cold; ore's 
health must Ire pn-ierr«l itaspctii the mother; 
and lhi«, again, Brighton looked very pictiinrepn- 
in the gallrering duck, with the Jotg nr* a of her 
floklm lamjo To ulifervo tbia propedv. how. 
ever, yuu might togouuton the Pier, and although 
at that h*«T. a', that lime uf the year, (here ix nut 
a human he-ing tn he found three, thjt uoi nnt 
interfere with your appeeraatioa of the galdou-lit 

Murrovcr, Mr. Tout was a tyrant. VThon he 
had willed that <’a|iCain King might as well re- 
main to dinra-r, IhmouI of going away to dime liy 
himself at Ids hotel, it was no nre for Captain 
King to reeirl. And then Tom’s iaviutian, fur 
mure courtesy's sake, bad to Ixr reprmoi by Indy 
R<-r«afoed. *ird prettily 'ecandud fay the twu gitl*. 
No such fax-ora, Iw it olreerred, were ahowetvd on 
the vtfhitcKent Roberta or txt young Tbxnnu: 
Mr. Turn had token the sailor suitor umtor tui 
prntwtiim ; there was to be a diiriiictUst drawn. 


him. do you think he'd hang about tike that? If 
he know dKlliu-ily you wanted him to I* off. do 
you think liv'd *|Ktul hit time tdiuklng alsiut tW 
itrvwta? 1 Ireliure ho lias bmll writing; to you 

Till* «re»* qaete a ramiesa shot ; but It totd. 

•' He srwl me one letter— not in hit uwo haod- 
w riling.' Ml-lgr ixiof cased, diffijctlly. 

Mbow U me !" 

“ I can't. I humid it. I was afraid. Tom, 
you wouldn't giS lire |si>e fellow into tmuldx !" 

" I've m> [utiemv with you," he tahl, angrily. 
" Why can't you Iw fair anti almve-bwrdf Why 
don't you Kiid lire frllow alssil bid buranm at 

" Well, I fa* ve." 

"Why don't you settle the thing straight ? 
You know Frank King wonts to marry yut ; auy- 
bodr can st lint. IV by duu'l you bare biui, and 
be done wilh M ?” 

Madge IUMmI away a little, ami *aid, with X 
very pretty atnilo, 

- “ Ami *o I would, if he xrunld aik «»e." 

VVttt, Mr, Tom thisigi.t he knew something of 
the way* of womankind, from haring been brought 
op among *o man v ; but this fairly ue>k his breath 
away. He stared at her. lie laid down Ida cue. 

“ Well, I’m MBusbnl," lie said at tougth. And 
(hen be added, alowtyr : •' I'm glad I'xe got nuthlog 
to do wilh you wouwo- 1 twIUvu you'd nut any 
fellow allxe, and thru oil Item into hits, fur four- 
]wiice-hilf|»-tniY It isn't mure than three muntha 

siiow you w»ro crying tour uxu» uul alsiut that 

felk.w Ifanbury — ” 

“ You were n* anxious a* axiv one he shouhi Ire 
sent away," retorted Madge. “ It appear* I can't 
please every one. I'erhipx, oo the wh.de, it would 
be aa well to cantiuuc the game, fur I only want 
llireci to bn uul" 

Torn fine up. lie muthsoeil ihe game, ml 
played saxagely amt mi well thsi |wc Mailgo 
in cur |pa her three. Amt lie iRd mu recur to 
(but subject excypi Pi lay, (Ik Urt tiling at night, 
as the girl* were hwvrnc. 

“ Look here, Madge, tlut fellow Hoahury bad 
betti-r take care." 

" I *upp«*e he rein kxik after lua-celf," said 
Madge. “ I have nusbing to do with him. (July 
you can't expect xoa not to be sorry for lum. 
-led how aiu I to semi him away when I dare- nut 
*|Hok to him ? And do yuu think the atreela of 

Hrighlini l»dmig to me 

Torn aguin put up. hut Was mw convinced 
than ewe that wccoeu were it range creatsrew, 
who could not be stratghlforwnnl even when they 
tried. Front ll.xt *r/i rimilar generalix-xtions, 
however, he invariable excepted Nan. Nan dut 
not htiong to wonunkiud aa cuasidrtxnl as a oec- 
tK»n of the banian race. Nan was Nan. 

The next afternoon Captaiu Kicg called to 
say good-by. lie fccsinl the girls very bury ow 
C'hrirtitiLi card.*. M.nlge wax pa in tic* little stud- 
ies of itaweri for exceMiuculIv farmed people. 


TIG EON SHOOTING. 


" 1 want to speak to yuu, M*<lgv," said he, in a 
tom- thill mcixr.t sumetliing uerious. 

•• Yury well, then." 

"N'uw n.»e of your air* and pretense," ha 
saVl " You nontax try to gatumun me-" 

" If you would talk Knplcxh, nun wight tuslre- 
■ton-1 you," ahe oaid, apitufully. 

“ You iiiiileretaml txx well enough.. When yem 
were cu the Piur this morn tag, your eyre wrere 
j<ut as wide o[>re as anybody'*. And agnin this 
afic-niocm, when yuu were up un the Marine Pa- 
raile." 

Mwige flushed a little, but tuiJ nutliing. 

" Yuu knuw as welt aa anybody chat that fel- 
low llanlmry 1* hangieg atesii," caiiil Turn, rc-- 
gaiding her with au.jriri.si *' lla is always loi- 
tering niund. dahetng after you Ard I won't 
have iL I'll write to the Chief Clerk if be doesn't 

“ 1 dem't sappoac the Chief CTdef a&I the Yke- 
( XitisvIUie at.J the whole lot of them," sukl 
Madge, peuumliog to be much iotoreatnl in tlm 
tip of Imv t-ar. " nail oxpul a [an Mill frem Heigh- 
ton wlsi fat dutag wo liana." 

" Ruing liu liarlu ? If Jvn didn't uocvuragv 




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THE OLD FARM GATE. 

Bv THOMAS DDNN Kronen. 

Is gilded saloon*. wliew lie- fiin*l of hello* 
t lu^K t round me their nuUle-i of glaumur and 
•pelU, 

I limit* through Uidr magic, I mocked at tlicir 
•1*1 

I'amorcd in my fancy, ■atoochod Is ay ImH; 
Bii» yielded n captive, nrll pkticd at my (tit, 
When Been I nut »l llm old farm pile— 
When iHira I met. 

When Dura I met, 

When Dorn I met at the old farm gale. 

I rail in hand, «*# my way to the brook, 

And plumed a- I »*nl ttulc Mhos to !*•*. 
fibe Blood there in eilenoe, halt ainiUny, lialf thy. 
And moved from the pathway to let me go by. 
Alt ! who wo*iM nut btto when auth charm* 
were the I «it - 

Bo Dura taught roe at the old farm gate — 

Si [hit* nmgtil me, 

Ho lima en ught mv. 

So Pont caught ine at Uiu ok] farm gate. 

We hid met and had ported full often before, 
Hue we art on that morn to he ported no Bora ; 
The light in her c*v and the (lu>h c® her check 
Kiiilwldened my longue of my kiting to sjo-ak. 
Wliat eared I for trout ? They might U: there 
and wait, 

Now thin mid "m" at the nld farm gate— 
Now thm Mid “ yew,” 

Now (Kira wid “ yee," 

Sow Dora Mid " jw" at the old farm gale. 


(Begun In H.imt Wsmv No. 11*1. V*l. XXIV.) 

CHRISTOWELL. 

0 Dartaoor Celt. 

Bt R. D. Rl.ACKNOKR, 

Anno* or “ 11 tar Abtultt." “ Leas* Doocia,” 
“Caim, rax ITnniiu," arc. 

CHAPTER XXIII.— {twinned.) 

TOTTTIty KHt HT. 

Tm ago of our country was already full, 
ing into that qOMltloBa dotage of finicking, 
now i*o Mill vi'iwul lu l lie toot hive* time; 
lmt still a v ' wing KiiglltJinuui was ariiauuri 
to (nit liinwuilf mulct an umbrella, though 
now their only sliatue in to have one t<M> 
large to he taken for mure than their t-tnen- 
tul parasol. Jack never knew — for love 
waa stall existing — whether it (aloud, or 
l*lew. or thundered, or whether an earth- 
<|itako who runuliiK *ii Hsu neighborhood. 
The only occupation of hm wind was to 
consoler the doing* of Rooe, and the sayings 
of Row, tbe lookings of R*w. mid the think- 
ings of the same, whenever they were not 
I mat finding out. And lie never said to 
himself. “ I tony lie a fool"; the wiMdiHii or 
the fully of hiuuelf was never mooted. Ilia 
In-art was gone entirely beyond the mind's 
diM-nastoit, ami the two agreed to let it be, 
no long ns they were happy. 

“Why, Jack, nay lw*y, you look an if you 
had jual collie aermo an ungel, “ Mr. Hhurt. 
exclaimed, in hi* nntuiuantic style, a* West* 
rombo rtsdivil in among a acoi* of people 
fighting for a dry place until they got their 
carriage*. “Come nloDg a little way, and 
I will introduce you to Canon fiotrys, ami 
stir good atrbdeacsiti. Young n>en should 
never mins an opportunity. I know a Hutu 
who got a living because Id* handkerehief 
waa dry. Yon ought to be in orders, mid 
yon shall bn yet, because it is loo late for 
anything else. They are under n wall, mid 
they have girt nice daughter*. Yon will go 
away without having wen a single Mill." 

**I have soeii every body iu the place 
worth seeing, aud I don't know how to aoo 
coals," Jack nuswcretl. with a rodt-nca* tin- 
usual to him; but the levity of Bachelor 
Short wna dislnntefal to bin foelingn. “All 
1 w ant to know is, where la mar tmp, and 
where la the governor T" 

“lu'f nte put you tip to a little thing. 
Jack, 1 * the vicar replied, with a turn of kind 
thought, whii'li the young nun had scuruo- 
ly earned of him. “If you want to keep a 
scat iu your good fathers carriage for any- 
one very nicely deemed, ami likely to abed 
team at the drop* of tar- water, let the oth- 
er flies and rnmhidowa come down Unit. The 
ladies will rash into the first that come, 
without two thoughts of ownership. And 
the Colonel is so polite that he wonlil let 
them park ymar carriage ap to the glows, 
and order him all abowt with It. You would 
never get home to-night to begin with, and 
you could not squeeze even 6pa*tjr l‘erpera|M 
in. not to apeak of uuy other wcll-dramd 
young lady. You twig inef Ha! aeo tbe 
first proof of it." A lumbering lly came 
down, and waa crammed, four on cadi arat, 
before tin* butse (Oltlil stick Ills her la lu. 

“Thank you!" cried Juck ; “ vrliat a dear 
brad you hove got! Mr. Short, I beg your 
pardon You have obliged me greatly . Bill 
keep Mias Fterperap* for oor carriage." 

In another instant lie was running up the 
bill, just in lima to stop Ids latln-r's carriage 
from coining down It, thongb the Colonel, 
defiant of all rain, waa on the box. “ Draw 


oalde a bit ; I want to *|>eak *■» yaw, 1 * cried 
Jock ; and bis father obeyed hlui, furhc saw 
that it was earned. "Take the r,-tn», and 
manage it yourN-lf," replied the Colonel, aa 
annn as lie hud heard what bis son's idea 
was. “ I tlarc any yon are right ; and it 
would please lor more to save a poor young 
lady lliau a dozen of these- grand iinulanm 
who have fifty fine drmws at hum*." " 8ho 
never thinks twice about her drees," said 
Jack ; “she would hoik Jiiat as well hi n po- 
tutu sack. It la only lM-i-*u»e her father 
waa no kind about it. Mis* Fbrperap* told 
me the story ; mid I hope to have b>-r w ith 
its also, for she is no* very rich. Father, 
jump inside ; you are very wet already," 

By this good wiuiiiigenscut it wiih brought 
about that the Colonel and Mis* l'crpemp* 
had the 1- a triage to themarlves, amt Mr. 
short stood by the horses, while Juck, with 
a great pile of wrappings, went to look for 
his lwluveiL 81m had obey esl Lis Injiltin- 
tioaa to stay there, mid milled such a pretty 
Mush of pleasure to licr look of gratitude 
fur lit* thongktfhliM«a that he scarocdy knew 
bnw to jirotcct her enough. 

*• Please to rruicml>rr one thing,” he saiil, 
os her dimpled chin protruded from liin mo- 
ther's carriage fur, and he took the liberty 
of asking for a pill : " nuh-m you keep quite 
cUno to my arm through tbn wood, every- 
thing will blow au ay, urn) my father will 
above me. lie always says that I am *o 
clumsy whenever ladies ore ooncetaod." 

“Tlieo I doubt whether be cau under- 
stand the subject ; or, at uny rate, »<it an 
well aa you do. You hnv« vlona every thing 
to perfection ; aid I rivall never he able to 
thank you enough." 

In a quarter of an hour Jack wna driving 
up tbe winding hill toward Drewateignton 
— a rery long n>nuilulNi«t road, lmt tbe only 
one lit for a iwrriage toward Urn inonr — 
while Mr. Hhort fetched Ilia own horse, and 
fared the storm np the sleepy track that 
eltmlM to Cronbrook Caatlc. “ I shall lie 
at Clmstoweil lung before you are," he bud 
railed in at the window, aa be saw Rose 
nilting, iu a happy condition, at tba Col- 
onel's side, and Jqmtty net up opposite, in a 
grin of lively comfort. “Young ladies, shall 
I tell your dear parents all about you f" 

“You had better not," rriefl Miss IVrpc- 
rsps. audaciously. “We arc nil right now, 
anil we want them to gel minion*. My (*» 
would Im very anxious, if be dared." 

*' I sjial] tell your ik-ar srcp-maiuma that 
you have been drowned ; it will be such a 
shock to ber— when you come home alive." 

Spotty waa ilelighte<l with tliis tantaliz- 
ing p reaped ; and aim bad such a tvnl style 
of laughing, when all* did laugh — which 
waa not very often, for n frequent is a fee- 
ble laugh -that the parson, in spite of all 
the weather, cnogbt it up, and said to bim- 
st I f, as be rode away briskly, "I know a 
gfHsI many young fellows who might <lo 
worse than many *4>o<ty lk rp wi |a lu 
tlie dark she Uxiks alninst na well as Miss 
Arthur: and we niurtnls s(>end moot of our 
time iu the dark. I must get np thin hill, 
though, before it grows duiker, or down I go 
through the tree- tope." 

For tin* gloom of night waa closing in, so 
that the valley seemed to deepeu and grow 
nurrowrr. with the fold* of the storm -cloud 
sweeping through the hollow*, the devices 
of crag thrown forth by the bowing of frees 
to tlic wind, and the patches of gcilw-Uod 
darkened by tbe snaking rain. Jm-k Wcst- 
rumtie hii> fain to urge bis horses up tbe hill, 
that be might get past the dnngrr»nn places 
before the las* of tbe daylight waned. 

“ Wins! a shame to let him get mi wet !" 
said Sjiott), who very main dropped formal- 
ity. " You mast have brought a coaclunau, 
Colond Weetcomhe, or a footman, or some- 
body !" 

“Only one man to look after the horwen; 
and 1 lent him tn some Indies whose driver 
had enjoyed tlie refreshmentx of the day It* 
heartily. I fear tlrotn will la* many »cd- 
den ta livntgk t. til a casks of X X from Duns- 
furd lire « cry was an error of judgment upon 
Master Dicky's part. However, have no fear 
about my sou. He gets wet upon the moor 
continually," 

“Whitt an extraordinary thing," replied 
Kpotry, who Ukeil to give the world all the 
benefit of her shrewdncM, “ that your soil 
should know the road on this side of tbe 
moor an well! I thought that you lived all 
away by Okebaaoptoti. Tbe re is no cnrriiige- 
roiol in that direction from our village." 

“Well, now you speak of It, I am sur- 
prised a little. Jack la alwaya riding or 
walking almut, here, there, aud everywhere, 
witbont much object. Ilia dear mother calls 
him u w ill-o'-lbi-w i*p. But that would not 
tench hlui throe roads, a* you My, hut tuib- 
el- the places where llierti are no roods. 
However, lie serins to know- his way right 
well. He has a most wonderful memory, 
that young man. It would be wrung fur 
roe to praise him, hut I no t er meet any one 
v* ho does not admit* his abilities, ami wbat 
is far more, his discretion unit steadiness, 
high priociplca, aud truly noble feelings." 


“ ne seems to know bow to drive, at any 
rnte. Don't yon think «*>. Rosie dear I" 

“I know »u little of curringea that I can 
not pretend to be a judge," uiiHwrred Koto. 
“The only rurriage I understand is Mr. 
Pugale) 's tilt-cart ; but I have a very alight 
acquaintance also with Mr. Short's yellow 

(bur- wheeled gig." 

Coloro-L Wrateombe laughed, and took 
Iror bund iu him “ I like you very much." 
lie said, " beciinse you are so tratliful. Your 
father must allow yon tti (MM and s|H>ml 
«mi» time with us. I have heard that you 
have on Biotlror; only a good father, to 
whom you are greatly attached, and who 
lives a very quiet life, just as we do." 

Then suddenly Rose (who hail never 
found time iu the hurry nod flurry to think 
about it) diacoveroil that this umet kind 
Mini lovnbln gentleman, looking so gently 
at her. was Mr. Hliort’s friend, w hom lie hail 
wished to bring over to see them two or 
throe mouths ngo. She ought to have 
known it loog agn; but her uiiml had Inrou 
occupied so entirely with Iho many new Im- 
pressions of this strange day that the ooo 
perception of timet mijHirtaiicc to her own 
little world bail i-izs|wil her. Now if, 
through her selfish stupidity, her father* 
indulgence and confidence bImoiUI rronl 
upon him, iu the very result which Iro fror- 
ed the most, lmt t»r hod oho never la-held 
thin day. Better, at any rate, would it be- 
ta walk tbe many miles of mm aud dark- 
news, tbnu ta bring to lier father's door the 
wau whom least of all he wauled theru. 
8bo longed ta jump out of Use carriage at 
puce ; but u second thought showed lu-r the 
folly of arouaiog curiosity by so outrageous 
act- Ho site Icam-d back iu the darkness, 
with a miserable mind. 

" You do not answer me, uiy dear,” said 
Colonel Westcombe. in hi* quid winning 
tone, aa if he nought n favor. *' Perhaps you 
are thinking that I elioulil have oaked jour 
father's kind consent heforu I spoke. If so, 
I hetlevii that you at* quite right. I spoke 
on the spur of the moment, from a w ish not 
ouly to please myself, but to add to the hap- 
piness of my dear wife. Her health is not 
at nil what we could wlab. Klie la quite 
unable to moot rough (Hiople, or even our 
gcm-rul visitors. Hut she loves a gentle 
foe# like yours, and a soft voice, aud sweet 
quiet ways. And 1 atn wire you will not 
think tn<- rude iu saying that no young lady 
wwilil be the loser by tiro friendship of one 
mi g>Msl, and kliul, nod motherly, and won- 
dn» folly well lufiiniied." 

“Oh, I know what it wunUl lie; 1 have 
very often felt it. It is Hie very thing that 
I should like most dearly," Howe answered, 
with a little sigh, which vexed her, when 
she thought of it. “ But there are always 
troubles — or at least 1 should U) iibstaeUw 
— I can not c xpmw myself very well, 1 know 
—but I thank you with all luy heart ; and 
you will understand me." 

“It Is the way ber pa abate her up,” Miro 
Petperapa explained, reaching for vs aid to 
tiro Cohurol, na If ho wern deaf, oa well as 
stupid ; “ iho very sunm tiling that my atep- 
uii doc* ta me. Only I do wnnt drugoun- 
ing, I admit, because 1 am awfully food of 
pleasure. But she — you wight put her in 
u bucket, and wind her up and down a well 
all dny, unit aho would smile every Hum she 
enow out at the top." 

" Yon arc a remarkable yimng lady too," 
•aid the Colonel, looking with new interest 
nt a* much aa be could wake out of this 
quick movement, which MM to bk* shirt 
(Villa and then jerked hark ; " you arout to 
bust no time in making up your mind, and 
If possible less iu declaring it." 

"That's my cant. I aui aat upon a good 
bit ; because my pa must go and have an- 
other sort of wife when I waa doing bloosn- 
Ingly. But I am beginning to com* round, 
mill now they find me but ta alt upon." 

Of all tbn tliiuga Colonel Wrotcombe 
loathed, slang from a young girl's lips was 
foremost. The girls of tbn present dny fan- 
cy It a new thing, auil n rise upon their eld- 
ers, to palter this vilo English. If they 
knew that their gnuidluotln-r* were In-atcn 
mil uf nil that atale atutf In tlieir ilbtCJ, 
porhajia they would eschew Hie nauseous 
trick. 

“ Are you nn intimate friend of Mias Ar- 
thur t" Colonel Westeomte' asked, without 
showing surprise; “and did her father in- 
trust her to your charge f" 

“I am md half •>» thick with her aa I 
should Ilka to lie. I m-inpeit acquaintance 
first pndcMlunally ; ami I haven't got much 
further now, though I like her. And aa for 
ber coming under ray wing, Colonel, there 
ia not a year betwii-n tin, I believe ; aud we 
ImjUi came mnU-r the Hevcmid dliort ; hut 
bu wna m|kmm all ilay t.ii Julia." 

Tin) elderly man »** iiimIo quite happy 
by this explanation, for he knew the deep 
obstinacy of lu* son, oml how love evt-u 
screws duwn the lids of blind eyea Anil it 
would hero made a nod want of echo in his 
heart if his only boy had loved a girl capa- 
blo of buing “ very thick" with Spotty 4‘«- 


jr ^Y 9, 1881. 


pernp*. Tbcu hi* generous lutare told him 
thut he hail wronged Min* Arthur by tl,e 
questions ho had pot, and he scarcely saw 
bow to let ber know it, except by endea- 
voring to find her hand again. 

Her hand waa ttembling when be found 
It; for a tallow caudle, stuck III a blacking 
Jar, and to inkling through lozenges of green 
glam, revealed tbe tail-gate on the Exeter 
road, wit hi u u mile of Cbriatowell ; and the 
p»sir gilt could think of tin device for keep- 
lug tills carriage from her father's gate. 
Yciy mm>ii a splashing and a grinding round 
announced I bo cruming of tbu < hristow ford, 
Lwlow the village; and then Spotty called 
out: “There’s any pa's house. Highly gen- 
teel, with a rod hull's eye. Hold bard, mis- 
ter; and thank you very much." 

Mim lVrper»l», nfli-r shaking hands with 
tJin Colonel, boom**! our, and rang the )io- 
tcmal I ml I, whilo Hum rnailo a quick at- 
tempt to folluw, but without a rode path 
could nut gel by, “ No, no, uiy dear ; wo 
will take you to ymir own door, or an mar 
(o it na we cau get," Colonel Western* be 
•aid, decisively. “ Title is nut n night for 
walking oon step more than coil be helped. 
Drive ou, uiy boy, iu far us Mr. Arthur’*. 
Dou’t tell nte aWut the road,” be contin- 
ued. ns Hoao liegan itnploriug him not to 
risk liia carriage. “If Fugsh-y can go lln-rr, 
mean sic, Uev u|i,c»iacl«-y !" Jark(lhosigh 
he hail hi* own misgiving* aa to what might 
i-oaiL- of it) aroused lu* uugs with a cheerful 
flick, which made them sidle into one anoth- 
er, as Bit-u do when tbe whip ia in the air, 
both for the sake of sweet sympathy, and 
that tba oilier may gel tbo first turn of it. 

“What a dork night!" said tbn Colonel, 
os they conic to the bottom ol tbe hill be- 
low Lark's Cot. “ IVrhapa we have Duct the 
moorland uir. I never understand about 
such things, though I ought to do no thor- 
oughly. It nee in* to me ta couie iu through 
i lie glim* a groat deal loo re than tho rain 
did. Hut pel hop* I might to lay the blame 
on my old eyes. Jack must have rat's eyea 
to k«ep oat of the ditch." 

“ I am sure lie has very nice eyea, Colonel 
Wonleoutbe ; not at oil like cat's i-jro. And 
we ought to Imj very ilmnkriil to him for 
tlie raie lie liaa taken of na all to-nlghl." 

•• You aeeiu to liko Jack very mucli," eald 
tho Col«nel, though be felt that it was not 
at all the thing to aay. 

“I never uv any one I liked more, na a 
stranger, of cmirw-, utul a gent h-nian, unlco* 
it wa* yowrxelf. Colonel W est cam he." 

That gentleman thanked lu-r, amt said bn 
more. Ouly ta him»e]f he thought : “Jock 
has still gut hi* work to do, (f he mcaua to 
have this lovely girl. &be rvapect* him, hut 
she does not love him yet. No girl worth 
having tumbles into deep affection, even for 
hiicIi a line follow oa my son, lie must have 
iqqmrtniritlra; and bo almll bave them, if 
lu-r father is worthy ta be lief father; and 
1 ought to llud out that at once." 

To his gro-nt chagrin, and the pure delight 
of Rose, who wns thinking mainly of her 
father at ill, the deiiwnl depth of night that 
over drove down from Dartmoor came 
arouml them. Tho rain hIo|i|mhI anddcnly, 
and tbn wiisil was hualoul, i-xoept In tbs 
tap# of invisible trees ; ami a streak of black 
boggy fug willed heavily. Tbo carriage 
lamps (which had long la-cn flickering, lmt 
managed to sura i va wbUa they got air) now 
gave up tho ghost In tbo murky reek. 

“ 1 can't SCO » here to atop," Jack called 
in. through tbo front glnaa of the carnage. 
“ I'm afruiil that we nmst have passed the 
gate. Please to ask Mia* Arthur.” 

" Please to atop bore, if you have got tuy 
daughter." a clear voice, from route one tm- 
aeeii, rojdled ; anil the panting b"r*>-«, with 
their superior acuac, came to a atuud-*tlll 
auddeoly. 

“You shall not get out. Colonel YVeet- 
cooilie ; I Iwg of you. for my take, no* to 
got mil, "cried Howe, (hat h*-r father might 
know who waa come. “Oil, father il«ar, 
how yon must have been frightened I I 
will never go away again.” 

Jack Weatcoaihe heard kissing, which 
went ta Ills hear! . a* Host- sprang into her 
fariK-r’s arms; aad tbcu Mr. Arlbur, forget- 
ful of everything except the duty of a geu- 
tli-mua, cane forward to tbe carriage door, 
and said] 

“Colonel Wrateombe, I thank yon with 
lilt my heart for your great kindness to iwy 
child. Will yon come into my cottage nod 
have MIM refreeluneot f You have many 
miles, I fear, to travel yet." 

“for, I am very much obliged In you," 
the undent officer answered, without, even 
trying to descry tbe other's face, of which 
the darkness gave small chance; "but we 
must not stop, now we hove doue our duty. 
Aud a pleasure too— tlie very greatest plea- 
sure — to have lawn of the Miiullcet oertirw 
to • young lady who ho* rhartanl me «>. 
(ioni|.uigUl,air. tiood-night, iwy dear Mine 
Arthur. I only hope that jou have not 
canglit cold." 

“Oil, I do liko him ao much!" said Rose, 
a* tho carriage rumbled down the hill j “ be 



JULY 0. 1891. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


447 


remiuda tuc continually of you, papa, I do 
believe too moat Lave boeu a great deal 
legal her." 

“ ll ran hardly lie powiiblr,'” thought llie 
Colonel t« bltiuself , " ai«l yet I seemed t«i 
know the vole* mi well. Blit if an, Jioar fed- 
iow, hew h« u to >mi pitied f I miadjf know 
w hat la the proper thing to do." 

(ro aa oowTisoah] 


DAISIES. 

&u wai a little Irish maid. 

With light brown hair and «y m tit gray. 
And she bad left her native shurv. 

And jMiagfud mile* ami miV» away 
Arena* tile man, to tli* land 

Where warn* the banner of the free. 

And on her fare a shadow lay, 

For nek at heart for horns' was ihe. 
When from the city'* dull and beat. 

And etaarivsa Mia*, they took bar vhin 
The birds Warn Singing in the trees, 

And bower fragrance filled the air, 

And there their leafeniwnol beads upraised 
To greet the pretty grav-eyed Uss, 

A mUliun blossoms sumo! the road, 

And grew among the waiuig grata. 

** Why, hrra are daiaice P* glad ih* eriol, 
And witli h anils iduqicri Mink nn her knee*. 
" Now (iol Ihi praised, w|in nu-t and went 
Fealtera werh lovely thing* an these! 
Around my mother's cabin door 
In dear old Ireland they grow, 

With hearts of gold, and slender Irarca 
A* white aa newly (alien smut.” 

Then up aha sprang with smiling tip*, 
Though oa bar clisrk there lay a tear. 

“ This had'* not half ao strar.gr, " the raid, 
“Siaeo I have found the daUiiw here." 

Mines Kirr iniMi. 


YACHTING AT MARBLEHEAD. 

Thiu are few planes in America that 
Lave more rapidly com* before the puhlie 
an a aeimmer resort than Marblehead; it 
may h* bldtd that an know id in» w-a-side 
mwirt in tin* country that offer* anrli an 
adisirald* combination of advantages to (Im 
yarhtaman nr the pW-aiiure-aeekrr aa thl* 
qnaint little Xew England sea-port 

Formerly noted for ita hardy fishermen 
and privateer*, it ban seen the former pasa 
away before Ih* decline of Ike Ikdjvnes anil 
introduction of tniMinfaetuma, and the latter 
vanish before the inarch of |i**r*. When it 
seemed a* if the town would fall iato lan- 
guor. a new element camr in that haa giv- 
en freah life to ita pirturraque lilufl* and 
weather-worn roofs. In a word) it bna be- 
come a watering-place and a reudex vcius for 
yachtsmen. 

'Hi* advantages that Marblehead |»»- 
*e*«ra for both of those elaswe* are so great 
that one la surprised they liav « not boon ear- 
lier mail* available- Tim harbor ta a trifle 
over a mile long and somewhat over a third 
of a mile in width. It is formed by what is 
termed the Keck, a natural breakwater of 
Kaw England granite, raced «ut the sen side 
with frowning rliir* like " Castle Rock,” 
and In anininwr carp*t*d w ith wild dower*. 
Tkia would be an inland bnt for a narrow 
spit which connects it with tlie mainland. 
For all sanitary purposes it ia practically 
nn island, for tbs air reaches il from every 
quarter over the sea. Beceutly Hires* mi- 
vantages have begun to attract attention, 
anil ninny cliArmiiig aiiuiiniir toaiilenrea 
have been erected on the Neck, facing the 
sea, with all ita lovelineaa and grandeur ou 
awe side and the harbor on the other. Tbe 
latter prawn la an aspect that on* would 
batdly expert to find on tlve coast of Mavia- 
rbuaetts. The name of the town Mifllrient- 
ly ludicatoa the ragged character of the 
«to. Not only la It hilly and broken, but it 
also show* a number of steep cliff* dipping 
into the water in tbc very faurbor itself, cu- 
riously alternating between the dwelling*, 
which are more densely chartered tbiui In 
any other New England town of similar 
sis*. On t bo highest of the eminence* ou 
which MarbUhcud is built stauda Abbot 
Hall, which was the gift of tbe late Rkxja- 
mix Abbot, a native of the plnce. It ia in- 
tended both a a a town-bull and a public li- 
brary, and is gracefully constructed of brick 
aud granite, Ha (OUaDtafiOM (notion. to- 
gether » Itli the graceful flow of lliww which 
find In it an cffectlvn culm motion, accentu- 
ates the appearance of the town from the 
water, and gives to it at aunaet tbe sugges- 
tion of ao old cathedral town of Europe. 

Between the Nock and tli* town lies tli* 
port, whose entrance ia gilaretvd on either 
baud by a whit* light-liouon and by Fort 
Bewail, a »o<t«I«<l battery which did some 
service In oar wars with England. The har- 
bor, running southwest and northeoat, ia 
protoctod by a group of rocky islets, ami ia 
otic of the annggest on the coast of America. 
It has fair bolding ground. Slid a gmal aver- 
age <l*|itli of water. Its proximity to Uoaton 
also uinkeu it BdvsnUgvnus to yaehtMnen. 

It is not singular, therefore, that tbo 
Eastern Yacht Club bna decided to make 
this the central point fur the races of the 


club, and the bead-qilartera for tbe general 
comfort of tta ) ai-hta. The clul> line recent- 
ly erected a simple but commodious aredele- 
gnnt house on tbe Neck, including tbe ad- 
vantage* of a restaurant aud a number of 
lodging - rooms, Wnidc* other acoomiuoda- 
tbom usual in a dull. Them is scarcely a 
day during th* aoaaen that asm* crack 
yacht does not round tbe light-hivuse, and 
tire ita gun ns it come* to anchor off the 
club-house, where th* private bitultug ia al- 
waya dying. Thin ia triangular. a red utripe 
between two blue ones, flic Nunnsl regatta 
of the club was sailed Ibis year on I lie Kith 
of Juue. It was oeleliratcd by superb tStv- 
wurka from III* sisriiilM yachts on tbo 
previous evening, together with a ball at 
tbe elnb-house, and a bo-iineing breexo on 
tbe day of tbe race. On the 17th of June, 
tbe anniversary of Bunker Hill, the great 
annual regatta of Marblehead also occurred. 
Tbe week was therefore on* of the greatest 
interest in yachting circle*. 

Th* latter race ha* boon sailed for eight 
years, and lias become one of the " iuslttn- 
tlona" of Essex County. It i* open to all 
cornets, and contribution* are levied from 
the town folk to defray the expenses of the 
fire- works, tie* music, and other nltractions 
of this festive occasion, It is a gala-day, 
and from tbe whole neighborhood the coun- 
try folk flock to sou tbo wblto-w lngod craft 
dart after (lie prixe over tbo blue Atlantic. 
For days beforehand yacht* may be wen 
stealing into tbe little port, until, an the 
morning of th* rare, tli* harbor is dense 
with a furetd of marts. Tin* advantages r>f 
live |sirt for a yachting rare thou become 
apparent. From lb* Neck every yacht two 
Imi distinctly rent! at the start ; the course 
of each can be easily traced down tbc har- 
bor; then turning about, the spectator can 
watch the hurrying fleet threading ila way 
among the islands, and flecking tbe ocean 
with gleaming tails crowded lugetber like 
sea-fowl. Tlii» year the number of entries 
was silent eighty, while many iicin-niiupwt- 
iug yachts accompanied Urn others. Th* 
day »a* magnificent; crowds flocked into 
tbe town; the soand of the freqncnt fire- 
cracker was heard in the winding streets; 
the clang of liella aud tbe booming of can- 
non rang over tb* water; and as th* crowd 
of yachts spread out over the Um •*-» in 
funr lines, according to their class, th* spec- 
tacle was remarkably beautiful, and was 
stimulating alike to tbe lover of nature and 
the enthusiastic bosom of 111* true yacht 
sailor. Tbc areuii or tbo sketch represents 
the yacht* of tli* first rlass rounding ilalf- 
way Rock. 

A GLIMPSE OF MECCA 

Tnr town lies in a basin among strep 
bills of from live Iiundred to seven hundred 
fret in height, aud pndiahly not more than 
one thousand two hundred to one thousand 
6»e ]iundn*i| above the sc*. The whole of 
tills valley — alsMit one mile and a half long 
by oii*-thlrd of a mile aero** - is packed and 
crammed with buildings of all shapes and 
sixes, placed in no kind of oriler, climbing 
fur up tbe steep side of til* surrounding 
hill*, w itb here and there an outlying house 
on the summit of same rock, looking a* 
though crowded out, aud watting for a 
rltanre to sqnei-ae into the oonfusiou lielow ; 
a eaniMi* gray n*a«a, lUt topjieil, to a Eu to- 
pes n eye rootle**, half plavtcred — for plaster 
in this climate is always either being pat 
on or well advances! in cowing off, but never 
to he seen In IU entirety. 

The wall* of tltn houses arc composed of 
uncut atone and rubble, from three to six 
fret t luck — in very high building* even thick- 
er; cut stone is used only for the Mills of 
windows or jamlis and arches of doorways, 
aud very little brick ia employed anywhere. 
Notwithstanding the on led initial tliicknem 
of the walls, tottering ruins may Is* found 
by tlie aide of tbo Most thronged thurtmgh- 
fares iu every part of the city. Many of 
the hna»e* are of crest height. Urge and 
factory -like, full of little windows, beldam 
two ndjneent lio inn's face the same way or 
are tbe some height. Nothing resembling 
a row or street eon bl by any stretch of im- 
agination Ihi extricated ftotn such a chaos 
of maaonry. It la liupowaible, oven from 
an elevnied point of view, to truce a hun- 
dred yard* of open space between homes 
in auy direction (many of the passages are 
boarded over, which to a certain extent cou- 
reals theui), except on the outskirts of the 
town, where two or three siiburlm straggle 
off up the loss inclined outlets from thn val- 
ley, and where the ground is not so thickly 
built over, though with the same systematic 
irregularity. 

The ride seerm to bu that no two things 
must be alike, *n Eastern characteristic de- 
veloped Into a lived law of iiciii-miiforinity 
in everything about Mecca, a town which, 
built us it i» of fragment* of the crumbling 
rock alsmt, mail* to adhere with thirty per 
cent, of cuarau lime, together with th* dusky 
CXwwd* crcspiug iu swarm* about ila dork 


lanes uni streets, if such mere tortnnii* In- 
tricacies can ho called so, suggests tbe sim- 
ile of tbe giant ant-hill most strikingly, ami 
indeed it applies better Ilian any other de- 
scription, There i* a great Miuencss about 
all (his detailed dissimilarity, from tli* midst 
of which llie Haiviu s taints out most promi- 
nently, at oisen fixing lbs al|ciitii>n,aiMl In- 
deed it is the mam feature of Mecca. It 
is . large and quadrangular open space, its 
longest direction, northeast by oust and 
wiulhwesit by west, inclosed within lour 
un-hod colonnades or arvudea, one hundred 
and ninety yards on tb* longest siiltw by on* 
hundred suit Iweaty-arvsii yards on the 
shortest, etna* up to which, nn tbo exterior, 
boaic* are built, except on tli* east side, 
where it is Isninded by a street skirting the 
hall of the Harem. 


AN ECCENTRIC LORD. 

Tlix first of Lord Brougham * weaknesses 
was his pedigree. Ho firmly Im-IichhI him- 
self to be a deaeendaut of a eertuin great 
family wliow* scat of Brnaenm is bipiiUiumhI 
in tlve Ih*tmr<i of Autoaiun*. This lima- 
ciliu lio iu*ial<Nl to have Imcn the site of th* 
modern Brougham, *n that he in a seuse 
liird hi llio halls of hi* illustrious ancestors 
of tho tiuas of Aiitiminns. As a matter of 
fact. Brougham Hull was lmilt by a Mr. 
Ilinl, and purchased from him liy Sir. John 
Brougham. gTcat-grnuduncle of the Chan- 
cellor, who had mail* aouie money liy fann- 
ing anil cat tie- dealing. This gentleman 
died without iwm*. and lit* prn;s-rty passed 
into ti>» hands of tin- Chaucellor'a grandfa- 
ther. Tins place had hitherto been known 
ns tbe“ Dini's Nest," but the new proprietor 
took great pains to suppress that vulgar ap- 
pellation. substituting tbo more anslocrallc 
uhitiu of Brougham Hall. Thu* the (Tian- 
oollor’a grandfather was the first Mr. Brough- 
am of Broiighiuu, and instead of being the 
reproaantative of tb* noble family of Vaox, 
ami consequently III petpetsml danger of 
being disqaallflmt for practicing ut tli* bar, 
or sitting iu tbe Haute of Coiiinuvns, by iu- 
hcritiug that barony, or tho descendant of 
tli* gnllanl Ihi lliirgliams who fought mi 
valiantly fur the Cross of Christ in th* Holy 
Land, the Lord Clumoellor wbb in reulily 
the worthy offspring, not very many gen- 
eration* removed, of a rra|H-i-tablo ymnnan 
who ow ned a farm in Cnmberluiid. 

Tli* time and place of bis birth were the 
next- points npun which hsv lonlship de- 
sired to arc content I ikih among men. 11* is 
said to have sMiclioueii th* unmt varied aud 
contrailictory accounts of the eltciuiwlancea 
of that memorable event. Different mem- 
oirs of his life make hi in horn in Lon- 
don, Cumberland, Weatumrelaiid. and Edin- 
burgh, MM in the year 1778, wunc in 1779. 
The truth til the inntlcr was easily found, 
for his birth is entered in tke register of the 
city of Edinburgh, under date th* 3fitb of 
September, 1778. lie having boon horn on tb* 
HHh of tlie same munth. Tbe Chancellor's 
motive in making a mystery of hi* birth- 
place It la hard to conjecture. Vanity may 
halo been at tli* dad of It, Imt an equally 
plausible explanation is that In* wished Ins 
Scottish up-bringing to be forgotten, as I*e- 
i sine the descendant of tb* loyal Do Burg- 

HU lordship'* name was another tender 
)ioitil. Hhmis and ft'-i na he conbl not 
mdurw; and wheel Lord Eldon called him Mr. 
Itrnfam, Ills luil Ignat ion know do lionuiis. 
He sent the offending KhaiiceUnr a ItHvwxgc 
couched in somewhat angry terms, stating 
tbut his uamo was pronounced llrmtm not 
firmffam. Thia remnnstranec the Chancel- 
lor took iu good ;*art. and at the cmiclnslon 
of tho arguiiiMit otwooed, “ Every authori- 
ty upon til* question Has been brought be- 
foro us — ti*w /IriMOMi swoop dean.” 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Tux outery agxinit (Tilrnwe ehosp lalmr ha* 
been ru»d in Syilnoy, N»w Sooth \V»V« The 
tnuk-s amt labor urganiaatloaa lu*c pretested 
agx'iint further niinesv iannigration. A [xtitina 
ha* bertl prevented to the Mayor asking him to 
■all a public Hurting to take steps to chock the 
irithix, ami the Premier has telegraphed to the 
British xotboritics in China hie inforinktioo as 
U> the csovc of tbc sn usual lido of hiMuigralkio 
to Atutralia. 

A hrg« Newfoundland dog in Iouisrille, Eco- 
twfkv. «ss reecutly she* re* 1. apporenlly much 
agniosl ha> will. After tbc operatiuo was Kn- 
islied, tbe dog sprang to his frvt, tretled olf a 
short distance, looked at bmisvlf and at the man 
with tlie shears, and thru U-a|M*i iotu Use air and 
(■It dead. By -seamier* attributed the Ay's death 
to grief (or tbs loss of his liamlwaxie coat. 

The Lcadnn reerest»m.Vne of the Mcilaswrae A r- 
yw» wa» puxslml by wing siaoog the srriisls in 
that City that o# “ Use Iter. Henry Pshtabqualu'iug 
Chase, hereditary chief of the Ojiltscway (UJiti- 
way »J lmli.uu." The paused scribe g>HU <e> as 
follows: “lie may be a clergyman, oe le ms v 
be a red Indian, but he surely can't bo both. 1 


have sever iso m*eh as heard of a red clergyman. 
If he was * bishop, twilling wouil indwre me to 
permit ibis diriue U> reuifirea me ; the laying on 
of hands might lm a temptation too cre.it for 
him. Il Would be very wring of him to pire way 
Vs it, of orernse; bat imagine »hat a scosstMe liii 
would make »t home by exhibiting in his wigwam 
»h* sculps uf a wliule lijohrmatiun chis* f 

A railway trlugrxph operator at a stal»a in 
Ohio, wboss hiHin. irf duty are is the night. Inn 
devised an sreangviiHet whereby a parsing train 
is sore hi awxkm him. The hresking of a string, 
sth-CcInd arrasn dm track, by the ks.'umiiuvr. isp- 
•••is mi the (kvic of his room a cool Imekut flih»l 
wvtb reiupling dirk* and olhrc pmv* id mi-tul i lie 
W up im notifies the other ultlivrs that the 
train bis passed “O. K.," again st-M his trap, and 
is soon sound aslerp. 

Tb* first cummey ev<* bssun! liy the Foiled 

Slutre piwnuwnl Iswring tlie rigustare of n 
reikired man was rece ived » I in days at the 
of the Conipc roller of the (Wltacr fwm the 

liorrein of Engraving and Printing. The signa- 
ture was that uf B K. Brace, in the place * bey 
the name of the Ilegistcr of the Treasury is 
written. 

A Westsra new»[ii|>»r aamium'»» that twodc*. 
|Moaifesw wbn were firing pwlolahms at per-ons 

passing on the "trwc " were ordered to tie quiet 
liy PoiVemsu Jones." 

Tlirre is said to lie living in Roden an old man 
who dairos die unique title of *' booc itrctchi-r to 
the royal family.” Fur many yewra Us sole doty 
wss to wear the new hosjes of the father of lb« 
present ciroad Duke until Id* master cask] pul 
them on with cnuifurL Tb* old man wow tv joy* 

Two ooloreil men were r*J-l by auction a few 
weeks ago in Lexington, Kentucky. They had 
I sen ncutenccd to semiude for one year rack, 
under th* vagrancy laws, which hare been io 
force since the orgaidjullua of the Slate gonen- 
iih-ol. and which wire a pait of the ~ slave rode." 
The awn's Hanoi arc llrtwv Tucker aad llenry 
thnlscv, Him or them hreu«bt (U ; th* otlicv. 

Ilia -vi. 

One of the rales laid down for heginwer* ia 
the study of bow to be wsthelic is that “ yon must 
•it areinnd and be ciccwsWc.” 

They h-ll of a hcsuilla^-tiuuso keeper In fouth 
Alni-rim whoso liouso was Inverted one night by 
sn varttiqiiak*, anil wbo twgan the next uh, ruing 
to eliargn tlie attar Wprs |uilur-lloor prim*. 

Thera is an old gatcnisn in tlie railway atatinn 
in Mwlia, I’lniisjlTunia, who, inuisul uf th* usual 
"Show ycr ticktta T acreiis fit travs-ller with, 

“ Whtf to. stranger ?” pereoos going to Bcwtoo 
used U* be startled at Springfield by * bcakrevan's 
cry : " SptingfirVl ; Swap cars for tbe Ccnuicc cl- 
eat River rosd !" 

A voutg wotran who has rrcentlr uken edito- 
rial .'xwlrel of tbc IJUtiKaosu) J/tnMyll an. 
imii ucre that she is " a girl, with a girl's hive fur 
fun. frolic, ami mmanre " IVrbaiw, tint, il woald 
lw iHttcv fur hrr tn trans|Hsse the Billable* of tho 
name uf her paper. 

The belief that the world was censing to an 
end CHS tins 19lh of June found a good many ad- 
bcrcttts. A inuii lisiog lour (Hun, Canada, 
loiiU a Small srk.in xnlk-ipitiiin of a Hiss! rs> 
tliat day, srel Ids wife demCnl n week Us ox, kir« 
pnivisums for a trip of indefinite length There 
are reports of (several persons in difiemt nirts 
of the country bxnng been rnadu insane by dread 
of that day. 

A young woman obghtnl frren a rapiil-rransH 
«r in Sura Franrisre, and while rnwaing the 
track her f'»K was caught in a crack by tbe side 
of tbe rail The ilrber of the nevl motor saw 
her atsd Mopped. All efforts to rebase tlie eu- 
trap|irei fool failesl, and, other ears arriving, a 
lung train was won standing on the obstructed 
track. A crowd gathered, and almost cs cry tu- 
divhlual in it offered sunulkevi, Dune uf which 
proved to be of any vaW. till an Euglisbuiaii 
eamc alulig, and ask ml ill Ilia Drebtshiro ilialert, 

” Ila' ye trim! nuisMeisiii’ ibeyom* iedily'sshwif' 
The siiiio wax uiiIhiUcuh*!, ami the foot ws# oaei. 
ly re I (sired. 

The array of conreranocs on the roads oa Dcr- 
hyuin has furnished msterisl for many writer* 
stswt that famous s|Mrting event ; hut this rear 
three ;iersuru went to are tlie iHirby ia a sirio 
that had never tsren equa.h'l They were two 
Kwiulsera of tlie (imaJsf Guards and Hr T. 
Wright, the srinner of the iiitemMiuusI tvlloov 
cwvlwL They skviuM five thousand fret fire* 
the Crystal Iklue. (k«i<il slowly ia tho ilireeliiy* 
uf Eprem, and lsndrei stunt a quarter of a mile 
(raiu the grand stand in time to sec tba AOMti- 
esa borae win the blue ribtnn. 

Tim arrival o( two or threw pair* of genuine 
iiHMpiiVHw in Lucubm has mvaeiuntii loosidersidr 
comment l*y tbe ntu of thst city. Amoog the 
tbeorie* liy which persons ban endoarored to 
account for their presraec is that tber were car- 
ried across the ocean in the trunks of Americas 
tourists. It is Inferred, f rasa tb* xumtico which 
they am aerorded, that dm miM|>iitii«K hare *1. 
rendr iiuulu an impreseiuei uiMiiig tlie rreidrritH 
of Imndun. Ferhaps the English puMic will uU 
tvWMtoly twrora* as intern>ti*d as nrc their uuseii-n* 
life; euuciaa of America in the question as to what 
constitute* the food of the nine huXKlnd aud 
niuetr-amc musquiiocs la a thousand wbo never 
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1. TV SUrt from tho qaarlrf.irillc poal-'-TW? re nil- l ('new aria ike pace. BlulWrn wr.mil, MoaJlnr ami Paroja aval, and ai.ea.nio luL I. TIib B.L.. and UswqanMm-Mui.il or ami fllramure «0 lu 
Iba front Reckhutn a Walia I <. Tlir flnlib— Uleamore alna, Mutiltcr ascen d , I'arnlr Uilnl, lllnckbuni and I'ncaa Water. cC V TV VkhH— UI cuur rrtamlag to Uir Kabla dieM wllb ftrwrra— Jot ut 
tbs Mar; land lht.qeU.jn. 

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TIB All'TIC SRUCI. 

It is nearly two 
}rti» since tbn brave 
Captain I he Lunu ami 
hi* comrades sailed m 
the JetmiHlIt from (lie 
Pari lie (wwl ou a voj . 
age "f p* plorat iou to- 
ward Hie north pole. 

Two month* Utor the 

vessel wan sighted fif- 
ty tuilee Bimlh of Her- 
ald Island, steering 
doe north, wl|U (lie 
avUlent Intention of 
reaching the wlnnil, or 
a poiul near it ou 
Wrangell Laud. From 
that day to this no 
tiding* have reached 
na concerning her, hut 
there is uo good re aeon 
to four that any disas- 
ter bus overtaken her. 

KrVerthclrM, it W UH 
thought well to solid 
out a search and relief 
expedition, and the 
United States govern- 
ment has accordingly 
dispatched two steam- 
ers lu search of the 
missing ship. On the 
Itlth of Juno I bo 
Kotlfm, recently pnr- 
c haw 'll and refitted 
for the purpose, Lieu- 
tenant IlEaltt emu- 
maudiug. sailed from 
San Francisco, mid on 
tbo same day the .41- 
litmtr, Conuiioiidur 

\S *1)1X11.11, left the 
Norfolk Navy yard on 

former will go. a* the 
J.uamVfr did, lay way 
of Uehniig Strait; will 
visit. If paasilde, the 
comparatively un- 
known world »f Wran- 
gell Land, and will 
esliaiist tha ooarage 
and Ingenuity of nc- 
coiu plis lies 1 and capa- 
ble officer* in the hunt 
far cairns or other 
trace* of lb* jiOMlhle 
visit ami advenliuis 
there of Captain III'. 

Lnsai and hi* coin 
rude*. Her further 
moTomcutawill be de- 
termined hy til* to- 
ga Its of that hunt. 

t hi the Atlantic, the 
.lllmuce will proceed 

to the neighborhood 
of SpUrbergeu, and 
will explore *o much 
of the was between 
that coontiy ami 
Green land to the west- 
ward, and Fruit Josef 
Land to the coat ward, 

a a the ice or other obstacle* will permit. Her voyngc is 
based upon the theory that while the //vdynv may he vain- 
ly pursuing, In Iteliring Ses nnd the wntrr* to which it iln- 
mediately opens, a vessel which paaacd, more or less fortu- 
nately, through those scoa many month* since, Ibat same 
vessel, having been carried by the eastward drifts, may lie 
coming out on the Greenland toast, or at SpiUbergott, or 
Franz-Juecf Land, and may lie sadly in need of assistance, 
which the dllioacv will he pitqiared to render. 


LUKE BLACKBURN’S DEFEAT. 

Tint painful Iliiccrlallily of laying one's money on tho 
favoitle of the rncc-coarae was again made apparent fkilur- 
day. June I*, the third day of the June meeting of the 
Coney Island Jockey ('lab, at Shecpsheud Hay, when Glen- 
morc defeated Lake Blnckhuru. 

Folly twenty thousand people were on the grounds, nil 
with interest centred ou the grand nice of tho day for the 


Coney Island Cup, for 
which Mr. l'lKiing 
L< ■KIM-tKri's I 'unite 
and I 'ocas, Mr. tl. L 
LoRn-tartti'* Monitor, 
Dwtkd Hmmii:**' 
l.ake llUckbuni. ami 
Mr. W. JtN.M.MiB'H 
(•Icumore were coler- 
ed, 

Lake lllackliarn'a 
owner* liardly enter- 
tained the belief that 
he stood any chance 
of heiog beaten ; but 
owing to the fact that 
lie had a quarter crack 
ou the mgh fore-foot, 
and waa slid and sore 
in the shim bier*, they 
anticipated that bn 
would run alx or sev- 
en aocomla slower than 
his usual gait. 

Tho ad vice of Black- 
ham's trainer w»» 
that ho ho arrutelied 
for tho raoa ; hut tho 
Missis. Dwyku be- 
lieved that lie wou Id ao 
warm up to hia work 
when once on tho 
coarse, with hi* oppo- 
licnUarouud him. that 
Ills InuciMwa would bo 
forgotten in the ex- 
citement. That he did 
a* tliey anticipated 
waa true ; hut tho 
heavy work at tho 
aturt of the two and 
a quarter mile*’ race 
proved too lunch for 
him. 

The hook - maker* 
laid one to three 
against Luke Black- 
ham, six tooucagniuRl 
I'll role and Monitor, 
seven to one against 
tilvnmore, and ten to 
one against Ultras. 

The start wav made 
at Hie find atlempl, 
I'ncaa hading a kill- 
ing pore at llir first 
quarter. evidently far 
the jmrjioM of cutting 
out heavy work, in or- 
der that I’arvle might 
take advantage of it 
at the finish. Luke 
Black hum, despite lit* 
niter's attempt to I void 
hint in check, was sec- 
ond by a neck, with 
Mnnilnr fimr length* 
behind ; Parole waa 
twoh-ugthslntlie rear 
of him, nud (•tcnuiaro 
a close fifth. The And 
mile wa* run in 1.131, 
t ho hnrsrn p* wring tho 
stand led hy Ixiko 
Blackburn, who wj* 
followed hy Monitor, 
fetively. On the hack 
Iwgun t» show the ef- 


1." liras. Glcnmore, and I'nrole rrr 
stretch of the areond mile Blackb 
feet* of the starting gait, anil at tbn tlnw-l 
Monitor panted him, rlosely followed hy Gleiimorv. At tha 
tlirre-t|iiarter pale (Hell more took the Irnd, with Puroln a 
good second, Monitor a head larhiml Pnrtde, Luke Illuck- 
lium fourth, and lliicoa llfth. Tin- ran up the homestretch 
was an exciting one, a* may well lie a BMH Mfi d* * ,m1 when 
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■nil two aud a half ahead of Parole, Lull* 
HUrktnini vim a d*po**d uiutmrcli. iweutty 
length* ii> th* 1 r»»?. 

Tlo time of th* two ntrlrrf wiio XHOl. and 
nftlM two aod a quarteTiii*!**, SAriJ, the last 
two tulle* being tbe fa*t(*l ever run in a 
cu|> contest. 

Glenmure is a chestnut bone, six yearn 
old. by i;|.m At kid, from Lotto ; he l« own- 
ed by Mr. Wll-UAM jRXSDMHk of Uiiltlmnre, 
and iiw ridden by IlolAuw AY. 


METEORIC STONES, 


A tmrii which uppe-nred io Nnnuaiulr 
ou the «ilb uf April, 19U3, wan pcrillUr lit 
many respects. It had not ill® •' bull of Itie" 
W|H.ct so frequently ilseerllwd, but rotlier 
resembled a dual 1 rectangular cloud, I be 
vapor of which WM aenttered in all ilirec- 
li®u» at ench oxpWen. It who almmt «ln- 
tionary, Mid must have been at a rawiwilur- 
able ebivnUon, a« it appeared to lit* tt<h»li- 
UuiiU nf two village*. ■itnii1«nl IBoro tbun a 
1 1* ague distant front rarlt other, hi be Ininie- 
dmtoly overhead at the mum- wise. It won 
Been at Cneit, Fulaiao, AJmpuB, Vensrnil, and 
Poat-Ainlenier — planes fnr distant from each 
oilier- Tli« mimuiI of ike expkwioiis, wliieb 
rtieeniliLrvI tko tiring of raiiunn ami tniiM- 
kstrv, lasted fnr tire ur nix mi.iute*. ami 
wan followed by a fong-eou tinned non* like 
tbn heating of utany drum*. Tlien succeed- 
ed a hiMiiig aanud. and a vast nnaiber of 
atones fell to tlm emu lid. The space on 
which they fell fiwmsri an ellipw of two 
Iritgate* and a half long by one bruwL l bo 
larger •humour tiring from ooulbnuMt to 
northwwd, the direction in which the Me- 
teor Mil vuL Till! luigtwl slotin* were ioiunl 
at the MHitliCMl end cif tbe fllips®, and tbe 
mnuUrsI nl the epfMSlt* extremity. Above 
two tliaulaand wore collected, varying in 
weight from two drama to seventeen pound* 
aud u half. The sky wa» uIiwmI cbioitleM. 

hlanimarioii dmcrilMM the fall of a bwltilo 
which took place it* the arr»n<lM«eiuent of 
Cneale, in Piedmont, •>« tlm VTL*tU of Pcbra- 
ary, 1WH About half pant ten ii* tbe morn- 
ing, Iho »ky ln.’iug rather dark.* touil deto- 
nation, eimilux to the ilUi'bnrg* »f a heavy 
pn-L-a of artillery, woa board, follow id, alter 
an interval of two aeriwnU, by a double no 
jiort. Tha sound *ii» lioard at a place 
twenty mile* di riant- It hod hardly died 
ii way when a amall Irregular cloud of smoke 
wim observed at a con»idcrublo height aljovr 
tha ground. Home spectators nuw •evural 
spot* like clouds, which dUuppOfolwt nearly 
instnntaiK-ouslj. A king train of unoke 
marked the putli of tint (ie* rending omits. 
“ Sonin iiieu at work In the fields saw sever- 
al block* fall through the air, and beard the 
boil* which they made na they utruck tin’ 
ground. Every one whom it wo* pimdlde 
to cjur-jtliou an the aubjeet na» iitnuiniMuia 
in affirming that there *«l» a Urge uuni- 
lurr of those blocks, ami that they muat 
have ticr-aaiiMinil a regular aliower of nero- 
liten of all el tea. Laborer* at work felling 
from In a wood tluee-qiiarters of a mile fro in 
Vllloueuve. on the kigti-nwd from Canale to 
Vercclli,a*w numethiog like a holl-aforai of 
grain* of sand after lime* detouationa. and 
n Bumewhal largo fragment struck the hat 
tlial (me of them won wearing.'’ Two aero- 
lite* went found upon Ilia gronud — one 
wtilghlug fourteen and tkree-i|narter pound*, 
and the other four and a quarter |siuual* — 
nud the fragioentavfa third, which hiul been 
shattered by falling iijhwi * pavement 


STORIES OF PAINTERS. 

IT 1* told of Turner that he did Dot con- 
alder lit* labor* over when be had sent in 
hi* plot urea to the exhibitions; be would 
wait till the hanger* had done their work, 
and then on the varnishing-day would, by 
a fow magical (ONClM*, so alter the tone of 
hi* work Unit all thn neighboring canvoara 
looked liku foils carefully nmniged to act 
off till* one particular pulurv iu Ibu whole 
roo«n. “lie has been bene, and fired off a 
gun," said Conatabli'.ua one uecaeion, when 
lie foaod that (he intnidiicliuii at tlie loot 
moment of u a|H>l uf acarlet about th* sire 
of a skilling into a gray sea- piece of Turnei'* 
lutd completely klllod the color of hia own 
picture, which repreernted a pageant of 
laud* at tha opeuing of Waterloo liriilge. 
(>l» the uppoaile wall there hung iu that 
sumo exhibition a piolnru of HlMlilmeli, 
Mcshiuh. aud Abeduogo it* the Firry I’i 
- nacc." Cooper, who wo* present, said io 
Constable, “ A ooul ho* liooncod aernrn tha 
room fnnu Job®*’* picture, and act Are to 
Turner'll ■>*." 

Han* Mnkart, " tbe fiilcut," the distiu- 
gniHliv-t V icuiHwc painter, whose rv markable 
ptetaro, " Cbaile* V. entering Anlwoqi In 
Triumph,* obtained the lir«l |>rl*e at the 
l'oris International Exhibit imi iu l^Td, la 
even more taciturn that* V«B Moltkc, the 
luan who i» eilcnf in seven language*. An 
American, who had Iwen toLd that lb® bad 
way lu got uu friendly tenua wRh the artist 


•ould be to play chews with him at (he raft 
o which he tveoritd nightly, watebod hit 
ipportunity. and, when Maker!'* opponent 
iw, slipped into hia chair. AtUHthisdrenin 
•a* H lHHXtt« lie roallzMl ; hu w ns Co spend an 
• telling iu Muhart’i, society. Tlie peiuler 
signed l„ him Iu play, and tho game U gnn. 
and went ou with no iillier siwiitil Ihiui the 
Moving of the piece*. At last tho Aim<r Iran 
made the winning innvi-, Mid r fetal uteri, 
'‘Malor Up pw Mnkart lu diagnut, aiul 
slnlkiri mi I , saying angrily to a friend who 
iwkoil why lu- loft so early, "Oh. I can't 
stand playing with a chatter- box I” 

Tlie well-known Trrnch artist Millet, 
whilst living at llarbiron, near lli® fonwt 
of i'ontikinebleau. was one® rlnitfsl by a 
wealthy Parisian wli» wiia ai*X lulls to i„ir- 
iliee uu® «f lb® |Kiliit»r's works. Alter 
—aim pielittilnaty vn-haiig® of comphiorubi, 
the I'ittlsian said, w it It ntyrmmnl : •'I have 
nunc, M. Millet, to hny one of your picture*. 
The troth is that I uni suffering, like many 
others, from the Millet fever. Can yon pre- 
scribe for m®r “Very well," mini Mill®!, 
turning round with a graciods rmiIIo, aiwl 
pointing at the «aiiM> time to oil® of his pic- 
(sirt* nil the I'luel ; 11 lake Uie medicine." 

In Che palace of St rein a. ucar St. l'etene- 
lutrg.arn four oelehratcl pictures by Hark- 
erf, p touted by order of Count Alexy Orloff 
in oomnemonilum of the victory' of tbe 
niinMiuit admiral over the Turkish fleer- omn- 
maadeal by lb® Capildnu Paelt*. Unring 
the prugres* «f til® picture* thn juUUtur 
took ucciMton to tucnUou to the count that 
he bad mom® dlfllcoliy in painting • ship on 
Btf, never having r llnru rd that imputing 
spcctivelc. Orloff, without a moment’s hesi- 
tation. issued orders for a Rumian 71-gut* 
•hip to be cleared, placed in a pudliiw to 
suit tbe painter, anil tuimed Iwfute him. no 
(hut he might exeunt® tho *uh)®<t with 
ftdellty. 


bsbj In* poim at ilr*® of nlcM, 
r in s rriilt. fsilwr In * itir'it ; 


CoMurla urns by Ojbt sud <uj, 

FANNY DAVENPORT. 

t'liina Si«ue Theatre. 
Minw. Wit. BL Rism A So* : 

Your Inc Powder is uu peril It (hall alwtiw 
fun* put of uiy totkt. Fasiir Lii'L«roii. 

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|iwls s delifttf tl n.awdlisi uf roolbu*. sud bsuyaiwy, 

tS i tui MIOT line iliau^^*tli*:tiiln|i striJiallliK Irs- 

Lsvw.s fi'lUsr, Srw Toit, HaW PnmrVdirs. 

Sold tty *11 t;iMint*» **d p*rtw*u«w Wliokwle 
Dvyol iu LoudMi, No. T Soow 111 II. — (Jdf. ) 


UOttSFORD’S ACID PHOSPRATE 

A IXXJl.INU bftlMi. 

A nomwKi, cf Arid PborubUr minc'd wllb • 
rlu» d wstar, untfiml. ~ • " ‘ 

It® USnS Is • suire Mli.ljlUR uul 



POWDER 

Absolutely Pare. 

H*ik from Grsu* from T.M.r, — Nn other pnp- 
srslsM, m«te» *nrh light, llshy hut im.li, nrlnxnrVrin 

(hr III. rmHIimg fnnri limy, tK5a , zi , 's3 
only lu on,*, hy ill 

tfiSfi COTTAGE 

NKAH LOW HKIM II, 

ataitvd ImtMdltttly uu the lltsth. sal Im oy*a*d 

Itlolr ’I,’,* - «,sy *!•}-'■ l-f Lrrr®. Ac- ii ihr 

TOlAli WOIENK t lltlsTUV tMHM'UTtOH, 
Jl*. 1 K*st I .Ml, Sbwel. hew TurL 


Mm IlKtre-htpriii S*rwr 





W/llCS 


Amwttu Bmiu to sot <m*y^lWagBl*ji them- 
■II dh^Mir^rinMlnx^nKn Ua dlgnuie unrsiu-^ b«- 

lirgusriun Mtkle, B*iiar2((>ired hy l*r J. if IV Him 

><ST * &«». J- W. UABimJ, AgeM. SI irony, M- 


By GEORGE H. HEPWORTH, 

AatUdr of “fiisrbusnl and l'urt," 

iiaio.ciMii.ti r»o. 

••A (siiIbsuc rtery of tMlenyeyihiMl.. II repre- 

IVmcm* Md IwprewVias ihsi sjipenr to have sai- 
viued from s priec Ufr. wbkh cim him l a^lcs- 
LIub uf stol, mu! gl,e •ha|w nnd rharsrtsr l» ais w 

Hot®. TtiepMlenex'tlsr.udef AbsorMsg luuircaL* 

P.HlikF-l hy ■ABPXR A hROTIKBK, \rw Vert. 

I tflAe 


*1 romfori In trllinc I 
( they On “ 

U-— lAtlr-1 


TAMAR 

INDIEN 

GRILLON 


G.r,Kui f-ien H.-siover aej op llrirw. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 

GOLD MKIJAL, PARIS, 1878- 

BAKF.K’S 

CHOCOLATE, 

Tbe ■tar-lari for u OeMury. 
TUt* llweoMa ks sisie Iriai the 

I IP Ml el*di*itO*M«,«r 1 riily arisen 

I - uul pifard. It '» the W.I 

pm^mulfian of j _.ln ' ImuUU «s 


W. IIAKLIl SC. CX>., 
hmbstr, Usu. 


SHAVING MADE EASY! 
VBUUH «e ruWUK-« SHAVING HOAP 

OI«mi s uukk, sift, Issriur UriF.-i. 

Psrkrt hr tniU r-ci rrnttnl uf iwerdr r-flfs. 

C.H BDTBEBFOaD 20 Liberty SL N-T 

K 'UiTimt. avoir. ooMir. a cmgrt cahjw. 
IDO hlmt. fur <wd oWU^I.st. sum, (ml »— t® 
‘ l* oi— , u s—.irlril e»«s of M fnr 16»., 
H 00 w/-d trewii* It CUrsro Vlrw*, 
UMd. U. Wr seer, M UIaio 6 a, Vtucsgo, 111. 



hfla tuadsc hr, uhuirt Ik» is, 
(rrrhnl ooecntVe. *■ 
Prrusrwt by K GKILLVN, 
foils Pnmricfur, 
PfaSOUK-Wtl iW 1" Vlsssu 
dr Is PsrnlU- its P*rir, 
t7,m* Kwnhnnws. Nrm. 
Suii by ill ClfriultlA 
llraolst*. 



7D cents the box. 


.. ._ 

fiasr" Z 

ARKANSAS LOUISIANA TEXAS 

M-Veslen Iuiiratiti Go. 

Ttir TruTs— uf ibis CVKuiuiiy I* lo furnish re 

|s(KU>llkM.rt®wnMU*e*dri ••sJislli.l. Mallns I 
ice-crces tad uivsniagm uf thu dnutb-w naL 
The C-ADptuy now hs» Ice dwiHInllisi B 
Puiefibo, Clrcblis*. and Ktp«, wiilcfc will h* 

^ Ires oUNw^c, opnn^p^llcsIUin mule to 
1 tale Matlur Texts dute Qraute. 

ft H, priVAU SrsertmT. Audfo. " 

». V. TICTOK, ” 


MJ II 


y. New Tstb. 


EPPS’S COCOA. 

8 BATEFD 1 — OOMFOBTING. 

~ IV, s iharoigt* hsowtrOge «f tbe n liars' low* 
Ine prop® 
ptundul 

•hkjTm'sysave WmnrMn 4ectm«' Ulllt. iris 
>r lb* juflctou* ps* of rorh tn*C*t* n< Owl Hut s 
IHiaU'iHtou Mr be grodstlly trtlB np SS’|I aonrup 

winch in reski erwy t«ixki<y to das n sse. Ilssdrmfi 
■r *01417 milsillu* ire Xosilni smuts) «* lesdytnst- 
orii wtemaer tkece Is a vast |>cfet. Wo nut (wetpe 
■liny . fsul shaft by Lerpllif uonatn* wefl rostllM 
Mill |ium His «4 and a uropaelr sou risks® Iruui — 
iW Amur (Awris 

Main almjfy with boiling wrier or TsUiL 

8oM only Is sofa! mat Uw. g seal IK, Ukriltd 

JAMta Errs k CO . //,— wnystlAae CTsmtif*, 
Loauax, Exit. 

Also, irpjdfi CtscsWe Emm foe tjltenunn at 

~ GUI ON LIX K. - 

I NITHI* STATIC* VTA II. 'Till 31 E B*. 
Fob t^Sla-l »■!,« 1. »D.l 1 iw-rpstl. 

WTBCONHUt.. * .‘.TfrBNIUY, fe— tl. I P.M. 

AIJA TVEHIlAV, Jam », AM A It 

'sell M A Tl' loti* AY, Jety g II. to A M. 

■•WISH TtTCM»AT. Jiiy It.lia* AM. 

ZHNA TVESDAY. July l». IL** A.M. 

Csbla Pea use - irremllnc In stato-nmml. •*•, |w. ant 
||ioi. I*lr«w,*dla1r, foil Mwu, si low rritw. 
UfHee, Na. T9 Broadway. 

WILLI A »!■ * A fcriON. 

WILL OARLBTOITB 

HEW T0LH1E OF FOEIS. 

HARPER b BROTHERS, H«r York, 

lUv* Jvt WuM: 

FARM FESTIVALS. 

Hr W ux I'ABLcrnH, Am W of " Earn* H*ll*il»," 
"Farm lAjRemts," slxl ** CuiilsMdal Rliyiue*,’* 
With n'lUMroiH (-■bsrxclse-j.ljf llloalrsliunH, 
kro. Illuminateil Clach. (1 Gilt Eilgus, 
•3 W. 

"Tlurv b lii his p— try s IKIellty lo sspim ihu do- 
met the b'jhett prelaw He lines uit dswrC.lw to 
os Ufa ilrcsuh. jarwis, Iqt Is tltdt lUia before 

*Mr. Cartonm IGo wZ wsy7at truly t eresmr uf 
hsrartrr ss IbilurV Uenwnlwg, and ws ncryulH In 
•Im ■•>« roly ibe (tnliu wbltb irMles. bin lire art 


lilt bsJlaill sni yn 

rnlrthle jf"v pirinre* frc« lift- Tbey •tldbll as 
oriywallty uf euutepriuu and pnwer of ex««mv« 
w» v-h emlrie ihe to l lev to rii*st rank *• a msslse U> 
Lfala fold uf (Hielk lilreslute.— .V. f. FWwtop I’m * 

f'-srlelnn's wash la Inines* and tsilAfnl and 
graphic— .V- r. fi.frpewlno. 

will CsrkUin owaar depart* frute s hlud of hdforit. 
■can of exprestlos thu u race wint Sir him the gw-d- 
wtll tad naysrd nf tl® ttcalliirail, si well at tlie sd> 
■LiratiM nribt mr»l « hult/ly mind.— T*»v raw— 

Mr. iVarMbio Is than s wet* bst—rki In tuey i 
lie baa A kindly rflirli end aympaLLy arllh ell (rsd*e 
«f htOMiilly— Lortress Mere**. PI, lib. 

"The types ram* of a iraw vrisme uf pawns by 
Mr. CsrWtdt wilt be hslkd wllh plesanr* hy Uew- 
undt uf rssdsrs oe bulk aide* cf Ibe AOtutlc.* 

A ft*, Psa/amt teifA (Ac abort : 

FARM BAI.l.ADiv Hr Wiu. Camcw. flu*- 
t rated. Sr®. Illwmmatsd Oulh, $3 09; Gill 
E dg«, tl M. 

FARM LEGENDS. By Witt Carmto*. IUiu- 
IrotnL Bvo, llluminAted Cloth, $t (kl; Gilt 
Edg'd, 82 SO. 


•e, s* </ rA* ywis*. 


V tart of lAe FsStsd 


XX COT <■•! palnlud, While D«ck) I!. 




^sigiKt 

* S §?.®£3 


CANDY 


iMotyo In America, pat 
Mrs. Rufato to ill moiffa. A^firwsC "If. itKTRKB^ 

fbadrcriu— r, Is Msdisun SL, GUcajns 


■ UpSlr lllMlirTS.,1 


I lk®* slielltrle t«t( up. far e^ra Ii* dmerlsls, I 
erea.-re, Ihiuor ■M.sthMrl*, and I. pt'SgE, Jr„ I 
Bide AimiL :s John 9b. N. Y. r. O But to«. ■ 


SIGLAR'S PREPARATORY SCHO^, 

VKWHI IIIill. N.V. 

A Select (baerrllnc SrAisil fur B Buys. TH* to uka 
tt-e hfobest tank at Vtb- ai.1 Wlllitmt, Fee clftde 
Ian, a2dms UKNKT W. SiULAK, M.A (Trie.) 



, 70 PI“S 




PURE SUGAR. 

By* ircent Invent Ire, it arch or com ruffir 
(more generally known tu glut on). heretofore 
ijulre extensively used br confcctiuccn, 
linvenv etc., hu been made saHUwciily dry 
lUiit nr lute *0 that it can be powdered and 
mixed with yelW men is. It nbu the 
si.irulird of color largeH , but not being v> 
sweet redoces the saccharine strength. mak- 
ing it necessary to u«* more of tbe artxlc to 
attain the until debtee of iwectneso. Large 
qnsnlltics of thi* mixture are now being 
made awl toM under *or»ni brands. hut all 
of them, w hi si wr am aware, tear the 
worth " New I'rocea ” in addition to other 

A* refiners or cane not, we are, in new 
of ibeac (acts liable to Vie placed la a lalw 
poaMlun before the public, at the rrtiiltn of 
aiulydi of s»gar bought inditctlminalcly. 
will Mem to confirm the fnhe and mslicioot 
statements cf Intercsteil peneei. who alleged 
it was the common practice of tbr lending 
refiners to mia glucuui with their uigars. 
While not intimating that a mixture ol gl«- 
co« and cane sugar h injurious to health, 
we do maintain that it defrawds the Innocent 
consumer of just so much sweetening power. 
In order, therefore, that the public can get 
sugar (jure «n<l in the cooditicm It leaves 
oar rcHnerin, we now put it up m barrels 
and keif k-Trrrlt, 

Inside each pacing e will be found a guar- 
antee of tbe purity of the contents as follows ; 

IfV htukr inform lit fttHic tkit cut 
nfintJ ju'tin (oniiit trltlj cf tke ftixlucl of 
ruse impact ttJintJ, JVoiitr Gltuoit, Mm. 
riite ef Tim, Afurisfit Arid, mot any elite 
ftrttgn iuitlaM.t wiotever it, or trtr kg, 
itmt, mixnl tmlk litm. One Suf&ri anJ 


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OLD Dave. 

“I wouldn't tell no lie fie a hunJmi mufo, Ur'i jest elgM rear ole r 
gnstW a* a lamb; slat I knows, for l feuded him sin* I Vua a twj I" 


Owiunen sbcmld order fremt their grocer, 
**J»r m ow original packages, either half or 
whole barrels. 

Consider well Ibe above 
when purchasings' sugar 
for preserving purposes. 

HAVtM EVERS & ELDER, 
DECASTBO & CORNER RETIMING CO. 
117 Wall Siam, Nrw Yokk. 


:K' pU W T ; 


The Only Remed 


ARNOLD, 

CONSTABLE, & CO. 

GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING DEPT. 

the latest fanilou and Pari* stile* In Neck- 
wear, Press Sldtts, I'ullunt ax-i| CTuSm, ready 
made or ii» oed-ir Tra veiling, boating ami 
XogKgee Fancy FVranrl Shuts. (Uihli.g 
Suits, Pu^aiuas In Silk, Cheviot olid Flan- ! 
nr la. Hath and Huw'ncr Rubes, 4c. Abo, I 
a Bnc slock uf Cloth Lap ICohra. 


Broadway & 19th St. 


E.A. MORRISON, 

893 Broadway, N. V, 

IMPORTER OF RtCD NOVELTIES IX 

DKKSS TRIMMINGS 

New and elegant dnu e n« in Black Prurgea. 
Gimps, and Buttons. samples o! which will 
bo aent an application stating about what 
pri«* goods are wonted. Colored fringes 
made to match sample*, with Buttons in 


BEAUTY IN DRESS. 

By MISS OAKEY. 


lima. Olrsth, #1 DO. 


UR 1 BROTHERS' 

LIST OF BEff BOOTS. 

fABM FESTIVALS, By U'nr. Cell »T«w, Author 

WunS'Tlh^ 

IltMliKh.wc t'niawm with "fern Italia*," » t 
. .."J'l *Wv lllunu naled ttulb, rl f»: 

bill fcdtfU.ERMl 

It 

BtAWTYIN DRESS. I»y MU* 0*«* T , Ktao, Cloth, 

III. 

THE AIVISED VERSION OS THE HEW T«S 
TAM1HT. A«iet>iu KdlUioa In tue- 

(twdel’Kdl li«ttu!U'li%J*J^» t !jMa C *** h " “ 

IV. 

THt CORRESPONDtNCE OF PRINCE TAl- 


UU, Prludpi sod I-miW-x c fr.-niiul. Ttip- 
..l..«r aid Ai-Iheeuc* in me li.ltol Pr»byl»n*ii 
Cfoth 8 S»Wu[r ,f * Jl ’ ** liras, 

VI. 

h arper-r cyclopaoi a or British aho 
American POET ii y . i'.tin-j h, £» a**wP*r. 
Buysl two, JERanitualwt t tutli, Culwwt IWgw, ft M. 
TIL 

huhyino apvcNTUhta on land and sis. 


irattil. »ru, Ct-lllu r< S». 1 

VlIL 

SHAKESPEARE U TRAQtor OF CORIOLANUS. 

pill rd. * !h S tr., I,, lV.Ltiaa J Itwra, .l.M . 

t -inreir H«»d H.i.U-1 LL. |]|..|, 7, Com’ 

bH *| e *' Pajir clu,b . *° 

IX. 

THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA. A 


| THOMAS CARLYLE. The M» Sad Ills Bunks, 
lUnririred Itjr I'crsocsl Unnli.ltcmi*. TiVlw-Trlk- 

AII.I Al.ndi.nw I.r ltlni,Hf k-d Ills PrlsrxVv Ujr 


THE HISTORY OF A MOUNTAIN. Br Rinfa 

Uimi AMjnw ..f -Tw K-m* "Ttietlreaii," Ac. 
7ri.iHi.-id fr-»> la* Fiona I.JT ll»i:M Nc*e and 
Ji.br. LIS to. llluiuurd. trim, Clwh, It W. 


THE NEW NOVELS 

HAHPER A BROTHERS, New Tork. 

A Costly H«i Use*. Ily Ann U'llaateo. 9U cauls. 
VMttd mi Ik* Children. 5j Tuna Gift. tUceota 
tit ByC*obkalLIHrwo*TH. IIIA 
At tko Sc»»nS., and older Stories. By Hear CHlL 


B/ Iti.niar tlvoaasas. IB noia. 








SMOKE MARSHALL’S 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 


For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hfc Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, Sto. 

Sold by all DrURRiala; or rood 25 cento for *ain]de boa by mail, to 
"jAMES B. HORNER, 69 Malden Lano, Now York, P. S. A. 


iT*- BE SURE YOU GET 

THE GENUINE 

Brown’s Ginger, 

MADE BY 

FREDERICK BROWN, PHILADELPHIA, 


CRAMPS s COLICS! 

THE GREAT STIMULANT WITHOUT REACTION 


GLENN'S 

Sulphur Soap 


FRAGRANT 807.0D0NT 


Price, Fifty Cents per Bottle. 

Ask for FREDERICK BROWN’S and take no other. 


STFHER & CO. 

Antique Furniture, Clocks, 
Bronzes. China. &c., &c. 


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sol. ll» BLACK WAIrttCT. 

, B In* S Inr hr* : width, a-r'" 
litflirt IWfci.l in Ihdr- DytB 


ItMIgtl 
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I I. .I. worn 
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krttloraak, 


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Furniture Cl, 


Our Complete 8«t for CIO. 

■ auoi be en nailed la this roanlry. 
rtfote* m i«ipoiiTKn skt*. no, 

4, *30. *36. fio, and *40. 

hi? au|torlnr Malta Teutilt IWl Ml tmnW aid 
to-t.lral, P*r rtiaran, ly nail, ML All leaillnt rial* 
1 Ii»t» Jtrrn thuUafi a IHa: hi I« sup*- 

i»r la flrmnraa, aatl » llltonl the laatpr 


BURT’S SHOES. 


EDWIN C. BURT. 


FISHERMEN ! 
TWINES AND NETTING, 

nx. E. HOOPER * S0X9, Saltlawrr, Hi. 

•WAtrad f« IVtf -I. m .s sx ^sarnt Olonlyi-l Wale. 

COLUMBIA BICTCLE. 


DIAMONDS 


iBAIAWCEB 


A arSCIAIaTV. 

FIXE ^ATtHRs. HU H J KWMJ 

BENEDICT BROTHERS. 

Oa’f Blnrr HI liraailwav.r.-T.AortlawIt 8L. 


spas 

i Aar 1 1 — 

IHFtmetMENTt DEALT 
4*0 Broadway. 


Floreston Cologne. 


KJS 


ROOFINC, 


CONGRESS WATER. 


BEATTY;] 


LADIES IN BUYING 
WINOOW DRAPERY 

BE SURE YOU GET 

HARTSHORN’S 

ROLLERS 


PARKER’S GINGER TONIC| 


HARPED* WEEKLY. 


JULY 0, 1881. 


To on PATHOS*.— Did yea reed Ibo bold advertiaemcnt on tbo iiwda p*g« *>f tLc last week’* i-we of Ih. Scott'a Electric Unit Dru*»i» If not, you b»vc 
mUi^l • treat. The Fk-I. Brash it .inked a woofer, necomplbliiag .11 flint i. claimed for it. T-. those preparing f«r their summer holidays. our advi* i*. hay 
one. nnd Urns prevent the lu* of n «ii K U> .Uy’s pleasure. It wonderfully iarigOMtM the hood sad body, and immtdimktf cewmW fAe poitom of Bx let. 

gold everywhere. AO denier* arc authorized 10 refund the money if not as represented. Price $3 00. ALo inquire for Dr. Scott’s Electric ll»ir Dn>» 
PALL MALL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, 842 Broadway, New York. 






NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1881. 




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IH'T-'HJIlM.Vti' tVBRYBODY IX IinilLIATIOX AT AUU.VY. 

Ntw YiMUi "I did dm DUSDR* yaa. VIoD-HmidMI Mum, Id do thk kind of 'oik.' 


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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


july i*. ikl 


454 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 

Saturday, July 10, 1881. 


OUR SUPPLEMENT. 


As* Iti.WMTPi» Foceui op Jui.y Sum.KMM<T it timtil 

gralKiiemlf t vilhlhii unmlyr i^lUtru't WUKLr. /( to.nt.uni 
tin engrtntug from a fitture by Mitt CosNKlt* W. CoKtlTT.M- 
tiB/J 

“MENDING THE OLD FLAG." 
with a tpirittJ BttRad by WILL Ctiuns ; anti an eujTtning 
Jttm S. J. GW't faint" iv, 

“THE SPIRIT OF 


HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE. 

Ax Illustrated Weekly— IS Paom. 

AV. 8S I/Iltmil YoitXfl Pxort ». inatJ Jttly 5 . ofrut mad 

tin artt.ie on “ Ciimn tmJ Cauothty," tlirntt otrJ by tf trtSni ihefehit 
of fit mint regatta of Hr AW Yoit fniu, Club, Armen by Da- 
Yl most. The number aim trutiinr " Fourth of July in AV> /tu." 
tuut “ It’is lit /Arp « Failure l” hue Fonrlh-of-Jttiy <Urin. by \V. 
O. Svoupasd anti Krni a mink R. McDowr ■ I i "Jet emy Biath't 
Fourth ofjuly-afatm by lloiuiu Pvi.r, ifbafeaitJ if the au- 
thor ; “ The Bell- fcmgtr of 1776,” ■* form by Maiiy A. P. Stan*- 
>11 MY ; “ GrttnJfa’l ITrttm," a full-f-tgt fitture by KlCM.V; one 
ehofter eoth of the vriol rtoriet, ” The finite of the ' Ghoit,' M anJ 

“ Aunt Futh'i Temfiatin" ; «wnrf Fmth-af-Juty Comm ; amt 
ather attratiiout. 


THE NEW YORK CONTEST. 

T HE friends of Mr. COMKUMO, or mirli of them ax 
are still reasonable, have wm with everybody 
else that the condemnation of hi* course only deep- 
ens with time. There ha* been no reaction of feel- 
ing. tint, nn the contrary, a constantly stronger senti- 
ment of indignation. None of the very few papers 
which still hopelessly sustain him have urged any 
valid argument whatever for his re-election They 
repeat the remark, which his career refutes, that he is 
a great man. and that the Republican party can not 
afford hi break with him. Hut they forget that it is 
be who ha* broken with the party, upon no principle 
whatever, and betrayed the Senate to the Democrats, 
and that ha now axles for 11 commission to wage war 
with a Republican Administration in the name of 
New York Republicanism. Charles Suhxkr was a 
great Republican, and a man who could no more 
harp danced about a tavern lobbying for his own 
election than he could have betrayed a great trust 
He had rendered services to his country which it is 
given to few men to render, and he had a liold of the 
public heart which only the purest character, manly 
fidelity, sincerity, and reul ability can give. But 
Senator Morton, a man of very different political 
character and morality front Sumner, said with truth 
nt the Iliiladelphia National Convention of 1H72. and 
in no offensive strain toward his colleague, that the 
party, because it still represented a great principle, 
would prove to be very much stronger than any sin- 
gle member of it. however illustrious his service* and 
pure hi* character. 

A party which could lose a man like SUMXBt and 
push on to more signal surcease*, i* not likely to suf- 
fer from the defection of Inscr men. especially when 
that defection would probably give the party a strong- 
er hold upon public confidence. When SUMXKR broke 
with the Republican parly, the paramount public 
feeling wo* apprehension of a restoration of ex rebel 
control of the government. That fear took preced- 
ence of every other political emotion, and a* the Re- 
publican party represented continued loyal admins* 
trail on, iw success was overwhelming. If since that 
time the party has somewhat tort public confidence, 
the result is duo chiefly to a recklraa insolence of 
power, and reliance upon mere party organ bullion, of 
which Mr. COXKLIXO is a peculiar representative. The 
Whiskey Ring fraud*, the Pont Tiudcrship scandals, 
the brutal tyranny of the party machine, the rise of 
" Hotwixm." the substitution of mere personal and 
patronage politic* for those of principle and the pub- 
lic welfare, startled the country with fear that the 
Republican party luid waxed dangerously fat with 
prosperity, and tluit a change was indispensable. If 
Republicans, perceiving the current of public feeling, 
proposed to take lired of it, Mr. CoXKUXa sneered at 
them iut lamenting other people's sins, and fetching 
and carrying for the Democratic party. Hi* tone 
well typified the contempt felt by the machine poli- 
tician for tlw public intelligence, independence, and 
conscience, the force* which really control politics, 
hut which nrc both inconceivable and incalculable by 
such politicians. It was the apparent disregard of 
those forces by the Republican party, when the views 
of Mr. CONKLIXO were most influential in its councils, 
which led to the namiw escape of the party iu the 
election of 1876. To the general spirit and course of 
the Administration which did much to restore the 
party to public confidence, Mr. CoXKLlMJ was opposed 
with comically ostentatious contempt, and at its close 
he endeavored by the most unscrupulous use of tl»e 
gag rule, and bv studied Insults to other candidates 


in the Convention, to secure a return to the situation 
which had almost rawed the overthrow of the party. 
Ruffled iu that purp<MC, he had no course left but to 
i|uarre! with the new Administration if be could not 
control it, and trust to his machine in New York to 
support him. 

Nothing would now shake public confidence in the 
Republican purty more limn Republican approval of 
Mr. Coxkuxo'h position. In the present political 
situation, when the fury of party is very much re- 
laxed, and public attention is directed to economical, 
efficient, and honest administration, there is peculiar 
distrust of mere "Boss" methods; and if the party 
should declare that it desired the ascendency of what 
is known as " Conkliugism” in the govemmcnt.it 
would lose a respect and support- which are indispen- 
sable to its prosjicrity and success. Mr. Conk lino 
himself, in haranguing hi* wsn little squad, bmoaght 
them to stick to him, because the money' power was 
trying to defeat him. Buch an appeal was the des- 
perate trick of a demagogue. It is not the money 
power which has produced the well-nigh universal 
conviction aiming New York Republicans that Mr. 
Conklinu betrayed the trod they had conflded to 
him. If Mr. Sessions ixa knave — which has certainly 
not been established by the assertion of Mr. Bradley 
—and if illicit offer* have been made by anybody for 
any purpose, the fact* are disgraceful, but they do not 
place Mr, OOKKUNO'S conduct in a more favorable 
light, nor justify his betrayal of a trust. That Mr. 
Sessions tried to buy a vote for Mr. Dspgw, even 
were it proved, would certainly be no reason for giv- 
ing a vote to Mr. Goxcuko. It is not, os he alleges, 
money which is trying to defeat him. It is the un 
bought, instinctive, universal judgment of the Re- 
publican intelligence of the State and of the country 
which lias really defeated him already. In the Leg- 
islature that judgment expresses itself as circum- 
stance* allow. Whatever may be the motives of some 
legislators in voting, there is no doubt tliat the vote* 
cast for Messrs. Dkpkw, W HEELER. Rogers, and other 
friends of tho Republican Administration represent 
the sturdiest and soundest Republican spntimcnt of 
New York, and tliat the votes for Mr, CoNEl.tXU rep- 
resent 110 principle whatever, but mere devotion to 
his personal fortunes. 


A GOOD PLANK FOR REPUBLICAN 

PLATFORMS. 

We hope that in preparing for the autumn Con- 
ventions our Republican frirnds will not nvrrlook the 
very significant interest in civil service reform which 
lias been manifested since the lust year's Conventions. 
In many of the chief citie* in various parts of the 
country, as Boston. Brooklyn, New York, Buffalo, 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati. Milwaukee, and 
8t, Louis, there are already association* composed of 
influential citizen* of both parties, and representing 
a powerful sentiment. In the want of commanding 
isxurs dividing the great parties, an inevitable tend- 
ency of such association* will be to moke the question 
of reform paramount, and to vote for or uguinst can- 
didate* according to their position upon it. Candi- 
dates will undoubtedly lie requested to slate their 
views of the subject, and their answers will be scanned 
by those whom candidate* can not deceive. It must 
bo conceded that Democratic declarations will be re- 
garded with some doubt, a* those of Republicans 
would be were they out of power. Every friend of 
reform will gladly welcome all aid and sympathy, but 
that welcome is entirely compatible with doubt wheth- 
er the election of Hancock might not liavc occasion- 
ed a loud cry for reform in the Republican pres* with- 
out arousing a corresponding chorus from the Demo- 
cratic side. We say this only to point out that the 
demand for reform is a virtue which circumstance* 
make easier for a Democratic than for a Republican 
Convention. 

Tim* far there have been nno Republican and one 
Democratic Convention held, the former in Ohio, and 
the latter in Iowa. The Ohio Republicans spoke very 
briefly, approving protoebon nf American labor, and 
re affirming the historical principles and policy of the 
party. This is mow convenient thnn specific. It 
plainly covers the prohibition of slavery in the Terri- 
tories, but it is lea* lucid Upon civil service reform, 
which, although ofleu demanded in the party plat 
forms, has not beeu accepted us a party principle. 
The Iowu Democrat*, however. Bpeak out plainly for 
reform, and it would not be surprising if the Ohio and 
New York Democrats should do the same. The Re- 
publican objection to serious reform is that it would 
be a foolish surrender of party advantage, and an aid 
to the Democrat* in recovering power. It is urged 
that to introduce tlw* merit system is to give Demo- 
crats a chance for appointment, and that, it i* argued, 
would disgust and alienate Republican workers. But, 
on the other hand, to give Democrats nn equal chance 
for appointment would relax like interest in Demo- 
cratic success of those who have thought that success 
to lie their only chance for the public service. 

The service is presumably filled by Republicans 
now, and changes even within the party con not he 
mode, as the New York qunrrel shows, without seri- 
uus consequences to the party. Moreover, siuce re- 


form is to be accomplished. It must be either by some 
existing party, or some new one. The true Repub- 
lican policy is to adopt a movement which is natural 
to the free and intelligent and progressive instinct of 
the party, and for which public opinion is rapidly 
ripening. All tlmt has been actually accomplished 
in the reform of methods— and it is much, despite all 
skepticism — has been accomplished under Republican 
auspices. The reform, so to speak, is naturally Re- 
publican. The ludicrous FlaXXRGAn of Flannegan's 
Mills, it must be confessed, is a Republican, although 
not a Republican leader. But his famous question, 
"What are we here for, if not for the offices I" is 
merely a reproduction of the famous phrase of Mr. 
Marcy, one of the ablest of Democratic chiefs. "To 
lb* victors belong the spoils." Flasnkuan. in this 
respect, is not so signal a discredit to the Republicans 
as Marcy to the Democrats. But siuce the Democrats 
would not allow Marcy to dictate their platforms, tho 
Republicans will make a very great mistake if they 
permit Flanse<j an to dictate theirs. 


COMMENCEMENT POLITICS. 

AT this bright Commencement season the instinct of 
the English speaking race assert* itself in the interest 
of the young orators in politics. The political ardor of 
college buys is not very commanding to the old man- 
agers, but those boys are the masters of the future, 
and their criticisms are based ujxm the eternal prin- 
ciples which finally control political action. The 
experience of what is called practical politics, which 
the young men lack, is very often merely an experi- 
ence of knavery, treachery, and charlatanry. The 
real question for the college boys is how they shall 
apply to the actual situation around them the princi- 
ple* in which they believe, and which they clearly 
and eloquently announce from the Commencement 
platform, or in the class oration. Hprung of a race 
which has a peculiar genius fur politics, they would 
purify and elevate it. It is a noble and useful 
ambition. How shall it be gratified, and the task 
achieved f Tins is the actual question with which 
the young men must deal. 

At the very outset, if they go to a primary meeting 
or caucus, they will iminrdiatcly discover that there 
is an organ lied interest which acts with a common 
understanding. Tin* interest they will next discover 
is favorable or unfavorable to them according os their 
views and vote* favor its purposes. Where there is 
a completely equipped and disciplined party machine, 
a* in New York, tlic young men will find themselves 
confronted with Gender's hat upon u pole, and they 
must bow or lie broken. The condition of advance- 
ment and of affinal opportunity is conformity to the 
will of the machine or ring, In the 8tate of New 
York, within the last dozen yrars, there have been 
many conspicuous examples of ynting wen entering 
into politics with all the warmth and purity of prin 
ciple which inspire the college oration. But Gesslcr'x 
hat barred the way. They were forced to chouse be- 
tween courageous fidelity to their convictions and 
postponement of a public political career on the one 
hand, and running with the machine on the other. 
At least a dozen striking instance* might be cited of 
such young men turning their hacks upon their own 
principles, and surrendering to tho riDg as the price 
of nomination or election. They excuse themselves 
with a familiar and simple sophistry. They agree 
that it is had, but tliat men must do wliat they can 
under the circumstances, not supposing that oilier 
men are angels, nor that earth is heaven. This is the 
current talk of " Bosses." But it is no more a justi- 
fication of disregard of principle iu politics than in 
buxinnw or in social intecourse. If the young grad- 
uate is not strong enough to refuse personal pro- 
motion at the cost of what he thinks to be just and 
decent and honorable, he is too weak to undertake 
to purify politics, except by sometimes scratching a 
ballot. 

The practical work of purification which we com- 
mend to the young men is first to ascertain the source 
of the power of the "machine" which they encounter, 
and then to deal with it. A very little study will 
show them that it is a mercenary power, and tluit its 
basis is official patronage. The organized interest 
which they find at the primary, or the caucus, or tho 
convention, is that of office-holders or office-seekers. 
Its mainspring is public money paid a* salaries, and 
used by purty committee* as prizes, and drawn upon 
as a party fund. This organized corruption of pa- 
tronage is the chief clewrly defined cause of the mean- 
ness of politics, which intelligent young men perceive, 
and against which they protest. This is the abuse to 
the removal of which their efforts must be directed. 
They can render no more useful public service. If 
they desire to hold office, and believe that to he in- 
dixpensubte to effective public service, they will find 
that very often the condition of holding office is to 
acquiesce in the abuse, and that they must first correct 
the abuse if they would hold office with self-respect. 
A private citizen can be of great public service. Even 
if be can not speak or write in the newspapers, he can 
inform himself thoroughly of fact*, and vigorously 
enlighten others, and so do bis purt toward the cre- 
ation of a public opinion which wilt compel re- 



JULY K.1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


form. In this way the young graduate eager to 
purify politic* can reduce hi« principles to practice, 
and the clan orator may become a practical patriot. 


NEW YORK IN SUMNER. 

Twin a week ten nr a dozen huge xtrumrm dtqxart 
for Europe, carrying hundred* of ]ia*teng«ni who are 
(lying for a summer vacation. Morning and night 
and at intervals during the day long trains roll out 
of the city, bearing thousands of citizens upon the 
same quest. New mountain house* and sea shore 
resorts are constantly opened for the summer visitor, 
and according to the old Baying, the town will pres- 
ently be entirely out of town. But “ the town’’ is 
a small number. Those who remain are the great 
multitude, and the chance for their comfort is the 
important quiwtion. No great city in the world is 
more favorably situated for coolnrsa than New York, 
at the head of the broad bay opening from the ocean 
close at band, and Hanked by two bruud rivers along 
which draws ths cool air. The city, too, even at 
its broadest point between the rivers, hi not very 
broad', and it gently declines toward them, so as to 
provide admirably for drainage. A decent munici- 
pal government would make it one of the cleanest 
and healthitat cities in the world. But it may be 
said of New York. from*the point of view of govern- 
ment. as of Ceylon’s isle, that "every prospect pleases, 
and only man is vile. ’’ 

The busy citizen who can not rarnpc from the city 
may wisely begin his course of resignation by reflect- 
ing that living in a farm house or boarding cheaply 
by the sea is pleasure bought at u great price of many 
kinds. Farm-houses have been known to be warm 
and stuffy, and their pits and bread to be doughy, 
and their flies and mosquitoes many. The cheap 
houses by the sea, full of people iu small rooms, and 
with a table designed more for the emolument of the 
host than the refreshment of the guest, are not at- 
tractive. although the ocean air be pure, and the 
ocean view magnificent. The citizen who can run 
from his modest room in town to Coney Island, and 
dine en prince once in a way, or take his cream or 
his cobbler by the dashing surf, need not envy the 
cheap sea side quarters. But there con lie no doubt 
that fora person of moderate means, who is satisfac- 
torily or fairly quartered iu the city, the city is pref- 
erable to the ordinary country uccuminudutiuu. He 
must accept, indeed, the occasional smell and the dead 
heat. The vast mass of brick and stone becomes sat- 
urated with beat, and the night is not able to over- 
come it. But t lie re are the friendly showers from 
time to time, and they restore the equilibrium. 

For the citizen of immoderate means the case is 
different. Yet even the bachelor may welt doubt 
whether Saratoga or Newport, except for a visit to a 
friend, or any other enticing resort, otfera him more j 
than his comfortable town rooms, hi* club, the best ! 
restaurant, whichever it be fwe are much too wine 
"to name mime*" I, and his dinner aud night at 
Manhattan Beach, or wherever he will. There is no 
time when familiar household and domestic comforts 
are more comfortable than during the summer, and 
the ingenious student of society, a* he saunters along 
the stately street* of spacious and deserted house*, 
may well wonder whether the absonters have found 
as much comfort and coolnroai as they have left, and 
whether, living in tranks and narrow rooms, they do 
not sometime* wish themselves buck aguiu in the 
lofty chambers We hare not observed that the 
Windsor and the Brunswick and the oilier New York 
hotels of English name* ud veriest- themselves aa sum- 
mer resorts. But there could be leas desirable sum- 
mer quarter* than a room at the top of the Windsor, 
with Uie ready and convenient access to the neighbor 
iug beaches. 

A BRITISH CONFEDERACY. 

The long Irish debate has renewed the old quretion 
whether kiiue kind of imperial confederation and lo 
cal home rule among the various sections of the Brit- 
ish Empire is not practicable. This was the hope of 
Flood and Giuttan, but it is not the plun of the 
modern Irish leaders. They hold with Parnell 
that the great evil ia the rule of one nation by anoth- 
er. The Irish theory is that Ireland is a nation dis- 
tinct from England in rare, in language, in religion, 
in tradition ; that there is and bus been conquest, but 
that national union is forever impossible. Sound 
statesmanship, therefore, requires a recognition of 
this immutable truth, aud an abandonment of all 
claims, conditions, and situations which are incom- 
patible with it. This iB the Irish view, and it is 
frankly declared by Parxell to be the real objective 
point of tlie agitation. It is because this is under- 
stood. and because every concession to the Irish claim 
is felt to be a weakening of the imperial power of 
England, that the Irish movement seems to many sin- 
cere Englishmen to be the merest treason, contem- 
plating the overthrow of the empire.. 

The local home rule project is a compromise. In 
its simplest form it propose* that the various provinces 
of the empire — Scotland. Ireland, Canada, Australia, 
the West India Islands, India, and all other British 
possessions — shall each manage it* own local af- 


fairs. and each be represented in an imperial Parlia- 
ment for the management of the common interna* 
Under the circumstances, this would lie simply the 
division of the present British Empire into varinus 
states, which should enter into an alliance for the de- 
fense of each by nil uguinst a foreign foe. totaled in 
this wuy— and it ia a perfectly fair way— the project 
is seen to be of almost insuperable dilUculty . Would 
tlie states of such an alliance be the judges of the vi- 
olation of ita conditions T Would they be at liberty 
to withdraw from the alliance I Would they enter 
into it as sovereign* with an equal voice, like the 
American oolouiee iu the Confederation, or might 
the power of the whole lie used to reduce a refractory 
member f Would the dissolution of the present em- 
pire precede the formation of the alliance, or would 
the existing Parliament ordain the terms of tbc com- 
pact. as LoCM XVIII, granted a charter to France f 
Such questions as three follow the suggrstion of a 
system of home rule, in the American sense of the 
term, and not one of them has hern answered. Why 
should Canada, for instance, wish to change its pre* 
rut relations to England by assuming it* proportion 
of the expense of the army and navy l And although 
the English apeokiug colonic* would perhaps bear 
their share of the common rxjiense of a war for Eng- 
lish principles, and to resist perilous aggremiun, why 
should Cape Colony wish to pay for a scientific Brit- 
ish frontier in Turkretan f The existing British Em- 
pire has all the incongruities of every British political 
institution, but it works belter than any arbitrary re- 
coiivt ruction would probably work. 

There is undoubtedly a great deal of local legisla- 
tion both for Ireland and England of which the im- 
perial Parliament might be well relieved; and to this 
end some local legislature in Scotland and Ireland, 
such as already exists for colonial purposes in Canada 
and Australia, might be advisable. Probably Parlia- 
ment would not attempt to hold by force any colnny 
that might declare its independence; but Ireland and 
Scotland are not colonies. They are virtually inte- 
gral ]sirts of tlie seat of the empire. Home legislation 
for them would lie substantially nothing more than 
a kind of municipal legislation, and llutl, of courae 
would not satisfy “ the immortal Parxell’’ aud ilia 
friends. While separation is out of the question, the 
relation of Ireland to England and Scotland should 
be made equable. That is the policy which ever} 1 
friend of Ireland and of British unity ran support. 
But a peaceful political separation of England and 
Ireland is now absolutely impracticable. 

CONWAY’S " CARLYLE." 

Mm. MOKCCRK I>. Cox wav's TAoimm f'nr/jfi-,J.i«t publish- 
ed bjr Hamrick A Brotmkrm, is nue of tlie most mtervsitiug 
books « liirh I lie death of tbst ennui- lit thinker has called 
forth. Tlie author enjoyed peculiar facilities fur the work. 
In Ins laced to Carlyle through n letter from Emkmsom in 
trtSl, Mr. Conway vr»» nusd rnrtlinily received at Cbelara 
by the philosopher and his wife, and was a frequent guest 
at their hospitable fireside. He was also invltind by CAR- 
LYLE to shore Ills long afternoon walks; ar.il to the very 
last bis tvlatoiu* with the family were cordial and intimate. 

With the man atill vividly before him. Mr. Coxwat has 
written out bis memories and note* of the interviews ami 
conversations wbirb took place at Ibe memorable boumi at 
CbcUea aud during the pb-a-ant walks through Kensington 
Gardens niol Hyde Path. He lias lakmt untiring frmn other 
pntdirntion* nhlrh have appeared since Carlylk’s death, 
ImI haa endeavored to faithfully reproduce tlie imptvsalciu 
made ii|Mm lniu by the living man. If Mr. Conway's por- 
trait of him iu no wny coincides with lh« impression pro- 
duced by the genii si wraors, Hie render may not be unwilling 
to Judge with Mr. Conway that the "outcries of a broken 
heart" should ttOt "b* accepted ns til* Biiui’k true voice.” imil 
that " ineoMiresueuts of men aud memories as MUD through 
tears' should not ba recorded as characteristic of Ins heart 
or Jndgment- 

lii addition to his delightful personal reminiscences, Mr. 
Conway prints a Urge number of hitherto unpublished 
early letter* of CaRLYI.k to Tnonak MmttRU, Thomas 
Mihhay, Lmuh Hr NT, Mi*. Basil Montaouc. B. W. Proc- 
ter, and other friends, which form a most sgn-enblo con- 
trast to the sombre and cynical utterances of his latter 
lists. The volume is etnlicilfislied with portraits and view*; 
and it will dcnthtlros bo welcomed by American readers. a* 
It well d«*«rvca to Ire, na the must interesting and satisfying 
account of CARLYLE’* life anil work that has yut apja-ured. 


OUR NEXT NEIGHBOR. 

“ Torn statesmen will have to study Canada," said Gold- 
win .Smith to a reporter, just before Bailing for Europe. 
His talk was very interesting aud suggestive. Canada is 
prospering ami active, bo think*, hot she can Dot he fully 
preupenuis until site is commercially united with the oou- 
tinent of which she Is a part. The HkacoN8fiku> Jingo 
policy of " kmperializing" Canada has failed. The Pacific 
railway system was designed to connoet the four Canadian 
aectiona from the month of the Hr. Lawrence to the Pacific, 
so that interior commauicatinn should lie independent of 
the United States. The completion of live systeni,GOLI>WIX 
B.MII1I thinks, would he a crisis in the desliuy of the two 
cwuntriee. 

Politically Canada seems to him to have some ails anlages 
over im. The perfectly liidepeudctit Judiciary is a great 
Iraiicflt, due to tbc non-elnctive system of appointment. 
Contested elections “ nre trieil by the judge*, and with un- 
impeachable fatmrsa." But Mr. Goldwin 8MM1I says that 
he has seen the dec Mon of a contested election in our House 
of Representatives by a party vote, which was ns bed os 


anything in thu moot corrupt days of the British Hoove of 
Commons. 

There Is no " exodus," lint a constant and natural emi- 
gration, from Canada to tbn United .Mates — the movemi-nt 
of population toward tbc centre of wealth. It la tiaon, ho 
asys, to be cautions about immigration into Canada froui 
England, especially of medianim from the purlieus of great 
cities. The desiratde new population is English and Scotch 
fnrmnra with a amnll capital. Canatla, Pm f e i emr Smith 
think*, has crcry reason to Apeak well of Ls*d Isirxr aud 
tbs PrinceM personally. Their social hifinnnro has lieen 
good, amt the go*sip abont ber atwenro ia silly. Altogether 
Gulp win Smith speaks hopefully of Canada, but with a 
strong conviction that whatever her political connections 
■my I*, lliere should t*e thu ckuest toiuiut trial relations 
with the Uuited Slates. 


PERSONAL. 

Mx Emus Kawcrtt, in his novel, A Orutltuna of Ijrimirt, give* 
a pol skrtsh of a certain set in New York which appropriate* to 
itself the title of "tjorirty," “Bocssty’* oppesnt to be a carious 
mixture of oil Hatch family, broker, man of income, horse man. 
pood fellow, sod two or three varieties of women. Club life is 
frequently introduced into the book, sod member* of the “ Union" 
will protabls recognize allusions to certain room* and balls Id that 
structure where the elderly ami (lie youthfal solora thrtuarlves 
with good dining and wining. and litianirw of horse and stock. 
I hi the whole, Ur. Fa worry, who is a member of the " l-niaw," haa 
|wn*-nL*d nun of Ilia hut skrtchca we have liail of that rule of life. 

— The lata Asa Pacmik and Thomas A Sixirr were probably the 
richest men who have lived and died in Pennsylvania. Each left 
so rotate valued at abtrat 9 1 fi,0<X>,i**>. The late Snntzx Gloss*, 
who died in IMS I , the rirbrea man of hi* time, left an rotate of 
96,000,000, nearly all of which he b-qorathed to charitable trull, 
tuciona In Philadelphia, and to the college bearing his nans*. I*re- 
clscly the amount of Colonel Scott’s estate will probably remain 
unknown to tlie public, aa he directed I* his will that nu Inventory 
of it should be filed in any pubbe olfler. PWtaarirawia haa aev- 
*r»l millionaire*. Pfratillii-iil among line* I* Wlu.UK Thaw, «.f 
PMtshan-h, who M naturd at 9lffyOM,OaO Mr I Iren err m, the let- 
ter* man ; A J, Camar, Uu-pnwidi-nt of th.i Pennsylvania RaiL 
way; Mr. YY KrtfTKA*, the quinine manufacture* ; Mr. OurooM, tlie 
carpet manofnrturer. sad Mr Burro*, tin- raw manufacturer, are 
also put down a* millionaire*. 

— According to the Han Francisco CArwsiiVe of June 18, the 
Iter. Or. Cnxxuva, ptstoe of the Itutgen Presbyterian t Lurtb, of 
Now York, now on a visit to San Praliclaoo, In a fortunate parson. 
After- a suivrosful pmiuriic in Philadelphia, h» was called, tsrelr* 
years ago, to the Kutp-rr Chuveli. where be m w|wally •mrenhil 
ami J-Hiular. A *ralliiy Ephiupalssa hity, who hrtwme illtrra s trd 
in hi* preaching, is said 1“ have 'wti very iKvsntifnl to him and hi* 
hmilv. .She rent bin, his wife, and daughter tw Europe, paying 
the I-1|«T|3I1 of their trip. On hit retwni he found that she hni 
fenight nod fnrnitlied a house for him at a out of and 

ptesretol to Mrs. Usaxuso gpsi/sM ■ government bonds. 

— Srerctary Kisawcrn. »ho has just appointed a brother of 
Drioiit Etui to a clerkship in the Irdhan Bureau, did so to faiull- 
lartte him with Indian affair*, that he may hereafter tw utilized 
a* an Indian agent. Lari year a descendant ut the fatunua chief 
Iakian iu apfAii»t«d to a simitar cletkahlp, and has acqailtni 
hLruu lf croluably. Indeed, tlie employment nf ItsJIana In the dif- 
ferent drfwrtmen’t* of tbc gureraurut boa twvn UMiformty attend- 

<•! widi g«*l result*. 

—It w just fifty team e'mcv GananK I) PuNTtni Mt hi* native 
State of OaaMMCtirut, aud »i«l ui leitrisritle, Kentm-ky, where he 
lxa-ani* etlitnr of tliu leiuisrilte Asnul, and made it a power in 
the Wrol aud Hrmthwret. From that time to the jirewrnt its growlh 
snd prosperity have lie** unuiterruptcd. Tlie fbwrier • jirerwitf 
building of to-day ia tme of the largest, a* it ia architecturally one 
of the bnnt. in the United fitates. a*d the paper now celebrates 
it* scmi-renlranial by appearing in quarto form, with ocher typo- 
graphical kniprovrroenta, and printed on a new ptrea, which U pro- 
niMinvro to tw the nuwt pc-rfevi which American gen Isa baa yi-t la- 
vrouvl. We eongratolate Messrs. Wirrumt A II aiausav ob ths 
|>ro*|writy sliich po*lu»ss melt nMufoding rtwilu. 

— Tbii Sosutut a family of Ohio were rootriKatur* to the rank 
and file during the relwilist- J«*m F Rotguot. who sraa retired 
with the ni»-k of Rear Admiral in 1H8H; ('aktru Snvr»cx,Ms son, 
now Pay Director in the Mrs-; Major General Robot C. Scnrxcx, 
late Minister to England ; Colonel Kommt T-8-Sonrscx; Private 
i'iicalu T. Boncwcw, Ulcd at Y'ickaburg, Private Robot C. 
S-ttz.vcK.Jun.; Ssrgeon Waohisuto* Lrirstnex; Private Gan- 
arrr festm ; Ueuieoaat A. D. Scsitsn ; PrivatM X. 0. Snixcc 
and Jamim T. Snutarx. Six of these were inure buy* when they 
cniarod the army. 

—Mr. Hu.au C Hraarea, who ilWtl a few days nine* at hi* hereto 
its New Jereev. sraa a mail whose name was familiar to every bull- 
ne»s nsaq in the errantry His safes have atoml the fieriest of 
test* in many great confiagration*. and bare aaved from deal ruc- 
tion mil lions of money, and papers of pricckrsa ami irreplaceable 
value. In the United States there la acarorly a unrn lliat doe* 
not roatain liis unbornaldc t-hcaU, giving remfurt iu tlie owners, 
whuse money, boo. is, and Ulir-dcota r**t Mwurvly aitlisn. Mr. 
lUaatxe was a good ritiwn, a sr.iu of Iwinrrolrii.-r, qwsH and un- 
iwtseuitious in his ways, aud held in iwtesm by all who knew him. 

— Mr, Tiibmah r. Ki>WLAVD,nf llm 4'ca.tinretUl Work*. Brooklyn, 
gire* hw emptojS* all nf Hapiniay afternoon*, from now until Sep- 
tember 141, o« holidays, bat will pay them fall wages at if at work, 
quite like Mr. Ri>wi.a*c\ who is as well known fur his gcoceeaity 
aa be is for enterpriae. lie will be rroienitwred as tlie man who 
in an incredibly short bmr built the Drat bslf-dnzcn Monitor* foe 
the government at the beginning of the ndmlliou. Mighty gousl 
wink waa duos liy those ugly little Monitors. 

— One so® baa made a mill Utile bvsM«f. Tim other ilay be 
waa enjoying a quirt chat in Ids own Injure with a friend, when 
an riihusovi ijcgsu-grinder 4-ntervsl the rourt-yanl, and immediately 
dashed hrto one of tbr mamtso’* >*h-i»-i snrioiUes. “ Good heav- 
en* eidaimed tlw gentle teo Hon, a* the first tsar rent hia ear, 
“ why lias such a name fallen on composers ’ Caa nut ate attaiu 
popularity without enduring this— this rWsnsuy f" 

— The son of the late Srcretarv Hvastob has rrcenUy marvwil 
tlw daughter of Mrs. Piumra, the lady when (fetwral Hm. »* 
»(*,t to Hhip Island fur making unpleasant remark* to Uiinw eol- 
dim in Nuw Orkana. 

—Mr. Mattiisw VaiwaR. when lie Landnl over, a few ifevi ago, 
the gift of the Yosaar lliimi' for Ap«l Men, remarked to tbo Udy 
manaerva that tin.' ground* were cUwira] a* well os ancewtml. 
Hi* forefathers from Hulland piireharesl from the Apokesqislug 
tribe of Indians, in MM. the property on which the bmuc staniU. 
ami in ITW the greatgrandfather of the VzauM built tlw llret 
house In Pooghkceyeie. Providence, said Mr. Vamau, hail Wes-- 
rd him and his brother Jon* Grv, and they d* im el it proper to 
■In something for tiuvr feltow-mcn. Old men, lie thought, required 
aid and aUcnUoe, particularly those wlm, by no misdeeds of thor 
own, I ltd lust thtlr prefwrty, and had no one to rare few tbcaa. 
The building hot oaraninadalloM fnr fiftv inmates, is ratuwd at 
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Tie Scull Wretch : A Britllra Story. 

Ut WILLI. Ill BLACK, 


CHATTER XT.-<fWtt«/.) 

A DHUU 

CirTAix Fuji *ml bark tu Wiltshire, greatly treasuring H»al 
bit of card-beard. ar.,1 making It the bush of tuny amlacinus 
gu cue* tt the future Nan mine linmo from Lewes foe Christ- 
me*, enil Meil ire wat particularly affwrtiiMiai? toward lirr 

•• Whet pretty llowrre you lure !** Nan said, jmC efter she hail 
arrived — tin- (nl time, united, the went into the dining -room. 

" Y**»“ M»dg* aoawered ; “ Captain King root tot ftowc-ri once 
or twite, aad acme of them hare kept eery welL Dot 1 *<sli they 
wremlda’t wire the in" 

Nan turned away quickly toward the window, and aaid nothing, 

Then Tom went down to Wkllahirc, and <u moet warmly re- 
Also pretty Mary tVnentry, who w» Mill 
conceited bus ; 


gondnrec tln-y were all mamiri : my life u ma.lt a liurden to aae 
am-.ng-l them " 

“ ftrt wh.it do you think, Beret ford • Haven't you any opinion f 
What would yon do in a similar tat? *" 

“ I ?" aaid Air. Tom. with a laugh. " I MMM*e I should ark the 
girl, and If rhe didn't like to aay ye*. she erinl.l do the other thing." 
“ Hut — do you think therr would be a chant? F* 

-Writ? ami sec-,” aaid Mr. Tom, with another lawgfa ; further 
than llut ha wnulil not iatairfac. 

Trank King cmiei.lernl fur a timn. and at lart boldly determined 
to art cm that adtite He eat up late that night, oooeoettng a 
ekillful, rauiiuns, appealing Irtur, and a> be rewrote it carefully, 
all liy himtelf, in the »iie net, it rertnttl It him alimui aa if hr wtre 
besrerhing San to tetonaadcr tbt rredirt ahe had ultra at llcllagto 
■tore than three year* before. Life wowlil l>egnt all ater again 
if only ahe would aay yrw. Scmetimrw he foanil hlmwrlf thinking 
of that hall in £prim Gardena. and of her Martin! shyne**. anil nt 
hrr winning mabdrscr, and anxioua with to please. wnlil he recol 
Wiled that it waa Madge to whom ho was anting. and that Mads? 
had never bora to the ball at all. 

ThU fateful miuiio waa Wft to be dispatched the Aral thing in 
the morning, and at the veej loaat there niuat ter.lt be two or 
three dayt' inters*! But it ran not tie aaid that hr poised thU 
time io terrible amine He wa» aecretlr hopeful; to naweh ao 
that he had lagged Mr. Tom. who craght to hate gime tuck before 
tbit lime, to wait another day or ao. Hit priealc rvaton was that 


came with her demur? and laughing congraiulabocu ; aad Mr. 
Tnen was mad? mure of than ever daring the few hour* longer 
that he remained in the house. Trank King had not tun? to ihuk 
about Nan now , it was Madge Beresford who had tent him that bit 
of forget- me- not. 

CHAPTER XVL 


No sower had Nan come back to Brighton again, and brae 
install?! uni* more io hrr former porrtioo, than the whole bout? 
seemed to lie perraded l>y a ipiite new rente of satisfaction, the 
caute of which wat wot erra guessed at. The wheel* of tbr do 
aoratic machinery worked far more smoothly , ere® the servants 
aremrd to partake of the general brightoeaa and cheerfulness. 
Edith, the stupid outer , put it down to the Christmas-Urne, aad 
rongnitulalrd lirrartf oa hrr evergreen! on the wallt. Mr Tim 
oTwervrcl that tbr limit? wat far brtter manag'd when Nan >u at 
borne. Tbit meant that lie f«tand b=> tlip|or« when be wanted 
them, ned that ibprr wat always a taper on the chimney. piece in 
the billiard room Lady Beresford had all her little whims at- 
tended to; and ns for Madge, that young lady was greatly delight- 
ed to hair a aafv and tore ivoifidantr Tor she »»• moth eier- 
eited at this time b*b with her frnra about Mr. Danbury, who fob 
luwrd hnr ahnui like a ghost, kept silent by the dread of View 
Chanci-More awl tipwlaffs. and hrr rain little nope* about Captain 
Frank King, whose turn. 


blmtelf, “ Tm no* going to 
marry any woman ; I know 
too larch about them.” 

H* had a royal time of It 
eltogrtlisr; but mud of all 
he enjoyed tlm quieter .lay*, 
when lie and Frank King 
went shouting rabbit- uii the 
heath. It wat fharp, brisk 
work in the told weather, 
heller than standing in wet 
plosghrd fields outside woods, 
and waiting until both toe* 
and fingers got benumbed. 

There wat no formal.tr in 
this basinets, ami m> ladies 
turning up at lunch. an>] no 
heart - breaking when one 
missed. Frank King was rx- 
ceawirely kind to him. Not 
oaring rerv much for shoot- 
ing himtelf, he waa enntrat 
to become Mr. Tom* hem li- 
man, and they got oo very 
wsll together. Further, in 
the amoklng room, at night, 
these two were thrown on 
aach other's motersalion — 
for old Mr. King did not 

tmukc — at>I it waa remark* 
ble bow iaWeMiwg Captain 
King fond hi* friend's talk. 

It wat mostly about Madge 
and her sisters ; and Frank 
King listened eagerly, anil al- 
sraya would hare Mr. Tom 
base another cigarette, while 
ha sms busy drawing imagi. 
nntire pictures, sui .onrin. 
cicg himself more aud root? 
that Madge w»j no other 

than Naa, and that life had begun again for him, with all suit* of 
beautiful possibilities in it. For be could not Io blind to tba 
rtarked favor that the young hdr hid shown Idas ; and lie had 
Iccg ceased to have any fear of the shadowy Uaubuiy, who waa ; 
akulkiug somewht-ic uurvgaislrd in the hackgto<uiJ. 

At length ooe night Captain Frank ta a burst uf eonlhlcuce told 
Mr Tea all atioet b, and atkol him to aay honestly what lio t‘ 


long or intimately I What was Mr. Turn's own opinion ' 

Mr. Tom fluth.d uneasily. 

"I — wall, ym n* — I keep out of that kiul of thing aa a role 
Women bar? tuc-b coiifoiinded ijorer ways, Yoo'rv rare to pul 
yuor foot into it if you iutermeddk* The-r girls are always 
worrying people about their sweethearts— all bwt Nan. I with to 


hrr grarr, awrcl way, that 
bt-1 carnuf for her, fro* 
Madge, the nuns of "OH 
Moline Nan" ; aid then 
would say some tiles thing 
to hrr staler: and Hun wonH 
carry her away «• some char- 
itable enterprise. 

Fee this was the Chrirtmaa- 
time ; ami w list with eoolla- 
ual theenl eerrice«, aad erct- 
greens, and unearthly music 
in the still, cold nights, therr 
was a sort of exaltation la 
the air, and Nan wished to be 
in si ti.nl In conseqiMncw, 


1-. -i Beresford w 


lie hoped to accompany Madge's brother to Brighton. All the 
same, the crisis of a man's life ran not approach without causing 
•om? me* 1*1 disturbance crcn in Hie mol hopeful. Long before 
the Kingtcoart family hid assembled rosnd tlm breakfast table, 
Frank Klag hod lidden over, on these two or Hire* fold motnliiKt, 
to Ih* postal loon, wlilcli waa nearly twu mil.* of, wo that he 
shook! not hare to wall for the arm*] of tlm l.ag And at last 
ram? a letter with the Uitghlon postmark. II? glanced at th* 
handwriting, and thought it w*s Madgr'a. Tliat w as rnuagb. 11? 
put It (a Ills pocket wltboot opraing It, went nut and got on his 
horse, ami went well outskl? tint little town into Its? cpii.-lwie of 
tlm brass hofewr pulling his hand into Ilia pocket again ami taking 
tb« letter oal- 

Nc, he was not »?tt apprehrasWe abool llie rrsulL or he coaid 
not have carried the letter thus far unopened But all the aaawe 
the ton tents aurpri-ol him He had eipccted, at the 
worst, ooroe mild refusal on the ground of haste: and, 
nt the licet, an ewasire hint that he might tome to 
1 talk to Lad; Ilereiford. But all the writ- 
sheet of paper consisted of two words, 
rt" . and whtt accompanied them was .. 
fait of forget-me-not— not paiotrd, this time, but a bit of 
the real flower. It was a pretty notion. It confessed 
murh without taring mwcli. There was a sort of u.alil.-u 
reticence about it, amt yet kindxws* and hope. What 
Frank King did *t* know was this — that It was Nail 
tb-nsdonl who had suggwtifd tliat answer to lib letter. 

Hr surer knew liuw I... got heme that morning II* 
was all in a Inufwst of rag renews ami driighl ; In- sraire- 
ly lived in today. It was tint day— it was llie fulure 
that diernol to lie. around him II* buret Into his 
friend'* Indrenoi before the break f*»t goog bail snumled. 

•' Brirwfwnl, I'll go with you whenever you like, now. 
Whenever you like. Fm going to Brighton with you, I 

”0h, that's «, is it •” aaid Mr. Tea*, without looking 
up— he was tying his shoes. 

•‘Tee heard from your slater, you know—'* 


Brighton ai 

sic*' 


opprt 

•• I do ImUctc. Naa,” she 
exrdly.anriuoi 
is writing oat a . 

" I do belicy* year only notica 
of ChritlialiUy is the giving 
away coals. ” 

" Aad a rery good notica 
too." said Tom. who weraid 
allow no ooe to say anythstg 
against Nan. 

But the* came that fist- 
ful letter from Frank Kbg 
It arrived cc * January 
morning — oo a dear aad 
Uilhaat forenoon, yatl aa 
Nan anil Iwr ywtiaget shirs 
were going cast for a walk, 
tempted by Hi? timlhtbl and 
the robww of th* acw. Madge 
herrelf took it from Ihe poM 
man at Ihe door. gUmwd at 
the adJrres, hastily rpeoed 


“ •»*» a MKimral. Thpn 
spiak to yen about Ccane inlo tl 
know wlial this, i-. Nan* Captain King has written." 

“ Vest, dear." waid Nan, calmly anil kindly, as afar followed bar 
lobs Hip «nptv dining-room. 

' I muwl oM show yon the Irtur, muM I f" aaid Ihe younger 
siller, eagerly, though she w«. here. If still rea.liug and re-reading 


*' I thought aa. Its all light, then, la It !'* 

“ I hope so. I’m very glad M's settled. And you 
know I don't want to turn vest out of the house , tat 


.—y kind wailmg a day or loo longer, 

l sAou U Ilka to get to Brighton at om*." 

■ I II start In he* luinuirt if yew likr," mid Mr. Tom, 
dully, hi trig fcttichwd with hi. shore " Ami I suppose 
t ought to rwsjtretuUte you. Well, I do. Ska's a very 
gaud sort of girl, Only—" 

He herniated. Il »a» raauapickwe. 

" Wbat do you mean 1" said Captain Frank. 

'• Well, Tre seen a pxxl deal about women and their 
g cugs c*», don't you know," said Mr. T«», with a sort of 
slinig. “Thcrw always clianglug nnd chopping and 
twisting alivut. Thr t. ; *t way It to marry thru* off-hand 
aad talc* the nonsense out ol thrm.” 

Captain Frank laughed. This «s» not at all alarm- 
ing. And when it iHvarue mcrrUy known that Captain 
Frir.k waa iiumi-JIaUly going to Brighton to speure hit 


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“ Tou on chi M know. Madge,” her lifter Mid. " You were nni 
Unprepared. rarely? I thntgbt mu expected it. I thought TOO 
would hire had ronr mind made up." 

“But it ii no drcudfial— to Hidden— ro terrible! Look at my 
baoii l am all linking. Oh, San, whit would tou do— whit 
would eon do If you were me ?" 

Xan untied to be thmlung of something fir away ; It wo after 
i Meood that at* recallui herself to thia ipsoatlnn, and then aim 
ana wired, w ith «omn asuinlahmrot. 

“ Don't tou know your own mini I, Kelt* ?" 

" Well, 1 dn in a way." said the younger aiMtw, Mill ‘taring at the 
letter. '* I like him well enough I think it would do very well ; 
ami there would be no trouble with any one. I am sorry for that 
poor fello* II anbury ; but whit ia the tue of bia hanging about 


and keeping one nervous? There iinoww in it at all— ntthni.' but 
bother. And I know Captain Kins is aery fond of me. and I think 
he would be eery kind, and you know he is nut going to seta 
again ; and mamma would be pleased. Do you think I aW Id go 
to her now ?" 

" Whit la the uao of going to nny one wntil von know what your 
mind is r 

If the unhappy If anbury could only have seen hx sweetheart 
at this aaiawrnt — Marin* ’ blankly at tha open letter, with a 
doalit on her face which was triiwl probably inspired by anas 
vague and tender recollection of himaalf I Vt hat might not have 
happened if only he could hare interrened at thia eriata, and ap- 
pealed to her with eyes and speech, and implored her to defy 
these terrible authorities in London ? Bst Madge kept looking at 


the letter; and then the shot It together; and then the sail, with 
decimal . 

“ I think it's the best thing 1 can do. Wait a minute, Nan ; 1'U 
go anil tell ihurarru " 

When the cams down stair* again the trie quite radiant and 
eager in her )oy. 

"Oh. I'm an glad Ifi all aouM and orer I'm ao glad thsrrll 
be no mot* worry and bother Ami reullr Captain King la one of 
the iwml-lirAing men we know— Edith has always said so— and 
he I* so quirt sod pleasant in hit manner — and very amuaiag too ; 
that ia because be has no pretense. And grataful for small kind- 
nemrs I suppose, being so long at sea, and not teeing so many 
people, be hasn’t got Mss#. Then ha oarer pretends to be bored. 
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Nan kiraed bee sister. 

“ I hope you will Ik- very happy, dear," ebe 
Mid, in her graTe, kind way. 

“Then I suppose 1 ni'M answer hi» ktier at 
once," coo tlnwed Madge. In her excited way. “But 
how am 1 to do it, Sun f tic# how my lingers a«s 
alJ shaking : I couldn't write. And it would take 
me a month to dad out what Co mv— ami lu»m 
you are bsiiug kept in, when juu arc always a ant 
trip la Imi nut in the ope* air—" 

-Ob. don't mind nu, Madge. I will stay in 
»Uii plvseure, If you want mo." 

“ Itwl you -lia'n't May in «n my account, dear 
Mother Nan — mil a tot of it— oca for all ibe men 
in the world. And yet I ought to tend him a 
mcwMce. I ongbl to wnte.” 

" 1 think, Madge,” the elder titter raid. (Jowly, 
“ if that ia any trouble to you, Juu Roglil tend him 
a rure*tge . «»• would uisivrrtaiid without your 
writing much — a ffows-r, " 

" Bwl what tort of flower?" raid the younger 

•i-tcr, eagerly. 

Nnn'r face flushed -oreewhat. anil the teemed 
(ntnmiHd ami tkiw to anewtr. 

*• You— you ahooM know yourself," aho atid, 
turning her eye* aaide. “ Any fluwer, jwriiaju— 
a bit of— of forget-me not— " 

“Of court* that would do Terr well ; but where 
could you get fargrt-mc-nni* Ju»t now ?" 

Nan again keauated ; aho lawwl to be furring 
linrtnjf to ipoit. 

“ Tlifro i a hula lilt In a button hole ia —'a 
window," »hv Mid at laM; * I aaw it there yes- 
lenity, at bwM.” 

“Drer Mother N«n,"»aid Madge, rntliuriaulc- 
ally, “ you arc at dure*- at twenty Vice-Chancri- 
lort ! We will walk along at once and tee If It ki 
alii) there. And in the mran time I will write a 
word cm a ah ret of paper — I ean Oksxagv that, 
anyway— and yon might ad-lres* an «tiv»Vjj>e — " 

- Oti no, I rouUn't do that,” aaaf Nan, inadver- 
tently shrinking bark. 

" Very wait. I wlU struggle through it,” said 
Madge, blitln-ly ; and fclir went And gut writing 
material*, anil scrawled the few word* necessarr. 

Tbff wort out ioUi ll.c beautiful, clear, cold 
morning, and walked along through the crowd of 
prummoaikr* with their frn>h-coloccd faces and 
fur* telling of the wintry weather. And hi dun 
course of time they arrived at the flutist's win- 
dow, and fownd the bit of forget-me-not Mill In 
the little nosegay. Madge made no a«tl of ln-r 
intention. f-iie opened up the oeaxgay on the 
counter of the shop, took cut the pn-uc of furgi-t 
loe-oot, put it In the folded alovl of pa|wr. and 
than carefully— but with lingers no huigur two- 
tiling — ctoweii tho aatidopei When they had come 
owl again, and gtmo and |--Ud the letter, they 
found thrnwrlvre at a xtand-rtill. 

••Now I know you would like a knigcr walk. 
Nan," Mid the younger natter, '• ami I am ware you 
won't miad if I go back at oncie. 1 do to want 
to write a loog letter to Mary. And 1 haven't 
told Edith yet, row know.'' 

To this alto Nan eonwmted ; and to lla.lgi- de- 
parted. Nan, left to herself, koknl fur a moment 
or two, Kinewlut wistfully, at the far Lrrndtbs 
o Y the ihining water . and them turned and walk. 
«d slowly and though tf ally along nun of thu wider 
thoroughfares leading up tram tuurtw. The »wVJ 
•erased too bright am] eager and bury out here ; 
at «• wlaheet to he aluuu and in the ilwk ; and in 
Him thoroughfare there »»« a church, ►pi.-imn and 
gloomy, tlial wa» lift open all tlie week round. 
Half imccuwooualy lioraelf *he walked in that 
direotion S> abMevrbsd wa* the that when aim 
reached the entrant# nbe aoarwdy permirod tliul 
there were some pereem aUmling nbout. Tram 
the clear light of the aun abe passed into a kmg 
covered way that was alrausA dark ; there waa a 
low aoued of ranaic issuing from the bnildlag. It 
waa a refuge ahe was seeking, and she vaguely 
hoood that there would tie few people wUhiti. 

Bat Just u aho gained the entrance peofwr, and 
waa about to oviter the ilark and dinky plow bt> 
fora her, heboid ' here waa a (ml •niiliug throng 
coming along tho aist-, Imaded by a bridegroom 
and a wMtridullMd IwiJr. The mdo that was 
gwyly pewling through the h'lilding waa the 
"Wedding March,” that nn familiarity rob* of 
It* msjrelk awing aud melody , Nan hail rudikn- 
ly a "cirt of guilty telf -ixwiMiouvncis. 8be frh 
ahe had no tnuuxvw even to look on at bridal 
procesaaoe*. She pasted In by another dour — 
into that space of dark and empty )«•«» ; and 
very toon the bridal people were all goon from 
the pise®. and apparently au one waa hit but the 
wliiuMurplietd pertorauera at tin- organ in the 

choir. 

That choir wa* a brentifnl thing away Iteynnd 
tlindmk. The •imlight entering by the elanued- 
glnm window* HIVd it with n aoftly gulden glory; 
to that the uplmilort of the altar and the tall 
brae* cwndlemick* am) the terea swinging lamp* 
ami the organ itself were all auffused with it, 
and aeemod to belong to acoe otlicr world far 
away. And then, after thu “ Wedding March" 
waa orer, there wa* a juu me of rlletun-. and a 
•Jlght sound of fn-t In tbr tvhuiug building tw- 
tund; and thi* the inuaic began again — some 
thing dUtant, aud Mil, and ynaniing. like tire cry 
of a wool Mwkuqg ftir lyhl in llin ikirk, for com- 
fort ia dw|»ir. Nan. in her Military pew, lowed 
her hewd and covered her face with her bamla 
Thin tnnek waa less peturcwqiu-. perhapa, than 
that ahe had bran I in the cathedral at Lsccrne ; 
but it bad more of a human cry In h. It waa an 
appeal for guidance, fur l^pht— foe tight in tire 
darlnmi of the world. The lean were running 
down Nan's face. And then them came Into a 

(, too, knnit down 

d u»nml bar face with lire harnU And Nan 
would fain have gone to her and aa*J ; 

_ “ Oh. Mater , lake me with you and loach me. 
You hare chore n you path la the world— tire 
path of chanty and good-will an) peace; let toe 
Kelp roo ; let me give myself to the pour and the 
rack. There tuutl Iw Wktthla^ torurwhw* fot 


roe b> do Ui the wmrtd. Take me into your *i«- 
terhood ; I am not afraid of hardship; let me he- 
of Mjoae little owe to tbuae who are wretched and 
weary ia heart." 

Hy-alul-by that lady in black ro*e, went into the 
open (pace frunlmg the altar, knelt ouc knee 
sbghtly.and then left. Pre*i-utly Nan folkiwul 
her, her head bent down aumewbat, and her heart 
nut rery light. 

Jual as she waa leaving the interior of tho 
church, mme one supjwd Owl of the T.wlry, fed 
lowed her for a •emiid. and then aditrverwd her. 
She lunwd and rveognlsc.l Mr. Jacomb. lie had 
me liern cdhrialing ; he wa* in ordinary cirrtcal 
oowtwane; uni then- wa* something in the prim- 
new of that ccwlwme that nailed hi* appearance. 
For be wa* a singularly clean looking man ; hn 
face (nvwlh-(ha>en ; Ilia cwnpleikm of tiw fair- 
oat whrie an) piak ; hid hair yellow alaowl to 
wblunesa ; bis eye* gear, clear, and kindly. For 
the rest, lie wa* about su-nnd-ihiru ; of *bxdlsdi 
traild ; and he generally woeu a phusaat and ixmi- 
plo-cat ■mile, aa if the wuild bn) rivaled him 
kindly, despite b» expcrwncta in llmt joe par 
ls-h In the wMlhcast uf boudnn, anil a* if, what- 
ever might bapfarn to him, auiii-ly was not likely 
to pul a prematura viol to hi* ruin* two. 

“ Hoar mo,” Maid be, " what a ivaattilence 1 1 
raw your sinter Madge at vest twenty minute* ago. 
She aerated Vrry happy about •nmrehing or other " 

“ Mr. Jacomb ” said Nan. “do you know the 
lady who left a minute ago?" 

“ No," mid be, wuoilering a little at the ear- 
nrstuia*— or rather the alnentnrw — - of her man. 
nee, '• 1 oob caugkt a glltupae of her. She be- 
luag* to ouc of ihe rlaiateg auterliouia." 

Nan wa* tUent for a scvnnd or two. 

“ YOU rasa* hi tlio wiJding, uf eourui ?" 
ixatioonl Mr. Jaixinih, clovrfutly “ A capital 
match, that, for young IV la Poor. Khe will hare 
a year when her mother dire; an) the 
ia prettT too She puls a little aide on. perhaps, 
when arw'a talking to -trancors ; but that'* noth- 
leg. Ui* brother wa* at Oaford when I was there, 
I remember — an awfully fart fellow ; but they say 
all the sons of clergymen are — the other swing of 
thn pendulum, you kuow. There's a medium in 
all liuugs ; and if one graerariun gbiw lUrlf uvvr 
h» much U> piety, the wit goes a* far the other 
tray. 1 support) It'* human naterw." 

thi* air of agreeable Levity — tills udnrof wnrlil- 
UmM (which wa* In great niras-urt- aieBiunlf — 
did not ofvin to acevtd wi ll with Nan’* prvvwnt 
iiiwkI. She wa* dsilurb**) — unosttain— yearning 
fur vomrthiag. die know uol w lul— cuts) tlio «W* 
of tliat Mrangw cry in the music were sail) in her 
soul. Mr Jaixwnb'* atm of Icing a raaa of the 
world — of being a clergyman who nomed to at- 
tach any esoteric mystery to hi* cloth, or to ex- 
pert to be t routed with a particular reverence — 
m^ht put him on easy term* of fiiomUhip wUh 
Nail's sister*, but tlwy only made Nan regretful, 
and sometimes fell impatieut. I'iil lie Lmsguic 
Uw aasunipllsm uf flippancy made him ap|nar 
younger than he really <su* ? In any cum- It six 
lad policy m lir •> Nan was tvaan-rimL Nan 
wa* a born worshipper. Mm wa* bound to hwlivve 
in MitiHCbuig or sumobody. And tlie story she 
had Inuni uf the Kvr Char i*» Jacumb's aMdduuus, 
raruert, uiiiotuplaiuiug lalmr In that big |ari*li 
had at thn very uutscl «ua fur him her great r*. 
garel. He dul mil —dsrwSa itd luiw b« wa* dr 
smiling hoc child like faith in him by has ratur- 
nine little jokm 

" Mr. Jacomb." said Nan. timidly, “ I should be 
*11 gIMitly nbligiul to real if you lie) Id tic-2 oat 

Mimc-ltiing thvm for me ahrat those sisterhood* 
They must do a great -dm I of good. And their 
dress I* such a protection ; they can go anywhere 
wilksMt frnr of rudenesa or tniull. 1 (up|xjac it 
I* nut a dhfh-ull thing to get admis*un — " 

Hu w aa * Lacing at her In amasezueut. 

" Hat nut far you — not for you !" h* crie<L 
" Why, H fc* prepoiutoua for you to think of such 
a thing- There are plenty who ham authing eliw 
in the wurVl tu kwh furwanl to, Yim hate all 
yottr life lM-foev you T»L My ib-ar Mira Anne, you 
must no* indulge in day -drrain*. l/»>k at Tour 
•i*ler Madge. Oil, by the-way, she said wmrthing 
about your mamma having rent me a note this 
morning, aakii-g me to dine with you on Friday 
evening, as*) then reawmlwring. after the nule 
wa* posted, that oa that evening you bad taken a 
Via for tlie pantomime. Well, there lured tw imi 
trouble alsiui that. If 1 may jam tesar party to go 
there alwo.” 

Nan said nothing ; hut |u-rhaps ikwrei wa* the 
tlighlevt I race of »iirpsW, or uilcrrugalivo, in her 
lotik. Immediately he sonl : 

" Oh, I very much opprenv of pantomime*, from 
a profeseional poinl of view — I ifc); really. Yo* 
»L tho Imagination of mewt people as very dull - 
it want* a atimulo* — and I am perfectly certain, 
if the troth were known, that the great majority 
uf jwople in the* country have denied thnr picto- 
rial not iuii* of hoareu frana the trausfurauaiiuii- 
wviitw ia iiautoauiuivi- I am certain of it- Julill 
Martin's picture*— the only other altonatii* — are 
not striking enough. K>, on the whole, I very 
much approve uf panlominust ; and I shall be very 
glad to g» with yon on Friday, if I may." 

Nan made some extsree, shook hand* with him, 
and went. She walked home h wrricdlr. she knew 
uol why ; it aliuoat seemed aa though nbe wanted 
to le*i» ocewlldug well behind her. And she was 
v«ry kind to her stsiera foe the temaludcr of that 
das, but ataswwhal grave. 

Msanwhib Madge - Uu«r lu Imr ri.hr slater in 
England had liswn rent And the first anawer to 
it wa* contained in a |««Urripl to a letter ad- 
drewil by Mary HereeforU to her mother. This 
wa* ike pMtocript : 

•• U’W it Hit msw Modtft writs s fo ms 
oAvwt Asrvrf/ awf lhif-*4 A»*«y f //** Cupfatn 
Aiag pet tf tote kit W (Anf Ac wm'if Us to 
marry kit aWc tanf in fi t titltrf" 

Lady lk-reafool threw the U-Utr asodw with a 
•igh, woblng (asiplu would nut write in reawn- 


0HAPTE8 XYH. 

Tin accarrcn anroa. 

“ On. Nan! bnrv i« the eah. Whu shall I say 
to him? What am 1 to aay u him?" 

“ I think yuu ought to know yuursclf, dear," 
Mid Nan, gvutly, and then sho slipped aw av frum 
thu rnoni, leaving Madge alone and alaudsng at 
thn window. 

Hut after all it waa nut so serious a m*in-r 
Sub.- one same into the rewo*. and M*dgw turned. 

“ Mar I call you Madge V wan) be, holding truth 
her haiiile. 

14* answered, with lu-r eyva cast down, 

~I tuppre* ( iiiiisi call you Fswak,” 

Tt-a: •» all, fur at the rain- nsomreil Mr, Tore 
at* bewnl calling tn hi* mother anil sister* that 
Captain King bad arrived . and directly after 
Lady Btltawd and K*Frth entered the riven, fol- 
lowed by Mr Tom, who was declaring ihrt they 
mast liave dinner put forward to aix o'clock, if 
thev were all to gu to tbe panunnime. 

there was a little rniharressrocnt— not much. 
Frank King knit looking toward the door. He 
wuswlrsvd why Nan had nut onree with the oth- 
era. Hu was curious to see how much she had 
rlisiignl. I'crhap* be should not even rreegnue 
her? Without scarcvly lumwlag why, be waa 
hiping she might nut be i)uilw like thu Nan uf 
former day*. 

Mr. Tom cnOMulted lira watch again. 

“ flhall I ring and tell lliwin to hurry on dinner, 
mother T* 

“ We can not alter the dinner hour now,” lady 
Beresford said, plaintively. “ It haa already been 
altered once. Both Mr. Robert* and Mr. J areas b 
oree at half part aix. so that you 
o the pantomime together in good 

'• What f“ etiod Mr. Totn. “Jacomb? Bid 
you nay Jarenh, mother ?" 

“ I raaVI Mr. KubvtU and Mr. Jacoreb,” said Iris 
Bother. 

“ And what the etcetera is b* dedng in tliat g*l- 
levy T exciaimed Mr. Turn. "Well, I gum* we 
shall have a high oW tires of it at dinner. Sul*- 
water and mren«. But there'- otse thing they 
always agree about. Uct them on lo port wise 
suilag.es, and they run together like a brace of 
grayhanatdi." 

Here Captain King begged lo be excused, as 
threw was but little tunc fur him to gn along to his 
botsd aiul get drcwrtd foe this eativ dinnrr When 
— txiag aco.iujMiurd to the door by Mr. Tom him- 
■wlf — be- ha-2 left, Madge said: 

“ How do you like him, ms mma ? Are yuu 
pltaml with Idm?" 

He has nut spoken ui me yet, yem know," said 
the mother, wia-rily. Hfcw- liad luj to go Ibnmgli 
atvcntl -orb MMK*s and tliry wurrisd lo-r, 

"Oh, but it'» all arrang**!.” Mwigv raid. clnwr- 
fully. “Hr won't hu tbsr you alwut a solemn in- 
terview. It’* all arnmgi-d. How did you think 
he looked, Edith ! I do hope he won't lose that 
brow a color by not going back to sea; it anile 
him. 1 don’t like pasty faced sun. Now Mr. Ja- 
comb ien't party-faced, although he is *_ deegj- 
nisn. By-thc-way, what has become of Nan?" 

N*n hoi liecn i|ui1e fnrguttcn. Ferhsps she 
was dressing early, or looking after the dinner 
table ; at all event*, it was time for the other ais- 
tvrs to gn and got ready also. 

Hull to the tuuiiM-til, Cap tain King arrived 

at the door, at>J iwu-cL, and want up main), lie 
was not a little -xiitud Now hr would «cw Nan 
— aod not only b*e, but also this rtrrgyman, whom 
be wa* also curious to see At rnxfe a n-iini-ot — 
arriving as Mailge's acevptrd suitor — it wa- not 
Nan that hr ought to have hern thinking ahmat. 
But it was Nan wboro hi* first quick gianor round 
the drawing-room sought out ; and instantly he 
knew she was mA there. 

Krurybody else was, however. Mr. Roberts, 
with Ills umspieuim* ml opal and diamond*, was 
•landing on the bsarth-reg. with hi* hack to the 
firs, talking to Lady HcrcabW, who was cuablun- 
■>d up iu nu retry -choir. Mr. Jacomb waa taaliir- 
eaiuing ihc two siatora, Kdltli olid Madge, win, 
were toughing lutwidorabk Mr. Tons wa- watt- 
ing aNwt with hi* haniia in hin i-wket*, fcrociou*, 
for dinner waa already eighteen iwerai* late, 

Frank King tiad not much time to atmly tbe 
look-* or mariT-fre of thi* cltegyroan to whom he 
was briefly introduced, for already hia attention, 
which was at thr monient rsceedlngiy acitr, waa 
drawn to the opening uf the dour. It ws* Nan, 
who slipped in qaictlr. Apparently she had mm-h 
thn Other* before, for, when she laegbt sight uf 
Ilia*, all* at once advanced toward him, with a 
grave, quioi wailv on her facts aud an owlatreUh 

" Oil, how ilo ytm Jo. Capbttn King?" *hc aasi, 
in the most friendly way, and without the kart 
trace of t-rabarresiroKtit. 

Of course ahe looked at hia rye* as she said *o 
Pcriups she did not notice the strange, stadia) 
look that had dwi-h there lot au instant aa hu 
regartlnd bte — a look a* If he had oven sumc non 
wbotn lie had uot expert#*) to so* — Stan- unit whom 
hr almost fared to are. Hu iambi not -|Ht*k, in 
dnl For thr n-imrest hr had really lurt corn 
E-red of liim-rlf, and »c«ait*J bewildered. Then 
be rtatnromnl : 

“How do yuu do. Mis* Anne? I ana glad to 
tee you looking au well Ton — you have not al- 
tered much anything —daring these list thru ur 
four rear*." 

“ 6b, Nan baa altered a great Aral. I can toll 
you," said Mr. Tub ; " aiul for the bettor. She 
Un't half a* saucy as tlw u*ed to ?ir." 

But Nan hail turned to her mother, to My, pri- 
vately ; 

"They are quite ready, mamma. The ahadew 
just came in time ; and tlie istndlt* are all ht now " 
Then ahe turned tu Captain King again. If 
she wo* acting noawmhamMinnat, -lin was act- 
ing vrry w*IL Thr char, friendly, gray bine eyre 
regardul him with frank nr— ; then- was no tooeh 
of uU lato color iu the Uir, pnpiaut, freckled face. 


she simb-J a* if to one in whom ahe had per- 
fect reindilenu*. 

" It wa* •<> kind of you," ahe said, “ to have 1st 
my brother psy you a rl»it to Ktngscoan ; 1 am 
afraid be must hu dull bare aoeartinset. And he 
ray* bw rnjnyrd it inimwnwly.aad that every car 
wa* mi kind to him I hope lie didn't dlsgrar* 
himself — I mere in the -l—rting -. you are, lw haa 
not h*4 a grew* dm! of practice." 

“Oh.bc (hnt very well," raid Captain Frank 
King, somewhat hurriedly. " Oti yre. very well. 
1 ahuuld tall bim a rpry good shot, I am glad 
he liked hia visit" But Frank King waa not 
looking into Nan'* eye* as lie spoke 

Then some one at tbr door -aid, “ Dinner ia 
served, your ladyship" ; and the company ar- 
raugc-i llimatrlrcs according to order, at*) wren 
down rtaira. It ftil to Captain King** lot to go 
down last, with Lady Beresford ; but when they 
rtachod the dtning-lable he foand that hia neigh- 
bor was to be Madge, and he waa glad of that. 

Nan waa opposite to him; be bad diaeoverwd 
that at lb* first plane®, and thereafter he rather 
avwini looking that way. Ilo undoarorad to ea- 
Urtaln Ij-iy Bnvsfonl, and ocutatuoally epakr a 
Kill- to Maiigv ; bat hu wa* eossrwhal prrouruptod 
on thr whole ; and very frequently ha might hare 
been ought regarding thr cWgyinan-gomt with 
au mrnest atwwtiay Mr Jammli. to do him jo*, 
tire, vru* making bimtclf the frimd of every- 
body. He could talk well and plmranlly ; be 
had a number of link jokrs anil rtorirw; and 
be was making himself grorralty agreeable The 
efflorescent Itohrrt* wa* anxkou to know— as anx- 
ioua, tliat is. as a very devoted regard fur his msaa 
would permit — the pnxiisr position held by a cer- 
tain IligM-Tiorehman who was being harried and 
worried by thr law courts at this tune ; but Mr 
Jacomb, with great prudence, would have notblug 
to nay on amh subjects. He laughed the wbeto 
matter uff Hr preferred to tell aawcdetoa about 
hi* Oxford days, and gave you to lUKktwtaad that 

three were nut far tvni lived from thn prwtrnt 
time, Y<>« might liave gwtswvl Uiat lie and his 
cranpaniuu- wore the least little lot wild The 
msiw of highly respertaliln digtiilarie* io the 
Chnrch were swurialid with storim of aenpes 
that were quite alarming, and with sayings that 
lurt burden*) bare and there on thr irTe-rerent 
lint then to a (kegyman much ie permitted, for 
it la hia busisewa lo know where the line tbcitld 
tie drawn , other pcopk might not fee) quite to 

«afe. 

Ail Ibis time (taplain Frank King waa intsatly 
regarding Mr. Jatorab; and Nan saw )L TU 
•mil- died away from her fare. Sh* grew ostf- 
ali«irliw] ; -he scarcoly lifted har eyca 

“ Nan, w bat's th* matter with yon ?" said bvr 
brothre Tom to hre, privately. " You’re Wet go- 
ing to cry. are pm t" 

rihe lucAcd wp with her frank, clear eye*, and 
said : 

" 1 wa* trying to remember aome anew near 
tbe beginning of ’ Fs- *i ’ They are about a 
eletgyiuau and a eomrdasn." 

This was beyond Mr. Tom ; ami no he Ukl 
iiuriiing. But what Nan bad meant hsd b*wa 
uttered in a moment uf blitertsss*, and waa *a- 
lireiy isujnaL Mr Jao.mb was not falling In any 
pr*i|--r rvwjm-l fe# bit sacred tailing. But be 
w»s ammig *o**w young pwqdr- ; lie hupsd they 
wouH not think tu« eostumu uremire , be wishei 
b» let them know that bis youth also hail only 

been the other ilay, a* it were, am) that hr ap- 
prn-iated a joke a- well aa any one If kit 
upon-ii at the nwwnent »aa fri volutin— and. in- 
deed, intcolkmallv frivokmn— hi* life had But 
I ice II friroiuus. lie bad never intrigued or ca- 
joled for prt fcriiiciit, but had done the week 
that lay nearest him. At Oxford he had toadied 
Mi one. And hit " record," at tbe Amtneaaa 
•ay. in llust parish in the soul heart of London 
was unhkruudied aisl evea noble. 

Kill Ini Hindu a hath of it that evening, areas- 
how. Nan Berewfosd grew miirn am] more de- 
preveed and disheartened — almost ai him ed. [f 
Frank King had nut bom there, perhapa the 
wuold bsve cored tree ; Imi the knew — without 
daring to look— that Frank King w*» regarding 
and listening with an earnest and cruel scrutiny. 

When the time came for Ibtir darting (or tha 
tbralru. Nan disappeared. Tom began to maka 
a nnitn, and then the mertsage came that, IToaae. 
rir. Mis* Aim* liad a hetdaebc, and nugbt she hw 
-xru-vd T Tom made a funlurr nuite, and dn- 
clared that the whole thing mutt b® put off. Cro 
to ace a pantomime williout Nan tin would out. 
Then a farther mresug- ram- from Mias Annr, 
raying that tbe would he greatly dirtrews u l if 
tliov d») not go ; ami no. after no end of growling 
and grumbling, Mr. Tom put his party into two 
rate an) took them off. Nan beard tbe roll of 
the whorl* ksaot aud ccoae. 

It waa aliwrt half past eleven that night (hat 
wait one noisily entered Nan's room, and lit tha 
ga*. Nan, opening has eyca— for ahe waa in hod 
and a-kcp — bwliuld a figure there, all white with 

"Oh. Nail,” raid tbe new- o ewasr, In great *•- 
cUcmest, “ I must tell you all about it Threw 
has I well such fun. Never such a gale known «st 
tbr south oosrt— ” 

" (tuld T* said the now thorooghly awakened 
aistsw, " gu at onoe and take off your thiags. 
You will Im wut tliniugh!" 

•• llh. this »» nothing r* said Madge, wboar pink 
cheek* showed what she btd faeod. “I left a 
whole avalanche in »W hoU. The otreet* are a 
fool deep already. No* a mb to lie gix. Wa 
had to fight our way from the theatre ana In 
arm; the wind and anow were like to lift u* olT 
uur feet alsogrthcr. Frank Mid it reminded h*ai 
nf Canada All the gentlemen are below, Tion 
would have lliom conic in, to get them some awll- 
«>1 claret,” 

Mailgu'a (jwulatorjr atsstomaa came to an cod 
■imply for want of brrelh. Kbt was all |mnbag. 

“ fisrh a U’sghing there wn» ! Frank and I 
ran full tilt again** a gentleman who wa* OT- 



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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


lug (utl 1*11 brfont ihi' wind. ' Hard a- port 1* 
Fnil crlnt There aw an awfal smash Mr 
hat hk-w uff; «j>J »u hid in * ilium; dll Frink 
girt it ImeF again." 

At Kan's vssrvmft entrratir* bre yoangtr raster 
at last coiMnt*>l to take at brr outer pnmntu 
and robe herself in aomr u( NtaV— meantime 
shaking a good deal ot mow as to tbe carpcL 
Thru she eame and rat dows. 

“ | must Ull vrai all about It, door Nan,” she 
said. " for I am so happy ; and M baa been suit 
a delightful * veiling You tali'! imagine what 

a splendid coespaniun Frank « — taking evvry- 
thing free and roar, and always in auch a good lot 
nmr. Well, we went to the theatre ; and of conn* 
kilnh wanted to ahu> henelf tiff, so I had the 
lunar of the box with the curtains i and Frank 
»at belt rue, ot courso— it was ‘ (.\nderctla’ — 
beautiful ! — I nr ter taw iin.li bnllkuit costumes ; 
and e»wn With was drtighud with the nay they 
rang the music. Mind, wu didn't know that by 
this time the storm had h-gun It waa all Ekn 
fairy-land. But am I tiring you, Nan?" haul 
Madge, with a sudden europomtiuc. “Would 
yaw rather go to sleep again T" 

** <>li no, ilnar ." 

"la Toar beaitarire any better?" 


* reut-de-Cologne !* 


"A g 

"Sliall I Uflyoq 

*• Oh no,” 

" Dos* it wound slnuoge to you that 1 ahmitd 
call him Frank* It did to me at Sort. But of 
course it had to be done ; re I had to get «r»r it,” 
” You don't Mem to have bad much difficul- 
ty," Mid Kan, with an odd kind of a smile. 

’ “ WeU," Madge eonfeased. “ he isn’t like oth- 
er men. There 'a no pretense about him. lie 
null* friends with you at once. And you can't 
be very fnrtnal with’ any oue who U lugging juu 
through the an nm." 

“ No. of course nut," said Nob, gravely “ I 
w.i« not sayiug tin 1 re cwU be anything wrung in 
calling him Frank.'' 

"Well, the pantomime; did I tell yew bow 
good tt wra? Mr. Roberts aaya he nerer mw 
► orh beautifully drowned drew* in Loniloa ; tad 
the music was lovely— oh ! if you bad heard 
(YndcnrlU, how aim aang, you would have faJlm 
in lorn with her. Nan. Wn alt did. Then we 
bid ice* Tbfr*'* a mug whtcli ('ind.-M-lla aing* 
Frank promised to gr* for rue ; but I rali'l Slug 
All F» good for is to show off Edith.” 

“ You might to p ra trice more, ilear." 

“ lbtt it's do g<*» I once you are married. You 
alvutyi ilnip it. If I hare any time ni take to 
Imiitiiag. You ace. you hare do idea, in a house 
like lid*, that amount of trouble there is la keep- 
ing up a place lika KingscourL” 

"Hut, you know, Madge, Mm. flulfurd King In 
til roe." 

“She can’t be there always ; aho'a very null up 
In year*." said the practical Madge. " And ton 
know the whole estate M now definitely routed 
on Fratik -—though there are some Imsvy moct- 
gsgro. We sha'n't be able to entertain much foe 
lie Ant few years. I dare say— bat we shall al- 
ways tie glad to have you, Kan.'* 

Nan dbl lust My anything; she tuned her face 
away a little hit. 

" Nan," Mill her sister, presently, " didn't Mary 
and Edith have a notion that 4'apOam King nt 
at me Utnc rather food of you 1" 

Kan's fare flushed hastily. 

“Tbcv — tbev —imagined something of that 
kind. I betters. ” 

“ Dot was it true ?" 

Kan raised herself up and took her sister's 
hand in her two hands. 

*’ You see, duar," *br said, pally, and with her 
eyea out duwn, •' young nivi 
young w * - - 
dtav'l 

tkeir reriow choice,” 

‘ Bill," said Madge, persiaienlly — " but I sup. 
pro* be ncrer really aske<l you to be b» wife ?" 

•• Bis wife !" Mid Kan, with well nmnlated sur- 
prise. “ ltcnUect, Madge, I was just over sertiw 
teen. Yon don't promise to be anybody's wife at 
an age like that ; yea are only a child thin." 

- I am only eighteen," said Madge. 

" But tbiee w a great different*.-. Anil recod- 
Irot that i'afitajii King is imw older, and know* 

I letter what hi* wlsln* are, and what way Ida 
hsppiney* he*. You ought to be reey prereJ, 
Madge; ami you should try to make him proud 

••Oh, I will, Kan; I will, really, I wish yon 
would teach use a lot of things." 

“ What things f* 

" Ob, you know. All the sort uf stuff that you 
know. Tidal warrs and things." 

“ But Captain King won’t hare anything mare 
to do with tidal wares." 

'‘Thou we'll go round the s 
Nan ; and you'll tall uni about 
niture and bine rhino." 

" rVm't yen thick threw will Ihi iUMitq(h of that 
at Kingscuurt ; and just such things as you 
«Hibln't gt< to bay In any shops ?" 

"Then wb»t am 1 to do, Nan ?" 

“ You can try to be a gucsi wife, dear, and that's 
better than anything." 

Madge rone. 

“ I'll let you off, Kan. But I do fed terribly 
ntMsh, 1 haven't ao»d a tingle word about you — " 
“ f »h, but I don't want anythlug Mid about me," 
said Kan, abiiust in alarm. 

** Well, you know, Kan, aretybudy says this - 
that a clergyman'* wife has more opportunities of 
doing good Ilian any other woman ; fur, you see, 
they are in the miridlw of it all, aa<l Ihry can in • 
terfere »* w» erne else can, aa>! it it wxpeMefl uf 
the®, sad the poor profile don't abject to them, 
as they might to others." 

“Oh, I think that is quite true," aaid Kan, 
thoughtfully— perhaps with a flight sigh. “Yea, 
1 have often thought of that." 

“ And you know, dear, tbit wu what Provi- 
dence meant you to be," aaid Madge, with a friend- 


ly tattle. “ That Is just what you wee* mid 
— to be kind to other people, (suod-nlgltt, ok] 
Mirths* Kan." 

•' (soul night, dear." 

They kissed nub taller, arid Madge turned uff 
tire gun ami left. Presently, however. Madge re- 
turned, tfwnerl the door, and eame in on tiptoe. 

“ Kan. you ate not asleep yet F* 

“•'If course nut.” 

“ 1 wanted to ask you, Kan; da you think ha 
would like nw to wos k a pair of slipper* few him ?" 
'• Ko ifcubl bar wuulii," was the quWt answer, 

“ For 1 waa thinking it wouhl f»j re nice if you 
»fiuU Com* with Inn to-suarrei* ami help is*- to 
chum* the materials ; and then, you see. Non, 
yes* might sketch me some deelgn. cut of yeast 
iiwb hint, for you ate so clever ut those tilings, 
and that would be better than a shop pattern. 
And then." ad-ied Madge. I should tell hint it 
wa« tour design.” 

Kail paused fo* a SOCutid. 

“ I wlU do whataver tou want, Maiga ; but 
too must not ui lliat ( niadu chu iWsign fw r 
yes. It won't Ur worth imub, at the t*wl. * 
wuuM rather have nothing said alurut it, ilear. 
“Very »<U, Nan ; that's jwet Eke you.” 


CHAPTER XV IIL 


Nm morning K still snowed and Mew hard ; 
no one could go ont; it »b» clearly a day to be 
devoted to in-door amusements. And then Frank 
King, despite the state of the streets and th« ab- 
sence of cabs, made Ida way along, anil win eager- 
Ir welcomed. As Mr. Tran's companion be was 
to spend the whole day thnv. Hilliard,, muter, 
ium-hinti, painting— liter would pa-» the time 
ncanehnw. And uuwliwtulr the gu<u of wind 
retllsvl the windows, and lliw whirling uwv 
Untrod out thv wen, and Mr, Tom kept ca big 
fces. 

Kan remained in her own reran. When Mndga 
went up to bring tier down she found her read. 
Lag Tbosus 1 Kempis. 

“Frank has aakod twice where you were," 
Madge reniotialnlrcil. 

•' But that Is not a command,” aak] Kan, with a 
smile. “ 1 should hatu thmight, judging by the 
Moody that you were bring very well amused be- 
low ■ 

Madge went away, anil In alra*t an hour after 
rime hack. -She foetid that her rister had put 
away Dr Imitniiaut ( br'nti, and wu at her desk. 

"Writing I To whom ?" 

•' To the Editor of the Tintm," Mid Kan, lauglt- 
tng at her sister's Instantaneous duiuay. 

“ Tbe T'oois t Am you going to turn n blue 
stafklng. Nan ?” 

“<H. no; it'a only abuut btonkuts, Ton <wo 
iml the letter ; <ki you think he will print it ?" 

This was the ktUr which Madgo read, and 
which was written in a sort of handwriting tbr.l 
tKonr editor* would be glad Pi two oftencr : 

•• Dkab Hia, — The guremment interfere to pun- 
ish a milknjao who adulterates milk with water , 
and I wish to pat the qiiC9lv:>n in your cnluruis 
why they should not also punish the manufactur- 
ers who dress blankets with arsenic ? Furtilv id 
hi n matter ut equal Impurtaneu. Coor prof4* 
ran gvt along wltlwMit lullk, unless there are very 
small child rwa in the houro ; hut alien they have 
insufficient fold, and InsuIRcieiil flrv and saint 
clothe*, and perhaps also a bothy ryasf. a pawl 
warm pair uf hUnketM la alancnt a nrotrohr. You 
can not imagine what a cocu|>rnsatioa it is, rapes 
uially in weatbre like the prevent ; bnt huw are 
the charitably disposed Pi take such n gift to a 
poor household when It mar become die instru- 
ment of death or serious illneas • Dear sir, I 
hup* row trill call upon the gnvcfammt to put 
duwn 'this niched preeUco. and I ant, yours n>- 
spwotfuUy, A* Exolisui Out," 

"flh. Ihtl's all right," said Mailgv, who hid 
feared that lire ristar had taken P> literature ; 
“ that’s quite llie right thing for vuu. Of course, 
a clcrgvmsn's wife mwit know all about blankets, 
and soup kitchens, end tliiw*-i." 

Kan flushed a little, ami said quickly, and with 
an embarrassed smile : 

" 1 thought of putting in something about his 
' clnqiMiil |h&* ce has • generous idneuy' ; but I 
»U[>|hm* ho guta a grant Aral of that klid of flap 
ton, oral isn't to ts» taken ill. I think I wilt 
leave it a* it is. It la mil* muse shameful that 
swell thingH ehuald be allowed. " 

“ YYhen are you ccenius down Pj ssse Frank ?" 

“ Br and by. dear, 1 am going now to get 
mamma her egg anil port, wine " 

“ I know Frank want* Pi nee you." 

“ Ob, indeed 1" abe said, quietly, as sbo folded 
up the letter. 

That nuasoeable enow storm ragod all day ; tha 
shop* f routing tha oen w»r« shut; But whole 
| door looked lik* noasw vast, ilwsc-r tad, white City 
of the IXrad. Hut toward wvoniag the squall* 
moderated ; that fare, penvlraling, crystalline 
snow tensed to wane in whirl* anti gueta; and 
people licgaa to get ahesri, the black flgnve* mak- 
ing their way o»cr oe throogh the henry drifts, 
or Mriking for rods places as the furce of the 
wind had driven bare. Here asd there ahotele 
weto in requittiioo U> clear a pathway; it was 
(dearly thought that the gale was oter ; tlw Her 
cafoeds and their guest began to speak uf alt 
excursion next day tu Stonnacr l’ari, if (imul- 
rencure lx might lie fuwibbi to have a Una or 
two swiqit oil Urr I tv for a latll* skating. 

Tlie licit HHiniing prorwtl b> Im brilliantly liniu- 
tifal ; and they were all up and away Winie* 
ett tbmr romewhal bcyele*« quest— all. that as to 
way, eitefN Nan ; foe she had mrailrr pemriunrrr 
Pi bulk after, who were likely to have f*re>l ill 
during the inclement weather. Kan put cm her 
thickest Knot* md her I 'Inter, awd went ont Into 
the world uf snow. The akin were blue and 


the : 

Kan went her rounds, and wlsbsd ah* waa a 
millionaire, for ah* fare snow bail rated 
everywhere, nod that* waa great dftrrro. Per- 
Impel she was rnally trying to Imagine herself a 
chfgyman'a wife ; at all events, when abe Imd 
piiwn tired, and |wehlM a Bttle hrort sick, tt was 
nu wonder that she should think of going into 
that i-hunh which wn« always o|wq, foe a little 
re»t. and solan', nn-i wnthicu; quart. 

This was what she honestly niruiH to do — and, 
murrover, it was with nn uxpcctatfca of imwting 
Mr. Jsconib tlcrc, loe it was almost ■•retain that 
he also would be off no a rowsad nf vlestatiuii*. 
£be bird a t-ratlng foe quart ; |erK»|ir some slow, 
grateful music would bo Idling the air; there 
would bt silent* In tint vast, hu-li.-j place. 

Well, It wo* liy the merest iceidcsil that her 
o.ivs hap]wii*il to light on a vessel ih-it was #io>b 
ding up Channel un-ler dmjblerteefud tupsalls; 
ami she nP*>d for a minute to witch It. Then 
she, aliso inadvertently, perceived that the e«a*l- 
guardstnaa over the way had cuotc out of his lit- 
tle box, ami was siluihulv watching the vessel— 
through his lelcsutfw. Kan hiwitabd roe a Mo- 
<wsd. TW snow was iloep. tlKragh a kind of path 
bad beets tiisldm a few tanla further al:«ng- 
TVsu she walked quirkly ce tit) she cam* to that 
|ialh, crvssesvd, went hack to the roast- inianlirum, 
and mhjrtttstd him, with a rceeate glow on her 
cheek ; 

“Oh, I heg your pardon— but — but I suppose 
ynu know Sniping Hal 

" Yea, ium," said the little CaMu-liKikiaqc man 
with the Indwu beard. He wu evidently tor 
prisrel. 

"Du you knew where she is? I hope she 
wasn't in the - tncvn yesterday. She hun t tstro 
aluug (his way lately ?" 

“ Ko, mios ; not that I knows of." 

“ Thank you ; I am very much ubNgetL” 

“Wait a minute, miss — Waduvsday — yul, it 
was last night, I believe, as Sal was in ssng at 
a concert at Updime. Yes, It wu. Souiu u' my 
tnauii at Cuckoxto got leave to go." 

“ l’|sditw farm ?" 

•• Yt». mis*." nud Ua wiry little tailor, with a 
grin. " That's prwuutiou for Bal — to wing at a 
vwreewt." 

'• i Jewi’t ewe why abe dvuwld not siiig at a «n- 
rort," aaid Kan. reganlinp him with her clear gray 
errv.so that the grill iurtantly ranldtod from hi* 
fate. “I've btanl much worse staging at many 
a concert. Thru, if she wu at Upataiiu last night, 
she wuulii mnst likely rceoe along Imw to-day y" 

" I don't know, mlu,” said the man, » ho know 
much less atwiut Meetup rial's warn than did Mis* 
Anna Her. -slued. “Mayhap tlm ccuuvrt diiln't 
cucuu off, along of the snow.” 

.Van again thanked him, ami ccmtiuiuid res her 
way Isssilwanj, She was thinking. Silm-hnw she 
hod quit* focgoCteO alwut the church The sir 
anratiil her waa wocMbrfully kcrei and eihilurn- 
ting; the skie* uvstImwi! wic* iwtonsdy Ikne; 
rest there on the dnwea due soft white snow 
would be lieawtiful Kan walked on at a brisker 
pace, and tier spirit* n«, The sunlight tcviiu-d 
tu get into her vein*. And thro brr footing re- 
quired a prewt deal of attention, ami she had 
plenty uf active exercise , fur t heigh hero sad 
there tlu; forve of the wind ksul left tha rvsul* 
almost hair, cheshere the sruiw bad f orated Vat* 
drift* of tluve to flve fact in depth, and these 
lud rishor to tie gut round or plunged shrreigb. 
TVn. up Kemp Town a ay, where (Imre u in* 
traffic, her dilScultim limtlpl. The keen ai r 
wermed to make luw easily linratklrv**. But at all 
event* die felt comfortably warm, and the sun 
felt be* on her cheek. 

She hail at length pcrwnadrd herself lliat she 
wu anxious about Singing Sal's safety . Many 
people must have perished in that aDow+timn— 
caught answsics on the Windy down*. At all 
erect*, she could ask at one or two uf Uie corot- 
gtascl ktatiun* If anything (tail Iwr.u Imard of KiV 
H wu jisst jwsssililc she might imwt her, if the 
eatartninment at t'|*li«w farm hail romo off. 

At Black Rock station they boil liiwnl nothing; 
but she -s ml on all the wine. Foe now this waa 
a wonderful and leautiful ltodsiwpe all aroumt 
h*r, up oa t h e se high cliffs ; and the novelty nf 
It dfhphted her, tbcoggh the bewildering white 
some* hat danlrd her eyes. Toward the adgn of 
tlm cliffs, where the wind bad awciit arros*. there 
wu gnu-rally dm more than aa Inch or two of 
snow — hard and crisp, with Iraivriiu of birds' 
frol oo it, Ekn lung string* of law ; but a few 
yards oo her left tbw snow had banked up In 
the moat peculiar drift*, tvaeiubliag in a curious 
manner the higher ranges of the Alpo. Scenc- 
timw, bciwcvcr, the mow been me deep here also; 
so that she had to betake herself to the rood, 
where the farmers' men around bid aLrvndy cut a 
way through the deeper stoppage* , ami there aha 
found hrtvwlf going along a white gallery — -yel- 
low-* biU via tW left, whvre thn sunlight Ml OU 
tlie mkiw, Imt aoi iutcuso blue uu iLe right, whvre 
the oryeuWaa enow, Ut sbs,km, rvib-vtid the Wuc 
of the sky oeerlimd. Ami Mill aha pVmgbul on 
her war, with all brr pmlsrev tingling with life and 
gladness ; for this wonder of yellow whiteness 
and blue whiteness, aril the sunlight, and the 
kern air, all lent themselves to n kind uf fasciiui- 
txa ; ami she scarcely perceived that luv usual 
landmarks were pone : it was enough fur hut to 
korp walkiDg, stumbling, siuking, avoliling tlw 
<tr»’|*-r drill*, oirj farther and faAltvr losing Iwr- 
sss.-lf in III* aulitarituos of this white, hualitd world. 

Thi-c, far away, as*] slmwloig very black ogaimst 
the whits*, »b« (Hircvivid tb* figi 
aod snstatilly juitqHsl to the r>» 
must h* Hinging Sal. But what woe Sol — if it 
were *he— about? Thai dark fig urr waa wildly 
■waving one arm. Eke an orator declaiming to an 
excited assemblage. Hod the dramatic stimulns 
of the peevinns night’s entertainment— Kan ask- 
ed henelf— got into the wcsnixt’s beaut? Was 


439 

sb* reviling poetry to that estravagant pestering » 
Nan walk id tiMire sluwfy now, aud took breath, 
whihi th» woman, whoever she was, evidently was 
rosnwg along at a swinging pate. 

No; that was no dramatv: gesture It was |m 
rnonutccrau. It lookcl more u if she wee* ««. 
ing— to imperervUtde furrows. Nan's evtss were 
very leaf -sighted, but this thing puulcd io-r alto- 
gether. Sim DOW csetainly hukvvl lik* a fanner's 
scattefing sonl-ixini, 


In* gesturvw, tlimigh these did out quite crass). 
Whim aim cam* op, Kin said to her : 

" What are you doing ?" 

“ Well, mis*," she said, with a bright emil* — 
brr fare was quit* red with the wild air, snd her 
hair not wo armrah as she gcniraRy kiqil H— " my 
arm does a the, to tall tb* truth. And my barley'll 
■early done. 1 have trie] to orivUcr it wvie.'fo 
a* the AdcIics arid larks may have a chance, avexi 
whim the jarkdawa ami iradis are at it" 

“ Are you Mattering feral for the birds, then ?" 
“ Tbry'rv starved nut in this w rather, mi*> ; ami 
then the l*»yt come out wi' their guns ; and tlie 
dicky loggers are after theta too—" 

“The what ?” 

“The bird catchers, mios. If I was a farmer, 
now. I'd take a horn-whip, I would, and I'd soul 
those gentry d-vjtilc-qulck Wk to WhihMiapeA 
And the genii* folks, mis*, it i*n't right of iImsw 
to encourage Its* trapping nf lark* wriin there'a 
plenty of other fvasl to he gnt. Well, my three- 
poiiu'urth o' barley that I bought in Newlutvvsi U 
near dune now " 

She iresknl into the little walk! lliat skr hail 
twistod round in from of Iwr. 

“ Oh, if you don't mind," Mid Xast, mgrrly, " I 
will give you a shilling— or two or lime ehitliugs 




'os could do tsttar than that, mias,'' Mid 
HaL “ May bo yaw k«ow some one that lives its 
larwr* (In-scent ?” 

" YwS, I do,” 

" Weil, ye teg, mi**, there’s such a lot o' birds 
as won't cat grain at all; and if you wa* In get 
the key of the gtrden in Lamm (.'rt-sosnt, anil get 
a man to sweep the snosr off a bit of the gras*, 
and your fnenda might throw down nunc muttnn- 
l*ine* aol iscraps from tha kitchen, aud the birds 
from far aud mar would tlud it out — lirii.g easily 
mwii, as It tadght Ihi Half the thrushes ami 
blac-ktilivla aluug tins country -aide Tl be dead be- 
fore this *iu*w gt>«M cart." 

" (Mi, I will | p» bock at once and do that," laid 
Kan, readily, 

"lawk bow they've I iron ntunhig alsast all 
the moruing," said this fitskcoliml dark -eyed 
woman, regarding the traoertes nn the mhos at 
lira feet " Mret of them larks- you tan »rv 
the spur. At*! that's a rook, with hi* big luwvy 
claw*. Ami there'* a bore, tills* — I sk-uhl rev 
he waa trotting oa kght at roubl be — and there's 
nothing uglier than a trotting hare— ire's like a 
mce-horsc walking— all stiff amt jolting, twroune 
•>f the h -gti aunebes— liauncluw, into*. They're 
nil bewildered-like, lard* ami t*uM« the tame. 
I MW the jud of a fox tfcae by Koningdexu ; be 
must have come a k*<g way to try for a powltrv. 
yard. AM, what's rarer, 1 saw * every of par- 
trldgo*, mi**, set Ik- down *m the wa oa I was 
o*n -OK aluug by Stluieaii ti»p. They was tired 
out. poor tillage ; and not driven before the srlmt 
rittrer, but righting sgaiust it. and geing out Ui 
*na Miml like ; anil then I mw them sink diian 
on to the water, and then the wave* kniHiktd 
tliren stmt anyway. I hear there was a won- 
derful tight of hreM-reere- up by Hcrtiug flap 
ytstothy— But I’m keeping yv stamling in the 
cold, natss— ” 

“ I will walk back with you," aaM Kan, turning. 

"No, mis*. No; thank you, mis*. - ' Mid Sol. 
sturdily. 

" But indy a* far as tresrrs Crescent," said 
Nats, with a gentle laugh. “ You know I aiu go- 
ing to stop there for the mutton -bancs. I want 
to ktiuw what ha* bappeuisl to you slum lie- 
last time I mw yoa : that's a gvsal while ago 

* “Two things, miss, has Isippmud. that I'm 
proud of,” said Hal, as the two *»-t out to face the 
lillsk westerly wind. “I wa* taking a turn 

throagh Surrey , ami when 1 wa* at , they 

told imt i Kit a great poet Bred dure by there— 


“Of u 


Nan. 






"aud 


I didn't." raid Sal, rather shamefacedly. 
“ Tost see. mis*, the two I showed you ore routigh 
company (or roe; and 1 haven't got xaunry to buy 
bwAs wi - . Well, I was passing nnr rim old 
gentleman's house, and he came out, and heapuke 
U me aa wc went along the Raid- He said ho had 
oreti me reading, the afternoon before, mt the 
eomnum; and he began to s,«-»k at not poetry; 
and lira hu asked me If I bail m»l any of >j r. 

'*, without MSteg III) Wa* himself, I w«* 

Merry to My nu, miss, fur hw was auch a kind oM 
gentleman, I ail be nasi he would rend me them ; 
ami oh" l like they’re wailing foe me duw at Gor- 
ing, when I gave him an address. Bor', the 
question* bn raked me!— about Hhakspraru and 
Burns, you know, miss. I hail them in my bag; 
and then strait myself. I shouldn't wonder if he 
wrote a cram abrst tut" 

“ Well, that's mudewt r Mid Nan, with another 

qolrt laugh. 

Sal dill iuuC at all like that gcaitlu reproof. 

•' It isn't rut pride, nils* ; it’a svhal hu said to 
me iluit I gu by," him retortod. " I didn't a*k 
him.” 

" If be draw, all England will hear about you, 
thro," Mid Kan. “ AdJ now, what waa the ulh- 
er thing?” 

Hal again grew shamefaced a little. Mir uptui- 
ed the inner side of her wallet, took out a suited, 
weather-beaten ropy of the “Globe" Khakspeare, 
and Irum tt extracted a letter. 

In oa ouniiscaix} 


ENGLISH CFTFRCII ARCHITECTURE, No. 1 0-ROCIIE8TER C ATITEDR AL.— f St* Paoe 402.1 



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HARPER'S WEEKLY 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 


JTLY l«, 1«S1. 


TI1R SUN OK THE CONSTITUTION. 

A SCBNB IN THE nCDKRAL OOXVgXTIOS 

or mi. 

Our* men in gronps within * pinto larj!v halt. 

•food men, ami brave. the »»r«i m the lain]. 
And who, in amw«r to their country'* i»H, 
□ad n-rar, with thoughlisl brain and ready 

To form anew the Charter of tbe Free, 

7 tin a lit ten bond twin than and Liberty. 

It lay ii|inn the Speaker'* islils, fair 

And while, aa »»* the ration’* foiji* anil aim ; 
And with foil confidence rath touched it then. 1 . 

And proudly signed *t wilh a tfOllCM name— 
Ttie bond bespeak in g fncdta fee a race 
Of future Freemen, worthy of their place. 

Then, a* they aignid, FnuvkUn, with that proud 
air 

Which well in-fit* a bahts Utxn dour, 
fund, wilh a »mib>, " Kehind thu Speaker'* chair 
You uniat have aoti.nl, Mends, a painlni MM, 
W’ith Uic barium criisuoa, pJd, and gray ; 

A rising wan, or telling, »oald you ray T 

“For painter* In their art oft hud It hard 
llriwten the two to wcil dltcrluilnalc. 

Km* for tho lUai and the act ting run 
Nature put* an the same majestic •lair. 

*S through our sad f«» and illscnuUwt, 
1 oft hove wonduiul which the jisinUr iimitL 

“But. Mr President, that I ece 
This signed rewily for wh.it we'Te woo. 
THi* guarantee fur Peace and Liberty, 

I knurr leuday it b a ruing «mh, 

Wboer splendid twain* (hall flood lbc world with 
light 

Till Freedom thouu, 'I dull havo tin aaorr 
Sight ! ,M 


[Began In lUira'a tt'iiuv No. 1K1. W. XXIV.] 

CHR1STOWELL. 

a EJzrlmrtr pale. 

Br R. D. DLACKMORE, 

Amtoa or " Mini d.uuu,' * Lanka Ihicxr," 
" ( axrra, tin Cakaian," rtv. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

ON tuk ntm.M'r. 

Tub vicar of Cbriatowell, all tlii* tunc, 
though lie •literwl into society — an the |mn- 
jile who Ilk* to tie front home viprviM it — 
nan not unmindful of hi* w rong*. He hint 
tl»e piisilluuiinoua fediug of a fellow who 
object* tei the wrong end of the atick, now 
iri-i'lveti by our noble country, wilh a awcet 
wqa wl for more. The latter, no doubt, is 
the loftier way of getting the worst of It, 
and had* up to the surety of getting it 
ugaiu. However, the old style sreni* to 
have been to lay bold of (lie cudgel, after 
serious groaning, and try bow ft would work 
with tire other end. 

It "« not nay very low desire for redress, 
nor e vim that selfish eeimc of property u Inch 
now ta being exploded by the pow era of the 
ngc, oay, nor even thu stability to dinner- 
timr, which Is now Inal, because there is nei- 
ther time bur itintrer ; lreil ft wna a huge 
tiling which bound tile pa refill fa*t, a* In* 
own Mr*. Aggett. had been tied that day, to 
the steadfast righting of hi* wrong*. 

•• Ituiu’t no good for 'c to prut lie !«■ me," 
old Hetty fiage had derlared to Mr. Short, 
when he cuald not help railing her to ae- 
oouut for language, bectUMO of a hnlir niu- 
niug in betwium hor legs, when the day *u 
warm, aud *hn was rather short of breath. 
" Passim Sbart, tend thee own nitre fn*t. 
Happen, yuu sw and a bit when they robbed 
Lmmi and voiud 'un out, if 'o knoorth 
Holy Seripter." 

It wna not her opinion only [although it 
carried great weight in the parish, now that 
hex husband wo* away, and believed to lw 
earning twice os ninrti as be Was worth), 
lint it was the VBlvwwi senan concerning 
the parson, and the sad way in which bis 
|ieople touched their hato to him, and the 
heap of small condolence which rawm in 
through Mrs. Aggell, that really drove this 
very rlevrr-tolnilnl man to try to do some- 
thing that aluxitd net him op again. Fur he 
could not bear to he pitied und advised, 
aud to get no utiek thump* on tbs Hour lu 
the very brut part of bto Sunday datootUM. 

Fur the better preservation of the peace, 
an act had liccu pass e d in the very last 
■ ra tion, arid already woo beginning to do a 
good dual of iniKtiii'f no further off than 
Exeter. A vary cnmddcrulite quantity of 
men bail been appointed to preserve 
[ware, im coonly or district constables • hut 
pr.-fi-rrliijj foreign words to English, aud 
knowiug the fear that springs of Ilium, they 
began |o t-all themselves -Rural Police." 
Christo n el I bad not heard of them jet, ex- 
eept Uni High Carrier f'ugsley ; but there 
w “" » uisau ut ManaU>n, a worthy parish 
coiwtable. who and that Im knew oil about 
tbens, noil toild awenr that they were thu 
■“ggi st fool* going in the comity. 

Mr, (ih«»rt, though he could not foTeace 
ths rising iueapacity of Ibis force, resolved 
(us u hater oi nm-iut'glnl way*) to tuaku 


no appeal to their vigilance. In his own 
shrewd mind be hod formed a linn belief, 
t bough without any premises producible, 
that the tuaLi who lunl rubbed Ins Ionise 
was no other thau the rogue in the suntan 
who hail tired at his Non*. The people of 
tho village, though they tried to recollect 
with a jugging of one memory ngainst ou- 
othcr, could nut Im sunt that they had seen 
anybody, lit the very heavy ndu, going by 
that day, though they thought they must 
have looked at him if they hud. became he 
would have been so wot like, But without 
twice moving of their minds, they spied the 
•rime of it. The one that jum]ied to tho 
top of church toner, the **n*r came down 
to Vicarage ; both praying aud preaching 
u iis an empty gun-sliot if yotl couldn't keep 
him out «.r your «» u kitchen. 

“ Physician, heal thyself," Is the tinniest 
nud i oust uuatihw i-rable of all taunt* — lu 
the present condition of tuudieinc ; aud 
when it is proved against the parson of u 
parish that be can not keep the Prince of 
Evil out of bis own house, I lie sphere of his 
uaefilltirM — to put It In the mildest form 
possible — become* restricted. Parson Short 
wo* always used to be the mauler of hi* pnr- 
ish; and he vowed a great vow not to give 
a««y another sixpence until bis flock were 
a* dutiful aa ever, aud proud to run a rate 
when ha wbislM. 

There wna a tittle woman now living at 
Okebamptmi who knew everything about 
almost everybody. Bbe was closely con- 
ucrteil with literature, not only because she 
kept u little paper shop, Imt also that she 
had a female cousin who wrote verm*, mul 
Miiue of them were printed. Tbo verse* 
were gnisl, anil in the style of Iir. Watts, a 
poet multivalued now almost a* tuacli ns 
im is misquoted. Hat that is quite beeidu 
Ihepivis-iit question, Oltly that wwuu peo- 
ple took it on thruuelic* to declare tiiut 
Mr*. Pellrerirk never could have known nil 
she did except for her connection with the 
press, arid her ac-u lieiug ’preuticed at Ex* 

" The wnenen are a hundred times sharp- 
er than the men round our part of tire coun- 
try." Jack West com be had said to Mr. Sbnrt 
one day. “The men ice thing* and think 
tin more alioal them; but they generally 
tell them to the women at the time, and 
the worm'll make tho meaning oat of them. 
Hie next ttrna you come out way, go aud 
buy something from little Mr*. Petlierick. 
You need uot make her talk. 8he will do 
it without treking; and you may pick some- 
thing nji, for *hn ktioiis everybody. Iton't 
tell her who yon are; ace how cleverly she 
will Bud out." 

The vicar bad already made *mne expedi- 
tions into tire depth of lire moorland, amt 
among tire hurelv ft m t OM N on the out- 
skirts, in the vain hope of tluding some 
trace of tire fellow who had carried off his 
money, and what be Talued more, the watch 
of liis respected graniUiie. Smireliures be 
liHik a lUhiug-nsi, somutlmc* a gun, a* * 
pretext for hia wanderings; and oiree or 
Is Ico he rudu, and fastened up hi* hone 
while lie was exploring dangerous parts. 
He even culled once at the • Raven, » and 
saw the man wbocowM have told likin many' 
iiiterireting tilings; hut tiruif Howell held 
his prm-e, slid neither then- nor elsewhere 
wo* any sigu forth coming of the enemy . bo 
doit he went to ire Mr*, l’etlierick, without 
even calling at Wmlcowhe Hall. 

The leaders of tbs age, whim* main ilrelrc 
I* to give fair play to every our, hut first 
amt lorcmiMt to alt rogues (ns they perpet- 
ually prove by preferring foreign lo British 
produced bad lately made n mighty step 
toward enlightenment, aud adniti-rAtiou— a 
march of intellect known to the present 
general ion a* the " Reform Hill." Although 
from a bill it ungruhbed itself into an Act, 
and went hovering about, without doing 
half the harm expected (aa a cork-chafer, 
after hi* larva stage, is harmhwe, and aiiiiim* 
hud buys when Ire to stuck upon n pin), yet 
there wns a uad piece of miiehief dour here- 
in the very town where Mm. Pylberick lived. 
That ancient and honorable town, Oke* 
bampton, Iratonial, royal rhaHerrNl, stand- 
ing on two rivers, was found to coutam 
such a srsre ity of rogues that it must uot 
■cud any up to Parliament. 

This blow bad killed Mr. P«thrrick, ac- 
CoreliBg lo the evidence of hi* widow, who 
most know best about it. Its hud always 
taken tbo lead among one hundred und fif- 
ty freemen, who relumed two iireuibcn w ith 
tiic truest pleasure every time they required 
returning. There could bo no meaner tiling 
tliau to dicatn of any pomibitity of harm in 
this. However, It iihirI liavo brvli dreuBnil 
of, or why should Mrs. IVtherick (who iisnl 
to wear brr own lace on nomination day, 
ami again at tbe chairing, in her own bow- 
window) Ire driven at the present time to 
•ell pujM-rs — though paper* ware a very de- 
cent trade, as yet — and spectacle*, aud tcit- 
spoous of best liritamiia metal, ami to keep 
three young women in thu back parlor mak- 
ing late to pattern for the ladies all around ! 


Mr. Short knew vary little of Okehamp 
Ion. and was ple-ised to see bow nice it 
looked, w;>th its quiet old window*, and 
round-pebbled street, and church peeping 
down upon it from * wooded crest, and au- 
other church brandy sending I Kick tbe took, 
and, above all, two very tiny hrldg«w,*rnr«*»- 
ly half a pipeful of tobacco upin. Lai sure- 
ly aud rwinil-fsvod folk live here, with n 
lurge amount of fruotle fat m-**,and ahre.-idth 
of brogue so spacious that even a IVvau- 
sbire man can hardly make out what Iho 
boy» are hollowing to our another. They 
all said, “ Servant, sir," to Mr. Short, a* 
soon os they hud hern hi* borer and white 
tie; for the coaches, then running through 
tbe town from Falmouth, had a tendency to 
import good manners Wherein the railways 
do an export trade alone. Sturdy urchins, 
vying w ith now another, without any dream 
of a halfpenny for gueriUm, Iml Mr. Short 
to Mr*. lVthcrieVs shop, while Tiwmpater 
stopped at tbe - White Hart," considering 
the important subject of refreahment. 

If Mr*. Pelberiek hmi a fault (beside* the 
original ana of curiosity, which »Un«lvUi in 
the following of Eve), it was that site pre- 
ferred a new customer to an old one, being 
taken with tbo bounty of tbe bird in the 
bush, lu the present hmoe days of Co-oper- 
ative Store* (when Hie noble mind be*it.xti>* 
betwixt tlie pang of paying twice too tuiich 
for a thing, aud tbe pain of aggrieving a 
Hue neighborly spirit) it may he true wis- 
dom, in a solid tradesman, to flit about after 
fickle winds of money, lu-ranse he ho* no 
sore Uudv-wind. Hut forty year* ago a 
haji-liaxaid shilling might emJ Itmlf on tbo 
counter while the hook* were being done. 

11 And what cau 1 do for you, sir, no w f It 
is a pleasure to sec a new face in Okobnaip- 
lou; tho b i tt e rn of oar wiud tiisjp n beau- 
tiful color into tlie cltrck* of our vIhIUuw. I 
hope you are ciiBio to make a long slay, sir. 
Tbe change of the wenther make* such a 
difference, don’t it f Tlie clergy ought to 
go for change of air more often. -Surely 1 
must have the p lea s u re of *etdug tlie Kev. 
llrown, of Mansion f" 

“ I heartily hope that yon may. Mrs. I’eth- 
erick,” Mr. Short answered, without sarpriie. 
lieiug twd to the *ty|n of the lie von shop- 
krvpctw ; "bat I fear that you will havo to 
wait some time, for he is in the haiuht of 
three doctors now." 

“Ah, poor dear! It i* very hard upon 
hitu. What a wicked tiling tkat gnnt is. to 
be sore! It always attache tin* clergy so 
bail. And what a lovely art of lacu ( sold 
him! — perhups yon have aoen it npou Mrs. 
Brown, sir ? Necklet, with lappels down to 
here, aud cuff* to matrh, amt u wide turn- 
over, all of tbe tiiimt Honiton. And tben 
tbo lady wanted more, and 1 made sure that 
you was come aliout it. But what can I do 
for your good lady, air I Elina, bring me 
drawer No. Ik We have just done n set of 
wew (Shiny -coster pattern, the fashionable 
flower at tho young Queen's court, all draw- 
ed Drat on tu«uc-pu]H.T,aud improved by my 
own hund, air.” 

"They urn indeed beautiful," said Mr. 
Short. " How I envy your taste. Mr*. Petli- 
crick! Bat, ala*, at pn-M-ut there is uo 
Mrs. — All, tliere, I win going to b« rude, 
and tremble you with my uainc, which would 
not interval you." 

"Yea, indeed, it wuald, air, very much. 
Sometimes it appaare lo me very hard that 
we poor shop-kaopere should lie bound to 
keep our on u names over the door, ami yot 
have no idea who rings the bell. Hid It 
ever strike you in that light, airf 

“Never, till now. But 1 at once roufciu 
the grievance- Hut, oh. Mr*. IVthetick, you 
know loo much already. 1 hear that you 
arc tbe cleverest Indy in OkehiuupUiii.~ 

“Only in the way of luces, sir, and book- 
learning, ami politeness. There ore many 
a* can bay and sell me, because what they 
aall Is mostly rublo*h. 1 Just gel the cost 
of the thread, and tho mar, and tlie victual* 
ciy young ladies cal*. You may non them 
at work, if yon cuinr here. They like to Im 
I'H vked at by a gentleman ; lint away go 
their pillows if a tody peeps iu." 

" Come, ruBio, Mr*. IV 1 1 wrick, you are too 
hail. I did not moan to hoy any luce. Bat 
have you any pattern in re»>-*r I know a 
young tody quite a child—” 

"Theo,asr, 1 have the very thing for you. 
Mimc-dsm-s In the bod, uiy own designing; 
tho lovollest thing, ami mi rtutooiiable !" 

The parson bought a very pretty piece of 
work fur a couple of guineas, and wna hav- 
ing it pneked, when the coach from Fal- 
mouth, tbe old IVIUuce. came over the west- 
ern bridge at a brisk trot, wilh* great borti- 
biowiug, aud pulled up at tho itiu. Mrs. 
I’etherick rushed to the window to gaze, 
and her customer opened the door to do thu 

*• My gcsstiics* ! there he ia. I shall drop, 
sir, I dial! drop," Hie lillU woman cried; but 
she did not drop, though brr ruddy choeks 
lowtali tlicir color. " What a burriliig*bnmn 
it ia to oar country that aneb a villain alionld 
walk tbe earth P 


Mr. Short, wtlhiMl asking what »hr meant, 
stepiwd hark to Is; wore that *h« did not 
wuiit help; and then, instead of going to the 
door again, took a chair aud sat down to 
watch tire coach through lire light things 
hanging in tire window. There wna Bulb- 
ing unusual, so far aa he eould see. The 
coachman did what a coachman always docs, 
or did, until be ls<ea(ue extinct. He threw 
down thu reins, with a nondewoondlng nod, 
handed hia whip to a gentleman behind — 
for the gentleman on the box dcaccuded to 
aland treat— acnl then after thumping him- 
self on tire cbeel, although it was a shirt- 
sleeve day, down he went very clumsily and 
slowly, own a* a boatman Is cure of tlto 
worst to got into or ont of hia own boat. 

“Ho ia a most alMteoiinu* mao," said Mrs. 
Pelberick ; “ at this time of year, ho scarce- 
ly ever lake* anything stronger than bran- 
dy and lewouadi-. That man has fourteen 
children. And he scarcely looks flvo-and- 
thirty yet. lie is planting hia children all 
along the read. He drives twelve stages, up 
one day, ami down tlie next; and they oay 
Hut he iitoana t« have two children at every 
stage, all horn iu holy matrimony, a* I my- 
self can testify, because his wife waa a bar- 
maid here." Tbe lady of tbe shop hail now 
recovered frivtn her scare, and seemed aux- 
toM to itivert attention freuu it. But the 
partem would not bnv* it so. 

- If I may a*k n it liout iudcnc»»,“ ha raid, 
“ what was it that frightened you w ben 
tbe coach came in f They all seem very 
quiet, tidy people. My sight is pretty good, 
I can are Ui»ir fore*, and 1 CAB not won 
anything formidable yet. I'erlisp* Ilia one 
that frightened you jumped down before 1 
looked.’' 

*■ No, air; Ire I* than), with his ahnnldrra 
toward its, and hi* hark against a brewn- 
luired trunk, 'i’btwo day ooaeliee carry no 
projHT gnanl ; tlu-y only have a boy to blow 
tlie horn; and the man I mean ia aitting, or 
■touching, next to tbe one who i* oppoaite 
tbs boy. There ! he has pal his hand up to 
his chtu." 

|i» as newnsrsa.) 

KOClIEJsTER CATHEDRAL. 

TlIK exterior of thin cathedral ia not pre- 
puMnwlng; It i* wen to the beat advantage 
from the height* abova Chatham, rmng over 
the curve of the Medway, a* it then groups 
with the Norman keep of tbe castle aud tin* 
tree* which cluster ruoud the donjon omnnd. 
Tliere are, however, some very interesting 
portion* in the OvilWin tower and the 
choir transept. Tlie nave it eutered under 
a line portal arch, containing images of 
HkXKV I. UDd Queen Matiuia: above it are 
aralptnreo, wilh our Lord sitting in doom 
or majesty. Two arvnded turreta dunk the 
large I'l-rpeudU-utar OMitrnl window. On 
the north side of the nave there is a cem- 
etery dour, by which tbo parishioners left 
the chilit'b, having visited in prorewsoMi ht. 
WrujsM'e all rise, entering at first by the 
north iloorway of the main transept; on the 
south side simsl the almonry. 

On the northcoat aide of the Early Eng- 
lish transept ia the rude and niOMsive tower 
of IvL'NtiL'Lf'H, with the wax chamber, *«cri*- 
t *■'■ chaqirer, and treasury, approacbod lioth 
from above and l*d<iw. Trans of tho avail 
and chimney for baking altar-bread in one 
of tbe chaiuliers are stilt visible. 

Tbe nave is Normso, of tbo time of OCX- 
DCLMI and EUCCLFH; the clrar-etuty and 
north aisle wimlows have PcrjieDdiculor tra- 
cery of thu Siiniw date as tbe ceiling. Tire 
tnforlnm U simply a deep arcade, for there 
is uo vaulting over tho aislee. The two 
eastern boys were reconstructed with the 
tower iu tire fourteenth century; thu door- 
way which led to the rood loft rcituuiu ini 
the north side ; a large choir entry w*» then 
formed under the crowing. On the south 
side the Lady chapcl or new work, of the 
eariy port of the fifteenth century, oocuptee 
au titiu*«al poaitiou outside the aisle at the 
east end. Tlie tomb of 8t. William adjoin- 
ed thu original Itody-altar in tbe north wing 
•f the choir transept; thu remainder of the 
church is Eariy English. From tlie main 
transept a flight of ten stair* I nail* up to 
tbo in. d-ton nt the entrance of the choir, 
which i* built over a crypt, Tire crossing 
was left free for the passage of (lie monk* 
in eolcriog from the cloisters, which lay 
eastward of the transept. The indy-water 
stoop mark* the doorway by which they 
came In. 

The choir, very mrow, ia walled off from 
the uidea by arcaded screen*, which were 
colored. Some Early English portions of 
tire uDcanupied stalls and a mural painting 
of the “ Wheel of Fortune" ore (iresorved. 
Stairs iu the sooth aisle lead down to tlie 
crypt; anc-tbor flight of steps in the north 
aisle levl pilgrim* up to Ht. William’s shrine, 
or that of Ft. Fa tux is, which wn* plated 
here in an unusual position. Tlie south 
choir aide, or Ft. E dm end’s chapel, to of the 
tiuiu of Edward 1. Tho whole rvtrochoir 
wi cillivr side ia uushapely. Ths cutuu 



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eaataro tmi ho* vaulting of tbe thirteenth I 
rentnry. Thai choir tranwrpt mark* the ili- | 
ii»ioo between the choir and the prraby- 1 
tery. It baa an eastern aide for chapel*. 
Hangings of tapestry closed the arches of 
this transept. At the high altar, in I SSI, 
the chaplain of lb* deprived rector of Brom- 
ley, with bell, book, and caudle, rxcoenma- 
nlratad the bishop, and duly suffered for hie 
temnnty. The beautiful doorway o-f the 
oaeristy, bnilt over an undercroft, is ia the 
southeast angle of the choir Irmiwrpt ; it ia 
•f the fourteenth century, aod has wulp- 
tnrra of the four Latin Bather*, Butgatoty, 
and the Church and Synagogue, aa a woman 
Idiud-foldsd holding the two talilcw. 

The ilinruiiiDi of the cathedral arc, in- 
ternally, 313 feet iu length; wave, 159 feet 
long, 86 feel wide, and 55 feet bigli ; main 
transept, 1*13 feel in Irngtb, 30 feet In 
width. otul 5ft feel in height ; choir trazi- 
aept, Vi feet long, M feet wide, and 5& feet 
m height; chnir, M feet long, ti- feet wide, 
slid 55 feet high ; presbytery. 91 feel lung 
and 30 feet wide ; central tower, 150 feet 
high; Oumxfr.nt'n lower, 1*4 feel long, lit 
wide, and 9ft high. 

In 1075, four socular canon* were living 
here ou a pittance. Bishop (iosmvtrv, in 
10KI, began to rebuild the eatbeilrul for 
Benedictine monks, and completed the eaat 
end, crypt, and a north amt probably a 
south lower, Bishop Krm lph, nlM.ot 1115, 
addml the nave and west front, and the ilmil- 
eatlou eras held on May «, 113(1, In tlie pera- 
ence of HsttWY 1. On June 3, 11 lie, the ca- 
thedral wna burned, and ou April lu, 1177. the 
central part of Uie church woe injured by 
fire. In 1315, King John plundered the 
eharrti even to the pyx that bung above the 
altar- After Ui* eanoulxotlon of St. Will- 
iam, money flowed In, and tbfl presbytery 
and Ita crypt, with tbe choir ttanaept, wcio 
bail! about WOO. The luaiu transept was 
then rebuilt, and the church dedicated on 
November ft, 1980; lmt tlie new choir bail 
I wen already occupied since May 9, 19*7. 
On Oood-Priday, I1SS4, the trim;* of Simon 
Moxttokt, entering with knights oa horse- 
back, made pnsoncrsof t be monks, tore from 
the altars worihi pjiers who were commem- 
orating our Lord’s Passion, destroyed the 
niouumeuta. and turned Ibo nave into sta- 
ble*. In 13(3, Bishop Hmir Iruill the sac- 
risty, and the central tower as a belfry, 
with a wooden spire, and inserted the deco- 
rated windows in tbo south wing of the irau- 
nept and other ports. 

The cloisters were built by Bishop Glin- 
vii uc, bonce called a co-foamler, 11*15-1915, 
Tim refectory was adibd about 133d. Tbo 
alleys had tx> stou* arcades, and tlwi monks 
used blinds when the sun wan hut. They 
communicated with tlie tmuarpt by ou en- 
try. aod by a slype under ita wall with the 
almonry court. Tlie cbapleT- house, 1115, 
retains the arcaded eaat wall, and tbo west- 
ern arch** of tbe front, wrought with tbo 
diaper which marks Emmi'LIMI'* handiwork, 
and the signa of the sodiue. with throe rich 
windows above. The next doorway, that 
of the slype, leading to tbe monks' ceme- 
tery, bua a sculpture of the '■‘Sacrifice of 
Iaaar." Tlivre arc two other doorways, owe 
of which opened probably Into thn naiinion- 
rooan iu an undercroft- There are so non few 
renaaiua of the refectory, ita pawago to a 
pnlpit, and lavatory — Early English. Tbe 
cemetery gate on the northwest, tlie prior’s 
gate, ataiut 1330, on llm southwest, part of a 
system ofcmtallatiou licensed by tlie crown, 
tlie gateway arch leadiug to tbo prior's 
lodge, and a small tower arch, which open- 
ed into the southwest angle of the cloister, 
remain, bt. WlU jam's gate, fronting tbe 
north transept door, the Infirmary, and sac- 
ristan's rlteqner, were on thn northeast of 
the cathedral, aud the guest - house on tbo 
•unthrwst, within the precinct walla, which 
were extended to n considerable distance 
from the church ou tbe south and east iu 
t lie rclgu of EJ»WARt> 1IL 


ENGLISH GOSSIP. 

[Facm Ol a Ow» ruMcxarowMNT J 


Tbe VaratwaUen Pr**».-Tt 
-Piwcl Cri.lra - Hsaw 
-Copplfrt ka China 


i TUltxol fir— HrrMly. I 


IN the old days of imprisonment far debt 
there was a story told of a certain nervous 
and ■luperuuUiua gentleman, » ho, if any one 
touched him on tha arm by accident, would 
Inquire, apprehensively, "At whose suitt" 
The bailiff is uo longer tho terror to evil- 
doers that lie was wont to be, but a touch 
on tho arm puts us more on tbe qai rite than 
ever. “ Yah P 1 wo say (even the most refined 
of im) ; “ mind my vaccination spots T Ev- 
ery lowly, save that small pr«|»>rt hmi of mis- 
cliierou* Idiots who mistake an ignorant 
obstinacy far the suffering for ouiucletice' 
mike, is Just now “ having it done." Aud 
" Has it taken I" is the great quest ion of the 
hour. There is a tremendous run ou “ arm 
guaTils" at the chemist*' simps, while, on 
tlie other hand, the demand for low ilns»* 
at tii* mlUlueu' ha* perceptibly dec re-joed. 


Even tho poMliMi fur “ thought-reading" has 
subsided a little, since the arm uf the vic- 
tim is the limb which the operator is natu- 
rally moved to piucll tu moisting psycholog- 
ical inquiry. 

It ia U»t often Hist patronage rcroaunenda 
Itself to U*r, even if It Ukcw a shape that is 
onuimelidable, but the new society formed 
•gainst tbe ooutiauous changes of foshinu 
iu ladies' dress, and for the prouioiion of 
health and euae in the same, lias, uotwitfa- 
atsndiug that it starts under distinguished 
auspices, my moat oinllal syiu|«itUy- Of 
late year* the mutation* of female costume 
have been not only frequent, hut violent. 
Within a very few year* tbe peudulura of 
fashion Ilb* swung from the extreme of 
breadth to the Ultima Thule of uurrowuoM. 
Only imagine tlie neuaalioti which a I inly iu 
a rrinoliue would make lion among a bevy 
of her own sex, whose clothe* lung around 
their fnir form* a* though they were so 
tunny Ophelias rceeutly escaped from drown- 
rag. anil whrexi garments have been wrung 
out. To this drc«H, In which they look v»w- 
etl to Neptune, an Iuiish-rm* train is added, 
w hich. Independently of tt* tripping up oth- 
er people, baa to be furtively kicked aside in 
onler that the wearer may advance in nnr 
direction It is possible that we have not 
reached the limit of Uldeonsues* aud ioeoa- 
ventaic* even yet, and that tho luillinrra 
may Uw devising some Mill morn mniiktroiiH 
garb, the ono practical proviso of which Is 
that it hUbII be expensive. A certaiu I'nrU- 
ian lodv whom Greek profile ia faultless has 
lately defined u good figure as "the refuge 
of the ugly"; and certainly we ba«« row 
ns cry opportunity of observing whether la- 
dle* of fashion in our uwn country have 
that refuge or not. The object uf the soci- 
ety I speak of ia In peniuade ladies to think 
a little for themselves, aod to adopt what is 
becoming, even if ft is not quite so costly an 
the present atyle of attire. It will suggest 
costumes iu which graceful movement is 
powsible, and, above all, will avoid those 
injuries to health to which Foaliiua shows 
herself so gmsslv indifferent. 

U*i weak is funiowB fur thn discovery of 
a mialrst Fiviirli man. It U probutity fur 
the first time that any one uf tiie Gallic Ha- 
lloa has IiimI his hand upon Lu heart, ns M. 
Survey, the draumtiu critic, liun done (“Mud- 
eel, though Hartwy," sliosihl lw his motto), 
and owned that anything was lellif duoe 
•nit of 1'aris than In it- He iiduiiu, how- 
ever, tliat tbe English study tbe French 
theatre accurately, “so that they know it 
even in ita leusl important works; while as 
for me, outside Sliaks|Hisrc. I have only read 
a few works whose celebrity has overcome 
my iudlffeiecirr. It ia nut mine nhiiic, how- 
ever; we Freuchmeu are all more or lesa iu 
tlie same slntr. Foreigners ilo out interest 
ns." Oft he trulh of this there is no dvutrt ; 
and H. Barmy might have added that there 
i* no r i vilUed nation under heaven that i* so 
grossly ignorant of everything which dura 
not jiertam to their uwu national life aa the 
French. It uniat he cun feared, however, 
that liHd not M. Surrey chained to Meet 
with a clique of Imiulon critics who, If 
anoMiwliat given to magnify their office, do 
really make a kind of study of their prufra- 
sion. hi* iMlinitittiuu for our knowledge of 
our neighbor* and I heir cuurerus would 
have been greatly mitigated, even if it hail 
Imen exritvd at all. •• Foreigners do not In- 
terest iis" k* a remark that we may. If we 
are houest. apply tu ourselves, though in 
certuin circles there is nil affectation uf re- 
gard for them which I fear is not more than 
sklu-dorp. It riMifiMM itself principally tu 
the personal appearance of the actrnmra 
who come over with the French company 
in tbe Londna aeaiMiu. 

It is not generally known, but we are get- 
ting very Arc-ailiau iu London. In Welling- 
ton Street lost week a swarm of bees aam-m- 
Ued. not in the (ianUati't Ckn isicfr ulBiv, 
nor iu Mr. Butter’s Jleekirt, as by rights they 
should have dune, but in the .truyaad .Vary 
Garstlr office. What hooey they expected 
to get out of that, not even Mr. Darwin can 
tell U* ; 1wi as lb* sweetest soelite lire pro- 
curcd from the ino»t unlikely aitbstauere, 
so it may be with honey. - Mr. Tngetineier,” 
wo are told, “ at once procured a box" <1 *up- 
poue frem the Lyceum Theatre opposite), 
" iiod hived tin-in. in the pmenee of imi us- 
tunUhed crowd." Bc«u, mitres under a gluvn 
citae, I duu't admire- I never believe “ if 
yon will only keep quid aud let it aettlu" 
f perhaps on yiKtr nose), thut a bee won't 
sting yon ; aud what I dislike even more 
than being taken “ to we tbe »tnhleo" at a 
friend’* country boiUMi is twiug introduced 
to hi* apiary, tjtill, bur* (if there is a Te- 
getmeier to hive llteiii) arc eudurabte- What 
I do object to is the immigration Into town 
of uumqtlitoes. Of late summer* they hum 
regularly appeared in Buuth Belgravia, and 
they are there now. I bad rather live in 
BnitonTille with llua* lung na it wus uut 
of ita prison), than in Belgravia with mos- 
quitoes. Ono ho* already bitten am Irish 
member, tbe piapcra »uy, -and ptevculcil 


him from attending to hit Barllanseutary 
datie*." This vectii* a »t range story. It t* 
surely a very £*r fetched exca*e fur un ex- 
treraely eoinmua omission . aud it lias also 
the flavor of a imaii prodigious puff, fur who 
Isilievu* that Iriali members livs ill Bel- 
graviaf Iluwevrr, III thrae Imiul L**gll* 
times (with geueruiu American *y tupalby ), 
everything is pcwsiMe; and it is cerlmii, 
whether tbe buuurable geutleniau i» iu Bel- 
gravia or not, the tnu»qiiit<Kw ore there. 

Iu China 1 read that there is a perpetnnl 
copyright fur au author’s product ion*. Tlie 
lufriiigement uf it U |. HiaUi.il by a hundred 
blows on the feet, aud trunsportatiuu for 
three year*. The first penalty i» nduiiiulilc, 
hat I iloabt whether tlie second would al- 
ways hare a deterrent effect. Would a Chi- 
cago pirate publisher, fur example, live in 
Chicago if be could help it 7 Howe ver, tbe 
principle is excellent, anil except fur Mr. 
Thomas Hughe*, who hud ml her lm read 
than remunerated for his writings, and Mr. 
Leslie Bteplirn, who dm-sn’t see why he 
should ho pnM for them at all, China most 
la) ail Elysium for author*. If it wasn't for 
tho difficulty I experieiH-ii ID acquiring lan- 
guages, and for tlie ae*-|kiaaagc, which t* uf 
cimsuleniliWi length, 1 think 1 should obtain 
letters of nat lira beat iuu aud become a Co- 
lestiul before my tiwu. 

Tho man in Baker Street who hits the 
garden on hi* roof-top is said to be getting 
on capitally with hit i iicuuiliere and French 
la-an*, and to havo *ocuc pronnw, of »trntr- 
berric*. It may he to, blit 1 have M rained 
my eyes in vain in trying to catch sight of 
his garden frem the street in question (a 
straw down one's law k Is disagreeable, but 
it'* nothing, let me tell you, to a crick In one’s 
ircrk). It is iiiipwaibie, at all event*, that 
those French beaus cau lie very tall. If tbe 
Journalist who narrates this marvel is in 
want of M copy," and liiids the subject t«n 
great * strain upon Ida imagination, I would 
recommend him to turn to Oar Mutual t'rimH, 
where he will find a very detailed aecoiiut 
of a garde u ou a roof-top. K. Kxmuu:. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

It U said that the receol buvliig of fosr mill, 
i.m acre* in Mu I, la by lUmilton Ife-uin, „f Phil- 
•dripliis, »w the lirgi-,t p-ircharc nf bad ever 
made by an iml>ndu*l. Tlie dra.1 >u given by 
the Ktaie, and it is wndi-ratiaxl that tlie mice n> 
•bout two dollar* [or aure. It is raid that the 
land WAS bwgbt for tin- |inrpuw> of fpecwltlina. 

The lightning thi* searen has Iwra uf aliuiHl 
uapreocdenlrel »rrcricy. A *i»gle boil killed tsu 
Kentucky mule*, and will had force enough tu 
bury Itself iu tbe ground. 

A tnaubre of the Tctni I.cgi.Utiuc was a wit. 

no* is a civil suit. His ret-lic* Alai voluntary 
•c*tciu«nu were of * rambling aud sot wholly 
rrapoctful nature, and thn Court reprimanded 
him III these word*: “Yus will plea m> pty at- 
Uailott to *1*1 you arc sating. fUmaCBber you 
aro no* In the Ligulatarv at preauuC 

The only pawnbroker iu Toinbstnne. Arizona, 
ha* been omtic!*«l of a fekniv. The reyMrt of 
the trial ckras with Die information that ~ iu-ma 
of tbe jurors bid la* ticket* iu their pockcU." 

After footing np the aniounu wild tu httw 
tecs cleared in this country during tha pa* 
snmsciuciit KM-icin by popraUr AcUire and actrrwa. 
0*, It I* difficult to uuiicrHaud bun any onn ,1-* 
cu bare made any b>uim-t, unit** Uni haUime of 
trade L-ta wu lid* and oilier coanlritw has teen 
mucli more favorable Ui tin- I'uicnl Slairw than 
tlw liguro* of M-xoMsbU Imr* iL But before 
piling way to «wty li siaild laj well to think of 
III* .a>l bw* ouffered by tlw Mar* nf the the- 
atriiwl linwu-ul Uirough tin- iliaumiid rohtxiius 
of whech they tare b**-n the victim*. 

A signal Matiaci in Arinin* lias on record fur 
this *co»n A temperature of cm e hundred and ten 
deg red In tbe >hadc. 

A pcoviiuca of a new liquor law which went 
into i-tfn-1 in Kliisln Llaml cm July I la tils' no 

shall tai granud to Sell iiqw*m within 

four liuadrwl fort of a pebltu aclmol. It nauuii 
to be fe*fl whether Ui* bottk or tha M.-hoo|. 
houses will be moved oM nf the State. 

The OoncCTnoaoc Lnnd ssk*. “ Who is Schacht- 
raeiderT" Another hard one would be. Where 
and what Is Octmoninwoc » 

A phnbgraplicr in Bradfurd, Itlinoi*, remamit 
u*l suiriiW. Supgrwtxm toe an epitaph : “ Taken 
frem life by biawrit." 

A writer claim* llwt England’* boast that die 
run nevrc Set* in her dianuin is no more than 
may lie truthfully s-i»l d Ida own country by the 
pwtriotir citizen of tlie United Sutra. Before tho 
stm'a rays Jiwppcar from the American flag at 
the most westerly point of the Alcitian Iilamti, 
he clalatd, tiny touch it again at Calais, Maine. 

A daring tlworiet In France acowata fur thn 
ruaar uysuirinut ilm|i|Msnao-i by awgrewtri-g 
llial tom* uf Lbrwa are OHM of actual am] total 
durailuliun — uf uutauuorons cunicnwn into 
thin air, la support of H* t'tirery this writer 
avers that he was unor walking with a frwod, 
uiigagni iu A pu&I.’al ducusaiun, wucu, presto ! 


a aiiteig utlpliurc*** smell wn» all that mamiid 
of ha disputation* ixwr.psniou. I'i-rbapf the oior 
*•* that of the di»UHiion, and thn friend but 
dro|i|K-i around the owrucr to shake luuda with 
a roudidatc. 

The claim 1 * put forth from a nK-uiifain reoort 
that them » tumid bw aesne Awlhuritstive dcci-i. n 
•a to whut rou.-lHutra a watering place. It U 
■rgtd ri'»l a claim; Itowdcr sign and a mud-pud- 
die arc Inadequate. 

Biradih ami fr.-c.kcn of critic lira which rma» 
of inli mate know |.-dge of eveiita ia tbs artistse 
world are MmpUfed In a mention of tbe per 
fnnc-ir- e of a muiitrrl Iroopo which rcoeutly 
viraled Canon, Nevada. Ilf one of tlie art in* it 
i» written lint be " wa* squally at Inane in the 
elaborate figure* uf Utr national hoe-down of 
L oui s ia n a, and Ills iv*.t»w sad swaying motion* 
romiaiM on* of the N aiitcb girl* of India. Tbrre 
was tu ns**t of an 0 M i Mira ; hi* a»Tcinrets all 
luygcit**! niurie in it* highert fortML The bob 
amw nf li* lot," tbe critic goes on, " leaning gracn. 
fully against >he wing*, formed a picture wliii* 
would have delighted a squad of Metropulilaa 
Folio*.’' 

Tbe aniuual wiund of a swarm of here moriag 
through the air was beared tbs other day in ono 
nf tlie down-town -Irvota A rain with prraento 
of rnUrd a.L.ini.li— 1 I In- other liwtouer* by begin- 
nlng to taut a wild tattoo on the head of an emp- 
ty barrel. The Imt «u-werod hir coll, sad clus- 
tered oo an object near him, and they w«to auo 
hand. 

The roach nf the Cerarli Uaircrslty boat rre-w 
in Engtaed, instead of krepiug al-raart of ilui 
narvmen in a rironi Lamb, ndca aktig the bank 
of the river o« horse tuck. 


A wosnan who kept a tsamling hnure in San 
Francisco hid far a boarder an im|ior>in*c>B in- 
r-ir-incc agnuL She wa* on the point r.f turning 
the vmiog man away, wlnm he offered to rcitlo 
hu bill by giving her au insurance polkv for 
tine* th.-uund •lolur* on her life. The »-«jii 
•ivrpuvl the .iffer, and tii* policy was mule pay- 
able to her little daughu-r. In the Callow log 
we*-V >U* wa* taken rick, and after a few day* 
*be died. The insurance money wa* paid to Hi* 
child’s gusnhazL 


A jew | that is drradod by takgrapli upwrators 
is a railway office at L-.tui*to<ie lisp, in tho Choc- 
taw Nation. It is rol.1 that mo* hm than a hun 
dred opmtors have U-m *eut tu that lonely f(M, 
and llitt none ha* mnaiiii.l uairr than two week*. 
Those win, ha..- trii-d it relwrti witb blorel^ur-i 
ling stories of thr nightly orgies nf «|mok* of the 
lowest glad.'- After an u|ierator b»* a 

Wrek'i aerrioa thsre. be i* regardoi by tbe men 
aiuiig the Lino ue a vrteiwu. 


tVilumfala Col logo went Into the boat-race with 
llaivanl at New l-mr-don with fear mtu who liad 
Uwo pulling together fur some have, and with 
fimr other iscn to BMkr up the crew. Harvard 
wefit mto the rare with a wcll tialloal night, aud 
rosily defeated the Colaaitiia four and the rm-n 
wlm were ciidcaiuiuig with litthi practice' lu pell 


Cbiarwe mcrclunt* lu nthrc land* thin China 
reldota figure aiming Iwnknipc*. The recent 
failure- of Hup III A Co., a finu in Now twiutli 
Wilw, with Uabiliti.» of over fifty thn—«nd dol- 
lars, t)i reef un: oneuiouud a»rt stirpriwr lu trado 
circle* tlior*. To American ears tlie firm unto* 
•uggeata tlie firm'* present condition, it bedog a 
muV of oquiTaleut few tlie commi-mal plmire 
“ going up.- The rafonnatlau at lisod ik*-» not 
a fluid an IMnr to the question whetlier the 
Clunra* in AuMrslia have yet luarnni huw- to be- 
OHM wealthy through financial failure*. 

Horae German of a statlrtlco! tsni of mind ha* 
•■TOO in thi* country, or jerbaji. Iuu been read- 
tng s French book of travel ia America. A liv 
tie paper printed la Ihrnuasy »y*, "A slatutl- 
cian tliursHighiy aorpialntol with figure* uni era 
■is that the Anurtia* women yearly use ewagh 
cmiuulto* to pwiu* 87.IWO Iiouk-j." ' 

In hi* oration on the anniiersarv of the battle 
of Bunker HID. the Hon. ICobert C. W lutlirop esm- 
gnitulatcl the Itoelua-dns un the fai* that the 
esoesunent not bring a monolith, - there will be 
mi temptation fur arelixdngisu tu dial orate it 
from ita rightful lurreuojluge, aod hear it away 
to strange and uncongenial rliiura.” Ber*uua in- 
teert ujwn bearing away ul-juru id art am] anti, 
qnily would not Lw teni|K<d to carry off the trrerv 
u oral anyway, to king u tlie choke of pam- 
iag the Navy-yard alack remained for them. 

Bcnuai li-.mil IrgiaUtitn. are apt to forget in 
•djuuru ill! tlie iihiww of their wnlBlianM. ckioi- 
oring Ui hstn the day of adjavsiaent nude a to- 
gal Indiiby.awakeu Uttnn to a scum of their ob- 

Two erperimcoul shaft* for th« |wupoaed Pzn- 
nel andrr tbe EnglUh Cliamwl hate been sunk 
Oil tbe Eugiuh tide, *»J two on tbe French aide, 
and front vat of Lt>« *11411* rank m English scui 
* gallery twenty smn fret in diameter and some 
twenty- live buinln*] fret long lev* bra* driven. 
It lot* bran ft hi ml that the earth tlicre 1* buper. 
lucalila to water, and it i* ertinutcd thut thr tun- 
nel heading could lie tamed along at tbe rate nf 
two mi Ira a year. Ulliilar cl|nv-iui-»iti. rea tbe 
French ride jmtify tbo same coorkMiona It is 
•aid tii*t the Ewglish and vb» 1'rmrfi tunnel cum- 
pwuic* hire agreed to bore a mile farther each, 
when Ihry crprel to bare sufficient infofmaUoa 
at liand to naUr llami to »rriie at a treaty for 
tlw cutnpirUuli of tho work. 


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JULY 1«. I Ml. 


THE WATER JUMP. 



A VENETIAN SUPERSTITION 
Among the cnrioni anperalltlon* with which w* Mill 
sometime* meet I* the sailors' fancy of whistling for ilia 
wind, anil I have known curt where naval edBeera of high 
rank have caat money into the sea to obtain a fnir breere. 
Tbia. no doubt, hoa ariaru from tin- well-known Venetian 
superstition of rnating a ring Into tho ooa to aoanago lla 
wrath. This custom m thongbt to have been derived from 
an absurd grant which Pope Alexander the Third pre- 
tended to give the people of Venice aa a reward for their 
hat ing assisted in hi* restoration to the papal chair, ri*„ 
that they alioald " have power over the Adriatic 8ea aa a 
nan ha* over hi* wife.'* Perhaps tbia waa aatire on lha 


part of tbo reverend Pope. There are men — married men 
—who will tay they have, without any grant at all, quite 
ns much power over one aa the other f But whatever ih*- 
otiv* there may be, tba fart remain* that lha Doga of Ven- 
ice (generally upon Aaccnaiiio-day ) nard to regard the cer- 
emony of ring coating np to a comparatively late period. 
He would otnrt In loyal Mate, attended by all the Venetian 
nohlee Inal bnwannd gondolas, 1 1 II be arri veil at one eapeeial 
•pot In the Adriatic. Then he amplied upon Ite bottom a 
large quantity of holy water wbleh bo hod taken with him 
for that parpouc, and which wai supposed to procure a cnlm. 
Ami tbia strange ceremony concluded, the Doge proceeded 
with great aolemnity to drop Into the ocean a very vain- 
able golden ring, at the come time repeating (he wnrda, 


‘*Dcapot»«ntnnt te, mare, in oignnm veri |n-rpetuiqne donii- 
iiil,” which. Iwing Interpreted, mean*, "We ee potto* thee, 
(l tea, In token of real and perpetual dominion over thaa.” 
lint notwithstanding thi* yearly betrothal, tbe Adriatic 
Sea. like oil oilier arna, haa maintained it* inilependenoe, 
receiving the gift* of the Duke of Venice with a omitlng 
face, lint giving no promioe in return. Indeed, the nt 
semis to l>e of a very Independent character, for there hoa 
never *«een bill One yet whoso voice the |ia» obeyed. Even 
the command of tbe great Canute that ahe should ccmie uo 
fnrther waa act at naught by her. So, after a while, the 
Doge, angered at what he considered her willful ftcklcncwa 
und iiUt inary, divorced her, giving her uo more golden 
ring* or wotda of promise. 




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DORATI'S COMET, SEPTEMBER. I» 

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS VISITOR 

1 1 SlUK'rr.Mir. fand lived In these days, he would hardly 
have made the f.i«li**r of Prince Hal, In describing (be art- 
ful seclusion of bia youth, ear. 


Comet*, no doubt, are 'or)' wonderful tiling* when studied 
in the light of or tone* : but tbo t nrionity they excite at 
present nrise*. .Iran gel) enough. from our intimate ac- 
quaintance with tbe hcnreul)- bodies, from which tliey dif- 


II EAD OF DORATI VI COMET. AFTER BORO. 

for *o widely, and nut from tbe condition of dense Mid 
evenly distributed ignorance in which the gniw-rollty nf 
svsu Intelligent men found tbenmelvea In the Elizabethan 
age. When Pnnce Hal passed nwuy na Henry V., tbe great 
drainatiat canoe* Bedford to cry out. 

"Comet., tnfottlnc chance of time* a*d Mate*, 

K-tndaft jr**» crystal liwa lu tbe ally. 

Oyd with Ibna smurf. lh» tad, nrrollt** Man 
Tau bur consented sow limy* deaehr 
AuJ there la no doubt that tbeoe line*, os Vntnifnl in tbefr 
atalely splendor a* the comets they address, appealed to 


the play-goer* of that day with a fores 
and intensity that we can hardly Ima- 
gine.for time and state and fate-coutod- 
ling stare were fraukly believed to be 
under tbu influence of these tnysterians 
visitor*. 

But whan, oa Thursday, the 23d of 
June, in this year of our Lord 18dt, n 
half-dozen observers - astronomers, stu- 
dents, Mexican travellers, and a loue po- 
liceman — announced in thu daily prres 
that they had seen a comet in lbs north- 
eastern sky, eimetcr- shaped, with the 
jewelled hilt pointed toward tbn hori- 
zon, and the curved blade sweeping up- 
ward across the sky, no one thought of 
twin# scared, no one questioned if “ tbe 
heavens were blazing forth the death nf 
princes'* ; hut every one, learned and sim- 
ple, set to calculating or gnesaiug what 
comet it was. Waa it the great comet of 

1WT Could it lie the one of 1H1S f Coni'- it rveu be fhixan'a, 
which delighted the world in 166B, and is, perhaps, the best re- 
membered liy the elder ineinliere of the present generation 1 
There is astronomer’s 'quest law" for au affirmative answer to 
each of these question*. Three weeks before, u puzzling tide- 
gnuu bad been received at the Naval Olu- i - story at Washing- 
ton, which read; “ Bnenosaires June 1. Eighteen hundred kneu 
comet si hours south thirty degrees gould. bich the initiated 
interpreted as an announcement by Professor tiOCLD, astronomer, 
at Buenos Ayres, Argstitiwo Republic, that he hod discovered the 
cornet of IW7 iu a certain position, which the Interpreters pretended to 
Identify, The visitor to the northern skies is held "nine scientists to 
be tbn Mine as tbe one seen by Professor Qut'LD. Others claim that It l* 
that of It? IS. And the latest announcement is tbs' i it OoxaTt’a, after 
all. What astntdsbne the piddle, as remarked nbu< r, i , th.it the astruno 
mere do not know all about it, and proclaim the di.'i iguislied guest will 
as much confidence as an nsher at a court hall, 

Hwt the astronomers themselves confess candidly that they are not hi 
any means "up” to tbe ways 
of ensnets. There ws* the 
famous one of 1770, knon u 
na LeXJU-'A— it will be no- 
ticed (but these way ward 
liudies are appropriated 
-rod christened, so to 
speak, by individual ob- 
servers *• if they were n 
sort of celestial /ervr as- 
rune, and liable to be 
r wight and branded like 
minting lior.es n bull 
ought, by nil the laws 
of mathematics, to have 
■ ome aronnil every five 
unit a half yean, anil 
n liit-h has nut been seen 
or heard of fur more (bint 
a century. There n as tbs 
more modern and pre- 
sumably better-behaved, 
rusnst named by SiguoT 
Htrt-A, which ought to 
have made lu regular 
call in 1£73, and whose 
absence Profeasor ALEX a* - 
DF.R M troche t. was obliged 
to explain by declaring that 
it had become really dis- 
sipated and irresponsible. 

The excellent profosaoreven 1. 1 tali' l*» VAHlUla t»«i 

went an fur as to say that 
tbu Irregular brbsvlor of this i-umet would 
probably tie capable of demonstration by the 
nrrarreiico of a shower id meteor* about the 
time nfhis next expected Tisit, allowing that. 

in .porting language, it had 
literally “gone all to piece*," 
mid the prediction waa ful- 
filled. 

IV.xsn’a comet of Km?. 

«hleli ws* generally admired 
11 . one nf I he Host brilliant 
and presumably wnlldiehawd 
of the superior class of comet*. 

■ ••initiated itself well enough 
mo far as ths general publi- 
could ree; hot tbn natron, >- 
lucre, who had na opportunity 
t« observe it in intimate inter- 
ronrae, did not runceal from 
each other that some of its er- 
rrntricitiea were very markrd, 
particularly in the matter of 
vapor* about Hie bend, which 
nometimen quite shocked their 
notions of what so fine a com- 
er t should really he. 

Tbe prewciit comet, it la 
proper to say, though it hn* 

* ••mo upon tlie Mens III a very 
Iiiiexperted nulnll.r, la being 
handled by ths astronosnicol 
police iu a manner tbnt mast 
excite geucrnl admiration. 

I'rofnswur Bum Uum.of 
New York, who bus started a 
sort of celestial rogue's gal- 
lery, has already sat up ull 
night several nights to secure 
n good photographic portrait, 
and lot announces that Wore 
he gda through he will have 

• tie that will make instant de- 
tection in the future perfectly 
feasible for any member of the 
force fit for Li* position. Aa 
is not uncommon in such cases, 
there has been tbe greatest 


difficulty in secur- 
ing a good silting. 
It i* itupraoUeaMs 
iu till, instance to 
strop the sitter to a 
chair, or to put a 
maple of policemen 
to hold him still. He 
not only I* In roo- 
st util motion, but bs 

has the advantage 

of brill g solar furty- 
bt •• million, ol mile* 

away from the cam- 
el ». and his persist- 
ent change* of ] ms- 
tore. to s-v) nothing 
of the way he hulee 
hi* fare and wrig- 
gles (if we may say 
»ol Us tail, make the 
ta.k of tin- photog- 
rapher very diffi- 
cult. But Profess- 
or Draftr is an 
old hand nt dealing 
with this class of 
sitters, anil be ha* 
tigged a couple of 
frb-seopes, with 
rl«*rk-woik to nice- 


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ly adjusted tbnl Mir; not ml; follow ev- 
ery movement Of I In- raiM*, but iuaniigf> 
that n|i»t pure nf liliu one dooett't rultli. 
tho otbnrdur*. Nor Ibis ulneie. llnfi-ranr 
lluamt u not content with a were photo- 
graph. Imt if after the rekoUal tramp with 
a spectrum m 4 * lot of contrivance* by 
vrlii.h h« eau tell very nearly » lift hut 
clulliliig U lit vie of. ai»<l by ©nmpariwK it 
hereafter o ith MflM constantly on baud. 
<»n identify him imimnllatvlv if ho alioulil 
a 1**111 mem- within Ik* I'tofvMMn'* super- 
vision, nmt, nuiinvn. can ilraw very need- 
nil* iofntlMni a* to 1ii» gi-ueral iiinditUm. 


|Kff« I, too, i» the nrRnmtsluil* «'f ooelety tit 
nnr time*. that Profrirenr DttirEii ho* been 
able to telegraph dmcnptlon* of the eouirt 
to every iinjmrfitiit point at which he is 
likvlj to mate hi* nppenraiK*. The uwtrncv 
einen of tin- whole civilized wnrUl lire after 
liim. with these descriptions id their tioto- 
tank*. aud it is itnpnwi l«l« now that be 
should escape without balng so thoroughly 
s|Mi||od that he rail nerve show hinioelf 
agutn lu thn vlrlulty of nliat PrufriHor 
llKarxatrllk professional nunrhaUnt'C calls 
“tliii Utile earth of our*’ without Wing 
promptly recnguized and put under aiirvvil- 


CH1NKSK BRIGANDS. 

T»ir, outlaw x nr declared hrlgnjnte. are in 
Chian a fniimhhtble fraternity. They in 
called In ibe lulnnd province*. »b«Tn tW 
pare court language is the orthodox stand- 
ard, by the name of Kouna-kotsou. or dra- 
. perudo. lint on the borders of Ills empire, 
in MaulvboorU, and no the reign of Mongo- 
lian Taitai.v, tin- Turkish words “urolis” 
oiid “ liaiduck ' reman into use - borrowed 
from the nomadic tribe* of the Tramvixia- 
man Kteppr. All throe wonlt, Chines* or 
Turkish, denote a daring nod avowed 




i to taw 


>t hate 


fnl of nil mliers to bureau erotic pednu 
like the fotnml maixlarir.i. 

The Konait-koncn are Ml the mnet un- 
popular persona in the ('ciitml Land: they 
are adinirwl by want SO, p m h ad by itn-n, 
snug of in th» rod* luatholn of the peasant- 
ry. and when they mingle in the crowd at a 
village fcstiral they are reganlcd pretty 
tnocb an the mnuntuiii hamtit in viewed by 
the rustics of Contien awl Sardinia. Thera 
have been CflilMM ReUl H*m 4* who have 
worn pigtails atol hiiIIii boots, anil qiuaftrel 
eorti-lirandy in tlir intervals of their y*t»- 
fewiunal dories, no doubt, ntol the hardy 
ruaramlers me not aelibon liheml of their 
ill -got wealth, mid M-slleriirniMig the Ion ly 
nlnit they wnnt fivitst the moneyed worhl. 
Tluwn free- ha cm led depredators do not rely 
eulirely on the popularity which tbeir ex- 
ploits and Mcidnnil gifts create fur tfivin 
luiiong the indigent olMMA They bat « 
•'on federate* in the rities; their spies haunt 
the uiiirkeiM iitnl hang atioui the mu*; they 
Inilr aIIk-b in the enemy's tamp, and pay 
huuiUoiiirly for intelligence. Here n police 
brigadter gives tiuicly wanting of an expe- 
dition against tlie Isand ; there a sleek eash- 
Icr notifies by writing that Sin-h mid Mich 
hub 1 *, ur mi lunch Tundy money, the proper- 
ty of his employers. will traverse a certain 
loud ot canal on a pnrticulnr day. 

'1 loo Konau-koiini are bold in well M 
wily; often it happens that they have been 
h.mrot, well-iiicaning folk In their lime, 
giKwlvd Into outlawry hv asm: persecution 
mi the pnrt of thn amgistriitra, ur stripped 
v<f tbeir patrimony by a lawsuit. Many of 
them cau *buw tire sciire of torments w nmg- 
ly inlliuted by 


> die i 




lire the lush fur a light or Imaglnury fault; 
some have been rm-inhera of n secret socie- 
ty .ami detec-tioii has turned them into beliste 
of prey. 

Not every one can he a memlier of theme 
predatory clubs. They lest their neophytes 
by a sever* Initiatory palmare, h) hunger, 
and puin, nml fatigue.. A iriMDenrineia oolli 
of (ibnluittn ami Bilebty is enforced liy the 
certainty of dire vengeance on the false 
brother; ami the Chinese avow Chat the 
faith idHKfvrsI by throe rutilwr* toward 
each other l» remarkably avlncod, cvcu un- 
der tortures tbs moat elaborate. 


HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE 

AN DiTALCABl* TONIC. 

Itrownatre Add Aramaic to antawilaaMe ressc 
H SWT 1 IBs. *■ “ . L Pssrf , U. a 


A HA ITT FAMILY. 

I'nllcd (ms llir bmrt. •qo**»cf| truer 

R<awls sill msi« aid wtlk alii err 
IWhj hilb-lii»li *11 IU»t nlfl.l- ^ ^ ^ 

Sight •:» 

Wikii colic Iclt; lor tcvo^fsl .im»u- 


Pos’t me imv Face Powder but IlianV am 
tea will always base a clear and beautiful skin 
Sold everywhere at 23c. a box. Three who pr* 
fee a lupivj peeparataio will fiad RikcrT Crew* 
of Ream the asret aatisfactorj artklc ther iwt 


rvaoje nf rare cautlc a<i"wcr» It Va^grcally mja-riur 

lu Gau Or Cuk-Rtir. 

L.»«*s I Kin. New PrryelcCrrs ^ 


D>|mS In liMitnv, So. t 




f three twaRtlfillehmtn ns 
Core ttxnocc Halil oas 
D hear Cklnta 


ADV'ERTISF.MRNTS. 

EPPS’S - COCOA. 

GRATEFUL- COMTORTINQ, 

"Hr a lanmrgti knowMee ot lie vwtwral Itws 
whlti the rreva;|on» ot <11 reel I OH tail It Bul- 

lion , and hr a cartful •pplkeailca nf ibr fiiw reo|enlta 
o| sal-MtKIal owua, Mr. K|tpa live pCMlikd <nr 
brsnkfafl -UMrt Otlh a drVatclr ianind S-tmci 
ullltil mat IIH lit mint Iwttr iwCiint’ ktL'a Ills 
h. II ir ri.fln.raa w ..t tntli ariievw nf ilirt that a 
fureiiicllmi maj he trsCullr mm sp univl tcraag 
•i.uxf I. to Here; eeviy |«Mwi U) J I -ease. HnnOlvCa 
ot rehtl" iralollre are Itoarln* uuubl at te«Jy in ic- 

Rul<y a tdsl than by k>v|.-tw oaredvet well foellAol 
wit* jure bltssl a*il a iuut*r<> uundakod tnona- - — 
Ot<f tfrrncv dmMi. 

Made «lm|ity with hrtllnr w«t#r <w milk. 

bold ocj In toSVisS hot, H mil lb.. lalwTM 
lAMI.S BPF8 A CO,, Kommyntliir 
Etn. 

Attn, fare's ri.wfvi Jbtciw far afterneein lit.. 

-fra l^rea-gigsatu itrter 


PURR SUOAR. 


| THE GREAT SAUCE 

OF THE WORLD. 


LEA & PERRINS' 


By a reteat invention, north or com regar 
nernHy known u r/ww), beretotore 
rtensively oted d>r confcctioocri. 
etc., has been made xo&dently dry 


(more generally known u p/ikdu). bcreti 
quite extensively oied nor c— i_ 


that it eon be pondered 
yellow Migxn. It rxlica the 

ilantUrd of arkir brgcly. bat not being so 


i erect reduce] the aaecbarioe ktrenglb, mak- 
ing it neoemory to on? more of the Article to 
all am the nsuai degree of rweelneva. Large 
quantities of thi* mixture are now being 
made nod soil under virions brands, bat all 
of them, so far ns we are aware, bear the 
words " New fracas “ in addition to other 

Aj refiner* of cone near, we are, is view 
of these facto, liable to be placed in a false 
pontine before the public, as the results of 
analysis of sugar bought indiscriminately, 
will seem to confirm the false and mnlxioot 
statemeaU of interested pcjwms. who alleged 
it was the caramon practice of the leading 
refiners to mix gbscose with then *ug»rx 
While not intimating that a mixture of glu- 
cose and cane tagar is injurious to bc»Tth, 
we do maintain that it defraud] tb< innocent 
consumer of Just »o tnweb sweetening power. 



In order, therefore, that the public cob get 
pure and in the condition It leaven 
fftoories, we now pot it op iu barrels 




Anil h*if karrrt r. 

Intide each package . 

on lee of ibr parity of the contents as follows 


II be found i 





Wt Amtr inform Me put'ii 
rtfintd mjan lent; it teitty *f tkt pmJrnrt cf 
raw in ran rtjinrJ. A'eitArr Cnurtt, Mu- 
riirtr tf Tin, Muriatic Acid, tur any otter 
fenipt luhtauie seArtrere it, rr rtrr hat 
teen, mixed **>A them. Our Sufart and 
Srntjh art ntiu/miefv unaduStmleJ . 

Amdavit to the iWc effeet io New York 
papers of November i8tb, 1S78. 

Consumers »h 
sugar tn our orit 
whole barrel*. 


ir origlnaj packages, either tu 


Consider well (hr above 
when purc’hA»in£ sugar 
for preserving purposes. 

HAVtMEYERS & ELDER, 
OECASTRO & DONHER REFINING CO. 

117 Wall Srxxrr. New York. 


TAMAR 

INDIENfUir 

GRILLON^II^ 


JOHN DUNCANS SONS, 

otiRirraivu tux usitxd static*. 
NKW YORK. 

FARM FESTIVALS. 

By Will Coxuioar. Author of “ Farm Ballad.," 
" Form Legends, " and “ OetUconiai Khyoaes." 
Wink nnmerawt chare eta riiilc lHustrattotts. 
8vu, lllamiaosed doth, (2 O); Gilt Edge., 
|S ». 


Mr. CaoWnn is. In few way, as traly a erretor nf 
ehareeWr a* Robert Beuwa‘*g, and ws n-scgalw in 

■ hlrh exhibit* hit cmttaaa wire a skill (Sal mm- 
aouili oar sllnallou.- JT. I*. Time*. 

it a lultadi are greulne IreaaertpO ot BSInre. ad- 
ssHable jra. ptemre* fNaa lilt. Th»y exhibit an 
iwlutasllly ot tuneeytlf* anl p»wt e of exeeathui 
whl'h relltta *h* anlkar to elslw rnak as a mwaor In 
this SeMef pMUlc IHeislure.— V. T r»-**w iw. 

Mr. I ariose a tnirk is hums Mod IkUhM sol 
Ciapblc.— . 


Ithad by HlSPkB A IHITIUL New Tarfc. 




THE SEA-SHORE COTTAGE 


.ill.— Pitnsie troeben and women whom 



NOVELTY CARRIAGE. 

II VILLIV A>D WI10B. 

AN rMBRBl.LA FKfrafTB 
FKOM BI N OR HAIN 
Dorns- of ImliatiDii.. 
Sur ms Ciihvu. vu 

L. f Tl UUAl.fi. 
HD Urwadteay, tf* lee*. 


THE BOOK-KEEPER. 


1.. Aev* York. 


mxbxIH 


01D EYE-GLASSES 


W.WS 


CANDY; 


BrtWl »l. It. *J. Oi 


csnikKTTtM, u tofiitit MOktm fsmxm, 
nek onus*, m.tit «RirasM t »t piason. 

Tka ibm* wonderful ein»lr tmxlnrtng lnelrnm.nl* 
h* tba sccld. PUj retry thlrw- Any out ctu )Aey 
llirat Mu areatrsl knnelolge recalled, shall ami eew 
seeid tee t'lreuLir tv cb* 

MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE CO., 

• II limed way, bet. I 'lilt aad DtkMo., 

XKW VOHK. 

tTOX A Hi lt*, ttt Mate M., (fiieoaa. (H,, 

WtraVeole/, scat, foe M VUlren. Wl^otvin. Xitorah, 
NutrMa, Cnkeafo, aad tto PaclOr (Iml. 

MAKE MONEY, ALL OF YOU I 

Cwn»ne«tw Prea*. *0.00. 



THOMAS CARLYLE. 

By MONCITRE D. CONWAY. 

MUSnUMSL 
lUino, noth, Pi OO. 


M> •'nnwny I*, la nar Ifi*t4. ihe mot iurfanfsl 
id all Wtr> have bled their Mud at rrynrllsd t'sr- 
IrW. talk. _ IVwa - Hew. OsrliBe Ike Mm and > 1 . 
fco*n- By Vt. itowia fun 

rsbllahfd *y Rliu-CR t BROTBCRB, New Tee*. 


DEAF”! 


FKf S ' Pat**! larlrfhl* (IK »*! ■«, 
1 Hareeee. Hre.1 fur treMler. 

DR. RECK, 


Stl Nenaitmy, New ’Verh. 


nmvATK 1 


A Delicious and Re- 
freshing; Fruit 
Lozenge, Which 
Serve** the Pun>ose 
of Pills and Dis- 
agreeable Purgative 
Medicine#. 

:.^.£w{ 5 S£ 

pinny, .»--!• »-ij ami la de*»- 

w W«JWSS 7 Cl! 

raaed Ms Wawaw^y. 

PWttamfMCTJ. SOLOrttLiRUBem 


MINTON'S 


ENA3CELED 


TILES. 


China Work*. ’8tuke-«|»>#. Treat. 

Alen. Title CAMHilKU. HttU k A TJJ.E CXJH 
tacae.Ilf u< SnarbM fteee Tilt*, Mewrire. *t. 
THUS. AHPINWaLI, H BON. 
OO S Uroadseay, New York. 

Sole Airo.it* In She United Btene. 



LIQUID PAINTS. ROOFINO, 

M. W. dOHit*'** F O CO. t; « *« » UK- 1. T 

r^^ASTHMA 


agle 


JULY 16, 1881. 


467 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 




TO OUR PATRONS. I 


' HARPER & BROTHERS' 

LIST OF NEW BOOKS. 


THE NEW NOVELS 

HARPER A BROTHERS, New Totk. 


An Ocean Kirn- Lane*. Uy W. ( mi Itisatu. *(Ul 
A Cii«l; HrrlUgr. Hy Alii a OHt«l»n. Mi«uk 
Vtt.nl »ii iw. Ily TiinnUirr. w™..i* 

I 1 1 nr oiown u. ■■rwnnii. 11 m 

At iM Bmlfc •ml Mkrr Blorfra B| Mui Cmu 
U at. Ifl cut*. _ 

A OH4 of Hy ll*mr Bixm.is. IS cruta. 

Mr F\rM OKrr. ml MbtT Bunk.. Ur M.ar fwm 
lUr. IS CBM.. _ 

TTw»nryr< ll-W.i Tree. Hr Ml* AnlV» nf "IMIn- 
Beal. u Mr I Ul M.in ■*! Damn." Minn Cluck, II un. 
Th« Chaplain or the rWrt- Ur Wautaa Bn... and 

JlMBIKS VI CBIllK _ 

T>* Mlllrr'r IKio^nr, Hr Anns Inn. V) cvnln. 

«■».. KM ri ll II'VIO.! h. J..„ n.»nni> 11- 
h..ir.:«L flMi. 

Harry Jcaralya. Ij Inllnnniif. ttmu. 

BnU* Ik* Rlrrr. |lrK.T..u»A M.n».iiK N(U 
Mr Una. Ur K. L»m» Li.m>. W cab. 

Ml” wmi.n—w. INnavimit. Hr Ml.a Tn»»ara»Y 
lMi». Itek»>ad IU:clilr>. tin, f«pa. is ccuu. 


IMRPCR k ■I WTIIEIIS. fra nklin S*ur*. H.T. 

ss to $20 say^. Tasaasa 

$999 


P. 1 ,*?*- &ear-as^«rsa. aa 

tfCE * »'** 1n 7 " :,r , ' ar * ,0TS - Turn* and 
JOOl.-'':. AiMKo.II-IUii.rn *Cy.,rml>i 


LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

OP MBAT. miR AND CIIEAPOT MEAT 
ri.AVliRIMl rtTlTK POK Sort**. M A It It 
Dl'llfc., AMD SALVE*. 

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

OP MKAT An ti.rtl.ahU nrf nalatnhO wntf 
In til ns— cd Weak dlrmlhm .*.1 dvMJiy •• 1. 
• «M • Un lor "III.* mil'll" aMqlil 

r« l ninhl •— Hr* -Medical Prim, • Lams*, “ 
••lVfll.k M-i -jl Ji,*nia ' Ar. 

CACTIOM.- 'Tj UwU| * 


LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

op MKAT. TnluUliil »IIPlnrwU.i-K,‘in»r.., 
•nil « iuinui. Ro 4 w Ac-iii» for tb. I1.I1..I 
rthnlwtlr 10.1. . < DAVID A CX>„ SI Mark 
UH. l/oiilm-. RncUnil. 

Add «l~tt— I. In M..» York In PAItK A ‘[ll.l OMII. 
.'Mi ni A V AMlKilHCKR, Al KKU, MSJIHAUL, A 
1 til HIT ViiKMoiN A |(i.Hll|\N II. K. A P H. 

Tin ichkic aw. w. 11 in iiucrm.iN A IV. 

HTATEX IMLAXO 

FANCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT. 


BRANCH 1 


2 md 7 John Hi., W. V 

llW Brml«o • .-«r «Hk M., ». V. 

;;u ►. in- m., iii”. II... 

nrrirre . K'aMh *'••• ■•kiUrt.isbla. 
UrMCCO ' 110 W. Halllm— tt.. Hallhsara. 

1>V-. Clean, w.l Mi.ul Blew Oc.nl. and IlmMUa 
In. Inp In—”, rvoA., ir>* w, J. . n| aM AnWwa *..l 
■* the sanal nurnc «y v- c Vaiml or dyed wen. 

i.!iiil.iwn> itimil '*•«. dnml m Iw I niwU 
< rtalna, Wlinlof. - Sfaailca, tyib-lom,. I'anmU, 
Ac., cl crowd or dynt. 

Kc.|A.yln( lu tool aftatinhW .kill and com Ini. 
[mice a|i|.Mii'>o. aid In. I-., .i .lrnacl.nl .new reefy 
'.•|Mrim«nr nf n»r l.srtr— . n » can 1 nn AiWm ly praai..* 
Hi* loot loooila. and nnoaaally urcatpl tetam ■* cod.. 

Uwb fr.rl.cl .ml prl.cm.l by . 11 — ur wj mad. 

IIINHKrr, VM’III H* A «<>., 

2 and 7 John HI.. M. V. 

IGKMN WAXTED 

For “Snollic m I’nlratlnr and JiTBcali'in," 

By Wiiinn M. Tnowsm, l> D,, Korly fiT* Ymra 
a Miww- 1-1 in ?rris tnd Palettlnr. tin Wua- 
imtlon. ffcini I’lmUgnpliA 
Apply to n» nblr— 

lUBPCH A BKIITHKBk, 1 ‘abll.k.ra. II. 


HOLPEtF^agf— 

C IS 50 

HARPER’S PERIODICALS. 

IIAIClT.lt-)* MAUAZIMX. Ow Twr *4 nl 

IIAKMUn* WKBKLY.onr Yesr « nil 

HAHPKini BAIT All. Os* Ytar. . . < in 

HAfiriM TOL'NU I'Kill’LK, Hu Yrar I M 


I. Hy H 
.’ “ Pam 


t. C.suminj AalW 


r. ll.rinr . Ani.rlrao bllllnr. In br*> 
r ijaa. «M. i-.p*r. •> —n. issm, Clmb, « 

U. Pall Leal lot. O' 'I Bd£*r, W tcuca. 

THt COBBItPONDf NCI Of PBINCC TAL- 
LEYBANO .n.| Kliic U>ol. XV1I1 Us 

(W— aal VWims iHIU>trk>aapcililUb*d > >nH« 
Ika Mi'i.'i.c |ir*c ryvd In lb* ArrWe.d .4 IU 
MlliUtry ur PukIcu AB.Ir. at l-.rl. U'ltli a PrrC- 

ua.Obmr*Mlu€i».an “ - — 

Paprt.wcuu. Air 


It Tk»- 


THU COMET 

“Well, IYrnnia, hare y n lifwnl alnuil mhiih cmncla atilmlkin' uunrshrr*, I diinaciV 
“ IHiiI a womnl haT* I liaii aakl to m* al all, al all. I 'lon'l luma iK* par Mim But if llirr 
dn alitmik*, 1 Imp* ihny'll Unyenu UiMr bestn an' pit a half day nil Sathiinlari J" 


7 ft X,Q,y. R HAM e s.'ivcjia: 1 Q ^ 

Linsr- isvsa'sfijTiKrsSaftSf 


468 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


JULY 1«. 1881. 





jgjffi?™ 


COLUMBIA BICYCLE. 


YEXXOR’S PREDICTIONS 


■BALANCER 


r 

I tor*. and • It. A J. HI 

-A M ■ . 'hf I >1 • I'l ... .Ip!, II. 


sours. ’• « 

CONGRESS WATER. 


wssmsms: 


ItCRC* WATER ROTOR CO. 


LADIES IN BUYING 
WINDOW DRAPERY 
BE SUREYOUCET 

HARTSHORN'S 

ROLLERS 


To ocr Patron*.— Do not fail to rend the interesting and bold advertisement on the next iowde page o f Dr. Scott** Electric Hair Bru>h. It i* really a 
wonder— doing nil they claim for it. Both it and Dr. Scott** Electric Fifth Bruth are guaranteed, and all dealer* are authorized to refund the money if not aa 
represented They wonderfully invigorate the head and body. To partir* preparing for tlieir Mimuier holiday* our advice la, buy one. The Fink Brut k imroo- 
dio/Wjr <ouutrratU the Poitou of Motqutlo Bitu. Iu effect i* moat refreshing. Price of cither. (8 00— of all dealer*. 

PALL WALL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION. 842 Broadway. New York. 


SMOKE MARSHALL’S 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &c. 

Sold by all Druggist*; or tend 35 cents for sample box by mail, to 
B. HORNER, 69 Maiden Lnno, New York, U. S. A. 


GREAT ASTRONOMICAL YEAR 

More nnauincat In the political heaven* 


Antique Furniture, Clocks. 
Bronzes. China. &c., &c. 


RIKER’S AMERICAN FACE POWDER, 


Used and Indorsed by the following Distinguished Artists: 
SARAH BERNHARDT, MARIK ROZE, CLARA LOI'IBE KELLOGG, 

MINNIE HACK, KTELKA UERSTER, FANNY DAVENPORT, 

Mary Andersen. ASa rtftidlik, A(*« Booth. 

Sara JntMl, Fanny Woraat, Cfn*TlfV* War*. 

Raw Bytlng*. Linda Mela, Annie T- Florence, 

ManS Cramer. LSt Kllsler, Alice Oatee, 

Mile. Aaaela. Dlari* Lllta. Minnie Palmer. 

Mluy Blanchard. K von Mamwlta. Kalhcrlae Uoger*, 

and many other*. 

HIRER'S CREAM OF ROSES. 

froa ximaKCTSA m aaarrr or tux ctureiaxio* ) 

Also Intoned by tb« Lyric sad LVanailr fnemtotu. 

Throe Shade*— While, F'reh, and rtrib Uiy* torttlae, 80 wnla TW la heyood 41 OHtt Ik* taat and 
Meet limnrmi. stria Lotloo la cxttlcaca. Mac PaemviiT Guaranteed rree from Awe* Omani 
Scans IT*. Lins BienDre, Ceiva, Wamae, Xianto. Of aeivaie* dasrtmaala! Said ereryvbcva 

mfarrcmd by cm c< ike Oldest and Of oat Meltable ilnij Irmt lu th* CRy, 

«*odl»aauw*» 1 ll**Twfc. 

— 

,iA 


Admiration 

or mu 

WORLD. 

Mrs. S. si. Allen's 

WORLDS 

HairRestoixr 

IS PERFECTION/ 

For RESTORING GRAY, WHITE 
or faded hair to it* youthful 

COLOR. GLOSS and BEAUTY. It 
renews its life, strength and growth. 

I XtndrufT quickly removed. A matt It* 
leu Hair Drc-iu’ng. It* perfume rich 
and rare. Sold by all Druggists. 

btahliahed over 40 yean. 

Eli. -mi- ai.il Ineceaalnf *al<<« 
ThiMuathouL Europe nud America. 

ZYLO BlLSANUI «aum) 

A lovely tonic and Hair Dressing. It 

— “ ” y» all itching. 


lioalthy growth with a rich, beantUU 
glove, and i* deli® htfelly fragrant. 
Price Seventy-live Cent* in largo 
ired Dottle* toU ky *>■ 0n. w l>U, 


JOSEPH GILLOTT'S 
STEEL PENS 


FISHERMEN ! 
TWINES AND NETTING, 

WM. E. HOOPER A SONS, BalilMte, Hd. 


THE GENUINE 

Brown's Ginger 
is known to do its 
work ! Why lose 
time in experiment- 
ing? In CHOLERA 
and CRAMPS time 
is precious. 

Frederick Brown, 

PHILADELPHIA. 


\\ COT \ n*t pnlntMl, Whlto 





SUPPLEMENT. JULY 19, 1991. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


469 



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Google 


P«ixtino »» S. J Grv. 


470 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 


SUPPLEMENT. JULY 16, UWI. 


• MENDING THE OLD FLAG.” 

Hi WILL CARLETnR. 

Is the tili'iii gloom of • garret room, 
Willi cobweb* round il creeping, 

Front day to da; the old flag lay — 

A veteran worn and sleeping. 

Dingily old, varh u tinkled fold 
by the duel or years nut shaded ; 
Woundt of the storm were upon its fono ; 
The crilusou stripes wen; tudril 

Tons a mournful tight in the day- twi- 
light. 

This thing of bumble welding. 

That once to |irond o’er the cheering crowd, 
Had carried ita color* gleaming ; 

Stained with mould were the tiraid* of gold. 
That had flushed in the sun-ray's kissing; 
Of faded hue was ita field of War, 

Amt tome of the start mere running. 

Three Northern usald* Mid Ihroe from 
gladre 

Where dreamt the Honlb-land weather, 
With glumes kind and their arms cti- 

Came up the tlair together: 

They gazed awhile with a thoughtful twite 
At the (Teaching form before them; 
With clinging holds they gnui|ird ita folds. 
And ont of the darkneaa Lore them. 

The, hea led ita sear*, they found it* star*. 
Amt brought them all together 
i Three Noithcrn maids and three from 
glade* 

Where smile* the South-laud weather): 
The, rurmted away through the kummerday, 
Mudo glad hy an inspiration 
To fiiug it high nt tire smiling sky 
On the birthday of our nation. 

In the ltriilinut glare of (lie kiiuimor air, 
With a Uriah hrecrc round it creeping, 
Newly bright through the glistening light, 
The flog wont grandly sw eeping : 
Gleaming and hold wore Ita braid* of gold, 
Ami Hashed iu the win-ray's himiug; 
Red, white, amt blue were of dreimst hue, 
And none of l lie stars were misning. 


MISS CORNELIA W. CONANT. 

La Blit' Yfenr semen Ik re olnerves that the 
fiurst natural sight Is the human fare- Ho 
might have added that the rarest pirtorlnl 
algbt ia the sweet teiMlrrucss of rhihlreit'a 
nnd nomru's fates. The machinery uf the 
modem Htinlio bus si improved of late that 
painting to-day la uudoutiredly carried much 
farther than any of the old matters ever 
look it. Mcjsoomku's tcchuiqac ia the de- 
spair even of the archaeologists. It lias 
never been Mtpnaatd. Hut MkIunOXIER no- 
toriously ilisranls w niiii'ii and children as 
sitter*, ami Is repotted to have skntrhml n 
woman hut onrn ill hi* life. Moot French- 
men who treat such interesting topiis give 
us dames or damni-ts wlio are styiiab. and 
children utwi are fan 1 liras, arid it ran not 
ho ileulad that, aa in the — shall it I* said f 
— notorious rx-u-s of CaMoU'n Dioan'* 
“Mile. Croixetto” and Baxihir LepaCk’s 
“M ile. Bernhardt, ” their efforts are often 
extremely Hiievemflal. An nrtrem on horse- 
hack, or mmlelllng a clay statue, is In their 
ejes ft subject pre-emiuriit ly felicitous. Tim 
“stunning'’ in feminine figures soil faces — 
if the expression may bo allowed- ia what 
seems moat to allure I hr id, ami wbnt they 
moat succeed with. "Joan of An:’’ ia M. 
Lkpaok’s subject in the present Solon. It 
line* not admit of the drtim-atiou of woman- 
ly tenderness, nnd if it did. one Iia* no rea- 
son to Bappose that this artist could have 
portrayed the fme flavor of that quality. 
Look over thn latest illustrated catalogue 
of the Salon (most of the ilhiatratliMis air 
from the bauds of the artists whose works 
are illust rated 1, nnd ace in the midst of the 
motives depleted how few of them ure con- 
cerned with the winning gentlcm-w, the 
inralilonsa*, of women or Utile children. 
Before me lira n copy of 51. lit mas's very 
intereating Catafnpnr Itlnrin d o Salt*, ami 
ila first picture of a woman is "Tlie Inter- 
rupted Sitting’’ — a fair, liidf-chd bed crea- 
tore seated Oil a cor, and peering straight 
toward you in half-happr coostemnllon.as 
if yon had surprised her by openiog suddenly 
llic door of her bomloir. Ahe is a coquette 
— a pretty «nc, to ho sure, but only a co- 
quette. On the opposite pagr is 51, liAlcliUs'a 
pnm, well-dressed “Forlmit of a Young 
Girl," who holds ■■ rldlng-nblp lit her tight 
hiuid, and i« ns stiff facially a* ila liar-illr. 
Turn over tire lenf. nnd one sees a triptych — 
BEKffRR'S “ Betrothed.- an Alsaciau ilnmsel 
ia three secure: lint. Iscartlrosly frivuloaa; 


second, prudishly sentimental aver n nose, 
gay; thildiy, simpering by the swle> of her 
lover. Hot the woman is a lyin', you nays 
and so very likely abe is— just tlie type that 
modem art likes to interpret, and interprets 
handsomely, t«o. M. Daiirar Hot 'Vemt’o 
" Accident," a few piigo* fnrtlwr on, e-how s 
a brave little fellow having bis hand h»t>- 
dnged, ami behind him the sad face of an 
elderly woman. Hut the teuder sympathy 
of her *<*x is nlwent. Opposite is M. PoK- 
san’h “ Doorway of the Louvre on tit Bur- 
tkuloiuew’a Day," front which is* He to con- 
template the slam ntol dying a precession 
of flippant women led tiy n hanglity queen. 
Other piclutcs are of lish-wmnen. nympho, 
woman perl, pretty, tearful, shallow, sor- 
row fu), ehorehly, sportive, pensive, asleep — 
then* U no lack of them ; nor of perplexed 
children like 51. Loniilllltj.v's, w ho endure 
" Tire Tortures of Tantalus” because their 
chubby linger* can not reach some play- 
things on the floor. Who ever knew even 
tlie great 5(tu.i:T to reproduce the teuder- 
ni'M of sooie Breton women's face*! ami 
who ever saw BoIiji'ERRal* enured wheu 
he tiled to ilo acit It t« a distinctive fea- 
ture of Mim Oorrkua W.Corart** pictures 
in the recent Academy exhibitions iu New 
York city that they really are successful 
where IIOFOt'ERKAf’S picture* so often fail ; 
that with the rare matter of tie- interpreta- 
tion of womanly and child ish gentleness ami 
lendrrnesn they are familiar, and in il are 
prmpmwis; that iu au affair which no eas- 
ily degenerate* into Hmliwentalissn they 
have preserved the full flavor of a choice 
nnd wiuning sentiment. 

IL 

This fact, taken in eoooeeliotv with the 
fact that Mix! CoNAXT ha* lived several 
years at Econen, where F.twuxnri Fa kite is 
known to he a lending light. Blight easily 
awaken the suggestion that FRfcHS’a inspi- 
ration hail quickened Iter genius. Almost 
alone among the popular French painters 
of theday.ElK>1'Atil> f'RfcliK lias apprehend- 
ed and r»|TtsIurvit the peits'lial quality of 
which mention has baan mode. 1ID grw/rt 
are charming. Blit I have often been im- 
pressed with what in the rirramstaiicco 
Men n thing quite notable — that Mim Co- 
NART, whose pictorial sympathies undoubt- 
edly be in the same direction that Fnkur's 
do, hna succeeded in preiH-rviiig hex origi- 
nality, arid at the name time in expremlng 
herself with n virility, if I may no* the w«>r>l, 
to which neirlier the conception not the ex- 
ecution of tb« masterly Frenchman ts fa- 
miliar. It is much to say this of an Amer- 
ican student in France, unit much more to 
•ay it of an Amenesn woman: nnd if the 
result is to he explained hy causes exter- 
nal to Mis* Con* V i's natural traits, among 
which undoubtedly aelf-reliiim'c is promi- 
nent, mention must lie nude of the mm an- 
ally diveraiflsd ami comprehensive teaching 
received from various and mnoy masters 
previous io her resilience in Krone u. l’rwb- 
nbly no other Ataetieatt artist ever went to 
Eta MO to study wbOM edm-ntl'.n hail Iieen 
*•> generous and unaeetarlan. In New York 
•he luvd received instruction successively 
from Mr. Ht'RTDttno.v, the late Mr. EnwiR 
Warn, 5Ir. Joannes A. Orotih, and otlmr 
iirltsU lei* whtely known: in IHIsoeMorf, 
after four yeors.she had exhausted the acn- 
desuin fomuila* of (’aim. IlfHRKM and hi* 
peer*. To *ay that Msoeldorf was only our 
National Armlemy over again, as h*» recent- 
ly ropoatwlly he. u said, t* conspicuously in- 
exact. The English school of WtlJUK hi* 
mode os deep an impression upon American 
nrt a* the fierintn school of HCBRBR — |ier- 
haps a dc*|ier im|<re*aii>n- Few ; onng urt- 
i*tu, iin1*ed,over esitered Franc* for pnrpowr* 
of stndy with o tielter preparation. 5lis* 
C'ltXAJrr was nut a neeqihytc, bnt an accom- 
plished painter, wheu she arrived in Ecotien, 
She w as able at ooce to diviite and conquer, 
to select and Ik noorislied. BIk knew what 
was good for her, and sho was able to iuo 
it intelligently. Much ns she admired the 
intensely spiritual OuiTgL, his profensionul 
curriculum was only a reminisce lire. He, 
however, claims her ■facial gratitude, tor be 
it was who first dlscovcrtd to the self-dia- 
tmstful and shrinking pnpil her nldtity to 
design, to invent, to create. “Create you 
can," ho exclaimed to her one day. while ex- 
amining onn of her sketches — “create you 
can, and create you must. lot other* copy 
others; you yourself can take the initia- 
tive." A new era darrned upon the horizon 
of tlie young girl's life. She had found her- 
self, nnd she trusted it- 

To (rosl liersclf, attd also to avoid gloomy 
subject*, fur which she thru hud a prefer- 
ence, although her natural disposition ia 
very cheerful -that is what OSKTRL taught 
her, and this teaebiug i* obviously one fac- 
tor of the explanation of her independence 
of Fahnr.'s nrt eMitempiiraniHin.ly with hue 
strong adaBiratlon of ir. In thv* enniM-tiUiu 
hehmgs also the fact that 5Iis» I'nXAvr is 
the daughter of the distinguished, scholar 


and author Professor T. J. CoRaxt, awl that 
her mother was a lady of rare intellectual 
power* brilliantly cultivated aud UMsI.aiid 
of npe luvelhisas of person ami character. 

[IL 

Tliegn»i't«niv»hi« h briefly (lisuiiwiEcooeli 
a* a “ markrt-tow n iu France, tea miles nor III 
of Paris, population lS9f>," might amnse lire 
funious iu*ide*t colony of artists who have • 
made the little Parisian suburb a bright spot 
on the map of France. EikiI'arii FlikjiK, 1 
L’ihauva, BcncxcR, and oilier well-known : 
pniuters reside there, aud the treasure* and 
celebrities of the French metropolis are at 
not an hour's distance. The natural adorn- 
merits of (he village are singularly charm- , 
lug, and ita hospitality to American arliats 
is generous in thn extrema. Tlie expense 
of living is extremely moderate, and the in- , 
ccntive to art-stod.v notably vigorous. “No i 
plevvAau l«r form uf tumsekeepiug,'' writes a 
Lily friend of Mlsa t 'i •kart's, ' has ever h*«n 
dcviard than lint w hich the lady artist may 
carry on iu Eenoen. Mins COXART aud a 
Lily friend, also an nrtisl. have for several 
yes re horn the Joint niislrvme* of a pretty - 
little domleile. Just big enough for two. 
Resigning all the cure* of housekeeping to 
their fuitbfnt ntlvudaut, FaRSV, they retain 
only its comforts. As Farxt manages a 
hnuM-hold of liar own also, she goes I, nine at 
night. and due* not return uutil raibei lute . 
in the morning. But raff an Lit is easily 
prepared, and eggs am wow boiled, so the i 
lollies get their own breakfast, fidlowiiig 1 
the sensible- French fashion of a light meal I 
at the beginning of the day. The second 
breakfast (lbs American luncheon) nnd tlie ! 
dinner are Faxjty's pro* Inco, and lulnairably . 
dor# she discharge her duty, most proud to 
distinguish herself when her materials are 
scanty. Marketing is a very simple affair. 
The butcher, baker, and milkman rouse ev- 
ery im-ruing to thn kitchon window, left 
open fur that purpose. On n nail liwhlo i 
earh finds n paper containing hi* order for | 
tire day. He bring* bock the roils, the b\f- | 
tui, or thn milk, and puts it iusidn lire win- 
dow, nil ready for Farry when sire makes 
her appenrunee." Did Arcadia itself ever 
furnish *neh an idea! of housekeeping T i 
Plenty of luxuries, no rare, aud scarcely any , 
cost. And w hen one reflects how Important 
is a pointer'* mode of life in detmuinilig 
the degree of the unfolding of his or her 
artistic possibilities — when one remember* 
how fnu- women are living, •>» have lived, 
whose mcslc of life permit toil them to lie- 
corae great artists— the significance of this 
pictore of life at fiowMD I* obvious. I’sunl- * 
iy, almost invariably, the rial ms of home, of 
society, and of natural fri volnusueM exclude 
the possibility of n woman -pnin ter hecotniug 
a great or even a celebrated artist. She 
may feel tire untoward newt of cirvwm*tai>ce* 
never na keenly, lrat she can not materially 
alter them. Hie may wish to go to Ecouen, 
and keep bouse with a kindred spirit, and 
with “ Fanny's" help, but the aspiration it 
a bn-atli from dn-iuu-lsi.il. Him might aa 
well think of Lven*uittg ITmderelL. Tire 
doily fret and distraction of tire praisetesa 
ditties laid upon her wj|| work out their 
mission iu spile of her, ami from the bond- 
age of them sire will not bo delivered. If 
— and there sernis to be no logical binds for 
doubting tbo hypothesis if the artistic 
genius i* us natural to woman as to uod, 
aud n* likely to Ink* mot in her soil n* in 
man's, la it not displeasing to eowsiih-r how 
many women of gene runs gift* and graces 
have failed to make artistic expression of 
them because of the harrier* at home; how 
ofleu their spiritual not Irm than physic- 
al environment persistently prevent* them 
from expressing what ia treat in tlresu t 


The quality of tenderness in gentle wo- 
men's and rbildreu’s face* is seen iu Miss 
CoraxFh “Baeivd LesMiu," in Mr. J. \V. 
HARra-R, .'no tor's, eolWtloii. A gray-hair- 
ed old man la explaining to his fair-hnitvd 
little granddaughter some teaebiug* of the 
Bible. Each fare radiates the lreanty of its 
type, and taken it* place rosily iu the scheme 
of lisruioiiiiwis contrast. Tbo story is pe- 
culiarly touching. f*i in the “ Violin-Flay- 
er*,'’ two afreet waif* stand before a half- 
opened door, the older, a hoy, playing on a 
violin ; the latter, bis sister, bidding nut a 
cup fur pennies. No matter with wliaf ane- 
reso. Tire brave and geuertin* lad will not 
let her suffer. He i* the kind of fellow to 
lift her in his arms and lay her away ut night 
in some sung corner, aud then keep on Walk- 
ing for her. Home year* ago n distinguish- 
ed Brooklyn clergy man, having ex preused 
very hearty admiration of the spirit of this 
picture, was presented with it by several of 
hia friends, who hud bought il for that pur- 

III “The Little Nwrtre," also, the Slime fea- 
ture i* recognised. Ilcru. iu it German pen- 
nant's sitting-room, the furniture old-fasti- 
wood and picturesque, the logs snapping in 


a large open fire-place, and the eaay-chair 
near tl occupied by a sonny old lady, whose 
illness. Just leaving her, has lielghtoned thn 
apt n( mil chnnn of her lace, appunri a child 
of eight years— a ministering angel with a 
blue china bowl uf straining broth in both 
lm ml*. Sire has no notion of spilling Ibe 
liquid on the clean stone floor, tiur la *b« iu 
danger of forgetting Irer new dignity of per- 
forming such otflee* for others. The pith 
uf tire story la naively and clearly told, and 
Iho attention is not distracted lay nverwnl- 
oaanea on the part <>r ibu artist in matters 
of Miburdiiiala still-life. “Tho Charily 
Hcholar” — all old peuaunt woman listening 
eagnrly to a young girl who, being couimis- 
•iotiiHl to visit the pnor and read the Bible 
to them, i*, under happy nusplces, doing 
the gracious tusk. Her quaintly cut black 
drew, her high-crowned muslin cap, her 
white kerchief clouted upon her breunt, en- 
ter modestly into the scheme of which her 
sweet, bright face is the central feature— a 
face that way well ordain the praise, aa it 
oettalidy doc* tbo admiration, uf the aged 
nml grateful listener. Once mote, iu “Where 
is New York f" a similar spirit prevails. Tire 
light slrt.iius llirough au open w indow upon 
tlis uplifted face of a little French girl who 
is pointing on her atlas to the place where 
New York is indicated. Her sister, leauiog 
over Ibe same atlas, l» still try ing to find tire 
city ; nnd an older stater, w ho ev nlmvtly pre- 
fer* reudiug Iho story- Iwok that lies portly 
open in oim- of her bunds, submits with coni- 
me-ndnlde patience to tire trying geograph- 
ical leesou, awl the prewper l of still timber 
q iicsl lolling by the teacher. 

Child-life in its patriotic aspect is exem- 
plifiril in “ ifending the Old Flag,” which 
has been engraved for this journal, ami the 
letnpey of tire story I* again churactcristic. 
Gathered ill tire obi kitchen, around thn tom 
llag of the I'u i ted Htates. is a grunp of curly- 
headed children, putting a stripe in here, 
aud a star In there, cutting, snipping, sew- 
ing, darning. They appreciate to their ut- 
most the M-n lime nt of the occasion. A Spar- 
tan mother woo Id have been proud of them. 
“ Ia Vie de FamiHe, " ill the New York Acad- 
emy exhibition last year — a dosnrelic interi- 
01 with figures -was hung on the line in tire 
Faria Salon the year before. “The End of 
the Story," another geare, occupied a similar 
l**iiliou in tire Bahm last year. Each work 
was neat " without protect om," uml Accept - 
ed on its own merit*. Mu* Comart having 
declined to adopt the usual course of dis- 
patching her coutribalious under the pro- 
l fiction of some disGogiushed inaater. 


It is much to say of Mias Comart’s work 
that w hen standing in frmit of it the spec- 
tator >• not reminded that it is woman’s 
work- Neither iu thn coucupunti nor in the 
execution of her subject, neither as artist 
nor as painter, does she entice one to fuel 
that her pictures are s woman’s, and to 
pralso them pstroiiirlngly and with limita- 
ttuaa it* *iieli. It has long Iieen fashionable 
for Londoners to remark that the I’rluce of 
Wale* made Mim TBOJirwoM; that hia gal- 
lantly rompliuveutury ulinsiiiD <in an after 
dinner speech) to liur “ Boll-Call," when 
that can vo* wit* first exhibited in the Brit- 
i*h luetro|K)li», floated the artiat Into the 
flood-tide of popularity (hat lots home her 
ou to fottiiiit'. Current criticism, undoubt- 
edly, whether for reason* substantial or 
ftivoloiM, doe* not reeognlw tire artistic 
equality of men nnd women; mid wheu il 
awards prize* Iu the latter’s works, it* t«mo 
is alway* ns if it im-ant to say, "You have 
done well — eonslileriiig your sex," Now 
Mu* Com art" * prerogative is to claim recog- 
nition twit n* a lady nrti*t, but n* an artist ; 
and I venture to way that if there be *nch w 
quality as femim-ity iu art and certainty 
l he re i* — Use intelligent foreigner who 
should seek for ii in n New York Academy 
exhibition would think that lie hod funnel 
it in secTcs of raeu’s picture* sooner than in 
here. Iji the first place, her painting lack* 
the distinctively h-niiuiue traits of dryneaa 
in color aud indecision in touch; and in the 
second place. h*r subjects are rnucriveel 
neither superficially nor narrowly. They 
unfold their clisrming poaaibiKtira to the 
almletil of them, which is the same aa say- 
ing that Intellectually they have depth and 
breadth. What the Freurh mean when 
they *|ieak of ** peintre oyrdsMc is applira- 
hle to this arti*l ; that in to any, her subject h 
are pioNsIng, lllde|>en*lelitly of the psintiag 
ttnelf; anil It is applicable to many other 
Aniciuan arti*ta too npjdicahle, jM-rbupw. 
But 5liss Ci iNAM’* picture* (and the refer- 
ence here is to the Intent of them; are more 
Ilian Hits; they are agreeably painted a* 
well; and combining tlic*f> two traits, they 
arc, OB that account, uolaldc. The aperta- 
tor recognize*, in thn first place, an slm-nre 
of triek* of bitumen ami other iiisxpeusirfv 
mnuni'ritdu*, which in ninny y onng Ameri- 
caiiH educated uhroa«l are lew distasteful of 
themselves than by reason of the pereisl. 



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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


471 


euoe with which their exclusive divinity in 
vaunted. To capture the attention of a 
public that has itching eye* for eccentric!- 
lira, atnl thnt, even in tin itriuha, nuat oun- 
•dnnlli lute sowtctliltig new under the anti, 
k* * feat neither ilitfii-lllt not iniiri|liclit. It 
it rtiv to collect a crowd. It i» Just M i-a*y 
to iliupcne it. Mias COM ajrr’i* picture* poa 
vn the grateful ami promising quality of 
tool martinis Hie Speclnlor lllo gazing at 
them : grateful trerauM* novel, in the rate 
of a voting Atonin' n study irtg in Fruiter, 
and promising because na a mutter of fiia- 
tory — *** proportion to the irstlwtic startle 
i» the awllielk dwindle. 

In the next plate, Mim CVutm* tltrin 
are nut only well told, bat are nut lit the 
telling. Tile enuilltiniis of her intrllrrliud 
nature respond to tlnwe of her emotional, 
ami when far heart is loitclicd l\v in feature 
of her brain, the nv.iunv ih-aa-rim Iter lit - 
tentniLi and own. The subject of her ratv- 
1J» ill the latest Academy exhibition— u 
room in a French peasant'* cottage, with 
mother, cradle, anil child — is conceited in 
the least ubvunts fiusblwo. It hits a neons of 
special Units wlilcb even the intelligeiil 
a|>ec tutor would lie urere likely to miss than 
to forget. In the next place, Misst'iixavr'i- 
pin hits, more urarly tlum Umw of any oth- 
er Indy urt let now exhibiting ill this run ti- 
tty , approximate the happy i«-vatt of mt- 
itfyiug wilboiit satiating: they i-lialU-ugr 
criticism lew*, and they hear looking at nit- 
roer. This obuervnt ion is made with a pos- 
itive intention to avoid hateful enmpariaons. 
lint the fact that it ileservc-s In be made is 
due to the artist's extremely frlleituiis meth- 
od of interpreting the winning tcuilrriwss 
of geulkr umni-n's and children'* face*. 
Thun- MV (thg H u nt IM soon- of her 
nvalaeuii hundb- more dexterously limn she, 
licit not one of them bus bundled this excel- 
lent theme so well or suceeasfiilly us she 
— handled it to that it* IMvor, w hell con- 
traded w ith the ffavur of theirs, differs fro*n 
it a* does a chapter of history from :i letter 
by “Our Own Correa|K>udcnl.** Finally, tt 
is to be tinted that Mis* Coxavr's pictorial 
domain is not the region of the luce hand- 
kerchief and the Coquette's fan. Her ex- 
cursion* have, simply ignored (ho existence 
of that fashionable place of resort, which 
the tixrat of her professional sister* like so 
well, and visit ao often. 

Must C'OSAXT may twlignilulnte herself 
that while, like Axi.ci n i Kxrmtxx anil 
a few citln-rs of her wrx. kite ii«li*puUtdy him 
the facility of artistic crrwliun, unlike Ax'- 
GBUCa KaUTMaS and the most of her sex. 
IW external and internal conditions of her 
life have limits- It jHm»il<le for her to la-cmne 
profleiviit in tbr technique of her profimlnti. 
Year by year the competition for laurels 
grows mure tierce in the studio*, slid the 
struggle for bonorable existence more dilh- 
cnlt. Hut a woman nfatn her Maker lias 
uiioie an artist, iuid w lioin her eirriunntiun-es 
are making a painter, need not fear. 


•AN OLD NUISANCE." 

Mtvo, I quote those three words They tin 
none uf mine. Only, thinking over three or festv 
ccpialiv appe-prute titles, I chore the one I mu 
ai being the oddest ; mid I alway* fad a fauer 
(or old this**. And nine fur my Muty 

th» shut my mint I by Marriage) and lire fam- 
ily firundisl their claim* to ari* lucres? I never 
nwM diKiyr.r My unriv I uni luvn a n»-rHur-i, 
it U true, sad os* of emisi*k-nil>J«- prominence in 
his day, I fata born tnlil, and so had been hi* 
ralhi-r before him. and hi* father'* father before 
that. Hat hi* bnsiue-k in his iiiikI prosperous 
time •** intimately connected with China is im- 
pressed upon my mind ( I became aa inmate o f 
bis bonre sten I was »'cnl six years of age. in 
eoaoerpaence of the death of both mv parent* 
■iihin n week of ench caber, lea ling nr with no 
means of tupped, anil iw> otker relative) by the 
fart tbit every find of June **w Imgbt new mat- 
tingi laid on oar Boors, to remain there naiil cold 
weather carte again, and that onr mantel* xml 
whxt-nou were decorated uith many pretty, dain- 
ty little poeceaatj i-jp*. thill as cgg-*htUt — larl- 
Ure in those days, but In there plenty amt cheap 
enough. 

Now, according to alt I liavv barms! esa the 
awt.pxl, mil Fiimm Cure aristocrat* look down 
op* trade men on lbs grandest Male, and liwec 
hare anything tu do with it further tlmn once in 
i* while marrying one of it* eons or daughters 

to offset the bonr.r 

Huwever, onr family it vratwTe to mkMv my. 
self, none of my cousins bring within heuriag) 
assnne-l all the air* of the * him- Mural*” of the 
old country. 

EVxnur. mir unco), wore a k*»k uf ilrtp in- 
digrati.iii fnc sevetni days after n manly, t lever. 
guod-lisAing iellow, the brother of rate of far 
old aehoolmate*, willi a comfortable InoMtoe, bwl 
wlm was Junk* ]u:imi uf a Him keening a recall 
Mure o« Hull Awuwv, propraod for lo r lialnl. 

“Tlie prreampiion nf the maul" »ho exclaim, 
•d, raising her arched eyrfaww« in MCchMoufM, 
and curling her full red upper lip in scorn • “to 
iraaginr fur a KsnrM thnt bnxae 1 honored 
bon with mv company to the *>j-eru two or three 
times, I w<sxld marry birr.! If hi* buiine** l..nl 
been wholesale, it would have been bail raongli. 
but fancy a person who *clb pm* anJ naudUw by 


I ibr pajwv, al'd lace by the yard I Never I I would 
I die ■rat.*' 

Miner* a, our fciorth, was equally horror .stricken 
it the efjrawry nf a young book krepor wfiom 
her brother Laurence li»-i intrwdiHvd tutu the 
I family circle— a Tare thing for owe of her brothers 
j to du, foe, like all other pwu. aa far a* mv htuiusi 
c-xperhucu goes, they scarcely ever thought Uieir 
ecunpaakas «o be giiod 1-mmgli to t>e line coiiipun- 
I iioi* uf thsie *i*li-w- -atu-n hu vetMiirwiI to e([«v»s 
*ii» aJmiralHin feu her The nniug man un« aft 
r mtstiM to a wry tucdsmn pnqivrly, and 
•rare » great s«i-tl— "a |uwfeci lon lo," a, I 
| bdieve the fasMtauble way nf evprming it ihiw 
is— a kind of bring after Minerva's .-»n heart; i 
she was never iaiiteil In ride behind his fart 
| horses, and wliat was inwclt werre, never again 
toked to take the bend of bis tabic. 

And in like minuc-r the grace-fat and etithuai- 
I *'IK profes.- c of music, itr etout, »wid-aitun-d 
pntpoeror uf the extensive ircoi-wulk* (" «liulc- 
'e uud tyf-eiT) oo the next tdwk. the ycsxug 
1st. who ha* since risen to wealth and fame, 
i sundry others, all falling sliort of the arlato- 
I ci uric sundard art up by our tamllr, were inuldus] 

' f icy lady I'osuin*. aided by their tnulb.es, oiul 
»t wLuly uuo*>»leit tiy their luulbiv. / Bvvit 
I h*.f bxl. at the l-.mr lliU Murv i-amuiewcsw. bring 
- then in mv eigiili-rnlh year, a chalice to *n«ti any 
nr, lacking the prixmal atlnctvun* ed myn-l i 
.a* wstla* ll«tr"b*gli tunisf - natnns — tmtli 
I u. tell, having iterktidJy ibiniM-ialic U-ndcwcies— I ' 
was kept in the background un all ocwkns. , 
Lid it be remariesl in pa.-i-ng that EVauui 
t-*vmually msrriesl. when rather an old girl, i 
widower in the milk biasincs*-— very whetr-mle. 
however— the father of featr children. At the [ 
same lime Mined n. a few year* younger, deigned j 
to bee time the wife of an eMcrly baclirW, >• 
tiling or eaher ill a slim- nmivwfactcery. Hut 
held tliHr licw-k* un high as ever, and dtvl.uvd | 
tbry had Mcribceii thmselves f 
um-W- haviog faitui foe the second time — thioegb I 
no fault of id* uwn.dear (4i man— a few as® lb. | 
bi-foev the duiilde a nkhllg. 

That their “ sacrifice " wa* foe the good of the I 
family 1 don’t deny ; Isit there stilt were left at 
[ home o> U taken ran of after thru d.-paituiyi 
| three ed-l maids, a vunng one, mwj tuo helpless 
tg itH-n, wlm, having Imrlt bruuglit up tu do | 
dug, did it tu pk-rfuctiotu 
fti-r tW failure uncla gut a MlKXtii 
5* itr.lcnib.-ut eif mu uf the muni de|tarl:vrMa in 
tlu- latge establishment uf the gentleman who 
rs-dd * pits* am) weodb-s tiy the yuper, ami lore by 
the yard" flic was now bind uf the firm, and had 
i pretty, lady Sk- wife *nd two pretty chil-lrro L 
Hid we .hstnissseif one nf ewr sfdant*. and more ' 
a to a much > mailer house. 

Hat in spite of all onr efforts at economy oc 
■come proved vastly inadequate to our expense 
and this was the cause of so much bewailing and 
Is-uuxriing that our house secmni tei >*e bereft of ' 
all gkt.faeva and sunshine. And one evening; afl t 
1 ktln-l, ceir youngest daughter, bad buret into | 
ear* twivi-ise a'uit had desclared it “ouH lie im- \ 
KMalblu to bare kc -cream, mcrin tries, nine ji-lliss 
-ml siiuiixr dahalic* every day foe dcsse-rt. for the ! 
an sufficicat iraretM tbit wc rouUu't affnrd j 
ihire ami (sir pn-sent cecdt couldn't make then 
I ventured to suggest to the weeqdng damsel lbs 
if «h» found life positively wnbe-arehlc wltlteu 

'»• abovorn e t tlloiuM luxuriA* fall Use Kgbcrt*, by- I 
ir-liye, wvre rilntvagatitly food of gpod tlu.'.«r* I 
to »at v she might knit au<i efue-hrt «.<ue of the | 
uurrtcd artklc* site was in the habit of makiu 
•o artistically for lienudf, and sell lliotn lo"- 
JJr. I,ce. wnrlr’* twnployvr, I **» shout to *a> 
when I was wrterruptH by a shrill sltrivk, 
‘•WotklbraMeirer#h«K*i»it " I’d *r-i/-ivSr.t 
“ You wretched gir) I" ad-i.sl my nuat - Hie 
dare vent even di4 of melt a thing* Klhek my | 
darling- calm youreclf." 

It I* not enough that rtrangvr» should pre j 
,« upon our poverty." yoined in Clean the, also 
( mailing upon me, ~t«t otto bound to us by tire 
of htood, though U moat be ocafcmed more ali-.-o 
than many a * l ranger would be. must advance , 
idea* that ihorit ntul wound n*. Imagine" — turn- ] 
it her brother Roland, who lay un the only 
biunge hi tlm room, lOCipUcnillv regarding him- , 
self in the mirror .«t the uppontc wall— "that lin- | 
pevtbxnl Mrs HtmM-iw coming here tl 
mg. with the air of doing a kitidnv**, too, ro *.ffer | 
IV* a position in t*r araih-inv 
“ Irrcnt heavens cxcUsoni linland, *(>ringiiig 
lo hi* feet — aud kite ranasc must l»t a mighlv # 
that brings Bofand fa bis free, ’• One of wy si 
icr* a leaehec! Great heavens T’ ami ho went I 
f clothe* 

>r band- 


’ ’ Of courts* nut," replied Roland, grandly ; “ the 
women of «wr family never work.'' 

I thought fa my re If. " Xor tbe men nckther, 
exiept poor old uliclr, win) i* fagging at a disk 
fr-no morning until night" 

■ B-;1 our ineioene IttUM be inc reared, " real AW- 
ihea, looking wp from lies- novel, aloi juiuung in 
the ronversatwa fur the Bret time -IVtlo-a •»*. 
cur eldest, and still wore |wr hair in the fn-bimi 
of her youth, a loose curl daagliiig over tsaeh 
chcek-tiune, bring fully persuado) that no «*th«r 
fashion wo* half *» grateful nr tuvoming. 

” IttM-hatge t lie (Uses tier-maid," |iropotcd Ethel, 
“and let Oiiialhm" <1 am Itorceheat “do her 
■Volk. It i. alio ut all she is fit for. She never 
lad a bit of tine fm ling or style obestt Iter." 

“ N'o, she timer had; alto always w«M hire 
her bsvwd," >igWil my aunt, *' am) aha has aeetn- 
nl sadly out of plan- amoag my elilklmi. Slo- 
cumre of a wmkir-g rare, and her ideas and famlc* 
all smack of trwile— trade — trails." I ihsrwrwvd 
in after- years that my aunt's gntwilncfllo-r on 
the mstrrcal »>de made x fortune uni of lo'uci’i. 

~ I bit dvaritargiug the chatubcr-maid won t help 
vary Uuuh,"" mM AU-Omw. 


“ It will nut," agreed Rulnnd. “ What la -ateil 
ihervtiy will no more than tnd mo In the little 
extras no toclrcy man eatt <lu without.” 

“ lte»r ! -dear !" aunt timk up the liunWn again, 
“ could I have furesim that tvar father vwitj 
have caoae down in thi* way, I oevt-r would bust- 
niniti.il him. I really don't ktutw what is to be 
ilulir, -tiles* wo emigrate to route cwatiy place 
*hrn> wu arc unkmiww, and where it don't tiuitre 
how we live " 

"The rtiuniry f" *croamr*| Iwr children in cho- 
rus, " Hotter death at ooco." 

I can't imagine where I gut the iwtragt to do 
eo after my litc sharp rebuffs- but at this tutwurnl 
I I Idorted out mawthiwg that Imd Ixvit to tu* 
uimi fur revival week* : “Why eotthl t*s. Ah- 
die* and Ethel room eugethe'r, and Alr«lo*a'> 
mm, which is the picasantnc in tlm Imu.c. fa 
let to a lodger ?— earn who would — " 

lt-it line I j soused abruptly. Atvlhis* had 
falntis) in the atm* nf aa* aunt, wlm, glancing at 
me over lire top of her <Me»C daughter's hex-), 
tsiouuaitdeil me ill Itov llsipttt bee (aunt Ins 
lalfav a luua voice) b> " have the rtaon — in- 
»u fitly." 


But so * short lime, during whwlt tliiwg* hud 
| brett getting worn- ami wwme, and »e had Ireea 
I rs<t» i-i lo riue puddings fur dessert cm week 
i d*ys and apple tarts cat Stark* ys. I was aUoanl 
, to preysire ,nt aifrerl isemreil fev the tnovalugV 
1 ]i*|N-r-hi which "»s ufferesl to “an elderly gstt- 
i tVnutn. who mnrt luir exn-llent refm-tiraw, a 
foe limm iii the In-use ef a fauiliv of relUmuriil, 
Kim Imd never before txken a ludgre, fur tlm ptiv 
■ lege nf ntvu|iying which he would fa uxpivtrel 
to pay a liberal (S|uinilent." 

1 dltappcovcd iiighly of tlie nursling uf this 
call lot lie Ip. fall im aunt am] ocstnitis insisted 
u)e«i its fa-lug com fad In these wry term*, and 
ro I wu» coiufs-lted to jrlekl, iltaardiy iuo>inreil 
that It woaakf blittg no reply. 

Hat it did. Tim Veit afterniHiu nf the mimt- 
lw*U »p|rearvd,a Ctxrrlagsi with a trunk rtrepye-d 
mi faddud ilrova ui> fa uot ilonc, All old grot Is 
man gut out, hohldisf wp c«r sfapn, and rang our 


” Yim must nr him, Itmthra," said my aunt, 
leaving tlm [wtftr, fullowrel by a train "of her 
chiMtvu "It i* your affair a hug el her. I will 
Iwvo nutliing to do with it." 

" Hi- rs rase uf <m wifi have anything to do with 

with the reo.1i nf lodgiog-huuMi k.vpviw;'' nml 
away they saiVil ** I opened the Awe fa tlm arc 
ond— « little louder than the Brat— ring "f tiro 
calk-r. 

He wav a short, slightly formed old gnuUfmsa, 
with big fault! black i-yr-s, bushy white ryi-bretw*. 
and a loug white nxmlm-he and fa-ard. 

" You have a room to let *" fa s.k-.-d. 

"I have," [ answcrtsl. urhering him iato tlm 
1 pallor, n fare fa gl*ttccd keenly txround, and iIm-h 
a* keenly into my face, while fa aimouncid in a 
decisiie tone : 

“ I have euttie to take it. My luggyrgo is *1 the 
•lour. He to kind a* to tell me where lo dire cl 
the man to carry H." 

- Hut" — l fa pan, in a hesitating way, utterly 
ixiiifutrei by Hit- stranger'* biUM|or, not to ray 
high hooded, munvitr. 

“ ' Hut me no but*." " ii-n-t.-l tfa old genik-maii. 
“ I am Amo* luifliii, lalidy from Kiigluu-i. where 1 
have favit lit tug fur tfa last twruty yrwr» Sim-e 
I laiidis) in N. w v-.sk, a montli ago to. -fay, I have 
faua Iwarellug ut tlm Hl Nkhnlus. But it here’* 
your mnlfar •" 

I haMi-nrsI to astute him that f van empower 
1*1 lo negotiant with hUn. 

•• Ah. ii.de.st r W«u, thru. I'll go cm, t tiring h It 
strikes me tliat vow are rather tuuog fee tfa bu»l- 
ttrt*. You ‘fare never taken a ksiger bef-jtv.' 
I am gtai) of it, f*® reasons which it is not mv<» 
•ary tu cxplau*. Yaw want a * liberal equivalent' 
for twr tine room; I am pregsired to givu it 
Tbxt Ihivcs only one thing to fa anangtsL I 
shuul-i like tor breakfast at eiglit pmiaeiy erwey 
moruiag." 

“ Hit we did not propose to give h<v*kfn>t." 

•' I know yes* didn't ; but Til give you another 
‘liberal eiptii alcnt' fur II Yo* can't ho very well 
cdf, or yem wonldix't take a kslgw ; ami tfa tuore 
liberal eiiwivaleMa you can gel from him, tfa lict- 
ti-r. WiU you be kind ammgli fa show me to my 


•• Ye*, sir," I n-ptfal, meekly, ciupietely sur- 
cuinbitig fa tfa liig black eyre, and strong will- 
power **f the frail bioking ohl wan. and fatxlly 
f«-syltii»g fa nsk for the "referetiei-s" insisted 
wpun in tlie advert Hement. U'lterewpon fa stepprel 
to the front door, ami bcckemeil to the taiiti o»n- 
skle. who, taking the trunk upon hi* bock, fol- 
lowed hint, ns fa followed me. to the srvtmd ateey 
frw-.t room. 

•' Ah," laid oax lodger, a* be entcreil It, " thi* 
fa nut had— not at all had." 

And It wasn't. At I hare said fa-fore, it Ha- 
lim picaaannrat reran in the Itouro, and I had ar- 
ranged it aa prettily a* I roukt with tlm nnwIM at 
ay vxMumaniL Fuitunately three itickudsd a n -in- 
far uf tii* TSigraikng* and rare*, and a rapweiow* 
fannfan (fair will* .X mm-sui cushion, and foot- 
ntooi of like imIut And tlm fragrance of the 
faux. rockier that stole in at the window from 
the taironr, ami the two or thrro ->ant«i -n-s that 
fad found tfaic way thnmclt tfa lmlf-eii>u<il 
tilin-is. nnd ilanenl in triumph ret tfa wall, and 
the Imlf-ien-o gaily l>;un-l Itooka (ituni-) on tfa 
■atwlcl, and the ivy growing from ■ mi pot un 
tfa bracket in one comer, all combined to make 
the reran a plruvont place iudvrel 


Ui. lirilUn ha-1 fa‘r« onr hslget exartly two | 
■ i-ara, during uhlrh I hail p«v|Mnst and super- 
tlin>lid*-d tlm Minis-/ id Ids break fiiMi-, and tak-u i 
entire charge uf his naun, • »« will ns tfastgh | - 
hid been bremghl up to Ifat sort uf tiling." ns j 
my eoiisiw tVancln- mouthed, and tin- rest of J 
the family, with tfa cicsptiocx of uncle, who fa- | 


■-amt- quite friendly with him, had only met him 
raw duteti tones— ot ufacli times they asiuturd 
tlieir most digniBeO dignity— wfan fa wo* taken 
►irk. 

" It'* an old cuiiiplaWiL whiift will eurry me off 
•ranc tiaae," said In- tu xor; “ lutt I im|~ not tltia 
time. A&vbow, l.itlke Ifoursty- fa liuwac hr lad 
give*i toe freon the Or-l — I fa|ir I vlre~-ivid it); 
" live « dir, 1 intend to remain low. Nun Imre- 
efae .void 1 fa as .Twafiaialdc. You mw.l *U- 
gxre an extra sermnt, aud yrai and slm lugether 
uuut hot** me I sfaiwtd ri-rtainly die of a pro- 
fosaoMl. By tlm-bve, who m yc*«r family phy 

*il«UX I" 

I told Mm. 

" If I am t*c4 fatU-r, «srul f.ir him to imirrow. 
I am going out »uw — only a few steps," meeting 
mr limk of mirpriss-. “ I waot to see twv lawyer, 
nnd I slot 'n't take to mv bod fee several u«y* yet." 

Thnt « fieri*.- at. taking cure not to rep-cat the 
old grttiieinnb'* exact w nrd», bat putting bi* re- 
n.ark* In the form of a rripu-st tu fa ooowcsl to 
n.-main, 1 stated the case to tin- family. 

“ Going to fa ill f" exelalntesi Alrtiwa. “ Ivn 
met bow disagreeable !'' 

“ I'm sunt I ilou't want him to *Uy : Im might 
die fare," (aid tuv aunt, wlm hail Ibr* utmost far- 
rot of .h-jtli 

" Ilc'a an old wui**uce. anyhow," pro- lainosl 
Kthel, “and always lias fav-n, awd I hlu-h that 
any relalrre nf mine vhraibl have degriird far. 
i)f «• far as to favome Ms scfriuC-niaid." 

Hew 1 will mrniro tint my cousin Rulumia 
month ur mi fafrac this, had marritd a young 
lady with a large fur I woe. and oat of thi* furtwne 
he gciterowslv proposed to make tlie family a lib- 
ernl yearly allow* txcr. twsidc* which caris aaany 
lifts from the mxrrird sheev*. w faoe husbands 
hid prospered, and ifareupco lictn oldt/ed by 
I fair wive* to shore their pr-sperlty whh w*. tbtt 
wc Kxiglit lire at lnx*t, x. Minerva *ipre.*ed it. 
-‘with rf-yaiil MOIMUliy." Alld ao wu wi-tr not 
entirely deiM-xidrut w[Kin our lodge* for desoeru 
no-1 *evi-rai other thing*. 

Util In go lack " He i* tint ulx nlil tltbarix-S," 
arid I, losligiixtilly. “Hr is a kiud-bnurot old 
nun, and I'm very fiiml of bon," 

“ Y~. Mira Etfal." I went un, " I repral it, I 
am very (mu) of hiaa Awd if my aunt will allow 
me — I am mire mr uncle will — I will take all the 
extra care resulting from hi* sickness open my. 
(elf. -rod no rate elee rlull he atiltoycil in the lead. 
After living Iwneath mtr nxif fur two years, aad 
i-oatritmlmg *o bouatifullj to uur eiunforts— you 
nceslw't glare at me.tVantlic: he ha*, for I am 
quite certain no raw else would fair paid u» -so 
liberally— it would fa the fared ingratitude, not 
to snT cruelty, to *r*d him among stringers now 
that lie most needs care and kiitdncro." 

Are vesi quite tbrowgli, Mi** Reynold* r ask 
ed my aunt, saruotivallv. “ I had no vdeu you 
were m> ekquent. wevir favisg heard yon preach 
l-efiere. Itnt uf «te tbiug I am detcwniuod : you 
shall DO* call ia our doctor to wit palirat. lie 
i» a |«rrfeit arittocrat.atid lias no idem wr keep a 
lodger, -rod I do nut with Ilia* to know it," 

" There'* a young raw hours a few doors fa 
In it," drawled mr roongest gi-ntlmaa oem-iii. 
who resented hit waiting upon any rate hut bim- 
rrif : ~ be'II do for jour line old — nuUwwec." 

Tim very evening Mr. GtiAn bad a had turn, 
ami I sent for clie u yunng saw-lmne* a few door* 
fal»yw" ko gnat haste. Hu pnrnsl to fa a Hr. 
Ithse, a frank-ksdilng, beown-hnined, gray eyed, 
bruid liiowed youug man, with grille voice and 
quirk, llgfa Mep. And the old petit lx: r-in, taking 
u pti-xl fiiu-y t«> him, duvhird un rrtaitiL&g him— 
u ilueieiutt that iclii-vcd tux* grrntly, b.-t ring in 
tauml n* 1 did my aunt'* esniiaigo in regniri to 
Our family pbtMriali. 

Ami fiiHu tiiat lime fur tlitoe mouth*, xllltuugli 
very M+Wn i-unliiiisl to hi* twit, csxr lodger nevur 
bad a will ifay, At the end of ilia three aw-jilh*, 
however, fa lirgati tu Ituuul skiwly, and at lit* 
ctuj uf Inn mure ■« on Ms fivl nguiu. And 
then he told mr he fad made uj- his mind to re- 
turn to England. 

"lam vonw, vary worry, lo fnrt wllliyvw,"! re. 
plied. “ But it is rielit tliut <■ u (bowhl go " 

" Well laid. UHlu lion rely. Ami Mow let'* It*- 
gin to pock," said lie. 

Hr. Rlu* and 1 we*t with the old geuliraiuii lo 
tfa stuatnet that was u, «*rry Mm away, nnd 
uavn) a last farewell lo him — in the midst of a 
mead al*s> watting last farewell*— trout the pier, 
as tlie n-sM-l tlowly moved out into the nrr-un ; 
at>d thru w# trtumvil to our respective homo* to 
read tin- l.-itexs In: Imd Eikcrel in tntr respective 
bauds with hi* Dual gural-by. 

Niue I n-*J in the privacy of my own mkou at 
fir-t : and whin I hud jiartiv roeoverwd fmm mv 
tutoabdimcM and dvllght, 1 lew down stain, rail- 
ed the fainilt tiigvtlu-r. and read It to thtnu. It 
was as Mkw - 

I)*x» time Hiwxs-ty,— H ad I died — which I 
didn't. Hunks un Wr ti<sj lo you and Hr Kiro — I 
should fare 1* ft each nf my dear young fritad* 
ten tfartaand ijollar* iu my will. Hut having 
lived, I am going to A - a mucti plnwontar tiling 
—I am pjing to give tfam the leu Uiiuitaml at 
uu-c. Jf* lawyer will mv you l-al. tramurrow, 

" Anna Gtcirvtx. 

“ I*. K. — I hare also left a shght Isequrot tu Mira 
Etfal Egbert. Slm will for] it tut the lower shelf 
■>f Urn cl-wcl io tfa- ismtn 1 oceufiirel when 1 was 
far ptUMa Ihirotfaa's lodger." 

Ethel for once forr -t her gran-ful. plutitig step 
Hlir »urted hawibr fur tfa stairs, l«t b»v yuuog- 
i-*t hrotliei *M faforo Itrr, a»J she was fain to 
torn tuck again a* fa *lid ikswn tltr baluster, and 
landrsl In uur uibUt with so'uclblng in lit* anal, 

It was a lug*- fit mot J-fatogi u|di uf Anms 
(•riAn. w it It a ran) attaclu-d bearing lbe«- wotdi, 
“An rxcrfkwt picture of ‘ All Old N uImiuc*.' ” 

I married Dr. Bkc. 




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nARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

Ax ILLUSTRATED Weekly — 14 Page*. 

Hr, 04 tf H Atm’s Yoirsn toons, unttf July 12. rtulami 
u full Atunfhtu, mli mtrtiug flam, tf it ft, ft rw-Awf. cr /hi- 
fv'ttwni ittjf, iutk ai auy litfAl fay ;sv .'4 lit rtf null unt/tthtli 
nn./ 1 frtr iwi tuny fui/J far knnir'.f. fl tltt ratthtiru a ftatt/i- 
fully tllutlntlni tilin' f m girh' seating iMr ; a fntl-fagr rrtrt- 
i/inhaii tf MlLUIft fninhnf tf~ Quttu F.ltwMk at fie Age tf 
Sixteen" ; nuJ a great vanity tf tlitr iuhttUiug tutj ituhuetne 

THE PRESIDENT. 

\ S vrc go to press, President OsRFIEU) Still lives, 
and with a possibility of recovery — a possibility 
which is already certainty if the sincere prayers of 
all good men of every party shall avail. Nothing 
has he*' 11 more impressive throughout the long sus- 
pense than the hush nf party strife ami the cordial 
union of political friends and fora in n feeling of pm- 
found sympathy and grave apprehension. It is plain 
that a deep personal impression has been produced 
Upon the country by lire manly courage and simple 
Waring of the President, and that henceforth, what- 
ever the issue, he will have always a strong bold of 
the popular heart, and be always mentioned with 
warm affection. Nothing could be more touching or 
more totally free from conscious display than hi* 
conduct from the moment of the assautt. Tire rsacn 
tial quality of the man has hern shown as nothing 
else could have illustrated it, and the feeling of those 
who have had most faith in Ida truly high character 
lias been amply vindicated. 

There is always instinctive admiration for heroism, 
and those whom party feeling may have persuaded 
to deny tlie heroism of General Garfield in his 
forced marches and hazardous battles in Tennessee 
will gladly own that Prvaidant <Jarfiki.ii has proved 
himself to he a hero in Washington. His strady 
clkeerfulnem in the face of death; his manly response 
to the doctor when told that he could prot«bly live 
hut a short time. Hurt if God’s time for him had come, 
he was ready to go; the gay reply to the doctor when 
he told him that there won one chance In a hundred, 
” Well, we will take that one”; the constant tender 
thoughtfuineM of his wife, and tlie brave way in 
which he cheered his children— these are the things 
that PUTT arch put* into hi* biographies, and that are 
told of all the heroes. 80 8n»«Y offers the cup of 
cold water to the dying soldier; so the Hudson Hirer 
engineer cling* to his engine at New Hamburg, and 
sink* to death in the winter river. It is the playful 
or earnest superiority to sudden disaster and death 
which is the essence of heroism, and that is the ntory 
of the President's mortal peril. 

Meanwhile the whole country* seemed to watch 
at hi* bedside. In every mind there was hut one 
thought, and every eye naked the name question of 
every comer. Tlie heart of a great people beat with 
u single pulse, and a nation awoke at morning with 
I he fervent hope that the President still lived. Should 
that hope be fulfilled, it is impossible that this ex- 
traordinary feeling, this demonstratively affectionate 
regard of a country, should be lost upon *0 sensitive 
and intelligent and just a mind ns the President's. 
He will feel himself to be consecrated even to greater 
fidelity, and to own in no merely perfunctory way 
that he ia the Chief Magistrate, not of a party, but of 
a people. The situation has exposed the insincerity 
of party denunciation. Were he really believed to 
be stained in any way or to any degree, the kind of 
public feeling which has been expressed would have 
I teen impossible Such tenderness of sorrow and 
sympathy is only for honorable men. It invests in 
tlus instance also the President's wife. Her late 
serious and threatening illnras. uud her bereavement 
by tin; railway accident in Ohio, immediately suc- 
ceeded by this terrible blow, encountered by her with 
u serenity of soul worthy of her hu-Wnd's, have 
commended Iter also very closely to public affection. 
In rendi tig her message of womanly sympathy to 
Mrs. Garfield. the Queen of England expressed only 
what every private American heart feels in silence. 
Until the President is fully recovered, if he is to live, 
there will he the same prayer from every patriotic 
heart. If he is to die, the memory of these hut days 
will be a benediction to the people. 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 


TIIP. CAUSE OF TnR CRIME 

It is a very significant fact that in almost every 
journal of character and ability in this country, in 
European journals, in all private conversation, and 
evidently in the public miml, the ferocity ami insan- 
ity of party spirit br«l by tlie spoil* system of official 
put r* <11 age is declared to he the moving cause of the at- 
tempted asaassi nat ion of the President It i* a lottery 
in the frenzy of which nn ilMmlaneed man easily loses 
his wits, or sophisticates himself into committing mur- 
der. Every political tramp or rascal in the country 
rnay assume I lint he bits " worked” for the election of 
tlie President, that except for his speeches and sugges- 
tions and labors the parly would have been defeated, 
mid that, since tlie spoils belong to tlie victors, he has 
earned his reward. Thin fancy would easily become 
frenzy. Men of certain temperament* would brood 
over what scented to them their npglect and wrong, 
and the thirst for notoriety, which is one symptom of 
this kind of hallucination, would soon end in the hom- 
icidal purpose and tlie murderous act. 

Thi* disposition of course would be increased by 
such a f a rious factional fight in the party as has been 
raging in New York. Tlie feeling between the two 
Republican wings ha* been much more hitter than 
between the two (mrlies. Each aide has claimed to 
lie especially the party, and to represent "regularity.” 
and a light-wilted man who, with tlie feeling that lie 
had been wronged, heard tin** whom he held to have 
wronged him overwhelmed with cursee a* false and 
treacherous, would arrive very readily at crime. The 
tragedy in Washington happening in the midst of the 
extraordinary scenra at Albany, should certainly lead 
every well-disposed American to reflect that, as the 
traditional peril of a republic is party spirit, whatever 
infuriates that spirit is a dangerous blow at tlie com- 
mon welfare, and that nothing so surely and danger- 
ously aggravates and inflame* party spirit as the sys- 
tem of spoils. To throw into every election, os the 
prize of success, a hundred thousand places, with all 
their direct and indirect dependencies, opportunities, 
and emoluments, to add the dtictrinc that every man 
who '‘works' 1 i* entitled to his reward in this kind, 
and to intensify it all with a factional quarrel, is to 
invite the utmost ferocity of feeling, and directly to 
foster such crimm aa that which we now deplore. 

The cry of the aaaaasin, " I am a Stalwart of the 
Stalwarts, and Arthur is now President,” may have 
shown madness, but it was certainly madnw* with 
method. If lie he insane, it reveals the influence* 
which have disturbed his brain— influence* for which 
every man is responsible who feeds and fun* to fury 
the fire of party The deliberate stimulation of this 
tendency is u crime against liberty. It is sitting upon 
the safety-valve while the fire deepens to white heat. 
Tlie ability to restrain and modify it is the real power 
of self-go vemmeut. If we can not accomplish its 
restraint in lilts country, tlie republic is impracticable. 
Abolition of the spoils system, which is the direct 
cause of this national calamity, i* now the mi»t e»- 
sential and important public duty. Tlie question is 
not whether a man shall he mode a small clerk only 
upon proof nf his fitness, hut whether the government 
of the United State* shall be intrusted to aide and 
honorable and e x p er ienced stateicmen, with time to 
attend to tlieir duties. If this is a question which we 
are unable to answer as it should be answered, we are 
unequal to the task wbicli our fathers set for us. Tlie 
; crime which has startled the world is not the proof of 
a decline iii American character or of fatal wwiknow 
in American institutions. It ia only a sharp and 
terrible reminder that there are abuses of those insti 
[ lotions which are perfectly plain, and which must 
not be tolerated. Tlieir origin is obvious, their tend- 
ency is demonstrated, and their remedy lies in that 
public good sense of which the tone nf the prew upon 
this calamity, and the general interred in reform, are 
the most satisfactory evidence*. 


THE VIC&r RESIDENT. 

The universal and profound grief of the country at 
its probable bereavement has been accompanied with 
an equally universal apprehension respecting the ad- 
ministration of the President's successor. Mr. Ar- 
thur's conduct since hi* entrance upon the office to 
which he was elcrtcd ha* been most justly and gen «*• 
ally condemned, and he ought to perceive that in as- 
cending to the great place of President of the United 
States, should such be the event, he must aliaiidon at! 
his recent estimate* of official duty and dignity for 
behavior worthy of the Chief Magistrate of a great 
people. Undoubtedly an amiable man. not tilted for 
jiublie affairs, and with a taste for small politics and 
intrigue, we can easily believe him to lie appalled by 
the prospect of a position and duties to which he 
doubtless feels himself to bo unequal. There can be 
no doubt that his d<*ire would be to administer the 
government for the lient interests of the country, hut 
the school in which he has licrn trained is so mean 
and belittling that he would be at very great disad- 
vantage. When A SHREW JOHRBOX succeeded 1 'resi- 
dent LlSCOLH. it wax feared thut bis political educa- 
tion mid associations would be too strong for him, 
although it wo* hoped tliat lii» election by the Union 


purty, and the exigencies of tlie situation, might per- 
xundc him to adopt a wise, jmtriutic, and harmonious 
course. The total disappointment of that hope, and 
the disgraces of his administration, are uow familiar 
facta of history. 

The results to be apprehended from a change in the 
Presidency at this time are of a very different kind. 
Of the three Vice-Presidents who have succeeded to 
the higher place. Messrs. Tylkr and JOHIHOK broke 
with the party that elected them, and went to the 
opposition, and Mr. FimtoitK did much the same 
thing. Rut in hi* case it was a dissolution of hts 
party which followed hi* accession. In the present 
instance the result would lie probably a party schism. 
Mr. CoKKUNO, who would have to supply experience 
Slid counsel to tlie Administration, would become its 
controlling power, and Mr. Coxklixo is perfectly well 
known. But Mr. CoXKUXU represents a policy and 
methods which, however agreeublc to some Republic- 
ans, are not acceptable to tlie country. Should the 
change in tlie Presidency occur, we shall treat the 
new Administration with perfect candor. But noth- 
ing is gained by evading or trying to eon real plain 
and recognized facts, and it i* always serviceable to 
an officer to know precisely what feeling in the pub- 
lic mind uttends his entrance upon his duties. 

It b still true, and always true, that he who serves 
his country most sen-m his party best. Mr. Arthur 
has been content hitherto to be a good-natured and 
iniqiKwt ionitig henchman. But the brief experience 
of General Garfield's Administration lias shown 
that the true and only party policy now lie* in an ag- 
gressively honc*t. frugal, and economical conduct of 
the government. The country and the Republican 
party, with the exception of a few malcontent*, have 
heartily approved the chief arts nf the lust four 
mouths. The reduction of interest upon the bunds, 
the vigorous and unsparing pursuit of the postal rub- 
bers, the clean, bud ness- like ways of the Administra- 
tion, Lave greatly commended it to public con tide lire. 
The Senate with virtual unanimity ban sustained the 
President, and if it is left without a presiding officer, 
Mr. ARTHUR doubtless reflects with poignant regret 
that the consequent possibility, which no man will- 
ingly contemplates, of a laps* in the Chief Magis- 
tracy. is due to his own complicity in the intrigue of 
the New York Senatorial resignation. Tlie angry 
and u 11 pardonable act of Mr. OoHKLDMJ lias wantonly 
exposed the country to one of the most serious of 
perils. By his resignation lie made it impossible to 
choose a Republican President of the Senate pro tem- 
pore. and Mr. Arthur consequently retained the 
chair until the adjournment. Tlie result, as will be 
seen by reference to the law which we publish in an- 
other column, is that in tlie event of the death both 
of tlie President and Vice-President there would be a 
dangerous lapse in tlie Chief Magistracy. This is 
one of the consequences of Mr. Uamuto'l folly. 
Meanwhile Mr. ARTHUR'S duty is clear nnd impera- 
tive. Should he be called to President Garfield's 
place, the general policy of President Garfield must 
l>e maintained. Tlie strain upon tlie nation and upon 
the party will be immense, and it can not be wisely 
encountered by discarding and discrediting what has 
lieen already begun with the applause of the whole 
country. Mr. ARTHUR will find that the journals 
which Imre ninxt independently and sincerely cen- 
sured tlie follies and errors of his course as Vice- 
President will most honestly approve and sustain 
every indication of u wise and patriotic policy us 
President. Should lie lie persuaded to attempt seri- 
ously to change the situation, he would hear an in- 
dignant protest from every pari of the country which 
it would he ini]iomible for him uol to heed. 


A DANGEROUS PRACTICE 

There is one moral of the great calamity which 
ho* befallen the country which was instantly and 
universally remarked. It will become more and 
more impressive, for it is the vital danger nf our 
present system of Presidential nominations. Who- 
ever has seen a National Convention knows that thn 
nomination of a Vice-President especially is mode by 
a jaded and half-disgusted tuob of delegates without 
the slightest real reflection. At the loot Convention 
it is safe to say that the name of Mr. Arthur had 
not occurred to a single one of the six or Bcven hun- 
dred delegates in connection with cither office to 
which nominations were to he made ; and there was 
no member of hi* party less likely to lie selected for 
n poamblo President After the tierce struggle and 
the defeat of tlie third-term scheme, it was felt that 
New York wo* the battle-ground, that Mr. CoNKtJNu 
controlled the regular party organization, that he 
would not hesitate to counive ul the defeat of the 
party, and that something must be done to bribe him 
te> the support of the ticket. Plainly stated, this was 
the situation, and for such reasons the candidate fur 
the Vice- Presidency was selected. 

Tragical experience ban taught us that in nomina- 
ting a Vice-President wo are designating a puwible 
or even probable President, and when the catastrophe 
occur* which makes the subordinate the chief, the 
party which has taken the responsibility will be held 
to strict account Sixteen year* ago, when President 



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483 


I.iyoni.K frll. tho siMwwion of Axdrrw JoHJfflO* 
filled Um country with wrinm and disturbing appre- 
hension. It can not he denied, also, that them wax 
universal consternation when the shot of thr itNuuniu 
at President GtRKIKI.o nuulr the Presidency of Mr. 
ARTlll'R probablr. Hint, however, is but to say that 
the legitimate result of the action of the Chicugn 
Convention appullrti the cuuntry. It ut true that if 
the oppiwinjr nominations maile ut Cincinnati had 
been ratitinl by the people, and Mr. EvaUBH were to- 
day President, there would have been the same gen- 
eral and profound diwatisfaction. 

It ia the way in which nominations are mode by 
both parties which is at fault, and if dire experience 
cau not teach us. if we insist upon selecting our Chief 
Magistrate by the merest whim of luck or passion, 
and withdnt the least regard for qualification, or ex 
pcrience. or political character, the prayer of the late 
Fourth of July, never uttered with more intense and 
painful anxiety than upon that day, will become thn 
petition of every patriotic. American - "God save the 
Republic!" The duly of sensible men is not to be 
content with expressing disgust, but to send men to 
caucuses and conventions who will have the pluck 
to vote against a nomination for the Vice-Presidency 
which they would not support for the Presidency. 


THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. 

Tux law regarding the »i*ere**ioii to the Presidency is 
mu tallied ID thu third title of the Rev Ural Statutes of the 
{.'lilted Males. The section* are os follows: 

••fisc. Ut Id case of removal, death, re»lm»l»e, oe Inability 
of tilth the Prewivat and \TcW-t*re«i-tral of the I'llitel Stale*, llie 
IVwhvil of liie Kristie, nr if Uinv I* none, the* Hm Sp.wk.vr of 
lb* Huase of Bepeaw nts Urs S, for the time Ireiiig, »li*ll »rt as Pi*w 
kkvrt until the .Inability w nmornt nr > I’rewklrot eWvtod. 

"flic. 147. Whenever the ulliiw* of IVsddmt are! Vice Prcmdiw.t 
both become rnretnl. the Secretary of Slate shall forthwith raw 
a TiotitK'sWM thereof to be wade to the EmSirt of rrery State, 
*x»l iha>) alio ctu« the tame to lie put-bahed in at kart cm of 
the new*p*p*r» printed io aach State. 

"Kir. It*. The notillcallon (hall specify that elector* of a Pret. 
idem sad Vlcv-Presitviii nf tba t'nkud Kate* shall be apjuDUal 
oe vtaeen in (he ntvtval flu to* as follow# - 

" Pint, If then* stall be the »|>*rv of two months ret to ensue 
IsWn* the i late of suth ii.ilitkwik.n anil the (lent Wednesday m 
ttocronber thro neat msaing, noth nottficalkm “hill! «pet*fr that 
the elector* shall Ire appointt-l or chnsen villus thirty-four deyr 
preceding soth first Wednesday in December. 

_ ckvuwf. If there shall- *vi| be the *f«ee of two month* between 
the date of »uch notification and such first Wednesday In Green. • 
ler, amt If the teem for vhkh the Prcaktoit *i,l Vlro-Preobltni 
kaet In fifUor warn il.itol will not etplro mi the third day of Marvli 
snt ousuiag. tlm niitillinlinn shill apseify that the electors shall 
!•* aptneotMl or <4m*n within thirty-four -U» (i receding the first 
Wednesday an IVoemher iu thn year nett enuring. IWt if there 
■hall not be the spare of tan nomtlin tietwron thn date of inch 
nceificatko and the 6 ret Wednesday in December then neat mill- 
ing, and if the term foe which the President and Viee-Preiadent 
laat in office were eketrd will expire on the third day of March 
nett ensuing, the artificatMU shall not specify that electors are to 
hr appointed or chosen. 

"Sac. 149. Elector* appoinml or rhasrs upon the notification 
pnarrilwl by the pneniing net*® .hall meet slid five th-'ir 
noa upon the Ini Wednesday of Usewtubav SpeciM in the 
notification." 


VIRGINIA READJUSTERS. 

A VnrarXTA eomopondMit Mud* «* the following clear 
account of the Hcailj Haters' movement from thn Deioorrnllc 
point of vinw. Hi* amurU that no State has h on enter clce- 
t Wilts than Virginia, aixl tliat whenever dishonest voting 
or fraudulent manipulation of rote* bun been i hsrgi-il.it 
lias been chiefly in MaJHiNE'* district. Our comajmenti-iit 
most remember, bowerer, that fair piny foe the colored 
ciliien is tbe paramount qMttion in every Southern Mate, 
mid that K/pnt.lu-iui support will bo naturally given to 
that wing of the Domnrratie party which, with whatever 
loom financial view*, insist* npon that fair play. The 
Iiemorratin party is a national pnrty. and it is nppoeed ii 
every State bevaiiae of the indispttlnblr frond and violence 
by which it has sought to control certein Mato*. ami ■ 
obtain cinitml of the national govcmiacnt. Republicans 
opjHiwc repudiation, but they opposo quite a* slrenuonsl.v 
tlie timue ballot and laws intendi-il to deprive colored dtl- 
sens uf tholr vote*. When the country see* the Democratic 
party in Virginia as anxious to nernro fair piny for colored 
citizens as for State creditors, it will h*lcn more patiently 
to its denunciation of repudiation. Rights can lie re 
dialed by a parly as well as debt*. 

“ The proportion to readjust ihs debt by aatinaing I wn-thinhi 
of it foe Virginia, and Waving the iither third to West Virginia, 
woe formally emrialiol in li-gidsfinn. Slid pfferlws«i*i by the mua 
of Virginia bonds fee the IsalfaMi, ten yeats ago, and has ner 
been duurbed or (tallmgeil by any party in Virginia riwee. 
is under* lood on all ikla, has been formally accepted 1 7 the cred- 
itors iu many ways, and waa made a special Irgislative condition 
of the last funding act I approved March IS, 1079), known aa the 
Mifiiuiroil bill. Kiury department of oitr gorcrnnirnl ha* pnvn 
its SanrtJoa to this srrangnumt ; evrry party ».Tvpu iL There is 
not, and h*» nut Iren simw IH?I, a niggostkiti la any qnartsv 10 
• readjmt' that proportwning of the debt. Nay, more, until Its 
Readjustee psrly wsi funwesl there was never any ndlnmuy s- 
to whit coiutitutei Virginia's ts-nhioK. Year hr year that enn 
wiui officially lUtcd by the Auditor of Public Account*; tax hill* 
and other laws wen- |«*enl on thn admitted quantum of the ohji 
gatk®; and under eur laws with each putdiiwthm of the ku of 
Awaiidi tlie debt rbargvshl* o> Virginia was *Utr-l, and alwsy* 
in the same terms, the fiwrtualiovn from tvar to year U-kng rvfcr- 
sliln In snoiul increww by wn|mhl lutnseei, or annul ilftrnnsr by 
th- opersiK*.* of the Kinking Food. etc. Three ' acts' are brftre 
me. and I qm 4 c them for the pa«t five year* : 

MMUM *8 

SH.lhH.3Sr, 3d 

1HT7-7*— “ « “ tUUJM ^8 

1*7 *-79 — IM5 

]«7»-*U— •* “ •• 2U,GC7,9U4 ?« 

Adding tbe unfunded debt, ted dolwcting the bunds held by the 


flute herself, the priori pel nf the debt, os sgrved on all band* an- 
ul scene time after the Kewtjsvtcr party was formed, wa* about 

|U,noo,ocn. 

" In the first Cnnvreilk® -.f that party, helil In tills city. General 
MtuokZ. siubl iiidn-rsal apfiridiatkou. snaucTirisI thn rtiiclpal to 
Im- fits, 977,000 Of. Tim KMunorul II Kig, hU |K-n.iii»l urgitn, anil 
lha roily ex p O K OI «f hi. {tarty, hi iu iesun of StfUecnher fl, 1879. 
in the mid-l of the first CWIIISM tlie KnodjoiWn moiv, ilwrtercii 
it»clf as acknowledging the ‘entire imlchleilnees.' snf defined Uii* 
language to mesa ' previ*ely what the *ame words do in tlie lull- 
•creative platform of 1877,' about which there can lie no doubt, 
tin! fVcevriativc party haring alwsy* hrN that all the shove prin- 
cipal waa due, sa It now does. The only rontention of the Rcad- 
jurUv* two year* ago wo* ax to nmd/vjtiMt the rate of Interest, 
nod a* lo reruin ih-t*iLi of the sy.b-m of fueling. During the 
campaign of thnl fall, howevre, 11 -rtain ituliriduah of that party, 
cmholdvmsl by tlie fame with which the prrqsiaal to rut down in 
tereat, whether the creditor* agrn«i or not, ws* rwevred, threw off 
*11 dlsgwiscw, and avowed thrreaelvee in favor of Me 

pmmpi/. Thwa one of ihctr speekere, J lira L Powru., Bq., of 
SjiotuylvanU, troweil In a public dlicuisioa thifwc Raa-Jpister* 
BMII to r»|iuilUln every particle of the debt cicc|d w hat we choose 
to give th .111 [the rvvdibiMl foe the wke of {oiusv.* Anil when 
tannUd with tlie dietsmoralilrtbrsa of this position, they anaecrwl, 
ns did the preiim t nmdidalii for tho Altortiny lli-m-raiship uf the 
Stnte on the Hewdjmter ticket, ' Honor will not buy a break fs.t’ 

-fllacc that fall of 187» there ha* been a race aiming the lle- 
■iljmter lender* who couU pTcmoee the Hrgvrt reniulistion. In 
a c*uma of that p»rty btld in itii* city daring tbe last sesaion of 
the Awniblr, the |iro<>i*Mion nf the Republican candidate for Srr- 
gvaut at- Ann< of thr I'uitrel fluti-a Smote was adopud, and in the 
rvovnl Stale I'oov.iiiK.ri of that party It wa* formally at owed a* a 
plank of their plrtfurm, Tho srvoml sortion uf that document 
opens as fallows : 

"“ 8 . We reassert OUT pu-y«me to settle ami sdjurt our flute 
oliligntiuns on the hasi* of the hill to reeiUlilish public cmiil 
known ax the “ RmnursiBiixs hilt " ' 

" Now If ywa will tarn la the f'-twjrrawwMMf ffored of Msreh S 6 , 
lssl. psfp> 7, you will find thn ‘ MinnaziiKborR lillt,' *r>i In thnt 
hill you will find the official and authnriard ilcfiaitk® of the posi- 
tion of the Virginia Read jre ler* on t»w pahlle debt, and yon may 
burn there and thn* the * ps u pnMthm* ' from which it lake iu 
name.' TV sentence wfiarh anoouires what Virginia ftemljuitere 
are gysng to dn with a debt admitted by tfcrir loo. lev and tl«-ir or- 
gan Ires than two year* linee to V ISS.ihsi.inni it as foUnwt ; 

•••The rqultahle adjustment of the public debt of the State. as 
■trurmlnnd by the appllrntlnn of the facts and principle* afnrrmai, 
film the aggregate thereof at f [9.444,1**.' 

"It la tills rv 5 n.llal.j 0 of t/itrtm rnif/wns ,>f Virginia's dibt 

which lliu lhiwvic raise party of Virginia U fightuig." 


JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 

fltMrt.TAVrrirxj.T xrlth thn pointless, story of the dieeorpry 
of Moiutas's bones, the Rev. Dr. Wiuimix. in the Prineeton 
A'evvir, pnssra judgment upon Antimnaonry. He Is spenk- 
ing of John Qt'tNW Adams, ami he uys : 

~ Ho wont to the tlcnse, the nominee, against loth Whigs ami 
IV***.T*U, of thu Antluioo iu — a party whose preuat wax a fab- 
riralttl ouaxsixiatloo ; whose pulley wax p«-rs, trial praKripUon ; 
w liieh hail no {wdUkal principle*, iu aote Iwud of union tsriug Die 
oatrwcixm of men tvbmging to an aorient clioritalile aasoclatosi 
which had always Mnbcaoid in si* ranks s.Hii.r of the chief futrt- 
ots amt tutreinon of the land; which was to Imi eunosmwd In 
sesne of the most corrupt conipremisra with foe*, and some of the 
boaret I tet nival) of allios history ha* ever recorded. In iu fakili 
eattons and corruption Mr. Anaws had no part; uf it* betrayals lie 
was one of the octlma'* 

TTie artiele contains tho best estimate of the last of the 
line of Revolutionary I ‘rest dent* that vre recall: 

“To tbe end he wo* oncho&gcd. lie remained incapable of an- 
drttiixid intrigue; trsthfnl In cxprtwtlnn. yet grossly prejudic'd in 
prrerplk®: wltluoit following a party, hut sometime) ecsnpelliiv 
all {lartim Ui follow him; Intolerant, yet not proaetlptlre. frown 
in hi* IntrrccMnx. with Other*. yi« puuring himself out on his diary 
in itmuw nf fire; vs{wt and pouitbiw »h-n out o I pcditkal ac- 
tion, whin in {Kilitkwl aclkwi mHicr of an InexhauMitiln arsenal 
of fact* likely lo liewr <30 any probable issue, and of astounding 
capacity in availing himself of three f.ict* at any given muniout.” 


AN INTERESTING AFFEAL. 

Tux Rev. J. B. n*XKHMiN. who Is one of the meat earefnl 
and sympathetic students of aocinl qneMinns, has recently 
nind* n journey through the Southern 8 (atc«. and tiefufw 
publishing h«* ObosrraUOW, which am sun* fo Iwi valnalilc. 
Lo call* attention lo I bo lamentable want of reasllng mat- 
ter ananog the people. 

Many of tlie Iodic* " of tho boat oUl families” are eager 
to do eomclhing for their poorer neigh bom of both me*, trot 
they object to tbe pntilieation of their names. Mr. ilaUU. 
won aay*. therefore, that any otto in this part of the cowntry 
who knows tlirwu in the flout hern fltales wlto wnnhl din- 
tribute good reading matter ought to send it — anything, 
iiMle.it, not pernicious or worthless. Mr. IUbuibon (whose 
address la Franklin Kails, New Hampahire) Is In eorre- 
*|iondcnoo with ladies in Alabama, Mississippi, Loniaisna, 
and Texas who are establishing reading clubs and neigh- 
borhood librarie*. 

The people who would he so grateful for this kind of as- 
sistance will help themsclrna after a little time, lint erven 
in a New Kngliuid village, aa w IUhmdmix says, it is not 
always easy to atari a library. 


THE AMHERST GYMNASIUM. 

No college in the eonntry hn* fostered more carefully the 
interests of physical ml neat ion and hygiene than Amherst 
College, ami I’rofrewor HlTCBOOCl'a re|KWl of the liialory of 
thin department fur the last twenty year* ia one of tlie most 
inlerreting of th« college disctioit-nla «f tho w mmcr. Ilia 
soggiistloim hate tho vsliw, of devoted thought and rx|ierl- 
etiee and knowledge, and the results of bis xlrilt are tlao hi- 
oiitestable evidence of its value. I’rnfesswr Hmriusicx's 
object is not to make luiating men or lioxing men, nor phe- 
nomenally muscular men, but tbrewgli oonnd physical con- 
dition* t« secure tho highest mental and moral efficiency, 
Of tbia it ia not tnimnilar |mwer only which is the surest 
guarantee, lint a careful regard for the laws of health. 

When a college boy faint* at a Iwiat-raro In the burning 
mhUamowT sun, it is obvious that however " high'* bis train- 
ing, tho real object uf such training, in the large anil gen- 
eruo* wcuae, hoa not been accomplished. The old judge 


tohl the hone-thief that he woa to be hnng, not because hn 
bail stolen a horse, bnt that horses might not lie stolen. So 
a young man nhauld observe the laws of health, nut that hi* 
may w iu a race, but that he mny best romninud all his pow- 
ers. The laws of health do not enjoin tremendous exer- 
tion ureter a Withering mill, 

The Amherst method is lhat of active, vigorous, nml live- 
1y mnaciilnr exercise nt slutod iwriisl*. This exercise is 
obtained, not by lifting eiuiminsia weights, not by rigid 
military drill, bat by varied recreative and {dcaiunt move- 
ments, accomplished by the nae of light wooden dumb- bells 
to music. This reenres the necessary mnaculnr waste and 
development, wliil* tbim* who desire the heavy gymnastic 
work arc at llherty to Indulge in it, Tlie statistical tables 
and statements in PmfftMor HlTCHCOCS'8 r*|iort show in- 
teresting and important result* — such a* decrease of illness 
from the Frrohman to the Senior year, the fact that no se- 
rious or permanent injnry has ever resnlted from tho exer- 
cises, mid that only 9,‘JT per cent, of tho student* failed 
from sick new. Another fact gathered from his Agnrre is 
that for the lost fourteen yean the percentage of the in- 
crease of the non of (oIkicco among all the college clnso-s 
has been from 1IM4 In the Freshman year to 39.00 in tlwi 
Senior year. Thn whole report I* very interesting to par- 
ents and guardians na well ns to the “young gentlemen* 
themselves. 

PERSONAL. 

Wax* flrxxmx Girard died, fifty tear* ago. he little thought of 
the nwgnltuik: to which hi* lwqutwt for the foundation of * col- 
lege for orphan* wuahl grow, TV ndiege eommenred with three 
husdrnl cw]>)ian pupil*. It now contain* one llmu-and, an] to 
rnmmnUtinn fur slill more is in poeree of ronrtrsetion. Ita 
financm hove bent zutiagol wiih the grcacret fi.lriity and judg- 
ment. and its giro* revenue for 1880 was |HH8,7B3. The real 
route he left to the rolkgc. cvpctully the eu»l mle*-*, ho* inerraud 
in twine bevcc-t all expsoUlk®. llislmy futuuliro no exsiupV.' of 
a eollccr whose irorevre ha* Iswn *0 groit. It ws* o|Hinnl for thn 
reception of pupils In 1848. The tinil.ling* tha* far hat* coot 
shout #S,nor , .i*«).thc main on*, in the form of ■ (<iriotliiaa tom- 
phi, being 149 fret long, lit fort wide, *7 f«-l high, an-l said to 
Iw the finest of Greek archkertnn- of modern timi.** 

— The KhilaiMphi* ha* anuoiineeii in its codnuins during 

111. ps»t six month- the death* of 449 people whoic age wn* over 
reghtv. Of these, 171 were men. and 278 were women. This 
givre the usual proof of the olitcrvatioa that more woomb lb in 
mm live to lie eighty. Of the 449, stilv-alx lived to bo over nine- 
ty. and six over one hundred. The otitis. I, fitlrt BtRH, a col- 
ored wotstin, attained to tlie great age nf <®e ton. I rod and tifieioi. 

— President Eliot, tt tho recant H w i hm ik xii i s I at Harvard, 
•aid lhat thn university bail on* nnvivr-J mv>h money m sny 
year for lh« U*t dub® years as in this year. It wuuM fort vp 
#400,1**) In MMtquonOt, liowwrr. of the mlwceit rate of in- 
tereat. owing to the A.pWut.Jr |im*penm* state of the resmlry. 
the income of the university had beta reduced to a little ovrr 
#2i8>.'«X>. 

— Miw* Grirwixj), oho ha* loa.le si varcessfol an 07c ra lie d.W 
in Paii*. wa* horn in Cliicago Uef<>rc the great fire dure her 
parent* were wrolihv. but haring by that di*a<t«r hat nearly ev- 
erything, thcr rireded to her entreatka to cultli-ale lier *•,/*■»! to 
cure a Krcahood. Mrs. Gat*wou> aevonifacml lire to Puri*, 
where, after three years of aaslihtoux study ia thr Guirerestoirr, 
the hsx won a eomplrti! profuuloflat triumph. 

— Speaking of Uni resign* lim uf Profresor Pan*, after forty. 
five years’ sn ku as the degwatic h- wj of Andover IVnlngiml 
Sresiuary, the New York 7tmrs *sy* V hss livid to roe the there 
Iiiglntl cfdiiiims which be Uaglii oitwIsMiallv »nperie<Jcd tiy a 
newer ard lost Chlvinists* system of religious IhcsgbL “ He is 
prolwHhr tho la*4 of the old-xrtKvjt Ihrolopinnx— the men who dig 
throfogveal systems out of the Riripcurc*— that we shall ever have 
In thi) coor.try ; bat if the last, he suffer* nothing try comparison 
with the greatest. He retires from his post with the re»p«vt of 
all teacher* Id his own return®! body, ami honored for tils worth 
uni merits by Christian people of all ihniouiiaalioM." 

— flp>>aklag nf Mr. Jcmnsos DaVU's hunk, Tkt .Stole, puhli-lml 
*1 Kirbnimnl, Viiyiaio, S*T* that " afn-r a oinipinitive slid careful 
study of tho wnrk. it remiBS *bort of wlist •» might ami should 
have eiprrtnl. Iu ohief value is in it* irrtifiid quotsiion* Its 
recital of military events i* often partvil, ini nut adin incur, 
reel ; Hr teste is narrow nnd perwstal ; its strte I* veer bad ; it.* 
manner offensive ; and It* worth found chiefly la the /net that a 

C af it make* a compendium of n history hi which Mr. Darn* 

no shire. We nonit regret that after a lifetime «pcnt Us 

public affair* he should he nnsl.lv 10 arrange properly Ids pirn or 
his iiulktioeiW, and equally unable slthar to preserve in his story 
(lie reipienrv »f tlnw, or to present hi* argument*, his fiurts, or Ids 

oonrto-hm* ie good English." 

— Mr. M AUDI. 8 Mri'Aii.. in the Conlm/^niry fKrefov, is mro 
that Dwd ltt Aitwnreru- e devotion to h» wife derive* s.ht<lnmal 
merit from the fart that it w»i lariihcl on a wife much oldrr 
than himaelf. art strikingly attractive, and red wedded chieflr for 
love. Few men oocupyirg *och a position a* l-nrd llriroDmii-') 
would have bestowed upon such a wife during Ihrir long rear* of 
married life all tho aUraitH® and gallantry nf a youth! ul lover. It 
was probably not her fortune alone tliat inUuoMt Lord Hiacnss- 
ri(i.n tu marry a wij.m so mnch id* Miiiinr. 

— Mire Nsiixos, the ortrnu, bequeathed the roiiitwe of her es. 
tnto to Admiral tji.vs, who has ck-Tiited it to founding a fund foe 
decayed actor* and actreroeic TV trnnt«a of tlie fund are Mr. 
Icvtso, Mr. Tools, and Mr. Closest Scott. The Admiral has, in 
addition, given large donation!) to the General Theatrical Fund 
and three of the Donjon bus plu I a. 

— An rldvrty Itoabmian revmtly divided #1, 000,000, tbe half 
of his fortune, IwHwivn hi* l»u ibildnen. There m *n <*-togensri- 
■n in Nr* Turk, ■ •Wk.wer, and a very lively old widower to-, 
whore rocomc u shout fJWAOOO per annum. At the end "f each 
year he deducts what he has riproded foe himself, wi hands over 
the balance to his nephew* and nicies, which is a pleasant way of 
admlnlalrriag on one's own estate. 

— Four painting* by LasnsxcR, flTasrtxui, and Millais were re- 
entity purchased at a rein In IsAcbui for #|nr\00Q, by a “Mr. 
Thornnn," who i- under* L*>4 m he Mr. IlnUDWAT. the patonl-medi. 
cine man. He it rvgardrd as one of Ihe pill sr* of art in that 
metropolis. 

—The recent investigation lie fore a committee of tbe D?gi*- 
Uture at Albany oa to the aitempiot hnlwry of a member by the 
payment of |2iss> recalls an Instance nt a similar sort, thnngh 
die liritie wa* tlvii lime* larger III amount, when Sir Knosar VVal 
root, thnn Prinm Minister, meeting a nreinher of thn oppnsitlun in 
the Chun of RivjurelR. took him aside, and offered him a bsmk foll 
of £21881 (#|o,i88i). winch he put In hi> liand* foe hi* roto. TV 
member replied : •• !wr R.Hisirr, you hare lately sew e d some of my 
particular friends; and wlm* my wife ws* last at court, the King 
was very grocion* to her, which roust have happened st your in. 
stance. I shook! therefore think myself very ungrateful" ( putting 
At fnak^rott info hit potktt) “ if I were to refuse the favor you are 
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Tbe Beaittfiil Wretch : A Bilim Story. 

I It WIU.IAM BLACK, 

"Taa Aik nnu< .« * riiiiM,' ate. 

(IlilTKK XVIIL— <fWtannf) 

. “ l*»"n»r» you would like In trod the litter jourmlf. tnba?" 
Mw .usKr.U.1 

X*a Iwk il, >uil Im J liulu JlflU-ulij ui ikvijdwfing lu CuhU*l», 


thMt~h tint Utijpuipr w-a* oemnuoally a trifle hyprrtmiknl. It mo- 
taimil nntliliiK l.«i than an ..ITir of luu-rut. • H>hiirv*iil ti> Sil lit 
a iwiVrf In <a»- (if hrr »Uj.-tv'. nunrln.l*, iiKu tal.l th.ii •- »i, 
tired tin* HU. mill ll.lt If Sal nimbi tin* •). I.. r Draft. ring life 
h. wwahl he, »l hr nimbi filin’ ink. thr (uait-pianl. II. |*iiiiti,| 
■lilt thr urfilbi. Im- «» h. make fur her; fin il u|f> m..i 
• hit hr no* a pKIt .dllivr. N.i iiitlti’f . lie >i. »|||... K hi InvtMItr 
•huj'l* -V.fi.atnm; fur liu had hi* “ fn -UatV 4 ; aad if -. l« ■>* nlu- 

■ imkl Iwioh hi* llu n «l.« v bihiI.I tune H paid m-allnr |.r<.d 

rut In I;.-, a hit nf pinion, nu.1 thiur ami feuij.ii.r a dir. it waa a 
itkhI Ineimst-Fikc, imiihle iiITit. 

“ Anil I'm •nn 1 c.iiHvij woutlilnc for Win," Nan racrrly laid. 
• 1 think I ciiulil p-t him |.rim>ulk« The Smiur Natal lawil of tlw 
Admiralty la a frvo.1 of mlnn. Ami wonMn'l il lie hrft.r fur tnu V' 
“ No, MUM,” “hi Kil, n.tl, ui mill him] of tmilc. •• | mb. glad 


I t’l p i till' lutler, f.r it 1 Snarl Tin maimed. Ilnl I'm uni gniag U> 
l« rap-'.l J»t I Hi'ivr mar ra livanJ of the man 1 nunhl uutti— 
rw.’|.l U m«hl l*a*r Urn Kd.l.le linn.., if |„ «u Mill alnr 
hniiulSiir* w lii’ii I'*. U.< rrailinK a l.ll. nmiiw alum; tlw dwaoa 
all ».* Uiixll Uki’. I'lr H-n -umi’lwdy in thr ilWbtuur; ami ft* 
••Id lu iniM'lf, * W ell, mow, if tlint n»i unit iu him out bi Ih that 
l.la.k a tU’.l A. filin’ iiluiiulraun.it auubl Im all . .let with me; it 
•uulil »«-, •'VVhi-lW. ami I'll omul lu put, my IU"' Ami tlwii 
ilumlilrax fell* m >4 a Inl-u.-f Im nom- al.m^, .Ima liiim< 
liinMu. k”l, tnluUal kiln’d, ab.l i.utcelv (Bunch ajiirit In him In 
; ui. ' Mamin t* jri — pmd-itnroin t' ve, wrarh f * 

- You am icnr unle|H*^hot." Mill l ha rap- Nan. *' And tliU't 
all mry wrll at kmc an your Smith Uila. lint ytm M«ht Imraw 
ill. Yon unubl want trlaltana and friin.l«, and a Inme. Aid in 
thv MM suatil huuica pm would l.av* a Yrrj oanluiUhh bmaa, 



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anil a garden in look after; ami your bvdiaud might get promo- 

“ If ever I marry," laid Sal. 'baking her lieud. " it taunt lie cmt 
of the man o' war'i men. They're jure a* Stile apirit nr iniiepend- 
cnce u the day-labore-ra. They’re kid it all d<i;M aul of them 
by the hard UMgu of l tie ultnn " 

“ I Hi. tin* can you say no I” (aid Von, warmly. “ The odhrers are 
Kwgliih grntlrmra. In former day* llirre mat hare been cruelty, 
bat I ain re ruin that rrUta mi lunger, I huow sa-w-ial otHcrra: 
kinder 1-rartril own don't rxbf, Whv. there In a explain In the 

“ST stopped in great pmliarrawwiit. Bill Hinging Kit, not 
beeline, raid, laconically : 

*' li ain’t the captain, mint. He' a too preat a gentleman to in- 
terfere. It'* the dot IkuccmbI who <an make the ship a bell upon 
earth if ho ha* a mind to. Ah, ml**. It'a little you know of the 
discipline that grew co ou baud a nixn-o'.wtu. There'* no human 
being roull Maud It aim waan't brought up to it. The nxrehant- 
tnell can’t Mam I it ami wwa'l -land 
|r; that’* wlwus the nfllcrea find a 

dldlrultv a hrn tlm Ke*i-rtm> are called I f »L, * I 

out. Vnti wwnldn’1 flail a waa-o 1 
•ar’« man marelung up t.. the lir-i 
lord of the Admiral! v with * hemp 

of aalt l-ef in h-.. h..r.l a- 1 a'kmg | 

him if it wa* fit to eat. Ami tki* 


aaa a he t her Kaa ought not to ho InrUftl to a fair eooaideratloa 
nf the matter aa reprwnUd hy Mr Janrnih hdinodf, 

u Well, Nan.” she said, “ if your niiml in quite clear about it — ” 
“Oh. It ii, mother,” *he answered, engrriy, ” quite — quite." 

Tliat war an end. Her mother left the reran 'lowly; Nan Hel- 
med for her footsteps until ahe heard her go into the drawing- 
room and close the door. Her first thought wj* to kck beraelt 
in. *o that there thould be no »|i|muL Her neat wa* (hat it *nt 
licet li rely mean and erml of lur to riperimec tku wonderful 
retire of relief, bow that tlm lire waa irrvroeahly raw. 

“ If there waa anytlung I could do for him," die »m thinking — 
" anything— anything liut that;" and then the Bslcned again to 
tha alilkuwa until ahe heard a Im-II rir;. and the drawing room 
•hair opm again, and «umu one ikwirnd the Maim into the hall. 
She felt guilty and *o»ry at the *am<- time. She winhed ahe tw*ald 
du Something hy way of compensation. He would not think it 
was lucre bcartitwiuewf For indeed ahe had tried. And would 
ahe not hare done him a far greater wrung if she had manned 


man llll••« Ukn hi- chance; anil until he -|xwk« liu can’t hare an 
•Mwrr. I ill! not think Mr. Jaeomlt ha> any mm to complain, 
except, perh* p*, that you don’t go ywwwelf and hoar what lie ha* 
to*ay." 

’• Oh, mother, I ivakln’t do that. It wouU only be pain for liotli 
of •*. And then I don't rrfaac him, you *cc, mother , that’* tome. 
thing." 

Lady lh i,-<for-l na. uncertain. The truth was, tlie war not at 
all m avy In lc tlm Inan-r of Ilia* luciregr — tern at the coot of a 
little Iruulih’ — for aim ilid think tliat her daughter ought to marry 
into a bettor pmilion ill life Kill the hod jiitt Imvii I i timing In 
wluit Mr, Juemuh hail In My for hinitelf; and lie he I an] a good 
deni, imt only a trot biinrelf, hut about Nan, am) her diejionligei, 
and what would test tecure her happimrM, and w> forth. Lady 
Hcrcsfunl hid been just a little Ini ituptvteed ; ami the quivlkm 


ing nt-mi it at lleach. Ih-al 
lire n, hi the tnrcvhaimni'H Jar* 
betlee chance, if be is a *mnrt 

d re> forth They had otnv 
mu on to Hie awhyert of aaikirs 
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know who had tailed ; let* threw few 
wunli of her inothcr’i mrolc her 


; sbn wartviy knew 
Her mother came into 


eupfror yen know what U I* alwuL" 

“ I— I suppose N» — yc*. I CUB gIMM. flh, mnllKT dcor I" 
cried Natl, going and rlingirig to her mrxlirr, “ do me rials 
great kluitaewa I can’t tee tilni. I dnll't want to are him. 
Motlur, mu will go and a|»~-ik to him for me f” 

•• Well, tliat la extraordinary," aaid lady lhr«»f.wl. who, 
honcree, hod far too gnat a reapreC for hrr trertea to tenure 
excited mu thh matter or onytliteg elae. - Tliat'- a struv 
roqiwac. I h.nn juel told him 1 would not loteifen-. tlf 
• ■Mir— I I loo "l taauhlur It a great mach; you might do a 
gnat dial bettor, from a worhlly imint of »iow Hat yuil 
hate alwtyw Imvii prcallar, Nan. if yon think it would ire 
for yuur Sapphire* t-- breniiio * poor clergyman'* wife, 1 wHI 
me oppre— it. At the same lime, I hare always thought you 
Might do Ml*»." 

“ Oh, mother, don't you nmlereund t" Nan henke in. ** It'* 
to ask hint to pt away! I’m ao sorry. If he had spoken 
before, I would hare told him before." 

’•‘You mean you rrfaac him, and I am to Ukc the meatage t" 
ail her noil her. Haring at her. " Tliat ie all ?" 

The girl was uWat. 

"I meat aar, Nan, you hare Ihwa acting ivty Mnngetr. 
You hare led u< all to Irttero tliat you were g>4ng Ui marry 
bint. Why dU ynu hr lire man come al«nil ilia humast" 

“ Ihm'l *f«’ak Ukc that to me. mother," *sid Nan, with hr 
tmdrr hp beginning to quln r. “ I — I triad ti> think of It. I 
knew lie wanted eae to he Ida wife; I thought It might tie 
right ; I tkowght I cnnkl do Mmw-llilng tlul way ; and — and I 
tried to fa-romiU- my— If. 1M I tunS marry him, mother— I 
CBB'l — I don't with to namr any caae — I ncter will marry "’ 
"Ihm’l talk rami', chohl P mid Imt nuither, tmurwly, 
fur lliere waa a anrt of tendeney lowanl etriUwrent in the al- 
twwphrrc. " lor me ndmiwf eknely. I -uppiw yrea 
know year own mind ? I am to go and tell llii» man ibfinitidy 
tliat too won't marry him f* 

“Mother, don't nut it In that harsh way. Tell him I 
rery sorry Tell him I triad hard to think of it. Tell him I 
am aocry lie lias w ailed *» loo*, hut U he lud atked ammer — " 
" Ue weald hare had the tame answer Y" 

The glrTs face flinlud red, and the add. Ill a H range nut 
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him “illume hm,/; able to give him her whole 
heart? 

X*n w«.t to the window ■ tort it "i» «•<•* *** fk 
lor her to tev an.vti»lig. File to-A it lor grantid 
he bid K .,n. svty Hhr wan ilsd, oirl ashaimol 
of horactf lor living *1*4. 8I» "f»«l hrrwrff 
Aud then ahe Hail » vague sort of fading that she 
would Wiar nrkrlulli nml arif — ur try to be toll 
(rax» kinder to everybody — or do something, inv- 
thing. Do matter ukU — Ui Mono f<* thin Vrey 
immiatakaldn mM of gladness that ■“’■mid u> 
ix-mv-tc bvr whoiv bring Fbe cvniMdT help U, 
ho HIM* It KD Ihow; but s-be WsmM Jo *•*•*- 
thing by wny of e>-M.|M®i)aL«un. Aa-J Ike Hr** 
thing ilio could think of to go ami Iwmli 
the billiard table with soob llmroaghncws ikaU 
Mr. Tom, when lie came to imr. sbostii mi be liad 
now »cen It In meh goud oais d itioo before. 

That wm a marine jiarty that wowwbal later 
came in — all flunked faces iu*d high spirits auil 
drbgbl; for |brt bad walked all lb* war fitun 
Fainter OTwr |b« downs, ondrr the guidance of 
the Canadian uipenence of Frank Kmp ; and 
they hart had wonderful adveolunw a ith the 
drift* ; and the night war hmuliful— a etwMwnt 
luouii in the sooth, and high op in Ibr Mmlbewit 
the gleaming IhU of Urioo. A*-l Nan greatly 
i ni.Tvd into the >iy of l‘«c adventurer* ; and 
wished to hoar MU* uf their futile efforts at 
skating ; and war asking tbit one anil the other 
lint VI err thing— until ahe found Mr. Tom's 
ryes fiinl on her. 

"Nan,"’ mid he. with amattay and dreMoa, 
“you’ve been in the inuotry tod ay , walking." 

Hbe admitted 'he hail 

*’ And you linil fur ywsr lum-hruti a bit of litrad 
and an apple." 

" I generally take that as a precaution,” Nan 
Mid. simply. 

“ I th* Mijiht .11," *ald Mr Tom, with grest satis- 
faction at bis own sterewdnera. “ I ean tell in a 
minute. For r« always come back looking bleh- 
Iv pleased w Ith yourself, alut tuclincd to be elnwliy. 

I don’t like the h.Jt uf you win* toa're too set 
up. Tour tnngwr git* U»> sharp- I'd advise you 
people to look out.'' 

Nan's conscience smote her, Was she ho glad, 
then, that even outsiders raw it in her fane * 
Flie tn-aioe gruvrr. Had "lie rowed that aim 
would 1* luost reticent at dinner. Had she nut 
promisnl hi tottxlf to try to be ten tunes kinder 
to ovrrylanly ? 

And the very em.il dinner, had an 0|ipurti|. 
nity of displaying bee girnrrowly Thsj were 
busy making bantc of the manner of a dUtin- 
gulshtd perron who was ronrh Islkrri of at that 
time, and whom they bad all chanced to meet. 
Now Nan ordinarily was very intolerant of nffo- 
Ultou ; but had she W prutuiwed to lie U-n time* 
kinder lu everybody ? Ho she struck la In dr- 
fenre of this My. 

■' but it is her nature to be affected," said Nan. 

“ She Is quite true t« herself. That la her dir 
position. It wouldn't be nature! for Inw to try 
not to be affected. She war hunt with that dis- 
jwitkm. lsxik at the Miotic grimsei- that in- 
fants make when they try to ‘bow they are 
phased ; and Ms*. — - wouidn'l be bererff at all 
If she w Han't llNtti She might a. well try to 
lease off her affects ixes as her (fettles. She 

cmiUii't go ahuut without any." 

•' Hw grew shout with percluua little, " said Mr. 
Toni who strongly disapproval of oranly Wll 
dreseea. And then be added, *' Bui that'* Nan 
all over ; she's. always for making the las', uf 
everything and everybody. It's alwaya the best 
possible world with btr" 

"And Isn't that wise,” Mid Frank King; with a 
laugh, “ considering It's the only co- wu'vv got to 
live in at p restm t ?” 

Nasi n< aery bright and cbrvtful during this 
dinner; and Captain Frank King was newt mark- 
edly attentive to her aa>d icl.n~t.vl in bar ulk 
log. When Nan began to sjawk he seenuil to 
oui.ldi-r that the whole table ought to listcw ; 
and hla waa the first look that »ppr,yrt«S. and the 
ttrwl laugh that followed. Then he dinxucred 
that s|to knew oil surts of out-nf tbe-way tilings 
that aa unliiuuy young lady could by no possi- 
bility have lawn ci|M«Ud to knuw. ' It was more 
than ever clear to him that these aolilary wan- 
derings had laught Imr ssxtailhlng. Where had 
she sequired all this familiarity, foe rumple, with 
details about b'n owo Jiroftwaluu — or what had 
been his prefea* ion ? 

lWy went ow to talk of the yev-'n* of eahmen 
at each other, and how sharp r«ne of them were. 
Thru again they began to talk about other com- 
ids sayings, liie very origin of which had tieen 
forgotten ; a»l Frank King spoke of a taunt which 
wav an hifallitdr nwape for driving n torgee mad 
— ' “ »'*o cAutnf lit U-r ntk d.//"— though ms- 
1 m. I), nut tlur barge) Vi themseiviw, now knew any- 
thing wha levee aUait the tragic Ir-eldcnt that I 
must have happoiud saowcinie and scmcwlniv. 

*' T os," raid Nan at iiiiw. “ and there la souther 
like that, thill the iviUise laisU can't alaisd. If 
you call oot to a oolliie, * ?W« a rot in ywr 
-A.I.HC,' he'd drive his schooner aeliore to get after 
you.” 

“ I suppose you liare tried," said her mother, 
with cwlui dignity. 

•' I tM-licvc Nan spends inovt of her time," said 
tlie Beauty, *' In makiwg mud-pita aUh the boys 
In Sboevltum Marbur." 

" Newer you inUol. Nan,’* Imr hrcitlwr aud, to 
m-^ourage btr. “ Neat time we ro ki New haven 
yunll call nut to the cnllkra, • Titrt'i o rot in 
fvur rAu iiM,' and HI step b e h in d a wall and watch 
I boro beating voa.'* 

All during that dinner Nan was both amused 
and amusing, until a Hiding little incsient sc- 
rurred. Me o&l Frank King, an the r. tl.tr aids 
of the table, bid alluiwt hMjmqMdisnl the culiver- 
satioa, altbuwgh quite uuniitiogly ; and ovary- 
l-dy sawsiiiaj to n-gaeil tli - us a oitkeirf muni. 
Now It htpprard that Madge, w|a» rat next her 
betrothed, made some alight ncoark to him. Fur- 
haja he did nut bear. At all c rents, be dsJ not 


answer, Imt add r»s~rd Nan instead, wtlk referenr* 
te. something sbe bad Just been say mg about Ufv- 
laiaut Imtautly a burl rapnwalun came over 
Madge’s face : and as Miami; Nan «» it. From 
that moment she grew mure reserved, rir.e avoid- 
(d addreasiac lieeae-'.f direetly to L'aptain Frank 
King. She drvotecl herself chiefly to her mother ; 
and when, at the end of dinner, they alyMrned 
in a la*Jy to the Ulliard-rueni (with the happy 
Indlffurcnee- of youlhL she followed Lsdr llct-s- 
toed wp to the drawing-room and would herself 
bake law for Ixr. 

Hut night Madge came Into Nan's room. 

- Do you know. Nan." abe rail, quite plainly, 
"that whenever you are In the rww, Frank pay* 
do attention to any one cl*e ?" 

“I thought hr was doing hi* Imrt to amuse 
everybody at dinner," Nan said, though she did 
not raise her eyes. “lie told sume very good 
atoriew." 

“ Y eat, to you," M adge InalstevL Tliew she askf- 
id 1 " Vwi know I like lu I hope he will always 
lw goal friend* with all tlie familv ; few you a».., 
Nan. it will be lowly Cor me at Kinganiurt for 
a while, and of course I should like to liar* some- 
body from Brighton always In the (kum. And I 
know be admire* you very much. He's always 
talking about your character, and tour discern 
lion, and yutr temperament, as if no had on® 
studyiiig yos like a iloetur. 1 suppose I're got 
no eiisraider, nr he wuukl Ulk sIhiui that some- 
times. I don't under. Loud it- that talking about 
something inside you, u if it was suzeOiicg »ep 
arete from yourself ; and calling it all kin-U of 
teiiliraeiits and rirlaea, aa if it waa chirk work 
you couldn't ice. ] don’t see- anything like that 
in you. Nan— except that you’re very k ind. yon 
knuw — test not so different from other people as 
he an-nis to think. " 

" It ikawn't much nialtnr what be thinks, dot* 
it T" suggested Nsn, gtwtly 

" Oh no, of course Dot," Madge said, prons|itly 
" He savi I was n very g«*.l skater, considering 
tl>e boirid condition of the see. They hare 


light- Imus-W ul the birds at night? ‘ 

" Oh, that T I really tWt know. What ahuut 
it ? — it i« of no eonsequetu-)." 

“ But it latemw psaipli-." 

“ It ought not to interest you, or Captain King 
either. You will havr to think of very different 
things at Kingvcoiirt." 

“ When you and Mr. Juxanb rome to Kings—-" 

“Madge;" raid Nan. qaiekly, “you must nut 
uy anything like that. I <to not mean to marry 
Nr. Jacuiub, If that la what yuu inewn." 

•' No ! Iluuor bright ?" 

•' 1 shall tml tnairv Mr. Jaixoidi ; aiid I am Do* 
likely to many any one," alo said, ralmly. " There 
are other thing. 'W raw give one's life to. I wop. 
pose. It would be strange if three were not." 

Madge thought fur a second or two. 

"Oh, Nan," sbe raid, chi-erfilly, " it would be 
oo nice to have an ohl maid siMcr at Kingscourt ! 
Hhc could do such a to* of things, and be s-> nice 
anJ helpful, without the fusa aud prrtouiun uf 
a luarriol wiunau. It would he really delightful 
to have y<sa at Kingscourt T* 

"I liopev dswr, you will be happy at Kings- 
Court." said Nan, su a bUnewliat lower vitke. 

" I shall never to quite happy until VO® coroe 
to stay there,” mid Mndge, with deesmuw. 

“Tow will have plenty tif oct-wpatwn," Mid 
Nan, absently. " i have been thinking if a war 
bloke nut I should likg to go as nsio of the noraew ; 
and of course that Wants trebling beforehand. 
There must be an institution cd some kind, I sup- 
pose Now, good night, dear." 

" Uuoil-lMght, Muthiv Nan. But we are DU 
going to let you go away Into wtr*. Yen are 
coming to Kingwuurt: I know Frank Will insist 
oa it And it vrowld he jus* the very place for 
you ; von see you Wsfl H U in notaaly's wsy ; and 
von alwaya were so fond of giving help. Oh, 
Nan !" her bister suddenly raid, “ what Is the 
matter ? Yuu are crying! What is it, Nan *“ 

Naa root quickly. 

“I'rySng? No— no— neier mind, Madge — I 


She got hut staler out uf tlie reusu only In time 
Her uvrealreiaed Ctlinlutta (ud at luugtli givi-n 
war. Bln- threw Immlf on the l»*d and ham 
into a pt»km of weeping ; and thvre she lay far 
into the night, stilling her isobt to that uu one 
should boar. 


CHAPTER XX. 


Tin jieoiiwa of disewefiaiument U one of (he 
uildol and oa* of the reuuumvl thing, in life, 
whether lliv cwuw of it lie tin- goUen y.«sth wl,„. 
apjwrenliy a viwy Hayanl before marriage, after 
marntge gradually revewks himself to l.w hope- 
levels selfish, or develop* a craving for brandy, 
or twco<nc* merely brutal and iff. tempered ; in 
whether it is the creature of all angctic gifu and 
grace* who, after her marriage, destroys the ro 
Bnanec of domestic lifts by her slatternly waya, or 
aiuks into Ibr iiMaiitioa of a molls rued slghiir, ur 
hi Ume dUeorara to her husliand that he ban 
married a wtman nun prising in hvreelf, to use 
the American phrase', nine distinct aorta of a 
Isew had. Thine disreireriew are common in 
He; but they generally follow ms Triage, which 
gives ample opportnnitii-i for atwdr. Before 
marriage man and maid meet bat at intervals, 
and then liulh are alike on their I mat In-banur. 
The slatteni in no slattern uow . she is always 
dainty and siev and neat ; tlie gohdru yuutli In 
generous to a fault, and h-Ade la wll hu ways-, 
aud If eitlM* or lutli shiiuhl bo Keoewlial had 
Mi, or «s*n downright >tu|dil. tbr tick of win- 
ibon l) tnnwtl al by a IwMfor arnilr or » aoft 
touch of the haud It is the drevuu time of life . 
and H it Do* usual fur one to awake until it la 
over. 

lt«l It waa different with Frank King. The 


ccwsditluii* la which In: was plated were altugrth- 
« |K«ullar. Uu had made two gigantic ads- 
takws — the fir**, in imagtuiiig that any two human 
Iwingk could la- alike ; the neeocal, in iaraginmg 
that, *vtw if limy wore alike, be resold tiaiikfce 
bis affuctinu from the one to the c*her — u>d b« 
*u uow ctigsgi’i in a hopeless and temple atrug- 
gke to cunvits,)' himself tint these wore nut uiia- 
ukes. lie would nut are that Madge lbn-sford 
waa very different from Non. He waa dreerminod 
to find in her all lie had bopnl to llod He or 
sued null huiiM-)f (bat she waa ju>4 like Nsn.oa 
Non had bum at her ago. Madgo v» «o kind, 
and great, ami nitv; of coarse it would oil tonic 
right ia the end. 

At tlie same time he ivever wiihcd to !* ahum 
with MsJge, as is the hahit of Inrtre. Nor If lie 
wan vaddeuiy iotcresPd in anytbiug did lo> walu- 
ralJy turn to Iwr and fall her attention. Un the 
other hand, the little sutial cirvlo did doc setra 
n im pl M n «1 h« Nob, with bee grave humor, and 
Imr quint Mnilu, and Imr gyntlc. kicdly ways, vu 
almrnL When she mw into tlie room then ul 
Ikfoi-tara ami real wit* in the very air. If llsere 
waa a brighter cleans on the at*, where a gleam 
of winter sunshine struck the rutgbeard s«lm, 
whose eye* but Nan's ccrdd see that properly ’ 
It was >be whom be addressed un all ucauloti*: 
perhaps unwittiBgly It mnud so May to ulk 
to Non. For the rest, be abut Lis eyre to other 
ronaldtratluna. Frau the strange faoriiialson 
and drlight II. at Ihiun- in llnunwick Terrvee al- 
ways ha-1 for him, bo klmw be awl lw> in love 
•ith aoasebntly Ultra; ami who could that be but 
Madge Bcnrelurd, seeing that be was cngagal to 
berT 

Unhappily for pswir Madgo, Frank King waa 
now called home by tlm old pmplo at K ingamurt ; 
and for a Uiur, at least, all COfTwpondviioe lie 
tween l.im and Ilia IwCmUHv] would olsvimisly 
have to be by leUcr Madge wait in great slT*it>. 
A lead), a smile, a Umch of the fingers may make 
up fre lack of slew; but letter- writing peremp- 
torily demands them, of some kind ur auulbiv. 
As usual. Madge came to her elder sister 

“Oh, N sis, I do so base Isnier-writiog ! I peem- 
iscd to write every murnteg. I duh't know wlial 
ia the world to ray. It la sorb a noiranee !" 

Nan a as lili-nl ; of tale she bad tried to with- 
draw a* touch oa |.o»lt.le fnim time rviuSiroeea 
of lujr aisitw'a, l>wl not very auu'esefiiHy. Madge 

slung to l»r Lady Hrresfnnl would m* be buth- 
erad. E-lith was busy with her own affairs. Hut 
Nan — oM Mother Nan— who bad nothing to think 
uf but other people, might aa well begin and play 
the old n-id at emte. and give counacl lu tbrae 
distressing affairs. 

“ I wink you w.^ili u-H m* what to oat,” on 
tinvanl Madge, quite ooully. 

“If Ob, 1 ean tint," raid Nan, almutt abud- 
deeing, and lurning away. 

" Kwt you know what MRM Kim, foe be’s al- 
ways talking to you," pcraiated Madge, gre.l-na- 
turedly, “Anybody h**t me woukl be , 

hut I'm no*. The day before yesterday Mrs. 

went by ; and 1 asked him to look at her hair, 
that every one is raving about, and ho plainly 
told me (hat your hair was the prettiest be boil 
ever seen. Now I don't eaU tluit psiltte lie 
might have raid ‘e leapt yrears,' If ««lv for the 
1«A uf the thing. Itot I don't mind— nut a bit. 
I'm vwrv glad >► like* you. Nan." 

“Madge! Mo-ige I" 

It waa almost a cry. wrong from the hcarL 
Rut in an instant she hal controlled Iwr.xlf 
again. She lumeil to her sister, and said, with 
great apparent calmness ; 

“ Surely, dear, yea ought to know what to 
write: These an- things tint uu to lie advised 

about. Lritm of that kind are retrat " 

“Oh, I don't ear* alaait that. I think it is 
ntupkd," aaid Madge, at we- " There is no ure 
having any prv*m»e ntre»t it, And I d<o't knuw 
ia tlm wtirhl what to write slwml. Look— I hare- 
begun at. Hit the Kenycns' invitatk*. and askM 
hun whether he'd mind my going. 1 Uke tt»ww 
little dsnere better than the big lialla." 

hbe held out the letter slm had Iwgus, but 
Nan would not even look at II 

“It Isn't usual, W It, Madge," she raid, bar- 
risdly, •• for a girl wlw Is engaged to go oat to a 
dance by loraetf F' 

" But we are all going!" 

“ You know what I mean. It ia a compliment 
yon •Kr*ilJ pay him dc* to go." 

" Well," sold Madge, ramewhat defiantly, " | 
don't know about that Ooe dot* os lain i. ilmie 
by. Ami 1 don't think hr'd ear* If I went and 
ilancid the whole night through— «vm with Jock 
llanbu ry." 

"Oh, now can you toy »urh a thing?" aaid her 
toiler, aUring at fore; for this was a new devetop- 
nrnt allcgvtluw. 

ltwt Madgo was not to be put down. 
u Ok. I am not saaeh a ford ! I ran too well 
enough. There isn't ntdi romance about the 
whole affair, and tliat's the abort and the hag of 
it. Uf course it'll a very gmd arraugtmnv for 

luth of ua, I bebevo ; and that's whet they aay 
nowa-lav* — laarriagws are • arranpri 

" I don't know what you mam, Mndge! You 
uever spoke like that before." 

"Pvritop* I was afrasi of frightening you; 
for you have high and mighty notions of tiling*, 
door Nan, fur all your raouse-liko ways. Ihit 
don't I are very well that he is lurry tog to plraae 1 
his parent*, and to settle down, and lie (he pw.al 
boy of the family ? That'a the atwatilDg of tlie 
whole thing." 

“ You don't mean to toy, Madge,” aaid the eld- 
er sister, tbesigh slm lirMUitol. and reemc-1 to 
have to form- bervedr to ask the question—- yuu 
dun't ukwii to say you think he dura not— hire 
raw?" 

At this Madge flashed up a little, and raid : 

" «h, w«H, | supyooe he doe*, in a kind of way, 
Ihoagh he diwMii't uke much trouble ahuut suy 
ing it It isn't of much ronaeqttancc , w* idu.il 
have plenty ul tutae afterwant Mind, If only 


fw* »d. icn. 

Jack Il l-bur; could get tuvitof by the Kenyiws, 
ami I were to damvr two or (liny- tiuuv wuh 
him, aud Frank get to lirar of it, I supjxM! there 
would tw a todih' rampage ; lAm lie might sjnak 
out * hulo More." 

“Hare you lawn dreaming, Madge?" said Nan, 

again staring al her Bister. “ W hat has i.si etch 
toowvtraite thin gv into your IhvuI f Mr. Hanbo ry 
— at the Kimyucj,' — and you would dona.- wiLli 
kiln 1" 

“Well, why nut?" raid Midge-, with a frown; 
for thia imh) sl~i.it the letur-wriung luuf 
eltwrli ii|M-rsn>d aa bre treojav and raaile brr llu. 
putlciiL "All the world iva'I supjasuii to ka»-w 
slawl tlie Vicc-Cbancclliie'* wanting. Why 
vhraaMu't he lx- initial by the Krayraa? And 
why sbuahl he know tbsl I am gotog? Arid 
why, if WC both Iia|q»-U to !«■ Uiera, shouliin'l 
we .Inner together f II union laqiigt are human 
beings, in spite of Vire I'haitorlUirs. They can't 
lock up a naan Uf diming with yaw. At all 
(-rent*, they can't kck toe up, eren if Jack ia 
there." 

_ '' Madge, pat tlicse things out of your bead. 
Yiai won't go to the Kcnjous', for Captain King 
wuohl m* like It — ” 

“ 1 don't think lin'd take the trouble to object," 
Madge lourjecKtl. 

"And Mr llanbury won't Iw (here; and Uieru 
will lie III) dancing, aud no quarrel. If yoi wish 
lo write to Captain King about what will mn-rmt 
him, write about what inU'n'sto yocrself That 
hr ia sure u» be interested in.” 

" Well, but Uni Is euctly what I ran t write 
to him about. 1 know what I am interested In 
wr*U enough. KdiUi has yu« told me Mr RU.-r»u 
hos been pressing her to fix a time fur their 
marriage rib* thinks the end of April, so that 
they uissld In: tack in lniidsiu fur the Utter ei~| 
of the sreiMMi .Vow | think that would do veer 
well fur us tea; soil H is al«nY« nine f,i f |. 0 
sialvrs in get married on the aaomi ilay. only Frank 
lias twvtv a*ked me a word ataml jl, and how am 
I to write to turn about it? Ho yew w, wise 
Mother Nan, I can't ante to him about wins inter- 
s' an had sUrtnJ auUH.-what when she heard 

this pttqaisai ; H snvilwd strange to Imw, 

“April?" site sail "Yuu’vu konww Captain 
Klog a very sleirt lirar, Madgi> Y«W were m* 
lliieking uf geUing married in April next?" 

“ I'eriwps I'd belter wait until I'm asked," aaid 
Madge, with a laugh, M ahe turnrd to go away. 
“ Well, if you won't tell me what to writ* alaait, 
I must go sod get dlls bothered Utter -A hi. tome- 
how. 1 do Iwlteve the tx-ai way will lx to writ* 
about you ; that will Interest him, any way." 

Frank King remained swat fur a few weeks , 
anil d-ring this lime ilia first sympteaae appesu- 
•d rj the raudug spring TLr ijavw began to 
lengthen ; there were ena-uso* in tlx gsrdera , 
there were report* of primrowa ami swect-vtolrta 
ia the woxls about Horsham ; in LusAmi, Parlia- 
ment was salting, are! in Brighton Bull -known 
faces were rtvogniulde among the psxuenodi'n 
an the Saturday aftemouna. The* Mr. Kol*rrt>, 
as Edith's aivrpted saiuw, roctdvtd many invita- 
tions to dw bouse- In Uruiswlek Timm-; and m 
ivlorii was most ieslrfuiigable in an® aging rid- 
ing [“rites, driving parti.-, walking [*rt«i. with 
i* each ivtar a gisal hostel for lunehroa aa Ills uIk 
jsv-tive psiini. M.i'ige joinesl in th.we dnrralons 
with great gnod-wili, nod made them thu oxews* 
for the Bhunnras of the Ictten addressed u» 
glad to 


ustvy u 


«J P 


d aim 


sivinrd merry tttuugh. W heu Me. Kolierts drove 
ak^g dm King's Buad, with dune three coanehr 
dsmsids uniter his tasrurt, he wa* a proud nsan; 
and lie may have cswnftirtoi himself with the 
qurelstet that ss lx-r soenetimra led to a bar- 
Mietey, why shouldn't soda-water? 

Strangely cverogh. Nan Lad rod rely raosml 
making impsirire almut MSlrthuiMls un] institu- 
tion* for tlx I raining of nunsra Kite sranl quite 
reccoriled to the Htuntlon of things as lliey were. 
Him did tax cease Imr king alrawrea from die 
buoac ; but every raw koe« that oa there ncea 
sstsM she wa* off on sum of her solitary wamlev- 
uijr*, and kbr rame home ia tlx evening apparent- 
ly more c« mu rated ihan ever, rihe had even 
hrosglit hervelf to speak of Madge's married life, 
which at fin* she would not du 

“ You are," she said to her sister civ neie wn- 
won, “ If you atd Elith grt msrriid on the name 
day, I must remain olid taka rare of mamuio. 
He must not lx left quite alow " 

“Oil, as fur iha(,"asiil Madge, “Mr*. Arthurs 
dura lmlti-r than din wbote uf ns; and I'm ik 4 
going to hats y»sw mad* a priMMr of. I'm go- 
hag to have a mom at Kingscourt called ‘ Nan's 
room,' and it shall have no other name os tong 
ai I am there. Then we shall have a pro|«n 
boUHC in London bi an-Fby ; sad of course you'll 
ronte up fur the sea -in. usd see all ihei gayelb* 

I think we ought t» have one cd the rod hixtsws 
just by Prime's ; that would be bandy for every- 
tlilug; ami WMft might rora up. Nan. aiwl help 
me to buy tilings lex It And y*B »l«afl have a 
room there too. yon shall ; and you may decorate 
it and furnish it just as you like, I Itr.ow quite 
well what you woukl like — the raran nnnaH, the 
wood work all Id u.y, white, plenty of Yciw*kan 
embroidery flung sl~.ut. vll the fire-place brara, 
■some of there green I'craian pintra over die 
inantef-pkce, about thirteen thousand Chinere 
fans nrranged like llre.axekf on ilia walls, a 
fearful quantity of books, aud a tow easy .chair, 
red condlra, aol in the nddilk- of the whole thing 
a nasty dim little u-gfar girl lo feed and pet." 

“ I tidnk. Madge." her »i~ter raid, gravely, “ that 
you t-huuld no* art your heart we a town house at 
all. Kvmemtwr, old Mr. King is giving hit sou 
KingHroun at a great ■urrilire. Av I understand 
it, st will lx a lung time before the family t-Ute 
is whtl ii has been, and you would be wiy un- 
gratefsl if you were extra rugaiii." 

"Oli, I don't see that,” aaid Madge “They 
are cunfemng no fa roc on ax. I don't ace why 



JULY 23, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY 


4fi7 


I should oxmumizc. I am currying (or fan, not 
fur love." 

Sim Idurud out llw inadvertently— to Nan's 
imimanl ami liorror— but instantly retrained 

it, with lira lib.al rtriiisig to tiff IrinpW, 

“ l*f eniinw I iliin't iiirsa that, Nna ; lw* i-uukj 
I have turn mi stupid ! I -ium'l innii Mur — n.*-t 

Ip. Wbu I awMi in tint il doren’l w« tn no u 

If U was supposed to lw a vrry fearfully romantic 
match, ami all Llitt kitri of things It's a wry 
paid arratigvnuxit ; but ll i«.*l I who ought (it 
W etprCtod III make merlflees ” 

“ Hot surely you i- hwstmud’s UiUrrols will lx 
yours !" eirUiraed Van. 

” Ob tea, certainly," bur s«l»r •aid, sumi'whal 
Indifferently. “ Vo doubt that's true, in a way. 
guiiu true, in a kind of way Still, there nr* fim- 

iu , and 1 should not like to lie bnritd alir* fur- 
ever U» the countrv.” 

Tima abr sighed. 

- F<« Joek 1" aim mUL 
She went tn the window, 

“ When I marry I know at Vast one who will 
lie torn. I vac fancy hint walking up and down 
then,’, looking at the house at he used to do, 
and. oh ! ao grateful if only you went to the win- 
dow fur a :i»nciit- lie will toe il In the papers, 
1 suppoaa." 

She turned to lux fatter, and laid, triumphantly, 
“Well, tho Vine • Chancellor >tt draw tltal 
tune 

“ What timo f" 

•• YaVniiuc't morning. You con tend flowers 
without any kidded wilting to he tinted, ftoruu 

lliink I don't know who n-ut me tlx flowers ?" 

" At all limit*, you should out be proud of It. 
Yoa should lot mar* ll it a *«ry groat pity." 

" Yoa, that's what I think. '***! M*>tg* " How 
ran I help pitying hi«w? ll wouhlat lx natural 
not to pity him, Vicc-OionoelVx or no Vico. 
Chancellor. I bate that man !" 

•• I aay It ta a great pile that Mr. Han bury does 
nut accept hU dt>uil<>.iL as inevitable ; and at fur 
you, Madge, tut ought not crest to think of him. 
Captain King arm you that beautiful card-caw; 
on YairfllW* nuniiig ; that la what you ahuidd 
renxfnlxr." 

“ Captain King could rend mw a white efc. 
phnnt if hr chose.*' said Madge, spitefully. 
" There's no danger to him in anything be does. 
It's different nidi poor Jack." 

" Madge," aald ncr sitter, seriously, “ do you 
know that you tx talking ua If you luukaJ lot- 
wan) l» tliif marriage with regret ?" 

•• Oh ma I .lou t— l'u. not mk- h a fool," said 
Madge, plainly “ I hwnW it's stupid hi think 
slwnrt jack Haulm ry ; but still, otic has gut a little 
fueling.’' 

Then she laughed. 

“ 1 will teil you aaother secret. Van. If he 
daren't write to ase, be can tend me things. He 
w-ul im. a book — a novel— and I know he meant 
me to think the hero hinurrlf. Fur he was duap- 

E 'nled in hire leu, and wrote Imawtlfwlly t!»mt 
sufferings ; and at last llw pour fulltiw blew 

“Well. Mr. H anbury couldn't do that, at all 
t-rrnts — for reasons," Van said. 

" Sow that w a rrry bad pike," laid Madge, in 
a wwUrn nuibunrt of temper, “ an old, stupid, had 
>*r, that Imt born outdo a hundred times. I’m 
a* harm* 1 of you, Nra* TVy tay you hate a great 
tense of humor ; that's when Jura aay thing* they 
can't under* tor«1 . mid they pretend to bare a 
great sente nf humor luo. Bat where's Lira hm 
mor in that *" 

“ But, Mw igt dear," said Van, gently. " I didn't 
tuna* tn aay anything against Mr. Ran burr." 

" In aay earn, there fcs oar tn tills houto who 
diwe not diwpiwi Mr. Hanhury for la-iug p**ir," 
•aid Mmlgv. hotly " ll isn't hit fault llut his 
papa and rsium haven't given hire money and 
tent him cast into the worhl to buy a wife !" 

And therewith slie quickly went to the dew 
and opened it, a«d went out and shsit it again 
with something voy okwciy rrexmhling a slam. 


CHAPTER XXL 

PA MO Ik IHItt. 

Nan wsitesl the rvtarn of Prank King with the 
dermal ansiety. Hhe would ere nothing in three 
wiu words of Madge's bat an rirallitinn <f tern, 
per She entild not bring herself to beliere that 
her own sister— a girl with everything around her 
the could desire in the work}— would deliberately 
enter upon one of thusc hateful marriages of con- 
woience. ll was true. Van had to confess to her- 
self, that Madge was nut very bnprrMiunahlc. 
Thus* was no great depth In her nature. Thun 
•hu was a trifle vain, and likrd admtratksa ; * 1*1 
she was uvidmtly phased 10 hare a handsome 
and r. rurally thgiMu suitor. Rat no, It was ire, 
postil de tint she hail really meant what she rest 
When Captain King raaw luck, then the true 
sure of affairs would be seen. Made* was not 
gteng to marry for money or poailxm— or even 
oat of spit*. 

Awl whin Frank King did core* hark, mature 
lirakul t«ry well at ltr>L Madge rentra-d hire in 
a very Uraii, friendly faehl.m, and waa pkwfwd by 
certain n. m ia g yu from the old folk* at Kings, 
court. Van’s frerw began l« fade away. Noth- 
ing more »u hoard of Jack Hanhury. So 
far aa Madge was ooDceniid, everything stvmod 
lirtL 

But Van. wbo was very aminos, and on that 
account unusually sensitive, ata-mod to drtivt 
wuwuthing strange in Frank King's manmrr. Ho 
had nolhiug lit the gav audacity of an wnvr|*«'l 
auitur, Wlxn ho paid Madge ant liltW attention 
It appeared alnm*t .ui effort lie was preecru 
sued and thonghtfvl; isaartimm, after recanting 
Madge in silence, lit- would apparently wake up to 
(he ronnetousnew* that he ought to be more at- 
tentive to brr . hut there did nut acetn to tie 
‘Mth joyoutuwi in their rtia lion ship. When 
three two happened to be together— dining lira 


morning stroll down the ller, or un the way home 
Inna church. Of S*wli*l at a nuraart — 1 1 ray did nut 
M-i-m to bat * many thing* to >|*ak about. Frank 
King grew tmire and more grate ; ami Nutt saw is, 
and wondered, and quit« failed to goixa at Ura 

TV fact »«i that he had r> .w diseorered what 
a terrible mistake be had made. II*- could blind 
biiuself no kxigvr, Madge was Dot Von, nor any- 
thing approaching to Van j they were as different 
as day and liigbt. Fare to fare w ilh Oils dlra-ut- 
ery, Ira asked himself what he owfflit V» (Tcwe- 
ly. if he had made a mistake, it woe hi* Brat duty 
that no one rise should suffer by it Becnw h* 
was disappointed in not Hmling in Madge ecru in 
qualities and chaiactuliatics hu had expectrti to 
find, h* was not going to withdraw fmui an cn- 
gagcnicnl lie boil vnlaularily «ula-re*l into. It 
was no* kludge's fault. If lira prixpret of this 
marriage pleaat*] her, Ira was Iwiuud Ui fullilt bis 
prom is.' After all, Madge Irel *xr uwn qual 
ilk*. Kebl they not wrar as well thnmgb the 
rtmgh work of lira world, even tf tlray had not for 
him tkra fascination lie had hoped fur * In any 
oh Urn diaappuhiiarani should be his, not Irars. 
Sim should imt suffer any slight. Ami limn be 
would malt# another dr»|xrat* rewedve to bo very 
afferthxiute »|tJ attrtitire to Ixr; irwlir* which 
luually ended io bin to trying to her sow little 
present of flower*, or wumkbing like that, hav 
tng presented which, he would turn ami talk to 
Nan. 

“I aay, llrresfuid," he suddenly observe*!, caw 
night si dmirai, " I lutte an iuritalkwa to go Malm- 
oa-H*bing ill Ireland. VI you outm V 

- Well, but—" Madge iiiUw|K«rd, with an in. 
jurwd air, as if »h« ought io bare beta cmsultml 
tint 

“ I ibould like it tremendously," said Mr. Tom, 
with a rush. 

“ I am told the scararr la lira nrighluithoud 
iu * cry flue," remuuuuf I'uptaia King; “at all 
iivmts, w» are sure tu think an half a Joan 
ynuw Irane*' Tliat iu oira nf the grand point* 
shu*il one's nitannry ; you fergi-t all the trivial 
details aud disuorafurt#, and only retuetnber the 


He quite naturally tumid tu Van. 

-1 aa, sure. Mis# Von," be uatd, “jvut bat* 
qulut a seritw of l»wouful Util* pla-lutvs in your 
raillil a'.amt thul Hfdiigun Pteursuia. Diui't you 
mnrmlxr lira thrive almig the Via Mala, it* th.' 
shut-up TOrriige — the darktires outside— <u»l the 
swi*h of the rain f " 

” Well. ’ said Madge, sumrwhat spitefully, 
'• resiiidering you were in a closed earringu aud 
driving thireigh darkotwi. I don't Sco nuicit of a 
Ixuurifut praturc tu remember." 

ll* did rax seam to heed. It was Van hu »** 
sihlreasing ; and there was a plistrad light Iu bur 
*vr*. KcKuilxxirarw are tu woaar [ncqila »*ty 
delightful tilings. 

“ And you tixoliuct that ctowibKl nakuOU itt the 
Bplugyn itut, and Ura snug tattle comer wr g>st 
rear the More, and Ihr GUI* (aide T That', w litre 
you diseuvenil the use of stupid people at dinner 
parties." 

“ What's that ?" Mr. Tom demanded to know. 

“ It's a tr^ret," Capun King answerui, with 
a laugh. “And I think you were rather down, 
hr artul neat to, , nu tig — until we began to get up 
th reugh the ebuads. Tltal kt a picture Ui rv 
UKtnixr, at all event* — a ChriMmaa picture in 
anmmerdime. I*> you remranlxx how green the 
pines looked aliorr the straw » And Knw blue 
the sky was w hen the mist got driven over ? And 
bow business-like yoa looked in your Ulster— but- 
toned up tu Lbe chin for resolute Alpine work ' I 
fancy I tu hear now the very chirp of year bunts 
on the wet snow — it waa wry slla-nt away up 
there” 

••I karaw," said Van, somewhat thalrefandly, 
“ that when I taw • /■iai.xwiur.' Murk up on the 
boose iwwr the tup, I thought il was a pine* for 
restoring people found in the snow, until I heard 
the driver mil out, ' fr*, Aub NrAnnyyx.' ” 

“Wasn’t that a wild whirl down lira other 
aide ho enntinued, delightedly. “ But you 
should have room koto tho cusuaa-houso with not 
when 1 went to dedtare my cigar*. You see, il 
wouldn't do for wra, who Bright um day get a 
Croat -guard appoitilini'tit, to try on any ttnwg- 
glinc. But I did mnonsunte I Mid I had al- 
reaiiy paid at Paria and at Basel; and that h 
waa hard to hare to foy three import drew on 
my cigars. Well, they were very civil. They 
will trey couldn't help it. * Why nut boy your 
cigars In the country where you w o ke tiicm T 
wsknl an obi guiithouati In aptvtocloa, • Bscaiue. 
mouaxur,' 1 am**cn*l him, with the iimwI cliivk 
Ilf the Engti.h, ' I prefer u, Mnoke cigar* ramie of 
tobacco.’ But he waa quite polite. Aftercharg. 
ing nra eighteen francs, he bowed me out, and 
said ‘A risedcrla' ; to which 1 responded ‘Oh 
no, thank you* ; and then I foariil you and your 
irelcrs all laughing at me, as if 1 hod bun fan- 
hire a {ulus' magistrate tu be admonisha'd." 

" Ton don't furgi't at! lira iliitagrmiMr detail-, 
tin* t" »i*l Van, with a wile. 

But Ihe rnrile ranmh»] frees bee face when be 
begun to talk shout lMlagiu He did eo with- 
not any covert inlentiun. It was alw-ay* a joy 
to him to think or talk about the time that kra 
and the three sisters spent together far away there 
in tho HuuLh. Ami it was ratty ate the -Srrr- 
mihi and the pmoesskott of illusslnaMd boats that 
hu was tlunkiug at this momuiil. 

" I supposw tiny will MKitMT or labtr hare all 
owr ship# and rbnmer* lit with tho elwlrir lighq 
and everything will be ghastly while ansi ghastly 
black. Ml do you retnembef ho* soft and Ixau- 
tiful the mraun of yellow stare were when the 
lioat* eaine along the lake in the darkaere? It 
was iteirci a lovely night. And I think we had 
the beat of it— silting there in lbs; garden. 1 
know 1 for one dkia't diIm tbr music a bit. Ami 
thru It was still more lovely w Iran tfar muon nm ; 
and yoa euuJk) sru the *«ur. ami lira imniiiLuns 


wu Uni other aide, aud urea lira houwa by Ihe 


allure. I fwiuciuhcc there was a bush wwewhere 
mar Us that n'lotrel all the air."’ 

Madge Kxl IratM regarding her M<ter ctowrll. 

" It wosut hare Iweu a tnagitwl wight," she said, 
quickly, ” for Nan's face has gol quit* alum jurt 
Uiiukhig of at.'’ 

He rUrled. A quick glance at lira girl InAke 
him allowed him that alw was iwlred pale, her 
eyes* east down, her hand tremlilrag Instantly 
Ira sahl. in a rutifuswd hum ; 

" You me, Mias Anne, then; wan rwmr delay 
•tarn! the ixasn-rl. One Mroarar did really toora 
Wk tn IhlUgiy We bad o<ar serenade all lira 
wanra — that ie to say, any who were awaku. You 
nee, they did not intend to swindle yon." 

"Oh no! oh n*»!“ said Van; ami Uim. cot, 
ariiius thul Mailgv waa still regarding lrar, she 
aihkni, with a desprraiu effort at composure : 
“Wo histnl *uu pretty music oa the water 
at Venloa. Elilb pi,-k-l up ixroe uf lira airs. 
Him will play Oram to ymi after dfatner." 

Thu same nfglit. as usual, Hodge coca* Into 
Nan's room, jurt before going off 

" Nan," she said, bsiktug •tralgbt at her. ** what 
was il upset yon ahutu Fiouk's ivauiiidli'g tuu of 
Bd lag*.?" 

-lfclli»gi..t" nqxated Nan, with an effort to 
o|ifw»r uuvtuiNwu.., hut with her eya turuod 

“Yew; you know very well." 

“I know that I was thinklug uf aotnMhiug 
quite different from anything that (jpuio King 
was saving," Nan said at length. " Am! — re*l 
it ta od Ira tmixequeut* to yue. Madge, Iralrare 

Mai!-ge regnnled hrt xmpicwusly for a aecomf, 
ami then Mid, with an aired triumph, 

“At all eveuts, ho isn't gniiyg to Ireland " 
“Uh, i&rired !" Van answend, gently. " Wet I, 

I'm glad ; 1 suppose yoa prefer lata nut guiug ?" 

“It nearly owe to a quarrel, I knew," aaid 
Mailge, (rankly. “ 1 thought il jwal a bit too c**"l. 
At all cv«t>la,'tM uught 0» pretttwl to care a Bi- 
ll* for nra.” 

“Oh, Madge 1 how ran yoa say such things? 
Can. fur you— and he has asked you to be Ids 
wife! Could be rare for you mure than that?" 

“Ho has never cron thanked mo fur not go- 
ing to lbe Kenyons* ball," aaki Madge, *•)»» ap- 
peared to iauguir thui Von was tuquiu-ildc for 
ctvntlilng Captain King did a* did ns do. 

“ Surely he would take it bra granted yva wuuld 
lux go?" remuiiMnit#i| tliu elder Ms lev. 

" Bui be take* everything for granted. And 
he atwrtvly cter tWinhi il wurtli while to speak to 
me. And I know it will lie a regular bore when 
we go to Kiugsrotirt, with the old people still 
there, and me not unstress at oil , *i*l wliat am 
1 to do!" 

hh..- (toured out this string of wild ooeoplaitiUi 
rnpblly amt atigrUy. 

“Uool-iiigfcl, Madge," said Non; “ I ant rather 
tired lo-uigbt." 

“Goodnight- But l oaa fcU y*m, if Ira ha.ln't 
gtruli op Ireland, them would have Iwxn • raw 
ll w-a» altugi slier a (Iraugc onnditiiul of affaire, 
and ill'll day it waa apparently made worwr. 
There bad bren a nliflisb gale blowing all night 
(min Ui* moth: ami in the morning, though the 
•hy was cloudhws, there was a heavy sea running, 
so that from the wi»fcws they saw whim aussn. 
of fuua ipilingtng Into tlm air, burled liack l>y 
the sea-wall at lb*- olid uf Mvdlwa Tcrraiv. 
When Ca|iL*4ii King rami' along, Mr Tom aloncn 
pfequ.il tlray •huotd all of llm lake a MnH aa 
far a* lira Turn* ; for now lira tide waa full up. 

and Ihe from was tipringing i—t» the blue sky 
to a Bv.t ur.ususl brigliL And, indeed, whew 
they amve*l they found a pretty hig crowd col- 
lected; a good many of whom had olrrlouslv 
beca caught unawares by the shafting and swirl- 
ing Enaasre of spray, it wDa a carluus sight. 
First the grout ware came rolling ua with but 
llulu Irayood an Iimilxut Kusiwg tK rir; then 
thwre was a baary ‘buck that madv tho earth 
Irttablc. and at the ranra immranl a nrar as of 
thumler; then into tbr char sky row a huge 
wall of gray, illuminated by (hr sunlight, ami 
showing clearly and blaekly the hig stones ami 
■mailer shingle that had been caught and whirkrl 
up io lira iKclhnig mas#. ttnuaKcsallv a plank 
uf drift timber was similarly whirled u|i — aonm 
thirty or forty frat — diaappoaring altugerlicr again 
as u Ml trashing lulu lira roar of tbx nrtrewtlng 
wave. It was a sfracbiclr, imimner, that idungnl 
every few wxsiml*, aa lira luwvy vgeumix of the 
«w bit lira breakwater at different angtro The 
air was thick with the mlt epray. amt liot with 
the sunlight— erre on this Marvli moniing. 

Then it boenme time for Mr. Tom and Captain 
Frank tn go and wirnm a <h.illrage game of 
rockets tlwt hud ixvn south talked of ; and the 
girl* walked lack with them as far as Bruns- 
wick Terrace, Midge Iwllig with Frank King 
“ Why k* il one ttm xia Mr. Jacumli now !“ 
he askeil of his orenpardun. 

** I saw him only tho other day," she said, 
evasively. 

" Mol he does M come to thu bouse, docs he t" 

• N il..,'' said Madge, 

* Hu hu left Brighton ?" 

"(Hi no," answered Mmlge, ud she drew his 
attention to a brig that w** malting up Chaunul 
under very scant »ail indorel. 

“ I dare say ho has a g*mf drol of Work to 
dov" said Frank King, absently. “When are 
they going to be married T‘ 

Mailgv mw tlsu the rcrelatton cuuti lw pat off 
bo longer 

“(Mi, tut limy are nut going tn lie married. 
Nan irai't going to Ira mareWd at all." 

He starrel at Ixr, as if Ira liad searecly heard 
her aright ; and then be said, skiwt; ; 

“Van isn't going to be married ? Why bare 
you never toil me before ?" 

“Ub, It is a private family matter," nil Madg*', 
petulantly "It is but to be talked alaiut Be. 
rndre, bow could I know it w null l iitierewt you !" 
Ik tumaotKil pttfeol / talent auil thoughtful 


Tlray wslk.il slung Madge b.-gan to think she 
bad Imxw loo tuigntriros. 

" I aupfux she tried to bring hen. If to U, 
for a law." she rovd, more gently. “ r3ra ha* 
wonderful ideas. Van has . and l - sup).** aim 
th*j<ight she cuuM do a deal uf good as a clergy 
man's wife. Foe wr part, I .hwi't sue what *hn 
■xiuhl do mure than >hu dira# at present. It's y«*t 
what sbe'. At fur. Poor people don't n-.Mii tier 
pydug into Ovir hour*** as they would if it was 
you or I. Hite manage* it wjtnehow That's how 
slra gets ta know all alaiut mal-of-the-war suit 
uf things - she's pnwtiinl ; and pmede think tt 
strange that a yoiug lady like bar shouM kauw 
the ways and haliit* of uwiaua pmple ; and that'* 
why she interests them a lien she ulka. There's 
nothing wonderful la It Awylraly ran find mu 
what the proUl is on selling Iiraugre*. if y*w like 
to go ami talk to a okt wre tch who is 

soxtling ut gltt. Hut 1 don't mt aaythiti); agsinst 
Van. It's her way It', what she was intendtii 
for by I’nividiwuv, 1 do Wiese, But she was sold 
Uml time she wanted to get up a Ultle cummuv-a 
ui wend a constant supply of Kooks and maga- 
anus to the light-houses — ciit'alauug, you know, 
efac arcs*' to Sir (srurqu almut it, and found the 
Admiralty did that already." 

There was a strangi', Iwpchwa, tired look on tbi* 
man's fmv. Ho dhl not Worn In htwr her. He 
apfxars*! hi know nothing of wliat was guiug ou 
around hrin. 

When they reached the dooe id the house he 

Mil, 

“ Good-by !" 

“Go«d-byf" shu nqxaled, inquiringly, “f 
thought sre wren alt jpiosg to mw llw Kahihitiuu 
of I'lluUngs this aflwrtiwin ?" 

“I think I must go up to I*»4on for a few 
day*," h» said, with haw; heritsliou. "There — 

KJra Slid no more, but turned sad went in 
■lisira wlthiHit a worel lie lode gool-by to Edith 
ami to Nan— not looking into Van's (atv at all. 
Then lie Wt with the breeher; and Mr. Tom was 
relent . fur Ids friend King scetmni much dis- 
turbed about SotucUung, uiJ ho did f *4 wUh to 
worry him. 

As for Madge, shu (to* to work herself into 
a pretty pamhui, though she mud msthsng. That 
she ilmukd lusve Ihxii ho*»ting uf her triumph in 
iodming, o# foreirg. him to give up that u-it to 
Ireland only to Bud him cuing off to London with, 
out wsoung or cx|ilanatlon ws* altogether iusaf- 
ferahie. Nte v« ghsxoyand inorosi- all the alu 
trnocci , would »X go to are the pfctares ; re- 
fused to coom in ami sprak to certain callers ; 
and at drainer mmlu a little show c 4 aaruism 
that did u*4 hurt anybody very muih. 

Tho os eti log brought toe a letter. Thui U 


” Ihua Kino*,— 1 thought y*s* kraksd angry 
when you wi-ul in (him that morning. IkwTt 
quarrel afcmt wh a trifle is tuy guiug to laui- 
doo. I shall lw bach ia two nr threw day*; and 
hope to bring with me the big photograph «( 
Kingacuurt, if they hare got any cupitu printed 
ytt “ Your Faina." 

"From whom Is rawr Wtur, Madge?" Lady 

Hen. fori .aid, *iirid(*itaUy 

" From Frank, nismnm," raid the young lady, 
M *h« quietly and determinedly walked acre*** 
the loom and— thru. t it into lira fire 1 
That rerare night Miss Madge also wrote a note ; 
but the odd thing was that the writing of toxli 
mite and address was in a disguised hand. Aod 
tstoti. some little time thcreafuv. the otliets were 
iu tlui Lilllurd-roum. It was Madge herself who 
slip pid out from lira bouse aud went and dropped 
llial uusiivo solo the m-arewt pcliat loua-bo*. 

[*n a* run t l>< u*l 


MUSIC ON THE PIER. 

Mmuc to the pore, through the sunny day . 
1.1s* the ploaoant strain 
Rise, and fall again! 

Ilow it biemis itoetf with Ungbler gay. 

With tho pattering of happy feel. 

And lbe chiming uf (lw urns'! trait. 

And the children, play 1 

Musk an the pier, when the night ia fur, 
And tho summer moon 
Make, a fairer noun. 

And a softer stillmim fill* Ox air. 

While Nano Mir Made or nurture# tarot 
Tiniro the loitering nf losura’ Jurt 
To a i»ta»ttT* rare. 

A i*l so life gcx* to hiving ami to rang 
Ou (lie pleasant pier. 

No one hath a frar. 

No our hath a thought of harm «r wrong, 
TTsosgt. hem-alb their fori are toning wive*. 
Aud the MM.rn fur twiro fcw tbwaoand giavsw. 
Life abort! u strong. 

Sotra One keeps the chiUreo at tbisr play— 
On the open peer 
They have not a ftwr — 

Keep* the usuthers and the maidens gay. 
Sxue Ou* says, “ Rejoice! be giad and frtu I 
There arc Watching Otx« continually 
By night and day.” 

Marie In oor liaarta— life u sweet and safe ; 
Music througli the light. 

Music iu rim night— 

What If the sen of sorrow round us chafe? 
Hume One whispers ua, “lie of good chore: 
There arc loving Watchers, do nut fear — 
Trailing hies are salt." 



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COLLEGE RACING AND ROWING. 

1'HK hnlf-tUiirn plucky «i mlr-f -yrr»J 
fmw t'onioll University « Ire Imvr bran row- 
ing ba*t-ru,-e* iu England lately derarva 
IImi uuqiiwIilUsI admiration of llirir tellow- 
couutryoirn for the courage and pcndatenc* 
with which they have Imhni* tbcaiselvoa. 
Whether they draft ii> praise for la' mu un- 
dertaken tin. tn»k in which they are on- 
(!»gi*l i* nuotber quralion. Ni fur, they 
have not liuil brilliant tmevra* They wrre 
worried by doubt of being admitted to tit* 
lirinciii.il race for wlilrli they left Isoure; 
uimI their lirat failure is attributed to an uit- 
lucky choice <>f pn*|i ion. um) tlic aecoiul and 
eveu nmt* mortifying ouc to a mistake iu 
steering. But up to the present it look# 
very uiucb a>i i f they had failed Isw-aiMe they 
wore inferior to lltrtr .nuqwtiter* It tlie 
••sw'utiiil* of ukill, endurance, aud strength. 
Thi* certainly it not Iboir fault; hot the 
nuplossant result* which have followeil are 
th« pcualty they pay for an error in Jcnl.ij- 
in* lit a» to tire ir c»|-ireity — an ciTorin which 
a t in u* of tbo nutioiml vanity ia clearlj per- 
ceptible. And eveu if l be Cornell boy* 
should win some signal victorira in tbn con- 
teal* whirli await ttn-ni — as, fur tlu-ir aakc, 
we heartily wiali they may — their exjiedi 
tiiHi ia atill open to critic lain by tlww who 
draire that rowing ut our college* may ho 
iiiadc the healthy aud beneficial »|**rt which 
it ia capable of bev-iaiing. For it 100*1 lie 
itckiiow ledged that sending a crew to Kug- 
lund to con lend with tlie heal uarwnn-u of 
tlteir data in the world wa» a venture w hich 
should have bran maile only with every pre- 
caution pimuhle to insure miicccm. Failure 
woa aure, tieforrhand, to bring discourage- 
ment and reaction, und might bring ridlruh'. 
In tbia iimiiinctf Uiu crew lurked oxperioui-e, 
anil was nut owe that eiMihl ho ooafldcsitly 
oaunted ou eveu iu a race with the heat 
home competitor*. It wua no euch crew us 
(pave fnii, ell tlie celebrated victory of 1**T5 
at .Saratoga; and (hut it was not wua due 
to the fact tbut rim i hk at Cornell baa since 
that duto boon followed with low roil, uinl 
fur lea* judgment, pal mure, and pluck. Tire 
aspiration tin a match with the English uul- 
veraity crew a mum . under the circumstance*, 
lie act down rather to on unwise eagerness 
fur fame than to the intelligent cuutideuce 
of yrning tried with traiued capacity and cool 
Judgment. “ 

Aud it t* precisely tbia itching for pub- 
licity, not to say notoriety, which form* a 
aerioiia obstacle to the suite und |>fo|M’r cul- 
tivation of I In noble sjiort of rowing at our 
colleges. That welbchooen a^l well-man- 
aged '»>■•■* am a legitimate und even uecea- 
aury feature in the development of the spurt 
may iw mueadad, bat thi* feature lia* ira 
limitations, which are fairly iiidicatnii by 
the propoaitiuu that races should In regard- 
ed an u nicuna to the successful Biniutouanr* 
of systematic rewind. and that rowing shnaUl 
isut Ihi treated an bavitiK it* note ami coni' 
plcte rows if tin ill race*. Kaora may very 
well he inatllillcd to ([tvo •iinlcnU u defi- 
uile objective to aim at, to aUuuilute inter- 
est, ami to create those ainipie prizes Unit 
are m-c-raury to aualuiued diMipliue in a 
purely voluntary work, lint when three 
r»ule*ta, like the iolocmllegiate race* nt 
Saratoga, or 'ha current races In England, 
are allowed to excite aaibliiau out of all 
propiirtiuii to protiuhlo acbievcmuut*, tlwy 
tend to teeter a fooliah, fcTcriali, exlmva- 
gnut aeutimeiit among college student*, uud 
du more bum than (rood. 

Thu rare between Harvard anil Title, 
which took place at nearly Uio ram* time 
a* the Henley contest, wa* a very diffieruut 
affair. und, in ita way, a iuihU- 1. It attorda 
evidence thut these two colleges dill quite 
wisely in withdrawing from the rulereol- 
leg lata ■•i.mlsute, though thtdr witlulrawal 
practically hreke thnm up, IVir u WO E M B- 
tested trial of atrrliKtll and (skill belwred 
crewn picked from two Urge bodies of stu- 
denta, enjoyiiig about tire some ndvautagrs 
of ptnrtiac, may fairly lie raid togivo enough 
■uni not too much of raring. It dram all 
that a race onght to bn ox per lid or allowed 
to do, and it doe* uat bnug with it the evil* 
winch follow mure pretentions, Ices well- 
managed it flair*- It can not be too strongly 
urged mi tbuM* who have uutliorily or i iiiln - 
cure in tbu matter that towing by college 
student* ia quite as capable or being umdu 
* nuisance au<l an injury ra it is of beiuR 
made a very dmirable sport. Apart tram 
this dangers of overtraining, which are I'M 
than they Hand to be, uud ore now rrudily 
avoided, there ia alwaja tire risk that the 
Ireautiful and nxrelhut spurt wilt degvntT- 
otei into a mere gratification of a raiitnilo* 
vanity, that tbu mider-gruduate wdl tabu 
the prufrasiouul oarmmiii for hi* model, nud 
the inti. pinions mu) hackers of the profre- 
kiutial ter Ida aasociutc*. This risk i» gener- 
ally it terapomry one. frwiu which the great 
hoily of student* readily enough cutupo ; Uit 
« I* none the leas a real mie, to which they 
ought not to be ex pencil. K«nlug u* n 
healthful exercise, which gkvra freedom aud 


Vigor to the Imdy, confidence and presence 
of mind, nud the capacity for quick uud ac- 
curate Jiidgmcn I , w hu h bring* a young man 
into tbe open air ami iu close contact with 
nature, and lays the foundation* of physical 
sntinducn* mud content in muture life— row- 
ing m such xu exercise is a capital thing, 
ami should he encourag'd. N> miu-li racing 
a* is uevemary to ten Ihn dnmc nf interest 
in lire spoil la quite legitimate. But row- 
ing a* the chief aim of college life, engross- 
ing tbe Ntreugth of body aud mind, i« a very 
different thing, inn I the indiscriminate and 
ill-regulated wing w lilefa temla to tlie pur- 
suit of low ing iu tin* way i* an almost un- 
qualified evil, which all who have tire inter- 
est of our college hoys at beurt will do their 
heat to discourage. 


(tkgen In II. ram's Vnur So. Mat.VoL XUV.j 

CHRISTO WELL. 

0 Dartmoor Ealr. 

Br R. D. BL ACKMOKR, 

Am»M or " Ma*v AsinutT," “ Luna* Doovx," 
•• Ciurra, nix C sauna, " itc. 


CHAPTER XXIV. — (('oatlaiied.) 

OK TUB IIKTUXCK. 

Tim street ia of a goad width iu that |»art, 
aud the couch having stopped aornc little 
way htsck, as well an on the otber side, and 
having luggage uu lire ruof. the liiud |«a»- 
ranger* run hi not Ire dimmed very clearly 
freon tire window of the po)wr ahup. Anil 
the man with hi* baud to hi* chin appeared 
to ho sleepy, and scornful ]*.-rliap« of the 
town, au that he did not turn round and 
store about. 

*• You will see him better presently, when 
they come by; but yon hud I letter imt oeeiu 
to notice him “ Mr*. IVtherick eoutiuu«d,M 
sire hung a acturf MW, to hutfle any evoa 
that might iuvade her. •• I would not lot 
him see rue, not ter ilM; to know, I mean, 
that 1 was watching him. Sometime* I 
have lace to repair for ladies, worth £'.W 
or more, lot alvire tea or twelve diawcrfals 
of my owe." 

" But surely, my dear iuhiUm, you never 
mean to suy that a man would he rtdiug 
about ou a coach, iu broad daylight, who 
woxihl break in ami steal your lace 7* 

“Not lace ia particular, air, hot anything. 
Nothing cuuiu* amiss to him, aud he ran 
break iu anywhere. Ami a* ter hi* riding 
ou tire couch, client ia (mi one, in the town 
or out of it, who would know him in the 
manner he is dresaod up now ; or if they did, 
they would not dare. He is quite the geii- 
tlcinmi when be clmora*. and he got ranre 
very good riotheo, no doubt, when Ire pliin- 
d«««)l I hat nUipId Foraou .Short." 

" What Pofsou Short f asked the patwou 
of that (iiuue. “Then: are several iu the 
diocese, I believe." 

*• The rich Parson Short, sir, of Christo- 
well. I am told it was a moat amimiug 
tiling. Hu was lured from home, like a 
aiinpht HI mou ; aud when he coma back he 
found In* c<»k tied up, and all hi* dinner 
eaten, and the other maid locked in, with 
uo other food than bin sermons ter the day. 
And 1 bear that aim found them nmxiimnou 
tough anil dry. No wonder, poor girl, for 
he is the vary driest man that ever went 
up Ihn pulpit stairs. Otir people dill laugh 
wtiou they beard the joke. Ami they ray 
that he boiled the parson's spinach, ter lie 
is a hit of an epicure, you must know, and 
was going to have it with a breast of lamb ; 
bill the other mail enjoy ed It, ami tlreu 
fasten'd up tlie dish over the face of the 
poor fat cuok. Bat the other man had hi* 
disappointment too, fox the gentleman's leg 
gurincuts would not tome lielew his knee. 
Short by name Ire is, and abort by nature.'' 

lie was almost short in language too; and 
hi* clear aud clean face liiuihnd with wrath 
•t thU stinging dcNCtlptiou of Ills woe*. 

‘'Thi* mast be a nimt outrageous town 
for gossip," lie said, looking sternly at the 
streets thereof, “*ud fall of wicked false- 
hoods, and very low otre*. n 

“ No, sir, not wore than anywhere utso," 
Mrs. Petherick answenut, plvamuitly ; ‘'hut 
wo do love a pretty tale about a clergyman ; 
and every word of what 1 have hern telling 
you is true. But here they are off, with a 
flourish of the whip. Now, if yon will look 
between that paper and tbe tambour- work, 
you will have a good view of Ifau gMithuaan 
that did it- Shall 1 tell you what Ire has 
been to Falmouth far f" 

" I know that some part* of your story 
are wrong, ami I doubt whether you know 
anything uliotit it." He spuke a little rude- 
ly, to provoke her tongue, white ho watched 
for I list felonious piisranger. 

"No, air, you are quite right. I don’t 
know an atom about him. I don’t know 
the figure, bow lie holds himseif, whatever 
dot be* he may put ou. nor the iudividdlie 
way of making limn inanle his clvthoa that 
tbu men gel by rvasuu of no stiffticss. And 


mouth, to get the host pricn for a celebrated 
watch, such us they can work a ship by. I 
did bear that it was worth jCtNNi. lint I 
don't know, I mu aure; I don't know any- 
thing.'’ 

"It l* tire man!" cried Mr. Short, an the 
couch passed slowly, with laborvous w i ltd of 
horn. " 1 can’t tell how 1 know It, hut I sun 
sure that he is tbu muu. What make* him 
eouiu through the town like this, when he 
might have got down four or live miles 
bach f And how far will he go with the 
coach ! Mrs. I’etfieiick, yon scorn to me to 
know everything." 

“ No, sir, no. I make no preteuaos. Bat, 
to my humble thinking, he has come through 
tbe town because it was the safest thing for 
him to do. ll» pockets are full of money ; 
and a rohlier is always most frightened nf 
Iwiog rnbltml. There is a gang or looters, 
s.. niton way, who would cry slut re* with him 
if they spied him in his clericals. Aud as ter 
the danger of the town, there is none. We 
have a man who calls himself a constable, 
but bo never stirs without a warrant ; anil 
we have a very nice old gontleinau indeed, 
just made a Justice of the Fence, hut all bo 
can do is to light the Imt tin of Waterloo or 
tSaUmainter again. And as for tbu Mayor, 
ho won't do nothing ever since we were 
robbed of our old borough. The whole of 
tlie difference between right and wrong was 
uywet when they took away both members." 

"What can a lobster do withont bis 
claws' But liow far will this clerical g»«- 
tlr man go, after ruling Iu triumph through 
( Ihchuxnptoii !" 

fc Aa f*r ra Crowscomlie, sir. must likely, 
and then take the lane to &tieklcpath or 
UeUtouc. That will bring him Uaek to the 
wild parts of the moor, by an easier way 
than Bnnrton, Ami be shifts ahosil pretty 
often, I helteve ; though he i* more at luviiie 
than welcome, a* we say, whatever part he 
Uvea ill. But, good heart alive, you are 
never going after him! You would be a 
baby in his hands." 

“ Bullies are troublesome creatures aoure- 
tirnes," exclaimed Mr. Hbnrt, being Vexed 
•nice iraitv ; "but I ant nut going after him 
with any idea of laying hand* ou him, 
among a lot of coward*, when be ha* fire- 
arm* and 1 have none. I beg you to make 
uo stir al»ut it, ter that would defeat my 
object. Do not even »ee me when I get my 
bores out, 1 am Mr. bburi, of Clirinlowell. 
« liunn drynewa In the pulpit ia proverbial 
here, though quite satisfactory to his oun 
parish. It is uot true that yonder fellow 
ate my dinner ; Imt atill I have a bone to 
luck with him, and my chance will be spoil- 
ed if yen talk about it, 1 thank you fox 
your very shrewd hit about my watc h. Tbe 
cli-vore*i woman In tire town should lie so 
far Mupcrlut to her rax that sho can luvlil her 
tongue when a great pinch is put on It." 

"Tbe only difficulty that I find ia, to ex- 
prvra myself, not to contain myself, air. 
When poor IVtlieti'k was paying or tbnn 
freemen, aveingo of £15 per vote, and the 
■•tlier siite w as trying every low liidaco- 

“Anothe-r time, if yon please, I shall be 
delighted. I want the old DeDauce to gut 
well in front, and I don’t want to teem to 
Ire riding in chase. It ie a long hill toward 
Cretwooinlre, and stirrup# will easily beat 
triMMM. Now |f]M say nothing about this 
affair, I will not even irll my old friend 
Colonel Wrstrombe to ffgbt his battles over 
again with mu." 

“ You have read me a lesson, to be shy of 
the clergy, sir. They always looks an if 
they was vo gracious; uud then they drop 
on you, like tb« core of a box-oven. But you 
hail better not tsko your lore, sir." 

“No, I w ill pay fire it, anil ask you to aenel 
it to kind care of Colonel Vt’estcoeulre. 1 
hope to be there iu a day or two. Good-by, 

"Uood-hy, sir. I need not tell yon, I 
think, to take rare of yourself; you are sore 
to do that. It would take a sharp man to 
rat his dinner" — she continued to herself, 
u she beheld him crouslug the street with- 
out any sign of hurry, to get his Imran out 
of tbe stable. “Nburt bo may lie; and no 
wonder he was abort with me, after what I 
•aid of him ; hut the short men ore the heat 
to wrr*Uo, after all. Why, then* be goce, 
liorra ui id all ! Tlie I*»nl deliver bitn !" 

Mr. Abort, however, required no raped#] 
dutirenxuce oil this ocraauiu. At a mils or 
•o over East Ockuicnt Bridge be sighted the 
Defiance ou tbe crown of a hill, and his keen 
eyas showed him that the interesting pas- 
senger uiw sitting in tbe same plauo on tbe 
roof. Then lie followed very csstUoswly, 
and kept behind tbe corner* until the coach 
stopped, where a narrow lone departed on 
the right - blind sole toward UuUtone and 
the snoot. Here he saw tbe tail tusn get 
down and pay hi* fare, and swing a little 
knapsack on bis shoulder, containing, per- 
haps, Mills* good things from Falmouth. 
Then the vtllalu li*»kri| sUoit to tre sore 
that uo one w suited him, and pstwwutly rat 


off along tlie narrow lime, with the top of 
hie hat showing over the dry wail. Abort 
rude into a gateway of Hie tnriipike-mnd, 
and considered that hat, as it Jogged along 
the luop-holra of tlie granite al.slw. 

"I could cut him off oaaily enough," he 
thought, “and call him to iMcnuut, liut be 
would rattle me. lie is aure to have at 
least oue tremendous pistol, aud I hs>o 
nothing hut till* hunting-crop. It would 
have Iwnei fooHdi t« attack on tlie coach, 
for nobody would have bnl]i*d ns*, and there 
were two women there. It woilhl be atill 
more fooliah to attack him now, without 
even a wituens to my murder. After all, 
that is not my hat. It is much loo respect- 
able to belong to use. He tenight it at Fnl- 
numth with my rooney. FerUafta 1 am a 
coward ; bat m by Mlmiild a gooel man be kill- 
ed for nothing f \Vb*i would Mn. Aggutl 
say ' And who would carry on all my 
workat Nay. I will be iliacroot, ami only 
olwurve him beywntl bullet-rouge. If I ac- 
costed him as a neutral, It would be nothing 
to the purpura, a* I know him. and lie then 
would know uu, which is not to lie desired." 

With these re dec Uo ns be Kstlumwl him- 
self, as a truly wise inxu is bound to do ; and 
c-aliuly postponing tbe raltlutneut of oc- 
counts, resolved to help it one line forward 
by otmorving the route of the enemy. The »- 
fore, aa aoon aa bo rain* to a gate, » here tin- 
rocky exponas of the desert began, he fsai- 
eotd up his home, aud going warily afoot, 
had the pleasure of descrying a datk figure 
in tbe diutoucc, and following it far along 
tlie desolate winding* of lk'latono Oeevs, 
toward the source of tbu Eaat Ockiusat. 
Her* a thrvo- knock lad bill, with water- 
clufta and yellow knolls of radio* and 
swamp-reeds, barred the view, aud the dis- 
tant form diaa]i{>earcd among them, after 
turning to the right. 

“ He ha* made ter Crannied). It is about 
a league further. None liut the moo men 
could liud him there. It ts bard enough In 
It ud tbn piano itself, much more such an atom 
a* a man among it. Well, well, 1 have done 
something, and us much as I could hope in 
do. Trumpeter must be quite tired of wait- 
ing. Auppow we go quietly home to dirmci. 
with gratitude, aud a tiuo apjieUte." 


CHAPTER XXV. 
roll mv sun's hake. 

Pxiut-r of so bald • nature aa to find but 
little joy iu oil the things around llwvn take 
at any rale some dulighl in their uwu su- 
perior thickness. With (lUuisiun they b*>k 
iluwn upon tbo fails, the crotchuta, Slid tlie 
hobbles of the tew who atill have soft en- 
joyment outside money, and away fiwu 
show. Yet these latter smile at laughter, 
and tbe smile outlives the louiler operation, 
even oe the mm survives the storm. 

Every just man bn* his |*>rli>ds for inanr- 
ring the opinions of tlun wirawerun, w hen bis 
nsmu turn* up, through a lawsuit, or on ac- 
cident, or |irrliA|M some great wrong done 
to him. And bis true course is to exclude 
all care, not only as to wliat those wise* 
scree say, hut whether they even draw their 
fleeting breath al*iut him. And after short 
disquietude, and a little COUOasi with him* 
self, M(- Arthur resolved to follow Ibis trua 
co ii rra. Hi* ft-ieiad Mr. Niurt would havo 
done the very Mine, iu bis uwu coae. if ]mm- 
sible. But Ire, aa a clergyman, must uot 
suffer fools to undermine his inilurnar. 

Fearing to have brought upon her father 
not only unpleasant recolloclioii, hut sad 
porpUxitic# luimiireut, Kura Arthur was de- 
lighted to II ml him aa cheerful aa uaual on 
tbe following day. lie listened with inter- 
rat and ainureiueut to tbe thousand aud uue 
things sbo bad to tell about her first great 
party, and be said that ho hoped it would 
not ire very long before »b» had another lit- 
tle ibmigii to make her lively. 

“ No, i*t pa, no ; I w ant no more ter a very, 
very long time indeed," site auawered ; “ aud 
I an* so vexed at w hat happened hut night, 
because -because 1 knurr that you dislike 
to be disturbed so." 

“ It woe uo diriurbanoc, my dear child. I 
am glad, upon tbo whole, Unit it has lisp 
|n*iii.d so. Colonel Wualouuilie Was most 
kind to you, aud I wish that I coaid thank 
him better. Bat I du not in tho leant ex- 
pect that be will ever come ngaiu." 

He said this with n unite, which seem- 
ed to Rose a very sad one. And she waa 
grieved, more than sbo likwl te show, at 
such a conclusion to bur siuldun friendship, 
though shn would not ask w hy it must be *«. 

"Thera are reasons, which I can not ex- 
plain to you, my dear," Mr. Arthur contin- 
ued, as he understood her glance, " which 
prevent me from having any intercourse 
with (lie man, whom of all in this port of 
the world, ami I may even aay In tho wholo 
of (he world, I nu.pi.-ct, and admire, and Ilk- 
tire brat. If cirvuuiateoras should entirely 
change, nr even, without that, if I should tm 
lakcu with dangerous illness, it would be- 
cornu my (laty to cxptaiu everything to you ; 



JOT.Y aa, 1*8 1 . 


or. if I should Imi taken frusn vim siulils-nly, 
•11 the particular* «lll bo found In writing, 
a* I have told you unm or twice. Non fur 
til* work of (Ire day, nay ilurllug. Do»y 
Iiiuoi* make happy fiKc«. The storm of 
Uat night has dune goral 'I |*oii I bo v> hole, mi4 
tine air i* IwanlifiiUy mifl (onlay. Blit there 
must lw h lot to do in (It* Milo vineyard, 
nnd I tliikak I miut rail upon you to help. 
Tim wind in tbe worwt foe tin* vino ha* in 
tlii* ton n try, though *Ue May frnsU arc 
none Ui.ui wind in (lie east of Kiiglnud. 
In may part of Southern England, where 
lb oar bitter May front* do not prevail, it is 
my firm IllM Ibal, nidi plfipM (W ami 
•kill, and experience a* l« the right Mirt to 
grow, a much finer table grape tan be got 
uwt-of-dooni than yoa ran boy in flermauy 
nr the uortbern half of France* and fur this 
simple renaoD, that — " 

“Come, dear father, yuu like to deliver 
that lecture after Mpper. Aim! you wtll be 
angry with joorwlf, ami ion tee, if w« atop 
tn have It bnar — fur it always laata an bum 
— when we ought to be bard at work in 
Naboth’* rineyanL It ia the Bret time you 
have ever bad tbe ms oner* to invite me tw 
rlo a lot of work there — you are «* jealous ! 
1 >|uit« tiuderetand it. Tbepe are plant* of 
mine that yon dare not touch In your imml 
audaT'toaa moment. However. I will go and 
get my 'tuck-npa,' a a you rail them, and 
overtake you in tiro seconil*. Uul what 
am I tn ait upon — the ground!" 

"Never miod al»ut I Hut. Thera are 
Itoworpota there, that your atupld pNfpd*) 
brought, only fit to alt d|mu, and kibw of 
tbrni kick np, even no. There never <m 
pot of arnae till I invented mine, and bad 
them made. Aim! even ofler that. I be clay 
waa an inferior, and they were klluvd to 
■ueh a doltinli manner — " 

Hie real of 111** lamulitatknn poured unt of 
bearing a* the piaffe of tlie Captain's pipe 
flitted through tire bright air, while be »u» 
marching away among hi* pear-tree*, and 
glancing at t he increase of their ho|M-s. Tim 
freeli remeuihraore of the rmu wav Ml IbeUI, 
sparkling atilt from some cti|i|M*l leaf, anil 
tbe new shoole of summer woreambronutag 
•low |y their (lurk •••ppy green into tbe dig- 
nity of rind, lu sturdy little streave* were 
the poling pear* ataudiug, with tbe setting 
of iLteir eye* pricked up like cloves, avid the 
knw ring of the win awl air abed round their 
allies* already. Others, of the long curved 
•talk and petealv* habit, hung their bead*, 
with paler nut* for the most port, aud more 
gray upon their oval dnpa 
l to aa MMiniial 


THE TEETH OP ANIMALS. 

Tiurrutnuc and turtle* arc toothkwa ; the 
jawa of the latter, however, are covered 
with a horny aheatliiug. adapted fur cutting 
and grinding. Toads have no teeth, amt 
are also unprovided w iih (tie horny slu-utli- 
tug of tbe turth-e. Krug* have teeth iu tl*e 
upper, hat not in tbn lower Jaw. The whole 
clas* of binle ia deatitute of teeth, although 
some fooail apecica were provided with them. 
A few mammal* are cdeuliiloo*. a* the aul- 
ral'-re of (trail I, and tire curium Anatrullan 
null ulna; they are probably tliu laat surviv- 
ing rcpreerotativi-a of a ouoe fiourikhiug 
family of tootblraa quadni|Hvla, gradually 
crowded out by better-equipped urn Tire 
armadillo haa ninety-eight teeth; tbn rachu- 
hit whale baa silty, mostly routined to tire 
lower jaw. The purpoiwi baa fr»iu eighty 
to ninety tenth. while the didpliia enjoya 
the distinction of pnsacaMug tbu maxilla lun 
number of teeth in tbe cloaa mammalia, his 
jawa containing from one ho ml rod to one 
hundred and ubiety teeth. In attihiug etitk- 
Iraat with tbe elaUiralc equipment of the 
dnlpbitl Is Che iteutal *y*tcu* of thn unrw bal. 
which erre. If It err at all, un the aide of 
duplicity. ITie female narwhal powrewu* 
tbe genna of two teeth, iinbeddfd iu the 
substance of the upper jaw ; one of three is 
ilevrloped iu (he male into a formidable 
task from ala to toff feet lu length. 

The teeth prracut every variety of size, 
from tbe tiny teeth of the perch. which are 
so minute aud closely arranged nit to liave 
been compared to plush or the pile of vel- 
vet, to the huge Itawkw of the elephant. In 
tile African elephant the tuak* are often 
nine fret in length, and a pair of three will 
weigh upward of three hundred puuuda; 
hut sorb dimensions are rare in the Indian 
species. The tasks of tbe mummutli seem 
to have exceeded in sixo eveu these formi- 
dable wvapou»,siieciioenR having been found 
measuring no kw than eleven foot- lu Coy- 
Ion very few of tlm elephants posncM tusks 
at aU-tbe few that arc provided with them 
Wing tunic* exclusively. Nearly all, how- 
ever. hare stunted teeth called (wslirk, ten 
or twelve iucbea iu length, ami one or two 
in diameter. 

Th* modifications which may W observed 
in tbe shape of tire teeth nt« almost eudlrea, 
Wing aa vannus as the habits aud require- 
ment* of the different specie*. 

Thus the whole senes of tbe teeth of tbe 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


4»1 


I tiger i* iiinclitlrd to form thn destructive ap- 
paratus which lie wields with such terrific 
fon-e. The ineianrs, six in nnmWr. are short 
ami piiM-e-T-shupcd, to aid in gnaw ing and 
teuriug the fiesli from tire buiMt, The ca- 
nine*. long, strong, and conical, and with n 
curve in want, are u»1 for seizing aud Isold- 
ilsg (he struggling ptwy. Iu sodi jaw there 
Is a space Wtw««D l he iiicImhw and ranine*, 
into which the canine* of tire opposite juw 
fit, their effective strength Wing thereby 
greatly increased, ua tln-y are thus permitted 
to overlap the gums when tire mouth I* 
closed. The nn>lnr». a» grinding teeth, in- 
stead of Wing Hut or grooved, no In Irerblv- 
■>ruu* animal?, are comprws i l and treri- 
chiml . ami pluy vertically ou each other like 
a pair of or issues, so os to cut and coarsely 
divnle tire tteah, which is awnllowed with 
very little mastication. Tire whole skull of 
the tiger ia ao funned m to set tbi* terrific 
machinery in motion in lire must efficient 
insure r, and tire miim-lrs which work it are 
of Iniun-iisr power. In springing on tlwlr 
prey they alwaya aim at the largo blood- 
vessels of tire ueck, unit in this way they are 
enabled to overpower animal* which other- 
wise might be able to offer a good ronant* 
anoe. Strong as nre the teeth of 111* tiger, 
they are often injured by the violence to 
which they are subjected, and lu Ills old age 
Ire is generally compelled to seek fur prey 

1cm aid* to resist him. 

It is getrernlly tins cause which iuduces 
tbe liuu or tiger to prowl about the nlsstea 
of man. Iu India the maiwaler is almoel 
invariably an old one wImm teeth have 
been much knocked almllt. 

Tire lion and tiger disdain all but living 
victim*; the sneaking and cowardly hyena 
feeds mainly ou tire bout* aud marrer parts 
of lire animals which have Wen kill'd by tire 
uuliler Waits of prey. Ills jaws, which are 
extremely powerful, m much so that lie CM 
hit® off the leg of * Urge dog ut a aiuglo 
miam lmvc a lateral motion, as well a* tire 
vertical action to which tbe tiger iarcstnet- 
ihI, stid the teeth, though of the aonio car- 
uivoroos type, arc adnptcd fur a ilifTcrenl 
purpose. The rauities are nliMlIer, mnl tbn 
molar*, which are of great sixo, ami aiir- 
ixm tided at iln-ir huso by a thick ridge, 
which ptntecta the gutuk from being injured 
by kpltuU'iw and angular fragment*, are ca- 
pable of breaking tbe Lanh-ot bones into 

THE TRAGEDY AT WASHINGTON. 

Lv the Special Edition nfllaMPKu'k Wr.rr 
l.r published Ml Kriday, July it, will W found 
the c-oiipletc story of the awful crime which 
slnrtlud tbn whole country, and turned our 
national holiday into a day of nuxtow* m»- 
pr-nse and moo ruing. In addition to Iba 
iilnstratiou* coutaiueil in that edition, w« 
give on our front lmgw a portrait nf tbn 
brave aud good lTiwlikmt whose calm nnd 
cMir»g»*>iiH Ireai-ing In tire vary face of death 
liun anakriwd the lUlmiratioD of all no-u; 
aud on juigc 4 Vi a scene at Washington, 
showing an encampment of troops In tbs 
White House Park, and al*» a scene skntcb- 
ed by onr artiat at MklluBOud, Virginia, at 
the liuMireut whon th* Hews of the attempt 
mi III* Preslileut'* life was first posted un tbe 
liulletin-lMMrd of a newspaper office, “ This 
fearful crime,” lie write*, “ occasions thn pro- 
founiteai n-gret here." A* our Naders will 
see by reference to our ftp«*oial Editiuu. Itw 
expressions of regret aud hotTor over tbe 
■Uitestalilu deed were nowhere more emphat- 
ic thau iu tbe ffouth. 


OPIUM IN BURMA& 

AMoSO (be Hnrmas*,lt I* officially stabut, 
tbe habitual uae of opium papa tbn physical 
aud mental energies, destroys tbe nerve*, 
emaciates the body, predivpum* to discs*?, 
induces indolent aud filthy habits of life, 
destroy* se 1 f-re«|wc 1 , is one of the most fer- 
tile anore«s of misery, ilaatltullou, and erirne, 
Dll* the jalla with melt of relaxed frame, 
pretlisjamsl to dysentery anil cholera, pre- 
vent* the dire extension of cultivation and 
tbu ilevcinpiaent of tbe laud revenue, checks 
the use oral growth of tbe population, aud 
enfeebles the constitution of snct'eeilinggeu- 
r nit ions. The re»|«>clalile |«srl of the jwip- 
ulation l* very strung In IM deuuuclaliou 
of thn evil* of using opluui, aud would be 
delighted to sc* tin! English government 
tuke more extreme measure* than those now 
proposed. They look on the use of opium 
ns a distinct contravention of their religion. 
They are taught to think (lint »o mischiev- 
ous an indulgence is sinful, and tire sin of 
using opium t« one from which they have 
not to wean tlremaelvna, but one which la 
unknown to them, aud ia a novelty in tlreir 
country. There can be tin doubt that if 
llrituh Uiirmsb rnted itself, it would alto- 
gether prohibit Ibe aw of opium, ami it ia 
the English government dial refutes them 
the local option which they would quickly 
exorcise if they Were pcrinittad. Nor, iu 
their eyre, due* tills Legalisation of a sin 
•land aloue. It is a port of a new order of 


things, before which the ohl order la crum- 
bling away. In countless ways the popula- 
tion is feeling tbe aliook of Wrateru ideas, 
ami the iotlnenroa of aiKieot custom, tnwli- 
tbio, and religion are failing away. If Bur- 
mese nf tire old ■o liiM.l can not stop (lie tidi- 
er Innovation, they ran mourn over It.aud 
make tlinr wailing* licard. Tn them It 
means the end of all they know, trust tn, 
aud believe in. When men iu whose minds 
a peentinr system of idea* aud belief has 
l-eeu ingraiued are looking ou ut u general 
decay aud uullapoe of all that they are ac- 
customed to aud venerate, (he b-galixatiusi 
hy eoiKjoi-ruia of what they bold to lie a 
sin ti-i-ui* r*|«ccisllv awful aud nuMiklrou*. 
They see iu it the handwriting ou the wall 
which plainly foretells their doom. In tbn 
cion- of opium they liave tbe advantage of 
being able to point to consequence* tbe 
gravity of which i* cosspicuoiis, whether 
u*iug opium is treati*l a* a *iu or nut. They 
can oak tbn aupreisMi government w bother 
it cau endure that tbe population of whinh 
it hum charge shall wither away under its 
eye*. Very naturally, they make tbe moat 
of such evil conscqaenrro of using opioui as 
limy can point to; ami tlrey can j—inl to 
many aa to which tlnw to whom they ap- 
|»cal have no doubt, lint tire native* of Mo- 
uld school aiul tbu gurcruipetit, sltbough 
they are working toward the same end tit 
restraining the uae of opium, are working 
ou very different line*. The native* wish 
to a treat (but Invasion of Western ideas 
which bring* with it tbe b-galitaliou of 
what to them ore ulna. Tbn guvenniinnl 
merely wishes to aavc those who arc not fit 
to take opium from taking it. It ia scarce- 
ly possible to sop poo- that tbe invasion of 
Wcatoni uleaa will be at all checked by the 
•rtion of tbe government, aixl it may even 
Ire said that the- ]*-r*l*u-io-n of tbe govern- 
ment tn offering tba native* opium under 
condition* that will lessen the evils of ita 
al-nse is itself a fresh step toward that dla- 
■ol lit ion of the ancient fabric of Eastern so- 
riely which, when completed, will he one of 
Itre nmat iiKiiireiitona changes that uiaukiud 
ho* «v«r w LUiereod. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Tnux arc coalitions uirlrr wlikli elaborate 
prcpsrutiuua to uneounU-r |M-rit ilo.oU re* I*. re. 
gsrdnl OS cvidiSKO of tusaliliiy, hot as imlUating 
*a siluquatc KriU-i-pUuii oj prvhshilitres. A case 
iu (mint u list of <ho UskuCs lindrr, otei wk! n 
IKirtKe of Ills *u*k fee t*imiy-flvu ttxuaainl dol 
Isrs in cub. HS» ranch «a* serersl miles from 
tbe imml Uok, asd It »a» night- fall when be 
»m |*vid. Knowing ihst tbe fact of hi* litring 
TTueired s Urge amount of nemer had come 1o 
th< ran. of rome nf bia <niih.«iralile neigh hors, be 
•tecidot to wait till morning twfurv gning to the 
tank, anil to km-p hi* repeating rifle rear him. 
In tbe coarse of the night hr had nix viilu, and 
each of the railing porta.-* retired cmpcr-handid. 
In the morning he found that six of hi* iwigh 
lura had t io-ii father surluuili bit by ImlleU. 
list tuu(K7 »*» lafdy lodged in tire Irenk «*uK 

The Daks uf Allied will base an *d venture, 
*v;h a* it I*, to rrlato when Ik- returns to Eng. 
lud. The other night while be ■»* in a flceptng- 
car of as tbnahi train that wai standing near a 
until statvon, s freight train came in coltuluii 
with the car. and the duke, among oelicr snirih-d 
she per*, jumped oak But he waa behind th* 
ocher* la relureiiiig to his berth, and the train 
buiim] away, leaving hi* (irao.- steading un the 
inlHupitelih: pralrtc lu hi* night clothes. The 
lehgraf.il OUiio to bit sit. and hi* garment* were 
neat look to hint on tliu next returning train. 

A new game at tea side resorts is that of wa- 
gering ghives srel huntocu on onc'i shlllir to d m 
buguiih between wsterie^-placc belka ore! Itreir 
roaiids when they are in th* surf tngetlwr, It i« 
asiij that the farofitc doe* re* always prove to 
be the «>e wbu baa lire sd van teg* eocullv when 
uu dry load. 

Alliterative here] Knew aro a fewture of the gar- 
nishing of new* in many coautry papei*. “ Do- 
ver I>c*s'' and “ Salem Scribbling*"’ are mild ex- 
ample* of the linn under which Item* from a ri- 
i-iiiitv ye grouped. A Kants* [*f*-r haa “Otter- 
Un tiuilagM." 

Drtimnlarirw aro not lew useful in part* of 
this roos.tr> than wli.ru ilmir on-e-jing s-wfixl- 
new •ugg>.-*Ci'l Styllag them sllipg of the desert. 

Eire car load* of lit»-r ungainly sod amiable ert*- 
turrS were n-ccntly rent from Texas to Aruona 
to be wxd in transporting the United Sun* 


When ono town in Texas wlslic* to compliimuit 
another, the kiotl nu«*paptr U inatrocted lo |>ce 
form the pliasawl duty lin this Way; “ Waco is 
the Athen* of McLennan Cbmty," 

With the eiceptioa of (lie intelligence emana- 
ting from such observer* si claim to have hcvu 
mug two caincte— one to tbe west of llm f*4ar 
»ar an golag to bed, aud one of similar ap|ov- 
aiuv at almut U* Mare ibteus lu Mm- wl of 
that star Oil arising — the must Hurtling inform 
lion stioul thn cuio-t is Hist furnidsed l-r s Ken- 
tacky aMrmiuraer, wbo riainw to hare been ga*- 
ing ii(*.*i it ever since last September. “ I fed 
(list I know tK*e about this comet,'* he writes, 
“ thou other aalrvaiamcrs, fur I have nursed it, aa 


it were, from it* flirt a|-|oarwnce ontil the prere 
ent, and 1 kwow mv come* hi sight, Ju»l o> a fa 
tber would know hi* chaldron by wing them " 
The loteguldud asUoncaatr* who hacteneil U> pet 
la llii-ir ckiiau of priority of diuxirery will hsv> 
to nisko aiK*her cearch ibrongh tln-ir note lev**, 
nr alremlon *11 hope of getliug tbe Warner pii* 
of two Irsudred dutlare. 

Conii'Jeraldc prrewuUusi u nrcfMtry to uxiiru 
the Nifatyuf tketmuarv in th.- railroad [rtV-cara 
in the far Wert. The- advent of tho pay-master I* 
dewe cited hy a writer In Ihaning, T. i*» He mi s 
that a pilot luroiuotiw giws slo-j.i to proralr for 
tbe discovery of any break In die track. Then 
f<Jluw oswaher keomiUive, the |my*wr, and a 
* Imping -roach, iu which are awe twenty gusrd* 
with anus s»-.H aeamunition. Much t * re L« exrv- 
ci>cd to keep tbe time when the train i« to antic 
a seen*, in order that the eo«-boy« may not be 
prepared to make sny oometitratud uiuxoikui 
upso it 

It I* demluful » Weber any other art of Pnwi. 
■lent Osrfl.'ld't reveals bw sdmirshle qiislitle* to 
clrarly a* U»y are iwnlel in the dispilch which 
hi! dirtateil Vi hi* recn-terr to lie *c«t to Mr*, 
riarhdd at Long Branch, s* her first iutriligmce 
of what had befallen him. Km-cd hr the **- 
eaeain'e bullet, and uncertain wheriwe be luid even 
sii hour of life before him, Ids mi-sregi-, (U rough 

hi* aecntaiy, w as - “ The I'rvaidrat to 

•ay to you for Imu that Is* has lw*-o rerimuly hurt 
— how'renuoaly bo can re* yet not He si liim- 
»elf, anil IiiiJm* you will cum* Ip him «•*> He 
vends hi* knv to yoa*” It is such a message ut 
a luring luistwnd, Mnmg and char hc-inh-t, might 
arrange ia bis ihuugtviti while csrtlsmpkliag the 
|Hwsiliili'.t of ao-iih-nt lo hiinself, u>>-j the aeect- 
»ity of l-rcsking the nc«» to an twfcehled wife 
wlane cvarditioD bad called for the cxertwe ot all 
hi* tendcraesa and care. 

Tlic naticaia] holetii uf 1 HHI will Im mm- 
bered as one of tlic *sJ.k-»t lrehywnib-iica-U>« 
in tlic huiun of the nyraUk, It was ar* s dav 
of rojteciug, bat uf su*|i»a»e. The most cbwrful 
M-nlsinrat dial craib] 1st utn-rol was ihst of Dr. 
t’lisdlMiiiroc, *t Williami College, the stricken 
I'rv'ideot'* afoot surer, ou tbe day proeeding. 
“We have n*t here tivlaj ia sorrow, thuugli 
bappify not in mournieg " 

Civilization lu Auitralla ha* liewn noire reloel 
<d by rahtilta tlwu it ever ws* in Aireru-s by low. 
Ill* Indians a 1 st funatsHM l*wele Tttr Mslloo 
district, in victoria, is uv.vtuii with three little 
cnaiunis, awf they have been tbe mlijeet of ex- 
tended < 1 iwu--K.il in the Vhftoria Legiriitlure. In 
the course of 11 le delate >t was raid that farmers 
hot detevw.imsj than the others veltled in that 
district with tl* paspsM of driving out the |«-rt«. 
hut after a hot fight were themeclvea com re li ed 
lo retire. The 'loeetioo •>■ raised whether it 
woo Id not lie more profitable to raiae rshbste than 
*eln-ep. wnev sonic men made fn-msix vhilllugv lo 
tifleen shillings • day by tbe sale nf rabhlt-vkins, 
and vfieep were not likely to interfere with tbe 
rabbit 1 -iMiru r-. whereas rsUiiu were an almost 
imu nm>ui table otivtecle lo shrep-gvowlng. The 
k.-ng dctwle w»* * tided by a willy tremlor. who 
a|ipjiod to tin- Ehamtwr I ho nmumrsl of a fk-e*cli 
pal, who, lo-tng oakud to *sy gvaiv *1 n teld* 
where mM.ii* were tbs chwf of lira diet, ro»u- 
plksl ia there word* : 

“ Ksb hit's hut sod rahtois rote, 

».lilts J.iunr and ral.Mls ote. 

m>4u Ira. l.r salt roll'll' InagW- 

Tlasuk Uw lord weir hod wjfilM ctlonch." 

Bunds r* rerenlly broke into tbr Ikrimqu* 
(low*( Home for lira frioodleos. If Urr keep 
oc. they will soon find lliomselva lu the |nwi- 
koase. 

A wi.il I lioy ba Divalar, lUinois, i« in for a Rea. 
wan of solid vtijanswut, Hu wont to I In- cirrus, 
nnd a Iqjer, rewriting lo-lweea the Imra of biv 
cs.gr, Rt rate lssd him on die nose. W l lews re v the 
"niall buy deign* to appear among bis pktifrl- 
lews, he is tht centre of ou odniiiiag and cc.ik.u 1 
grorap. 

A .Us temper similar to tiiat which threatenu<l 
to trexoiM Mriously prevalstu sawing the ran* 
bersr* at tliu nwrtiag of the Coney Maud Ji«i- 
•y CM lias lieen asreriing itwelf in (he English 
no-ing Kahlre, A writer says, *' Tito hsnly Amer- 
ican Iroquois sp|irasw quite unsffnrled by ills 
moghing and breaking down uf the horses around, 
•nd ihst despite an amount of hard work clmt 
nut one hone !i a thousand could have stood.” 

A ycmag man w«cm from Duhfin to Intake, 
bt bis hair grow very long, wore strangely made 
gsrm.-iiu, carriml liliro iii hi* hands, sod, when 
lmit*d l>y urcliic* in tils street, tnlcnly rnnarked, 
" I riii gtail to afford as.uwn.sr-t to the h.wrr 
classes." He gave afternoon tea-|iartic* iu lib 
R|iartmt-nte, where the light was i ow-niliind, asst 
tubluol aiioufl to darki.cws, uud whvev the guest* 
stumbled over furniture fur want uf natural ot 
artiHctel lighL lie talked ill a "high -flown" 
fadiura, and his sayings U-gan to lm quoted. A 
caricaturist tmik him up. ami the young man 
ap|*wrm| a* Msudlu In /’one A A playwright 
gave him * place in IlLterv's like Cal, All who 
saw the character in the play exclaimed, "Oscar 
Wilde r Thin vuung man. oeennliag tn * writer 
in Lncbton. ts the son of IaIv Wilde, who spos- 
teofdiise* Erin ia verse, snd ugna herself “Spe- 
ranza." Tlic tslbce of this ftinuus young pvr- 
soiiBg.- wo* a phytklsti la Duldin, and wu kiilght- 
rel for lib cuuRpiniuu* alteluiurnte. Oasr Wilde, 
a. vs wiling te this writer, «ajuv» uwdispctedly llw 
dirtinctkai of hriwg Uw lesi i sr in the wetlu-tic 
world, *nd few iktwih in Modem •oriely are Iwt- 
ter known than be. He worshipped the much 
sdfniud Mrs. Isuigtrv, *• hired Bcvzdianlt, asrd is 
no.* at lira lost of Modjtska. 




HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


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U-NC A II I’M EJTT OP SOUUKK9 ON TUB WHITE lIul'MK LAWS — Duwi ui W. A. Kmik 
THE TRAOBDY AT WA8HIX0T0K.— {«« Tm 4V1.J 



HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


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HARPERS WEEKLY. 


JVtt t%' mfli. 




MARKET DAY IS NORMA SPY. 

Is Normandy yn« find almost i 
liun vige»r that onefaut tMlttiitto 
trirt fair, ii ml market duy wake* lut« * 
fact Hstnrl |Kn sfaepeat of lilllis toi 
Kpnm Che market yo*i gain an excellent nlra 
..r lb« product i. -ns of the I'snton. AM may i 
rutin a pretty fair Mtiniilo of the extent of | 
Ha renoiinnm.. the <|nalitT of Ita ce'tanla, ita 
dairy produce, and ita live stock, and may 
even gather much of the character and pn- 
cuiiurities of clue pempfa, whose ,nH ,,n * , 
co differ materially even from Umar .»f llmlr 
not vary remote neighbors. Bnt 1 « **• • 
market " properly it la neinasary la arrive 
overnight at ymir destination, nml, waiving 
nil Wen of » 1 .-cp, to secure a room overlook- 
ing Ui« Graiwle Plucn. ] 

Ftwn an early hoar in the even inf, and 
all through the night, mi« the btiy.-n. nod 
roller* III » rantiniMin* ilmun. w that by 
early dawn die little town is blind to over- 
flowing. Open carte, tilted wagons, long 
vehicle" of mysterious Iwiild, drawn by bitgw 
Norman horwrn, deposit monbnmliae of every 
ilm'rlpOiHi, and at llm fir*! streak of day- 
light business open*, It may he, with Ilia *alo 
of ralvoa, to l«e fallowed eminent lively by 
that of poultry, p*a*. (rrnin, hay, cattle, but- 
ter, and vegetable* : simI Hums varinor mar- 
kets *ra lielil not mendjr in the Halle* amt 
in the t wo nr throe vrioil|atf sonarra. but lu 
every alreet and nllcy, while later in the day 
the aspect I* that of a regular fair. Hooths 
nr nil kind* In increasing nnanher* «piii»g up 
|j |t" mush rooms, a red umbrella of Hrobding- 
intg proportions doing duty for a tent ; and 
MeriniM famines* being over, one are* dm 
pi a**** lately emmet-rated to Imlr* of inrr- 
.•hwi.Use overspread with toys and rMfottt 
of nil sorts, even to •mart bonnets sad enpa 
i»f latest pnn liie.lnl fashfan- Some prodiu- 
tinn« will unmBy bo alway* fannd, while 
llie stwoncc or |iriMM of other* will he 
determined by the prevailing culture of the 
district, fruit and vsgntabltw, for Distance, 
Wing nplendid io nous* places, whilst In oili- 
er* they scarcely approach mediocrity. Pear* 
ore often imnwiMm.nndao are cabbage*. while 
it i* not at all uncommon t» p*dl» prie, 
which the peasantry cat so largely, weighing 
from two to three poo min each. 


iug of I he home 


ulghty 


hlnul of the humbler and pc 
The great farm of the burgnmasb 
different uflair altogether. There 
barn, larger than we And in mar 
happy country. There, too. i* heard tlu- whir 
of the steam ihrrebingmacbtne, and in ilia 
fiinn-yiud are the hi nek funnel* and boiler* 
which tell that the rich farmer live* both In 
the niuereentli ivnltiry anil np to it on well. 
Yet even the mighty oiina among Ihn Mrehis 
preserve 1 « a great extent their old primi- 
tive mnniwira and eustomn. Although the 
good hnuwwifa him nenl Will her girt# to a 
grand ymssfau at flni**cl*, and Intends that 
limy shall marry mm smart unreal or doctor, 
and nt to receive in n Wanti fully decorated 
•nlnon with three window* ansi any nninber 
of gilt cloth*, * 5 >e hctwilf live*, and always 
will live, a* a ■tmplc pennant.-.*.. She "till 
wears the fang black cloak ml the eap»»ch 
a*herwi"tlier wore before her. She ifae* not, 
either, dladain to appear at the village trr- 
•no, mid to look upon tho scene of jollity 
Mid cake-eating with appreciating nml ap- 
proving eyea. I far daughtera may l» justly 
annoyed at tha heavy «lk drew *lbl ear- 
rings which she love* to wear in preference 
to lire Hirf-rCtrnm to In* purchased on the 
Montagu* do InCoiir; hat alio heed* out their 
murmured complaint*, and thinks only of 
procuring them heller 4 t*(e than have had 
any other girl* in the district. 

Sometime*, strolling down the tmtgh- 
atoiievl read*, you enmr np willi ft great 
fartn-yiiTil gate, on which you may peril up* 
rent awhile to look at the peaceful scene 
within. From ninliew in the wall* the pig- 
eons ibmrt forth their litifa white bt*da, 
and flutter down lielnw. Tho oxen are Tret- 
log while Johan iintmnwssra, and Suranur 
ntaudn grinning in the doorway, with tier 
great green pan under her arm- It Is a scene 
of nu let, peace fn I comfort mid gentle happi- 
new, which, it ia to ho hoped, neither time 
nor progreso will do much to alter. 


Cit'rlOS.-POSDIEJTIltCT 

lalef. r*c fSHHiae Are <V ".ml. •• pan lift **• 
TRACT” (luta m I*. Wruo. *~l -*o J"V«*.v OreU- 

”nwf *«^Kwn'i* rxtba£t. 

fl 1 « .r .SW H u iwerr **U III SmU,** 

rr Ur* New PtsMUr, WIT* Fltvmar »» or* 
PuntiTresbo ftlKf n* irmnifHrt TO 

POND** KXTUIIT <«.. 

It Weal Ktk atrret. Xnr Tack. 

COLO MEDAL, PARIS, 1878 . 
BAKER’S 


EPPS’S COCOA. 

GRATEFUL— COMPORTING, 



A FLEMISH HOMESTEAD. 

I r the Flemish farm yard ia not m clean 
a* chat of almiwt any other country, and can 
not be nienliautesl in the "am* breath as that 
of a Dutch lioencartemli to make up for it the 
fa. Id" would delight tbn eye of the Blunt fa*- 
tiilioua agriculturist from abroad. Over all 
the great slope* hardly a weed is W Ire »*«■ 1 
the ground I* as clean as the dry sasul of s 
•ea-hessrh, and even in the e^bbttgc gardens 
there I* wondrous littlei of that aflensive 
o.W of rank vegeUHiun which often mabeu 
u visit to some English market-gardens so 
deeUlrelly unpleasant. To effect thi**crtip«- 
Ioub clenolinem the amount of weeding that 
goes on from morauig antil evening Is some- 
thing prwligioits. From emistaut stooping, 
even at • very early age, tire women srem to 
gel fjnitei rounded in the back; and it is far 
from agreeable t« all onr not fan* of human- 
ity |o Vw> the poor ereatnnw, with ju'rfvctly 
Issre legs and far*, standing all day in tho 
damp soil, with the told sharp ml u.1 l.low 
lug npoD then*. Tlie uomirn, indeed, orery- 
w ben* aeem to havo a bard time of it. Not 
only are they to be scan weediug for hour* 
together, bnt tlrey even go through tho 
rougher work of rnn.ing lip tire soil with a 
heavy fork. Which ia fixed at right angle* to 
the end of a long handle. Again, it st m* 
unciimtoiiB night U> find a good-looking girl | 
of fan* than twenty taking care of a litter 
of small plump awluo; tlreae are geunrally 
of tlia refractory and ohatinate onler, and 
no love to make sharp tunas from the high- 
rosil to explore the deepdllchn*, or to seratvh 
their tough *hI«i against the bnrk of Um 
true*. Apropos of tire working gear of the 
Flemish peaanut. It »s of the nmsl primitive 
kind. Tin* great broad-hlnih*l scythe* are 
atill in m, aueh os one sees In Ihn etchings 
of the seventeenth century in the old Muiwut 
Hunk in at Antwerp Tha farm carts are »*» 
piimHive in tbvir con* tract icm that limy 
might have been in n*c in the Dark Ages. 

Will, « small Flemish homrulmul, if de- 
void of son im advantages »# iiwhIctii prog- 
tnsn, is neither uastlrnelivs to lire artist nor 
lluiiMlrnetlxe to tho stinh'iit nf rural econ- 
omy. Although the farm-yard i« not in the 
heat order, tho interior of the farm. bouse al- 
wsv* is. Itoieiil U I be comfortable tbutelred 
Pouf thliniws siwl Inmueot everywhere pre- 
vail. In the kitchen aud living-niwn the 
lu-aMi pits aw as bright a* mirror*, the stove 
Is always Maekeocd to perfection, and tho 
green runl faown earthenware paus are ar- 
ranged la ptetureaqne order. On the litllfl 
crucifix fosleued to the wall there ia nut a 
speck of dust, soil the pliotngTapbs of Jehati 
amt tkilinu are neatly framed anil glared. 
The aipiare rw*Ii -laittomrsl chair*, too, are 
devoid of tbn least speck sf dirt or grease. 


MARY ANDERSON. 

Fifth An*o* Thratre. 
Merew Wg R Rims k Sos: 

Your Amerirau Fare IWitv i* nqnMt*. It 
cannot be toohigbtv 1 cordially Wnhirse ll. 

— {Ctm.] Yuurs, stt. Dor Aknish. 

MT-RRAT * LAXRAX '9 PX^IOPA WATER. 
Wfan wed la Ike l.ilh or St 1 H, InlWr. |.o^tc*. snfJraN 
tnd wsiuiu ihu skin : rrtrrehre. liiWv.irsUw.sso Irs 
parts s d"ltrSeT>J ■ 

. ink It b fwelly soycAc 

ts Bin lie CoHvnn. 

L*«a*» « Kswr, N»» 

ftol.t by ad nembis 
1 -poC ia luBlOh, No T ( 



ViiMOCOl), 

SJba sll a»e sheoiUtss, b pes- 


le uiaiwlng s (hKnuIng *wt bwlin 
. k it t» pailr sr 

nfc_ Rob Pnprtflnn 
t Perlssires. Wl, 
■« IHII.-tA.lr. | 


IIORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE 

Nina s mnrt smr» d»llrtn.is ret 

x;:; 


or vita dry s* mnfce- 

, it is s dstklms tnlrie, 

Mgkly rescsBmsodsd by 

ft*U by Ur seres t w r f s brs . 
W. 1 UKKKA CO., 
faKitobr, Arsis. 

JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS. 

PIVIOK SQUIRE. 

SHCKBIlN. Psl*. Dry. Fm'ty. *e.. As. 

IHWK*. Purjaa.ll*. Clsr.es. Jbulamw. At, At 
I II ISI- tl.MS, Pry nr TtVIT, )»reiwid VsrbtSeL 
ttHlTtOLlu tbmlinlnw sod Batfask 
OH, U.ilUnil Impound tn Juc* 

MARWHAM.Jbmv At Ju.K(t kr Alton. noiWbe. 
rKI'ITX tlUCtm sbo IXstnirs, run™ wlthost 


* RITTFSt*.*’ TIIS BFWr ■ 




rt >vnM;I 


GOOD BOOKS 

mu 

SIMMER READING. 


■I th lisa 

Ml » 





AN INTglOIAl'tOWAL EP 1 SODR Iblfrasi lists, 
Jr. 1 ‘spre, ** rests : Ckch, » esavs. 

THE MART OF A MAN OF FIFTT AND A 
B' SliLB OF LCTTEKH. Hr llimas l»ss». Jr. 
tan, Paps,, «s rents ; Oath, 40 cent*. 

TH* *TOHY or IIEJ.RH TBOT. A Mos-t fly lbs 
AnibW of au Idyl of MosM DstreW 

Mnu, Cloth, M am 

OOt. DEN-ROD. Aw Idjl of M"imt Hre^ «bsa 
|-»|or. b. r«.it*. Lluib ttreuu. 

1 J t By (isokss 11 . Ilm-wasra, Anlbnr nf “Ssr- 
U*mt sad Fret,* Ac. l«w>s ‘ -fatb. *' —■ 

“■NcClb" A iosg 

I ntowr r(ist>u,u 

■■RBiresm. 

VtfXAnn AXD TIIXAOE LIFE. TtlU**« Sid VII- 
DIs, Wllb IllnU fa. Il.de lsiuesie.nr.ic. My 
. Fust vto, CMk 


WHITS WTNOA 

ucsfli-reta IMsu, CtnlA, | 

HfXTINO ADVKNTiritBS ON LAND AND ft*, A. 

TX« Tomnj Mm red- in Xurfti Amreka. A 
t.r Die* Dv Teres* W. Ksns. Anitas of -Tlw 
Bn« Tmwll.es fa ihr Far KhI.- Cuuknuly (Him- 
vi. CMh, tt Nl 

i H AS PAD 1 ORA TW*N* By Joe* Ifawsrs- 
, A mlmr .4 Hnlen’s Haines," At fltiulmied. 
Ml* Ikon, I'Mh, |l m 

Iftft (JTTLE MOTIIEK, AND OTHWl TATJW AND 


FlttKND* WORTH KNOWlSa OIlwjsss orAmre- 
Um. NoUirsJ Blrl-ry, Ur l«»na InusaHst II- 
lusifjteA Sq rere Mrw.lAnh.il m 
A RAWED ItBOIftTSR <nf FVojiVr, rise**, and (V«- 
Imi.y, lly A*»c B. Ureuani*. iliau. Clink, (I 
TflR CANOE AND THE Kf.YINO FROA «r, Cbeaj. 
i:rm.ii,**IMlS.tetblll*.., Hy W. L Am*", b’ili 
lifatniiM* Hei, l'tycr. IS teats ; Ctoth.*nreni*. 
A 81TWKX IHV I. lljr Clanton** Bum. BTank 

THCRft. Hr ttsv *»srst. UmsDS 
\CloUktts*. 

BATIXO. 

IHreCrsMt 

UR C. PUBK. ( 

AtlY AftEUJ.RT. A Teskihirs Tslt By 

UiAiannu. IBun. Clnlh, »l SB. 

Ml it STAIN. ByEkKl 


h'>y Itsnhs Sass aid 


Published by fURPEil h BROTHHIS, New TsHi 

-thv»s mO trad asp V «*» *Ms 
iZ, y-nCayr yerpwiJ. Is sap pnd 
■ « rtrryt if JAr yeire. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


HARPER'S 
MONTHLY MAGAZINE 

FOB AOOOST 

Contmi 

TV enarlodlug past *# 

T. & ALDRICH'S p» 7 «r 

■"tliVA “ A DAT IN tnnr«,n 
•saetlfblly lllnstmtwf: 

THE SCRREXUBR OF CORSWAUIIS, 
An tsceetoncty laltmtiiif pij« by 
II. P JOHNSTON, 

Illnstnlrsf firm joilnllnc« bf R*/a.>lil*.Rlsiii1,Tmse. 
bull, sud Copier,, and drawings I./ W. U Skopje id 

A no» pram. 

•• AI.RIOND BUnon.n 

B j M AMOAIIKT VEI.EY, Us MiwlntUna tar 

drawu by ABBEY ud sngra«v« by COLE, is aunts 
■ IruulisplKS to the Number ; 

TUt mnrlitant of SAMl'RL ADAMS DRAKE'S 
•"Ira uf j-rprry mi lbs 
WHITE MOUNTAIN*. 

Illusiratsd by V. B. OIBStiN; 


L VT. CIlAMrNltrS 


R. A. ABBEY: 

Tbs third ud Bit isrt of 

Briles uf papers tm 

POBTIOAL, 

Pine)/ msstratsd; 

An Impwtant ind timely paper, ratlltsd 

“WATER BOITKI /UOM TIIK GREAT 

NUKTHWEHT," 

B/ PRRDRklL- (A MATHER. 

Illustrated b/ mips Sbd plus. 

A HsHfttfUl poysr. ef » rslmspeetleu rbirstlsr. w •*. 
im by JAMB* T. FIELDS ilurlnr bis list III 
EtiUltal •• THEN a** 

A Iranrosi O.anrgin Rkttth, entitled 

THE TARIOI'S LANOrACiBN O 
BILLY MOON, 

By M. M. JOHNSTON'-, 

mi** PICKETT, 

A Short Story ; _ 

ASSASSIN* AND NIHILISTS! 


RAMA II a JEWETT 

LOUSE CHANDLER MOULTON ; 


HARPER'S PERIODICALS. 

HARPER'S MAOAEINR. One Tsar ...* M 

IIAIITERS WEEKLY. tins Yesr 4 M 

HARPERS BAZAR. Om Yssr 4 •* 

II AMPERE YUONO PEOPLE, Om Ysse 1 04 

I1ARPETPS PRANKLTN BQTARR IJHMABY. * 
■rakly 1-1 V Clint. nnitnlnlUB make of Trayrl, 
Btagrayby, History. Plctlcm, »*.l Poetry, at |elm 
rangliK frran to b> » rra«t prrnniBbsr. Pnill-muf 

Harper; to radii. Synai. library will be fiiml.hrd 
■ratnlliMialy «• sppllwlnn to ll.sral A Bmiiul 

AW HARPERS CATAI/KJUK, eoaprtilng tbs 
title* of between three sad (sir lamaasd enloraet, 
■ all be sent by nuU oe nralpt of Nine Cents. 

Address 

HARPER A nil OTHERS, 
PrsoMllm Iss sre. New York. 

STATE Y lSlil\D 

FANCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT, 

OM", 5 end 1 John St., N. Y. 

bhasch I SfOSteSSJP' 
offices I BASSUfeBSaSL. 

fbw. nraa.airf Sban.sA llrrae duals sasl (lament* 
/•■fir. /”•“<, n.«b, fi-brr.4-r.iit a U/tArui. af.l 
«•! toe ■»( rlatarsto at, Ira. cleaned or dyed eattras- 
fa ly inrAanr ruaea,. 

ljMti-ii.tj llrmib, rbnnef nr it-r .1 aM 

B»|4o>u* lb., h~t sttsfMlde skill and most Im- 
pernrl :,,rUutr~. anil basini; sy«u null red mice emry 
toyaNiwrnl of ~ic iflaln.ee.ee ran ermfclraLIy un.mlae 

V" 1 ••"'“•*7 imiropt Mure uF|emla. 

duel* nrel.nl aa»l man..! by eiprraa or by mall. 

BAUHKTT, NKPIIKWN * CO.. 

* «ad 1 John it, N.Y. 

SIGLAR'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL, 

NEU' III' HUH. N.Y. 

an- St2 P 0 *** 1 * Hr hod «<■' P»'1« PWa to like 

hna. aldrses H ENR Y W. BKIL AIt. MA. 

OA gl^. v . e «._ANp a OLD, 

Nassau CA SSro^nmSSZ’n. 1 ^: 



ON HIS MUZZLE 

Cbt'STST F*wnr. " Well. I der-Urst what mill be the neat E 
dog wearing like liatil in a In'nleegr." 


r fashion f There pw a city 


PURE SUGAR. 

as 


in brat acrid y. 


KMsn 


Byt recent inrestirn. March 
(more generally known atrtnee/e), heretol 
'*■ J BY coofectlum 

ide mfficienily dry _ 

be powdered and UIBIO COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

N. It raises the OP NEAT FINEST AND CUBA PENT MEAT 


RICHFIELD SPRINGS, H.Y. 

AMERICAN HOTEL. 

I'ntre Ur fseraooa.' etpsrrWWw nf Its me 
Ma URIAH WKLLTI, Proprtetoe ul Ur Sr. Ni> 
uem. New Yoek. 

SPRING HOUSE, 

P. M. PHOOTBT. Owner 
There R*r an bdlo k-pt Heimn> 

ItVbb-H is autod fur lie t arsi 
Inrtmime sir. ehirmtnf 




and white to that it c 


standard of color largely, best not being so 
sweet reduces the saccharine Mrrngth, malt- 
ing it necessary to Die more of the article lo 
attain the nsnal degree of sweetness. Large 
quantities of thir mixture are now being 
made and sold tinder various brands, bat all 
of them, so far as we are aware, bear the 
words " New Process " in addition to other 
brands. 

As refiners of fane Itigar, we are. in view 
of these facts, liable lo he placed in a false 
position before the public, at the reiulla of 
analysis of sugar bought tndiscriimnairly, 
will w confirm the false and malxsoui 


it was the common practice of the leading 
refiners to mix glucose with their sugars. 
While nod intimating that a mixture of, gh- 
~ v *~ *"•* nigir is Injurious to health, 


UP NEAT FINEST AND CHEAPEST MEAT 

LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

bf MEAT. A a Innlnilil, ind lelslAbln tonic 
In aH COM# nr wrafc lUgaMtse •ud ability. - is 

a rocerrr and • boon mr ehl.-b n.llmu >bn«M 

fo-1 misfit ‘—Are "Medical hr we. * “ Lsaoel 
" UdrWS Nnflesl JosniM. • Ar. 

CAUTION — Oanaluc only with tha f«r-stmlle of 
LsW UrWfi * “ vu ‘ lar * •*»« I<-> atiM lb. 

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

UP MEAT. Tu b— K«i| nf ak »wrakw7-ra.t4irawie. 
soil i-Twinift— Sue Aural* (■* Uu- I nltofl Ul„i,e 
lebulraai- nnlri. C DAVID A «», 41 Mirk 
Law*. Wadset Klicluiil. 

Snl<1 w tabes lc to N«w Ywk by PARK A TILPORD, 
SMITH A VASDEKBICKK. Af'KKk. MEHItAU. ft 

Tin nUEJt A DO., W, IL 8CHIKPPK1.IN A CO. 


we do maintain thit it defrauds the innocent 
eon-sti mer of jest to much sweetening poaer. 
In order, therefore, that the public can gel 
sugar pare and m the Condition it leavrs 
otir refineries, we now pul it np in barrels 
and iW/AtrvrZr. 

Inside each package will he found a guar- 
antee of Ihe purity of the content* as follows : 
<F> Arrrtr in/tna tkt ft tMe flat ear 
refneJ re.-urr remit! telefy </ tkr ptedut! rf 

lagan refined. A'eiUer Ciurett. Mu- 

•/ Tin, M Uriah t Arid, mr any ether 
frrrign tufiilanee trhiifet-er it, or not Aar 
hem, mixed with them. Oar Sagan and 


Ltumers should order from their grocer, 
rugar in our original packages, either half ar 
whole barrels. 

Consider well the abore 
when purrhasinff sugar 
for preserving purposes. 

MAVEMEYERS & ELDER, 
DECASTRO A DONNER REFINING CO. 
it7 Waia Street, Nrw York. 



LIST OF IIEff BOOKS. 


I Mo«e«i D. Cuuwss 


Vii'ito! ICkyi.". With nn-r.sis rhsnw 


BTAUTV IN OfttSS. |Iy M 


Aulbnr 
chs-ftri-i— rtr 


3*s»». UnevCAxh. 


T Ji5J , . IV,SC0 v * nsl °N OF THt NfW TES 

Mnrxwr's Assstlrsn Kalltkoo. tu Uiw- 
lto|wr. » reel, inn.i, Cltob, to 
Ihir, trill Edcra. W or (its. 


TAMAN 

SLI’K,, 


r i 4 |.5f , JJ‘* P , ONOlNC * 0t PhlNCE TAL- 
LEYRAND a«4 Klnc Ir-Qls XVIII, dslsc lU 

«u.ra. ,t \ |„,„» i.fll'br tin supnbl|rbtd.>Fnim 
IS- MAusmtacs premimd In tbs Am,..-, of im. 
NlMl.irr "f Purslsii Afjlr. nl Psrls. Willi a Pr«f. 
•tfl. Utoerauf tolas, and Mules by M. O »',u.»m. «/. 
PMlwr, » Otlila A l«, In lima. Ultob. J» rsma 
VI. 

J**. 1 ,,TM c «NTURV s. fun- 

lr.-l .-4 with il» Eirllrr m .1 Ule, llx ,..y , | M | ne 1 1 - 
t nuulncln** LnUm |r |sei ti, Ji.uh 

rr«a rr.ifira.ir .if iJy.i.msrk Th.^ 
"'•JP *"•' ^•.-l-svllcs I« Urn I'mtHl I'rrabylrrlan 

• -t ’-rr, l.illlilinrxk. 4 I'stoV. HI 11—- — 

Out*. Ml 


IIADPER » CYCtOPAOIA Of ORITISM AND 
AMERICAN POETRY. Blltal by E • 

Ic—ysl util Dlswiuud LUsOb Oilumd tolgra, «, ra. 
VIII. 

HARPER S EUROPEAN GUIDE-BOOK fOR Iffit. 

.'.'"TEJ *fc' d U,M * ‘■e Trsvrllrr. In lbu-s* n„.| 
Ibe luwl - brliiK s to’.l« Ibrirsuti tSn.it Nflttos ■■M| 
Irehud, Prurw IVIrlaD. ttonasuy, llnly, 

■l/ lK. By rU. Turley, lirrarr, K«|| M |*u< ; yr .4 t 
Urum.rk, N.irwsy.beedsru Iti— 1«. uul R. 

*'llh M.c. mat IM.u.V} 
I. 1 ' 4 ?', '.V k 1,1 J !»■'— Vulniusa 


Him 


iluruse. 

Vra- L— tlrtel llrllalu, lrriuui. Pranre, Jkl'i'i'un^ 
Il l-Oar msuy, AeWrts, lto*y. E*ypt, Pyrl». 

Tyrol, Dsnnurk, Noresy. 


Turkey, liter-.- 
V..,. Ill.-RwRi 

Haatos. Unens, Ppam. 


IS. 

HUNTINC AOVESTTURES ON LAND AND IE A. 

tm - A rural ca. A Bm.b 

Ka»», Anihur nf "Tta 


A. 

luui V- 


I - '... ' Hcnd Mralar nf tbs *Hluh t 

toldce. Mm. W.lh KtiursrliiL-.. I earn, , uuu. i 
ceou : Pajw, 4u ortiti*. 

XL 

THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA. , 

Rl-Yt llulury . 4 lha Ktvr »b C 4-.ru.- la Auittlrs 
By llwsr (’.an Luiau krn, Half Laalber. || it 


THOMAS CARLYLE. TV* Mm snri 1.1. |Wv*^ 
I i.ecr.ri— 4 by IVreHinl llemiulraeurea. T^Me-Tilk. 
ai>4 Ai-nV. e> Illmeeif .a, I |,l, [ 

WllAtoa HoKSR WlAIK. 4t*b Pil|Wf. YD catlla. 


Ulsss • quirk, 

Packet hr uul: nil r-tirje uf teiet. rente 

0. H. nUTUSRTORS. &6 Liberty Hl_ N.T. 

AC i:\TS WAXTi;i) 

fen "Soul horn Palentlne and JnruHalom.'* 

By Wit.usM N Tnmams, D.D^ Kortyfi.e Yr.uyi 
a Ifismcmiry In Syria and PaleetiDr. 140 Illus- 
tratiuns from Photographs 
Apply to or address 

NIEPES A BROTHTBR, PsbIUton. J, T. 


fhrtsllaa M ilitar y. T allinn and i 

Hr. A. A. LI VEILS UHE, Piss. Mtsdrllls, Prnu. 


UHiAf 


$ 6 «;» 


:I 09 


-iiscr nose sasrasaaasr' 


Si lo $20 


AAlrrraSliaaoa A Co., PurtUarl, Matos. 


THE NEW NOVELS 

HARPKR k BROTHERS, New Toik. 

y Wit- 

As Ocean Frte-Lsao*. By W. Csaaa Krwarx. ERrla 
A Coaly HsrllRRe. By AiwsOYuuia Wirenla 
Visited os Ibe CbCMrea. By Ttran. tiny » mica. 

I I I By (laosus n. llreaoRTU. II WL 

At the Kras Ide. Aid otbrr Btralra. By Mm Cam 
Hat. toceuto _ 

ACRIUof Nsfiire. By Uaassr Brcusaaia IS mi la 

Ms FV»t OBsr, and eslrrr Kories. By Masr Csuil 
Hay. to teats. _ 

nw Story of H 
Hud, au Idyl 

The fbanlaln of Ike FlteL Ily lfiuns lira, ay and 
JAUasNisa *)«siiIa _ 

Tbt Miller's itonrktsy. Ily Ainrp Bulk, m raid a 
W bewM Panlfimywiar Uy Jnua llornisine H- 

lu-trsied. 41 se. 

narry Jorerlyn. By Mrs. OatpaauT. Wrauto 
Bolds tbs lUtw, By EsTiiASinsS. M leqtwn SOetA 
My Lore. By E. Lieu Lmm. ED cebD. 

Rntduaca Crane. By DsaiaC Dane SO rent a 
a menu's D<Yl|n>lli)ll 
ran-. ml lllttbirk 4 

EW Us area A Pm Tares kiTT sersf see rf U* sKum 
- rra to sad, pnsraye ;-eyW. I. s„ r ya,l nf in 

mint Main, aa rtfrtpl ,f Ike ya-uy. 

»W-H[».,s-si, a Ctysuan sswSW free an reertjY rf 
ninPER h EnOTHSItS, Fnaklin Sqnarr, Y. 


S72 




HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


JULY 23, INJI. 


fe- 

“ Mm i 




SMOKE MARSHALL’S 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, As t hma , 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &o. 

$,4,1 l.j a|| Druggist*; or wad 25 ccnU for sample bo* by mail, to 

“James B. HOBWER, 59 Maidon Laao, Hew York, P. B. A. 


TUB BtOOBST BLOT OX Ot'U SPOIlS ( CRM IT) BVHTBM. 


BICYCLE PROVERBS. 

ANY man can learn to ride n bicycle. 
LEARNING rerjuirea about lbn» 
hours. 

THE ART i» manly, and all should 
have it. 

BICYCLING w good f->r the health. 
BICYCLING affords the beet re 
creation. 

THE BICYCLE i* a ready road 

THE BICYCLE can be ridden with 

AND WITH ndvauUgu wherever a 
buggy can be. 

BICYCLING is like skating and 
hosting: 

IT 18 never forgotten nor given up. 

THE COLUMBIA lliejclca are of 
seveml patterns. 

THE SPECIAL COLUMBIA i» 

a light, fine roadster. 

The STANDARD COLUMBIA 

is a medium weight readier. 

THE BEST time made in this country, 
IN RACES, has boon made on CO- 
LUMBIAS. 

COLUMBIAS havo interchangeable 
parts; 

THEY are warranted throughout by 
tlio makers 

THEY nru the alMindioal bicycle* 
made. 

THEY come to repair* less than nny 
other make.' 

THEY arc ennstructcd on conservative 
wlidflwt 

AN D offer no novelties as trade catches ; 
BUT arc constantly improved nnd per- 
fected. 

THE PRICES range from $90 00 
np to $14 7 50. 

CHOICES of style and finish arc 

offered. 

THE MUSTANG U a eloper 
grade, for Imya. 

THE PRICES ure from $30 UU up 
to $64 00. 

TRICYCLES ore kept in stock, for 
Indies. 

SEND 3c. stamp for 34-pago catalogue. 

Address 

THE HOPE BAMUPACTUB 1 H 6 CO., 

001 Waahingtoo Bt, Boston, Mssa 


GLENN’S 

Sulphur Soap 


Hiasi 


rv K Cl! WHO 


OBSTINATE SKIN DISEASES, 

AND 

For BEAUTIFYING tic COMPLEXION, 


3 Cakes for OO*. 


S Caks* far aoc. 


TUELVK ni: LPHIB BATIK 
TWELVE IH LI’III H BATIK 

AN imCACIOVS AS ANY rttoM NATVHC8 
uws srniNUH. 

OLEHN'B SULPHUR I0AP U UNOWNED 

A» A CVITTJIV eras roa 
Ptaiilm, fkafra, Trt»», ptlw. 

< •bln, Miwiulle Miss, 

Itwuab shla. !■•«' >ilres 

I rlrklj boa*, Kli.«w«rea, 

Kl<-«b ««ah KrritH**. 

Ilrh. bl»-«. Hums. eraMe. 

»*ttln-re*h, alerre, end si 

never* Ueblwn. salsraal bamor 

IkUbUiM. «»<1 polaeoe. 

ruM HIMPLB TOILET IWK-ONB CAKE (**-> 

OF GLENN'S ' 

Or I.VIITA TIONb. 

... mi 

imhat. WoW by ,11 

Mrcel. New T<ak. 

■BILL’S IUIU ISO WNIKBKB NIB," 
IUKk nr tlnua*. Me. 



PARKER'S GINGER TONIC 


;S2£nrT«e*ctlio(nnleilBl<«U Perl , flair *M lb*; 
D..t Hralth a Stn>*sth Uailort r yoe C»e la, ; 

n l fir ranertor to IRm end cthe; Tank*. <**• 

but aercrJP 1 ®?".*:.- 


use 


PARKER'S 
HAIR BALSAM; 



iseesTos 

LIQUID PAINTS, ROOFINC, 

h. w. JoHaiaiV cco/rktaiuBE. i. T 

CONGRESS WATER .-J&W 

thartlc »M1 Avo* nil man.- IfftUtinc 
iwltn 1.1.1 dumcnUc. Tley Impel' «■* ill«*U*» «*- 
cam n»l kidney*. Uwruby indavO*? IrrrjnraW* rtmll*. 


Dr. Scott’* Electric Hair lVrudi wa* udvertinod in our last i»»ue. Thu 
proprietor* j/uarantrr it to Cure Headache and Neuralgia in five nuiiulc*. 
It i» an unfailing remedy for baldnem ami Dandruff. 

Dr. Scott’s Electric /7«A Brush i» yuamnfrc./ to Cure Rheumatism, 
Neni.u* Debility, and all pain* and aches faulting from impure blood. 
Its effect is particularly refreshing during the warm reason. 

The price of either Urn Electric “llair” or “Fledi" Brush is $3 00 of 
all Dealers, «r will l « mailed free on reccijrt of $3 00 by 

THE PALL MALL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, 

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THE PRESIDENT AND THE FUTURE 
S wn write, it seems probable that the President 
will recover. Hi* rouTt lnwilW may tie long 
and wearisome, but his vigorous constitution and his 
cheerful temperament ainl strong will promise to re- 
store him to his family and to his country. Should 
U»b happy anticipation he fulfilled, he will emerge 
from his sic It -chamber with u» great power and op- 
portunity for wise action as were ever given to a 
President. Iiuman nature and the nature of pol- 
itics and the science of government have not been 
changisi, indeed, by the niiniense misfortune with 
which the country has been threatened. But much 
has been changed, much b now distinctly seen and 
admitted which ha* been hitherto doubted or denied. 
The President is u man of too great insight and ability 
not to comprehend clearly and justly to estimate the 
significance of tin* attack ii|s>n him. and the iqiportu- 
nity offered him by the universal nflVction and court- 
deuce which it has revealed. He is sure to feel a 
kind of consecration in the immense atfection for 
him which has been universally expressed. He can 
now be President in a much larger sense than that of 
chief of a party. The best sentiment of all portim, 
the instinctive declaration of the pres* both in Amer- 
ica aud Europe, is that the attempted anamination is 
the logical result of the spoils system. The Vice- 
President had made himself a party to a ferodou* 
f action ul quarrel with the President about patronage. 
But the Vice-President becomes absolute muster of 
the patronage in the event of the President's death 
A reckless and excitable offi c e M llwr , therefore, de- 
spairing of an ofllce under the President, seen a pos- 
sible chance for it should the Vice- President succeed 
to the Presidency, and he tries to secure his succes- 
sion by murdering the President. 

This is the significance of the attempted assassina- 
tion. Ol'lTKAl may lie a man of w hut is called un- 
balanced mind. But nothing shows him to be a 
maniac. If he were ulHicted with homicidal insan- 
ity. it was not a general disposition to murder some- 
body. There waa perfect method in the iruulnc**. 
and it is useless to brush the matter aside as an attack 
that might have been made upon anybody. Mr. Alt- 
Turn's reported horror and consternation »t the event 
we can well believe, for he is an amiable man, and lie 
saw at once that should be succeed to the seat of a 
murdered President, it was in pursuance of the dis- 
tinct and declared intent of the ussanin. It was a 
succession from which he would recoil with much 
more than the ordinary horror at a great crime, for it 
was a crime which, under the circumstances, aud 
without any thought or act of hi* own, would have 
morally tainted his title. But it is not » personal in- 
terest of Mr, Garfield or of Mr. Artiicr. it is a na- 
tions! concern, which is to be considered It is of 
vital national impurlutice that a constant and power- 
ful pica with weak minds for the munlcr of the Pres- 
ident should be removed. A new and appalling peril 
in the spoils system is revealed . The victorious party 
in an election, as recent experience !uu shown, may- 
be rent kuto fierce faction* quarrelling over the spoils 
of place; aud if the Vice-President makes himself an 
active agent of one of the factions, the possible conse- 
quence* are before us in the ghastly event mid the 
alarming possibilities of the attack upon the Presi- 
dent. Even General Grant, according to a reported 
interview, could see no oiLer result, in the event of 
tli« President's death by the shot of a disappoint**! 
ollicL- m* krr, than the disappointment of certain other 
oilier- seekers. But at the time when General Grant 
was President, if Senator Morton bad denounced him 
bitterly as a liar upon a question of patronage, had 
resigned lies Senutoroliip in a rage, and had taken a 
passive colleague with him from tin* Senate; if Vice- 
President Colfax had joined with Senator Morton 
in lobbyiug and intriguing for MORTON'S re-election 
to the Senate, leading a faction solely devoted to 
Morton, and more ferocious against the AdmiuUtra- 
tion than against the opposition ; and if then a shut 
bad been tired at the President, which if fatal must 
have secured wliat the u-waaain declared that he de- 
sired, the absolute triumph of the Morton faction, by 
putting Colfax into the Presidency'— w ould General 
Grant have seen nothing more than the meaningless 
act of a uuidiuau. and the accidental disappointment 
of ccrtaiu office-seeker* I 

President Oarfiki.d can not fail to see that it is the 
spoils system which ba* furiously rent the Republican 
party in New York, and which haa stimulated assas- 


sination. He can not help seeing that if the Vice- 
President chooses to join a faction produced t>y such 
a schism, the temptation to put all the patronage in 
his hand* by crime may eusily be too strong for weak 
and depraved mind*. All this must be as evident to 
the President unit to the cabinet as it is to the coun- 
try ; and secure of the aup|iort of the conscience and 
intelligence of both parties, they will undoubtedly 
favor a practicable arid reasonable reform. To this 
end two things are at once possible. The President 
and the Secretaries may refuse to remove officer* 
except for legitimate reason*, and refuse to appoint 
merely to gratify any person or politician. This is 
all within the executive discretion of the President 
uud the Secretaries. It is practicable at once, and the 
time is fully ripe for such action, which will be sup- 
ported by the good sens* of Lite country. The next 
step i» the recommendation which the President will 
undoubtedly make to Con gw a a of legislation which 
will put an end to factional dispute* over the spoils. 
It will not I** forgotten that a bill for this very pur- 
poee, prepared with the utmost intelligence and care, 
and with the approval of those who have given most 
attention to the subject, wa * introduced last winter 
in the Senate by Mr. Pendleton. The pamagr- of 
this bill would at once inaugurate a reformed system, 
ami wc trust that the President and the cabinet will 
inform themselves fully of its provisions. It i* drawn 
with the conviction that the root of the evil to be re- 
formed is personal favoritism in appointment, and 
that if tiiia be not obviated, the evil will remain. 
With this fundamental abuse corrected, tenure and 
removal may be left in great part to take care of 
themselves. The first great stage of the reform i* 
now |nooi>d. It* absolute necessity is conceded, and 
the question to which every friend of reform should 
add «■*«> himself i« that of method. Every- such friend 
will find that the PENDLETON hill offers the simplest, 
most gradual, and moat effective method, aud the ef- 
fort* of all the reform associations should be directed 
to the passage of llie bill by dear aud cogent popular 
discussion of its merits and details. 


THE SUBSCRIPTION FOR MRS. GARFIELD. 

The generous impulse to raise a subscription for 
the benefit of Mrs. GaRFIELD and the family of thr 
President ha* resulted in a very handsome contribu- 
tion. But a question of great importance has arisen, 
which of course did not occur to the gentlemen who, 
under the inspiration of patriotic sympathy, originu 
ted tlie movement. The quiwtiou U whether such u 
gift can well be received by those whom it is intend- 
ed to benefit. If the President bad died of hi* wound, 
there is no doubt whatever that the amplest provision 
would have been eagerly and gratefully made by the 
country for hi* family. Should ho now succumb, 
there is not a person who would not desire to have 
some part in such a provision. Hut should he recov- 
er, a* everything seems now to promise, such a gift to 
his wife would place him under the most serious em- 
barrassment, nod it is consideration for him which 
should cause the leaders of the enterprise to hesitate. 

The case is obvious, and it has been plainly staled. 
The reason of the regulation that the President shall 
receive only hi* salary, mid that it shall not be 
rlmugcd during hi* official term, is not that the 
choice of corrupt Presidents is contemplated, hut that 
the Chief Magistrate must be free even from suspicion 
of illicit influence. Now in the matter of income the 
President and his wife are virtually one. Money 
given to her is necessarily money for his benefit, a* 
it relieves him of all core for tlie pecuniary welfare 
of his family. But if a poor man should be elected 
to the Presidency, and the Standard Oil Company , or 
tlie Pacific Railroad Company, or the Western Union 
Telegraph Company, or any greul corporation, should 
present half a million of dollars to his wife, the im- 
propriety of the act would lie at once aud universally 
admitted. Yet if a score of individual capitalists, all 
of whom have large interest* sure to be affected by 
Congressional legislation and the President s signa- 
ture. make a similar gift, is there an essential differ- 
ence t In the ardor of party controversy, is there 
auy doubt that her husband, the President, would be 
fiercely availed, or any question that the public good 
sense would wish that the fact of such a gift could 
not be alleged l The President and his friends might 
tic sure of hi* shitless integrity, but they could not 
deuy tin; extreme inconvenience of the ]>o*ition, and 
everybody will admit that lie should not Lx- placed in 
it without conclusive reasons. 

Do such reasons now exist t The President is ap- 
parently recovering, and if the prayers of a w hole 
nation cau avail, he will pnoeully tie restored to his 
former vigorous health. Will it be agreeable to liitn 
to know that a few of his fellow-citriena, from the 
purest motives, have presented a fortuue to his wife! 
On the contrary, cam the knowledge fail lo be most 
perplexing to him f It is not enough that hi* official 
action will not lie nffiotod by it. but tliat action must 
not seem to bo affected nud in order to prevent that 
appearance, he may feel himself constrained to act in 
contravention of hi* honest judgment. Those are 
considerations which ought to be very carefully 
] weighed by (be Immune aud patriotic gentlemen who 


have moved in this matter. The salary of the Presi- 
dent is believed to be ample for tlie expenses of his 
official position, and there are those who hold that a 
President should receive a liberal pension upon his 
retirement. But ha* the time arrived when it is ne- 
cessary to provide for the family of the actual Presi- 
dent f 


WEIGHED. AND POUND WANTING. 

IT i* reported that Mr. Concuno and hi* friends 
affect to suppose that the universal condemnation of 
his course is an artifice of the newspaper*, and llutt it 
is not the real sentiment of the people. It was neces- 
sary. of course, to put forth some such plea to furnish 
even a tolerable pretense for the stolid resistance 
which has been offered during the hurt five or six 
weeks to the plain desire of the people of New York. 
But the decisive vote of the Legislature, which the 
Conxuno interest elected last autumn, yet in which 
a hare third of the Republicans supported his re-elec- 
tion. was due, a* he and hi* friend* knew, to the era 
pliutic opiuiou of the people in the Assembly districts, 
mid the adverse tone of journals which have been 
devoted to him hitherto, ltonnrtly reflecting tlie gen- 
eral sentiment around them. Mr. CoXELINO's sudden 
mid angry resignation, all the circumstances of which 
were known, mid for which hi* letter was so feeble 
and futile on apology, wua met instantly by the con- 
viction of nine-tenth* of tlie cititens of New York of 
hi* own party that he was an unfit person to repre- 
sent tlie State in the Senate. Tlie reuBoiis of this con- 
viction are obvious. Undoubtedly ho hail great ex- 
perience, and there were those who thought that lie 
hud great ability. He had also, under the despotism 
of patronage, the control of the ** regular" action of 
tlio party, and lie had unparalleled stubboranras. 
These things, and not great qualities or great services, 
had made and continued him a Senator But there 
wn* deep dissatisfaction with him os an utterly selfish 
politician who used his position for hi* personal ends, 
and not for the advantage uf the party. His resigna- 
tion suddenly and clearly revealed this fact to the 
.State and to the country. Mr. CoNEUXO had unwit- 
tingly unmasked himself. 

It waa at once felt that a man who could do what 
he had done was unfit for the post of Senator He 
had left New York jvilhout representation in the Sen- 
ate, he had abandoned the Senate to the Di-mncrats, 
and he hud stung to fury the difference of the party 
In this State, not because of any principle wliatever, 
nor because of any advantage to be guined by the 
party, but solely from personal anger. It wo* a most 
childish act, and the mature man who could be guilty 
of it proved his essential unfttnrsa fora pusiliou which 
require*, before all things, self-command, proper re- 
*l>pcl for a great official trust, and clear comprehen- 
sion of the rights of others. All three Mr. Conklixo 
contemptuously disregarded to gratify hi* SCUM of 
persona] wrong. But he did more. With hi* acqui- 
escence, and probably by hi* advice, Mr. ARTUUH re- 
fused to allow a President of the Senate pro tempore 
to be elected, and thus exposed tho country to tho 
incalculable peril, which was pointed nut at the time, 
of having hut one person between the President and 
a lapae of the government. Thi* was all done by 
Mr. GotOCUMO to revenge hi* wounded vanity. Tlie 
country, the Republican party, the public welfare, tlie 
]>eaceful continuity of the government, were of no 
importance in hi* eyes compared with gratification 
of the personal hostility that he cherished for Presi- 
dent Garfield. He liad utterly unmasked himself, 
and the country aw him a* he was, not a* his *yco- 
phanta painted him. Is it surprising that the people 
of New York felt instinctively that such a roan was 
unfit to be a Senator of tlie United State* 1 

No tolerable excuse for such action ha* been offer- 
ed. Neither Mr. OoVKUNO nor hi* friend* have al- 
leged— for they could not do so truthfully— tliat the 
President liad in any degree whatever transcended 
hi* power, or that the Senate, in confirming hi* ac- 
tion, had done anything but something that Mr. 
CONKUXO did not wish it to do. The President had 
nominated an honrai and competent man whom Mr. 
CoMKUNO did not like, und the Senate liad confirm 
ed the nomination. Thi* wo* the whole case. Mr. 
CoxKUNiVa resignation could not affect even thi*. It 
could remedy no wrong, if wrong had been commit- 
ted. It could produce nothing whatever but confu- 
sion and peril. The plea that a Senator should not 
be required to be a mere parasite of tlie President is 
os feeble as every other excuse tlinl has been offered. 
Nobody has required or suggested such servility. A 
Senator has his vote and his voice. Let him oppose 
with them every Executive act tliat he condemns. 
With that his responsibility ends. Great Republic- 
an Senators in a Democratic Senate spoke and voted 
against the infamous measure* of slavery. They 
were beaten, but they stood fast, and renewed the 
fight. This Republican Senator in a Republican Sen- 
ate waa displeased with a Republican nomination, 
and so run away, by lii* flight changing a Republic- 
an to a Democratic Senate, Why should the party 
and the people whom he betrayed for his own selfish 
pleasure send liim hack again t Not one reaaou lio* 
been given, for none could be. It is not the noise of 



JULY 28. 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


the nevrsp&pera only which Mr. CuXKLWO ha* heard. 
It is the indignant voice of Republican principle and 
American intelligence speaking the simple truth, 
“Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found 
wanting. 1 ' 


HOW TO SECURE THE PRESIDENTIAL 
SUCCESSION. 

Tit* statute* whirh we published lout week regu- 
lating the succession to the Prtaidcncy und the cur- 
rent discussion have uppri*cd our readers of two 
startling facts: first, that there may be, us now, only 
one life between the President and an absolute vaca- 
tion of the chief executive office ; and second, that 
there is not always a Congress completely organized. 
If President Garfield and Vice-President Artui'K 
were both disabled from any cause, there is no per- 
son now authorised to act as President, because there 
is no President pro tempore of the Senate, and no 
Speaker, of the House of Representatives. If no ac- 
tion had been taken before their disability, there i* 
no provUion even for the summoning of Congress to 
organise; and if *uch action had been taken, there 
might be dangerous delays before an organization 
was effected, Thi* is a situation which might easily 
prove to be very perilous, and which evidently ought 
not to continue. 

The law which provides that a certain officer shall 
succeed to the Presidency under certain circumstances 
should also provide that there shall always be such 
an officer. The selection of a temporary President 
by the Senate should ool be left to the whim of the 
Vice-President, and to his willingness to prevent an 
election, because fur want of such an officer the Chief 
Magistracy may become vacant. There should be, 
also, always an organized House of Representatives. 
At preeent an evenly divided House, like that of the 
new Congress, when electing a Speaker might be real- 
ly electing a President. These are all defects of de- 
tail in administration which are revealed by expe 
ricncc. and which are easily remediable, There is 
nothing more important than a settlement of the 
Presidential succession which will put it wholly be- 
yond doubt or suspicion, and it is high time that the 
country insisted upon a careful consideration of the 
whole subject, from the method of electing the Presi- 
dent, which is dangerously imperfect, as experience 
has proved, down to tin: details of the sui-ceosion. 

The latter subject could be arranged by a provi- 
sion which the Timm urges, and which has been oft- 
en suggested, that the new Congress should meet and 
oryanixe immediately upon the dusolution of the old. 
The law sliould require the election of presiding offi- 
cers in built brunches, and the threefold succession to 
the chief executive position would then be always 
full. Such an assembling of Congress for legislative 
business would have the further and very great ad- 
vantage, irrespective of this provision for the Execu- 
tive succession, that it would lessen tho time bet wren 
the election of Congress and its actiou. One. of the 
anomalies of our nutioual legislature now i* that it 
does not meet until more than a year after its elec- 
tion. This would not be tolerated in a Stnte, bat it 
is equally absurd in the Union. The trouble would 
be avoided hy requiring Congress to meet on the 4th 
of March following the election of tlie House, for or- 
ganization and for legislative business. 


MR. DEPEW. 

On* of the conspicuous figures in the New York 
Senatorial contest emerges without a Stain. After a 
struggle which iqtan-d neither character, nor truth, 
nor decency, which is unprecedented for its foulness, 
and in which he wan the especial murk of malice and 
factional ferocity, Mr. Depew stand* before his fel- 
low-citizens absolutely blameless. The parasites of 
Mr. CoXKUNO, who has uot hesitated to appear for 
great corporations and monopolies, hare busily 
raised the cry of monopoly candidate against Mr. 
Depkw. One of them, in hi* place in the Assembly, 
openly cluuged Mr Depkw with systematic corrup- 
tion, but carefully abstained from any sprcillc aancr- 
lion. Spies and detective* of every kind have been 
searching hi* record and shadowing his persuu. He 
has been present in Albany throughout Die long con- 
tention, as he bus been always present in recent ses- 
sions of the legislature. But neither perjury, nor 
vindictive hate, nor the utmost ingenuity of malice, 
bus been able to maintain or even to utter one sin- 
gle distinct accusation against the honorable charac- 
ter of Mr. Depew. 

It is undeniable Utat the reputation of the Legisla- 
ture Was uiisavurv. and the fnciids uf Mr. CONKLIXU 
have sought to show Dial the members of most doubt- 
ful character supported Mr. Depew. Of the UK Re- 
publicans. Mr. Depew received the vote* of 55. and 
Mr. Cokkuxu the votes of 35. Whether the weight 
of character was against Mr. Depkw can easily be 
seen by those who know the members. It i* enough 
that both in the Legislature and out of it Mr. Conk 
UNO' s supporter* comprise some of the most un- 
handsomely notorious "heelers" in Die State. The 
attempt to connect Mr, DKPKW indirectly with bribery 
by the Bradley charge against Sessions ended in 


showing, not that Skmiomb had attempted to britio 
Bradley, but that if he had intended to bribe any 
one, ho had chosen wisely. Tho scheme to smirch 
Mr. Depkw ludicrously miscarried. It was treated 
with deserved soom, and bis vote row steadily 
throughout. 

Mr. Dkpew'.s withdrawal, in a frank and admirable 
letter, was an act of loyalty which the Republican 
party will not forget. It was in curious contrast 
with the refusal of Mr. OoXKUVO to do anything 
whatever except to occupy Die position in which Mr. 
NaST recently depicted him. Unable to secure his 
awn election, he has done what he could to prevent 
Die election of any ouc eLse. Those who have abet- 
ted him in this utterly selfish course will not be for- 
gotten. Mr. Depkw 'h bearing throughout Die con- 
tent in which Mr. Conklino's adherents have vuiuly 
sought to discredit him, aud his retirement from the 
can vow untouched except by calumny, have shown 
him to be ail honorable gentleman, and have itiude 
him an exceedingly high private in the Republican 
ranks. 


NEW YORK 8ENAT0R& 

The large majority at tlic Republican memlier* of the 
New Vork legislature have selected Mr. Kuuuihic G. Lap- 
iiam, of Canandaigua, ami Mr. Wanner Ml LI AS. of Herki- 
mer, as their Candida ten for tbe vacant Senalorebipn. Mr. 
Lamlam is • lawyer, and Mr. Miller a manufacturer. IWuh 
gentlemen have been for some time KeprewutntivvM ia Can- 
gram, amt they are both boeoat. r»|i»bl* awn. No exemption 
can Iw taken to thetii under the an know ledges! usages of par- 
ty, and they would bare liecn elected at one* bat for the 
tie termination uf the unall band of Conklingitcw to prevent 
an election. The intention iff Mr. CAXKUNO and his baud 
to do all tli* injury possible to Ibo party in tliia Slate, in 
revenge for the fatal blow which he lias dealt himself, has 
been long evident. It U jiOMlId" that tbe coolest may be 
ended I w fore this paper in Issued, hut we should not be sur- 
prised to are tho tltllo Coxkum; faction voting with the 
Democrats for an adjournment, in order to prevent tbe form- 
al rejection of Mr. CoNKLUtti hy tho Legislator* which he 
believed to be his slave, llis overwhelming rejection by 
the people is already effected. 


CARLYLE UPON OLD SPAIN. 

In hU little book upon CAM.ru:, which tire Kanteii* 
hate Jnat published. Mr. Conway lUwcnUw a capital sum- 
mary uf the essential relatiou of Spam and the Netherlands, 
which CaRLYLB one day made in lain strong way. 

“Those Dutch are a strong poop!**. They raised their 
laud eat of a marsh, and went on fur a long pnnnd of tune 
brooding eowa and making cheese, and might have gono on 
witll their cows sod cheese till doomsday. Unt Spain 
ram ea over and Mn, ‘ We want yon to believe in 8t. Iona- 
Tits.’ 'Very wrry,’ replied tho Dutch, ‘hut wo c-nts'L' 
'God! but you **wrt,'aaya Spain ; and they wpntal»ut with 
gnoa Slid ewonU to make the Itatch believe In Ml. I«xa- 
TtCB — never mails them behave in him, hut did succeed In 
breaking tlu-ir own vertebral culiunn forever, aud raising 
the Dutch into a great nation.” 


COOL. 

In a recent Interview, Robert Toons*, the Captain Bob- 
mill of aoooMlmi, save that os Secretary of State of the Con- 
federacy be discovered that England and France wet* Isitli 
ready to recognize it, bat objected to slavery, lie there- 
fore asked power to issue a proclumation of emancipation, 
freeing every slave by a stroke of tbe pen. Bat Davis and 
the cabinet, be savs, bad uot tho courage to do it. The 
proclamation. Mr. Toombs says, coolly, "could have been 
for gradual emancipation, and then repudiated, os W*«t- 
tJKJTOK did tlie ticntralily treaty, if nscaowy.* 

Mr. TooMna's alloaimi to Wamiivc.tiin'* repudiation of a 
treaty to nniutelligllile, but bis suggestion of obtaining 
recognition from Europe by a trick involving tbe liberty of 
some millions of human brings is characteristic of a iniud 
bred in contempt of human righto. Tbe difference between 
Toombs'* proposition and tbe action of Mr. Llh'CiJLX la that 
LINCOLN heartily believed in ei|iial rights as tbe true and 
safe foundation of State*!, ami that Toombs did not. Mr. 
Toomba, however, thinks that tt la “sheer noMefise” for 
Jmtkksox David to diecuas queationa which tho war hs« 
aetlled. 


HARK, FROM THE TOMBS 1 

lx bis late work upon tbe rebellion, which seams to ex- 
cite very litGo attention, Jcrt'KKaON Davis says: "In as- 
serting the right of M-ceaiion it has uot been my wish to in- 
cite to its exercise. I recognise the fact that war showed 
it to be IfltpncIlCBhte, but this did not prove it to Iw wrong." 
Hu Implies that If we all War ill mind that it may be in- 
voked at any time, wo eball live together with a forbear- 
ance which will save as from the dire couscqaaiices of tbe 
appeal. 

It was hardly worth while to tell Americans that there 
is a right of revolution, for that is what Mr. Davis's words 
mean. Evcu his own statement is incorrect. If, a* he as- 
sorts, there Ire a right iff seemeiou, the lute war does not 
prove it to be UnpcoelicabW; It proves only Gist this par- 
ticular amortlou of it failed. There have Uvji many abor- 
tlra revolution*, bat they did uot prove revolution to be 
impracticable. 5i masenha frenia, rvrcwtsjiirc When 
the war began, and Davis and his men were crying to be 
“let alone." tbry were told Giey were fooling themselves with 
words; that Necciasion meant merely overthrow of the govern- 
ment, aud that tlie overthrew of a government is revolution. 
Hut revolution is Juctitl.vblo only when oppression la ImiIIi 
I htolsrahl* aiad irremediable by legal and poacafnl iim-aiva. 
This 1s the elementary doctrine of the Revolution which 
achieved oar independence, and all the sophistry of State 
sovereignty and reserved rights did not confuse it in the 


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public mind. It is not- passible to imagine a more futile 
task than the effort to resuscitate Die theory of secession. 
It In an limnlt Aim'l-imii coamoa-ocBM tu atwrrt (but a 
national union like cure t* at the merer of a whim of Dela- 
ware or Rhode Island, uud that in tho tube tone* of Da Vis'* 


PERSONAL. 

Ocm now Minister to Austria, Mr. W uliar Walks Ptm.rs. hail 
hi* u&riat Twyptiim a few dim moor by the Bnpcnr, and a very 
HsH'-ring one it ■ **. After the customary occinly salutations, a 
ksig and conlial eonvccMlion in French took place, Mr. I'iixli* 
speaking that language with florticv. With Mr. 1 'iuliw'* oiprrt. 
cnce of public life, his scholarly srnoimorel*. bn familiarity with 
business affairs on a lurge stale, hi* proverbial hospitality anil llm 
large form* which enable* him to hidalgo It, he ran seamdy fail 
to Weouiu one ot tbe mini popular ministers w* hare bad si that 
coart. 

— loeil fl AiiikRi v, who ditd in on the li)th of Jalr. was 

we of the a West aid purest men who have filled the office uf Lord 
Chancellor. lie was alto a very rcligwM man, and when In health 
allowed nothing to interfere with his dally attenilaiiiw At the early 
eevtke in Westminster AMary. Ill* father, Jilt Mahiiiw Wool-, 
was a nun of mils lu Ills day. lie was a coadjutor of HroI'iihas, 
and an ardent supports r of the unhappy wife of li bams IV. Ho 
hate. I lie money width maided the Da-Ih-«* of Kent to go to 
KupUml ami give liirtk to the present tfuren on British soil. 
Dad Hatmaki s'd SoO, Sr EfBUTR Wooo, lias woo renown m tho 
Zulu campaign A few dues since Sr tui vn was | ih-mi t«l wills 
a daughter, who will have for godmothers Queen Victual* ajs- 1 the 
«i Empires El'ULvrx. 

—Dean sitASUr cipeesse* tho ophninii that tbe dioraur** of 
Principal Caibu co " Kcligtaa la Common Life" la lb* best that boa 
been produced in this century. Tliia famous werruun wa* pmsclixl 
in IS4S. tefure tbe Quid, ami Prime A laker, in tbe Rule parish 
church of Crstiiir, and asa so warmly pewiaed by tbe Prince that 
it waa unmndiaUly puldiahad, by her Msjrely'e ooeiimsml. ami lift' 
*•1 it* author into exh disiim-tira) that be was in the W lowing 
rear call<<l to a di'iingumlud psatorsle ia fsUsgrnr. Tbuse wlio 
are curious im retch luttere will find an unusually omubendatnry 
article on the sermon in BLicrioaWs lf„ oorme fur February, 1856. 

— Mr. iljtl LAN, Treasurer of the t'lulwd Nmtes, ia funy-StH, 
ami of 8c«U'h diwcvnt. At Williams Collrg* hr waa ia llm ebua 
with PicsUeM (UariKUi, Odonal Kwvsui, asd Marwhsl Kvov. 
In his oflliu lia s lai id* at a high slink, where be has sometimes 
siginvl hia name enure than threo thouraml Uroiw a dsv. Tho 
Treasury lochs have a clock attachment, and are cfwneil by its 
cy* ration at nine o'clock in the momiug. Tbe Treasurer is tlie 
only on* who know* all the combinatsoii*. 

— Gaits ALBL after harieg froquently dn'llaod M, baa finally ae- 
eeplrd a yearly |>etiaion uf (dixsr, uffnrul by King llcaaaar frens 
bis civil liaL Tbe old patriot la IlH-refoni esmblid to enlarge bis 
estttillatiiuoiit at Pageant, and do a Lrtilo more s-nteruinir.g 

— Mr. D. 0. Mrua, uf this city, haa just pns w lwl to the Dai rev- 
site of Patifswnia 114.0*10, to endow a chair of intellectual ami 
mural phibswfihy arc) civil polity. 

— RimswT T*vnn»s the fiery <.VJ (rtsircian, who Kill believes in 
arrewaam, and tliat it **» the correct tiling for tbe Scrath to do, 
d«** not entartshi tha higbret admiration for Mr. Jimun D»- 
vm’a late literary exphit. He ie reported to have said recently : 
" I do not recognise Mr. Dim's history. It would bare bate a 
grew* deal better for him and tbe Heath If It had octet been writ- 
ten. Most of the poc^.le in this country trgm that It «»»r waa 
written. The truth is, the bulk of the pcefdr c-f tbs Kwth pity 
David rather than admire him. Tb« trouble with Davit was, and 
it, that he has an exalted Sica of his own lm|Kiruncr. Ilv lum 
mm ability, but no rent, and haa not the slightest capacity for 
managing man. 1 ham not a thing against him vseept hia follire.'' 

— At llm great rolanleor review held a few days ago in Wind- 
acw Park by ilia Qwcen, three were more men under srrni — 
all loU— than were ever mustered at one time on British soil since 
King Er warh marched to tbe israskm of Scotland. Anmeg the 
Uadta corps present wen: the Inua of Coart, popularly known aa 
the Devil's Uwn (every man in the rqrumtil lu-uig a Uwyar), amt 
the Artiats. undre LlswtonaiilffkdoM tar FaJtWutiCK Lkiuiitoa, 
Prosidunt of Ilia Koval Avmliuny. 

— It was a gratifying incidtsit to MeatrS. Sicwknd Bnotiiims, who 
comput'd the new American cable on the Dili of July, that the 
first message from London transmitted over it was from them, 
scire* to President UaartiLO, caarering their sympathies and wish- 
e» for bis speedy recovery. Dean Ktaxixy Ub-graplud that prayers 
are duly offered ia WcataoinKor Abbey for Um President * re*U>- 
ratLoa to btalth. 

— Pre.f<reasr Pal*, though ba haa resigned tho profcewirvhip ho 
baa so ably fill'd for forty year*, will not ontirelr sorer hia conn ec- 
Uces with Anduvcr Tbeobsgiral Seminary, but will, at tbe ro 4 dC»t of 
Use trustee*., desote himself lor the preaent to tbe preparation for 
tbe pn**t of his Irctura on Syalcmatic Tbsulogy. Ills salary ia to 
he curiiimied. 

—A reveal review of Pabtc.v‘s Fobwjitt says that “ VotTitai, 
ahore all, was free from tb* cuoianoa anaicty that haunU aullmr*. 
lie never knew what it was to want moncr. To tlie thrift of hi* 
nation and buna training he yeaned • bold and apt spirit of spec- 
ulation. Hia gains from hie work*, increased by gif In and pen- 
sions, were swelled by the fruits of skillful ventures in tbe fund*, 
in commerce, in army coatracta, and his luvcwtmetits were to pru- 
dently ibausged that his revenue the juar before: lus death Amount- 
ed to ZUfi.tRKI franca, * about tcpial m piirebasiiig [u*.s to the 
tame number of our dollar* in 18H1 His viywtuliturv was suitod 
to hia station, hia hospitality Iron, and hia care of relative, and <le- 
pendents liberal. Only hia mi.m.iiw aoumed VoLTAtRS of avariw." 

—Tim R*rt. Job* F. An a ax, of tho New Hampshire Conference, 
who it Row ninety-one year* nM, it said to be the oldest preacher 
of the Mrlhuli.t Cbqrch is this country ur in the world. 

— Alkiam'U Mitvukll, Esq., of Milwankre, Is about to prewent 
to that city a public park. Mr. Mitch ill is regarded aa the must 
opulent man in the Northwest, and In-id ia uiiivureal esteem fur 
lid fine qaahucw of head os well as of ImarL 

— Manet Jutiaii Gasmt.n, llu- Priwab nl's real, propose* that 
un Ida father'* retanwry a tnithful aarraiire shall be gircn to him 
uf what has really hren going css of Isle. A few days ago lie was 
found a* the secretory 'a table writing ha a note book, and when 
asked if he had taken upon himself tbe affaire of stole, replied: 
" No, but I hare done tbe next bxrdcot thing— 1 hare stoned a 
diary. I don't intend to keep it long ; only nil father gets so I 
ean read it to him. You see, ha dau'i know what'* going on. 
The doctors won't tell him anything, nor allow Culuviel Kihkwxu. 
M tienrewl ^waim to do so." H* ccuititiiu*], with boyish frank- 
oesa : " ( l.-ll you, me* iff my churna will ever aspire t*> be Pnw- 
•JniL I don't like Washington now. Mother has hero »xk ever 
»imv wu .win*, to tea hilly pure, and now father it shot. Am. 
biii.ni is all v*ry nice for arbool ewsare, but it’s like oLbcr thing* — 
it don’t psy MiklI v, my aister, don't gu along at all. Stir's g. mj 
to mar at Colonel Kock w tit's bouar, where she luu a daBto, Col- 
onel Rocrwill'S daughter, and only Uaoht and I are here in tho 
gloomy place." After a pause: “I hale tliia pau-e. 1 wish I 
wrote coWini for the newspaper* like you do — wowldn'l I give It 
to It? I'll do it la my diary, anyway." 



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Tie MM Wretch : A Bitltra Story. 

Ur WILLIAM BLACK, 

A mow ur “ v , ran «♦ l>»a«, ■n*i,‘ “A rii«m re Ton*.’ 


(11 AFTER XXII. 

a riTumnn. 

l|nw«T»«, Madge'" ill tcmf>T wks never of long duratirrs ; anil 
at that partiroUr time, instead of finking farther into eulkf orer 
Ik* iImmii of her lover, »bc grew day Ivy day more joynn* mid 
yvvoitiv and iltrtloulr. Tbr rlnnc« war moot marked ; nti-l 
Nnn * Ini nu fear ilon i rtdrf euntldante, could not make it nnt 
al all. Hit giyely l»-nuire almnM hyatcrlral. and tier knnln~i to 
rvcryfcodr i*» Ihre linure tan to extravagant*. N» bought tiiiikcla 
for tile wervanlr Him prvi.-nUd Ur. Torn with a bootjack moMlil- 
nl in silver ; *r»-l ho war ptrwaeil to aay that It waa tin- tint wrn.l- 
till- peerrnt hr had ever known a girl make. Hut U mat Inward 
Nan that ibo »a< mn*t particularly affscliooale and i-arrw.lug 
" You know I'm not deter, Nan." "lie tald, iu a buret of owifi- 
ih-tcc, “ and I haven't pot clork-aorkr in my brain, ami I dare aay 
I'aa not Interfiling— *» ttrryWy. Ilut I know girl* who aw Rtw- 
pkhr than I am who are mndr plenty of. And. of cowrwe. if vow 
don't ham any romance when you're young. when are you likely 
to pot It aflrr ?“ 

" But I don't know what yoa mean, Madge,” Nan eif licmtiL 
Nor did Madge explain at the ntonuuL Hv continued : 

•' I (where it mi ton. Nan, who told me of the ymilip lady «lio 
remarked, ' Whaf* the are of l.-mpiaiirat if yuii dun't yirid to It f " 
“ TVut waa only a juke," raid Nan, with her demure in. do. 

“ Oh. I think there'" hw in it," raid tire prattiatl Madge. " It 
doefU't do to he too wire wbtw you're young," 

"It jo rwblom happen*. Madge." wad lor MM 
“There ton are atr*in, old Mother Hubbard, with your preach- 
ing Hat I'm not pry me to i|wan*l with vow lld> time, I want 
tour advice. I want yen to tell me what little throe I *hauM liuy 
"fire Frank, )u«t to hr frirodt all rownd, don't you know ." 

“ Erire.li ' Yes, I heave to !" aavd Nnn. with a prate Mode. ” But 
how can 1 tell voo, Madge ? I don't know, a" too ought to know, 
whut tkptain Klcg luia in lire wav of «par iwrej or auth thing*." 

"Hut lull him l'iauk,Nwn! lie. to phrase me. Aud 1 kuow 
lie would like It," 

" Hum* dare I may," aavd Salt, ivoilieli " Afterward, luAapt." 
“ Wb*n you wane to Kiiifaeourt," ruld Midge, wllh a <urV«u 
kind td fcaup’-i 

Nan wai •tieiit.aiul tumid away; »bo navie mciiii-) to whh to 
• r*'»k uf Kiupx-orft or her going (here, 

Frank King - *Uiy in liOBdon »*• |ndnope<l for Mune reason or 
other; al lenplh >.• aMtnuactd b** krtcnlmti of rtvuraiiig to llrigh- 
ton on a particular Thumlay. tin the Tilt-ofay night Nan and 
Madpe arrwnpol that they would get frewh dowers llir MU day 
for the drtornl ■ « of the oww, 

"And tbia it wlial 1 will do lor nu, Male--, at it it a special 
oevation," reamkid Mlw« Anne, with grave |>i(iouai;r. "If yua 
wilt get up r-at-Tx lo-xwwrow, I will take you to a place, Imt mono 
than four roll.-* off, where you will find auy t|Uoiitiiy of liarlV 
lotiguu fern. It b a drop "ditih, I tup|Hiau a i|uartvr or a mile 
limit, and tie liunki are ooti'ml. I>f nairre I don't want any one 
to know, fur it ii ro Hear Rriplitun it woukl !»■ hariiid fur the 
•hup*; hut I will allow vow tire |daie, aa you will toon be grans 
away bow. an i *r can take a bn*kn," 

" But how did you find it out. Nan V* 

''Some one •Imwed It to me." 

" The alnulnc woman. I wunpuM 

"Yea Think of that! I twliure »lie touhl (tll*ti|Ktwr a 
root, anil alio miskt fill a iwrt there Fill allr won't touch one." 

" No," said Dhth. with a atipcrior amilr. "She leutet that for 


young ladira who 

iould my well al- 
lowl to go to a flor- 

MYhat I ahull tali* 
won't hurt," raid N an, 
KKekly. 

So, nett mnradlig, 

I Nan pit up alum! right, d re are d, and waa read* to jUrt 1>.il i* 

I 1 Pi aay, ahe never arrar.'ed her plug I aiu lire fur die day Wllh tin 
wllghu-al n-pivt to rurwlr. H» lung at ahe could get an apple and 
n phee of lurwil tu pat l» lire |«a'krt, ahe frit prondol apaiw<t 
I evrrythia< llnwi'ier, alio thtetghl alar would gu along to Madge'* 
I noun, and HN if that yuwug la-.lv knt lih-aa atuul teeakfaiL 

M.idpi-'t newu wa* nn|ay . uu-l Van tix.phl it tlranpi ahe 
rt-~.il have pure dnww aliilra wkihcoil kniH-klup ni her dour In 
natriwg. But whin Nan nlw> went ludiiw ahe tuu> I that Madge 
had left the ho-Mc hefure Buy ottf tax up. Klie ivmil not liodir. 
stand it at alt 

Mr. Tihii came down. ‘•Mi,”fc8tl hr. imliffertwtlv. " ahe wanlt 
to ndphtv drnv and fiml out thnre fern* fur hrewlf " 

“But I did not tell lire where the; weea I only raid they 

were on the road to aail Nuu. naming the plaiv. Tin 

writer hat reiuean of Lit own fur nut l*lng tuote ciiilUTL 
“ AU the cleverer If thi i-an tmd out Tin- 
eliivk of the yiiillig |iult it pyramkkil," aul 
Mi. You ii Ire rug; for Im-akfoat. 

But at twnrh. a t»o, Madge liid wot Iwrntyl 

up 

"It ij very utnonfiMir,' raid lady 

IUrc»fonl,tl ph rhe waa too lanpiid to Imt 

th-iydt rweceronl. 

" i*h i-v it ini'U raothtT, ’ ttVd Mr. Tom. 

" lt',e all Na« « fault. Van t.n tnfceleel 1- r. 

The Bihy. you'll ree. has takis In traioplng 
klxnit the ruuutry wllh gypalvi, and prowl- 
ing bImiiiI farwxra' kilehcna, anil eilehing 
levereta, and Jtulf. We liven m the *ini| i 
fiuha of the earth, tny dear* -, we <wl< of 
the roct, and wo think* ed the "peine . 
that ihwwii'l prereut wm h-niac a whaiAinp 

appetiti where alwitit 7 t'., Edith, my 

love. |iam iim- the rayrnne pepper." 

" lint" khowhln't wve oayonno |wp(ei," 
taiil Nan. 

"Anti balnea ah^uki apeak only "! o 
they 're spoken to," be utui.Ticd. " Mot'-' 
dt-ir. 1 have attired at llw i{niiimi i . . t 
Mad go hu run away with yaang Haul--" 

I am rerbiin of It. ‘The young pwlteman I* 
fool enun/ti for anything." 

“ You alwa.V" were -piteful agniorl Mr. 

IUnl>uiy,"MM Bdlt]i,"broiuro his fn-t are 
vouithT titan youra." 

"My hue." retoriod Mr. Tom. with Ini- 

I - rl ni I itiIT.- pond nature, "hit feet nit t« 

• - wall. It it in hit rtupKlity that ho it nul l 
pn-al Jatk II iihtiiy ran only bf -dtreil'* -I 
in the word* of the Amerinu puet; L«r k * a 
crannmditiui aa«, " 

Now Out ivoj,-. tun of Mr. Turn' - 
the ratiMi of Madgi-'" dlKt|i|Maiaiii>- »»• 
only a iihveuf gay huitloifw. It nex t 
did really uetur p, him that any nnv— iHtt 
any creature with a lo-a-1 rap title uf In iog 
Ireuken— Would have the wiil ireii.-ilt I-. 
run away with one of his tiKi-rs w|iBe b*. 

Mr Trao Ik-irekm!. to !■> the fore Hwt 
that aftmxxi |M»st lemglit Nun a Irtter. 

She was m.irol to ace bv the handaritiup 
lliat it was froaa Matlgr . she wa» alill 
alanutd wben ahr mid these taunia. *rraw I- 
id with a eroinUing hiul, and lit |n-. it 

"Ikamk tfawrtwl Van, tfiwa*l be angry, 

IU the time y mi prt Iki., Jack and I will l.e 
liiarraed. It is all for the best, tlrar Nan; 
and Toil will pault them ; and it is no wte 
lollowuigua. for wo shall '< ill l iame, un- 


til It 

up lev all he has suffered— he war looking ao UI— 
in auulhev tmmth he would have ihmL He wonhlfn M. You 
ver raw anything Uke It. Jack haa jua* oraa* hark; ao good 
, from your ho mg. luting autcr. Maauaaar Has at at — Do you 
know who that i», Nan T" 

Nan, nra a little frightened, took the letter to her brother, and 
gate it him without a wont Ilut Mr Tean'a rage waa at owew 
prompt and voluble. That the ihoukl hate diwpaeed the family 
—for. of course, the whole thing would Ire In the paper* I That 
..VI Imre cheated and jilted III* trawl (articular friend! 
Ilut at for this frlkitr Uaabury— 

" I mill it all ahuig. I mid you wbat would core* of it I 
drew that felhtw w B a haunting btr like a shadow. Well, well 
ice bow a shadow like* tiring lucked up on bread and water, 
ih. If* no u.e your (rratniluig. Nan ; I will let the law Uke ha 
ourar. We ll stw how he liken that ' Stone walk do not a 
treWum make' — that'* what Vue.uk Minus aay, don't they? 
a l-ll Mr Jxk Ilanlmry will llnd that Moire walla make 
g.«d liuilutKin of a priron, at all event*. " 

' v.. iliwiled. "it b no uae re 

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"I WUU TO BUOW tor A UtlTBH RJ1K HAS WRITTEN." 


I* married. i( can't lie helped now. W# imhI nuke the Uwt nf 

It." 

He pnhl no attmtewt in her; he »»» nil! *Uring it the ill writ- 
ten letter. 

**TW» ill gasnmna ilmyt their going 1" France. lie hasn't 
naonry fur treadling, She fpent all hen in knickknack* — lu 
propitiate people, the sneak ! They're in Laadca." 

He li«.V..I at hi* watch 

“I ran fwt catch the &.4S crprew. Xan, yon go n&d tell the 
other* ; they needn't squawk almul It *11 over Jlrlghton." 

" What are yon going to do. Turn ?" mid hU alatcr, bevath- 
Icmly. 

" Find not where they are lient Then (Vdnnel Ft It gen Id and 
Mr Mattel must take It up Thru Mr. Jack llanhury will Maidenly 
6z>d hinm'lf Inrhle Millhoiik firlroil.” 

She caught hla hr the band 

“ Tern, la H wire?" ahe pleaded again. "They are married. 


What a* the are nf revenge? Tiiu dnti't waul to make tour own 
aider mirerehlu f 

" She ha* hrenght it on herself.'' he aaid, roughly. 

“Then that ir what I am to think of too." the *aid. regarding 
him. "that acme day I may hear you talk in that asv alwol me?" 

He never rouU rental the appeal of Xan'* elear. faithful eve*. 

" You wouldn't be auch a foul," he real “ And they won't touch 
Madge. If. onlr that fallow they'll go for— the mean botnd, to 
marry a girl for iuir money f* 

" How do run know it arm for her motwv, Tom V Xan pleaded. 
" I »«* fond of meh other." 

" I don’t want to niir* my traiu," -aid he, " Von go and 1*1) 
the aaaternal Pm off to London. I suppose you don't know the 
addrem of II anbury's father?" 

“ Xo, I don't." 

"Well, I’m off. Ta,ur 

So the hue Mr. Tore departed But In the rampiratire tOeuce 


nf the Pullman car the fury of hi* npe began tn abate ; and It 
dawned upon him that, after all, Xon'a counsel might hare some- 
thing in il No donht there two young f<nt*, ** hr mentally leiiia- 
t*l thru, wort married by thlt time. He still rluilg to the Idi-a 
that Jack llanhury dewrrvid pimidiire-ut — n hurarwldyiplng or 
Nimidhing nf the kind; Imt Madge war Madge She war .ally ; 
and *h« had "gut into a hole"; Mill, ahe »:i» Madge She might 
he let off wilh a terioiir lecture nw her felly, mid on her di-r*g»nl 
of what *be owed to the other winter* nf the family. Only, the 
first thing was tn find out their wherwl*iu«* 

On amring in London he drove to hi* rluh, and after some ht- 
tlr scurrility discovered that Mr. firtgnry llalilesra's address was 
Adrlphl Terrace, whither he It onre repaired. Mr. Haulm ry was 
at dinner. Tic acne up hi* card nevenheleaa, met naked to b* al. 
lowed to are Mr. llanhury nn particular hmlnrre. Tim answer 
wa* a mjnrat to step up *tnir* into the dining-room, 
lie found that occupied hy two gentlemen who were dining to- 


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pether at the upper *mi et a 1*11" «•*»**. 
came forward to tnoft birt H* te.* it fiif grant- 
rol this *u Mr. Hantsaf* — • »li*h«, abort man, 
•Mb black hair and rj^,*nd a very »d« ahaM 

" Mr. Beresford." raid hr. “ » ran p«* ahal 
hat brought rou hit*. Is* n* introduce you to 

my brotbar— Major Banbury. It i* as unfortu- 
nate business.'’ 

Th# other gentleman — alto slight and abort. 
hu« with a iranbrowaed, dred-up fire. and teg 
Era* mustache— bnwad and resound hi* •rot. 

'• You know, lh*n, that your out. ha* run away 
•ilh IDT Miter," **'»! Mr. Toni, Mwnewhal holly, 
thcmgls lie had iletecmiwrd to keep bia titnjK* 
“Perhaps you know tl«> where ihcv are*" 

“So flirt her," taid the black haired EtMle- 
wan, with psrfee* ealmne**, “than that I believe 
I hi. an to Ire in It i* only about a couple 

of hour* ainc- 1 hranl of Iba whole affair. I im- 
mediately nmt for any Urtliv. It la a wort dia- 
t reusing buaineae altogether. (>f eoaraa you are 
chiefly concerned for your hitler; but iuy at* I* 
to a far more aerinut poeilion." 

“Yea, I ahnuld think *o!" rwlalmed Mr. Tom. 
'I ihoohl think be war! But you don't know 
where they are ?’ 

•* No ; I only know they are in London. I re- 
Ctitod a letter froeu toy »n this afternoon, Bak- 
ins ran to mtercci* f«r him with the Court of 
Chaiicvry; and it i* from thla letter that 1 U-arti 
IkiW tenon* Ills prsHion U — tooeo sc-nous than 
lie owma to iniigine. Ho appears to think that, 
smw Uiw inimu(:r has ukon place, Urn Via; 
ftwmvllor will eoodr.no everything." 

“ He won't : 1 will take Rood care that he 
aba'n't !” Mr. Tom Mid. 

■' My dear air. I am sorry to say tint my arm 
to in a very awkward situation, even although no 
iWfHmal vimlteuwiics* be shown toward him. 
Your •liter to nut of agr. I betters f 
■ (>f cuursw not. Sin's just turned csghtswn.” 
“ Ah. Ttien, yuu see. Jack had to declare that 
she oat. of age. ' Anil lie apfvara hi kai* *l*ted 
that In. had nwiilnd Uirre weeks In the Jiariih. 
•store** he only raw up from Brighton vreter- 
•lay moraine And, again, marry 'mg in the di- 
reel teeth of an ordrv of the Court — I am afraid, 
•Ir, that he in in a tad enough pred>*im-nt with- 
out any personal vregesnre twing rimwn tom." 
This wpwd to Mrikf Mr. Tom 
*• I don't hit ■ man whra he's down. I will Irt 
the law taio its course. I sbaVt ntsrfem" 

44 Don't you think, sir," Mid this man with the 
calm black cvr* arid the quirt manner, " that it 
might be w»r, to Uir interest* of your *i*t#r, if 
you were to Mp u* to amuign Sunae amicable 
acttlemeat which we oewM put before the Court ? 
I kelieve the guardian* nf the young lady were 
trerr modi misinformed about my mo's character 
and hts Intentions with regard to her. 1 am cer- 
tain that It was not her fortune that attracted 
him, or that could hare If I him into the pcril- 
iai position lot now wtufnrs. Now, If we etiold 
go !.-forr the Tkadltinuir and my : 4 Tlie mar- 
riage i* nut «o unfctotahlo after nil. The young 
nur. comes of a highly riwj»rci*bf* family. Hu 
reUtnws filial to, my brother and B.**.-ir,'*lr) are 
willing to place a •ulwtantitl sum at Ilia iIh|himI 
for investment in a wuswd bussntoi — i mired. there 
is a brewery at Siuthainplon that my brother 
has Just been spraluuc of — ” 

“A brewer*!" cxriaimed Mr. Tran; but he 
Instantly rereilected tr.it lieer was as peel as 
saaka- water, from a social point of view. 

" And it we could say to the Viced haaes’llor 
that the frit-mis of the young lady wnr* witling 
to condone bis offense — always providing, of 
course, and nalw rally, that ynwr sister's fortunn 
should be strictly set t le d upon beewrlf — then, pre- 
hips. he might b» M off with a bumble a|Milugy 
to the Coart. anti the Twang people be left to 
their own happiness. My dear *ir, we lawyers 
me to much of the inevitable hardship of human 
life that when a chance oreura of friendly com- 


" That's all very wen." blurted out Mr Toot. 
** But I tall it very mren and shabby of him to 
Suvsigh my sister away like that, itoe was en- 
gaged to lot married to « oM frimd of mine; a 
nnii bettor fellow. I'll be bound! I call tt very 
Hlialihy." 

~ Mr dear »lr.“ Mill the lawyer, placidly, “I do 
i*M seek for a moment to eiiime my tub * «nu- 
dart, exrept to remind you that at a certain pe- 
riod of life iron anew counts fur something. I Ita- 
lic »e many young tail** ant like Ibr ywawg ladv 
in th. play— -I really forget whit her naimi was 
—who was dinappointeil to find that she was not 
to be run away with. However, that to a differ 
ent mailer 1 pat it to rest whether H would not 
be better fo* every one mmvnied if we were to 
try to arrive at an atniinhle arrangement, and 
give the young people a fair start in life." 

“Of coure* I can't sn*wer for afl our side," 
aahl Mr Tran, promptly. ■ Taw'd bettor come 
with toe UetnoeTow. and we'll talk It over with 
Colonel Fll»g«naUl and Mr. Mason. | itoai't bear 
malice. I think what ynn mt Is fair ami right 
—if the oetUemcnt is KtrtcL Amt d It ram* to 
Ire a question uf Intcreeiling. thers's an <dd friend 
»f Mint, Sr tieoryre Sratheroe, who. I know, 
knows Die Vim- Chancellor vary intimately — " 

“My dear sir!" the lawyer presaged, with ci- 
ther real or nffiwto-1 horror ; "do not lirenthe 
such a thing ! do not think uf nrh a thing! The 
dirty of the Viesflaacdbe to h« ward* is of 
•be ettremoal kirxl ; hia dreisiont are bryund 
swsjiirioo ; what w« have got to say we most My 
in open court." 

" Rut if they ww to Inek year ton op in pets- 
•«,“ ntid Mr. Tom. wilh a giwtla smile, "that 
tooldn'l prevent sHr tkorge taking my misur to 
rag on tlio Vloe-Ch»tKellnr sw.-jl- alu-nKsm at 
his nm howw- And Maigq Is rather pretty 
Atxl she might cry." 

" Will von take a da** nf wine, jj, ggrreford t" 
mM tbit 'lawyer, dTuMTelr: for b. saw that he 

bad quite won over Mr. Tern to bit tide 


- No thank you," aaiJ the lalt.-r, rising • **I 
must ayoiogixe for intorruptinR vour ditumr. 
look oqi Colonel Fkitgeealil and Hun u>mo 
morning, and being them along here, most 
ly; that will be the simpler* way, I Mupposn 
you are Mkcly to know mew than any one where 
these two fugitives bare get tot" 

_ I think »a I hare sent an advertisement 
to tbei niuniliig papers. I shall certainly enunart 
my son to sum-odrr at oaee, and throw himoeif 
Uli the rawrvf of the Court. My dear sir, ] 
eareeilnigly nbligeil to you for your kindness, your 
Very great kimloios, in calling." 

“ Ob. don't mad dim it," »*»J Mr. Tom. gtdnp to 
the dwr. And Dim ho aiUed, nwfuHy, ” .’ 
I’ve got to go and hunt up my friend, ami 
him that my own idstor ha* jilted him. To 
no idea what a treat that will be !" 


CIIAPTER XXIII. 

ill found Frank King la the hule room i 
Cleveland Rnw. alone, sitting before the lisa, 
dosed bock on the small tabie townie him. 

44 I've got bad news for you, Klag," bn mIi 
bluntly. 44 1 wish it hadn't I own my staler. B< 
you know what wmoea are. It's heater to have 
but hi rig at all to di' wilh thren ." 

- Hot * tut M n'f" Fraak King mill, with some 
alarm on hi* face. 

” Madge ha* bolted." 

** Madge has butlnd F* the other rrpeated. lUr- 
ing at Mr, Tom In a bewildered sort of way. 

" Yr* ; pom and martird that fellow Haabnry. 
Tin's moraing. I'm v*ry sorry 1 have to menu to 
yon with a story like that alsmt my owa »isi«v " 
Mr. Tom was very murk surprwd to hud Hto 
frieod jump up from the thale ami seise him by 
the arm. 

44 Du you know this. Ilcrrefonl.” be sad, in 
great eackhnncat, “ yon have taken a mil I alone 
from my neck* 1 have been silung woedeeing 
whether 1 ahouldo't tut my throat at once, or 
mtke off f*«r Auatralla." 

“ Oh, cotim. 1 M.v !“ interposed Mr. Tom, wilh 
a quick Hush. 

“ Oh, yon nsnta'l think 1 hare anything to My 
against your sister," eaelaimed his friend, on 
whose fate there was a sinliDu and quite radi- 
ant gladniw*. " You don’t understand it at all, 
Herr* ford. It will lake Some etplaBitioti. But 
I ansurr yoa you cpu!d mil hare hrouglit tor plea- 
santer news; and yt< I have no* a woed to say 
againU your nstor. I know that Is a privilege 
you i i st l tl for y—nsilf ; and quite right too." 

It was manifestly clear that Captain King wa* 
not sham-wing satis fart ion , not fur maur a day 
had his face kwked *o bright. 

“ Well, I'm glad you uke It tliat way," sahi 
Mr. Teat. " I tbosightyou wemlil lieruiwp. Misst 
fvlasws are. though they pretend not to be. I re- 
ally do believe von're rather glad that Madge baa 
given you the ibp." 

"Sit down, Iterraford, and I will toll you all 
about it. I proposed to your sister Anue years 

**» To Xaa T Why wasn't I told ♦" 

"These tilings are not generally preached 
from lbs tmuM- lof * She refuaied me point-blank, 
and I knew she was a girl who knew her own 
mind. Then I rejstonl my ship, and remained 
Itwsllr abroad for a ksag limn I fanchsl it 
ilii all blow over, bwl it dhfai'L I was hard 
er kit thin I Ibouglri ; and thru, you know, nail- 
arc driven to tniok of by gnu* things. Well, 
remember whew 1 came h«a*e— when 1 tort 
you kn the street 1 tbcnighl I rb«*iW like to 
have ju»« another glimpse of Nan — nf Mb* Anne, 
I mean — tv (ore she married the parsnn. Ito yc*i 
remember my geswg into the drawing - room * 
Madge was tiit-re — the perfect image of San! 
tndessl. I thnugbl at first she wa* San h reseif. 
And wasn't It natural I lisabld Imagtoe the two 
sifters alike la dlspewilsan too * And then, as it 
wa* hope Ira* almut Nan, I faJaricd— I imagiiss*! — 
Well, tbr troth I*, I made a limn nmfouwdnl 
mistake, llerasford ; ami the only thing I have 
been thinking nf, day and night, of late, was whtt 
wa* the proper and manly thing to do, whether 
to tell Madge frankly, or whether to nr nothing, 
wilh the hope that after marriage it would all 
dime rigtiL And now you needn't womSer at my 
being precirm* glad she has brrectf artllui the 
affair , and there it not a human bring la the 
wortd mure heartily withes her life-long happl- 
nras than I ilo. *al I wish to gmslnesa I knew 
toms way of be ling her know that, too." 

Tom ttrrtrbsri mil lim Itypt— bis handa were 
in hi* packet* a n d said. esrnfempUtbelr : 

'• Ai you though* Madge was thr same as Nan * 

I could hare told you differec-t if yo*t had asked 
me. Yen thought you could find another girl 
like Xan t If you want to try, vou'll have to atop 
out By the time you've found her, the Wander- 
tog Jew 'll be a fool oocupand to you, f slria Ilk* 
Nan ifco't grow on every hlai-Ma'rry both,” 

'• I ktxiw ihai,” Mid Frank King! with a tigh. 
Than Mr Tom linked at bis watch. 

" Tm very hwngry," said ha " Hare you 
dioe*ir 

'• N'o. I hare nut I w»? going to walk along 
to the club wbcw yon came in." 

“Come with me to the Waterloo. You see, 
something must lie -iesc about these two ninnies 
He must get something to do and set to work 
The Baby has never been acruabswt-d in lit* up 
a tree: she niuM have a prnpwr lumr," 

Frank King got bia coat ami hat, ami they Iwah 
went miL He »a» ihiaking of h« own affair* 
moMly, and uf till* singular nens* uf relief that 
re t o and to mnmms him; Mr Tom, nn the uUwr 
hand, waa dwrussing the variuu* aspects of Itw 
alo ps m e t l t, more partkahvly with regard to the 
f'lurtnf Chancery. Ihiring -tinner the two fritwvds 
arrival at the ranxluskm that people gum-rally 
would took npost the affair as a liarmkso, or eteu 
-.-spade ; and that Lbs Court, rertng 


that the thins was dome, would allow the young 
people to go their way, with a suitable admorutioo. 

This wa* no* quite what happened, however. 
To begin «itb, there wa* a eUtotir of conuntiou 
and advicsi among guardian* a»d friruila ; Dierc 
were aaouytaous *p|Mwls to the mnawata In ag- 
ony ru.liiinns ; three were fwtile aUionpts made to 
paufy thi 1 C-mirt of Chancrry, All the Berra fools 
tome lip In town eiccpl Naa, who nonainn! to 
look after the Brighton km*. The «*>irt difii 
cully of the mnmLvit was to discover the where, 
almiits of Mr. John Banbury. That gcnltomau 
wa* coy, and wanted to find out something of 
what wa* likely to bappra to turn if be nmrfged 
fnim bis hiding. phcc- At last It wa* ennteyed 
to him that In- wa* uuly making luatu-r* worse ; 
then he wrote from certain funiislud apesrtuisliU 
in a bouse sm th* southwest s>te uf Riyenl's 
Park ; finally, tbere w*« a wrire of lutslnra* in- 
tervirw*. aod it wav arranges! that nn a partic- 
ular dav hr sbculd attend the court and hear the 
decision of the V icc-Chauceltor. 

On that fateful moening poor Madge, be* pret- 
ty eyes all bnliiarrifd with mars, ami her Ups 
tremuloua, was wilh her sisteow ami nuAlice hn liar 
rooms in Bruton Hgrert ; the grtitUeneu only at- 
tomliKl the cMirt. Jack llanbwry was losiking 
eriravlingly nervous and pule. And indeed, when 
the case camr sm, and the Vire-Cbanteltor beg a n 
to make certain observations, even Mr Ttan, 
whore care fur the future of hi* aistrr had now 
quite overccewe all hi* scorn for tlut frllow Ban. 
borv. grew somewhat alarmed. The Court did no* 
at all appear Ik lined to ukr the fnxand-rasr 
view of the mutter that had been antlftpafmi. 
The Vtoe-Chuiecllor'a aeatvnut*. one afur the 
other, #<wm.vl u> txwMiin 
a* he fiscrilwl tlw gnu* 
of which thi* yoong man had bern guilty, 
deplored Ibr condition of the law in FngUnd. 
which allowed persons to get married oo the 
strength of false statemewta. He wound up his 
torture, which had a romriornesa and pertinence 
alatut It WA often found In tortures, bv ibr brief 
anmaiwcvmrnl tliat lie should forthwith makraa 
unli-r vouimittiug Mr Juba Ilanbury to Holloway 

There w#g an omlnram •! trace for 
ond or so. Tlira the Court waa addressed by 
Mr. Rupert— who was Mary Beveafonl’a boabaad, 
ami a fairly well-known if.C.— who made 
humble amt touching little appeal. He s 
represented the relatives of the young My; he 
" “ relative ; and they - “ 


moil, though he had acted roast Improprriy, wu 
inspired by merveeary mucirra Bn »** now la 
roort, and wa* aurtoui to oiake I lie moU 
found apology If his lonlship — 

But at this moment hit lord "hip. by the slight- 
est of gestures, serened to iotunate tlut Mr. R-s 
pert was ocly wasting time ; and the end of it 
was that Mr. Jack Banbury, after haring heard a 
little more lecturing cm the heinuusness of hi* 
creator l, found himself under the charge of the 
tipstaff of the court, wilh Holloway prison as hi* 
drstinauca. It was not to lie considered aa a 
humorous Mrapade, after all. 

44 Madge will hat" a fit." mid Mr. Tom. when 
they were oattohlr again. " Sion one must go 
ami Ml her I slm'n'V" 

” I knew he wvwst br remuniurd.” aaal Mr Ru 
pert to the young man'* falbc*. * There wa* no 
hrip for lh«t : his coatempc of Court w*« t«j 
ktiims. Now the proper thing to >lo is to tot 
him hate a little dose of prison— Che authority of 
the Court must be rimlirated. naturally ; and I bra 
we must hare a definite *chcm< for the establish- 
ment of the young taaa in bumnewa before we brg 
the Court to'iweociasdr* the Biaurr. I mean, you 
muM naaae a sum, and It must tie ready. And 
tbra litre most lie aa undemanding that Mu* 
Her**for>r* — I ni naa Mrs. Banbury’* — «m*ll for 
tone shall lie retltod <« lwro.tr " 

" My adsvee." nwurked Mr Turn, " is that 
Madge ahnuld go hemrif and are the Tice Chan- 
cdlur, She might do the pathetic business — a 
wife and not a willow, or whatever the poetry of 
the thing i*. I think it's deuced hard llnre to 
lock up a frllow foe merely humbugging an old 
parson wp In Kentish Town. Why shouldn't 
people gut marrlod when they want to ? Fancy 
haung to lire threw work* la Kentish Tuwnf | 
wuulda't fire three wash* in Krntiidi Town to 
marry a d ochre*" 

44 1 am afraid." nM Mr Rupert, dryly, “ that 
th* TiwOmawDor i* too famiiiar with the sight 
of prerty damsels in distresa I think, Mr. Ban- 
barv, if v»i can produce a deed nf partnership 
with roar fnrnd* m Houthunptoo. that would tie 
more likely to infiuenc* the Court Ob our aldo 
wc agree- And of course there m-ist lie a Imm- 
Mr apology from the young area himself M e 
hail letter wait a work, or a fnrtnight. and thro 
renew the applicwtwa I wifi go mreeif and tell 
' e young lady what h*a happened," 

Mndge did not gn into a fit at all ; but what 
e did 'to was to decline positively to remain in 
ltrotoo Street. No; lick she would gu to the 
rooms that he* dear Jack had token fur he*. 
They lu'ufht ixxnr to ac« her there if the* Itkid ; 
hat was her home ; it was her place as a 
to remain in the home that fire husband had 
ihcmt n far her. Madge did IK* cry a* much as 
had town exported ; she waa angry ami indignant, 
and *br said hard thing* ahretl the cvmlitkm of 
U>v law la KngUnil . and *br had a vague belief 
that her brother Tom wa* a rrargmle and traitor 
and enwasd because he did not challenge th* Vice- 
Clwoccllor to a dud on Calais sands. 

Nevertheless, Id her enfurevd wntowhood, 
Madge found limn to write thu iuelusid letter — 
nay, sit went first uf all to tbr trouble of walk- 
ing <liian Baker Merest until aim came to a sLcqi 
w here *h* could gre very prrtiy ami nlcvly aciuil 
ed art* {sapt* fur tbr purpoor - 

"Dial Fust, — Tom brought ton yrrterdsy 


yo»r very manly and generous letter, acd I 


ihuutd Iw si , 
agreed It Is ncedlcra, mere I v to aallafy a form 
You are very kind la what von sat ; you were *1 
way* kind to aa* — kindi-r titan I drarrred. Hot 
I didn't think yon wuuM nM very nvwch my 
miming away, fo* I am rare yon rare far more 
for Nan than you e»»r rared for me; and now 
Edith declare* lh*t Nan ht* been in lore with 
you all the time. I bear ynu have been doing 
everything in your power toward getting poor 
Jack out of prison, ami so I thought I wuuM du 
yuu a good tun also. You aught tek« this let- 
ter to Naa. sad ask her If every mini ia H isn't 
lra«- — miles* you think yno'v* hail enough of i*ir 
family already Dear Frank, I aui tm gfad you 
fovjssc* me; and when I get <i*t of my present 
derp distress I hope ytm will eotne and *e* iu, aod 
be like old friends. Yuura riaewriv, _ 

' Suti Ilisarav." 

At this prearal numu nt Captain King, a* they 
still call him f fu* all three thing* happened » k 
s« km* ago), rom-hlens this letter the m"*« val 
uahle hr ever rereivrel. Not any mreuage from 
hewne MMMh| to the srboot-bo* that a liam- 
per would speedily arrive . not any eoaomuaiew- 
tinn from the Admiralty after hr had arrived at 
man * estate , nay, not any one of Nan 1 * numer- 
oil* love-letters— witty and tender and clever a* 
these were— had foe him anything like the gigan- 
tic importance of this letter, it ks naedlras In 
•or that, very shortly after lli* reewpt of It, and 
wiDioul say in/ a wunl to anybaly. he alipped 
down to Brighton, and got a twin at the Norfolk. 

It was mi strange to think that Nan was a 
filtle way along the** ; and that there waa still a 
chance that that name Nan— the wonder of th* 
world, with whose gwn g awav from him the world 
hoi pm quite nlu-rrel someliow— might still tie 
hts. It bewildered him a* yet To think of Nan 
at Klngarourt! — her pretswco filling tbn houra 
w ith sunlight , e harming aven teals with hr* qul- 
at hUKKirows ways, a»J her ssdf-posswssdon, and 
her AwwUora, and the faillifulwem iff lier frank, 
clear even Ami oil his thinking <-*ar» book to 
the one point Thi* wa* now Nan bc-mrif he had 
a chance of winning: not anv imaginary Naa ; 
no* aw* substitute ; not any vision to be wavering 
this wav and ihit , hut the very Nan herself. Ana 
If it was true— if the real Nan, after all, was to 
go hand In hand through llfo wilh him— where, 
uf all the pUi-ea la the wall, should they liral go 
to together f To that faraway ion a! .‘qsliigru, 
surely 1 Now it would be bis own Naa who 
would »lt at the small tabie, ami laugh with her 
•hailing, dear eye*. Wie would walk with him 
up the steep pa««, the sunlight on her pink 
cheek* ; he would hear the cbiip of her boo* on 
the wet «now. 

Amid all this wIM whirl of hope and dowbt 
and drllghtful assurance it wa* hard to hat* to 
wait for an opportunity of sp*akla>g to Nan aim* 
He weald not go to lisa house, le*! there *hunld 
tie visitors or some one slaying there , he would 
rather catch Nan no one of bv pilgrimages in the 
country or along the down*, with solitude and *i- 
lesser to aid him ia hia prayer. But that chance 
serened far off He watched for Nan incessant- 
ly. and bis sharp sailor's eve* followed he* keen- 
ly, while tee kept at a considerable distance. But 
Nan teemed to he very busy et this time Again 
and again he was tempted to speak to lirr aa 
•he came out of thla or lliat.ue win* he saw her 
carrying an armful af bit* into Mine small hark 
street. But lw was afraid. There wa* so much 
to win ; *o much to ba*. He gu tre nd that, iron 
er or later, the vagrant hlossd in Nan wnoM drive 
her to neck the *oi;tarin**a of the high cliffs over 
the era. 

It turned out differentlr, however. One squally 
and stormy morning he saw hrr leave (lie house, 
bv Lister buttoned up, her hat well down tu.-t 
hr* brows. Br let her pas* the hotel, ami slipp'd 
out afterward. Hy-aa4 l»y the turtwl up into 
the town, and finally mo rel a Matonrr’s stetqi, 
where there wa* a pulille lilieary. No dcnlt she 
hail merely amie to oeiler *Mn* lw.jk*, tee aahl to 
himself, down - brartedly, anil Wvull g» straight 

However, on coming nut he noticed her glance 
up at the driven sky, where the clouds wet* break- 
ing here and there. Tbra she went down East 
Street toward the sea. The* she passed the 
Aquarium hr the lower road. This he eouU not 
umterstaud at all, as she generally kept to Die 
dlff». 

Hu toon discovered her intraiowt There was 
a heavy •« rolling in; ami die had always a 
grewl delight in watching the big wares tome 
• winging by the bead of the Chain IVr. Thai, 
imleroL turned out to tie her destination. Whet 
be had seen the slight, girlteh lnokiiig figure w<lt 
away out there, lie alto went on the I'n* and fob 
lowed. 

It a needles* to aay that there was nnt a liu 
man Iwia* out there at the ewd. Tag* and rag* 
of dying cloud* were wending « bowers of rain 
•pinning armu ; l>.-twi*n them great bureto ed 
sunlighl H-mhIcI the sea . ami the vart grera nw- 
ee of water shone a* the; broke ou the wooden 
piles and Ibundertil on belnw \Yhen he reached 
thu brad of the IVr, he found (hat Nan. whs (a* 
cirol heewrif cntire-ly alone, was resting her cllows 
on the bar, and *o holding on her hat. a* she 
looked down a* tie mighty vuluuse* of water 
that broke and ruatwd roaring Ik-1uw. 

lie tooehed her un thw ahunldcr ; *ha jasnprol 
up with a start am! turned, growing a little pals 
os she eimfroolrol him. lie. tin, bod an apprro 
heiiMi* louk in lu« etto ; perlusp* it waa that that 
frigliti-iwil her 

" Nothing tew Kappencl to Madge I" she said, 
quickly. 

" No. But tome over there to the shelter. I 
wish lo show you a letter she has written." 

A few itepw brought them to a sudden si- 



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knee; il like (topping from the outer air 
into a ilit-ing ML 

“ San, I want yoa to read I hi* letter, and loll 
me if it ia true." 

H« gave ti to-r ; she rvaj U ; ihsu ifcvwlv. wn 
slowly, thn utio lurid bokliug (ho letter dropp * 
and tlo •Uod there silrwl, toe qw downca-t 

‘ Van, I have kited «m since the very fi: 
v*i*lil I eter nt yon. 1 tried to make Mitre 
that Madge wxa tnn ; Madge hertelf hi* aared 
o* fiotn wliat might bare hapiwncd through that 
desperate mistake. Anil real. Nan — you are fire 
no*— there ta no one in the ant— (a U tree wliat 
Edith *sr» ?" 

“ It Isn't unite true," said Nan. in a very low 
voire ; Ud her finger* were Ilia kins sod work 
•kk Xadp'i ktt«r. "I '* * 


—awl here Nan lookc-d up at him osth he* faith- 
ful cyw, and in them there tu sormtlilug that 
■at neither laughing nor raying, Imt wa* alrange- 
Iv&ear to both 


CD AFTER XXIV. 

"bbiho now* re« skim ao r*i«r 
“ Pnn« Jaek r that waa all Madge's err, She 
del nut rare what arraiigi-nuvil at* toing sot "P 
hi the fiarinta alul guardian* inton-tod. She did 
tot waul her fortune rettM on hcrectf. To her 
it did tea matter whither the brewer* was a 
Southampton or in Jerusalem. At) hrr pfecon* 
appeal »w that her dear Jack should be got out 
of priacei ; and the opinion that the hod forum) 
of tiie (mo lirannv and cruelty ami cilatlaa*.-' 
of Engliih law waa of a eh-tnu'Ut tliat dare no 
be »et fceih here. 

" Wlut iMh. uaoof It* - Jtewonld **y " Wliat 
good ran It do exivpt In keep |neiple miorcwMe?'’ 
” Hr dear elilM," th* raghiug aad tore!* Meat- 
hied neWher would answer, "the Vice Chancellor 
ha* admitteel that it tun do no goal ilut tbo 
asthMlT of the Court mntt he vindicated." 

“ It la nothing bnt a mean aad contemptible 
revenge!" etelauued Madgr. 

llowercr, Mr. Turn took a much more root and 
businesslike vlnw of the matte*. 

- When he i* let out," he remarked. “ I hope 
the V kw-Oiaitrellor will make the other side par 
the met* of all the** appUcaiym and preceoo- 
inr*. I don't are why »e ibould par, limply be- 
raaM Jack Banbury went and made an tu of 

“I be* too to remember that yon are spmh 
it huibaad '" aakl Madge, with a audden 


“Oh. well, but didn't her Me Tom raid. 
“Wliat waa the t»*e of hotting like that when he 
knew he most he laid by the heek • Why didn't 
he p> to hi" father and uncle, to begin with, and 

pel them to make thla arrangement the* bare 
now. and then hare geeve to the Chief Clerk and 
•bowed him that there war no objection ui 

" It waa hera-ue you were all agairut him," 
•aid poor Madge, toyiauiiig to cry. - Evi-rytir.lv 
— etervla.lt. Awl now he may fat "hut up there 
fee a w|m4e year— or taro year* " 

" (Hi, but he isn’t so badly off.” «aid Mr. Tom. 
(ootbingir. “Too can ire they treat him very 
well. By Jingo! if it <t< the tread-mill, now— 
that would cirreiae hit toes for him ! I tried tt 
once in York Cattle ; aad 1 can tell you rtm you 
Anil tbla thins pawing at you orer your head It'a 
like an eliqdianl having a gainu with you. Net- 
er mind, Madge. Don't ery. look hwre: I'll 
b*« Toil live .ovraeigns to one that the* let him 
not on the next application— that'* for Thursday. 
Are you on?" 

Do *ou mean it ♦" the Mid. looking up. 

* 1 da" 

It wu wonderful how quickly the light came 
into her fare. 

“Thro there hi a chance •" ikt Mid. “ I can't 
lwiieve the <F| here, few they are only trying to 
comfort me. But if you would bet on it, Tom, 
then there'* really a chance.” 

” Bet 1 * off. Ton should hare mapped at it, 
Madge. Never mitri. you'll hare year dear Jack . 
that 'll do instead." 

That afternoon Mary BtNffofd, now Mr*. Ito- 
pert, calieti. and Mr. Tom, with much dignity of 
manner, came Into the room boiling an opra let- 
ter to bit hand. 

" I-eliM* »txj gimllemen," he *aid, " aad friend* 
aMembk<l, 1 lian- a panic of new* for you Mr 
Pratiru Ilolfortl King, late Commander in her 
Majrety’* Navy, ha* jo*t contracted a — what d'ye 
call it* — kind of engagement with Mire Anne 
Berrefurd of that ilk. It strikes me thia ia what 
la termed rnoiKiUtion itakes.' 

“ There vou are quite wrong," Mid Madge, 
prompt)* and cheerfully. * Hr nwam to make 
bm tbe conmlatk* stakes. for U waa Nan that 
he warned to marry all the way through,'' 

“ Well, 1 "lull be glad to nee you all married,” 
Mill Turn “ I'to bail eweaeli Usher with yon." 

" Vou look quite worn out," hie eldret rioter 
remarked. 

“At Icart," he ml, ritiiag down Is <» easy- 
chair and stretching nut Ilia Irga — " at least ! hare 
pained tome wtadem. 1 tec the pnuiciucM yon 
girls are in. who haven't got to ram your own 
Uriag. Yon lio t know what ca earth U. do with 
yourxlie*. You nod Kiwkin. ami think nu 
aheuld be iwttrwl; hot yon don't know what to 
hw eamiwt aUml. Tlii-n **<■ take to improving 
ram miai. and cram ywar bcwl full of uanh 
cwrrenu, and ctjoinoaea, and evllpre* of the moon. 
Hut what doro it all (time to ? You can t do any- 
thing with it Even if you ireili conic and ft-ll 
me that a lime-humcr in Jufctcr bar thrown hi* 
wig into the Are, and ao altered the *piwtnUB, 
•ku'i that to mef Then you hare a go at phi 
lanthropr — thal'a mceu practical ; Hondat school 
teaching, mending tidldron'i ckithtw, doing fur 
other pecplewhnt they oagbt to do for Mures* hr*. 


iup*ri*m. Then, to 
iu behold ' In the middle of eh tbit there ivenea 
hr a gissl k.Ains young fidlow, and, phew! all 
your grand iihan are off like riooke. and it'* all 
■ I tear Jack ” and • *b*r Alfred T and 1 I’ll go to 
the (ak of the earth with my *e»lger la/ 

Oh, I know what life ia I re you girl* begin 
with all your fine >iroi, and reading up. a»d — 


"Tiie forma'iim of character!" reclaimed Mr 
Tom “ Out of book* ? Why. the oely one am cm, 
Vow who hat an* character worth mentvsunc is 
Naw Bn y<*a think aho got it out of hookr? 
No. the dhlii'L She gut it — abe gn< l»"— 

Mr. Tom paured for a recond, but only to > 
a wilier liarh — " nut of the "UllliCllt I Th 
a gtood |HM«lcal Ura for you ! Nan ha* liecn 
inure in the »|m«i Ilian any of you, and the 
light lian filial hr* brain, an-l her mi*. I, and her 
di’pueilion alMaMher.'’ 

“ I presume that alro ococwmla for the rednerr 
of her hair?" Mid Mrs. It n pert. 

T-wa rooe to lii* feet. There win as air of 
resignation an hr* face a* he left the mum. He 
Mkl. half to hlaasci f, 

** Well, nature wan right in making roe a min. 
I couldn't hate nmtiervd up Imlf ctuiiish rpile to 
Btakn a pao«ahle woman," 

Now tbe end of the Madge and Jack cplrodo 
w»* in thta wire: On the araad ap|ibeat>.io thn 
Vice-Oianrellor flatly reftixid to re lease the young 
man from prtsan. Hi* pro** offense had not yet 
brre purged. It waa quite true, hi* lordthiji ud- 
n lilted, that the young lady aid the guanluna 
and rvlalivre on both wdr* were alto ahariag in 
thU puaitbtneat, aed H wa* unfortunate M -r- 
over, arrange men IS bail now been made which 
•earned to reader the marriage a perfectly eligi- 
ble nne, If only it had been properly brought 
ahoart. Nrrcrtbel***, tbe Court conld not over- 
look the young man'* condsct ; is prison he wa*, 
and Id prison he must rotnaiu. 

More tears cm the pan of Madge. More advhw 
frero Mr. Tom that the should pi alul pliad with 
the Yicr-Channdlor herself; bn was sure her 
prrtfv. ■ roping eye* woald -ofi.-n the flintiest 
Iwart. rurrewpoiiilenct- adiMncd by Captain 
Frank King to Admiral Sir George silratherne, 
K C. B . omtainiag luiggeetions not iu tonsuntniv 
with the lofty integrity of British courts of low 
Then, nt last, the Vico-Cliancellor ivicritwl. 
Mr. Uaiihury had given an undertaking ta exe- 
cute any "ettlnment the Court ought think 111 with 
regard to th* young lady’* property Thro lie 
must pay-all mu of ilia procveding". likes wi- 
the guardians' Costs, That twiag «•», hi* bwikhip 
was iGsporeti to take a mvnriful view of the case, 
awl tvooUl make an order dus'liatgixqc th* rouag 
loan from priren. 

“Ob, Jack !" porw Mailer exclaimed, when he 
was restored to her, “ shall I enrr forgrt what 
you liave suffered for my sake?" 

Jack looked rather foolish among all them 
pceq-le ; hut at loat he phu-kni up courage, and 
went and mad* a straightforward apology to 
la ly lbrtwfred, and aakl hr hoped this piroe of 

folly would m*iU I*- forgotten, aod Uixt Madge 
■■Mild f.w hapqiy after all. Til* *M*r* were -h*- 
ptMcl to pet him. Tran tidrrwted him a little. 
Then three wi« a general bustle, foe they were 
all fineinding Frank King) cuing down again to 
Brighton ; and they made a liTge party. 

Ilow clrar the air and the sunlight were after 
the dust- atmosphere of Ismdun ! The ahiatng 
arw — the fresh l-ret'H- blow ing la — the busy 
hrightlirsa are) chrerrfuliu-** of the King’s Road 
— it all ••wood m.-w and delightful again ! Aad, 
nf crmri-r. amidst the general i-Uue-r and isaa. 
” m of getting into the limit*, whn waa to 
much notice of Nan, «r watch her M-lf rosi 
nciiHia ahvntws, or reganl the manner in which 
she received Frank King after hi* absence? 

wee. Nan waa always wanted to do things, 
oc fetch things, nr sired for thing*, “fltw'a a 
tuiutokt-eprHaii kind at young party," Tom used 
•ay of hi*, when he had coolly root h*r to 
.A out hi. tV.<mg bMH. 

The spring-time saa ctmie: not coly wa* the 
aunshine rltwrer, awl the witwl frero the sea anfp 
d fresher, hut human nature, also, grew reel- 

# of vague anticipations and an indrfraxtile 
delight. Flowers from the sheltered valley* be- 
hind the down* began to appear in tbe strecU- 
7h* year was opening; soon the color* of the 

limner would lie (hlxilng over tlie land. 

“ .N ati-rde," Mhl Frank King ta her who was c*t 

oet unxMai now hi" only aid diwr cs'iin|Miniaa, 

> they were walking along one of the country 
trig "don't yew think Juno la a greal month li* 
•i worried ia t” 

“ Fraak. dear," she Mid. * I haven’t bad ranch 
experience.” 

“Now took here. Nan," he ***)— the others 
nt a long way ahead, and he could toil lit* 

- lie liked — “too mat hare fame strong point* 

• wisdom, pel haps — and a rapacity for ritrart- 
g money twl of |*n|ili- for — ami a 

koo k of toiling the ear* of small boys whom 
find abyiog alone* at sparrow* — I mi you 
may hat* your strong poos Is ; bill dippaiin isn't 
of them. And thai is a vrry teritau mat- 

I know it is," mid Nan, demurely. "And 
more serious (bull you imagine. For, do soil 
know, Fraak, ihxt the iiimmut I get married 1 
etwee lo lie nrepaMiaible few the i!irrol«m of 

• n Bfe alingixhi-r. You lire will lie re- 
•pnn.tlil.- Whal-ver you *ay 1 alankl do. I will 
do ; what t mi or I wm-t think, oe belirre, or try 
fro. thai "HI lie my guide I» «'t you kn->w tbit 

p Iwen trying all my life to gi< rid of tbe 
rcwpcmtilality of deciding for mvrelf ? I nearly 
ended— like such a lot of people ? — in ' going over 
the Church.' Uh, Frank/' she said, “ I thick 
If It hadn't been far you 1 ibould bava married a 

clergyman, and been good* 


idte laughrel a lilt l* soft, low laugh, and enn- 
tinurd: 

*• No, I think tbit never mull have happrevnl, 
But I vheoM have done soiuething— gum- into sate 
of those viritisig slatcrhowds, or girt trainod a* a 
nnrso — vou don't know what a gs.»l Inwiwtal nuror 
you spiled In m». Howeror, now (hat w mu mv 
bntines*. I'bdine girt a tool when "he ro*rrie<i; 
I give up mine. I shall r-ffaee myself. It's yon 
who hivu to tell me what to tlntik. and believe, 
and try in dn." 

“Very well," Mid be. “ I tfcjll begin hr oilvls- 
ing you to give up caltirallcg tfc»- ai^uainumo 
of tinker* iind gypsies ; ai»J llrsc of all to rewdve 




d. pmcoj-llr , ami ho burst out laugh- 

we are at the oniart !'" he Mid. “ Hot 
don't yon think, Naa-nlr. you might let thing* go 
<m a* they are? You havca'I done »o badly, aft- 
er all. Do you know that people don’t altogether 
detest you? Some of them would t-vcti say that 
you nuido llt<- world a little brighter and pint 
•anter foe thiro- around you; and Uial i« always 
■omrthkng." 

“Ilut it’s to Bute," aakl Van. "And— and I 

had llHiughl of— of | don't know what. I believe 
— in Ihxt r.ithedral at Isu-emr— and now I am 
going to do jwsl like everybody else. It’a rather 

“What la?" heaskt'l. “Toteagmsl woman ?" 

“Oh, yuu are wa phtbwophinil," the *ai-l 
“And me — me u»> My brain, what there was of 
It, is dean § owe ; my heart lias got roniplrCe man- 
Ury. Il is really ludh-rtms that my highest aro- 
hltlnn, and a-.y J.ighrot delight, should br to lie 
able to ray. ' I love yew,' anil Pt go on saving st 
*»» womls-r of times. Ikot then, dear Frank, 
when nil thi* nonsenee ia over lie! ween us, then 
wr- will act to work ami try and do acenc gosal. 
Tlirri- in ust be *uuirching for os to do in thn 
world." 

“Oh yes, no doubt," he said; "and do you 

know when 1 lbink thla m.-asvtuw will lie orer br- 

itir.g - lead ingetbsr in KingM-oiirt cbwirh-yard." 

(4re tooi'lirsl hi* band with lier band— fur a 

“Aad jeriiap* oM errn then, Frank." 

Well, it wa* a double wedding, after all ; are) 
Mr Itolrtfis wa* ilet-'niriiwd tliat it •hmil-l he 
ini-nuiralile In Brighton, if music, aod flowers, and 
public charitlM would aerre. Tbm Mr «n-i Mr*. 
Jock Hanlmry were to ivnir along from Stntll- 
ainpcon ; ami Mr. Jacnmb had. in the most (rank 
and audit fashion, himself askcl pcstwitssew to 
at the marriage ceretnonv. There were. 
«f rvMiree, raattr prrorata, two of which were rs- 
poriaUt gratefal lo Nan. Tbr first ■ as a dragon- 
fly in nihkw and dhunawd*, the lint inclosing 
which wts wrapped round bv a sheet of mrte- 
P»[wt rei lly l-eV-ngiiig to hrr Majesty and hailing 
from Whitehall. Throe were the word* act-awlt-d 
oa the abcet of paper : 

“TU m f&r lb tmUitu/ •-/ Itr Rimnrt 

'tttol, r.ki fins mo* mupl*nf dr thi of far 
atntcith* ' * jittioAf far uUrt nvrrAni/i , — 0 5'' 


one of tbe rlreirret of clrar June days, a freah 
northerly wind tempering the brat . tocre was 
acanvly a clood In tbe Mot How these rumors 
got alxiul It I* toipossIMr to My. but a great many 
' Mrsmtl to have itbsruvered that there was 
a double w titling ; and there wa* an on- 
renal crowd alxHit the taitrascv to the church and 
king both ride* of the roofed |tortwo. Among 
throe people was one who attracted a little mild, 
polite curiosity, .“he wav a counlry-lookittE, 
fresb-cceriplriiiwitsi yonng woman, who wa* smart- 
Iv drcsocil mid mm ns to nhhons iiirj such things ; 
and »hc held In her htxrd a Uuki-t of fairly gi**l 
*L*e and of fancy wicker -work, .livd this liaikrt, 
tliroe baam-l tor oould tor, held notlilog »1 mi thaa 
mart* of wilt roses, all with the thortie carefully 
-OKitivi from ilia Strtna, and rot in a irol of 

io** and #wevtAiri*jr leaven It was «*ch a lest 

.net, airely, a* had never town prtvwotod to a 
bride hefnre - if, indeed, H was intruded for the 
' ide. 

That was soon to be seen. The great organ 
wa* mill pealing csit Mendelssohn's “ Wedding 
** ‘ -h" (Mr. Tolu Lnl offered to giro g|i> to thn 
ptMir-toi* of th* rte»r if the (Wistow acull 
pity inelnad tbe Sai.li.ll " llrlbg borer tlo- bride 
'air forgetting tha ttrtfe w.-re tw-i bridre. 
that Edith was ifcsrh) wton llie flr«t ilf the 
brvlal pwnske ram* along. F4ilh sr-1 her hua- 
tiand and her briilemaiil". Then - am* Nsn. As 
the was passing, tbe freah-eoiored wench timidly 
lUpfutl forwxrd and offered bee the basket of 
• iM roara. Nan stopped, glanced at her, -uvl 
resxignisnd her , and ilow. to the wonder of the 
crowd. th»y aaw tin- young liriito take the basket 
with h*r irvnihliag. whsto-ghtTod finger*, while 
other ham! wa» boldly put forward to eliake 
d* with the country las*, (waging Sal vt« 
greatly ukm ahark ; but she took Nun's lmn-1 
foe tlic briefest sroood, an*l rasnsged to say 
long life and 


happiness, mlta — I beg yowr pardon, sniss — 
ma'am and then the gleaming piMvestcts 

Nan wa* very proud of that basket of wild 
Bower*. Nt* wrreid Out part with it. Klir had it 
placed before her on tlie laid* when all tbe p**>- 
pie had aswniliied awl sat down. And perliap* 
there- waa one there who. looking altenvately at 
the brlghl-eyetl hri-lc who rat breidc hwn. and at 
that basket of wild rose*, red arid while and 
pink.auil whitish-red and wtudsh-yvok. saay hare 
raid to hluwlf that there waa nn red one there 
half mi red sts hrr liyo, and no whim Qfce half so 
whit* as her ulnar and atoning *o*L 


BRIGANDAGE IN ITALY, 
fflnut Italy tran merely a geographical 
term, brigandage waa a llltetul iirufetssson 
hiiaking in tbe sunshine of royalty. It vrn* 
it rs-rvigtiiresl inatitutiosi in the domain* of 
lu« Ifoliiiiust the Dope anil of hi* salphnrr-iia 
Majesty tt» King of Naples. Onr friend Fro 
I>iarolt> -be wo* asiahtw-rvantin friar uametl 
Michael IVrr.a — waa mailt- Cnlonel. and dre- 
oratetl with tbe onler of St Kenlinand. 
Munmiosie, who had kllteit with hi* own 
linsid four hundred persons, waa aitdrerew*! 
by (jaeen Candine ns “My dear tienerol." 
Their fame is rivalled by n pnutifirat Hero 
who died a few year* ago, tbo terrible Ati- 
louso Goapurooi'. Tlita rufUnn wa* born iu 
IT'jCI; anti coininlltoil a murder wben he 
vrita in hi* fourteenth year. In ISO, nfler 
llsi- execution of Massaroui. Ite called him- 
»- ir King of tbe Ahruzzi uikI tbe Lti|>lui. 
Thla great nmn burl a private aoenitary, 
«ho rioiijiili-d bis liirigra|iliy. In thia very 
curious lxittk be iteacribaa the condition* 
iircesaary fur ailmlaaioix to a build, tlie first 
being murder, and eonclndrai with detail, of 
the drew In-rifling a rtiaftoelabln brigand. 
“A high coition] hat bonud with nliboua of 
lenity redora; ilie vest, cent, anil pautulnona 
blue velvot.llve run* of silver hnttoniou the 
Test. The hair wna long, like a woman's; 
nnd," cootimuw the eutlniHliiMio secretary, 
“tliene licitrtllreu bngaiad* mils their long 
and curly locks preaeiiterl couatcsuuiriut 
inure rlmnviitig than that of a pretty girl. 
The arms were a abort musket inlaid with 
silver, a long double -edged poniard. The 
cartridges are carried in a girdle clasped in 
front by a plate ebuord with figures of tbe 
Virgin, of snnla tit purgatory, and other 
vyremrats." Iu lr*I5 a ticw IVpe oaeonded 
tire sent of Hi. IV tor. and (iaaparoue waa iu- 
duersl (« srrnreuder himself. From that day 
till tbo With of June, 1871. (he King of tho 
1 Abruaxl waa » thus prisoner. A( twenty -one 
he wo* deacrlbed iw well inorle. with brown 
hnir and heard, an oncrgetic hwik, prodigal, 
debanehed, and bloody. On bia release his 
long l-eatd waa anowy white, hta eyo Kurd, 
bnt Its* rigor unbroken. The old ntftinit 
watsderwl ato-ut Home for sonm days, tbeob. 
jeel af getM-rw) curiosity, woaiteriug at every- 
thing tn tbo worid which lie liaal not ra-n 
for half a century. lie waa taken ta see tbo 
railroad- He saw- the cam running, and ex- 
claimed : "It ia all up with nor old trnde 
now. There la no chance to-day fur a good 
bmirat brigand." 

.“icily has partaken in a very much lews 
degree than the Continent of the benefits of 
modem dioroveriea. The modern brigand* 
are no longer theatrical; they wear broad- 
cloth CoatH, have excellent field-glows, nnd 
are armed with the latent apesirw of re- 
volver. They act. however. In tbo same old 
style. About two years ago. tbo Rev. Mr. 
Ihne wa* captured in Sicily by the band 
roanmnuded by a chief named Esposito. A 
letter waa written to Mrs. Rime, demanding 
I'JTi.MJti francs ransom. »b« rotared to pay. 
The chiefs reply waa a letter llidoalng tire 
right ear of the Ineklew* parson, ami inti- 
mating that be would remit ber bnahatnl in 
installments. Tbe ransom waa actst. tbe 
Italian gen»-d'snnes made a raid on tha 
fort rout of tbe brigands- Many were •lata ; 
tint F>poalt»*iiCH)H-d l it waasanl to America. 
Wbll# we are writing, an Italian who baa 
been vending pea-nnta and banana* in New 
Orleans ia in nrrrst on suspicion of being 
the terrible bandit. „ 

Women have often played ntt important 
part ill the world of hrigamU Cedrone’s 
mlstresa urn* male attire, marebed at tire 
bead of his baud, tortured tire prlsoonrs, and 
swore that if ber lover ever attempted to 
abandon his career, she would cut him into 
little pieces, aud send him in a sack to the 
police ofl&ic. In 1887, Elisa Garofolo was 
srreoted. 8bn wm iwcnt y-two years old. 
very pretty, of ordinary bright, ab-nder fig- 
ure. i-bcstnnt hair. Wire - gray eyea. Aire 
stylod herself Queen of tlie Mountain*, hire 
nlway* dressed like a man. with revolver* 
in her bell, aud a double-barrelled gun on 
ber abort] (Far. Wire |swmml all tbs fiend- 
ish ingenuity of a •■|iiaw in torturing tire 
prisoners. The pn-renro of women limits 
aomctlmea to at range Incident*. An obt 
print and a country girl were driving from 
Veroli to F'rosinone to take the railroad cam 
to Home. Three brigands started up in 
their path. 

“ Tbe Madonna ha* eetit you," they cried. 
“I>o out be afraid: follow us." 

ADer an lumr's walk tbey coma to a grot- 
to, near which atisid thirty armed ureu. Tire 
chief arose. 

“ My futber." he said, “lam delighted to 
*ee yon. My wi fe ha* just given me s l»aby. 

1 wish it to be a Christian : haptixe it." 

The priori complied J the country girl fit 
tire gvslmotber, the cliirfa liouUnaut tbe 
gisllatlu-r. When the reremony waa over, 
bn banded to the priori a purse containing 
six piastres, and to tbe girl a paper coa- 

tain ing « pair of sort irif* foti aai-iirjt Iu 




I 

eekix 


i WlU.uif A. ltoQKM.— >[Su PiOI 408.] 

L-.._ • 


JULY 2*. 1861. 


506 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


“WIIY SHOULD THEY KILL MY 
BABYT 

Wht •hmrid they ktU BIT baby?— for he ktm 
the none Hi me 

A* when. in the morning twilight. I timed him 
oc my ktire, 

Ami sowed f«r hint hop#* to blossom when he 
should broom* * wan, 

And dre* steal for tun well a future M wily a 
toother can. 

I kmknl shout to the n wav- time with proud but 
tretnl-Gng jo?; 

I had a vision of spltudor for ny awert Gright- 
eyed boy; 

But lit Lie eunuch I fancied that when he had 
gaiiird renown, 

B»*e F.nvy't bullet would anddcnly 

•triki) Idea duaru. 

Why ebon Id they waat la kill him? Berauec 
he had cut bit war 

Through Poverty's gloim y woodland out Into the 
«|»a day. 

And tent a about of good chew to throe who 
were yet within. 

That Honor « tioni of striving, and HoueMv yet 
tan winf 

Or war it because from bovkcod he nan hilly 
bared hie IreaJl 

To tight for the poor ami lowly, and aid the own 
oppttwwd ? 

Ah owl tbt world i» work i Kg upon a trearher- 
<m« plan. 

When hr who hi* struck for mankind i» itricken 
down by aaa! 

Or did they begrudge Ida mother the hand be 
rvaedwd b«< “till. 

No obit how high lie clambered up Fortune'* 
glittering hill* 

Foe in tu. peouiiejt Kfe-hy he turned from the 
Ixaiori of earth, 

Aud rnme and tenderly kissed me— the mother 
•aim gave him birth. 

Shimr to llm wretch that atruek him, and grieve* 


that it did i 


a kill! 


And pity tor lu> poor mother, if aha be living 
May God in menry aid him fata black crime to 


;Dena to tisanes'* Wiutt 5" 1WI. Vot. XXIV.) 

CHRISTO WELL. 

0 ZUrt mstt Cali. 

Bt r. d. BLACKMORE, 


CHATTER XXY.— ( Coaiia serf. ) 

TlUXtm u a gardener ia at the prospect 
of n noble crop, he ia anxious, also, that it 
should not fail through failure of ld» grum- 
bling. Right well he known, through vas* 
expwriemcr, what blows dcarond frotn heaven 
upon hit Aral indulgence in a vaunt; and 
gratefnl na he ia beyond mankind, he hum- 
bly arm-tea hia gratitude. " What a lot of 
thinning there will lie to do! IV* ahull 
never get through It," cried Mr. Arthur. 

" Won't we, though f I ran do a acorn of 
trot* before breakfast any tine morning,” hia 
daughter answered, aa nbe overtook him ; 
“and even you acknowledge that I ■ enter- 
al and that work. We ought to lie only l,«o 
glaal to have to (to it. Bat it goes to my 
heart, at every tap, to ace the little darling* 
hopping on the ground Now alia! I I go on 
to JatxrrcL, or begin it f” 

“ I will not buvu my little nook called ‘Na- 
bnth’a Vineyard.’ The confusion of lalisai la 
too feminine. Am I, Ilia owner, envious of 
my own ownership, because I abut out clnm- 
*y people t The only analogy that can bo 
imagined would set you down first na an 
Ahah.” 

“Very well, dear, if that will please you 
better, it ahull lie Solomon’* Vineyard, aarh 
as he drorrilo-e, 1 believe, some where. Anil 
1 will tie theffueen of Sheba, coma to seo It. 
Only you must have the manner*, in that 
rose, to provide me with at least a sound 
flower-pot to ait upon, instead of one of yonr 
breakdowns. And notl* of your wound ones 
have got anything to ait upon. Oh, papa, 
you are an clever, do invent aomnUnng that 
la tint all hole*.” 

“The special virtue of my pota ia this” 
(Mr. Arthur stopped abort, when he began 
upon that, although in a great harry to get 
on i. “that they are all hole*, i»r at any rate 
contrived an that yon can 1*11 at a glance 
what Is going on inside. That* u a vary 
clever Frenchman, of the name of Beau- 
niaDt, who has found a man endowed with 
ii window in bis digestive orgnn*. by mean* 
of a bullet or a grape-shot. H* bi thu» ro- 
ubles! to oaoertain — But never miud, my 
dear, you ar* too young, aa yet, for Inquiriau 
of pure science. And I would not have hint- 
ed at the — well, I may call it the trouble- 
tome part of rba human system— except to 


elucidate my theory of pots. Tber* wri 
three essential qualities m a llowi-t -pot, ti 
liegin with; anil there are fifteen of loaa 
but still important, consideration — ” 

“ ller he coming, her he routing, at a rat- 
tle," Maggy, the maid, came hotly shouting, 
“Shull u* let 'tin in, or shall ua shut 'i 
out r 

“ Who ia it that rntteea yen bo much ex- 
citement, Moggy f” her master aski-it, with 
•wine little vexation. Tor lie w as Just wa 
ing up to hia subject, with the plraanrn 
the vines in prospect. “ 1 have no tinu 
see any otic." 

“ Her ladyship, Lady Tirhwodd; Iknowed 
that brngian boy in front, na Iro-kelli dona 
on hia own veyther aud uwMither. No rewm 
niy kitchen. I was vorood to box 


thee 


n last t 


“ Do it again, if Mudful, Moggy. We will 
go and moot Lady Touchwood at the gate. 
Her carriage can not cross live stream. Come, 
Hose, and thank her fur her kindness to yon 
yesterday." 

“ Keep the hone* exerriaed for one hour, 
and then lie here ngnin, to see ifl am ready.” 
Mr. Arthur and hi* daughter I want Ilia order 
given, as they canto hark reluctantly to the 
draw-bridge, and behold tlwlr visitor, with 
the page hebltld her. crossing tlic space lie- 
twi-en the river and the lnnc. “Ah, bow 
pleased I am to see you!" she riclaitna-d, aa 
the Captain lowered bia plank. anil politely 
led her across it. “ I scarcely ex]iec|eil such 
gcHid luck. And darling Ruse, how well you 
look! It was very dull yesterday for you, 
I Tear. But von would run awny so. There 
was to have town a little dance, if the w ei- 
ther had only been propitious— wbnt my 
son Richard will call a ‘hop’; and thru 
prrluip* somebody would not have run away 
sc, or at any rate would not have been al- 
lowed the chance. I know one who would 
have pleaded very hard; and he generally 
manago* to got bia own way. How iugen- 
lona It was about all those fiah! I never 
sow so many, and how fresh they were! 
And how wonderfully you did rook them, 
dear' Canon Botrya made a splendid Joke, 
an Mrs. Hotry* herself told .folia, who, be- 
tween yon aud me. Captain, ia a trifle jea- 
lous. The Canon said. “That yonng lady 
dresses fish almost aa well os nbf drome* 
herself.' Not so very bad for a dignitary 
of the Cbnn-h. Aud he alock to hi* plat* 
till he got wet through. Aud then Julia, 
wb« understand* all the foreign tongues, 
said, * (.live him aomo Extra Sec to dry him.' 
Upon the whole, it wn* very pleasant, ex- 
cept for that abo-minahle rain. But I nev- 
er heard how you got home, my dear. Yon 
must Dot think it ri-iols* on my jiasrf. All 
wa* such desperate con fusion in the storm.” 

“Oh, I got home beautifully. Lady Touch- 
wooil. Colonel Wcatcomhe brought Mias 
Perperapa to her own ho no-, and then he 
brought me to my father's gate.” 

“ Oh, iudred ! What a gallant old officer ! 
It seems t<> m» that Colonel Western lube does 
almost everything. And I suppose hia son 
was w ith him too. A very poli tr young man, 
I believe, though with very little to say for 
tdmaelf." 

“We did not want him to talk,” Roe* 
»«»wervd. with a lilt I* flush of anger on her 
ebeeks; " what wn wantmLor at least what 
bn wautod, was to bring us safely through 
the dark stormy night, and the dangerous 
roads, which he ventured on fur onr sake. 
And he did it, though he must have I men 
half t-lioded by the rain. Very few people 
emild have dim# It, I am sure." 

" My *ou ia a noble whip, and he faces any 
weather. Bat I made him come inside ; for 
he ia not of coarse fibre. And evrn so. I frar 
that he ha* taken a end cold. Ever since 
that sad calamity ou your premise* be ban 
canned ma great minnsi liras. Perhaps no 
other young man in the world could have 
survived it. Bnt he ia of such claatle tissue, 
and nnusnal harmony of Juncture— as an 
eminent medical authority pronounced, be- 
fore he was breeched ( I beg your pardon for 
the word) — that he see me to riae superior to 
all trial*.” 

“ Let us hope, then,” said Mr. Arthur, very 
kindly, “ that be will soon throw off hi* cold. 
Shall we go into my little alttiag-room, 
which cherishes a memory of pipe*, I fearf 
Or » no Id you like to rest a little in my sum- 
mer plant-bounc, which I* thrown open now, 
aud 1ms no sun upon It f 

“ No^ If I may choose, 1 would rather lie 
In-door*. Under gloat, I should hava an 
expectation, every moment, of my son com- 
ing tumbling in npon me. And I do not 
object to the smell of tobacco. Sir Joseph, 
in his few niigi-l visit* to the Park, call* for 
hia pipe Immediately. And my ludovad son 
tries vary bard to do it. finch ideas cor. se- 
rrate a amell, however nasty." 

11 You prove again the well-known truth 
of tho uu*e|fisliurM of Indie*," Mr. Arthur 
answered, with a smile more genial than 
any he hail yet vonchaaM he*. For noth- 
ing but the stiffneaa of hi* maniior and the 
feuce of distant courtesy had kept this laity 
from breaking into the coveted circle of fata 


own afTiiirs, while, according to the law* 
of nature, she buhl him In tenfold esteem, 
and viewed him with a hundredfold of in- 
terest, because *bo cnnUl not get at him. 
“Bat my Rosie sees that this room is well 
aired, and the door into the gTrcuboime 
keep* it fresh.'* 

“I call it charming— a lovely little room," 
Lady Touchwood declared, a* ah* tied her 
parasol up; “and the flower* that rotue tap- 
ping, tapping, as aomebedy, prrtiapa Lord 
Byron, says. Julia love* him, bnt my son 
Rickard, who ho* Grecian features, and 
should lie a judge, protuwrores hi* morality 
imperfect. However, 1 never read sack 
■abject*. What's tho uso of rhyme? We 
iton'i talk in rhyme; and tt most take a 
■Irvnilful lot of time to luako it- Oil, I 
should so like to take that moat-roan to my 
wun ! Mny I ask yonr daughter to go aud 
eut it for me? We can't grow mm tom 
at Touchwood Park.” 

While Rove ran away on th'* little er- 
rand, the visitor told Mr. Arthur briefly that 
she wan com* to speak aluwit htn dear child, 
and could not do tt in her presence, fio an- 
other eommimlon was foand for Rose, and 
she went about it glailly. 

“ You have thought it very strange of me 
to come so early,” the visitor resumed, when 
the coast wa* clear, "hut oh. Captain Ar- 
thur. yon enn make allowance for the drop 
anxieties of a mother. Tired a* J was. aft- 
er all tit* fag of yesterday — for, in simple 
truth, tho** parties are a dreadful plague — 
not a w Ink of sleep could I get last night 
w ith perpetual worry about my darling boy. 
He never used to know bis own mind at all, 
*im 1 that was to delighlfnl of him. But 
now 1 fear that hi* heart ia flxed irretriev- 
ably, irre — something i;l novar can remem- 
ber thoro big wortls>, something like had 
play at whist." 

“ Irrevocably, perhaps ?" asked the Cap- 
tain, with a bow. “ But, excuse me ; perhaps 
that is Dot the word." 

“That is the word t« a nicety, and I *np- 
|h-«c there U no English for It. Irrevocably 
llxiui hi* poor young heart is upon your very 
vliuruiiiig daughter. Now don't any a word 
nntil I hare finished, and then we shall un- 
derstand each other. I runid liaTe wished 
it otherwise, a* I need hardly *ay ; although 
I c«nfe*s tt would h« difficult to find a nicer, 
a more charming, a more Udy - like young 
lady. Her behavior yesterday was atmply 
perfect ; far she scarcely said anything, umt 
all ahe did waa twcfnJ. Many of the very 
highest | >i-r>ple were quite captivated with 
her. What a »weot, pretty thing she bad 
got on ! I am sure it mast have hern made 
to Paris. My danghter Julia wa* quite put 
out ; and it pleased me to ace how well she 
bore it.” 

“ Exrtne my saying that Miaa Touchwood, 
in her style, is above all possibility of rival- 
ry." Mr. Arthur felt that politeness rolled 
for this, after all thos* gratifying praises of 
hia daughter. 

“No doubt that wa* her own opinion. 
Jnli* never underrate* herarlf, a* my son 
Richard always doe*. People make a great 
mistake on that account, They positively 
think that my wm Richard is t-rlow the 
average of intellect. Hcr-aiise lie is modest, 
and conceal* hia gifts, he 1* supposed not to 
hare them. But how could he mores] them, 
if he had not got them ? Now that ia sound 
reniwning, ua yon must perceive. Even Mr. 
Short, with all hi* chatter about logic, could 
never gel mil of such an argnmeut aa that. 
Yet propl* keep on saying that we Indio* 
can not argon !" 

"There call lie no greater mistake,” re- 
plied the Captain. “ It should rather be 
raid that lollies can argue always.” 

”1 aui no glad that you agree with me, 
hor-anse it save* so much reasoning; aud ex- 
citement due* not suit me now, I consider 
you Infinitely superior, in the style of yonr 
mind, to Mr. fibort, who has the nastiest way 
of putting things. And I have always found 
the military far more reasonable than the 
clericals. Now yon bar* liron an officer, 
haven't you, Captain T" 

“ Well," raid Sir. Arthur, for tho torn wa* 
sudden, oven for a lady, “the opinion of 
the ladies always Justitica itself, and they 

“It ia not curiosity that make* me aak. 
nor any Inferior setitimcnl, but a lofty sense 
of duty only. Tbn daughter of an officer, 
whether lie has fought for hia country, or 
whether he has been more lucky, stands 
upon a social level which - which ia very 
excusable for any rank to fall in lore with 
her. But, Captain Arthur, if this is to go on, 
yon would, I trust, leave off gardening. It 
is a very amtat-le peculiarity, especially If 
you hMo money by it, which elevates It 
above trade, aud makes it quite respectable. 
Yon mail not feel hurt at my expreoaiona, 
bnt to have yourname upon a basket — what 
would the County families say I" 

“ I have not oouaklrrod tho anlijnct yet 
from that point of now, which la a new on-- 
to n>r. Bat would the County families pay 
for all I should lose in wioker-work f” 


“ I fe or not : for (hey are dreadful screw*. 
They sell their grapes and pine apples, trot 
they object to the apfieuranoe ef their 
uonie*. However, you might have a pri- 
vate mark— a star, or a lion, nr your family 
crest ; so we might get over that c-hjrctiuu. 
But voti must mine out of yonr retirement, 
('sprain Arthur; your seclusion i might 
even call it. Yon must resume your rank, 
and visit people." 

“ Lady Touchwood, you mean well and 
kindly. Aud I am hound to hear what you 
have to n ay. not only with ronrteny due to 
a lady. 1-ul also with aura* gratitude. For 
you have not touched on one point which 
would hare been the fnremnat with many 
1 allies placed as you are. You have not 
spoken of my poverty. Of that I am not 
ashamed — for no one need be atitl it M 
kind of yon not to refer to the difference in 
worldly good* between n*- ,„„t f„ r that I 
rM)HM't and like yon. And that nukes it 
far more difllrnti for me to aay what I must 
say before wo nmlcrvliind each other.” 

“If it » anything about— about any ml*- 
nndc rat coding between you and the law, 
aurely we con get it pot to right*, fcir Jo- 
seph has sorb influence tu the very highest 
quarter*." 

"No, there fa nothing of that kind,” be 
replied, * Ith n amila that «** perfectly con- 
vincing; “I have never done anything fo- 
lonlou*. My seclusion ianf my own seeking. 
What I have to aay l* about your non, w ho 
is a moat amiable and lively youth. Ho 
brought a new spirit into our dull round, 
and we all missed him greatly when he left 
u*. Bat if there were m> other obstacle*, 
although, a* you clearly see. there are plen- 
ty, there is a fatal one at the outset. The 
character of your son I* twit formed yet. He 
ia volatile, versatile, clever in hia way, but 
a perfect boy at present. " 

“That i* exactly what hi* father My*,” 
Lady Touch wued answered, with unwonted 
ratf-routrel J " hut youth is a fault that will 
right Itself. You will not condemn him on 
that account." 

“ It i* a fsnlt that ahnuld right ilaetf be- 
fore marriage, nrid even l-aforo an engage- 
ment i* formed. - Mr. Arthnr said, deeiai vely ; 
“unleus tin* lady is of strong cosnenauditig 
•plrit, mhI can shape her lord. My liul* 
Rost* I* gentle, aeuaiUTe. worm hearted, lov- 
ing, and impetuous Mmailwie*. hot never in- 
clined to he imperative, fihi- j* wholly un- 
suitable for your son.” 

“Then am I to understand, Mr. Arthnr, 
that you declioe to hare anytfaiug to do w ith 
my Dicky V 

“ By no moan*. I am always glad to sea 
him; and indeed I have a limit in view for 
him. But concerning of my daughter, as 
the people say here, it is not to b« thought 
of; and I ran trust her.” 

Laity Touchwood looked at him with an- 
ger in her eyre, and the vertical lines of tem- 
per on her forehead deepening into a piiizle 
of dismay. She wsntml in nay the rudest 
tiling that ahe oonld think of, and cast about 
for it, aud would have found it, if the eye* 
of her antagonint had either fliu-bed or wa- 
vered. But the Captain regarded her, from 
h»s superior height. With a gate of good-will, 
tint only philnMipliioal.hul of the very fluent 
breeding. “He mind be souse bady. Per- 
haps he ia a lord ! He would jump at Dicky, 
unless he waa a lord." were tins pondering* 
of her mind, which made her bumble. 

“lam sure, Captain Arthur, that yon mean 
it for the lieet." film relapwd from the baf- 
fled Issue uf great wrath Into lb* rronmon- 
plare, aa hot people do. “ You are the heal 
judge upon such matter*. You have seen a 
coat deal of the world, that ia oertain, from 
the cosnmon-*enae of what yon aay. No- 
body gets roimuou-aenae without it. I am 
disappointed. I can say no mure. My ami 
is au r-xreedingly Interval in* young man, 
and hitherto nobody ha* horn aid* to traiid 
him. He is *o much accustomed to have 
his own way, thia will be a hitter blow to 
him.” 

“And it will do him good, a weight of 
g««d, a world of good. You will have cause 
tu he glad uf this little check to lit* rapidity. 
Lndlen have such sympathy with love af- 
faire that they scarcely oak how they will 
react upon themaelvea. If your arm were 
pugaged before he is a man, what peace 
would you ever Hat* with him? Everyday 
bo would vow to he married to-morrow.” 

"That is tToe enough, “ said Lady Touch- 
wood. "How yon have understood bis 
brave nature I" 

“Then, if you let him iltarry. what would 
come of it f liis Grille would tie every tiling, 
while alo- na* a bride, and he would evita tie 
rude u> hi* dear mother. Let him wait tea 
year*, 1-aity Touchwood ; and be will be a 
man by that time, or at any rate lie ought 
to be." 

"Your adrlra is excellent," the lady an- 
swered, for sarnie of her ten do rent feelings 
had been touched. " Dicky I* already very 
difficult to rnanago. And if he had a wife 
to encourage him, my condition would lie 
dreadful, aa you aay. I qnito agree with 



july as. i»#i. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


507 


yon, that lie should wait for many years. 
But 1 bnvv such a dread ivf hU IhiIiik en- 
tangVd liy enron objectionable person ; Mail 
bn turn* up 111 * nunc against girl* with mon- 
ey. There i« * most charming girl. Cfcryoo- 
lit* Money wig— twit half no nice *a your 
daughter, I admit, because she is caption*, 
and conceited, anil a prig, nu<l thinks t<«> 
much of literature, and *be dreswrat accord- 
ing to (lie poets always, which la the moat 
a 1. Mini thing — with a hundred thousand 
pounds. However, I could beep her down, 
no doubt ; bmtnas *Ue mml lie a foolish 
thing. Hut Dicky i* afraid of her; and ahe 
won’t have him, nulcss he alinuld happen to 
bn senior wrangler. And lie doesn't Mem 
to care to be that sort of thing ” 

'•Sever mind; let him act according to 
bia light*," Mr. Arthur answered, with a 
cheerful entile. "You are happy in having 
a khi, t July Touchwood, whu it healthy, 
active, and easily pleased, and a* frank a* 
tha day about everything. Such nature* 
are bappieat in tbe long-run, for they sel- 
dom fall into great depth of trouble. He 
will noon get over Uu», nod be as bright aa 
ever.” 

"Hut wilt yon break It to himt Hr hna 
been »o plaguesome. Ycaterday something 
made hun frightfully jealous. And you 
have more influence with him than any 
one. He always apeak* of you no highly.” 

*- Certainly I will, if vow wish iu» to d<> 
so. I will be gentle with hint, a* I nrril 
not tell yon. And It la better to art at none 
decisively.'’ 

With thi* understanding. Lady Toeirb- 
wnod left, feeling more goodwill toward 
Mr. Arthur than could have been expected 
in so delicate a cose. 


THE EXHIBITION* AT MILAN. 

[Coaaiaroxscars or Haora's Wnur] 
Mn*», JW « 1 . nan. 

Not only the Italians thcnieelvea, but the 
majority of intelligent foreigners In Low- 
hanly.hare come to regard the Exhibition 
at prewent in progress in Milan less as an 
ordinary show than as a splendid evidence 
of the progress that Italy is making as a 
nation sines hex political trembles were 
brought to an end by the genius of favour 
and tbe energy of Vidor KwmiosL Though 
nominally esx-oud, this is virtually the II ret 
Exhibition In which a fair exposition bn* 
been made of the position of the country in 
art aud industry since her happy unifica- 
tion. Initiated toward the end of ICTtf hr 
the Milan Chandler of Commerce, tho Wl»a 
of a National Exhibition to bo held at this 
tune i)eteln|ied until It took ahape in the 
present magnificent arTangements. The 
whole history of its growth is a signal in- 
stance of what can be accomplished by pri- 
vate enterprise and experience. The first 
step taken by the Chamber waa the ali- 
poiutmenl of a committee, which Imme- 
diately began to Isauo a stirring appeal for 
anhertiptlou*. These came in rapidly, and 
aoou reached tbe sum of lltiM.OIM). Later 
on, tho government granted a subsidy of 
111*1,000, and the Committee was thus nliln 
to carry out tbe project which hail been an 
rapidly conceived without any vexation* 
delay from want of faints. 

Tlie site so happily clioacn for tbe bnild- 
lag was tbe Public Gardens, not more than 
five minutes' drive from tbe Dtwimo and the 
Galleria Vittorio Emmanuels, and almost 
adjoining tbe railway etaliusi. The build- 
ings IbemtrlvM eover a toial are* of nearly 
5M).na> square meters, and the entire space 
dciotcd to the Exhibition, including the 
open courts, is do less than 900,000 meter*. 
The principal fayade. which i* teitiirircnlar, 
is ill the Renaissance style, is sarmotiiiled 
by a symbolical group freon tbe studio of 
Signor Bi*i, aud ia decorated by a senes of 
allegorical figure*. 

The Exhibition was ripened on May 5 
amid a scene of splendid rejoicing. The 
streets of Milan were gay with national 
flogs displayed from all the bowses, and the 
balconies were filled with I'UtlmsineUo cit- 
izens waiting to see tho prneesaion. Ths 
crowd in tbe streota was so drew that it 
Anally became nccosaary to change the 
route. A tremendous feature of the open- 
ing was the iUnminatinn of tbe city. It 
won designed and arranged by Cavaliers 
OttiDo, who illuminated K»oie in |c?l on 
the occasion of the state visit of Victor 
Emanuel. The lighting up of Milan was 
produced hy nearly 900,010 gas and otlier 
ilaniew. The Piaxxa del Duomo w aa most 
beautiful — a garden of light; in tbe centre, 
where the hand played, waa a palm-tree 
surrounded with weeping- willow# formed 
hy ga* jet*. Before tbe Galleria Vittorio 
Emmanuels waa a great facade in colored 
glows with a woudsrful garland of fiuwers, 
all of light. Tin* nlirjnnt and stately ca- 
thedral. with its population of marble stat- 
ors, waa iUumiuatod hy four rays of electric 
light proceeding from the two son them ami 
northern corner* of th* ]d*tta, ffom th* 


are-lihisbop'tpalnce, and fremiahruian to the 
left In Corse Vittorio Kmmanwole. Tlio 
beautiful drive on Hhi old Hostnm, with it* 
five row a of trees, uniting l'urta Venecia and 
Porta Noora. was changed into an arched 
gallery formed of colored lamp*. The mon- 
ument of favour, in tbe piazza named after 
hiu>, wo* festooned with flowers of light, 
and tlie names of Horne, Naples, Venice, P»- 
biMWl other cities illuinloated as if to 
salute bis memory. 

On entering th* Exhibition the visitor 
passes at oijf-c Into a handsome eonrt, where 
are* displayed tissues of every kind. On . 
each siiie of thi* are lofty aisles, while nt 1 
tbe further end i* a sort of winter garden . 
ornamented in tbe Pompeiian style, mid in 
whoso centre plays a fountain which dis- 
charge* it* waters into a basin of amrlliyal 
bine, amt opening on to tho magnificent 
amt well-sliudod Paasrggiata dl Vnueria. 
To the right of the gallery arc situated the 
huge naves and transept* in winch are tbe 
powerful enginea thnt provide the motive 
power for tbe machinery at work in 111 * 
Exhibition, and betwee n tlsom ia tbe pio- 
tfire-gsllery full of works of art sent from 
all the preifejolniial ar-biud* of tbs kingdom. 
To tbe left of th* principal front there* Is a 
short passage leading into a spacious hexa- 
gon, which ia connrctcd hy glared corridor* 
with tho roynl villa ami ita beautiful gar- 
den. wbich ha* been placed at the disposal 
of the Exhibition Coin tall tee by tlm King. 
Tlie hexagon itaelf, III which is displayed 
all the wealth of Italian ceramic art, to- 
gether with a precUuia collection of glow, 
jewelry, and artistic bronze- work, open* on 
to the garden, among tbe trees anil shrub* 
of wbich ri»e numeTou* kiosks and cottages, 
giving examples of various styles of nation- 
al on: hi tor Inn* ; Bwiws, Kuieiuii, Greek, and 
Oriental are all represented, and each build- 
ing serves fur the exhibition of some spe- 
cialty. Especially interesting is the one 
occupied by the Italian Alpiuo Club, while 
the ordinary visitor i» not less attracted by 
those devoted to tlie sale of boor, lemonade, 
ktw, and other refreshment*. 

One I>r the great attraction* of the Exhi- 
bition ia tbe Gallery of Work, which is sit- 
uated next to that in which the working 
machinery is located. Many of the leading 
industries of Italy are there reprtwe tiled, 
but no part of the gallery I* nrere crowded 
than that in which the process of atlk man- 
ufacture is shown in all ita stagea, from tlm 
preservation of the “grain." or egg, to the 
weaving of the silk. Connected with this 
deportment may be mentioned the name of 
Rigour Guido Snsatii. Tbs apparatus oat up 
by him, especially that roiumcted with tlm 
preservation of the egg during the antnmn 
and winter, has attracted many breeders of 
silk-worm*, who are mncli struck with tbe 
iogennity displayed. Passing 0 * 1 , we roam 
to the spare in which Messrs. Bobringrr, 
Mylitio, & Co, exhibit their apparatus for 
the ruiieeutration of milk and for cheese- 
making on a Largo scale. The machinery 
need in all tbe different operations ia con- 
stantly at work, and the numeral* specta- 
tors have the opportunity of comparing the 
condensed milk, ae prepared for export, with 
that fresh from the row, and tlm general 
verdict ia that it tinea non* of il* agreeable 
qualities In tbe proeein. The various stage* 
of chocolate mnnafactnre are shown. There 
is also a stall where the Tobacco Company 
exhibit tbe making of cigar* ami cigarette*. 
Many visa tors also find tbolr way to lire tem- 
pnrury mint, also in this gallery, where rom- 
uieinuTativn medals of the Exhibition are 
struck ofl and sold in large numbers. 

Any one who studies the varina* apeci- 
meua of raw material sent from the mine* 
worked in different part* of the peninsula 
can not blit be struck with tbs w underfill 
wealth Unit Italy keeps burled beneath the 
surface of her fertile soil. Tho most impor- 
tant of snch products ore iron, sulphur, cop- 
per, and marble. One of tbe must conspic- 
uous objects here is an immense block of 
marble, weighing fifteen tous, which cornea 
frau Harsgozra. A specialty of Italy ia her 
prat and fOMlHied wood, of which blocks of 
eighteen tons liavo Imen brought from the 
nut re of Unmagn*. Several English com- 
panies are working Italian minea. One la 
working tbe sulphur minea at Ceaenn; an- 
other company is working at Turiu ; a third 
exhibits gold ore. The only tin mines in 
Italy are in tbe province of I’isa, ami belong 
to an English company. In all Hie other 
mines, however, which are numerous, tha 
work ia entirely Italian; and ono baa only 
to study the numerous imu limes. both in- 
dustrial and agricultural, aud the great en- 
ginea which have beeu manufactured in 
Milan, Genoa, Turin, Bologna, ami Naples, 
to *••« how thoroughly tbe art of working 
in metal ia understood. 

Tho committee haa exhibited a praise- 
worthy liberality in tha apnea It ha* de- 
voted to the fine art*. In the beginning, 
a sum amounting to about A-O 00 waa given 
for tbe support of this department of the 
Exhibition, and the committee also obtained 


from lire government n loan of the Fhlaao 
del .tennto, In which may bo aeon 9U00 works 
of art, plct urea, mat ore, amt drawl ug* select- 
ed from among the number sent In. Thew* 
are nrrangcvl in two main halls - a alive ca- 
sino of apartment# oti each able -and two 
long galleries, called porticoes, Tire merit 
of tire sculpt area is far beyond that of tbe 
painting*. Tho first are almost entirely of 
Milaneaa origin, and show the utmoet skill 
In execution and finish. Efforts are pro- 
duced m ntarhte that might well lie consid- 
ered impossible if they were not here dis- 
played. There is a group of a mother and 
child, Che former about to plunge the infant 
in bia bath, where tbe sponge itoatn within 
the basin of water with a realistic (fleet 
that is simply lunar.irig. 

Considerable fault Itaa been found with 
thcaa sculpt urea from tbe very fact that 
tlieir remarkable execution arenis to out- 
weigh their sentiment anil expression. Tire 
impression produced ia rather wonder that 
anch effects ran 1 h> produced in marble than 
any feeling of admiration or lofty emotion. 
There are, however, same exquisite bit* of 
can lug, tire meal pleasing, prrhnpa, being 
tbe statnea of children, tire little folks atul 
tlw-ir frocks and riblmns affording an ad- 
mirable opportunity for the display of tbe 
technical skill so earnestly sought after hy 
these Milanese sculptor*. There ia a colos- 
sal bronze statue of Napoleon 111, in tbe 
centre of Ore main hull, which bus been 
greatly praised by critic*. Among the pic- 
tures lire greatest sneer** has been raaite in 
genre art, are) there are also some fine Vene- 
tian interiors. A good many fine portraits 
are displayed, one of Queen Margberila, 
painted upon glare by Moretti. being an ex- 
quisite work of art, Iii addition to its main 
wiwk on the rent nil Exhibition, tire Execu- 
tive Committee ha* also, by the appointment 
of various anb-coaunitieea, provided for tbe 
opening of ac veral subsidiary exhi bilious of 
a more technical character. Among these 
tbe firet place ia perhaps due to the horti- 
cultural exhibition, which haa lieen estab- 
lished inside lire iltrlnsure, and which, lre- 
aidea a rich display of fruits and flower*, 
contains a useful collection of agricultural 
tools and appliances. Then there ia tho 
international musical exhibition, in the Con- 
aervutoire, where tbe visitor will find a 
valuable collection of ancient and modern 
musical instruments, us writ a* celebrated 
mores and other iutcreatiug manuscripts. 
In addition to these are a meteorological 
and a nontechnical exhibition, and depart- 
ments doi oled to eh rm, gy diohmIIcs, fencing, 
ami other games and ajrerta. 

In connection with the Exhibition them 
have been two opera seasons arranged at 
La Reals, tlie principal theatre of Milan, 
one in the apring mid tbe other in the on- 
tnmu. Tb* Arena,* huge stone building, 
(■plaiting III size the old Roman cirenuru, 
and in which INI.UOU spectators can Ire orat- 
ed, boa been converted into a sort of theatre 
mid fair, with pantomime, ballet, and other 
popular auiunemciits. All are lighted np 
by the Brush electric light. Among other 
miscellaneous amusements provided for vis- 
itors during the anmnrer may Ire mentioned 
a panorama, a rlfcu*,*nd a caprice balloon. 

Tbe price of everything in the Exhibltlivn 
is exceedingly moderate. With Tory little 
money oue can liuy a Florentine moaaie 
which i* a perfect imitation of flow era, or n 
Korean one u bich rentable* an oil-painting, 
or a Venetian, of which tha mpiarea are 
rattker larger. With a few hundred franca 
oue can tiuy a splendid piece of furniture, 
of which tbe inlaid-work resemble* sculp- 
ture, and the drawing represent* the joy- 
ous and (lassie dances of tbe Loves and the 
Graeco. Foreigners sod Italians rival each 
other in tlreir purchases, and, above all. tbe 
English distinguish themaelvoa. For a 
Mnall sum oue may pnre hsao a vires nr a cap 
of exquisite manufacture. 


WAIFS AND STB AYS- 

TrmiKL No. IS on the main line of the Central 
Pacific Railroad, near Trochee, is between seven- 
tv-live and or>e hundred feet in length, and the 
roof uas strengthened hy * mass of timber* Tho 
engioevr of aa iioigianl train, appeosching lire 
ninnri roceiilly at the ireual <|Had, mu, when 
within a haiolnd of ilia Oficniiig, that the 
whole inlerior of tlie tunnel wav ithie, He and 
die ir«£U Ies|>ed from the cab, having first shut 
off steam. The locomotive plunged through Ike 
roaring furnace. o»d thru jumped the track, stop- 
ping the r**t of the train, four baggxgc cars 
•••re I iilud in tha flamos, or so near ‘hst dwy 
were iletlrnyed by fire. Had ibe train gone on 
foe a short distance, » csr lilUxl *lih ihtting anil 
slerfsTiC psasceigres might haw (iron Moppud in 
the midst of the flamio. 

That which his been written concerning the 
mlreriairt sbo shut President Garfield woo Id 
make a volume of conreheuble size were It put 
in lark form. A great many |icrsori* In iliffer- 
ent parte of the uwlitry hs«e cuwtribUMd to it. 
It covers the ptekd from his birth to the momoM 
when he sneaked up behind tbe President and 
•hot him. and all that he bat dona since. In this 


volume of fact* there U nothing to warrant the 
xusjikton that the fellow star had one redeeming 
trail ; and the qualillrs shirk have hsu most 
oinajikvaMM in him are those which are most de- 
spised by all men, a bather viewed from the 
stand- point of Christianity, or of morality simple, 
or of fimple bomsty, or of what men call manly 
honor, or of wbst criminal* cull honor *rw-e,g 
thieves. To this record Ibe fathrv of its subject 
ha* cvmi: jliuted In writing, sad his brother in In- 
terviews with newtpaprr reporter*. It Is dMlit- 
ful wbrtbur so aowb <*ss rvrr » mien about my 
ottrer pstwot wit limit affording room for a sus- 
picion iliat asms <re had at *nttio time dlaenvce. 
•>1 in him aosns alight indiostioo of a mlrcmirvg 

Iroqimi* hail tanfly made •■are of tbe Mae rib- 
bon on Derby dsy. before his owner, Jlr. Lori l- 
InrL rereived a (wide n>e~<»ge from England as 
follows, ’• Irnpcrtow." It hsd berei amviged that 
tha first three letters of the successful burros' 
naitu* > Lou Id tie ti-lrgrapbed ; md those which 
pit plans* who lioqunls. Peregrine, ami Town 
Mimic. Tlie rvorirse of Iho in*-sMge dontitliws 
thought that '■ Iropwrlos” was a n tur* cupluuiic 
wroi than "Pertowim" or "Tow|ioeiro" srould 

Rcmcmhcring what the city has suffered under 
the icijyw fever scourge, the Mcmphii Board of 
llrahb huued «n onlcr, to takr effect on July ll>, 
that no host from down tha river carrying irli- 
rlrw likely Ui rontxin germs of tbo disotM-, md 
no posh-iigcr <a surh boat, be mined in mow 
to the wlurf In llmt city; Slut reounairfuSiiig 
that mervhmiliw of the prohibited dais l» 
riM in saaled Urge* past that pad for nioe- 
*T •bj-- 

An sslrnnrencr whose point of ohserrstiem is 
in tlie far Southwest announces thit the comet 
*' haa tangled its tail around the north itar. and 
Susies pnjuilv in a circle." Naturally be will 
attribute tbe gradual approach of the comet to- 
ward ttsst star to tbe winding up of tha tail. 

Astronomer* are unable to agraas to whether 
there i* a »plil in the comet. The fact that no 
dead lock ha* m«urd would seem to be a strong 
point in support of the negitive. 

A quantltT of paper pulp made of sawdsit is 
to be rent from Canada to England, where tha 
question of Ha value will ha dtUrmimd Th* 
pulp will lie made itilo p*|xr in an English fac- 
tory, and evpcvniMwt" "ill he made aa in the 
use* to whirh it may be pit. Capitolircs in the 
lumber region# of the tVwnininn are awaiting the 
res'll l with considerable interest. 

TW bulletin* i uned by the Pre*.»iet»t'* physi- 
cian* icrreii to instruct the people in the nsture of 
gunshot wound* *nd the prorews of re*»rery from 
tiirtTL Tbe mimilost infurmation ss to what took 
place, shat was feared, and what wu* faTixable, 
was read liv alutowt everybody, and Iho public 
loamrot an instnrrtlvo chapter very thoroughly in 
•hurt I raw ins. Th# search for facts np»i which 
totaire hopes of th* President’* recovery tirought 
to light a various record of *<-ind» of a similar 
nstore, some of which were suffered hy me* of 
conritcrahie mumrorarw. the eiscumManae* of 
whore injury hsd Iwrn forgotten lit the public. 
In ihe run majority of c»*es, ho»*e*e, the he- 
roes of remarkable recoveries wire inrnnepic*. 
ous persons, and their rase*, being brought to 
notkv, nmv be of coniidcrsble value to the med- 
ical world. 

Tlie inference 1* that ihs beard ha* the prop- 
erty of counteracting the pril that lurks hi »* 
laches, since the French Minister of Marine has 
irvacd * deem- to the cff.i-i that naval nffk-cra 
and seamen may wewr beard* anil iiiuMarhe*. Imt 
may not wear mustache* without hewn Is. 

Th* chaplain of ibe church *t Ascension Mend, 
being sorely troubled by the drtrrininatian of so 
many of Ms congregation to occupy froul scots, 
put up a notice to the effect that this pnrilige 
wowld b* granted according to age. tin gnwlcst 
ilifffcuWy now is to get any of the I* .lies to Mt In 
the front part of the house, 

At the door of a ready made clothing store in 
one of the poorer qnsrlcra of Paris is the sign 
“ Don't go somewbere elr* to be robbed ; walk in 
here." 

On the dsy before the vhooting of PresVJml 
Gartii-U, a strange negro appro red among lb* 
coloreil folk* *-f RichmoDd, \ Irylula, and Met in 
waniiog Irowe. “ Dr coiort’s uit am up !" Tb* 
affrighted s egr oro took up tho evr, and kadliiig 
soiemr-lv into e* t> other’s faesu. gmaiu-J, “ IV 
eoinrl'n tail sm upT Ju»t hr tore sunset the sky 
wai ilkmined hy a strange light, which (hanged 
ami fladird like the aurora borealis, and Ihe <rt 
of the darkle* waa. "The iKmvrt has don* hint 
Leadifw among the cnlurref people predirtref that 
within a few buwra a blaring msntlc from tlie 
shattered tail of the etantf would Inwrap the 
earth, and that alt living things would tie roasted 
under its fiery folds; aud the Iiujk nitiuil wure 
wsrned to «rek teligvou at once. Tin* R«v Jutiii 
Jasper, who stood mil agaiu>l the world us hidii- 
ing thit the vnu do move." hsd Item taken ill . 
tben the Prciodvot was -hot ; and shortly after 
ward a popular man snvwig the colored people. 
Park Merely, came to a viuhot death. Evils wltb- 
ual tormlnatbsi sev-nwd to htve In-gun. sod the 
cimiot wts rv-ga.-di'il as the lirtugcr of all that 
had use and all that were to come. The rush 
to *v* religion and Imi fee) and fur the wore! wui 
for aeviwal itayi, so great tlm tlm tiusinrM of tlie 
Urge tobacco factorise was farirmslv cfalrurtrej 
bv the alwenre, rather nf body or of mind, of tlm 
colored workmtn. 



Jl'LY «S, 1881 


iioa 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 



UOW Tl> OKT A war Tills Sl'MMEK. 






TTTE HEART OP THE NATION. 

r.uomn Uoiunt. "Thr heart n( tlie nallua U In tMsnoai." 

To* ruu>UT. "The heart o( Uie uetlnii will mil l.i II* ulil xiUW 
41c.* -»« I'wi fferaU. Jat, It. 

Till brut n f the action It •(nine; from «ca 'into net 
It ibrulit *ilh » pu.loliate l»ie, intiurildr. free) ; 

It neeer wearies nnr ftini*, ni> enreiiy mikelh it fly; 

Tbn Inert uf the nation it tslrong, 

IH4 soldier, 

An>l H will trot let thee die. 

The hart of the nation U trne; iu laieii bit an »l*el ; 

Steady and loyal lit lute, quick to d» and to M ; 

It gar* the* a iitedi’ii f..r joy or grief ; it nil! not lie: 

Tbn limit uf llie r.ttinn It true. 
lltaTe soldier. 

And It will nut let the* die. 

The heart of t)>e nation M kind, tender, and (run, and strong ; 
It thioba to thy weary pain, U barite with thy IdtUr wrong; 

It will tom to wo leaser lore; an keep thy ixsarng* high' 

Thu heart at lli» natiun in kiwi, 
t««l nohlfi-r, 

Anil H will not h« the* dir. 

It will bear the* up In iu ttreagth, and lighua all thy core* ; 
It will comfort thee w ith ita lore, anil •Inre thy h'ualiU prayer* , 
So look with a hopeful ambience to linn who ruliw on hath, 
Tor the heart of the rutlmi a* tldne, 

Uhl MlUlc*. 

And it pray* that Uivu tony not die. 


THE PRESIDENT'S ROOM. 

Tiik room in the White llonae In whieh President Gar- 
FlKUi linn lain nine* lie wa* ehot down ia nn olijeet of In- 
tercut to nil Americana. and we take plenaure in prrwrnting 
to the reader- of H AMKIiM W KfcKLY n double-page piel are of 
it, engraved from a careful aketoli made mi the ajHri hy our 
cperial nrtiat, Mr. WlliJtU A. Kocikrk. Without intruding 
uptiit the privacy nf the alek-poom, Mr. UiMir.itw waa permit- 
ted to ait jual within the door, where tbo nttcmUnt U 
shown in our pirture, front which poaition. iiuperreired by 
the patient, and without dintarliing him, In- sketched the 
iletniU of the room nnd the )*rnm» almnt the Pirdibiilh 
bedside. 

At the moment when the aketeb waa taken, Mr*, liait- 
rtrt.ii nnd Dr. Hu— wen’ atonding nt the head of the l<*d, 
l>r. S ckax A. Ki~in and ttcncral fcwalM were tilting on 
opposite aidi'n, near the foot, nnd there wrre one or two 
other |K-r*oua In tin' mem, ready t«> Ih< of service ul a mo- 
tnent'i notice, ahonlil It lie. required. The uppnratiia fur 
cooling the loom artificially, without whieh tin* palietil 
must hnve anflrred gTrntl.v from the bent Iu addition to the 
other dangers to which he waa subjected, was working ml- 
uiituhl), and the temperature waa even ami romfurlalitc. 

Our modem eon rrly implieilly no tb< absolute amimry 
of tile draw mg. and the jm In tv w III lm nn lulcrr»ling «m*r- 
nir of the lime when " tbo heart nf the naUnti" waa iu the 
twin where the President waa lying. 


JOIIN A. APPLETON. 

Tit* portrait, given on tho next page, of the late John 
A. A macro*, who died at hla residence on Staten Inland on 
the 13th Inst., In the eixty fifth year of his age. i» that of it 
gentleman who oeeapird a draervedly high pnwition among 
the leading publisher* of the time. Tben* l* scarcely a 
lumili't In the Pulled Stati n where the name of the Arm 
of I). Arri.nov At t'n. lias not found ita honorable way, 
and Ita healthfnl iutlneuee nnifurmly exerted. In con- 
junction with bia brother*. William II. and DaXirl 8. Ar- 
1'tJrruN, be became a irwmlwr of Ibe firm Iwenty-tbroo 
venm agn. and freon thnt t" the period of hla decease 
look an net I vo part lo the mnliifarmna and constantly Is- 
c lousing Undue. of tbo rataldlsbmeiiL Taking no protni- 
i iicnt p»rt in wlmt are popularly called public or political 
alTuim, lie wna a prompt pnrliripaat In the religion* and 
benevolent mutter* of his immediate ii-igliloirhond, anil a 
i I cm n loan* donor to ita charities- At Ilia line eountry-aoat 
Hi. Staten Intaml, where hr Tented throughout the year, be 
delighted in receiving hla friends, and ia dispensing a re- 
llneel sail lilicral boapilality. lie waaa man of floe culture, 
ii ml poMi'Mrd an extruded knowledge of lileratarr. Ills 
| nay of life a* mode*! and MiiaMaming us hla eliarac- 
ter was manly, straightforward, and irreproachable. Mr- 
AfTIJtniM was highly i'KtoeiiM-1 by nil who knew him. both 
In sorml intercourse atnl In the trsaaoctiau of bnslneau, 
| ami hiadrath waa deeply regretted. 





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509 



•IIB0B0H4RXER.1L J. K. BANNK& 
raimuMram in C JL Blu. 


THE IIOX. WARNER MILLER. 

Tiik llvii. Waii.xkk MlUJtli, who was on 
Saturday lust rlnwcn lo sucet-rd ct-Senntur 
Thomas Piatt, win limn in I fen ego 
County, New York, Annual I.*, Irtln, anil 
graduated at I'ii mu College In IfOM. On 
leaving college In- begun teaching in the 
Furl Edward Collegiate Institute, lint w lien 
the war broke out liu enlisted aa a private 
In the Fifth New York Cavalry. Hr Kiml 
in tbo Kheusmiosh Valley with distinction, 
nnd waa promoted to lie Hrrgouiit-Msjor ami 
Lieutenant. At tbo halt In of Wlnd>o»l«T 
bn was taken prisoner, ami remained In cap- 
tivity till the cloor of the war. Mr. Milllji 
tlnm nmitu a trip lo Eun>|H>, hut iwii re- 
tained, ami eatabliahail him* If in the |»aper- 
maniileclunng business In llerkimerCounly, 
anil a fen- yean ago bo erected a mill at Ly- 
otvsdule, Lewis Comity, fur the manufacture 
of pnlp and paper. 

Mr. Millkm inaile his first appearance in 
ptlhlle lire in IA73, w|*en hr was elected to 
thn Assembly as n Republican from Ilrrki- 
mer C'oaaty. He waa iv-ulrdml in l*?-l. 
Oaring his two yearn in the Aowmhlj he 
was an indticnlisl member. In 1-7“ ha nan 
elected to the Forty-sixth Congress from 
tbr Twenty-sccnnil District, and in lew! lie 
was elected In the Forty-aeveiilti Coiigrrn*. 
In aililltiuu to bis largo manufacturing lu- 



ihl n. w. itLiK* 

Puiitiwasrsto si CM. Bsu. 



1ML D. IL AUNBW. 
fsmaunini n F. Qi-rtacavr. 



DB. J. JL WOODWABa 
PaemuasnuD in C. M. ibis. 



L>IC FUANK HAMILTON. 
PwMiunin »t Mou. 



I'll. ItOltEItT RRYBFMM. 
Funwnnup «t liu 


terests. Mr. Mil i.r.u owns a fine farm In llvr 
kimrr Comity, which lie manner* Hiiuwl ( 
ami all *HnrU f--r the promotion <>f the in 
tcrvMkof agnciilturo and acricultur-.il lulmr 
rr* And ill linn a warm ami gcncrona sup 

IN CHARGE OF HIE PRESIDENT 
t It'll reader* « III lie inti-rvstnii in tbn pur 
traits of the medical gentlemen wbu hnvi 
had charge of tbo President's ease from I hi 
honr when lie was shot t« the present time 
Dm. Rum. Wooowaku, IIaiijcks, and Kr.r 
M’M have Uen In eonatmil attendance a: 
the White I louse, with Dr*. AnxKW am 
IlaMILtiiN as cnnsnltiug physician*. Thnl 
they have managed the ease with great skit' 
i* admitted by the higlic*t medical and Mir 
gical authorities in tlie country; and llirii 
v* ate li ful Oddity and iiuremlltkug ran ha\> 
earned them the grntitude of the whole ini 
lion. Merit inn should alsu he miuln of tin 
Brrrieea of Pr. fH'SAS IlMOV, wlnmi. port run 
appears in onr double y oga pieiuie. Kin 
has been from the Ami a most sympnthcli- 
and t-Sideiit nurse, supplementing the Died 
leal and snrgiciil tivatuieul in a manner ol 
which only a woman Is rapalile. Tim eouii 
try has every reason to be aatutiril with the 
way in which the President has been treat- 
ed by his medical attendants and advisers. 



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HARPERS WEEKLY. 


JTTtiY 2 *. I 88 L 


TIIJE ARCHERY TOURNAMENT. 

The tlilrJ annual meeting of f Itn Nui iufiul 
Archery Areuflatiunat tli*» llrnokJvu Pararlv 
lirounJ, Tuesday, Wrclnredoy, slid Thiinr 
ttnv of lout mk, tlmlnr the of 

Mi*Jor A.G. CoxaTAiujc, »** im ]>h'«aln* anal 
■uccemfut » uiewt as tfau axvU devoted archer 

cowltl (Uwira. It is true that tlio »on bn. 

looked down upon the noeti* a trifle more 
fervently than mwaied airevlutely neeeawry, 
and the itorn of Wednesday " u ntlln-r 
mure furious tluuj wax ctinaaatent with ooiu- 
furt; hot. on tlM> whole, the weather be- 
haved v«y much aa tf it wu» thoroughly iu 
h .rto'iiiy with the (port. 

The (IMIlMb, dotted here and there with 
tike party-colored target*, III* gnyly adorned 
lent*. and the incliMitr* frinoed w ith Hag* 
formed a beautiful wiling for the atvboix. 
in coat iimr* umrw or lea* ]i»rtutvw|ne, Mid 
the apurtatofa, wbn treated the mutter much 
m if it were mum gignotiii !*»■ P“riFr 
where each brought hi* own refruJiiuenta, 
or purchoaed thou of the obliging caterer 
on the grounds. 

Twenty llvo eleta from itliEmmt portion* 
of the roinilry, one coming from thin Fr*n- 
ciscw, participated in the spurt nf competing 
fur the IBM prizes offered. Tire uu-tubera of 
each broiled iu Ihu situ aa they marched 
Wk and forth t«* the aouivd of the bugle 
aud dram. i|nite an merry aa arc snpjHwd In 
hare been the archer* of old, who <l<'jK'lw1*il 
inure often upon the accuracy of their aim 
for » dinner than upon their ehaiic*# of find- 
ing a restaurant wewrli't* In the green- 
wood. If the shade of Knbin Hood fluila 
it poasible to roam anywhere in tlie vicinity 
of Trooped Park, lie might have felt ex- 
tremely well plcaaod at the number ofdevo- 
trna who bent the yew, or any other kind 
of a bow, although in a few r;u»'» the skill 
displayed may not have benti oil he eould 
have united f'.«r. 

On Tnnsdiiy and Wcdncolny the real 
event or live meeting occurred, which »iw 
tile contest for tbe National mrilala, the I*- 
dlm la the National mood shooting fiwry- 
eight arrow* at eixty yards aixt twcuty-fonr 
at fifty yards, the gentleman in the Tuck 
round sbuvtiog seventy-two arrow* at one 
hundred yards, fncty-eigbt nt eighty, and 
twenty-four at aixty. On Thursday was 
given the grand team afaoot, the Amerlc-an 
round, tbo lad tea' and gentlemen's handi- 
cap. and the press match. 

Mrs. GlSBta, of tha Newark CTnb, earned 
away oor of the National medals, and Mr. 
Thank WAiwoinn, of Saratoga, won the 
other with a score of 783, showing some su- 
perb shooting daring tbe entire nseetlng. 
About one hundred archer* contested each 
day. The tournament »« brought to a 
close by the tllatrl halloa of the prises, Tbitro- 
dsy night, ami it waa tbe m>aDtaioiis opin- 
ion of the archers that in every particular 
tbclr third aannal meet had been both pleas- 
ing and auecesafuL 


MEMORY IN ANTS. 

Tint general fact that whenever an ant 
find* her way to a store of food or larva* ohe 
w ill return to it again and again, in a mote or 
teas direct line from her nest, constipate* am- 
ple proof that the out reu»*mb*r» her way to 
the store of food. It l* nf interest to note 
that the nature of tbU Inanct-manMiry ap- 
pears to bo identical with that of memory 
iu jpwioraL, Tim*, a new fact become* im- 
pressed upon ant-memory by repetition, aud 
the Impression la liable to become effaced 
by lapse of time. 

Sir John Lubbock found It mwaaery to 
tench the inrevts, by » repetition of several 
lemons, lliolr w ay to treasure. If that way 
won* long or uuuaual. With regard to the 
dural 1**0 of memory tu ante, it docs not ap* 
pear that any direct experiment* have been 
made, bat the following observation by 
Mr. Belt on ite apparent duration in the 
leaf-cutting ant may be here stated. Sonic, 
yearn ago lie found hl» garden invaded by 
iberw ante, and on following ap their paths 
he found their nest aboat a hundred yards 
distant. He poured down their harrow* a 
pint of dilated oarhollo acid. The maraud- 
ing parties were at once drawn off from the 
garden to meet the danger at home, white 
in the burrown iheiueolvos the grenlest ooo- 
fnaion prevailed. Next day he found the 
auU busily engaged in bringing ap the ant 
food front the old burrows, and currying it 
to ttowly funned ones a few yards distant. 

These, however, turned ml to be intrud- 
ed only a* temporary repositories, for in * 
few day* both old and new burrows were 
entirely deserted, no that he vnpposod all 
tbe auU to biivo died. ftnhueqiwBtly. how- 
ever, h*» found that they had migrated to a 
lirw ►lie, about two hundred yards from the 
old aun, and there utabLialied tbvnmelvea in 
a new nest. Twelve month* later the ante 
again invaded hi* garden, aud again Iim 
treated them to a lining done of earbntle 
acid. The ants, a* on tbe previous occa- 
sion, were at once withdrawn from hia gar- 


den, and two day* afterword he found " all 
the survivor* at work on one track that led 
directly to the old neet of the year before, 
where they were bu»ilv employ ml iu mak- 
ing new excat at inn*. ...It was s trbakwale 
and entire migrulliMi.” Mr. licit odd*: "1 
do not «h «i lit that Mine of the leading nitnila 
In this fnRnicarium recollected tire nest of 
the year before, aud directed tlio mlgratiaa 
to it." 

Of coarse it is possible that the leaden of 
the migration may hnvs simply stambled 
on the old burrows liy accident, and. findiug 
them already prepared as a ne*t. forthwith 
proceeded to transfer the food and larva* ; 
but as tbe old and tbe new burrow* ware 
separated from one another by so consider- 
able a diatauce, (hi* supposition docs net 
reem prohablt', mid the only other one open 
i» that the ants rrniemtiered their former 
bimm for a (hi Uni of twelve munlha. Tilts 
siippiieitlon i* reuilemi the mure probable 
from a socnevrbst analogous case recorded 
by Kart Vogt in lu* Leri urn va Ver/ul wad 
Uormlt at .Jsimflh, Tor several auoccrelv* 
year* ant* from a Certain iwwt urod to go 
through certain lnhabiloil streets to a cbeui' 
let's ehup BOM yanks distant, 111 order to oh- 
tafu acorn* to a vessel filled with syrup. A* 
it can not ho supposed that this voesel was 
found in ■ttccevuive working seas»UN by as 
many buoccwmvo accidents it nail only bo 
concluded that the Mil* renn-mlwred the 
syrup store from season to Mwsun. 

HORS FORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE 

debility, .nfreliWd illrrtlks, tie. Pane 
Kamlori Uwaiu wJ Work*, F/ovklracc, 


if!" 


-{Ail* 


Do not u*c chalk or msgnesin, or any preps re. 
(Ion cuuuinlng thorc articles, u Ibt 7 will rain 
tour ikln, L w Hiker'* Amtricsn Four Powder, 
■Nintsiuing no lulurlout iugrvdtcM. Warranted 
to stand evert tret, 21 c. per box. Those who 
I infer a iKjuid pre|i*r»lmn will Hod Hiker * Cream 
nf KtMre ihe moat Mtufiwtoty artkelo they cofi 


WOOD BABIES. 

Tis a Mly 4ej treat Ewe lo «>L 
Fur cklliliua thrive, asd asMlwie tt*C, 

Thr .iarcag sirta all mined Vltiocla 

It I* a (art. three la ou "iruy lw,* 

A njtshrrv milk cant mm lha baSy, 

Wfafk a»re 1 Csalorla dlc*eu txwr lewd, 

O I Vim tbcoi beat tb and muaa Uwm tooS |Jdr.) 


vcmed ul ra rid by k raping lbs iSnuch. Ilvor, aid 
kiilsiy* In ycvfxc wortuag otSer. Tlirer la no m*dl- 
flu. fcsuwn tbai will do Ibis w aultUy aid autty 
oa PaiturW Qtaacc Tcaalt— CAda.J 


XTbai uted la UM IMCb ar at the lullrt. pi.nr.--a, (Often*, 
and wUHaow tba (hka ; ralraatlaa, larlrur&ua, mal Ira- 

at lb* aawin lima aiBualng a cbsruHtt and luttag fra- 
(Tarot of rant • scale flowciw It la grtsUy inptrjui 
(a Eon dt Coijgix, 

a Kur.Nn Yack, Sate Preerirtoe*. 

Hc.il by ail LXaanlau au* PwUnara * 

Daput la laredua. Xo. t Brow BUL -iAOe.1 


Tat bewily **d eetoc of lha lair nay be ultly 
Milatd by ealty Parker a Hair Babwtl. wlilrb la 
nrncli afiralnd turn* pertasa and etaudlmna— iAdal 


a Taho ISwkr fa 


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ra I* I* ik paartry a Bdvlily la nalmw lhat da- 
rt* bM«*l prairo U» Am* rot Aarcrib* b> 
enmeiit proa, but He put** them betore 
lb«y Mil ibeli own atory. * * * Mr. Carletou la 
way, a> Iral) a tnalur of cba/acior aa Bubarl 

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b», lad by a tareCiI ippHcadaa of the lu propanke 
Df mil-aelrtled rc-iro. Mr. BMW hia unit'd rd «aj| 
braaktaal - LablM Willi a J.-jra-rly daauml bereau* 
wkleh mar ear* 0* many heavy oxfeei’ hill*. Ii U 
by th* lartlcdna caw nt aurii wllrara nf dlel ttal a 

Bma 




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many a iawi avail vj 
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Til* NTtiRY OF HELEN TBoY. A Novel By tbe 
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TIU CANO* AND TH* PXTINO PKOA ; «, CXraf 
t rowirie and Urtr lulllse. By W. L Acuta. With 
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UrTTX BATING, A assuror Bxwk. By flwui 
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JULY S3, JB81. 


511 


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LIST OF ffiff BOOKS 


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W 1IK5T ATTACKED by 
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many traveler* re- 
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for what Is called Old Cognac, 
which sometimes help* the suf- 
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llow much safer I* it to pro- 
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on a Journey, with a bottle ot 
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THE METHOD OF REFORM. 

1)ARTY recrimination is very impertinent in the 
1 matt it of reform of the civil service. Both par- 
tie*. as such, are guilty of the abuses which the reform 
would correct, and tlie reform associations which are 
now forming in all parts of the country are conqiosod 
of adherents of both parties, There is no doubt that 
it was a Democrat. Mr. Marcy, who first formulated 
the doctrine. To the victors belong the spoils, arid there 
is equally no doubt that it was a Democrat, Mr. I'KN- 
DLKTOX. who. fifty years later, introduced a carefully 
ilniwn hill tn remedy the direful consequences of Mr. 
MaRoy's doctrine, and who hus just now said, in re- 
sponse to u serenade in Cincinnati : 

“We mitat lij law sbnlinli the wludn system of oflice- 
jfivliiU so, I nillve-Mekiiiit. Tlie rcsrnnl of men tijr olfim fur 
prreuual nerriee is corruption, frnuiL aiul brutality. Olltec* 
are set tip us rmolimieols f«r party errrice. The resell is 
that tkeliigtM-al prises are Riven to ||ium< who do the dirti- 
est work. It makes President* onier-peddlcrs. GaRHM.D 
Rave thu system a stliiRiuj; reproof li hIiii-i, Iiii was wminiUd, 
»ln'ii ho iiilonncil the oAUc-scekm that he was sick, ausl 
ruuld not nr® them. Many Reunion support the Adaiiuis- 
tration for the purpose of getting offices fur their friends. 
It has detianrhfsl the civil oenriou of fifty million* of peo- 
ple. It lin* mads Urmtsp's crime possible. We must 
eradicate It. W» must supplant it by a better system. 
OIRres should tm given to men according t» tlielr merit. 
(Hllces ftllod by the people must remaltt with tlie people. 
The spoils system must he eliminated." 

Tlii* is ati apt Democratic reply to the Democratic 
declaration. To the victors belong the spoils, and it is 
very proper that Mr. Pendleton should have horn 
elected president of the Cincinnati Civil Service Kc 
form Association. 

If General Jackson, a Democratic President, put 
the spoils system in Operatiou in the national admin- 
istration, every Whig and Republican President lias 
followed his example, without any effective dimenl 
except that of President ILvyeh. who, if lie conform- 
ed in many ways, yet also demonstrated within cer- 
tain limits, in the New York Custom-house, tlie entire 
practicability of reform. The dishonors are easy be- 
tween the parties, and no time is more ludicrously 
lost than that which is devoted to appropriating to 
either the credit of tlie reform movement. The prom- 
ising fact is that in obedience to an evident public 
sentiment both parties in their platforms pay their 
respect* to reform, and ns it is hardly to be doubted 
that some efforts at legislation by Congress will be 
made at the nest session, it U well to consider what 
the principle of such legislation should be. The gen- 
eral view both of the evil and of the remedy which is 
held by those who have been interested in forming 
the various associations in tlie country can best be 
inferred from the constitutions which have been 
adopted. Thee© have been based in almost every in- 
stance upon tlie constitution of the parent oraociation 
in New York. By that association tlie radical evil 
is believed to be patronage, or appointment by person 
al favoritism, and as a reward for what is called party 
work. From this iu greut part come the assessments, 
the machine, tlie loss of self-respect, the inefficiency, 
tlie extravagance, and the demoralization of public 
life and of politics which are everywhere observable. 
The objective point of reform, therefore, is the de- 
struction of patronage, or personal favoritism, iri up 
poiutment A» long as this remains, tlie chief evils 
can not be removed. If home* and committee* and 
politicians are to put men in and out of the public 
service for their own purposes, there will he no reform. 

A fixed term is sometimes proposed as a remedy, 
but this would not secure the result. The law of 
1820 provides a term of four y ears for a great number 
of offices, but patronage totally disregards it. It is 
since the passage of that law, which was paused for 
the very purpose of turning the offices into spoils, 
that the abuses of patronage have developed into the 
present danger and d isgrucc. The First Congress de- 
rided that the President might remove at pleasure. 
The law of IN20 vacated the offices every four years, 
enabled the Executive to tilt them with it* henchmen, 
accustomed tlie country to wanton chaugta, and 


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made tlie public service party plunder. The Consti- 
tution fixed no term to the inferior office*; and al- 
though the First Congress, at the instance of Madi- 
son, recognised the 1 ‘resident's power of removal, 
Madison declared that if hr should exercise the pow- 
er for unworthy muons, lie would be impeached. 
Tlie constitutional intention is clear. No term was 
fixrd, and removal was to be made for legitimate 
cause only, surh os dishonesty, negligence, or ineffi- 
ciency. This is the true principle. It is tluit of the 
New York Association ; and the chief practical aim, 
therefore, must be to dratroy the pressure of influence 
for illegitimate removal. 

It is urged, however, that if to a fixed term of four 
or five years we add removal only for cause, the evil 
will be corrected. But if appointment is still to be 
made by influence or favoritism, a* the terms of office* 
will be perpetually expiring, there will bo always 
the pressure of influence both to fill places when they 
are vacant and to make them vacant for ‘•cause," so 
that there may be rewards for favorite*. While tills 
will tie the position of the "outs," the "ina,” know- 
ing that their term* will presently expire, will be 
constantly busy with intrigues and endeavors to ob- 
tain influence to keep their places. But how is this 
different from the present situation I Again, what 
is meant by removal for cause t According to recent 
proceeding* and legal decisions in New York, “cause 
for removal" seeiua to mean some kind of felony 
provable in a court of law. If the head of a bureau, 
having tlie right of removal for cause, should dismiss 
a clerk for negligence ami laziness, the clerk would 
resort to mandamuses and injunction* and all the 
obstructive machinery of the law to compel his su- 
perior officer to e stabl ish ‘ 1 cause. " The absolute and 
ruinous insubordination tluit would ensue is evident. 
Removal for cause naturally implies removal at the 
discretion of tlie appointing ofiirer. If it does not 
nu-an this, but signifies a suit at law. it is absurd to 
suggest it a* a benefit to the public service. If it 
does mean Ibis, the discretion of the appointing offi- 
cer must be relieved of all illicit influence It will 
not do to expose him to the solicitation of a l*u» who 
wishes a removal made for ’ ' cause" in order to pro- 
vide a berth for one of his own parasites. From ev- 
ery point of view it is dear that tlie substance of re- 
form lira in the destruction of personal favoritism iu 
appointment. If that is not prevented, the evil re- 
mains. Hence tlie constitution of the New York 
Association, and of all the others, lays down the rule 
of minor appointment only upon proved fitness a* 
cvrtaiued by competition, because competition alone 
absolutely destroy* the pressure of personal favorit- 
ism ; while a fixed term und removal fnr cause, if ap- 
pointment he made nt pleasure, merely exasperate 
that pressure to greater fury. 


A DELIVERANCE. 

Tub catastrophe of the CoXKUXO autocracy in 
New York is the most striking ©vent of th© kind since 
tlie downfall of the old Democratic Albany Regency. 
The difference between the two, however, is signal. 
The Regency was a council of the ablest men of 
the Democratic party, such a* Van Bcid, Marcy, 
Flaoo, Dix, Beardsley, and OaewzLL, while the 
CoHKUXa ring has been singularly destitute of intel- 
lectual ability, and lias maintained its ascendency by 
the unscrupulous use of the patronage of office, and 
the despotism which patronage makes jioasiblo. Tlio 
names uf the leaders of this ring, many of whom 
have lx-eu conspicuous and active at AUmny in th© 
recent endeavor tn save Mr. CoNKLfNii from the de- 
feat and disgrace which he had invited, would be an 
unuuing and incredible list of the chiefs of a greut 
party in a greut Stale. Tlie ring was adequately 
characterized by the fact tluit when its power was ab- 
solute it selected for tlie highest political honor of 
the State Mr. Thomas C. Platt, whom Mr. Conk- 
lino tried to thrust into the cabinet of President 
Hayes, und failing in tlie effort, set up at a Republic- 
an Convention in New York to insult a Republican 
administration. Tlie COXKUXO ring feared ability, 
and sneered at honorable politics. To ambitious 
young men it offered the alternative of abject servil- 
ity or defeat. Its sole appeal was mercenary. Its 
instrument was the wages of the public service, which 
it gave or took away with exclusive reference to its 
own scheme* and benefit. Us characteristic jubilee 
was the I)oi«RY dinner, at which it virtually exulted 
in buying tlie vote of Indiana. It hu* degraded tlie 
Republican name, and humiliated Republicans; and 
if it be asked why the Republican protest against it 
has not broken up the party in New York, the reply 
is that tlie great body of Republieuns endured it us a 
smaller evil thuu the inevitable alternative, the rule 
of a Democratic ring. Nor was this surprising. For, 
with every exception made of the honorable men who 
adhere to the Democratic party in New York, its his- 
tory and tradition*, and tlie character of tlie popula- 
tion of the great cities which constitute it* strength, 
justly create an insuperable apprehension of its as 
cendency. 

On tlie other hand, while the late Republican ring 
has been confessedly a debasing and degrading pow- 
er iu the politics of the State, we have known some 


hesitation in joining the effort to overthrow it. be- 
cause of the fear that a new ring would urine upon 
its ruins, und no real gain be secured. But tlie over- 
throw of an exiting abuse is at ways a gain, because 
the ruin » accomplished, and there is Hut opportu- 
nity of preventing a restoration. It is no reason for 
sparing one tyrant that there may lie another. Tlie 
courage that overthrows him is ut least partly dae to 
hatred of tyranny. Twkkd was brought down by 
an alliance which was not spotless, and he wo* suc- 
ceeded by Mr John Kklly. But no sensible man 
would deny that it was a great gain, not for the cily 
of New York alone, hut for popular government it 
self, that Tweed wa* destroyed. Those who suppose 
that the CoNKlJXO ring must he succeeded by one 
equally demoralizing and odious must remember th© 
difference of circumstances. That ring was funned 
when tlie war had enormously increased the jiatron- 
age. when there wus practically no question that the 
leaders of the dominant party might use the public 
money to pay their henchmen iu they chose, and 
when the opposition party was identified with defeat- 
ed rebellion. But these conditions are all changed. 
Tlie New York "machine" lias justly aroused indig- 
nation with the machine everywhere. Instead of 
general acquiescence in the spoils system, there is u 
general and imperative public demand for its re- 
form, and the issues of the rebellion are rapidly dis- 
appearing 

Tin- attempt, therefore, to erect a machine like that 
which ho* lately dominated Republican politics in 
this Htatc would necewnrily fail. The power which 
hu* overthrown the disqxitisin is an alliance whose 
strength lies in the anti-machine sentiment. Even 
assuming a desire to establish a new ring tyranny, 
that sentiment would at once denounce and oppose 
the attempt, and it is quite strong enough to defeut it. 
Organization, indeed, there must le, but not a ma- 
chine— not tliat hatred of indc])cndence which lias 
characterized the late regime, and which has done so 
much to weaken nnd defeat the Republican party. 
It* character nnd logical consequence* have liern seen 
in the Senatorial contest- The slaves of the machine 
have had no purpose, no politics, no principle, hut to 
prevent the election of a Republican successor to a 
man whom their own constituencies luul rejected. 
When General Sharpe decided that by all party 
usages, and for the best interests of the party itself, 
it was bis duty to vote for another candidate than Mr. 
Conkmnu, the puny Coxklincj squad denounced him 
a* a “ traitor,” and taunted him with " betraying" the 
man " who had mail© him all that he was ” There 
could not be a more striking illustration of machine 
morals. The squad wa* supporting no principle, no 
policy, und no party. They did not care that their 
conduct might breuk up the purty, tlmt it was the 
mere spite of an impotent minority, tluit it might give 
the Senate of the United States to Democratic control, 
that it was manifratly, confessedly, flagrantly trea- 
cherous to the party ; they were slaves of a machine, 
like the Blares of the lamp in th© old story, und they 
had no reason or will uf their own. The destruction 
of this tyranny and the release from this slavery are 
a great deliverance. It will not, indeed, bring the 
millennium, but wc nsk again whether th© defeat of 
Twked was not worth while. All evils wore not 
remedied in England by the expulsion of Jams* II., 
but what reasonable Englishman regret* the "glori- 
ous Revolution” I It did not right every wrong, but 
it made a Jakes II. forever impossible iu England. 
There may be anulher Republican machine attempted 
in New York, but the public mind is aroused to a pur- 
pose which will make Huch machine© as tliat which 
now lies in ruins impossible. 


THE PRESIDENT AND THE SOUTH. 

The attack upon the President has had two great 
and important result*. Tlie shock has shown to ev- 
ery sensible man the imperative necessity of eradi- 
cating the spoils system, and it has revealed a strong 
and kindly national feeling in the Southern State*. 
If every blow hoe it* blessing as well as its banc, it 
is evident what the hlcssing of this crime is to lie. 
Tlie Charleston JVetcv and Courier, one of the chief 
Southern l>cmocn*tir journals, said, recently : "Should 
th© President die, bis blood will be the need of mu- 
tual confidence und nationul concord. And if he lire, 
it will ho as President of a republic builded on the 
bn mil rut of foundations.” General Garfield is es- 
pecially a man to justify lists lost remark. Both us a 
man and a atutesmau he has shown thorough com- 
prehension of the actual political situation. With- 
out the least evasion or surrender of the great princi- 
ples which are the foundation of the renewed Union, 
his spirit ib most generous and wise. His reply to 
Mr. Lamar's speech in the House, five or six years 
ago. showed General GaRFIKLD'h great readme**, 
great ability, and great generosity, lie encountered 
Mr. Lamar directly and decisively, but in a way 
which would not have prevented him from taking 
his opponent’s hand with manly sympathy . Hi* 
tone in every sectional and partisan discussion — and 
he lias been a leader in them all— lias been firm and, 
a* we think, perfectly just, but calm and wholly with- 
out bittcrnco. He hus never boasted that lie was 



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515 


more “ stalwart" Utun other Republican*, and the 
hearty words of rejpiid and confidence from leadint; 
Democrat* when lie win nominated showed that his 
singularly manly nature )md made even his political 
opponent* his friends. 

There is no doubt that the attempted usuuauiuithm 
will deepen this mutual regard. A man of Gar- 
nELD's temperament and intelligence must be pro- 
foundly impressed with the peculiar warmth of the 
feeling expressed for him by his political opponents 
in every part of the country, and it will necessarily 
atTect his conduct. The Newt and Courier may be 
very sure that he will not be the President of a party 
or of a section merely, and tliat hi* disposition toward 
"live South" will lie in every way friendly and un- 
suspicious. lie will, we arc sure, neither distrust the 
words that have been spoken, nor countenance "the 
gospel of hate." We hope that the AVirs and Courier, 
and those for whom it speaks, will see that they luive 
duties also, und wilt take care that the feeliug which 
the President is very sure to entertain may he mutual. 
There is but one serious ground of distrust in the 
Southern situation, hut that is very serious. Until it 
is removed —mid it is removable only by those for 
whom the AVtrs and Courier speaks— polities, despite 
all deprecation, will be liuyely sectional. Thin is 
because the wrong is identified with a section, and 
the triumph of tlte party which controls the section 
would be the triumph of the wrong. We mean, of 
course, the dishonest vote— the vote which does not 
represent the true sentiment of many districts, be- 
cause of the iutiniidation of voters or the fraudulent 
treatment of the ballots. Tlii* i* not denied. Kven 
the Netn and Courirr has admitted it, anil defended 
it as a former necessity, but us no longer indispen- 
sable. 

When it is plainly evident that there is an effective 
Democratic opinion against this crime which imper- 
ils the government, polities will become motv hojH-ful. 
But until then purty tradition* will lx; conclusive. 
It is this abuse of thr sulfruge in many Southern dis- 
tricts which holds together elements so discordant in 
the ltejmbticnn ranks. When that abuse disappears, 
the bond that holds those element* fast will snap. 
How strongly tlie President feels upon the subject he 
showed in his inaugural address. Let the News untf 
Courier insist that the only reasonable and American 
pskiitiun upon this subject shall be token by its Dem- 
ocratic friends, and they may count securely not only 
upon a friendly President, but upon a conquering 
principle. 

A MODEL PLATFORM. 

The Ohio Democratic platform is absolutely mean- 
inglnut. and therefore as a platform it is perfect. It 
declares in tlie first place gv-nerally for justice, equal- 
ity. houesty. purity, economy, and the advancement 
of tlte common-school system . Livers of justice und 
purity MhI the common schools will ut once, therefore, 
rally to the Democratic banner. It then proceeds to 
details. First it safely declare* that ‘‘the abuse*'* of 1 
the State-prison contract system " is vicious and tin- | 
wise, and should be corrected.'* Now, whatever acit- i 
ism of Ohio of any purty may think of the contract 
system, he will not deny that its abuses should be 
corrected. The Democratic platform then denounces 
Itepublican legislation an Incompetent, hypocritical, 
iiiiiieceasury, und burdensome. It further allegrs 
that “ the humanities are nou partisan," and tliat the 
management of criminal and charitable institutions 
should be non -parti salt also. It also declares public 
olllces to be publ ic trusts to he ad minis U- red for the 
public good. Ruth proposition* are undeniable. Fur- 
ther, it advocates the largest individual liberty which 
is compatible with public order, and opposes* mere 
sumptuary legislation. Every orusible man must 
agree- It then osserta tliat the fitur Route frauds 
prove the Republican party to be unworthy of cuiitl- 
drnec. But this is a palpuble non aeqtutur. It ia 
the Itepublican party which is exposing the frauds, 
and which is prejiaring to punish them. Finally, 
this excellent document favors a revenue tariff, or 
free trade, to encourage protection. 

Viewed as a platform, we repeat, this is incompara- 
ble. It is a solemn blending of truisms with non- 
sense. Viewed as a manifesto of principles and pro- 
posed policies by a great party, it i* exceedingly 
instructive, because it shows that the party has none. 
It does not even say whether it approve* the Sta Im- 
prison contract system. Upon another State issue, 
that of temperance, it is silent. Indeed, the whole 
document recalls those sermon* of hi* beloved pastor 
which Rcrt's Choate used to like, as he said, because 
they did not offensively bring the week-day into the 
holy calm of the Subbath. The Ohio Democratic 
platform disturb* no peaceful eitueti with the expres- 
sion of political opinion. It serenely commends to 
liL admiration and support the canliuul virtues and 
the ride of three. But there is one omission. This 
indisputable document does not point out the actual 
or historical relation between its declarations and the 
party in whose name they are uttered. 

Why should that party, for instance, whose historic 
distinction is that of the party of slavery, and which 
has survivod by means of fraud and violence at South- 


ern polls, especially call public attention to equality 
and justice, and “a fn-e and pure ballot as the corner- 
stone of fn-e institutions'* f Nothing can be truer. 
Hut why should the Democratic party in Obin remind 
tlte Democratic party in South Carolina ami in Mis- 
sissippi uf the righteousness of equality and justice, 
und of a free and pure ballot I The remark has un 
air of mikindnera. Fur who have established equal- 
ity. and maintained justice, and defended the free bal- 
lot, but IhflM very Republicans whose legislation is 
roundly scored us in competent, hypocritical, unneces- 
sary, aud burdensome I But a platform, although 
never more platitudinous than this, was never more 
agreeably instructive. It shows plainly that parties 
now cohere merely by tradition. Upon the great 
fundamental questions of honest suffrage and equal 
rights, their declaration* are tho same. Upon the 
subject of tariffs, they are both careful not to offend 
anybody. Upon the i**ucof reform, they both assert 
sound principles. The voter will judge them both by 
their general character and the probabilities, and he 
will be obliged to say, in this particular Ohio case, 
that fur a Convention which bubbled so sweetly of 
purity and a free aud hound ballot, there was ■ re- 
markable conviction among adl beholders that there 
was never such unblushing traffic in votes, and such 
an open buying of a nomination. 


THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE IN COLLEGES. 

In bis linn -Jill report. President UaRNaRL', of Columbia 
College, shows that, so far as he is concerned, the college is 
full of the most inquiring awl prugremite spirit, nml that 
the tentbmry to un extreme conservatism, which has Wen 
soim-iian-N deprecated (is tlwi management of the tuatiin- 
thia, wilt be probably lea* ohtorvablc. 

Tho president forcibly advocates, witb the nnthoitllc* of 
ether universities of the highest rbanxctqp, self-gut eminent 
by the students, lie advise* the revival of the old gram- 
mar or preparatory whuol ; or, as nn alternative, a system 
of school \Uitutiuii. with general direct ten of studies by 
tho faculty. Ho pointa owl at length the desirability of a 
•chool uf |HNUgogii*, or llm leaching of the science of edu- 
cation. Th* higher education of woman hn treat*— as be 
has hefnro treated it — with great good scmui and knowl- 
edge, and he reciiuiintmds the admission of w omen to f'olans- 
biu College, saying that it is nnnnimoiudy favored by live 
faculty, who are ready to teach them either separately <>r 
jointly with the young imii. The argument has never been 
more tMtpanMj or cogently Mated than by President 
ILauxaru. 

The school of politic*! science, which has lieen open for « 
year only, has been so successful that Harvard sml the Michi- 
gan University have instituted similar schools. The results 
of such reboots must be excellent, for the diffusion of knowl- 
edge of the lawn (bat regulate polities and trade can not l>o 
Dm useful to the whole community than tbo difftosioa of 
ail other sound knowledge. Tho effect will Imi secured 
wlictlier or not the stmteut cnteia public life or Journalism. 
Directly or indirectly, the public will be the gainer. Such 
schools, with schools of mines and of agriculture and of 
every science, show that ths college la rapidly accommo- 
dating itself to tho condition* of modem life. 


ABOUT NEWSPAPERS. 

Mr. Richard Smith, of the Cincinnati Gutetlt, recently 
delivered an intereetiug address npoti tli« press before tho 
Northern Indiana Editorial Association, In which he say*: 

“In every State three is • nU uncccipt’d newfpsper held. 
Have you ever undertaken a census of population with a view to 
aamftaioiag who read) act who doe* not read n newspaper • The 
retail of such so effort would probably astonish you. A political 
patty In Indiana reported, os a remit of a canvass, that forty per 
nine, of IW voter* read no iicw>p*|s-r. In go* of llm rkhnt aud 
IIHW4 pupulnua ixiuiIms of Ohio, wlu-rw them U u avenge Repute 
Bean majority of rixlitren handrail, thirty -tie per CSWi. of the vot- 
er* get along without the aid of a l**w spaper ia l heir hmirev, The 
Ulmt spent by editors hi thnot-rulting could be spent to far bet- 
ter advantage in mutual efforts to cultivate the unoccupied SekL" 
With great sagacity Mr. Ssmi also oaya: 

“The beat way to orcopy a Itld and hold it is h» make the 
roper to good a* to be expennv*, in order that people may not lie 
easily tempted to start new ones. There are not half u uuny 
dally papers in t-'incinuati now, within a carrier delivery of 400,000, 
a* there as re thirty year* ago, in the tame territory, with a popu- 
lation not atw- fourih as large.'' 

Ni» fact Is hum Illustrative of tlui history of the press in 
this country titan one mentioned by Mr. Nauru : 

••Thirty years ago, five th Wind dollar* cash and A little credit 
•ere dremrel xufliivvot to »Urt a daily jajwr In (.’im-itinaii. Now, 
to surt a daily paper, with the expwuti.® of reuhlbhing it, would 
require a rath capital of half a million, sod that would in all prob- 
ability lie lost in the venture." 


A JINGO GENTLEMAN. 

It is not creditnblo to any English club that it shoaltl 
hove admitted Colonel YaLcmtixk Baber to nirtnlierabip. 
He was the actor ia a moat disgraceful assault ujh»u a Indy 
ill a railroad carriage. and at the trial be wns convicted and 
cashiered. He went to Turkey— land beloved of British 
Toryism— and Iweainw a pasha. He now returns to England 
apparently a Jingo boro. Foe mono Inexplicable reason, 
Baker ia said to have always Itad court favor— a fact which 
ia curious in a court wLieh frowned upon Lady Flora 
llastiMis. There woutd be nothing remarkable in the na- 
tion of the club bait there* been reason to suppose that Col- 
onel Baker had I- <n unjustly dealt with. But there has 
never been auy pn-tenss, w* bells re. that ho was Innocent, 
and Urn only ootvelnsion Is that English gentlemen or* con- 
tout with Tory qoocr company, 


PERSONAL. 

Itanor OniUT. of Kentucky, who is now on hi) wedding tour 
in Euro|», preached on Slisby L*t a fitneral aermeo cc Ih-an 
StTASLir in St. Marparn'* Church, We*(miuiur. St Ma-Yure-i'a 
funds within fifty fret of WcstauuMer Abbey, and la the |mti»h 
church of the Bout* of 1 ‘omtuimf. The rector is CVuho K«t»« a, 
and drf livisg is worth st.sit fttiSNl a yi<*r fh- I'aNHaa’s canon* 
ry of the Ab hay I* worth tAOOa,haald<* « fine ree*icn..-r 

— Three apjesrs to lie a " buom" in gcnemaity. A Fvmi*«l«.v- 
nia millkaairv lis* written In I’rwident liaaruin's friend U li* » - 
•w Fiswia, of Ohio, saying be would like to give Mr*. (ianntLo 
gliKi.oOO foe her fiipjewt in rose Ute lYmklcnt -lie*. He d-s-s nut 
know euctly how to g?) about it. and lo a»k* the Governor's advice, 

—Ttw present Duke of Wellington has drawn a |iecaliiu of 
a year since the death of his father la IRtS. Ilu ha* 
also f ISO.isri a year from wuim given to his falliev by Hip gov. 
erniueut, and the iiin-ren isi (»,&>-• vob-d to the gnut Iinkg 
by the IlmUh t'ariisrra-ut after Ho, hattla of Waterkv. The prci- 
ont Duk* U smeiity four year* oid. 

— Mr W. If. VsxMRMLr, who recently gave snoap large iwns 
I «1 the VatidvrldH Uuivcreity at Xsthrille, h*s now offcrrel to oon- 
trihole two-iliinln of the arTc^nt necessary to build aud equip a 
fisnile college at Nashville, prorvlrd Nashville folk will tuhtcrlbo 
tlie balance. Nashville » ricrci*ang itself in that regard. 

—Mr. Josnw IUttiis's T»J>ii •« .drurnai, just publlsliod t,y 
Hau-sa k U*,mt*m. in the “ Irunklin Sipiare- Library," Is a bright, 
clwtty book, in which Ins oxprrlrtMv* in tin* country are given at 
considerable length, iiilcrs|H**i*t and lightt-md up vritli aneoMn* 
racy of thu saU. It coiiuiim also a fund of iafurmitinn as to tho 
uii|>n>i\sli*ih-il growth of the great Wast, it» product*, its social 
jHi ullarlties, lu psvaeher*. Us trotter*, amureiuents, etc., etc., loti 
in a njU so reiurtaiiiiiig sa hi make it very pkwfarvt rrading. 

— Colonel .!»«>■« Nseouos Rnati-sHTu, of lUltiorure, is build- 
ing in Waehingttm a spowwt brick rreidewee, forty-six bv fifty, 
five feet, ia the Do is XIV. style of architecluec—a cotublnalkn 
of It-otnin, Gothic, ami Ccaapovitc, both elegant and convenient. 
The coat will he 

— A wealthy gentleman of Tnnkera. who Lu for fiftren years 
ptat made It a rule to acei>mtac>tdtr hi* neightwes, witlmut et|a-nxi 
to them, with alt the petty loan* wfaU-h «L.y dcsirsil, on rial retotn 
h.-owrily, o*i » that no new has* art, drearest, and that the small 
moetcagre held are twing paid off with rapidity. 

— Canon Kasnaa'* final reply to tho dahstale criticisms of Dr. 
Prsxv oil hi* fl ffi Mif tbpe will he paldwhrd ia a few day*. It 
will be entitled .tferr* .t. J lit ye. and will be perused with interest 
by ihcsMi who hare read his previous works, sird admire his itrotig, 
char. cU«|uent style. 

—Lord HxariixM-ixuk's pfi*on»l rets tc hat lueti awnm li.br hi) 
excvulor* a» being worth liot over f:HS»,r»SJ afire the payment of 
his iJvhts, This mdwlw h» ralusM* library and heir looms. The 
real esMh' nt Hoghendea is rt*tailc«l to hi* nephew, and i» heavily 
mortgaged, but the inccanc iluring hi* minority will extinguish tho 
debt Hi* tnisocllinnius effects were sold at xection in London a 
few day* *ince. and brewght toly about The aiigtaal 

manuscript of TSt lowsy l/ukt brought #1000; f.oiiMmo fltm- 
wy,ft<NS>; Alroy, ITcsi; ami three -.clier BoaiMctipts ft, io twi-li. 

— Among Kugltolinwn in Loudon win. arc previ-rldal for lioqd- 
tality to Atnoricaa* t.'apuiu Annin li. Cook has long *u,al ocm- 
.l-uwxis, axel his fili.tid* la New York, where hi* toe fecua and 
fans arc very well kiniwu and retni itlwvcd, wilt t« glad to loam 
that hr hat nvrwtly married Mias Kin*, aa heiress, aud ths Mur 
of Kr tixonoK Jim-u, Maetor of the Rolls, who enjoy a ths agtiw 
abd* salary of |XU,I>‘> a year. The galoot caplaiti Kahn 
probably will now net Up down OMtfwtaUv into the Barrirel Mate, 
amt cive up reaming over thu plamC, with the phcusauleM part* of 
which be I* i«> familiar. 

—Mr. J. P. Bowmax, of Cuttingasille, Vermont, has just com- 
pktesi the taowt cxpeiiiiva tomb in tlie country. It cost $7J, '».*), 
and ia erected to the memory of bin wifi.- aird daughter. “ At the 
culraxitc," says the Trey Times, " Hands a ltfc-sue >1atoe of Mr. 
Hnwuax, in the most tjrueul style of nicieet, rvalmii, with hat 
ami gtoviss in cap hand, and a wreath of iiuiuurullr* in thn other.'* 

— Three years ago licuUsunWiimtooe Taust, of Oudoraiio, wax 
only the proprirtor of a small wa]>ptv More in a mining eamp, and 
proridci two in ire re with fowl and outfit for a |ut*.|H»-lilig tour 
arouad Lradvilic, stipulating foe a certain inlenel in any claim 
they might find. They soon dixwrerol the litlfe PiUelxiTgh Mine, 
from which Mr. Taioa derived a large fortune, tinea which be ha* 
town to sorwsaf ul in mlwing operation) that he ia csluualod to bo 

worth siueral InlltiiiUE 

— Prewidwit ( 7un *w na t* , of Wllimia* OsBef*, I* ratl.r* a livrdy 
gentleman. BemdM atuodiog t» tils prewklialiil dot lew, he has 
during the past year edited tltree vxdniin-s fur tho New England 
Illftortr-Gciirna/v'ieal Society, stiperintendid the oaiotractiun of 
an eight- mile rural in conmxtion with North Carolina gold mines, 
and run a cotton mill. 

— Kx-Yleo- PwMu t Wit-sox’s personal effect* beooght sna il 
pricsw at thulr public *alo a few day* ainre. An autograph album 
witb amt uaiinis of famous men waa Imught by ex-Governor Cur- 
UX for gl Alt; W(U»#‘S autograph Uwtiini un slavery, f3 i Hub* 
Ac* Maxs's picket knife, |1 W; ami a picture uf tiwnvral Gaaar, 

I r. cunts. 

—Mr. MrXKaruv, the Hungarian artmL has refute! to take Ire* 
than Ilft.i.WJ frjr his new picture of "Christ before Pilate. ’ Mr. 
Mcxkacwt we* foraerty a cabinet maker's apprentice, and during 
!i i kln>ro hours earnuj small sum* by painting dowers upon the 
furniture of the puaunt furrnvi* uf hi* tialivr town. 

— The l'n«li crown jewel* atn to be sot-t in Luuhm, I’m 
[winripal one of the tvJbvlWui is thu fuimsis " ILgunl," for which 
it M uokretwal tliere will !».- |wi> earnest cuni|»-lrtur* — Mr*. 
M acaar, win. desires to prtrent it lo the I’upo, and Madaim- Brave, 
of Monato, who wmbcw n for her daughter, Madame Itoxaraavr. 

— Thu atory is toW by “ Wnlsingbam" uf Mr. Lawaxsoi Jc- 
anwt's visit to hi* niter. Lady lUsixit-nt Caninmn, in Ismd-io. 
Mr. Jkmuk scctMta a lUtelv fcotmnn . “Is Mr. Ciicacmu. at 
trow !" (Thu fiHiUoin ahlven.) “Me iud Is iu Ireland.'* 
* Humph! what's he duitig Ln Ire lass) T" (The fwxinoa U adr-at 
with hca-rur. ) - Is Mr*. Curu-iiux In *'* (The fiaitiuati quiver* 
with iedignatiun ) ** Me lady, air, la nut duwn elaire ns " Not 
up! Humph! A prrtty time nt i!ay to bo m Usl ' WtO,)W 
just tell Mr». CtH Nrmu — " (The fisitcroa juke, and is ntr».l to 
summon assistance to eject tlie no-lscimi* Uln.ler, when—* silvery 
laugh and a voice deal down from over the ImluMers: *‘I heir 
you. Uncle Labbt. Came rigtit it. ) The footman, bowing kiw: 
“Oh, *ir — sue luil — [mnlon aui. If you ptcajr. me Iud, tins wav.' 1 

— I.i i v Hisiitca lloorxa, one of the clererest of Auetk-an let- 
Ur-wiitprw aliruad. writiw aa follows front at quix-n Vur- 

nmta'e only u n ai arriw l daughter: “ P<*« Ut.tuu x, sin. la rapidly 
verging on a royal oil mnidiuii, is very like Hie rntoulMirs uf tho 

suvcidal family in the «M luniic »ung of ' A Horrible Tale,' ' who 
never had no fun nor nnthink ' She never goes to the theatre nor 
the opera with her brother and lister .in-law ; she never makes her 
appearance at die court tails, ami still Ires at any other of the 
social gnyctle* of the reason ; she uever drive* in the Park ; and 
though reported to bo ilia wittiewt and moat brilliant of all Queen 
V KtOJua'H itawghtera, she certainly lead* Hio dreariest existence to 
which a prirxv-u, outside of a fairy late full of wickad fair in and 
i imjirqpabl* tow ora, was vvrr dog mod." 



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(tVrr»o l» HainO Vmu X*. 1W. 'V. I XIV ] 

CHRISTOWELL 

a Batlmssr Cal*. 

Hr R I). BLACKHORE, 

Arrao* or "M*xr Aaixunr,” "Dm** Dot*t," 
** I'airr*, tux Camub,” nc. 


CHAPTER XXVL 

PEttlLOCH KSTritPRIUK. 

WirrxFvrn * thing begin* to move, it i* 
wonderful how It will (O on. There wa is a 
matt In Devoradiire who lay in bid. ns hi# 
own wife Mill of him. for one- and- twenty 
yearn, with no other rcn»oi» than because 
be liked It, and found hi# constitution 
thrive. He enjoyed a pension from the : 
British Crnwn of twelve shill idr# a week, 
fluid ifitarlorly; hrcnuae hi* father much 
tigninsl hi* own desire — bad received a 
tmllvt intended for n ■WnhW of the royal 
family. It a|>|>ear* tb#t the fate of til* 
parent dwell with singular force npon tlie 
lilial mind i and the *»n reasoned Jn«tly 
that ae hi* ilear father had brought on hi* 
dervtue by standing tip, be of the neat gen- 
eration might avoid like like remit l»y lying 
down. It i# impossible to penetrate Into 
the huniitn mind; and tilt* man'* motive, or 
determination not to move, may have been 
even larger. However, there be »m for 
thriw aeven year* : and the neighborli-soil ! 
re* ported him, because lie did no work, 
And lie might have been there now if lie | 
hud only stack fast. Bit Misre came a new 
curate of niieaay mind, who fancied that j 
thi* man waa neglecting duty, aud would 
rouse him up to a sense of hi* position. He 
made him get half way up at first, and look 
out of the window, and we the river; and 
with six month* i»r energy ho stirred him 
tip into hi# biceobc*. which were hanging* 
on a peg by the door, like mildewed stir- 
rup* wlirn the horse is dead. Even a pen- 
sioner may thus lie killed. The ]sior fellow 
saw the church-yard from a window going 
■town stairs, and shook bis bead, for he pre- 
ferred a pillow to a tombstone. For a few 
day* bn exerted relurtnut at*]**, ami 
then became a walking funeral. 

Ao it ia also with tb# rest of na, who must 
get out of lied, tiecaaao we have no pension. 
When nnen we get out of the tranquil kori- 
xuotal into the whirl of the vertical state, 
we are hurrying ourselves, very much against 
nur own drain 1 *. to a larger world. Neither 
ia that, however hail it may lie, by any 
mean# the wont of it. For wc have pro- 
voked into a resile** mood things that are 
OCily too glnd to have some earns* fur not 
•tawling still on ns. With sudden alacrity 
they begin to slide, and, like sticks in an 
avalanche, we go too. 

The perception of thi* grrnt truth was 
clearer In the ancient times than it i* to- 
day. We find It consistently impressed 
npon na by the Chorus ill Greek plays by 
Pindar also, ami the wise Thcogms, and 
the genial Herodotus. lienee, with flowing 
weight, it deaoeuda into the graml line# of 
Lucretiu*. the torrent of Cul olios, and the 
andilen turns of Horace. Anil them used to 
lie plentiful senae of It with us, till loftier 
science took command of sense. 

Now Mr. Georg® Gaston wna a very able 
man, and one of great activity ; therefore 
be laughed at the maxim of antiquity, 9 si 
tia toll sisrrrc. which ia lu our vnrtiiu oUr, 
“let sleeping dog* Ho.” He had rooted up 
sleeping dogs to make them follow him; 
and at first they seemed to do tn without 
troubling him to whistle. But Ijefore very 
long they began to #11 iff about, and make lit- 
tle excursion* on their own account, 

lu thi* man’s arrogant inroad on Mr. 
Tucker he hail boon guilty at the ohl mis- 
take of supposing that Devonshire people 
arc thick -headed, with a thickness that 
leave* no space inside. It is not to be 
denied thnt their skulls am Mild ; hut ev- 
ery melon - grower w ill maintain that the 
substance of his rl nd lia* Ha own ail vantage, 
and euliaiM*# the eooiueaa of the choice 
coatrnts. Therefore it would have Wen a 
more sagacious act on the part of Gaaton 
to have kept hi# temper, JxHired graceful 
praise* on his Iwist's glass drums! kkx, ami 
cordially departed with a hope to come 
again. 

Not that this excellent old gentleman, 
retired from the timber trade, fixtand any 
twist of sap about it. Hi# grain was good, 
•ml he would cut up well; ami la-fore h* 
woe cut np, or even ent down, ho was a tine 
piece of maturity, and sound at core. The 
impertinence of hi* ml. faced gnest ws* 
gone from his mind wben lio aaiil hia prayert 
that night. And when it was brought up 
again the next ilay, by Mime indignation 
of Ills sister. Mr. Tucker only said that such 
a cla*a of |icr*ona w*» Wlvw the contempt 
of right-minded people. Anil tho only thing 
that acted on his mind at nil, woa a donlit 
whether it might he hi# duty to write to 
the gontieman on Dartmoor, and t«tl him 


that some low fellow waa inquisitive aUinr 
him. But doubting lets tlie lime go by; 
nod tin»e went by without a letter to 
deliver. 

All thi* was according to the manner of 
mankind, who, when worthy of the name, 
east otf a* a plnguraomo harden little Hnmi- 
tin*. But eve® a* a man may kill hi* own 
■I liven- wasp*, nud Wing in Ibeir Ixxlini, and 
have them pitied, an, if lie U too Magnatu- 
mnn* to kill them, somebody will set forth 
to do that duty for him, and probably it 
w 111 ho a lady. 

Mr*. Giblrla and her daughter Mary, 
when they heard what ibo high - ontorsil 
man had said and done, longed only to TWO 
after him and pull him off lit* horse. But 
finding thnt lie wit# gone ton far for any 
chance of laying hand* on him, they con- 
hM th»lu*e!vc» with aocno tine old proverbs, 
wIiimii pith u a» that their time would corn* 
And *0 it did, to their own great im«n- 
ruriit, although they had Well an confident 
nlMiat it. For it happened that the whilom 
Mayor®## of Baniln ( w liewo Mary had boon 
Iwirn into a silver cradle, as well a* with a 
silver spoon In her month) possessed a sis- 
ter of n wandering tnrn. who, after many 
u|M anil down*, had fumed np well. That is 
to say, #be hod married a man fur tin* Ibinl 
time -not tb* MUM man, of courae, though 
such a thing has hapfened in them cyelea 
of divorce — and the third time was lucky, 
as it ought to W. Husband No. 3 made up 
for I aud ‘ 2 , who had gone to tbeir rest at 
the public expense; for although he had 
entered on the matrimonial stage wiUi move 
courage than cash, ho obtained his reward. 
He invested i!o on hla Tery wedding day, 
reasoning well that h* could not W hit both 
ways, and only keeping fifteen ahilliuga for 
the outlay of the houey-moon. Fortune re- 
paid bis manly confidence #0 briskly that 
hi* £!> turned ill to fi ve-aod-twenty before 
he got lit* first uxnrial wigging ; Unit la to 
nay, within three days. Fur that was the 
golden era of the Railway rush, when even 
solid brail* were spinning, anil generally 
got tbe worst of it in daubing with 111* 
light nm*. lu a few months Mr. Knacks 
waa worth more than Ave-awl-twcnty thou- 
sand pound*: then he got in hia cash, in- 
vested in safe mortgage#, which were nl- 
mo*t going Wgging, bought a Pice house 
near Regent's Fork, mid only kept a small 
amount in spec illation. 

Mr*. Knack* had always horn* in mind 
the kind lie** of her brother Mr. Tucker and 
her slater Airs. Giblets, both of whom had 
helped her, to the Wal of their convenience, 
in tbe by-gime day# of poverty. And now 
she longed to make them *o«nn return, a* 
well aa to abow them her new bouse, nnil 
prove to Mr. Snack* what she bad always 
said --that she l*r1onged to a family h« 
might lie proud of. A tin there was a little 
Knacks by thi* time, the first fruit or the 
tady’H triple conjunction, aud he seemed 
sometime* to languish for lack of admira- 
tion. Neither waa it utterly beyond the 
hook of fat* that Mm* of the pleasant titu- 
is-r merchant'* money might b* directed, 
by a boo.pl table turn, toward hia gmUon, the 
Junior Knack*. Mr. Tncker, however, de- 
clined stage-coaching, and could not bear 
the Jolting of the rail beyond it, which the 
driver of the Quicksilver declared would 
kill a hull, HU slater, being younger, might 
attempt it if abe elioao, ond Alary could nev- 
er liavo enough seesaw. Therefore these 
two accepted invitations, and a swing wm 
pnt tip ill the »ld walnut-tree to bring 
them into training for the tossing# of the 
LI ue. 

It mnat have been tho middle of July 
when they were ready; and they all wept 
heartily when they said “good-by." The 
traveller# t«mk u cask of Malted batter, three 
Devonshire hsm*. aud a round of spiced 
href, amt inserting (to assure tbemaelvea) 
their eonfldcoc* in Heaven, a*t forth upon 
this enterprise of ainhirton and audacity. 

After many marvels and a vast prolonga- 
tion of tbeir live* — if life, aa is now con- 
tended, can lie measured only by perceptive 
Jerk# — Hires two positively were in Lou- 
don, and they thought to little of it that 
their mind* were gone. They would not 
sny a word to hurt the feeling* of Aunt 
Knucka, who set this down to tlieir abash- 
ment; but na soon an #be was gone they 
fin- 1* red in one breath thnt Eve ter was 
lunch tli* finer city, and that London w*» 
all trees and little windows aud hlg splkra, 
without any Fore Street for tbe folk to conic 
together. 

And tli* more they saw of our vast me. 
tmpdix, the lent I boy thought of it. and the 
mure they wanted to be bark again in a 
town where they knew tho people. There 
was nobody in thi* stnek-up place cvea to 
touch hi* hat In them ; and although they 
never looked foe it around their bouse at 
bottie, they liked to have it done, and con- 
trived to lot their tradesman know if his 
young men failed to do it. They felt that 
they were downright stranger* here, and I 
could not expect to bo saluted, and most J 


get accustomed to be passed like pent#. 
They *aw that it was reasonable, but they 
did not like it. 

To tbe accliinatired urban mind (degener- 
ating Into the less urbane) few thing# nr* 
nmre wondrun* than III* niemorira of their 
“ country cousin*." If a genuine Yorkshire 
or l>evon*hire man — before tho railways 
spoiled them both- ever espied in a country 
lane a Londoner trying to enjoy himself, 
nud met him again, after changeful year#, us 
a cock upon In# own — or rather let us say, 
on a gentleman treading lit# own atreot, tho 
niNtie would hail him. nud invito him tn n 
parley, and tell him whnt hia hat and waist- 
coat were, when faded from the owner 1 * 
memory. That gentleman’# large heart 
might he fervent with great businem, Imt 
the other would never let him go until he 
declared that Ire remembered all about It. 

When Mr*. Gililot* and her daughter 
Alary, walking in a broad northern street, 
suddenly espied the red-faced man. they did 
not by any mean* art tliua, bat endeavored 
to preserve tlieir dignity. They gave one 
another a ntidgr, to point perception and en- 
join discretion, and then Ibpy walked paxr 
him with tlieir bonnet* turned aude, and 
tb*lt countenance* loat in many ribbon* of 
Mr. Gaston caught a gliinpae of 
bright couniTy color, and marched on none 
tbe wiser. Blit they, with a spirit beyond 
tbeir wont, and inspired perhaps by the air 
«>f Town, 1 11 r t>e*l. and at sagacious dlxuiliee 
follow ihI, to see wliat lieramo of that very 
txliiMi* man. To find out where be lived 
would Ire a precious feather in their caps, 
for Mr. Tucker had reproached himself over 
and over again for letting that visitor go 
without knowing more ahnut him. 

*■ Mary, yon leave it nil t« tn*. But yonr 
eye* are mow younger like." Mr*. Glbb-i# 
•poke with sooin excitement, because she 
w as obliged to walk rather font, and *he bad 
)i»*t liecn enjoying a king look at a turtle, 
a* the relict of a mayor wn# bound to do, 
and she fand longed to go in and tell Ihem 
who dm was; and afterward It mad* her 
nigh in walk, not fur two thoughts of tho 
animal, hut ouly front remembering what 
: her husband uid when tb* silver rradl* 
was scut home, with n lore coverlet and a 
Bristol turtle iu it ; for If any one knew how 
to do things Writ, tUo Barnstaple |re.iplc In 
t low* day* did . “ Mary, you push on afront ; 
hu wouldn't know yon again bo soon os me, 
beraittt! you Ire scarcely come to any sire yet, 
and hi* cousin HirCourteuay hod nrqnaiut- 
I mice of your father, unless h* were a story- 
I teller, which I do IrelUv* of him. Keep 
; you 011, my dear, because you are *0 llmlx-r, 
and yon may surely count on me behind — 
tlie some a* they put they pelisses here- -to 
come a long way afterward. But be sore 
that you walk fittily.” 

Mary, like a child, was proud as Flinch to 
be mi imixirtaur, and to walk aloud In the 
perilous street* of Loudon ; however, she 
preserved discretion. ami walked fittily,even 
when berdear mamma ws» a hundred yard* 
behind her. For tbe red-fared loan strode 
along ut gvxxl sired, ami short DnmUn 
legs tout t<> go two for cm* to keep him any- 
wise in view. 

At length, in ■ place where the street 
narrowed into a road, without window# on 
either side, Mr Gaston stopped at a door in 
a high wall, unlocked it, and entered, and 
slammed the door behind him. A little far- 
ther on there were large folding gate*, with 
real tiiulwr trees overlmiigiug them such xu 
entrance to a mansion standing hack in it* 
own ground* nx Mary hail seen in tb* oat- 
skirl* uf Exeter, but did not **pect to find 
In I^mdan. “ It must b* sooin very great 
man tli. it live* there, a nobleman at Irani, 
and perhaps n prince;* Alary Giblets sold to 
her mother, wbeu she met her coming round 
the corner with an anxioim heart. “ Don't 
eongh. mother, nr he will lieur you. I dare 
say ho I# IfiHid* Hi* wall, now Ju»t. He 
Uxikral hack once, and I thought 1 shnutd 
have dropped. It woajnst the way he look- 
ed at me when I skipped tbreiigh the stile 
of the little bam where the bull waa." 

“ Don’t yon b* pnt upon your ropes, tny 
dear," Mrs. Ulhl*t* lUiawcred calmly, tlioogii 
lier e.lotlMW wore hot; "if it ia a prince os 
live* behind thi# wall, it never can li« Red- 
face himself, lie may be the Imtler. or tbe 
man -cook; for yon heard what your uncle 
Sunck* said yesterday. They keep a man 
to roast and boil lu Ixrudoa, becaii#* of tbeir 
rreuploxioos Ixilng cooler. And Like enough 
that Is why ha hath a ruddy countenance. 
But come you in here, aod hove a bun. dear 
heart. It is a little shop; and I love a lit- 
tle shop, because it h#>k# like dniiMe-ti»kc*. 
And if they don’t know nothing else in Lon- 
don, they know belter than hath vlaltud our 
country how to keep the glosses and the 
plate# together." 

These two Indies were not only thirsty, os 
Indie# nearly always are, blit also hungry to 
a very large extent. 1'nr tbe air at Iimihitv, 
with its fin* circulation, bring* into the up- 
per stomach of the recent visitor a very de- 
lightful (although to tbe slower mental five- 


ultic* imperceptible | recognition of prims 
joints revolving at the bright well-springs 
of all that smoke. 1‘oaslbly that is not tbs 
cun**, or only on* uninng many ; hot tb* 
Upshot i* the Mine, When people from tbs 
country coma to Loudon, they are hungry 
nt the cud of every street, or sometime* at 
the beginning. 

“ I don't know why I should ask, I am 
sure.” AJnt. Giblets sattl tn Hie pastry-cook, 
ns he would have been called in ifevoo. 
shire ; “ fur we hnve such u niiaiber of large 
Imiiim-m in our parish ; hut do you bipja-n to 
know, sir, who litre nerrea the reml. u,„.u 
that watlf It luoks so nwpectahlu, *ud rare 
lu Loudon.” 

“I eotiilnde, ma'am," answerwl the paa- 
try. mink, “ you arc ouly juat come from the 
con nt ry-" 

“ Well, air. yea; to some extent. Bnt u* 
know a great deal about l-ondou way*; anil 
•very day makes a difference. Wa are ac- 
cu*t limed to a city, and thi* does not seem 
to be one." 

“ A'iwi nr* right, ma'am. W* ore quit* iu 
the country here. Two arid eightpeoe* ; 
fonrpenee change." 

“ Knt you slum hi not speak with re much 
hast*. Mary, my dear, look in my purse. I 
I bought 1 put down three and si ([•cure. 
There was four and sixpence in that cud. 
Oh, no, I see ; I beg your pardon, sir. But 
yon have not told me who live# in there." 

“Well, ina'am, that is cosier asked than 
answered, for they shnt themselves up like 
a eunveut almost, insleud of doing any gwid 
to trail*. But th* house Ixdougn to Lord 
IMupole, and, for all 1 know, he may b« liv- 
ing iu it.” 

“But surely yon must know. You must 
feel some interest. 1 do not ask out of mere 
curiosity. We happen to have some ksniwl- 
eilg* of a gentleman who ho# just gone in at 
ill* door «p there. Hs paid us a visit nut 
*0 very long ago." 

“ Oh, you know Mr. Oaaton, do you f A 
very nice gentleman, no doubt. I.*, lies, you 
had better go and ask him about his own 
business, for lie knows it best." 

*' flow horribly rude these London people 
are!" Mrs. Giblets exclaimed a* they walk- 
*d away. “ They positively seem to care 110 
morn about you the moment they hav* got 
yonr cash. However, we know tb* |d#oe 
now, Mary dear, and well set yonr uncle 
Knock# to work. He mart lie the cleverest 
man in London, to have mode such a for- 
tune in such a horrid place." 



HOW TO LIVE LONG. 

We hav*, to a great extent, the power of 
prolonging onr live*, laving by rut*, and 
obeying nature's simple law*, may arena very 
irksome to people nt flref, bnt doing so soon 
lx-ciHues a habit, anil a blessed habit, and 
one that tend* to hnppiuea*, to comfort, and 
to length of day*. 

A great deal might lie said alrnut the ben- 
efits of regularity in unr modes aud ways 
of living. A* a proof of the beiieflL-Ulkty 
of regular living, I may instance the fact 
that old people who have once settled down 
in a kind of grout* of life, if 1 mny to call 
it, can not b* unsettled therefrom, even f«r 
a few days without .lunger to health and 
Ilf* itself. They may hare, perhaps, tbeir 
regular time for getting up in the morning, 
certain methods of ablation, certain kind# 
nud qualities of fix.id aud drink, certain 
hours for taking the#*, certain time# for 
rest, sxerviie.aiiit recreation, and a hundred 
other things, which, taken separately, may 
**cm but tndcs, but taken in the aggregate 
make up their lima, and they know and feel 
thnt they must not be unsettled. Tbe wheel* 
of life will run long in gmov**, lwt soon run 
out over rough irregular road*. Habits, 
w bother gexxl or bait, are easily formed w Hen 
one M young, but when on* gets np in years 
it is terribly difficult and ofttime# ilsngcr- 
tiiis to set them aside. Therefore, I aay to 
tb* young — uy. awl to the middle-aged — 
study, if yon would live long, to be regular 
tn your liatdtx of Ilfs in every wsy, amt let 
your regularity hav* a good tendency. 

Be regular in your hours of getting np ia 
the rooming and going to rest at night, hut 
yon can not rosily be to ante## yon or* reg- 
ular in your tlght-of-day life. Th* rimpt* 
fuel that you II* down for an many hour# 
out of tb* twenty-four dnea not prove that 
yon have secured thnt necessity of life, a 
good night's rrat. A little preparation of 
both body and mind is needed to enable u# 
to mjor xouod and refreshing sleep, and su 
be fortified by morning to struggle sucre**- 
fully with Hi* avauta of another day. Do 
not forget that danng sleep the brain i» in 
a comparatively bloodless condition : but 
excitement ran#** a flow of blood to tb* 
capillaries of that vital organ, and if yon 
retire to rest !• f--rx it l-e touml down, you 
Will tie little likoly to full into a refreshing 
Hluuitx.r. Indeed, it will in all probability 
lie Just th* revere*; tb* very endeavor to 
sleep will banish it effectually fur bo urw, 



JULY BO, 1681. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


if not for the wholn night; there will be 
■ nr between mind mul bodjr, and the Utter 
will s*»iiredlv come ofF second bent. They 
•Isw-p Unit who bare neither worry nor ran* 
to annoy them; tint one should try to get 
into a habit of Iwing abln In lny off earn 
with one'# office coat, anil of devoting tho 
evening to rending or any kind of calm en- 
joyment. But what hex- termed ‘•night- 
caps,” nr toothing ilrinka, #hould never lie 
bad reoova# to. They nre generally of n 
aplrirooa* nature and composition, and 
therefore they are narmtirat, and Hhuuld not 
he needed for healthful sleep. They never 
did and never eould tend to longevity. 

There ia a great and intimate tonneetion 
between bruin and stomach. chiefly through 
the medium of tbe pnrninngastrie nerve, 
heure heavy aup|iere are tsot condnrive to 
healthful sleep. 1 do not believe, of course, 
lii going atlplMirlMW to lied, butt lie U*t meal 
■tumid be a light one, and certainly ail cn#l- 
l,v digested one ; a iuan ia not in actual 
health if he needs a heavy snppcT to eaiue 
him to sleep. I would Dot advise sorb a 
person to putefcase an annuity, Tor obvious 
reasons. A hearty sapper will ini doubt iu- 
dnee alorp, but It M not Kiilnd, bllmfu), child 
sleep. It ia turgid, bruin -puffing, bloated 
sleep. A anir eats a hearty anpper, nud 
heavy slumber fellow#; a lout constrictor 
■wallows an ox, ami goes to sleep for a fort- 
night. Neither animat ia modi to he nd- 
mired. However, what I wish to impress 
upon yon ia the fact that want of gawd re- 
freshing sleep ia incompatible with longev- 
ity. One i*sri leant to sleep well whn would 
live long, and refreshing slumlier ia not to 
bo obtained through the narcotism of night - 
cu|m or eiionmiiu sapper*. 

Kegnlarlty in mvat-liiiHUi is another thing 
one should study, If health would It* retain- 
ed ami long life hoped for. I need hardly 
aay that the food should he partaken of 
■lowly, and that all excem or intem|ierenee 
in either eating or drinking should be stu- 
diously avoided. It ia very itijnriona to the 
health to stnnnlato tbe appetite at tnldi- by 
winra and piquant sauces. One aliould And 
one's appetite by legitimate means before 
Billing down: it should lie brought to the 
laMo, not manufactured there, or taken np 
as you do your table napkin. 

As regards food, aoaao people — nay, bnt I 
may asy very many people — oftentimes com- 
mit a grave error in this way : they sit down 
to table and eat, whether they bo hungry or 
not. Sit down to to bio by all means; lint 
If yosi have little appetite, if the stomach 
tells you it iseeda rest, let it have it, and eat 
but very sparingly indeed. 

lint a person not only desires to live long, 
but to retain bis faculties and souses; hire, 
then, are we to do this t Why, by axcrcia- 
ing them regularly, bnt never to the verge 
of fatigue. Take the eyesight, for instance. 
Would you preserve it t Well, do not forget 
that to a great extent that lonnlifol optical 
indninuut, the eye, is presided over by mus- 
cles which not only alter its direction, hot 
even its focus ; the eye, then, that la mod 
not only to read ainall print, hut to discern 
objects at a distance, ia the one that, apart 
rn>« Urn ilium "re incidental to old age, is 
likely to last the longest. Anil the some 
may be said of the ear. Acntoneas of hear- 
ing may he cultivated in youth by rivIlUed 
beings just aa it is by aarngrs; and where 
it ia an, it is seldom lost till advanced old 
age. This epeciea of aural exercise, how. 
ever, to out of tho question In towns. But 
wherever one lives, the organ of voice can 
lie cultivated and exercised. Music of all 
kinds, and tho practice of singing especial- 
ly. are great aids to health, bappinesa, and 
longevity. 

Mental exercise is favorable to long life, 
and even under adverse clrenoiwtanco* a 
man with a well- trained mind will live long- 
er than a lont ; the former has something to 
fall hock upon, the latter depends entirely 
on external impression*. I think that Eu- 
clid ami algebra should lie (within bounds) 
as much studied by girls as by boys; even 
the puzzling out of anagrams, rld<tl>-s, enig- 
ma*. etc., should be encouraged, and above 
all original composition anil the writing of 

Thmisands of people sutma'ly min their 
remain ill luus by simply sw allowing loo roach 
medicine. It may twwen a strange thing for 
a medical man to say, bnt it Is nevcrtbrlese 
a fnet. It is a dnngerons thing to By with 
every little ailment to the medicine chest. 
The use of tonic*, unless under medical sd- 
v*rei, sbiHit.l be dtocoaatsnaticed : a Ionia is 
■harper than a two-edged sword ; It is a 
tool that nereis to h« used with caution. 
There nre now, I am sorry to see, sense aerated 
waters coming into use which contain the 
strongest mineral tonics, that ore apt to ac- 
cumulate in the system wilh the most dis- 
astrous results. They should tlierefur* not 
lie drunk ad liM sat as to quantity, or with- 
out guidance aa to quality. 

Best should be taken with great regular- 
ity. 1 have already apoken of nocturnal 
rest, but on* day iu seven should be set 


apart for the compute rest of Isvth body and 
Blind- IiMlrpnidi-iit of this, all who can af- 
ford it should take aa annual holiday. Trav- 
elling is cheap, and two weeks or a month's 
relaxation from cure and buHint-m can not 
make a big hols iu the purse of new who 
works well all the rest of tho year, and 
knows how to economize time. Innocent 
pleasure and wholesome recreation conduce 
to longevity. All work und no play aenda 
Jock to an early grave, licrrenticm is to 
tire mind and nervous system n hat sunshine 
to to the blorad. 

Aa a physician, I most he allowed to aay 
Just one word about the q meting, calming 
effect of religion upon the miml. The truly 
religious make hy fnr and an ay the beet pa- 
tient*, their chances of recovery from seri- 
ous sickness are greater, and so ia their 
chance of lung life, simply owing to the 
power they have of solMuilCiltg themselves 
quietly, yet humbly aud kepe/ai/y, to what- 
aoever may bo before them. 


GUARDING THR LITTLE ONES. 

Tit* city of New York has haritly felt 
heretofore tho evil# to which the great 
cities of Kugland and tho Continent nre 
subjected iu the ruin of young children. 
There baa certainly been ev 11 enough iu thia 
direrlinn, but it has not, until lately, lawn 
siidlelsiit to stir Ibe clumsy machinery uf 
■Mir legislation to tho provision uf a remedy. 
Much haa been dime by volunteers in tho 
noble work of aaviug the young. Thu Chil- 
dren's Aid Society- wilh its day ami night 
schools, ita lodging-lronne*. it* ingenious ami 
ugacious system of euriMiragenieat for in- 
dustry, clewinuMM, iuut improvement, ami, 
nlwva all, Ita admirable agencies fur pro- 
viding Western home# for tho little ones 
plucked from the street* has dune much. 
It* name, ita work, nml its promoters are 
known fsr lieyond the limits i»f tlic Slate 
or the country, amt the fittno of Its beauti- 
ful ami stoadl ly ajiremting IwoelWtieo to one 
of tho things (not otherwise too liunicruiis) 
of which New-Yorkeni may be proud. But 
tho field ia much too targe for one aet of 
laborers, or for one kind of instrument*, and 
of lute yean it has been groo lug, until even 
tho Hliiggtoh sensibilities ami tho toughened 
consciences of thn legislators of the Statu 
have been compelled to recognize it. This 
ha* been brought about in grant part by 
the labors of, aud tho satiety kindred with, 
the Children's Aid, the Society fur the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which 
has secured tho passage of a law intended 
to put a check upon some of the wont dan- 
gers to which children are exposed, 

Thin lnw makes it a misdemeanor for any 
person having the custody of a child under 
four yenn of age to permit or to neglect to 
restrain such child from '-begging, gather- 
ing or picking o» sorting rag*, from collect- 
ing cigar stomps, or bones or refuse from 
markets." Person* convicted of the offense 
thus defined nre subjected 1»y the law to a 
fins of from twenty-live to one hundred dol- 
lar*. while the little once are pnt under thn 
charge of tho Society for the Prevention of 
f'rnslty to Children. Already, nnder this 
law, one conviction ha* ben bad, that of an 
Italian mother, whose child wits arrested 
while gathering cigar stump#. The woman, 
nnnlib' to pay her fine, was *eni to jail for 
tw«nty-Hve days, and the child was intrust- 
ed to the agent of the society. 

It may lie that thi* law will at first seem 
harsh, and that- its rigid enforcement will 
give ri»e to aome hardship. But it to nnt 
likely that anything low distinct and were 
would have any effect npnn the class to 
whom the law U directed, consisting most- 
ly. as a matter of fnct, of the Southern Ital- 
iso*. and particnlariy the Neapolitans, ■ Iww 
numbers have vecy largely Increase d lately. 
It i* difficult for sn AlMfltW who ho# not 
visited the haunt# of three Jieople freqnout- 
|y to realize to himself how completely brn- 
tisli they are in many of their views nml 
practices toward children. With Only such 
faint glimmer of intelligence themselves a* 
will enablu them to carry on tbo pettiest 
occnpolinn* for s li»lug, they have no more 
conception of any obligation to educate or 
improve their children than a Imrn deaf- 
mute haa of music. They regard them ns 
instrument* fur aiding iu the i-onunon tusk, 
ban! at brat; and when they have given 
them rags for clothing, and shelter frem tho 
weather, with smut food, their idea of duty 
U filled. The children are driven ont dai- 
ly Into the streets and gutters to ply their 
pitiful callings, entirely unmindful of tbe 
temptation* or dolik-mout to which they are 
exposed. 

How terrible there in reality are any one 
wlto has tire courage and the stomach to 
uskn a few tours of the Italian and like 
quarter* can anon discover. Among the 
boys, sucking stale hear from the kegs iu 
front of saloon*, smoking filthy cigar butts 
or the rejected end* of cigarettes, gambling 
at pilch-peony, or, In more advanced caaea, 
at tho fascinating pin-pool, are tba common 


amusement*. In which tho girls only too 
oftru join. Ribaldry and profanity an- os 
common with them a* Inuom-ut play and 
snug to more favored children. In the sa- 
Iimmis when- pool ia ployed they are fre- 
quently instruotsd by New York Engine in 
tho art# of petty pilfering, of p<H-k«-t pick- 
ing. sneak-thieving, circulating coanterfeit 
coin, and, Istcr. Iu burglar?' aud highway 
robbery. The girls, on tho other hand, pre- 
maturely developed by the Iret atmosphere 
of vice in which they live, are early polluted, 
mo! outer only too often mi lives of the man 
degraded and disgusting criminolily. It is 
fee the protection of children wire nre in 
fact almost worse than falherloM and mo- 
ther) era that the recent law ho# been enact- 
ed. Were it simply an ordinary prohibitory 
statute, it might lie pasneil by as of no im- 
portance; it would become n dead letter, aa 
H-orea of other statutes, depeuding on the 
Circumlocution Office of the pruwcntittg at- 
torney for their enforcement, barn btraga 
But happily iu this instance there to behind 
the law an organization, with officers and 
agnuts of energy, good sense, and a benevo- 
lent zeal in their work, who will see toil 
that tho provision* „t the statute are car- 
ried out. Tlua will bn done, moreover, not 
at hap hazard nr by fits of rutbiMiuain, but 
carefully, steadily, aud with discretion and 
a practical parpens. Hail the law. more- 
over, simply forbidden the improjier ami 
dangerous pursuits to which it refer*, aud 
punished thn cusIimIiiuih of thn children, 
while leaving the children thcmsrlvc# with- 
out even snrh poor guardianship a* these 
ciiHlodians could give, it wouhl lie open to 
grave rritlrtosn. But the law permit* the 
conunictlug nsaglstraro to rvuitld# the chil- 
dren in there case# to the oars of the society 
which haa obtained its passage, and this so- 
ciety has shown in many ways its purpose 
awl capacity to discharge such a trust with 
tho graatret- ad van tag# to thn children and 
to the cnmmitnity. It is a very arduous and 
unpleasant task, and aomctiiurn a thanklcM* 
one. which the society has -amniacd ; only 
ton often it# motives arc misrepresented, 
and ita agents are held np unjnstly to con- 
demnation or ridicule ; but every jieraon 
who know* the value of a child'* euul ras- 
cocd from vice and misery and crime, every 
on* who feels toward the deserted and wan- 
dering little one# with tbe sympathy which 
the thought of his own hi such plight should 
umpire, will Appreciate tbo work of the so- 
ciety. It dr serves and should rooclvo the 
hearty support of tho coumiuuity. 


WAIFS ANT) STRAYS. 

Tut Prince of Wale* liked the flavor of a brand 
of cigarette* made by a London tobacconist. and 
he whiffed one -if them in public. The fortumio 
niaiiuhn-turcr now sell* his cigar etti* for a high- 
er price than any hut the fliirat Ilium cigar* 
bring, and i» tovomtiig wiwllhr. The I’rttav, bjr- 
tlie-ssy.it holly in ilela, sml he might envy tho 
fiMWciU nHutilisa of tbs fetlMIt tnliamuiist. 

A heat wire of unusual intensity h*» swept 
over Orest Britsin. The thermometer rose to 
HH° in the shade in England— the wsrrrevt fw 
many year*. Simc of the large manuf ieuev-* 
were compelled to *u spend work, and there were 
many fatal rases of sun stroke. In the course of 
the prim etu-slug at Wimbledon the temperature 
rasp to !S7° In the sun. Sereral uf tho nfitoacu 
went frees tho Add Ui tho hospiuL 

The t*»k of grtting a Jury to try the would he 
s*«M«iR of the I'rmnWi will not to an easy 
if piintntd in the mual way, It would he inter- 
esting to K-e twelve men in a raw who had not 
read of the shooting and formed an opinion con- 
cerning it. 

The oeewntrlc Mayor of thicnco has l-ecn Kiting 
srauiul the dtV • Ib Kstch of had snwUs." Tin- 
JUror of Xcw York ha* lisas to do— ilia bad 
mimU* ratne 1o him. 

Professor Denorhecq. now of KorhiMtcr, whn 
mode the great wotsin harp for the Bochowt in 
Paris, Is fi-ilihing * smaller though improved one 
for Mr. Ellwangcr, of tbe foewrec city. The l.*g 
h*rp nn the loner of tbe ihirboniie a tweaty-ftre 
fret king. The owe he is finnhiag to only seven 
fort four inclo# in length, hut it I* ao arranged 
on a pivot that a handsome wind vane hrepe it 
slw.tr* in eweH positioa that the brrviS, it there 
be any, «*«-p< iu strings. Tire body uf tho in- 
ttrnrecnt is of imported wood — inapto and Nor- 
way pine; the string* srn met*! The work of 
tuning it wai done in the night, the noise* from 
the street rendering it impoeoibh- foe the maker 
to tune it accurately in tbe day-time. 

A ivimspcejV-nt at » summer resort paid for 
his nvi-ipinl tall by writing that the affable bold 
clerk* "ere M busy that they found no tune to 
I»rl their luck hair. 

It is proposed to furnish Weather Bureau sig- 
nal] to farm-re. the same as signsl* are famish- 
ed to nunen at the owl station*. These sig- 
ns)* are to ccmilst of colored racket* tent up 
fnsn itstioas in the farming distrirts *t three 
o'clock In thn morning. They will be valualde. 
If at ail, chiefly in tbs having and harveKing res 
Son* PutMiv hulk to ihu nuai for rnformalvcw 
as to lilt most propEUou* tune for pla n t in g ooru 


and potatoes, killing hogs, picking geese, and 
mshing *«*!• , but If they cull be Inlumu*! In > I , - 
Sgrai StnM whether "the wratlicr I* likely to 
r-ewiane fine, they will k:s-w !*■* many serre of 
hav or grain to mark out fee thw day* cutting 
w ot (he mower or nope*. 

Tho Kmpernr of Japan returned from a jour- 
ney. Slid am of liis outrunner* ordered the srwlry 
i« open the hmer gate of the palace, ilnl the 
koejwr of l He key wai alirent at that Usiiural, 
and Iu* Majesty bad to Walt for a short time, 
Thi* incident toil to as in»eitif*tl"ii. and it #s* 
fminil that there were six dlnii of thu Imperial 
i iiianl whose duty was to taku charge of that key, 
Each of the lix ha* inquired whether eliquetto 
rnjuire* that to- flail rv'-.cn IwflllM "f tin- in 
contcnlciu* to which thu Knipnir wwe subjected. 

A OatiMla ch-rgyniau hs* invent!*) s corahinnl 
walking »tii-k a*d inr tnisapet. It is to all ap- 
|wwrsui'e a light aad rather pwetty rune, made of 
hollow metal, gntU fiesvIiB, nr other swlablc ma- 
l-vial. The n*ev bus only to remove a plug from 
il* lower end, inrert a mouth-piece tn tlic ocher 
twL anil extend it to ihe eer*on frew. *!wm hs 
wistuw to receive a verhal mtutusnliathm, bold- 
ing I lie pluglrwi •itremity char to hi* ear. Tho 
contriwaaee has no applcyiariug aUartmiimL 

A prenyl familiar with Ihe a ppcv rare*- of the 
Hu#ury by ga*-tq-hl woald Iw almost bewildered 
were It# to return now after an abrenre of a few 
weuka and ree that thoroughfare — »l night rv.e 
uf ilui nv»t remarkubto in the world — ilhami- 
tiaiml hy the elretrio Rght and g»* together. 
The street was never, within IIm- memory of the 
prewent generation, aUractive by dvv, iavo a* a 
curiosity among thorcoghfsre* ; hut at night 
thr*i**nd» of gat jet* blazed m the wizalow* and 
in front of door*, the torches of venders Itarkeird 
it tbe turners of iTiterrecting straits, aad all that 
was dizgy. Kpialbl, and ditphvukng to ths aight 
was brightrzwil lain {nctiui-*.|iiiun-*i or tiwtnd 
hy »h*duw». Within a f»u seeks the thick in- 
•ulatnl wire# few cvMuhseting the eliwtric current 
hsvc town Htniiig along the edge* of the ♦iite- 
wslka on |nwt* * ilh one arm, like a gilifart, and 
the while ghilwn of Mg eleetrirsrc barariu hang 
.it frequent interval* along the street. When 
three limp* are lighteil, % white glare is «hed 
snuind. reducing the gas jet* to a feeble yellow 
gVjw, and making the tortiw# of the venders look 
like miniature vnloivx*'# twtebing disproporttuii- 
are vnluim-s of black nroir. When the ctovtne 
light invaded that thoroughfare, all (hat was pic- 
turesque and attractive in the Bowerr by gss- 
Hght drparti-l. Of (he throng* Mist iiavr- con- 
tnlAalcd sod still «m in hole to the lively sppwar- 
anen of the street by night the least said the 
better. 

A block hewr undivtook to embeaea aa Idaho 
twfla, Slid Bln: pllllchn! Out CMC of hit VV*W willl 
Iww (ansMil. feat of amsvlcrutioh ftw h»r mslri- 
mceatol prospect*, the iismw sad address of Ihe 
young woman are uriUtckl 

According to a writer on -nortv logics ia this 
cky, the young men who hare returned to their 
native land wilh English views in thrir heads and 
lauidori made clothing on thrir bocks make thrir 
bet* over the mvd and billiard is lilts in guineas 
instead nf doJIars, and their cxpresswuui are imi- 
tations of tliose baud In the lamduu ttuh-rooui*. 

Tho town of Cisco, Taxis, depends for water 
upon a well aavonty f«'t dmp and me ami a half 
miles daunt. WsUw ia .toliveml at IV Woi 
or thw nwiilvnu fur if w rents a bucket, or forty 
rents a liarrel. 

Nine tirew# out of ten when n strerf car flilul 
with psrre-nger* la delayrd hr a wagon on thn 
trwt-k, the driver cea the wageci is a min who im- 
migrated to this land, nnd to mentally blunted 
with tbe thought that this to a free country. 

TSe electric light hut lawn trlsd Iu the Boose 
of Commons, and coridiuimd, partly Iweause it 
oai to till) ladies In thw gallery " hr* a* if they 
wire figuring in Utdiwus vivanta." Its reva- 
skmal hiMing sound to wnplcutint— ■•pcciuUy to 
the member wlei happen* to be epwakta-g. 

The determination to recall Ihe Chinese youths 
who were rent to this eouatvy to 1872 and sine# 
then ui be eduented to evidence that thu prag- 
reas of til* Chinese governnaetu toward tiM-ralil y 
has tmn suniewhat uverratid. Yang Wing and 
('hang UI Sum. who were ehlcffv instrumental 
in procuring tlw> onasi-at of tho gm-ctmtwnt to 
the etjwriownt, ire entlun-usts on the subject. 
Yulig Wing i* almost n* ttoinsigbly Amervun 
a* tkrevgh lie hail town bod i n ib* laud of w**>I. 
en nutmegs, ami Chang Ui tore's early experi- 
ence in Aneriean schools and in college, before 
lie went hock foe his twenty years' residence to 
the Celestial Empire, made him in irdi-nt ad- 
mirer of American insi iturioos. It is nnt doing 
these gcTittomen any injustice to Infer that their 
ailiocai-y of the riywrinwat of sending boy# hero 
to toi educated was made n>-re tcaluus by lb* 
bwpe. though unexpreared, that the yuctht wouhl 
imhiu pniiivph# nut fouml In trit-buoka, and 
woahl go back to Clilna (e*|>*fid to do mill'll 
toward Clheraliriug thn f tlrntBI Hut rulirt in 
their Isml TT*e fact that soon) of the young 
men drifted into ev va i * from which the nstivo 
Kmhmen ami SopJvsunrv* in Amiwiran roltoge# 
arc not free gave the ffjreninreiil a pretext for 
llioir mall Un the other hand, some of the 
toys have been n ut rxvmplary Minlenw. A 
young m of thsng Ui Sun lias written rawoa 
tort gn>vful verse*, whteh have toe* pfiol.il, 
■mi would have deae errdit to nno who had no* 
thn great ilUidrantagc of xrriting in a tanging* 
mi diffeeent from h i owb as thn U(llfh to i(if- 
ferant from th* Chinese. 



SULTRY DAY.— [So P*°« I23 ' 




Digitized by C 



HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


JULY 30. 1881. 


523 


THE PRESIDENT. 

Omit «ul. nyofcst heroine than !.**! this gnrm 
Abort til uibatw lor Iby Im and |u/t- 
71. *r )bo» through sitt-cln- .le.il.t wtu ll>» pto* 
Nitmi and dMHH to Iho uliun'a heart. 

Ha* It not r»«rol the* ihniuirh IX* tonic's Iwv, 
Aoi t-Mlfol tbr Hnob. wilt, luhllaut aruml. 

O «>«tit at fro-lnrn worth? ut tliy lliw, 

O Chrtrtia* »u Idler *kh ■ alsluMa »"--edt 
lisa It not hnixwnl the# wilt, fdaro and power t 
lint sow It tore* (bee— oh. rvward moat nt» I 
So corn! tha bill.* poln nf ,*-h leag hoot 
Tlie (irtoc <4 dijra tint aball ba mil mom fair. 
For no* M (VMon drop lire filUw. 

Kory aid. tinted Ambition alllik away: 

7b* nation hearstt a luftjr *kr, 

Aj 4 wr»ry pally anint turjnaj to-tUy. 

1.1 he a* the clilldiwn <4 ona tooschnU toad 
Draw cin*r I- feeler In thr »liu}c of 
And ban to qnsrtota Ilian, list haul In haul 
Wauh tevlngly tb# (tiwr, reaettaih bmsCh. 

So now throe la no North, nr Snath, nr Want ; 

Thm la no E*»l. VI r an aot four, hat out ; 
Aronml Iky '""1 pain Ihta I* rralnaaat. 

And nlimy aa rrowneal sbre In** la wnn. 


A FIGHT FOR HIM. 

Ba r. VP. no BISSON, 

Arjsni aw "Osrts* Cuawsrscr." '• Lmn Kan 

KilH,’ “ Puna lira a> ITT,' ire. 


t-MisH rnnsrru. 

Tex J 1M1 n*i> I wnn nn inmate of tit* Rea- 
vliffe Convalescent Home. I hurl Wr* very 
ill liefnre that — at on# limn even given up, 
and clad in my own heart pumit.ly Hint 
them »» no dam nr, cud to it alt, ami a pnm- 
|wrt of long mat, nrial m> more taskmaster*. 
I Imd hM worked to death, the doctor* said ; 
•“* • could have kept D |> so long hod lieen 
n matter of perplexity to all ib.sre late rat. 
ed in mj earn. K very thing IiomI limn *g»itiHl 
iih>: difficult anal rrapouslble work, HIM) m- 
pnthetic raa platers, weak health, scanty 
inrnnn to supply elm delicacies which every - 
Iwuly recommended lire, and BMll trouble 
— a “ something in luy miml” of which no- 
laxly knew, and wbiclt I, bring » prowl yuang 
woman in my way, xmis not llkdv to con* 
fen*. The doctor* kii*mwmI m much, and 
arkvd a few general «| I tm t ion*, tint they were 
tint Inquisitorial. They warned me, that 
inn #11. I waa not to brood ; I waa to keep 
cheerful ; to let the enresof the world go by 
tne quietly; atvl the, re **> a probability I 
might recover in dlio conns, of time. 1 waa 
idrougly reeunibirtitlod to go to Madeira or 
Algiers, hut a* I linal no money and few 
frtenda, I retnaiwd iti Lwidoa, drooped. sick- 
ened more and mows, gave tip, went into the 
hospital, fought a bnrd fight for life, or bad 
it fought for me by wise and elerer doctor*, 
anil tjjially wan wot to the Home at Hear lilFr, 
by special i n tercet of the faculty; anil her*-, 
inwapt onto* aeventy or a hundred com*- 
levcnt* like mynelf, |, thank* to the fresh 
aceiiee and the keen aca-brsere, gradually 
gut well anil strung. 

It waa hero 1 met Mi*» Foreytli. a yonng 
lady try log very hard to get well and *trotig 
too, and not n»kii>£ »«eh a rapiil procTM* 
a* eho wi»hed. atld, indeed, as alie hail #*- 
jhw teit. Uia Forsyth waa one of the rich 
patient*, for whom private apartment* were 
mipt>lird at a fired rnte, and it waa one of 
the rule* of the establishment that tho*« 
connltmilt «f an inferior order, ami who 
bud I wen admitted simply on rharitabla 
grounds, should, when well enough to do no, 
assist HI wniting on the better cloatc* who 
might be located there. 

1 1 w-iw eimoiitered a return of friendly *ett ■ 
Ice for the tienrfita of better health con- 
ferred, and did not |>ra* heavily apon the 
fHinivr inmate*, a* a rule. It p tu rned bearl- 
I * on me, for I *m poor and promt, and the 
humble folk lunongM whom my lot wa» 
thrown had known no better days like me. 
Many of them were domeatio errvanla, or 
workmen'* wires and ilaaghtem: it was my 
»ud lot to have been a laily once. 

Not that I ottered a complaint, or there 
won any one to gum* that 1 felt thia duty 
irkaume -» puniulnneat for which 1 had not 
bargained, and from which I Inwl not Ilia 
power to ciw»frfi. 1 had penurd tha ntltw 
on entering, and had believed in my own 
ability to act np to them ; 1 *o grateful 
for my health and Mrength *» rapidly re- 
turning to n»e, aud for lb* e.ire and kiml- 
nmn which the medical attmidnnt* and 
unrv-N hail inrarinbly *hown me, and fnun 
mv part of the contract I did not •brink in 
the tint iimtnnce. It wim no falre pride 
that atood in tho way; nathpr a tmr pride 
brought out by contact with M,m Koreyth, 
on whom I hod to wait a little, anil who im 
a young I ally hard to plenae. 

I mny »»y at once that I did not like Mim 
Ferny lb, t bough I tried to do » by way of 
a liegiuulHg. She wa*of my own age— «wne 
people »o,il at the Homo tltat *110 wan hot 
oiihko me in appear am*-, but thi* was fan- 
cy -lint a young woman more difficult for 
one of her own »* to “ take to~ I hod never 
met. I hail made many bumble frienda in 
thia new sphere. I had net ton all thuwe of 


the higher eetate from which the improvi- 
dence of tuy father bad let me drop. 1 bad 
been vain enough to think that I had Ho* 
gift of making fro-iwl* until I mot Mi** 
Forsyth, and then I thought it wa* iu my 
|Miwer to make an enemy more ea*ily. 

l.ydia Forsyth waa of a fretful and com- 
plaining nature, atxl exacting to n degree. 
Of a jealous disposition, tio>, which M-eliinl 
to envy me my lwttor health, and take it a* 
a alight that she should Mill lie left a weak 
and tulliig woman whilst I showed sign* of 
improvcnwut every day. That I should get 
well and she shoo Id get no lietler wa* ant 
of the inoniwistenrie* and injustices of Fate 
against which she protested very peevishly. 
We ImhI Imth turned our oue-aud- twentieth 
year, and were do longer girl*. We were 
both of age, atwl Imth — ye*, both Tory far 
from wise. We had reached our year* of 
ditcretion only iu name, ft waa even pmh- 
able. 

” ttomet itsie» I don't think I shall ever be 
any Imttcr," Mu* Forsyth aaiil one day. 

•• It ia aticli alow and weary work waiting 
to get well V 

“ You huve not been her* very long. Mita 
Forsyth." 

“ It seems an a**, “she replied; “and what 
waa the u« of calling me a convalescent, 
and sending me to thi* place, if I weren't to 
get strong when I runic f 

“The fault of your medk-ai advisers, per 
haps." 

“ No. The fnnlt of tho institution, which 
should have rbiectt Iu galea upon such an 
>ni|HsitiHr a* I am,' she answered. 

“ Hut yon are not any worse." 

"You rao not tell the state of my health. 

I believe I am,’’ »he answered, anappisbly, 
at this. 

I dul not argue with her on the point. I 
was hnnllv certain luyaelf. and a* slot tele- 
graphed Is London for a physician to come 
down to her at aDy expense the next day, 
my opinion would not have been of any val- 
ue to her then. 

The physician canto, received a heavy fee 
for spec in | service, conferred with the resi- 
dent nurgrem attached to the rwtabhshaii-nt, 
and wont his way again. I was curious to 
know what he had said aa to the condition 
of Mini Forsyth, to whom I played the isirt 
of half lady's-maid and half companion, but 
she did nut satisfy my curiosity. All I knew 
wa* Hist she oald in the evening, crawly, 

“ I wish that man had never teioc,’ but the 
why and where lore of Hint wish wna n»t 
imparted to me. It was nol my hMlMMk lh 
Miss Forsyth’s eetlmailon, and there wnaau 
eud of it. 

8 till alia waa very mriona na rrganled my 
own tinaiucwa in life, ami that waa a little 
aggravating. She wus anxious to learn 
everything abemt tnyaelf, my birth, |iareut- 
nge, and anteivslenja, why I hast comedown 
iu the world, and by whoso fault, and what 
1 thought of the lower stratum of aociety to 
which 1 had boon reduced. This nut out 
of sympathy with my past, I was very well 
oaoured. I act it down to tho mere Idle eu- 
ricatty of on* with much time an her hands 
for asking i( nest ions, and with me particu- 
larly handy to respond to them. I did nol 
toll her everything: there were <|«io*tl«n* 
which I naturally raented concerning one 
secret, ami seeing this, aim harassed me 
rather than rapeeted my reserve. Alie took 

advantage of my defenseless position so 
much t hut at last I asked the superintend- 
ent of the institution to place me some* Irere 
eliwi away from her. 

“ You surpria* me,' said Mr*. Selcombe, 
ami she waa certainly very lunch astonish- 
ed at tny loqnaet. “MiiM Forsyth ha* ex- 
prewwrel hrisctf as completely satisfied with 
your kimlueas ami atteoliun.” 

It waa my turn to l>e surprtaad now. 

“I should not have thought it possible." 

** She w ill b* very much hurt if I make 
any alteration. Will you try for another 
week f 

“* If yon wish, madam. But 1 would pre- 
fer to go away altogether." 

“Oh ! you are not strung enough for that 
yet," said the superintendent, with a smile, 
“and here i* a young lady of inUnence and 
considerable wealth wh<* appears to have 
taken a fancy to you. Might I not suggest 
that it won lil 1st policy to conciliate and 
please l»*r, if you mold P 

■* It »» not in my power." 

“I must cuufca* she is a very eccentric 
and Irritable person. " aaid Mr* Beleombe; 
•'hot all tlial m»y Is- natural to her weak 
state of health. .She should not have come, 

1 think. It was a mistake. It was too 
soon," *h* added, gravely. 

" IKm't you think *he — " And then I 
paused. inteTfwtcd in Mue Forsyth more than 
1 thought I rent Id lie. 

“That she will get over ItP Mr*. Ret- 
ci*nibe cnneliulisl f,>r me. “Well, between 
rm twelve*. Mias Uonglse, I don't tbtuk »hc 
will.* 

"Alt! that makes a difference indeed," 1 
responded. “I will not complain of her 
again. I wilt serve her with all my heart.' j 


II. -A XTRINO or (It BcnoNS. 

I did my lie*t after that day to makn my- 
self agreeable to Miw Forsyth. Mw InleT- 
ested my mind at last, though she wa* to 
me a mystery. I could nut detect any af 
feetion in her nature (award twe, any por- 
licttlar wish for my society, any common 
liking for a anbiinlinnie whom chnnco hail 
put in her way. Hat her the contrary, aftet 
all, I thought; aud after a few day*' ckwer 
•ludy of her, aud with a wish (« act her in 
a brighter, clearer light, surely tho con- 
trary, unless the art of ilisgmung ona'a reel- 
ings were singularly exemplified in tier case. 

Tim! oh* was not bnppy was evident : 
that alie was diseatiidivd with tho institu- 
tion, with the Inmate*, witli (be Mipcria- 
teiident. and the *crv anta, with everything, 
w a* a Ian very certain : that she was tint par- 
ticularly glad to see the great fnro. U who 
cam# In their carriage* t«. condole with her. 
nod attempt to cheer Iter, they diacovered 
f«r themarlve*; and that she >|Uarr.dled 
openly with her own mother, who urged lot 
to return home, waa the general topic of the 
Reacliffe eetahliahnieut for a week after the 
event. 

One afternoon, despite all my cant inn, and 
tar new interest in this fretful and rwpri- 
cinua yonng lady, I nearly quarrelled with 
her on nay owu account. 

“I often wonder how you hare existed 
here an long," she said t« i»h>. "Can there 
he anything men* distremlngty anonotonaiM 
than the drag, drag, drag of that wretched 
sea over the stone* day after .lay I It 
weoriew me to death." 

We were in the ground* of the institu- 
tion, ami ou Hie top of the cliff. It was a 
bright ■UtilUitF* day, when the sea w»* full 
of golden ripples, and to complain of it seem- 
ed heresy. 

“ You should read more, Mias Forsyth." 

"Oh I I detest reading," she replied. “The 
very sight of a l*»k i« enough for me -it 
reminds me of my hateful lsM.nUug-scli.vil 
lesson*, at which they kept me chained till 
I aai nineteen year* of age." 

Mis* Forsyth had been evidently “ back- 
ward” in her studio*, hot I did nut hattnrd 
any comment thereon. I said, however, “ I 
meant light reading— novel* and poetry, for 
instance." 

" Novel* and poetry V she repeated. “ Oh ? 
(hey are all about love, and 1 don't believe 

in it.” 

" Yon are young to be •keplioal, Miaa For- 
syth " 

"You do, then r 

Bite turned u|s>u me, with her plain, .lark 
face taking, as 1 fancied, darker liuce at 
once. I did not answer her instantly — I 
had beta speaking generally— I bad forgot- 
ten !n»w, In my own ease, It wa* very easy 
t» belt.- vn that lava w*» simply a mirage. I 
anawercsl her after a pause. 

"I think there i* a great deal of love In 
the world,” I said, “or |ieople would not 
write so tnttrh alm«t it." 

" IVopfe often write about what they 
don't understand," waa the very true asser- 
tion here. 

'• Rome people— not all." waa my reply. 

“ Yon believe in love, then I" she went on, 
pereistently. 

" Yes," 1 answered, wishing and hoping 
this would end tho disctiNUiui. 

•'Then yon havo a lover," *ho aald, very 
qnickly; “aome one on wbo^- faith you 
rely — who you are sure Innk* np to you a* 
to his divinity, ami to whom yon look np, 
knowing of his Imth. Ho that's it. Doug- 
las T Is not that it f" she added, In great ex- 
citement and a strong anxiet y for my answer. 

“Oh do- -that is not it; that ia Ur frntn 
it." I nid, attempting a laugh, which waa 
very' Mljr done. 

“ You are not telling me the truth," she 
cried, angrily ; "yon are deceiving me — you 
know yon are." 

I shook my head. This wa* the old sub- 
ject upon which 1 wna never .lispowrd to lie 
cnsnioanicative, ami least of all w as I likely 
to confide In Mis* Forsyth- 

“Ahl wall — then it Aa* kmt~ she said, 
“There ha* been KUttebody to love on re, 
and to nuke a hero off Homebody to tlie 
for — as they say in (he novel* yon recoin - 
mewl me aa earnestly to read. I am very 
sure of that. Dooghie." 

I did not answer her now. I waa not 
pleased with her tonn of inquiry, and thia 
addreasing me by my minutiae invariably 
irritated me, and vented to my suspicious 
mind to be done to irritate me. 

•' I sup|HBMi yon can own that, at any rate. 
It Is no slate sc.-ret which you have sworn 
to keep inviolate," she stu.L 

"I do not understand why yoc should lie 
so ruriou* about me, Mis* Forsyth," I re- 
plied. 

"Oh. I'm not curious alwi.it yon, Douglas; 
don’t think llur," wa* the scornful answer. 
" I only naked a simple question which your 
previotis remarks on the affection* *ug- 
geated." 

“I hare made no remarks on the offer- 
i turns." 


" You will please wot to contradict me," 
slid Miaa Fussy tb, with great haughtiness, 
“or I ahull report you to Mr*. Holcombe. 
You forget your position altogether." 

“ And so iki you, madam," 1 answered, 
tartly. " Y.*n forgel the respect doc to n*e 
and my past life; and yon will pardon lire. 
Mi** Forsyth, but yon forget yourself a 
littie." 

I weal away with flndir.t checks and 
beating heart ; 1 wa* tired of Ilia Forsyth, 
uud dctrrmiiMd to leave the inatitatiou 
rather than subject myvlf any longer to 
her prreiiipt.rtj malt tier — to her orrognne*. 
1 hud done my ls-st with her. and failed. 
Mrs. HelooanW uuist be getting in her do- 
lagc to think my uii»1rei» had conceived in 
her heart any love fur rue. What had put 
it into the stipe rioleiMleur* bead. I wonder- 
ed more and mure — nhat bud Nna Forsyth 
said about lire to give wo false an impreseion 
to ot»e w» very cowl and |iracriral, us a rule, 
us the head of Scaeliffc llouaef I walked 
lowant tire houv brocsling upon all this; I 
hnd molted to iichw. 1 to my own r.s>m to 
think it all mil. after a good cry ovrr iho 
indignitiea to which ] had twen sul.jectesl, 
to write out my application for withdrawal, 
to acrilddo, irerhar#, a few ha*(y line* to 
Mu* Fonyth, and which 1 thought in my 
conceit might do her good, and n iulr i her 
riewe considerate of the feelings of her w bo 
would take my plncc anon. I hail nearly 
reached the porch when Mrs. Selcombe, at- 
tended by a gentleman, stepped from be- 
neath it into flu- garden. 

Tire grni l.i. mu was looking straight 
ahead, and did twit see me ; Mrs. Sclriiiuba 
waa t.si busy just then to take much liced. 
She waa pointing out the way to him. 

■^Yoa will find Miaa Forsyth over (Irere, 

“Where (ho white parasol la?" he asked. 

“Yea. That ia M>«* Forsyth," answered 
Mrs. Holcombe, somewhat iucuDMstcntly. 

•Oh: thank you." 

He raised hi* hat ami pamed on. 

It waa Ire! — it was my old lover of w'lnnn 
Miit* Forsyth hud been ciirioiia — It was tha 
Homebody I tod loved once, ami, 0ml knows, 
mode a hero of. I turned liusuly from him ; 
I went with dowticust eye* and rapid step# 
aloug tho path which went completely 
ronuil tho iiMtitiition; I entered the bona* 
by a side duor, aud linmnd up stairs to my 
own little room, wherein I Usikod luyaelf 
away frotu alt Iho world. 


A GERMAN VILLAGE. 

Tint little village of Groos Tabors lira ou 
tho northern slope of the long ridge of the 
Tharingian Mountains, iiIhmiI ton mile* from 
its northwestern eud. Ita erououaic slate, 
which ia only a type of itiauy others iu the 
districl, is decidedly jirimi live. Every well- 
to-do family has its little atrip of ground, 
or sometime* several such strip* have hern 
accumulated in oire family by inber.rancn 
or inlcrmorriagro. The village butrUer, 
with wb.ms family non. was mn.u oii tolrra- 
bly intimate term*, woo the ownrr.or *1 b ast 
Uiu null t volar with |>er|» lu»i rights, of umny 
little IU-1.U situated in almost as umny ]iar- 
ulie* On three fields they raise the com 
nf which their bresil is made, tho imtatoea, 
turnip*, (met twit, ptc^ which help to pro- 
vide them with food, ami the flux wli.rh 
forms the raw material of their liueu nmb-r- 
clothlng. Tha dux t* spun at borne by tho 
women during the winter month* when field- 
work i* im|HMHililc, and ia woven Into long 
pieces of linen by village weavers in old- 
fashioned looms, such as cmld he aeon (illy 
or sixty years ago in the home* of ntanti fac- 
toring village* tn England. Each family 
ul*o hua its cow nnii it* threo or four geese. 
The latter, in addition to the profit derived 
by selling or eating their fireh, furnish a 
IMitwanial snurce of reienue from their lea- 
thers, w hid. ure plucked al regal »r inter- 
val* from tho living breasts, and sold for 
the purpose of making pillow* ami feather- 
Issls fur tbc inbabitauta of more luxurious 

After the Mrcucid crop of hay has been all 
gathered in, which i* sappsiaed to tm 
achieved by the beginning of Heptemtor, 
and for tire gathering in i»r which the rib 
age schools have a special holiday, the 
meadow « are »|wn to lire cattle still grwsa of 
all the inhabitant*, and the f/irfcn have no 
lunger tarh an ar.lii.wi* ta*V. The paataro- 
laiul becomes again for the time the proper- 
ty of the Cmnmnne, the “ common land" 
w bit It it originally wa*. and ia doited with 
red oxen or snow-white geese. During tbn 
mouths of July and August the whole pop- 
ulation, male arid female, is for the most 
part occupied in getting tn the crop* of dif- 
(event kind*, which seem to fora, a continu- 
ous aerie*, beginning with tire first crop of 
hay, at Hi# lu'gitjaing of July, and ending 
with Hi# tiramawf, or second crop, early In 
September. The women are hy no nreatm 
behind the men in the severity of their la- 
hotw. During Ibis time uurk bvgiu* at 4 



JULY IU), HW1. 


523 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


A-M-, mid Iimih Mil dn*k. The crop* are 
gathered without the assistance of the ma- 
chinery which an American or English farm- 
er would couwder cssriitiul. A very iihiirt 
scythe, of primitive kha|re and make. La used 
for the pm i»» nnd corn. Tbu men employ a 
greet part of tbeir evening* in batumefiag 
there m-j Umm, on an tit give I hem a barter 
anil sharper edge, and the cnatiouou* clung 
of the hammer* n hy no mcain an attract- 
ive or soothing feature of life in a Herman 
pea.mn l proprietor village to a *tniugcr in 
search of qniet. Mowing, we may notice, 
appear* to lie the one dignified agricultural 
work which a woman can twit d». Ocra- 
sisuslly 1 I WH W awiuwan ue the acythn 
fur a few tmuiitc*, hut it wa* uleajre with a 
sort of npolngy on the port of the woman 
for intruding on maecnLine fuuctioue, and 
seemed to be regarded hy the men with 
rotnpamlmiate toleration. Women anil 
girln are competent in Thuringia t« carry 
burden* of klily, eighty, or even a hundred 
pound* weight, in great basket*. for mile*, to 
the Bciml market town, l>ul they can not 
mow, or at lcaat public opinion decree* that 
they aliall not. 

The pcodaea of the email *t rip* of laud ia 
taken to the poorer home* either in curinwo 
basket* Nii*[>eu<1ix| like a knapsack If two 
atrapa pmuol over the ahooilder*. and ear- 
ned alway* by women or children, or on 
wheelbarrow*, which have the advantage 
of taking a rather larger quantity at once. 
The wealthier inhabitant* employ rudely 
constructed wagon*, and generally in this 
<*m tire moil superintend the operation. 
Tbo whole process of gathering in the bar- 
veat ia curried no hy each family for itaclf. 
A few hired laborer* there are, lint very few, 
and theae can not he gut. to work for *o long 
Imiira or on energetically aa tbo farmer* 
themselves. 

Of course any volunteer aaaiotnncr I* ea- 
gerly welcomed. During our atay in tbo 
village a regiment of infantry pawing 
through on It* way to Mime notnuiii ids- 
nueuv re* was riageorfiri in the village. 
Each bouae-owner had to entertain with 
Ini! and hoard no many MSnner, anil soaio- 
tlmea a J'ftni aa well, the nuuitxT of each 
being chalked np osteutationaly ou tho 
door* of tile house* a day or two previously 
hy a commiiwirlai officer who had room «n 
In advance. There wan mine grumbling at 
the prtwpcct on the port of tbo villager*, 
many of whom thought sixpence a day 
Karrcly sufficient remuneration for feeding 
and booting a stalwart aoldier. However, 
the day won fine, ami She soldier*, a* soou 
aa their noevssary military duly wan done, 
wt to work to awlot their bu»ta in getting 
the harveat ia. Tliere waa Little gmoihlmg 
In the village the nett day. but only regTcta 
that the regiment could not atop still louger. 


THE VOYAGE OP THE “EIRA." 

TmtorOH the OOtirieSJ oftbe editor of I he 
New York Herald wo un enabled to lay tie- 
fore our reader* a page of Illustration* of 
Um laat voyage of the Eira, engraved from 
photographs takea during the Crip. The 
AVa ia the property of a wealthy and en- 
terprising English gentleman, Mr. l.Rlofi 
Smith, who baa matte several voyage* lain 
the arctic region*, with a view to determin- 
ing the moat practicable haei* of operation* 
against the north pole. “ lli* aim now is to 
*how," says the correspondent of the Hrrald, 
“ by a writ* of thoroughly exhaustive Muti- 
neer expedition*, that Hie southern shore of 
Erans-Jowf Land I* now the beat and only 
bare for a government arctic expedition the 
object of which would be to reach the north 
pole; and furlher, that the aunt hero alwm 
of Frnnr- Josef Land can 1>" reached with- 
nut dilBcalty any year during the Mummer. 
Kira Harbor, according to Mr. Lximi Sxmi, 
would ho the place for the main dlpAt, and 
the winter-quartern of the reaervo vt-reel, 
while the other would push up the sound to 
the north, sad winter at the furthest attain- 
able point. For with only one *hlp an ex- 
tensive dfipht would bo r*taldi*hod at Kira 
Harbor, and the ahip would make it a bare 
or operation*. 

"The laat voyage of the Eiro, n con t nine* 
the correspondent, “ was so important a ooo 
in arctic annals that It tuay I* well to sum- 
marire its main incident*. On the 14th of 
July, 1HH0, Mr. burnt reached tbo north- 
western point of Spitsbergen ; hut finding 
all pawage barred there, he turned south- 
ward, roanded its southern point, and then 
again resumed bis northwesterly course, 
He now found himself face to face with a 
great problem which ha* teen awaiting no- 
tation. Waa there a practicable route bctom 
the ioe-ladcn *cs, Into which he was now 
steaming, to Franx-Jcocf Land T The E\rm 
beaded straight for the solution of the prob- 
lem. On Aiigunt fi she cun* u|h>ii ilia pack 
In latitude 77*. tibo *rcamed along tho 
edge of the doc, and on Angnnt H wsa In lat- 
itude 711“ A‘. On the Oth she was pushing 
into toe pack, amid dense fogs, but on the 


following day hod to turn bock, and waa 
then driven further bock still by a gale, 
Hy the 13th, however, ah* »»< I Kick again 
in 7»", mol on lbs morning of the I4lh she 
sighted Land. In tho afternoon *he made 
fast to a land line near a *mal I Utaiol, after- 
ward named May Island, in the centre of 
tile southern archipelago of Fraut-Jowrf 
Land, The goal vu reached ; the nsfigu- 
hle route to PhUldoMf I-aud. which may 
lead future explorer* to hew and important 
diacovenw* In the far North, waa il 1*00 v* red, 
and a new era In the hutory of jtnlar di»- 
covery opened. 

" Bush were the result* of Mr. Lkniii 
S jriTH'B hut arrtieexpedition— reanlta which 
uiay lead, before Wing, to a government expe- 
dition leaving Hritinli nhurv* for Kira Harbor 

Mr. Lr.iiai Svmr WM particularly (Ml* 

cent upon the subject of a possible national 
expedition, but gave uir to uodentand that 
Mich an event was probably under ou Hauler - 
at ion, and luigli t conn* off 1 when die Li beral 
gm eminent am turned out.’ Whatever 
government la in power iiiakm no diffipreuoo 
to Mr. Kurt n, and this year the prow or the 
AVa will be turned northeastward, straight 
fur the entrance of that navigable mute 
through the pack ice of Bsmitx .va which 
lie ha* marie so famous. He will probably 
establish a dfipAt anil build a hut at Eirn 
Harbor, explore the surrounding country 
especially with a view to the discovery of 
game, aud do all that ean be done to bring 
back for the govenimeut further infonun- 
liou nn to the pro* peels of an advance from 
that basis upon the pole," 


DEAN STANLEY. 

Til* sodden death of Dean 8T*XI.KT baa 
taken the jienple of onr country hy Mirprine. 
Ilia return to the United State* waa confi- 
dently expected hy bis personal friends; It 
was raid that he «s* ensuing again to study 
the |HH-iiliar relation* under which the 
church and the state exist aiming ns. it 
i* rrionrkahle that both be and Canon 
Kl.vcst.l'Y should have died so soon alter 
visiting America. Both were well known 
here before they arrived upon oar shore*, 
ImiIIi received marked alteuliitu* from all 
rlasar* id oar citisrn*, and l*>tli left bslllttd 
them pleasant memonea of their atay. I Van 
&l*SL*r especially, hy the breadth of hi* 
sympathy with Christians of sretr nnmr sod 
style, won the fwpwl of all onr Church**. 

AKTiirii Pcuuivx Ktavixv wm the mn 
of Hi* bop KtaXUTY, of tlie diocese of Nor- 
wich, and vu bora in Chcaliirc. Euglarul, 
December 13, 1*15. He wa* educated at 
Rugby School hy Dr, THOMJUI ARXiiUi, whose 
life be afterward wrote. Tire praise* of An- 
tcou> have been ealobratnd by many of hi* 
pupil*, and hy bobs more aflr. t innately than 
by Tmcimas llfditrs in hia '/• m itrom*. He 
waa more than a great teacher : besides iu>- 
pnnning bin manlincws open the young men 
who came nuiler hi» rare, lie most vigorously 
debated the qwmtiiMi* wliVh during hi* time 
stirred tho Chureh. Setting out with some 
of the principles of CoLKHimiK, be devel- 
oped them with an independence pernliar- 
ly his own. Ilia theory of the union of the 
rhuroh ami live *tal« was *uh«| sntiully 
mlojitcd hv STasi.r.r, and *ha|io<l the charac- 
ter of ths 1 trail aa a theologian and an eeelo- 
oiaatic. Atutoufa theory wa* snhatantlally 
this: that tbo church aud the state ore 
identical ; that they are the same corporate 
body, only performing dlflervnt functions; 
and that therefore the E*taldi*lieil Church 
oh an Id oumpreheiid all tbo form* of tbo 
Christian religion sulwisting within ths 
state. Dean KraNLKY dill nothing for the 
fnrtber elalmrntion of Ibis theory, but be 
illustrated it in his practice. Hi* nompr*- 
bo naive charity took into it* gr»*p all c 1as*e* 
of Christian* ; ho wa* a lover of gc**l moil, 
to whatever school they Iwluoged ; ho could 
witbont effort ofler the reading • desk of 
Westminster Abbey to MofPATT, tho Dio- 
•cuter, nail to Max MI'UJPK. the Orientalist- 
Hs aimed n* far a* bo could to make tho 
Church of England inclusive of Ilimcot, not 
by preemption* of law, bnt by tbo force of 
sympathy. In thi* be reversed tbo Chureh 
policy of centnric*, which tried by all possi- 
ble umlra to exclude Dissent , ami whs IIiiih 
consistently Akm.iU>‘h pupil. Hi* Krond- 
Chnrchtnaimhlp wa* uot laxity of principle, 
hut breadth of lovo. 

Tlic example* of Dean Srajrurt’a catho- 
licity, which rcsdily occur to ono's uietnrarT, 
are very pleasing. In bis lecture* on tbo 
Church of Hoot land, delivered in Edinburgh 
in IHTtf, be thus *|wak* of the old Kirk: 
•• Engltslimon ami WootSIBU of all porsna- 
aioDs may well ho proud of maintaining a 
Chnrch which has at times been the chief 
support of the united interests of culture, 
freed on, ami religion — n Charoli which CaR- 
htair* and Konraraox, CHauntR* and Irv- 
ixij, adorned, which Sir WiLutn Sixitt anil 
Sir WtixtaM Hamilto.x sujipurtcd because 
they felt that no existing institution could 
equally supply its plaos. ” He waa aa cor- 


dial to English Nonconformists a* to Scotch 
Pmbytcriaua. Through bu giMMt otBi-o* the 
Mclbodintsof England were rualdeil to pine* 
iiieitalliini likenesscu of Johx and Ciiaiu.il* 
Wuqjnr In Wostmiuslor Abbey. Ho deliv- 
dial ooo of tho mill row* w hetl tbo rui-dall- 
ion wn* Ant exhibited to tho public, and 
qaiited therein, ia allusion to hi* then re- 
cent liereavemeot, tbo lino* from f'lLAJU.K* 
WrsLKY’b “ Wrestling Jacob," 

“ My rmnpsoy hefom U *ono. 

And ( *10 bri *mon villti tteo." 

The LVan had little nr Dnuc of tlie po- 
lomlc spirit »f his inaoter. Dr. Ar.MjUi. IIb 
was oBiineiitly a oian of peace. An.voui 
hud attacked the Tractarinu movemont with 
ull the vehemence of hia nature. He *aw in 
Tmctariunisoi a return to the principles of 
ArvhhjnlHip Lai ImiiiiI Mtorcd with CoLS- 
Rttair. that the identifiratioii of tbo hio- 
rarrby with tho church was the first and 
most dangerous Christian a|*nta*y, Dean 
biAjrucv avoidrd contl n-t, ami *peut his 
life in quietly illustrating Hrond-C'harch 
principle*. He was denounced hy many a* 
a lnliliulittariaii: that was to be expected: 
but lie pursued to the cml the even tenor 
of hi* way. Fortunately his position a a 
Dean of Westminster Abbey was one of en- 
tire independence ; he wn* free from epis- 
copal roDtrnl. and could live out Ida con* ie- 
tions without official hindrraacc. In hi* 
litetimetheltreiwI-C'biirchuM-n became adla- 
tinet School — they were never property a 
party — which ho* left a deep impn-M on 
English thought. 

Few men have Wn more fortunate than ; 
Doan fiMM.tr in winning honor* in tho | 
Church amt in literature. He Mitered lla- ' 
lied College, Oxford, «i|*oii a wholnrebip 
which ho bait secured by hi* kucccm as a 
Rugby student. He carried off university 
prices as if they belonged of right to him. 
After his graduation in IKte bo served for 
twelve year* ns a tutor in University Col- 
lege, Oxford. In lflfil In 1 wa* appointed 
Canon of Ciinterbiiry ; in I ".'>4, Chaplain to 
I’rtnce Aure.nr: In |*u. Chaplain to the 
Queen and the Prince of Wale*. 1 u l*Htl he 
wosoflrred the Archbishopno of Dublin, but 
declined it. In 1*14 he was made lkau of 
Wi-HtiuiiiHter, and held the jmsitioti till hi* 
death. From IHfiO to lrifii he waa Rrgin* 
ITofcutor of Eer-lcsiaalienl History in the 
University of Oxford ; iu 1S73 he waa elect- 
ed Laid Hector of the University of St. An- 
drew*, Scotland. Itnt these dignities were 
fully justified hy hia literary laUira. A list 
of liis writings would be too long for this 
notice. Among the most important are; 
Hft *sif Ctirrrspuwfrwcv of lH. 7 Annul* -4r- 
«u£4; Tk* Eyiollra of SI, I’mnl to tfcc l +rmlk- 
ino ; Aisoi umt /‘ufafinr ■* Cossnrhws iriiA 
firtr 7/iotory; on tkr llnliuy of lit 

Jesciok CMmvM ; Lmium on Ike llutorii of Iht 
Eastern t in rti. His historical works are 
elegantly 'written. Tlie ireatflirat of the 
Old TeManieiit hUtory i* free, and passages 
occur In the laetnran of groat bsanty. Their 
mural valne is, however, not very great. 
The Dean excelled in statement more than : 
in critical analysis. Still, he is *o pictur- 1 
<w<|iie in his treatment of his subjects that j 
bis historic* are delightful reailiug. 

Tho* tho Brood- Churchmen of England 
are one hy one di*ap|>rartiig. KritOALEY, 
MaI xiit., Stamjiy. and their teacher*. An- 
num aud CuLXRindK, have gone, anil no 
snreesnor* are likely to appear. Tho new 
ora ha* brought In new questions, ami the 
now qnrotlous will hava freali champions. 

0. R. Cmoo. 


A SULTRY DAY. 

Title establishment of free drinking fount- 
aifi* in thi' street* <if large cities, where iweu, 
women, and rhihlron may quench tbeir 
thirst with cool water,!* a hotter temper- 
ance movement than the organ notion of a 
duzen societies for the purpose of dissuading 
jienple from indalgirg in strong drink. 
Very few Sm tlii* sultry weather will resort 
to whiskoy or boor If, at no oo»4, they can 
obtain a glau of pure eotd water. Onr 
double -page illustration show* an eager 
gnwip a>Hwit one of these fountains iu a 
crowded London tlionwiglifare. 

Recently a wimUi of ice- water fountains 
have bean relaUtabod In New Yotk. One, 
psiuteil Hrry red. ntalid* ou tho kite of tbo 
old Five Point*, and attract* thousand* f 
easterner*, a large proportion of them chil- 
dren. Rag-picker*, blacksmith*, and labor- 
ing men of all description* make frequent 
pilgrimage* to tin* fountain. It coiinimii** 
alHMit half a ton of icc a day, and t'roton 
water jHinr* in upon tbo ico through a three- 
quarter- inch pijH-. Another fountain stand* 
at tlie iwmlbera end of Union Square. Tbo 
material i* a*h and chestnut. D wa* erect- 
oil by K. H. Manr St Co. Tbo water Mow* 
through a coil of pipe around block* of ioo, 
anil i* thna cooled. The fountain sooth of 
the Post-olfiiv omsimii'B about a ton of ico 
daily, and nearly tan thousand gallons of 
utriar arc drank there every day. 


POULTRY KEEPING IN 
NORMANDY. 

A* layers, small breeds of fowls are very 
much preferred to the larger ones, both a* 
ehea|>cr to feint ai-il a* laying larger egg*. 
In many district* square-built black heu* 
prefMMi derate, white In others cuckoo* have 
a well-dowrved repute. HiMtdaua.of conw, 
have their psrtisnn*, and Crhvecreiir* are 
unrivalled in tbeir own part of the coun- 
try, while many people will have none but 
the very pretty, well shaped, lively, and 
bright-looking Puiilo dc Goiimny —a hlack- 
and.white bird something like the Ham- 
burg, with n comb waomtdltiff that of the 
Minorca, which trMnm oak* to *it, ami lays 
a great nuinUr of largo white egg*. One 
fiirnwr'* wlfo said she kept a bent 400 lira* 
of tin* kind, and nsimlly sold I'J.OOO egg* in 
the year, after supptyiug tbe wants of her 
Urge holme hold and rear! ng about 4U0 chick- 
ens; and she might probably bsTo doubled 
the inimlH-r had nhc been able to giro more 
attention to tlie mailer. 

Artificial ibciilmtinn i* gradually making 
it* way iu Normandy, the Voi teller incubator 
••ring found to lie a real ancem* by all who 
une it intelligently. I conversed with wi- 
cral people who practiced artificial hatch- 
ing, and their testimony was all in its favor. 
Owe /cnwjivc had hail her iscubntor in u»e 
for thtre years, and foond no difflcnlty with 
it since *h« hnd taken to keeping it in a 
room where she could often look at tlwi 
thermometer, Abe added that she no* obl« 
to re-ar a uiek larger perrentage of chick. 
cu* from a given number of egg* than she 
could do with cither ben* or turkeys, I am 
bound, however, to My that I found Inrii- 
bat'<T* only anvng quite tlie superior elan* 
of fanner*, arwl oven then only here nnd 
there. It w ill probably be roine time before 
ths thrifty Notman pr.vKint will >•* found to 
cxjieiol hi* eaniiug* npm, one; nor do I bo- 
lieve that artificial iucubution ha* vot ar- 
riveil at that perfection which would coin- 
mead it to that class nf person* whose wive* 
and daughter* have leisure to ilevotc to their 
litrlc poultry-yards, and by *(hw nruscisss 
core mid attention no much profit 1* made. 


BEARDS. 

ExcRj'TtoNAtr.Y lung l-»nl* have always 
attraeled a g>*«l deal of attention, anil his- 
tory record* many instance* of this kind. 
Raulier von TnliMTg, a German knight, and 
Councillor of Maximilian II. {d. L’i76), re- 
jrelced iu a h*'*rd which readied to hi* feet, 
ami from them again to hi* waist. John 
Mayo, a cclelrrated painter of thn slxtcwntli 
century, who arrnuipaijioi Charles V. in hi# 
canipaign.hnd aheanl*o long that nltliough 
he was a toll mail, it would hang upon the 
ground when h« stood upright; he wore 
it, therefore, fastened to hlk girtlio. 

Hcorge Killingwcrlh, sent by Queen Mary 
as one of her agents in l&U to Csar Ivan 
thn Terrible, in said to have had a heard live 
feet two ioclie* long. Iu tlie olden time, 
when every part i>r the ImkU bad it* jirice, 
the heird wa* rained at twenty shilling*— 
n large sum for the timo — wliits the less 
«f a leg was only estimated at twelve shil- 
ling*. 

Wee an easily imagine that at period* when 
the I "‘aril and whl»ker* were hMibwl npnn a* 
ornamental, false heard* were Sfltwtitutod 
for the genuine article. Uedro IV. of Ara- 
gon found liimwlf cooipclled to pro- 

hibit hi* Catalonian nibjecl* from westing 
fill** bcaretH. But the meat singular *oh- 
klltnta la the golden lewnt, which. Chrj»m- 
temu* says, was worn hy tlio King* of IV*- 
•in. Suetonius says the siune of Caligula, 
tlie Roman Emperor. According to Andreas 
Favyn, th* Kings of France of the first dy- 
nasty wore liearits cut wined with gold 
threads. Duke Kenatns of Lnrrailt* was 
the lout, and it is re In ted that ho wore at 
the funeral of Chartca uf Burgundy, who 
died at Nancy in 1477, u heard of gold thread 
hanging down to bis girdle, A* Jnpitcr 
waktaJiuetluira ailoruod w ith a golden heard, 
tlie phrase asmut hriftum kaln r* was equiv- 
alent to saying Dram o«. 

I leant* were at various times taxed in 
England. Thus *« read in .Votes and |/w- 
rir* that the sheriff of Canterbury paid three 
kliitlmgs aud fonrpone* for wearing a heart. 
In the first year of Etixalmth every beard of 
above a fortnight’s growth waa taxed threw 
shilling* ami sixpence ; hut the law was too 
absurd to be enfotved. Tlie duty imposed 
upon lieard* by peter tire Ureal was a ru- 
ble (about three shillings). This Is* met 
with a fate aiiuilar tn that of EUsaboth’a, 
and waa anon cancelled. 

Tlie development of tlie heard, n* well as 
the hairiiiew* of ths body, differ* not merely 
tn different rare*, bnt also in familie* of tire 
•a lire race. In Enro|ie aud a portion of A»l* 
beard* prevail, until we go beyoud India, 
when gradually beard* disappear, aa ia tho 
rare with the Siamese, Chiurae, and Japs- 




i 4 


HARPER’8 WEEKLY. 


WHAT THE NEW JUVENILE LAWS ARE INTENDED Ti» Rl'ITRESR-fS** Awict*. "Ci iw Ciraod**.” P*0« »!*.) 


JULY 90. IfWl 


jn.Y 30, 1801. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


THE STR.ICLSI FIRE. 

Early on the morn- 
ing of July III Hi* 
beautiful city of Syr- 
anise wu visited by 
a destructive lire, 
which within a cou- 
ple of I to ura cmh 
• uined property ot the 
value of nearly four 
hundred thousand 
dollars. Tlic block 
in which tbu Or* oc- 
curred contained th* 
Wletiug Opera-boos* 
— on elegant struc- 
ture, of which only 
the picturesque ruin* 
remain. Til* stage 
was large, and well 
appointed with secu- 
e-ry anil furuilnre. 
and wna iu great fa- 
vor with ilia theatric- 
al profession. 

The Opera - hens* 
aoil the old hall which 
formerly occupied its 
site have n history, 
says tl*e Syracuse 
-Lists .if, which would 
be interesting if writ- 
ten. “In oil* or the 
other of I hem I taw 
appeared such nota- 
bles MS t'llAIILom. 
(VM1MS, CtURLO 
lHCRIESs. RiSTliRI. 
Lat'iu Keene, Pat- 
ti, FOMW*T,NlU*OX, 
lie II nil. and later 
Oebsteh and Bern 
iiAiinr Tb* Govern- 
ors iif fourteen Slates 
buv# been u|hiii their 
stages, together with 
cabinet oltners, able 
lecturers, and literary 
gentlemen in large 
numbers, also hun- 
dreds of prominent 
politicians. They 
have lieeu the scene 
of conventions which 
•lisped ill* political 
future, of conven- 
tions which discussed 
educational and so- 
cial questions ; lime 
been th* theatre in 
VM poHUnl his- 
tory was made which 
will never be for- 
gotten. There was 



n hercthe Democratic 
party fought some of 
its hardest battles, 
aud where the Ite- 
pubtiesii parly van 
do ided iu ItffVL" 


THE HOI. ELBIIDGK 
GEIRT UPHU. 

This g*ut1«man, 
who hss Wen ehoweii 
Cnlted SI a tea Sena- 
tor ns the successor 
of the Hon. Hoscnr 
Cone uno, is th* son 
of the late Judge 
John La mum, and 
waa born in Farming- 
ton, New Torh, Octo- 
Wr IK 11*14. II* was 
brought up on a farm, 
anil during the win- 
ter months attended 
tbo public schools, 
lie spent some lime 
at tbu Canandaigua 
Academy, and also 
•i u. lied civil engi- 
neering. After apeud- 
ing some tins* in work 
ii|>»n th* Hue of tbo 
Michigan Ponlbero 
Railroad. Mr. La P1IAM 
studied law, anil in 
1*44 h* waa Admitted 
to tlm bar. He set- 
tled at Canandaigua, 
where he baa since 
practiced law. Soon 
after his ail niimiou to 
the bar, Mr. Lamiam 
formed a partnership 
with Judge JaMEA C. 
Smith, which conilu- 
ued until the latter 
waa raised to the 
bench. 

Mr. Lamiam was a 
member nf tli* Con- 
stitutional Conven- 
tion of ISO?, and voted 
for the adoption of 
the Conslilulion. In 
1*74 he was elected ns 
a lb-publican to the 
Forty • fourth Cou- 
grvm, and lias since 
been circled from 111 * 
same district (the 
Twenty-seventh >. by- 
large majorities, to 
III* Forlj-tlflh, For- 
ty-sixth, anil Forty- 






526 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


JULY so. iset 


aevrnth Cangrtuwu. Mr. Latham ariotl with 
III* lVanocrar'y until frit*. hot It" »u|»]HJ»teil 
•It*- Wilnaol Proviwo and the Van lU'RbN 
ticket in that year, and wo* a deJeirate to 
the Buffalo r.itn.nti.m. Aa a Ke.jmbllc»n, 
bin real anti abaliticu hare long lwen Jicog- 
nitad- «« 

CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES. 

THE Chinaman is aluoya proapetona 
abroad, whatever be may Ire under luanda- 
rin rule. Them are no poor Chinamen out 
of Hin Oleatial Land, tiiiWwa it he in awliiw 
region where they hare not yet bail time to 
mature their system and "‘best* the native*. 
In the Malay Strait* and Hannah they se- 
cure nil Hie local trade, and coowilernbly 
more Ilian half the town lnu da. And this 
invariable prcMperity they owe to their ae- 
emt aorietie*. These aerrel aocietioa ate 
not new. They are transplantation* froau 
guild* In the chief commercial centres of 
China itself. There the object of the guild* 
la to combat grasping mandarin*, and pre- 
vent Chiuameu of altun clan* from getting 
any great shnre of trade. Abroad, the sncl- 
•litw am Instituted fur the puriHsie of ben- 
edttug their member*, and making a profit 
out of everybmly elafi. 

Whenever twenty Chinamen from the 
antnn town or district in the old country 
meet together in a foreign land, they club 
together ti» buy a house, lit it up with ap- 
propriate idol* and porcelain figures and 
•erolls with a profusion of gold-leaf, ami 
devise a wt of dub rules and regulation*. 
Saneedlng Chinamen from the audio port 
of the country join a* they arrive. If they 
have money, Uiey make a present to the 
brotherhood on joining. If they bring no 
money in their ] sockets, the aid of the guild 
*‘*01 enables them to give. Time Kung- 
aee* has * a nntnlerful IKiwor of lining good 
and evil; ami imle** you are a Chinaman 
yon are apt to au-r more of tlie evil than 
of the good. \ Chinaman who renie* to u 
place where t Iso re i* a KmigUM or lloey of 
llis rlntutanen in Ivmud to grt on if Ire ha* 
any real wish to do mi. We will atippio* 
lie has spent hi* last copper coin ou hit 
pamngr, and Ima landed in Rangoon with 
nothing hat tilts clothe* on hia Isaek. He i* 
v Canton man, uud gee* straight off to lire 
fibre Ilia Koogeoio, liiuling hia way by secret 
ligna apparently , and without ever opening 
liis mouth 1 for it gniliUnuvu can reveul hitu- 
aelf a* plainly by the way he receives a cup 
of tea »» he «iold by reciting all the by-law* 
of the bxirty. ArrUetl at the Keugaee, he 
obtain* nn interview with the pre»iilent, the 
Tnali Koh, the Elder It ret her, and prove* 

his uieralrer*hl|» of the brntlrerhiHHl or the 

clan he belongM to. Tins latter i« a very 
ea*J matter, for one of the Bust remarkable 
thing* about the Chincne i* the multitude 
of their dialect*. Yon have learned Man- 
darin CTlIllCM i you confidently tare it on a 
Canton man; lit* garea blandly on y on. and 
says, " No can .pcakec Inglss my." In bins* 
nem reroute it in a ecnnsimti thing to are two 
Chinamen talking to one another tn Malay, 
or Burmete, or even in Kngliah, beennae their 
own native falnetlo iingtrew are mutually 
nnlutclligihle. Our Canton man having 
ant infant wily explained matters to the Eld- 
er Brother, that ancient gentleman refers 
the mae to Ilia committee. They decide to 
give the applicant a loan of, any, two hun- 
dred rupee*. Waring a tow rate of interest. 
a>wl billet him nil' on eight or ten of the 
wealthier members of the society. Then 
the new arrival make* a fresh start In life. 
Us sets up a stall and *elht things; or he 
hoys a sampan, and plies for hire on the riv- 
er. The merchant* he i» billeted ou give 
him food aud shelter, and in return be hews 
wood, or draws water, or does other ouoly 
work for them for an Inuir or two every day, 
or during a certain day lu the week, tirad- 
nally he makes money — Chiuamen very 
rarely lose money — tuid he atari* n home of 
bis own, or joins n warren of fellow, workera. 
Then he pay* Off the emu advanced, with 
the interest ou It j goe* on making money ; 
■tart* a small firm on Ills own account; 
makes a proseot to his guild; growa fat ami 
aleck like all his brother Chinamen, ami 
pomihly end* by brooming himself a Tow- 
hay or headman of hia beige. 

The society dm-* not limit Itself to one 
donation to a new-comer, if It I* clear that 
the first ho* torn worthily, if nnluekil.v, 
made aw of. I knew a Chinaman, Kboo 
Hock Heong, who »i»h a notable example of 
this He had not come from the old coun- 
try. Ha wa* a lliiba Hobo, an “eleven- 
o'clock min* i. half Chins**, half Malay, 
and In* parents being dead, came from Pe- 
nang t«i Kanguuii. There an advance of 11 fly 
roper* started him ns a ground-nut seller, 
and hia shrill cry »f •• Yih W-e-b, yih-Wh," 
w as familiar to rne f.ir many months. After 
it while he hnd made money enough to Mart 
a* a peddler : ami two year* later I met him 
near Thaycliuyo, travelling about with a 
largo boat full of silk* ami jewelry and mys- 
teries of all aorta. He bad uow two aaaut- 


anta. Not long afterward I suddenly came 
arras hint in KungiMMi selling nut* again, 
with a huge patch over the top of hi* head, 
and looking tnnrh dilapidated. He had 
beetl attacked In Upper Hnruie**’ water* by 
hi* two men, stahlieil, Nairn. and left fur 
drill ou the rirer-bank, hi* trencherem* iu- 
■ailanls going od with the boat anil all he 
prewarmed. He bad Ireggeal hi* way to Ran- 
goon, got a new ad vai.ee from tbv gui Id, and 
liotl Ix-gun again at hi* obi trade. He iktotl 
to cheat the little hoy* out of a not or two 
for their pice junt on he did before, and wo* 
buaratl to do welt. 

Another urraaiun on which the KongsM 
i* a btnudug to the Chinaman is when lie 
die*. SomettUMW a Celestial dir* |*»or. The 
occurrence ia rare, but it doc* happeu. To 
save liim from the disgTacc of being carted 
olThy the iniiiiicipal autln.nl ir* like a dead 
pariah dug, rim guild atepa in. It proridr* a 
colli n tm t riding matter, for a Chinese cof- 
fin ia a huge thing built of slain of wood 
nearly n foot thick, and Imavy enough to 
make it a burden for eight men. Must of the 
timt her hood attend the funeral, and drink 
aannhiMX, am) dance, ami make merry, after 
their manner ou attrh Occasion*; aud os the 
|«mr Chinaman know* that bo is sure of 
this benevolence, he dies in peace whoa his 
time comes In all this the secret societies 
arc good |i> their nmol bent. They never al- 
low a brother, m> matter how ainpttl ami 
weak he may lie, r.» starve. He cun always 
gel mruial work from the richer liretbren, 
with occasional aiuiipluiHta feast* at the 
lodge itself when they am oamuivmiHratiug 
the lalclory saint of the rex-mlt , oocnn learn- 
ed man, or great general from their proy- 
inte, or u hen soniu richer uvcmWr is fluid 
fur breaking the. regulation*. The hue iu 
all hut very lUgnuil caw* taken tbe »ha|*» 
of a dinner to the brotherhood. A l beat rival 
tiuiipo is always engaged to promotn dlgi-a- 
tion, and « hi In the members look on from 
inude the gayly decked bnnqnellng-ball, 
the crowd at □uiiiitlalrnl barbarian* outside 
K»i«J with little leas delight at the gay lan- 
terns and tbo ubsimlltli-* of tbn stage hnf- 
fuuu. Tbe mcnitieni can therefor* always 
have sornu auauaemeat out of their anbaerip- 
tion BtaMioy. But it i* in the other affairs 
of tho lodge, *;>*rt from its choritnlde deals, 
that nod members tool lli.ir chief eatwfac- 
tion; aud it ia these other transactions 
which have drawn tbe attention of local 
govrrtimeiits to the secret *ocietie*, ami 
moiic them tho subject of *|iecial legislation 
iu the Strait* Soft lemon la, The plget-t of 
each lodge is not merely to promote the ml- 
vaiitago of He member*, but also to do the 
beat it can to prevent other rival lodge* 
from pnm|>eflng ; far the rival lodge* hate 
on* nuotlier with on exceeding bale, tba 
only drawback to their murderous quarrel* 
being that they are sometime* dangerous to 
tbs general public. 


BIBLE HELPS. 

A great deal of Bible study a* csreitd on at 
the |Hi--t-nt day, with the oftentimes rwprrbeinl 
help* afforded liy the newspaper* ond the Sunday- 
Mhcol article*, is very bke college eraramiag. It 
girtM w) * knovle<lgv of the lesion for tbe hour, 
but no broad, general, aud penunneut »«|ahttlua. 
It ii far «i«ei fm the ilHile (tudrnt to |irc|itrc 
In well for esrcful iJitde study by gradually gsili- 
tviiig stxiiit bun * llihlicsl library, and e»)in.-Ully 
a good tkonmcoMry and a good it. ole Uietluuary. 
Thaos ought io be in e«ery buuMdxil I. 

The laat Commcutarv ue the liilde i* tbit of 
Mr. list ii.*. it »a» tbe work of his lifetime; 
llm vi-rdii-t of the Amerioao l^ipW ha* Imvii 
gi>en upon it; more cupiara of tha. ixcnuKOtsry 

have t»H® auld in tliia owrnlrj prohiliiy than of 
all other Comini-iitarie* oxoiliined. It pore* res 
in a remarkable dsgrrw the eumbiccd ipialitic* 
necessary fee eii'h a CommenUry— a roliolarl; 
inUT|>reUtion n( tbe original derived from a care- 
ful study of the best authorities, an intelligent 
Slid clear illustration of the ancient luanaccs slid 
customs, an aiideialundiug of ahleh Is acevssary 
to much of the Strip lure, and a pnunUwl anil 
Spiritual eluoistiou of tin- troth as applied 
to actual life. The work >* vividly *nd fully 
illuscisud, and is |irintud in Volume* easily car- 
ried lu the real picket. 

By far the !w*t and completes* relicione Dw- 
liouary la the laonuanental work of MeCliutack 
•ml Strong, ia ten volume*. Tliia work lias been 
over twenty yrwr» in preparttKci. Tbe ti-bst 
echobu* in Amerita have u:ntiitiuteii to It* page* ; 
■I twterw the whole grouot of IkvlesutMiut.1, Tbro- 
logteal, arei iblillmi lltmouro, ami il* lroni.il 
editons h*>e uu,J. full ws* of the wurk* of Bug 
listh, Scottish, and Herman n lK.Ur., 

W hat Mcl'llnttwk and Strong's is to the pen. 
national stinhmt, the "Dictionary c-f Herons 
Kiu.wl.djp" is pi the layman, the family, and 
tin. Humliy - m:IkoI ttochcr. It in tbe joint pro- 
duct of Dr I -i mail Abbott »od I»r. T ti Conaut. 
It cover* the whsit ground of lUhlical literature: 
but it tho unlades much else: it contains full 
(■fortnalNM re* pro -tL«ig all ttre Chritrian m-u 
and denuraination*, and all reiigso** and them 
V.gkal terms. It i» wrilbui in llir interest of no 
met. and it* aitlrW* oti this different .tcn.enin*. 
tiuii* hare btna osclt wik m lH sd to the super. 
• silou uf some smieent srbr.br io tbit .lrei.yr.ina. 
tiou An loin— a novel feature ia » Dictionary 
i — »» the close of the volume, contains all the 


proper names to he found in Scripture, with Bib- 
lical references ; so tint even th.we names of 
persnos and plan* ivnuertiing which mlhiisg 
else la known are referred to. Dr. Abbott re.<n- 
maa.li * Htorary stylo which is eminently fturel 
to convey kimwlidgr t« the pnfiuUr mind. He 
ha* knlii-ritrel from his father, Jxcoh Abbott — 
• horn well -known work* evince a luarvrll.ms, 
power nf bringing down historical ind lelentiUc 
aBowltdg* to the twprebrewiim nl ebllilre.ii— 
a clear ami attractive stvle of cxprussiun, which 
retvkro tbia work anukblc fm llm arc of the 
must unlettered and isreipL-rlimcvd nmler. Tbe 
whole work bta passed tinder the siifervirsoti of 
Dr. Cfflani tkoc whom llmu ia no abler, pro- 
fownJ, and more o.vorwte Kildkwl •••b-.'.ir. Tbe 
•otk, thrrefure, ia thuroughly trustworthy, M 
only iu lea more ini|»ruiit statemnU, but also 
lu Ha referenda to S.-ripfiire ami other author- 
Itic*; ami with ii* aid any fwrent or member of 
the family circle, any teacher in the Sunday- 
school, or any paste*, may answer anv tpiniiiua 
on religious or sr-mi. religion* subject* that may 
Ire a-kof by • child, a pupil, or a iuiw.Imt «.f the 
ermgregatiun, rc*|«-ti t ely, or limy otrtaia full and 
trust worlliy Infonaotkm u|*ai any point that 
rr.iy auggrot itself in the coorae of rewding the 
11-1 S.rljilU-v*. 

H« who will pl*re on hi- shelve* Mr. lUrae*'* 
(omiwtiurr and Abtatf- Itv-tkmary will h*vo 
th» brot apparatus for the instruction of the 
hou-r-bold and the children, and for the prepara- 
tion for Uihle study in the Suiiday-ti-l.ixd, which 
iwcslern literature B mt scholarahrp afforel 

The three works < Ml.TInbvk A Strong - * Cyrire 
peedia of Biblical, ThMilogkal, ami Kcvl.wiaei irwl 
Literature, 10 Tula., Royal Am, fat); .Mly-rt 
Boroes a Nutr* oil tin. New Tewtament. 1 1 vol*., 
Idmo. fid SO; and I.yman Aldmtt'* Dictkmary 

of Ridiginii- Knowledge. Royal gvo, ffl) arc pub. 

lixlitri hr Harper A Brothers, New York, who, 
un^applicalkm, will send free dc*eri]rtite list* 

hors fohd’s acid phosphate 

MARKS! A PKLtnaiS DRINK. 

Di. K H. Bf-ai. rt* widely known sail calamt 
faioily |tpirlu.ut Nr-w V.«*. s*r. : 

'• Ifuraiunt • Add Piuvctiai. |>«-»» ' aims as a 
liY.-r.ro ti-jnuia anrtlnsg I know c4 In tM fora of 
nml.rlur, amt In i»rri» ea-im I know ul no urep- 
aratluw lu atjual lt."-t.tC«.) 


ROSE EYTINOE. 

Musas. Riau A Snx - Nan Francisco, Cal 
riuajm aoud toe at 00 oe sit bote* of your 
Amiwwan Far* 1‘nwder, tinted, and tAlipe, 

— [Chao.] Youth truly. Rosa Kmauc. 



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BTATEX ISLAND 

FARCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT. 

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BRANCH iiJttiar 

offices ( tioVsti^rasi.. 

»<l FT'^Hial linen (ion* end Iniuth. 
imilrr / »»*, flvai*, il.lre. ,lr„ *f alt Urn, and 

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IAi|i|nflrlt a iiarrarm.tr, r(M(r*l r, S-ei eMi 
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PURE SUGAR. 

By a recent invention. lUrch or core «it£f*r 
(mote generally known mg/ueats), heretofore 
quite «te naively wed try confcctkourt, 
brewery, etc., has been nude snficienlly dry 
■Jnl white so that it can be pondered anil 
*nux4 Wilh yellow npn. It roue* the 
«aivd»rd of color largely, bat wit being to 
meet rcilscet the saccharine sireeglh, mnk 
mg ta necr»aa.ry to use more of the article to ' 
attain the urea) degree of racemes*. Large 
quant tile* «f this mu tore are no* being 
made and toil under vincas brands, bat all 
of them, *0 far os we are aware, bear the 
woedi *• New ProceM " Ln addition to other 
brand*. 

As refiner* of case sugar, we are, in view 
of these filets, liable to he plate.) in a false 
position before the pablic, *» the results of 
analyst «f sugar bought indiscriminately, 
will teem to confirm the false and malicious 
star cm cots of interested persona, -bo alleged 
it *« the common practice of the leading 
refiners to mil glucwe with their BMart. 
White no4 intimating that a mixture nlgfa- 
ccm- and cane sugar is injurious to health, 

“< <1° uulnUin that it defiauri* the Innocent 
coosumer of just to much sweetening power. 

In OTder, therefore, that the public nan get 
augar pore and in the coedU<ou It ka*e* 


If# A irrty inform tie /«,»&- tAst nr 
rt fiatJ r*c*rr s-msisl stlsiy of tht ftmituf of 
roar mgnrr nrfineJ. Net tier Gltteau, Mu 
h.Jtt of Tin, M Uriahs Arid, nor any otktr 
fortiga saffians e whatever it, or ever fas 
item, mixed wifi tiens, Ov' Surges sutj 

Syrvfitart afirintrfy nnadnit/raUd. 

Affidavit to the above effect in New York 
p*jH-r* of November i 8 ih, 1878 . 

Consumers should order from tbrir grocer, 
*ogar is our original packages, either half or 
“hole barrels. 

Consider well the above 
when purchasing sugar 
for preserving purpo*c«. 

HAVtMEYEJlS * ELDER, 

OECASTRO k CONNER REFINING CO. 

1 1 7 W all Sturt, Nkw Yoke. 


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lit rnmmtr trsta/un. 


THE PRESIDENT. 

I I OW nlmuj hjnir n the general anxiety for the Prrai- 
I I dent's recovery wm shown in Uic most striking 
iiiaiuicr by tin- dwelt nf a^rrimuim with which th<’ 
news of tha relapse was received. The general 
filling won and is a very touching spectacle. It is a 
consecration which the President is sure to under- 
stand, and which will be a benediction to the coun- 
try. There has been no lx-ttcr expression of tlie deep 
sympathy and almost affectionate regard with which 
the President is watched than that of Mr. Glaiwtose 
in his beautiful letter to Mrs. CokFiuj) 

The eves*-growing harmony and mutual respect be- 
tween the United Hlatos and England, Mr. GLAD* 
RTUIH thin ks, have been greatly quickened hy "a 
cordial admiration of the simple heroism which has 
marked the pc-rsnruil conduct of the President, for 
we have not yet wholly lost the- capacity of appre- 
ciating mucIi an example of Christian fail!) and man- 
ly fortitndo. This exemplary picture has been made 
complete by your own contribution to ita noble and 
touching features, on which I only forbear to dwell 
lweausc I am directly addressing you." 

To those words every American heart warmly re- 
sponds. proud and glad to know that the Chief Magia- 
trate, elected by the people, is not only ollirially hon 
owd, le.it. for his own admirable qualities, is person 
ally Wored. Indeed, except for this grievous blow 
the President might never have been jiereonally 
knnwn t<> the country. "Tlie whole world would 
exert itself, were exertion of any avail, to rave Gen- 
eral Garfield from the shot.” says the London S) tee 
lator. Tim admiration of his manly heroism and 
the personal regard fur the 1 ’resident are unprece- 
dented, and his happy recovery, for which tlie Eng- 
lish-speaking world hups and prays, will give him 
an opportunity to which his present brewing sliows 
that ho will be equal. 


• THE GRAND OLD PARTY." 

The expectation* of Republican success in the au- 
tumn elections, based upon the general good feeling 
for the President and the absence of any imsitivc is- 
sue between parties, will be amply just i lied hy the 
event If Republican councils ore wisely governed. 
But something more is necessary than what is called 
harmony in the party. Where that really exist* it 
mean* merely that Uiore is no open light In-tween 
leaders or factions, and that the party will poll iu 
full average rote. At present, however, that is not 
the situation in the State of New York. When for 
seven weeks then* ho* boon an unprecedentedly angry 
conflict of what Mr. CoxKMKis, with ludicrous rheto- 
ric, calls “ forbidden ami nbhorrent force* and agen- 
cies" wiilun the Republican party, involving the 
overthrow of a degrading and mercenary |»arty des- 
potism, there is not harmony, whatever else there 
may Is*. There will bo plenty of talk of “shoulder 
to shoulder," bat there will be also a desperate con- 
test between the late opponents to control the State 
Convention and the State Committee, and if the Ad- 
ministration Republicans again succeed, it is safe to 
say Hint the defeated faction will not exhaust itself 
with enthusiaHtic toil at the polls. 

But even if the Senatorial feud could he forgotten 
at once, and tlioee who have been branding each otb- 
cr as traitor* and snrnkx and perjurer* ami bribers 
could turn round and swmr eternal friendship, tliere 
are vmm other things to he considered before success 
can be u»tuinod as sure. The late legislature has 
lemi doing something else than struggling to elect 
Senator*, It ha* done this an the representative of 
the Republican party, and every Republican must 
twk hiuuH-lf whether it luw probably commended Rial 


party to llie confidence of the people of the State. 
We do not mean whether it has dune this by the re- 
sult of tlic Senatorial contest. Both the new Sena- 
tors, of whom we xjntik elsewhere, will doubtless de- 
vote themselves to the public business instead of 
quarrelling with the Administration of their party, 
which was the chief busmen of the late Senator*. It 
is by the vrhule history of tlie (seven week* that the 
party will be tried. Tlie shameful desertion of ofll- 
clal duly by State officer* to engage in dcctionerri ng 
intrigues; the character of conspicuous loader* in and 
out of tlie Legislature; the charges and investigation 
of bribery ; the Platt scandal; the conduct of the 
Vice-President— all the details of the long struggle, 
which had so good an end, will help to determine the 
feeling with which the party will be regarded. For 
a party >* judged by its representative* and their 
conduct. 

It is not wise to trust fur success to tlie kind of har- 
mony that npiKuired at the Senatorial serenade, or to 
tlie revelations of the Senatorial struggle. These 
have produced great iinjialienco and great disgust. 
The true Republican policy is to lie warned by expe- 
rience, and to avoid tlie doom of tlie old Federal par- 
ty and of the Democratic party by taking the right 
side of living questions and actual public intcresU. 
When the Federal party had organized the new gov- 
ernment, and put it in successful action, it was unable 
to lead and guide the spirit it had raised; and preach- 
ing distrust of the people, mid opposing Joint Adank'h 
jKvcilie French policy, and raising an army without 
an enemy -all to keep iUwlf in power— it fell, and j«er- 
ishrel. The Democratic party, after its long suprem- 
acy, degenerutiug into the mere pander of human 
shivery, found despotic discipline and the unscrupu- 
lous use of patronage futile, and died, as it deserved 
to die. Them are the historic warnings for “the 
grand old Republican party." Lot those who matter 
this shibboleth ask themselves what mode it grand. 
The answer will lie that it organized the brat, Use must 
progressive, the moot patriotic sentiment and desire 
of tlie country. That gave it power and victory and 
renown. If the- Republican party of New York will 
hike the right side of the question which now most 
deeply interests the intelligent people, the question 
of the spoils system, a* it took that of the non exten- 
sion of slavery, of equal suffrage, and of honest finance 
when those questions were paramount, it will com- 
mand the old enthusiasm and success, because it will 
respond to a powerful jiuhlic opinion. 


THE SENATORS FROM NEW YORK. 

TltK two gentlemen recently selected a* Senator* 
from New York are both men of upright character 
and of political service nnd experience. The nsser 
tion that tlnry are unknown is not true, so far na the 
State of New York is concerned, nnd they have been 
quite an conspicuous to the country as the majority 
of their colleagues in the House of Representatives, 
Indeed. Uio State and the country are both to Is- con- 
gratulated that the political confusion at Albany ban 
ended in their election. The result of such a situa- 
tion is always a compromise of some kind, and, under 
the circumstance*, there was no probable or possible 
issue of the controversy more satisfactory than tliat 
which was reached. Among Republican* in the State 
Mr. Miller is well known uml very popular as a 
gcniul. shrewd, energetic, intelligent, "level-headed,'’ 
and skillful |iolitical leader. He is nut distinctively 
a reformer, but in the divisions of the |>arty his face 
has been set forward and not backward. He ia not 
especially an orator, so that he is not conspicuous in 
conventions or in Congress, but his sound judgment 
and his manly character make him a trusted and per- 
suasive counsellor. Mr. LaI'IIah is a lawyer of dis- 
tinction, whose service in Congress has lieen dignified 
and importable. He has been attached to the dom- 
inant power of the party in the State, nnd in the very 
crisis nf bis election a* Senator ha* doubtlflM for the 
Host lime truly coniprehendi-d it* character. Depre- 
ciation of the new Senators comes with an ill grace 
either from Democrats who nominated Mr. .lacuna, 
or from Republicans who supported Mr. Pi-ATT. 

Mr. LAintAM and Mr. Miller will warmly sustain 
the Administration, and will certainly not subordinate 
their public doty to their personal vanity. In his 
speech at Albany after his election Senator Laru.vM 
said that he was willing to accept no designation im- 
plying that he was more devoted to Republican prin- 
ciples than hi* colleague, nor would lie admit that his 
colleague was "any better nn Administration man” 
than he. He added that they hail not boon selected 
for the purpose of dispensing patronage, upon which 
ftenator PlTTB exclaimed, “Thank God V All these 
thing* will be seen in due time. Meanwhile the new 
Senators will understand that beyond the small and 
spouting circle of the lA-gislature a crowd of witnesses 
around hold them in full survey. The recently awak- 
ened public sentiment of the country and the Stale 
will not tolerate such a conception of Senatorial duty 
a* that of Mr. CoFKLIXO. Mr. Lapham and his col- 
league will certainly lie held to those higher duties 
which the former mention* a* belonging to the San* 
ntorahip. 

The new Senators, indeed, can not be of less serv- 


ice to the country and to the party than those whom 
they succeed. No man ever filled so large a place in 
the public eye as Mr. ComtUIQ with so little reason. 
His overwhelming vanity was flattered by ignorant 
or selfish parasites until he believed himself to lie 
what with hated breath they declared him to be— a 
great statesman. The spectacle of his prominence in 
Now York was inexplicable to cool observers in other 
States, for at no point and in no manner did Mr. CoNK 
UX(i impress himself upon the country. He made 
a few melodramatic stump-speeches, which hi* para 
site*, hut nobody else, declared decided great elec- 
tions, and he kept a powerful political machine in 
rejiair hy )iutronag<e for hi* own ]*-rvma1 sgg rand la- 
ment. What a mere bubble his “ great nra*" was i* 
shown by its utter extinction, not only without the 
regret of generous and public-spirited men. but with 
no impression left behind but that of grotesque con- 
ceit. Me. COKKUXU was the dupe of his own vanity 
and of the adulation of sycophants. He is to lie pit 
icd as well os condemned. But if it be possible for 
him to learn that nobody i« a* important as he sup- 
plied himself to lie, that to pamper one** own selfish- 
new L* not to serve tlie Stale, and that great opportu- 
nitira impose great ohligutions, he may at some time 
rriurn to public life a wiser and more useful man. 
Mr. J^APitAM and Mr. Miller will nut emulate the 
art* by which Mr. Cofkliso made himself conspicu- 
ous, but as efficient representatives of the great in- 
terest* of New York, os cordial supporters of the 
general policy of their party administration, a* saga- 
cious legislator* for the general welfare of the conn 
try, they can readily sur|uuw their predecessors, 

THE PEST AT HUNTER'S POINT. 

Tub insolence of great companies is well i Unstinted 
in the Hunter's Point nuisance near New York— a 
pest which should nn longer be tolerated, and against 
which public opinion and indignation are List array- 
ing themselves. At that point, and along New- 
town Creek, there are factories of various kinds - 
ammonia- works, and oil refineries, and fertiliser 
manufactories, uud bone - boiling and offal- render- 
ing Mtablishnients — which accumulate putrescent 
animal matters, and generate impure gases and foul 
and dangerous effluvia of every kind, nmenring the 
banks of Newtown Creek and ports of the East Ris- 
er shore with vile mud ami slime, nnd pouring the 
stench of the whole in poisonous vapors over dense 
ly populated ports of the city. Tins has been long 
a revolting and perilous nuisanee, and ut la*t it lias 
bee amp mo outrageous and intolerable that a me- 
morial signed by moic of the must respectable cituem 
and largest property - hulders was prvwentiHl to the 
Governor last winter, and he requirted the Mate 
Board of Health to Inquire into the reiusui of the 
complaint. Tire State Board npjioiuted a sjiecial 
committee, consisting of Dr. J. Savage Delavas. 
Ekaktv* Brooks, and Dr. Emkiia IlARiim, which im- 
mediately entered upon a thorough investigation of 
tire whole subject; nnd after hearing evidence from o 
great number of peranns, anil making careful personal 
inspection, nnd receiving rejiort* from scientific ex 
|ierta, the s|>eciul committee mmle an exhaustive re 
port. It showed how efficiently their work hail been 
perfonutd. It staled iu detail the character nnd nsi 
miii of the nuinane*-. uud the nature of the evidence us 
to it* deleterious effects. It showed tliat many of the 
worst nuisances are absolutely preventable, and an- 
the result of Uh? most wanton and criminal negli- 
gence ; that some of the sources were of a kind neces- 
sarily so offensive and dangerous tliat they should Is* 
tolerated no longer than might 1*! noceraary to secure 
their removal ; and that at least nine-tenths of all the 
matter* complained of were controllable hy perfectly 
simple and jiractirable means. 

The rejK»rt was ao decisive and w> forcible a jimtiti 
catiim of the complaint of the memorial that tlie Gov- 
ernor, on the 22<l of April, issuid a proclamation dis 
tinctly warning and ordering nil pcnuuix, rmu|Hinio<, 
ami corporations owning and cimlrulling any of tli<> 
specified sources of nuisance to remove, prevent, and 
aliate tliem by the 1st of June. Tlie order was per- 
emptory, ami the proclamation ended with the warn- 
ing that in case of neglect to obey the command, 
"official art ion necessary for the speedy removal and 
prevention thereof will be taken in pursuance of Jaw 
in such case* made and provided," It is nearly two 
months since the date mentioned hy the Governor. 
The "persons, companies, and corporations" concern- 
ed have not taken even the trouble to snap tlwir fin- 
ger* at the Governor's warning. They have contin- 
ued without intermission to poison the air which u 
large jsirt of the city breathes with the fumra uf pu- 
trefaction, and with every kind of disgusting, suffo- 
cating, and sickening stench. We are not uwure that 
tlie Governor lias directed the necewary legal steps 
for the ulxitement of the nuisances to be taken. In- 
deed, all that ap|Kvars ih tliat the stencil-breeding cotn- 
pauira pour out their sludge acid, their noxious gases 
and smoke and vapors, as lief ore. that tlie recoin 
me mhi lions of the State Board of Health and the offi- 
cial order of tin* Governor are oonlemptnouxly disre- 
gurdwl. and that tlio rights of the poorer citiirn* who 
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estate in the moat desirable part of the city, are equal- 
ly despised by the companim and corporations. 

Tills is the reckless and insolent disn-ffiuxl of the 
public interest which breeds popular distrust and 
hatred of the great combinations of capital. Their 
attitude and tone toward the public are that of Tweed's 
famous sneer, " What are you going to do about it f ' 
They take the position of brutal bullion, and they in- 
vite the just fate of bullies Tweed at least did 
plant flower* about the City Hall Park, and returned 
a penny of the thousands that he stoic from the poor 
in the form of gifts of coal. Hut the great corpora- 
tions do not care to gild or vary their contempt for 
the rights of the public by any form of concession. 
Upon the East River t h ere am vast arras of a poor 
and hard-working population which need every alle- 
viation that pure air can supply. They may not 
know it. still less protest and petition against the 
poisoning of the atmosphere they breathe. But all 
the more imperative is the duty of those who nee 
wiser than they, and who suffer with them, to spurn 
no effort lawfully to rout the common enemy which 
is intrenched at Hu liter's Point, and incessantly ausuts 
the city will* discomfort and disease If the Governor 1 
fails to enforce the remedy which hr has threatened, 
the citizens who have already protested and petitioned 
should test the question whether the State of New 
York is strong enough to dial with huge corporate 
criminals, or whether the commonwealth is as pow- 
erless before them as tire individual citizen. 


roisox IN THE SFRINO. 

Mr. Join* I. Davenport. the well-known United 
States Commissioner and Chief Supervisor of Elec- 
tions for the Southern District of New York, has re- 
ceived os much Democratic abuse ns any man in the 
State. The nswon is evident to the reader of hu re- 
markable volume just published, Thr Election Fraud* 
of Nine York City , and their l*rr.rrntii>n. This is a 
detailed history, by a master of the details, of the 
enormous electoral frauds in the city during the last 
twenty-one years— frauds which h*ve been managed 
mainly by Democratic agents, anil always in the in- 
terest of the Democratic party. There has never 
been so searching an exposure of the methods of de- 
frauding the people of their honest will as this book, 
because Mr. II* VEX port is probably the only man 
who, with every opportunity of knowledge, has so 
coolly and carefully studied the subject. He has 
made a unique unci invaluable contribution to our 
political history, ami lia# revealed more clearly than 
it has been ever before seen another claim of the Re- 
publican party to national gratitude; for the purpose 
of the Democratic Ring of fraud in its heyday under 
Tweed, when Jolts T. HornUK was Governor and 
OaKEY Hall was Mayor, was to obtain fraudulent 
possession of the Presidency, as it hail stolen the Gov- 
ernorship of New York for IIomiAN in 18*18. 

It was notorious eleven yean* ago that popular gov- 
ernment had practically failed in the city of New 
York, und perhaps to a great majority of persons 
there seemed to be no solution of the situation but 
by violence. Mr. Davenport, who is not an excita- 
ble or extravagant person, says wliat is undeniably 
true, as the recollection of our readers will attest : 
* ‘ The simple statement that all pretensions of respect 
for law or the forms thereof, and all attempt* to main- 
tain the public peace, and protect either property or 
life, were openly abandoned by most of those in offi- 
cial station, while profligacy, wan ton tuns, open thiev- 
ery, and every form of corruption and fraud Daunted 
itself in Rgal mum licence in the face of the commu- 
nity. is a mild but trim picture of the condition of 
public affairs la the city of New York in 1870." The 
legal counsel who were hired by the Ring to ‘'de- 
fend’’ them in tho courts, and who inter)iosed every 
technical obstruction to the course of justice, as they 
rear! their names in thi* volume, am doubtless con- 
scious of the feeling with which honorahlc citizens 
r* -ad them also. Tw BED frankly testified that he hail 
given orders to falsify returns of votes in every ward. 
"The hallotn made no result. The counters [his 
tools | made the result." 

It was Republican legislation, the Stale registry 
and national election laws, resolutely enforced by Re- 
publican officers and sustained by Republican opin- 
ion, which saved the State and the country from the 
further fatal consequences of this system of fraud. 
Republican authorities did not hesitate to hold mili- 
tary force in reserve to deal, if necessary, with proba- 
ble disorder, and by such good sense and firmness in 
maintaining just and reasonable laws secured honest 
elections. Honorable Democrats have acknowledged 
Urn value and good result* of these laws. But noth- 
ing is plainer than that the Tweed regime in New 
York, and the Democratic attem]it in the extra session 
of Congress of two year* ago to repeal ur to annul the 
national election law*, with the traditional Democratic 
hostility to u registry, and Southern Democratic fraud 
and viulenc* at the polls, have fixed in Hie national 
mind a deep distrust of the Democratic party as false 
to the fundamental condition of a peaceful republic, 
an liouest vote freely cast and fairly counted. Mr. 
Dav#NPOBT'* work is not only singularly interesting, 
but it will lie of very great public service. 


THE QUARANTINE INVESTIGATION. 

A torn ami tnirnluDt protest against investigation 
should confirm th* <i«t*nisl nation to investigate. This is 
on* of tho reason* that the investigation of the manage- 
ment of tho Quarantine. in New York should Imi thorangh 
and satisfactory. Tho mere fart that th* physician in 
chief receives a largo anm is not auspicMiiaa. Tito position 
I* onio of sncli risks, nnd requires such a total sacrifice of a 
profoMionsl career, that a perenu competent to till it mus! 
bo expcito.1 to require a large emolument, 

lint there is reason oven In this. Tlicre may l*r, and 
there is alleged to he, wasteful rxtravngiiin-i* in the root of 
Quarantine, nnd a wanton preying upon mcrebnntii. There 
are other stories to which we will give no vogue by repeat- 
ing them, and which will naturally make the bead of Hie 
Qnararitliio desiron* that the whole troth shall lie told. 
There are obviously great opportunities for nhow in surh 
an institution, and (Lore may bo ulxure which are nusn»- 
pecteil even by tho bend. 

II is always wise, also, in the detail* of the management 
of piddle again to turn on tho light, that tho public, which 
pay*, may uinler*tainl precisely what heenmes of the iaoi>ey 
T lie investigation can do no harm, and it is worth a mod- 
nrnte expense to learn that I here is no wrote of mone y at 
tho Quarantine. 


DWIGHTS JOURNAL OF MUSIC. 

We nhserve with regret that Ihrifhl't Jommnl of Jfssir 
is to he suspended. It has been pnldishod for more limn 
a quarter of a century, and has been constantly at tho head 
of musical journalism Indeed, Mr Joan 8. DWMnr will 
1st rvmcinlwrod a» the first <>f musical critics of the highest 
character In this country, ltis lectures upon the great com- 
posers in Boston forty years ago set tho key for the general 
American appreciation of Kaxdrl, Haydn, and Ms.rrn..- 
VKN. and all the years anil all thr great performance* of 
the wnrka of tbote component since that lime hare hot con- 
firmed Mr. BwKiUT't* j ndgtnents. 

In Ills jonnial he has always niniriLiiniit the highest and 
severest standard. Indeed, it lias been sometimes urged 
that with the tspsc of time his taste demanded (lie dryer 
anil dryer strain, ami that Bat'll was almost too melodious 
amt popular. But (here were only the hnnnlesn jests of 
respect for an unswerving loyalty to the he*t and an un- 
sparing sniipnthy to all charlatanry in mmic. All hough 
tlie Journal Stops, its Inttnriier will he always foil. H has 
done its work in developing a popular taste for the noblest 
production* of a great art, and the name of JntlN Mrid-IVAN 
Irim.'lltl will lie honorably and indissolubly associated w ith 
(he history of mime in this country. 


LECKY ON CARLYLE 
Mn Lrcxv has had his wont in the C.ikLYLIt contra- 
way, and a weighty word it is. Ho thinks that CAJtLYUC 
is to tic Judged by tho thirty-fire Miflknt vol nines that 
lie published, ami not hy a book which be did not publish, 
which was written when hr wns very old and profonnilly 
distressed, and which, in it* present form, he vronld cer- 
tainly never have published. Mr Lbcky admits that the 
honk contains socno harsh and tneonalderata Judgments, 
some evidence of an imhittereil mind, and same inoeciirate 
recolleetkons nut he concludes— and his ooorlnaion will 
tic doulitlrwi that of the solier public mind— aa follows : 

"It is sorely. liowcrer, no* time that the public rhoutt lake n 
tuner view of tlie mstter, sad staald rerremhev that the /irmimt- 
trofst sre not Oaiu.yix's mini rrolritmtiun to literature, or has 
chief title to fame. Winterer divemty of opinion three may bo 
nl.oui some (on* of hi* teaching, there aia be no reasonable doubt 
that be ha* lioen one of (he throe or four gn-ausii nn* of hcu-rn 
of the reign of Yktoma; that daring a singularly hnnarald* and 
latrtrt os liii-riry Life, extendi ng over half s' rerun ry, he has here 
one of tin* great " M-ininaJ inti-llrvlx,' anil perhaps iHr Urmip-st 
mural fore* in Kcgllth literature; and llisl if immoral-* are c-rer 
lo l»- mi*od u. gival writers, he Inn a title to th»t honor which 
very few of hi* omtraaporarira e*ti equal, and which none of Ihren 
ran Kurp»M, It would he a Strange proof of the levity or ingrati- 
tude of hi* renders if there should be aoy difficulty In railing the 
mm which is required." 


CONSUL-GENERAL MERRITT. 

Mlt. MPRHrrr leaves tlie Custom house lo lusnmc (he du- 
ties of his poet at London, and lie depart* amid general re- 
Apnet ami good-will. He had had much experience i u olUrinl 
life when he cam* to tho higlwot plarn In tho citatum* serv- 
ice, and his able discharge of every public duty Intrusted 
to him had been marked with perfect honesty nnd fidelity. 
His position in the Custom-house has been one of peculiar 
difficulty. Seleeted by President HaTKh to siiperaide Col- 
lector ARTTirn, his appointment wns tho signal of a mnlig 
n-ant nnd prolonged attack upon tiny Administration, and 
bis contlrniADmi woo resisted with ovory devk*. of delay 
anil desperate appeal. The defeat of his opponents was 
also a vital blow at the usurpation known n* the ronrtm.r 
of the Senate, hy which the appointment of Collorror is 
made tho perquisite of the Senators from the State. 

Tho appointment waa by no means acceptable to ninny 
who were opposed to tho Senatorial usurpation. This, of 
con rae, exposed the Collector to jealous scrutiny. Tho Pres- 
ident, nlno, desired hliu to institute a reform of the methods 
of minor appointment hy intrednclng competition, lint 
Mr. MKRitin, accepting the traditions of appointment, nnd 
with a keen anil nctiie interest in polities, undoubtedly 
felt not only that his official power wus unexpectedly lim- 
ited, hut that the inicrosta of the Administration party in 
the JMsto were endangered, With perfect loyalty, however, 
ho instantly oddreioed himself to conform to the drain? of 
tho I'n-mdent, Slid, under the AMpomiteodence t»r the Naval 
Officer, ho liegon tlie mu lew of examination* which bnvo con- 
clusively dciniinstratrel the practicability of competition fur 
ap]H>ii!tnient T andita value in aclerting most olficlent oIBomw 
fi-r the service. The rules adopted did not ciiilwaco tlie en- 
tire service, and great — as we thi uk, ton great - latitude was 
left for iliirrvllwmry appeiutments. Yet when at tlie very 
end of the Hayka sdmipial raison an attempt was mndu to 
discredit the l^rcddent and the Collector by requiring a de- 
tailed report of the facia relating to appointment at tlu> 


f'nstom-liouiw. the report ranipletclr rafablishod tlie fld.-li- 
ty of Collector MRRktrr to tho liistrnetlons of the Presi- 
dent. ami tho efibrt to discredit them signally failed. In 
his discretionary act! Ml the Collector was undoubtedly in- 
llueured by polities] muti v«a, and in nstablishing e«in|i< ti- 
tlon he was following the drain* of the Chief Executive, not 
the dictate of hi* owu judgment- Hat bis conduct thrangh- 
out was Iiimkod by entire geo.1 fhilb, and the rcsnlu (save 
prolubly almost pnwMlrd him. 

Meanwhile the general coudnct of the baunora of the 
CuNtom-honre has been nicer. WMldwy. The actual rate 
of expen-e in collcctioci has Iwen reducraL *inl the charac- 
ter nr tbe rerviee h»* greatly risen. The dnobt and oppo- 
sition lunniig some of hit party friends have long since van- 
ished. There lias ln-eij no Collector since the Republican 
party came into power twenty year* ago more generally 
acceptable than Mr. MnnniTT. Of au honest ami sturdy 
nailin', of urbaae nnd airaple mannera, with a high ammo 
of ilnty. In all his timtrs and ways aiwl abilities American 
to tlie core, he will take with him to his new sphere the 
hearty regard of his ohl friend*, and be will onmiucud hitn- 
relf to that of hosts of new ones. 


I’EMONAL. 

Tnr New York Sm hs« * paragraph, pnimaralily vnura hy 
Mr l)»s*. which sirs that rhe Uo- ibvretary SnniM *o» nut, as 
li*d »».-«i iminulwl by the Chicago 7V>(nm>. the lilie.r of the “tin 
In Riehmomr uliinrkib. potilbiud in I tie New York TrJ-vnt ilnr 
:tic the ret.vIL A. but lliat most of them were written hy tin- lata 
'irivrst Em-llisar Warkks 

— A in*** jimirali nl Thuxihi is lo lie painted far tlie Lon- 
ilon Ih-foriii < * nil, sml plmv.l j n the ball of the club, near tK» |sir- 
t * sit of fend M I'-ii'm The only pnr«| portraits hitherto made 
of Tnai-KKaav were 'lone by hinmrlf. 

—Mr rirosn* I.Skssv ha* just made another gift of #100,000 
lo tV.--b-y.vn fnirersity, the interest lo he applied as prirer in 
student* in iv-mpetiriiin in variowr slwdtes Thi* makiw ftOO.Ouu 
iliti Mr Sr*KT has giren to that institution. 

— Oirta'm CM anal* I’ >smi. whose fwnteal took plso* si Ros- 
Irn, feme Blind. re» the Xfith obL, will long be remiunbered tnr 
hi* hereof rondact whim hi remma&l at Ibr sbamer SrawanAdf-o, 
which was foirned near Ward's lalsad >m ihe IKth nl June, 1 880. 
There were •-*» hoatd of the stramer si the line many p-ntlinen 
md ladloa ..f ibi* eidy, ssMog th.*., aereral Isdie* of Mayor GiutY 
fa»Bjr, Mr. Ol*«U» A. !>*sa, Mr fiaMm L M Baiisow. Mr. Jnnv 
W llAirexa, and Miw Maui, ftani-in. In the funeral sermnn, iW- 
fiierol by the Ifov Mr Parma, the inSlrcts of (he dlian.v were 
tiriigi iil in Ini lo, ami tbe three qualities that wire dAMpimKoai 
U. r.Tiisin Hurra's diameter were doserredtj commendid . (how 
*<1» hi* mnrige, nnrelfolini.-*. and humUily. He hail ■Ii*|itayid in 
* iery wiarked manner that faithful diKharpu of tta ..lOtmoa dnties 
of life which is llit heat prrpar-iiioa for heroic aetinn*. A» an evl- 
few «f the m p*.a|n'n nnwlEsline.i, Mr. I'aTmm n Ul.il that one 
dny, while thr captain war yet ennrak-anim at bia iojuiwa, he uaknl 
what hi* thought* were while th*- Homes JurrooivVd him — shelher 
the thought tl.it Ills Life was In danger lisJ ccrumil lo him. Thu 
mptnin replied . “ I did not think ©1 mrn lf at ail My ohjecC. nnd 
roy oo!v f-l.jcrt, wo* to site tho*e prapU." At tho <hsw of Mr. 
Patsos’* lermnn, Mr rtormxna alio ddlvoml a brief i «V *jt ./u 
the deerasrd, which hi- tagan by saying that ' llmljn hsa nf late 
vrars bren in the hahit uf hwrjlog hermw— first, s hero of anm 
riiercrnl Anetcaoukiaj ; nvat, s here of jKvlry, letters, and inlel- 
Wluil eultwre ; and lastly, a hero af the faithful perfunnauce of 
duty." 

-limn Rnirxntxrt ma*le net during hi* recent eight 

week** cricagcmeni in f*9mlen; Slid then he rent an ivory hai..ri, 
inlaid with *ihrr, to fSgnor HshhavaM, who boil ltd hia openi >u 
I«dw slid Meueuw. 

—Among the men in New Orleans who am spuVon of m mill. 
ionnire* are Mr. Row asp Ittnuxmox, who U ral.il nt 
and is the wealthiest cotton planb-r in tho world; Mr. E J. (Jay, 
t-hinlcr and sugar refiner, #4,COj,onO ; and Mrarre, D. 11. Buckk*, 
i.xom liomaarx, K. J. flakt, and it T itPOtmi sre nnmlxcxd at 
#J, <100,0110 

—Till- f-irwrwl rervitv* of Pran Stastxv were wnoe^st the matt 
niem.irabh. that have fee many year* been witniwtrd In Wostnilu- 
•ter Abbey. If wan tbe firet timr during the pre-rent century, if 
nut in the lairt three or four renturics, that two prforc* of Uir )U>- 
man Church were present al such a ceromceial. Ami wtat ud.l 
ol to the interest trf the eeeaaMB was that Cardinal Massis.i 
and Cardinal Nxwuas wive former lui.tiilwr* of lltu <>mrrb of 
England, and a* such tad Ison brard in the Aids.'* 4 They wen: 
also old prescool friend* of tlie fhwn Royalty aim curse lo ih. 
bon to the Awd, tin- Mm iif Wole* repreimlinc the Qacen, 
who rent a wnwih of rera*. aruj * note in her own handwriting. 
Im wring the words, “ A nwrk uf sincere affection and high ratei-m 
from virmou " Bishop Qnsvasp. of Tenocaare, was prusrat hy 
rpeeial invitation. 

—The fusd left ta the Intr Mr*. Wiiaiaiaa, of Norwich, frai. 
necticut, foe the building sml rti.liiwlng of a srhonl for ymiog lad in 
in New London, ia now valocd at #100,000 in persona] propertv. 
nnd #* 1,000 in real cstau., »h aides lbs attr, which is wmib f 1 1 i.n • t 

—Mr. CooCtWUS, nf WathinitWwi, <*bo purrSwl the Wasnisr.- 
TOS Six) Diswumra fopurs at a nvrwt rale in London, has pre- 
sciltnd them to the Virginia Ui-toriiul SodcCy. 

— Mr. Trf Hods Kiv. uf the CVimwe k-gatico at Waaliiugtiiii, 
who bar just returneil to China, cwmc to this could rv tbiaw y«-ar* 
agn entirely igraorant of the English language. Knee tht-w his 
npeitude and prefleirorr have mfilid him to make aa (.tcvlli-nl 
translation of tho 7L««r«* of Amrnat witA oil A'aHmit 

— bruncxra Tumi, who 'is now one hwmlrud nnd aia yrare oM, 
»n recvlvln* recently a prasent of a silk drew from England, «- 
|W«*.il a hops that aim might eiXilioiir n nojinirucr ben? hilaw 
long enough to wrur it ««; and elderly wumcn are very pain*, 
taking in iuoking mrefuBy after 111 . -?r silken appareL 

— Aisxaxiiks if. Hrxrnxw, notwiltalanduig Die for Ur condi- 
tion of bis tally, is actively engaged «i aiucluv work mi tlie 
wor, and keeps mnloyetl sevenf rterka ami stenographer?!, who 
dcclivie to hu interviewed as to its precise character, 

—Dr. Anxxw, Die iiistingulsb.il PlillaiMphta Hwrgeon, who hsa 
heen twlra suiumonol h\ \Vastuiigtun hi are; tlie Pre-ident, appear* 
in a very atnialili- **«1 llHwoughly pei:fm*iunal light ia a mvnt 
telegram frrra Wsshington to tlw Phiknlelpbia 7 U»m, which my a : 

" Dr. .Vi«aw was mpevtrel to rev.iin yesterday, tut that ho di>- 
clivseil bccaose of pattern.* repairing his niL-ncimi la Pliilailid|diia. 
One of the rewidevd pliysl.aaas asked what kind of polionlM they 
were, mid lie eminent surgron rvpbrel that one was a kitarer at 
the sbip-vmni, who had a badly fen- lured skull, and the sdhtr one 
of the same churaeier. who wm suMnring fnim n wnnnd in the 
aMoowo. Th.*.* wore ycuvleular nw«, and lie thought he ro-glit 
lie aid* to save thrir llvra hy Itie prravDee. When it was urged 
that 13 K- IVoaldonl'* life wns more- valuable, be remarked that tla? 
I'rewJmt was aUiWeirel by skillful irarpcoos, ahwoidantly aide b> 
e«i|ie with any emergwnev, while these pair mtu lunl nobody. Hu- 
in in life wa* human life, and lias peesimre *u artimlly KuMW 
in IliilaJiipUia at thia time." 



AUGUST fi, !«ai. 


:>‘t C*Ti‘Ou: CHVRCH 


TIN noorinc 


>« 0 CR^ 


Methodist 


l»t>TK<iYKI> IlY A C'YCIAINB.— I'mm IWtimum* uv Lwwn. 


TflK OYl-LoXK \T NKW ULM. 

ThkmK |'b i aic*, tnytrawil (mm |»li»lii}'iii|>lin lal>m im 
lilcili.ilclt II 1 1«-| llw itinWtrr, Ilium III III! Hunt "l;l|>lllr lunll- 
*" -r ,,1 “' CMINOl by tin* hfrllt ruinin' al Men 

riiu, Miniii-»i|a. I'rcvImiH In I l.i» «lixu.tir, K.-w lim win n 
llititinx «'«l • HI* 1 1 'i i -I lie limn. It mi u iil'.l Uv *^-r 

■mil", a- till- lull, malii jii iii | - Vi, Tin* Hum* i III |»-r I (Ml* 
Im nli i. ( in iIh c«rly lii-lni’s vi:m il« i1c*4 n«i inn limine ll«» 
fmiliil I mli iii, miinMiii'ivii nr lt*fct. Tbc batllr Iwl lbc 
t*'il •ill'll mill tlx ul.ili . U«<n| |bl»e ilai-. mil i-lnli-il in Hm- 
i|i I- il Ilf | III. Im n, rr. Tlif iiili.alii | iiuIm ilini <i nr tin I mi llw 
t'ittii. nml iiuiln llir jr i - :i|n' to SI. IVIer. Mnnt of them 
uHirnrtnl ti'InriKil, Olnl limn « li Jit liujr to llie ]«r»«1il lbc 
Ini", Lu bail n atenily. brail by giimili 

III' ryrloii* nli ii'li link III ill \r t» lim -k^jiill ill noil* 
Innl; jl||. mi tililu; . July 1'V iiIkiiiI Imlf ju.t funr iu Ibr 


aftcriionll. Arrmiline tin' ri'|M»tl« nf wii'hll Wilin'wi*, 
Inn iotiiMilni'4 met iliivrllv over tin* tnwn, nml i In- nnrk 
nf ilmlrin linn t»n* MVMit]il labial in mi inciwlibly alnul 
H|i»rr nf linn- Tbr ennrur cif flir ryrloiie rnuUI Im il in 
1 1 iii'll v •liu-i'Hiril, uml M'rtnml In lie unit inir ill ncparalc tub 
liuie* (mu tlir north nml mmlli. At Imlf |>anl fmu nVInrk 
black eli.inU Imenn In ualln-r mtlli j*ri*nl ni|mlily. I In 
lltnmlrr nml ligliliiini* «i'i» Innlir, uml tin uiml Met*' n 
Intirirnnr, while lim tutu tlmcrtiilril in nlirrl*. TIm-ic na» n 
iih4iii*i il '» lull, nml tin’ll llie *>i'l«HH' •liui'li • In- Iiomi. Al 
liar mil nt trli minute* il iliiin|i|m«ti'il at nmlib'iilv »» it 
mill*. All rtc-wiUlcw mji: “II* effccta atv nlinant inilc- 
nrritetilc Smiio hiniiiiem bailee* wen* alrttek llghlnlnjr : 
ullier* Welt* liftnl linilllv by Hm- vlolrtici* nf ll.r wilul, ami 
li't cl Iml will, tlic earth : nthem. nuuin, were ili'uiiili*ln«l by I 
Ibr Itvln- lUbii* from nlt.rr Iwllilinj.**. Srnrii nfilni lline* I 
ami tint ri. note entirely iketroyctl. Vnj fun uu- 1 


I liijuiiil. Iml many Innl tin'll IimiIm blnwit nlf.ur uciv mj lr.nl- 
l.v lluJoiMfU li) lie uiml ilml Huy uill Lute In lie jiullnl 
lloWII nml icblllll.” 

Mnfc limn a liiimlrml Imililnifi* were nlli-tly alriiinlinliril 
by I li in li-rrilii' cyehine, ta-niijc* llinnr that min inure nr bn* 
hcHimihIj iiijuiiil. I «'ii i |mrmim unit* killed, tun] nearly 
I billy wiiiiiiiImI, Milne nf tin in wry wvr.’rly. I*.o|i|i ulni 

Vlrf mil nu tin* aJlvclH at lim I unr lilcrally libiuu 

nnny.aiMl iiiiimU-|ii umv unuiulol by II) Iiir ib bii» AVImIc 
wi linn* nf Im rmiliny; urn* will Hoilinu lliimieli I In tni by 
I be fury nf I be alarm, anil Iniitlcil like |m|»r, na may be 
Hccn Iii an* nf mu illmliniiuiia, Tlic ruin* nf Mr. I'limu- 

ilciH aiibal Mill ini In nine slew III* Inlic nf Ibr niml. A a 
aimu a* lln- (ir«l *bm k #M lit er, ilir ell irena Tallin), anil t ini 
uiUi cikIi I'lber in 1 Ur ir nlleui inn* lo llir iwiiiulnl. Snti- 
•rri|ilicii* fur ike relief nf IIh* anlb'ivre w«n* niitrd, iuul 
ctcrylbiriK pi •**iblc uu* tlono to mnkc tlu-iu totufoituWr. j 


AUGUST 0, 1«*1. 


HARP Ell’S WEEKLY. 


533 



UlTtllEUH SllOl\ »T. Sliiil.SU. 


MATK12 CUCRCB. POSiTA DBLOADA. ST. MICHAEL 



TUB AZOKB3. 

To pNplo who spend tlirlr Hiininii'r in wan-li of the pic* 
lun'W|iii*. filial wIiimo riiirrirDif of Norway >im! I,ii|>IiiiiiI 
b;ut I Halt'll t tlKin how In rongli it, wo my. Try I lie Arum. 
Thi> scenery of I 1 m» islands is every n Ikiu striking and pie- 
tnrcMpic. To tbo 
naturalist they uro 
especially interest- 
ing from their is- 
olation anil the 
extraordinary oil- 
deuce of intense 
volconio nctioii 
which they ex- 
it! till. 

The island* are 
nine in iiamber, 
a ml geographically 
nni divisible into 
throe groups: the 
eastern group, com- 
prises Si. Mary 
u nil St. Michael; 
tho central, Tcr- 
cciro, tirocinia, hi. 

IJeorge. I'ieo, ami 
Fayal ; whilst the 
nmol westerly con- 
tains the little lone- 
ly island* of Plores 
and Cairo. The 
Azores ticlong to 
Furtugal, anil form 
A pros lorn of that 
kingdom; but al- 
though the peo- 
ple call themtelvos 
I’nrf ugnrse, they 
differ in nuuiy re- 
ap eo U from their 
continental hrvtli- 
reii. Tliey are A 
hardy, simple, un- 
sophisticated folk, 
g«ici<l • r mt tm'il and 

hoopilahle, amt intensely fonil of their i»l»ml home*. Tine 
inlnuiU are all very slits! I ; llte largest of them, St. Michael, 
ia only about thirty miles tong by from seven to ten niiles 
in width; bill, small a* they are, they manage to support u 
contented |M>putaliun of upward of a ipiarler of a million. 
Tho density of population, Indeed, is even greater than 


that of nelgtum. Tbelr trade is mainly with l.Lhnn and 
Englnml: their exports consist priori pally of grain and 
fruit, more especially oranges ami piuc-npplcs, Fnyal nod 
Pico ship a certain amount of a rough and not ovcrpalal- ^ 
a l>lo wine, much of which Coda its way into I be cheaper I 
forms of Loudon sherry. 


nnorro oxeno, rrHx.vs. st. uichael 

IViuta Ilrlgado, tho chief town of St. Michael, is the 
largest town in the group, and has a population of about 
■JO.iNN); it enn Inmat of a theatre ami numerous convent* 
mid chilRlm; Ibe marble front of the Muti-i* Chnrrh Is 
rather ipiaiut. Tlie costumes of some of tho Islanders are 
ehuraelerlstir, and reader* of the /asocear* .iivood will re- 


call Mr. Murk Twain's astonishment nt the sight of the 
rnormcnis capaltt of the l'ayalesc ladies. The men of Mt. 
Michael wear a most remarkable pieee of hrod-geur termed 
a ntm/iupN. It is shaped m. me w but like A hnnisnian cap, 
tint has an enormous proyecting limn In front amt a lung 
pendent cloak behind. The grandest scenery in Ml. Mi- 
chael is to lie found 
nt tho cunt and 
newt ends of tho 
Island. At tho 
east end is the dis- 
trict of the Furnas. 
Militated within n 
lingo voleaulc liu- 

liumher of lioiliiig 
springs ami gey - 
sers, mid a beauti- 
ful lake liockcd by 
A niagliificcut peak 
of obsidian. Tho 
little village of llte 
Furnns ia tho fa- 
vorite summer re- 
treat of the Aro- 
renns, u bo congra- 
gnte hero ill g.md 
mimlieni dining 
July afld August 
for tho Ktlio of iho 
iron -sulphur tiatlis, 
which ore held in 
great ri'piile. 

At the other rod 
of tho island I* a 
slill more wonder- 
ful crater, which, 
b>r some n n intel- 
ligible reason, re- 
joices in the naiun 
of the Soto Ci- 
dados, or Steven 
Cities. It is up- 
ward of ten miles 
in cirvtmfcrvDce, 
and nt the bottom 

are two lakes and a small i illage. Tho view of this crater 
and of Ihc lakes, ns seen through a narrow gorge near tbo 
np|s-r edge of tbo luisiu, is one of Die ni.it sinking bits of 
I lie pictnrvmpiP in tho LliimL. Scarcely less grand is Ibo 
f'nhlelra of Fnynl. Tins crater Is upward of 17(0 f«t deep, 
ami is almost circular in shape. Separated from Fayal hy 



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n narrow t hwwl Im the UJnud of Pico, « bicb 
culminate* in a magnifloesi (ie*k «UCI fret 
above the lore] of tin. Atlantic. Pico in ttic 
pp'.it frnlt garden of die Azores. and vines 
ami fig- tree* straggle, all over iln stony 
slopes. Home very fine rock sewirry in to 
1 m? mut with in tlie neighborhood of Velios. 
Altogether the Azores may lie strongly ice- 
oiinncudi'il for a long vacation trip. There 
in not tnnrJi in the way nf inn lucumniodn- 
tion in any of the islands, with l be excep- 
lion of fit. Michael ami Koval, and the liv- 
itiK is rather rough, Inal tin. good air and 
tbe bright sunshine, joined to good temper, 
sound digestion, and a little tact, will insure 
a delightful tour. 


IDtgaa In U um'< Kmu So. Itta. v„l XXV. J 

A FIGHT FOR HIM. 


Br P. W. Bn BIN SOX. 



III. -“CONSCIENCE MONET t" 


IIebr was something to thiuk abuut at 
last; here was mystery nud (•rrhnji* ro- 
mance ; here, at all events, wus the clew, to 
my mind, of Mite |\>r»yth'* extraordinary 
manner toward tue. Bbe had known my 
story all along. It had Wen no chance se- 
ries of qui-wUuns, no idle curiosity, then, but 
part nnd parcel of some plan in which if 
was alro concerned. (but bud led to ibis talk 
■•f my doail love, of my poor, weak, dead lov- 
er. It hail liccu “ arranged" lictu oau them, 
1 thought, indignantly, lint for what reason, 
or with what portable good, was beyond oaa- 
Jw-turo. The utory w ss finished ; it was all 
over; we hiwl «aid good -by forever, Luke 
aiot |: why shun Id bm shadow conm thus 
•"'tween mo an«| my peace of tuiud again t 
Might it, after all, l« our of those strange 
chaucea w hich slo occur in life, and which 
aru more rciuiaikahle and frequent than 
skeptic* will hoiH.vwt I thought for a mo- 
ment-hat only fur a imimenr. It w«e not 

pueeibUv By o. liance be might have conic 
to ticseliffo; by a stronger chance he might 
have known Mia* Forsyth ; but there hud 
been no cliauco in Uie lady's questioning of 
rue, or in hsr rstniety to know whom I hast 
loved nooftupoti a tune, and the length and 
breadth and depth, too, nf that allot lion. 
No, it was no chance. Lydia Forsyth had 
knowu of toy past engagement to Luke 
MacfaiUiw, and by what moatisl Only by 
one means could the information have been 
imported to lier — by Lake Marfnrlauc liim- 
aulf. For w hal reomiu was not dear lo sue, 
groping in tbo dark t>< we of rny nuw and con- 
fused thonghtw ; but it wan evident that be 
bud told her, nnd she had followed me to 
Hcucliffu. What did it all tneau 1 What 
were those two (dotting T What posaildc 
ronstm could plBM their rnii.iU in ccmjniic- 
tkili to work tugctli.T against Urn peace of 
my own I 1 don't think I had liccu a sus- 
picious woman up lo this time of my life, 
but I was suspicions now. Miss Forsyth 
obtained her in formation from I.uko — die 
must hare dOH so, surely. 1 bod sever 
spoken to s living soul wlsint bun and soe, 
aud of tbe love wo had imagined to exist 
between us before hia mother parted us; 
ami he bad respected lus mother more tbun 
me — ever mi much mure. 1 bad given him 
up for good, nnd gone out iuto the world 
with a still tongue and a bruised heart; it 
was bo wbo bail linhlilml forth his version 
of the story, and this waa the result. 

I felt humiliated and aggrieved. I thought 
lie might have kept a a silent as myself, and 
that for oiy «ako it was his duty. 1 had 
never doubted his honor until nnw : of hia 
firm ores and hi* power to resist culumuy 
nud trouble I had bad my doubts; at hi* 
constancy I could afford to laugh a litllci bit- 
terly, Heaven is aware. But for Lille* to 
tell all this to Mis* Forsyth, to let iff know 
u but a deal I had thought of kina, and to 
sot her here as my mistress, as a spy, a a a 
tyrant and inquisitor — waa it possible in 
this man T 

Kvoii now | could scarcely believe it — I 
conld not uudcrotauil the motive. It be- 
came mure iiuposaiblo in theory, tbc more 1 
brooded over it. There was another solu- 
tion to tin. enigma, which I bud not discov- 
ered. It became nseosaary to seek the tight 
interpretation ; in Justice to myself, in my 
own dvfenne, I had a right to know it. 

I tors up the letter I had began to indite ; 
my plana were all changed ; the thought of 
leaving flsMUSb was *ct aside nt once; the 
revolution to salmiit to all the. taunts and 
captives of Miw Kotwyth was again fixed in 
tuy mind, but tliia time for a reason lying 
far apart ft.au any sympathy with her. 1 
was on guard, nnd the truth of it all was to 
lie discovered, if possible. From tbo win- 
dow of my room I could *»* tlie scat where 
1 had left Lydia Forsyth, hut I waa iio wit- 
lien* to her meeting with Cnptoin Mucfar- 
laue, They bad u»el before I had hail tho 
courage tv look vat; the) hail strayed from 
my r angn of vision altogether, I thought, 


uutil presently they (iruwd before M in tlie 
distant*, *3ic leaning on bis arm arwl looking 
up Into his fact.. They were talking car- 
ncstty, ami walking very slowly — one might 
have fancied them hurts from my poiul of 
view, aud I did so very readily. 

It was a sorry fancy to air — after the 
two long yearn of grim silence, too, follow- 
ing a purting forever. I was resigned long 
ago. 1 hud boon cetlain until that day; I 
was sure it hail liecu mi much for tbc better 
that we should say good-by— so mui'li tbc 
better for him If I bad not thought mi in 
tuy heart when I bad first declared it, gi i iug 
him bis cbaiice of reparation from me, I bad 
learned to thiuk so atues, m Itcn bu hail taken 
iii« at tuy word and gone away. Ami yet 
my heart was throbbing paiufully uud quick- 
ly again, and the figure in the distance bad 
conjured np a heap of memories. The post 
wus so close upon me that I could have wept 
as over yesterday's trials and trouble*, in- 
stead of over I Imw which had bt*n «or- 
uioontvd uiutw than two years since. 

I’rcMUilly she sat itowii, aud made room 
fur him on the seat which 1 had quitted ; but 
I noticed that he walked up and down the 
path instead, aud in hi* ohl net lew uud ini- 
(H'tuuas way, which I mtneuihered s» well. 
WSfB tln-y flHRlilhf f- -wus il not nil tap- 
pisiOMi with him in Ills new choice t I did 
mu think it could be, knowing her and him. 
Certainly she wa* very rich, I thought, sar- 
castically ; and gold covers a multitude of 
imperfections, as charity covers sins. He 
bad loved me once, wlivn it waa reported 
that my faUu-r was a rich man, when— 
And then I went back AtSi tbe window, re- 
solved to look no more, ami to play the un- 
worthy put of spy no longer ou them. 

They bail played the spy on me, one or 
auothor.or tsilh ; hut I need not sntili them. 
1 had tujr task t« carry out— to find the rea- 
son for their hunting mo down ; |wrba|m it 
would become my dnty to defy them pres- 
ently. 

I waited in my room paliontlv; it struck 
me (hut, wfon M hail gone. Mis* Foray lb 
would send for me. From Him At might 
receive fresh instructions, and Is-lug on my 
guard now. I should be quick to gucta their 

I waa not wrong in my thought of being 
sent for. After an hour bad claimed, utie of 
tbe servants of the institution knocked gvu- 
tly ou the panels of niy door. 

" Miss Forsyth wishes to sec yon a* soon 
us you atv disengaged, Miss Dougins," said 
tin* voice u It bout in response to uiy inquiry. 
*' t will be down directly," I atuuotvil. 

I descended n luoineut or two afterword, 
uud entered Mi— Forsyth's room, in, 1 tbiuk, 
my usual nolF-iKswessed way. It bad beeu 
iui effort, hilt I was very calm. Mine For- 
syth wus uot sslf-paMosanl, slid Dot ou 
guaid, [Krbsps. and so a bud juilgr of my 
deportment. Bbe looked weary nnd agi- 
tated, nnd there were two ominous *p?>U of 
red upon her clocks, Hlio did not regaid 
me very wndnbly a* I eaine iuto thu room, 
uud stum! Mn tin- (tell iu uliich hlic te- 
clined, half (irostnite. 

“Where have yon been all this while f" 
she asked, peevishly, even satpieionsly, or I 
u im uiMtskv ii In the look hi bet dark eyes. 
“In my room," I answered, quietly. 

" I thought you remained in tbo grounds 
alter our little dispute," she added 

“No, Mias Forsyth," I replied; “I went 
straight into the lioiise." 

'■ I was u littlo hasty, ami too curious,” 
she went ou, very softly now, “and you will 
uot think uiiytliing more of what I said, I 
hope f" 

“ I will Iry not,” was my answer, 

“ You don't beat wu any malice, Dunglaa •” 
“ No, madam. 1 accept your apology very 
williugly,” I sanl. 

Her fsco dusbtil. but she said: “That's 
w ell. Sit down and help me with my wools 
— I am going to be very busy this evening." 
“ Indeed r 

“ I have been told to-day that I give way 
too much; tliat I should get butter mate 
quickly if I were more composed and Icon 
hysterical. Yon see," she added, with a 
straugu forced smile, " I have been reproved 
luid worried as well ns you," 

" Indued r f said again, fur want of a bet- 
ter reply at tlie moment. 

" I wish yun would uot keep saying 1 tn- 
ifcwV” she added, fretfully. “ Have you 
bid forgotten alt my hasty words yet f 
“ I will try ami think of them ii» more," 
“And you don't bear me any malice, I ask 

“ Certainly BOC" 

" I have been leclored to-day very severe. 
I) slie nuitinuiHl.^aud |s.rba|m it basdoiM- 
too good, ami taught itm hiiniilily. I ap 
pose it has strnck yon that I am, at Unxs, a 
very disagreeable woman V 

“Now sml then,” I ccnfemcil, "it has 
crcmsit my mi ml, Min Forsyth, (hat you 
might bo more ngrvrablc to Others with ad- 
vantage to yourself." 

| “Very - neatly put,” »hc s<ud, satirical 1). 

I There was a pause; then she went on 


again, with her watchful eyes upon me, I 
was sure. If *he were waiting for tbu effect 
of her next words upon her listener, I had 
at least tbe satisfaclMOi hi balk her; for I 
wus strong now, atwl quite prepared. 

"Certainly tho gentleman who lectured 
mo hod a fight to school me," she soul, “ un 
presently I may take his name, anil share? 
the remainder of my life with him." 

“ Indeed I" I said, for the third time, and 
Mini Forsyth stumped her foot, and looked 
for oil instant disposed to throw her basket 
of winds at mo for my stereotyped reply. 
My mild surpriMi was aggravating, t hough 
I hail no lutootMjn of annoying her. I wus 
ouly acting my port uf an onliuary listener. 

“Yew, indeed! You did uot kuow I was 
engaged I" 

“ I certainly bad uot the slightest idea of 
it,’ was my reply. 

“No one lias luid yon f Alid yet these 
reputtH are quickly and oven mysteriously 
circulated, a* a rule," she said ; " are they 
noil" 

“As a role, yes. but then there are nut 
many tuciuheni of this institution likely to 
la* acquainted with Hie facts of yuur life, 1 
should think," 1 replied. 

" Not many. Hut some |wu|du are cursuus, 
and try hard to know everything. Mrs. tjel- 
conits! is enrions," she added. 

“I bare nut remarked it uiysclf." 

“Ah, then I have," she answered, sharply. 

“ Directly my friend lnid gone, Mrs. Muumbe 
wanted to know wbo be was, and would 
have liccu glad (<• foam what (Kirticular 
buwiMns had liroiigbt him to the Home. As 
If I were compelled to tell tier— as if I am 
here to submit to her orders aud caprices 
like the rest of you." 

“You are required to snlwcnls? to the 
rules of tbc iwtahlnhliH'iit, whether a paid 
inmate or, liko iiiyMdf, on charity I said, 

"Yes, 1 nodenrtatod that; but still one 
docs not core to be criticisml. He would 
not wish me to be criticised. I am sure," she 
uiMcd. thought fully. “If you only knew 
» hat a haslj uiun lie was! I have been in 
u false (MMittiui lu re, he suy*. ; It wus against 
everybody's wish I came.’* 

“ Did he uot kuow yon were coming f ' I 
inquired. 

"Nobody knew. 1 correnpomlid with 
Mrs. 8*1 turn be, wbcu I bud made op my 
mind, that wo* all." 

“ You liad *ouie n*iiccial reason, iicrhaps. 
besides tbe recovery of youi Ucaltli Y* I *og- 
gesled. 

Otxs? more die lliisbcsl up quickly. 

" FsvUaps so. But 1 wish to mover my 
health. I hsit heard mu lliileh of tbo butw- 
fita derived from this place. It was strongly 
recommended to 1st. I was anxiuu* to get 
well for bis soke as well as my own. You 
understand tliat, Duuglas P she inquired. 

“ Oil Jos — perfectly." 

"Aud you have got well," she cuntinueil ; 
“you are a living example of what uurseles 
cun be effected by the llwdlfo air. Far you 
cunin lurm wurw than myself.'’ 

'■ Him dnl JM know tliat, Mim Forsyth T u 

“ Mrs. Seleombo Ims told me," she replied, 

'• tliat she thought yon would not recover 
*]Hivdily— if at all." 

fill*? had bail the some idea of we, then, 
as of Mlm Porsytb. 

“ I was not Strong whim I first came," I 
said. 

" But now you are quite well f" 

" Yon are quite well," »lie said ; “ I see no 
signs of illueo* III you. I think,'* she added, 

“ It U yuur duty oven to make nmu for tbuoo 
who are waiting eagerly for vacoJiciret." 

“ I hare tliougbt of that," I replied ; " Init 
Mrs. Helcimibc pressra me to remain another 

" You are not oldigoil to go hock to work 
yet," she sold ; " to the * b.ibwsle bouse you 
have told tue of. You might taho a bobilay 
with some friends." 

" I think iMit." 

" Ob, it shall nut 'x' a question of money," 
sbu said, quickly. " You bavu been very 
grnsl to me, and I have n right to show my 
gratitude, and prove that I was Dot so un- 
kind as you imagined. You are poor, ami 
I am rich — I dou’t kuow what to do with my 
uuioey ■ — and yon must not stoji my wish to ho 
of help to yon iu any way." 

" I don’t nmtcrstaMl, Min* Forsyth. I — " 

“ I want yoa to adejit, u a favor from 
me, if you will- -say a hundred pound*. If 
il is out enough fur yon to go abroad foe a 
long holiday, nay to, but don't return to tliat 
hau-fal b u*ines* again,” sbe said 

Yea, Mr*. HoU-omlio was right. This lady 
had a great interest iu me, and uasdis|Hi«v*l 
to tie generous ; and yet 1 was not gr*U?ful 
in toy heart toward her. Tlie genurosity 
was too suddenly exhibited ; the interest in 
me was hanlly real, and only the anxiety to 
get mn ftom tlie lliimo was strikingly aj»- 
parcnt. To get mo away at any price, It 

“ Thunk yon, Miss Forsyth," I replied, 
“bill I can take no inouey from you." 

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huvo slmuii attention or sympathy to the 
lady patiuotM. J ton only a littlo extra lib- 
eral," slio ksuI, •• and you must not be too 
proud to stand iu yuur nwu light." 

" 1 can take no money. 1 shall bu ghul 
to gi-t work again," I replied, “and I shall 
go straight to tbu old business when 1 am 
strong enough." 

“ It will I* vety rash of yon.” 

** And I shall not leave bore for a week 
or fortnight longer," 1 said, watching her 
uow iu my turn. “Yon shall uot bccum? mo 
of acting rashly. Misa Foray tb. 1 will bo 
extremely careful." 

“ Very well. I hi as you please," she mur- 
mured, faintly, "but don’t worry run any 
tuure to-day. I aboil bo glad If you will 
leave me." 

She bail turned very pale. 

“ Shall I—* I began, w hen she iuteRupt- 
od tue. 

" No, no; I don’t «nnt any umistsnre," 
alie cried, hastily. "I only waul lo be left 
to myself till to-morrow." 

“ Very well, Mis* Foray th," I ropliml. 

I bade her good-night, and went away. 
I felt that I Rid wou a victory, bnt iu what 
way I could hardly giicm. Doubtless Luke 
Maefarlauti ami sire lind just phuined this 
together, uud without a doubt I had MM 
them. 1 would not givo iu to them, or w bat 
they wished me to do, aud the thought of 
offering me tumuiy mode tuy cheeks tingle, 
liiul set lny heart allaioe. 1 might Im an 
object of charity, but not of tbe charity of 
thoMi two. 1 would prefer to starve rather 
tlnui b»? iudnhtnd to tlirni, or follow any 
wish of tlieir* conveyed in so secret und 
mint-ruble a fashion. 



I II? cun In lUMtsI Wnui Na 1*1. VuL XXI V.j 

CHRISTOWELL 

0 Dartmeor Calc. 

Br R. D. BLACKMORK, 

AvnKn or “Msxr Askrut,” “Ijiiu?* Dikins," 
“L'kjrrs, nut Csiuuxa," xro. 


CHAPTER mu. 
n b a h i y KUHixsta 

If ever anything lias been proved to tho 
eutivfucliuu of luaukiud, it would secni to be 
their aMilmiUltiou to tbe sulwtaiico wherein 
they dual. A luali who desire* to iai|Wovs 
hiseharucte-r or ooullriu hi* prinelplra f a lien 
he finds them liegimuug to bo luiunst) niu,l 
rtrk-tly vrilhold his steps from many paths 
uf lift' that should lm straight, but only run 
straightway down hill. Why an? the great- 
est statewitM-.il of tlM? ago for tmyiind rre- 
dr lice of tbo most credulous t lW«au«it they 
have so lung handled liars that they follow 
their tarns, and full into them. Why is the 
u*?«d etmiveiil British geuerwl inctim-?l to 
quake win'll returning (bunks ou behalf of 
nur uublo army f Not hoeanss lie over fell 
fear hitnacli, but from liandling so many 
sbort'Krvice soldiers, fugitive as a cheap 
French jelly. 

On the ulber hand, to deal in go«t stiff 
Muff nets a Bum up, aud puts core into him. 
A man wbo tails w ire netting, when request- 
ed to quote lowest prices, at wbotesale rate, 
by (MMt to-iootTow (after a long interview, 
and a half i ucliuat ion to come do wn ), Ml ffwia 
Up again, and writes; “Dear Sir,— We are 
sotry to have quoted our price too low. Upon 
cxanjIuaUou of oar liuok* wo find" -some- 
thing tliat reao in lit* conseieiios only. 
Whereas a good dealer in soft woollen beta 
con scarcely refuse any reasonable offer. 

Tlireughout the yean which Mr. Caleb 
Tucker hod spout iu houcat luniues*, the 
timber ehiedy iu doinaiid was ouk. Forev - 
cry sort of work that was tm-ant to lust, in 
expctMue to tlie wind and rain, people in- 
sisted u|K>u having oak ; and llic blewsiug* 
of free trade (which, like thoro of Isaac, 
bavo desooudud u|hju the wrong bead hith- 
erto) bad not yet filled our walls with 
cracks, nod our tuner parte with quaking. 
Tbit (tower of mutcnnl bud bnl(ivd to von- 
soliilale Mr. Tucker’s character, mo that lm 
would read tbu moat important letters with- 
out losing half a mouthful of hia breakfast. 

“Dear fucla Caleb," said the uue up?>u 
the table, “ mother and 1 want — oli, so bad - 
ly r— to Ue home again w It b you. There ore u. » 
roll-walls here, aud do flowers, Ublew* y«t 
(•ay a lot of money for them ; and a littlo 
tracked cabbage you would take to tho pig- 
sty costs twopence- halfpenny and ini|Hi- 
deuoe too. Tliern are plmty of nioe proph?, 
but they live so far apart tliat you may go 
miles without seeing them, ami oven thru 
they Itave no time to spore." 

“What a nuiulier of complaints — poor 
little Mary f* Uncle Caleb muttered, at tho 
bottom of three pages. “ Well, it will tesc li 
them to cDjoy thoir Rome. Halloa! What 
Is this! I uiuat read slowly." 

" We have cutm? ueroia a thing that you 
ooglit to know, aud I aui afraid that I can 
not tell it dearly. Do y w u WOwmber that 
gvntlcBiau who name uu but SC bock in tlio 



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HARPER’S WEEKLY 


spring, atiil faliavcsl mo badly t You were 
quite upset by bin bud iiiauum, facauxe 
you would not answer all hie crooked qnen 
turn*. You doubted very much whether he 
luwl Riven bin rich! oninc ; Mid you talked 
■bool going to the gentleman on I kail moor, 
but old Jerry fell **■ lama that yon could not 
do it, and > on Uhl r hut you did uot like to 
w rite ulioiit it. It an* in* that hie unuo was 
unlit enough, and Iwitcr than hi* nature, u 
we any. We met him on the street* nfaiot 
u week ago, and found out where bo lives, 
nod all about him. lie stems lulwu Stflw- 
anl.or agent, or whatever it is, to a wealthy 
iMildenian, who ha* a great bonne, all wuU*«l 
ill, almost like a country |daco. And he u 
n vary strange man, they any, and may go 
nd at any time. Uncle Snacks known n 
grout deal ahout him, because of his being 
in the milway line, and thin lord will not lot 
thorn come through a Held of bis without 
fighting for it. Me seems to haro no ono to 
cat* about him, except the servant*, and it 
luakaw him fret ; for bo In*t bln jjrnuiU.ni a 
little white ago, a One boy, hot he conght 
the small-pox. And not so very long ago 
he hud lout bis son, the father of bin grand- 
son ; and they say that lie has another mm 
somewhere, who disgraced hiiumdf shock- 
ingly back in the war-rime, and nover could 
get ou with hi* father, llut now Mr. Ga*- 
tnu toml* the whole of liia cuni-cms, they 
nay, nud he is accounted nuuniiat honest, al- 
though I bey live like cal* and dugs, for bin 
lordship ha* a temper, and so has Sir. G. 
Unelu fcuaxkx told me to write all this, und 
inollier says no lawyer could huvw dune it 
butter.” 

••Neither he could," said Mr. Tucker, go- 
ing to the fire fur some limn' bet fried jxita- 
Usw; “ though it mqttinih to fa- rend again. 
t« know whieh is which or all them ‘ ben.’ 
Tis Into in life for me Wi meddle with the 
concerns of other folk, however. Hut. here 
romi* different ■igii-inaiiuul to the foot of It. 
Must lists my tluck specs ; they new ones is 
like shop fronts." 

With the help of liis thick liorti specta- 
cles, which be no* nut allowed to wear mi 
bn inlays — and this was a Sunday, ns hi* 
limulfast iwonxl, for he liud. tonnages with 
bis fried putatoo* — the dealer in oak of for- 
mer days made out the thin srruwl of the 
jobber in shares, whose bund bo hod Dover 
seen fafure. 

Ifaar Sir,— If convenient, you slwuild 
mine up. Mary says that you know all 
shout things going on, 1 won't any where. 
Bobbery, which might fa regretted when 
too late, ami worm.' things to wore after- 
want. With Isol respect*, yuan faithfully, 
John Shark.*." 

** Welt, | iImI Intend to go to ahureh ; 
amt I will go to church, horauae I hear the 
lie! la," Mr. Turker thought, slowly, and with 
memories of childhood. “ The fast ideas al- 
ways conic in church, because they have mi 
faviixiss.” 

He did a* lie had said, and came to this 
conclusion, tliat hi* duty by no means re- 
quired him to go to London upon other peo- 
ple's business, hut that it might lie a mutter 
to repent of if neglected altogether. Ohl 
Jerry (the only horse lie owned at prou'tit), 
although gutting belter, wo* ararctily fit to 
ellmti atony places w Ith atoudar feeling ; uiul 
hu mastor, after looking at him in the after- 
noon, resolved to take the chariot of I'ugw- 
ley tow ard the heights of Chrislowello I'ugs- 
ley hud no right to carry pocMtigcra for hire, 
and no one inuat go over Kxe Itrldgo with 
him, uhIcm tt were a child of tender years, 
»iuh as Rose Arthur nsed to be. Hut if 
Master Timothy discovered on the road a 
res portable wayfarer, looking weary, bin 
man hit was to ask him w hollwr bo would 
ride, in a aortal rwtfar than commercial spir- 
it, tlioiigh it tended by-and-by perlia{is to- 
ward half a crown. 

Thecorricr and the timber merchant knew 
one another ou the rood of old, and cherish- 
ed mutual respect. Ami Mr. Arthur, from 
time to time, had sent a preaent of fruit, or 
flowers, or honey, to hi* city friend by good 
earn of l'ugalcy. Therefore, alter long dis- 
course, anil easy turns of aumnier lanes, Mr. 

T acker was set down witliiu a wile of Lark* a 
Cot, in (be early afucaoot). Timothy would 
have gone futtlo-r with him, hut tfa old 
gentleman'* legs wore good, ami na there 
was nothing In the cart for tbo Captain, he 
would not work the old liono on. How to 
get borne was another question, but he was 
sure of hospitality. 

“ Why, w hat a lovely place it hi P* Mr. 
Tucker could not help exclaiming, as be 
creased tbo littl-o meadow, and descried the 
cottage, nestled ill with fruitful trees, ami 
plumed with roses and honeysuckle*. "It 
was do! like tins “lion 1 bought It fur him, 
hut looked all bleak and shivering. AH the 
work of bis own hands. Ah, that ia the way 
to fence the world out. I wonder if they 
will lot mu tit. Fugaley told me to pull this 

He pulled the wire, and a hell that hung 
outside I lie porch made answer; and pres- 
ently M»jgy t tbs maid, cumc oat, with an | 


I apron oTer her hood, faeauxe she hod curled 
her hair un Sunday ; and niter a parley iu 
Lroud dialect, aho went to look for her mau- 
ler, tip the stream. Iu a very short time Mr. 
Tucker «w resting in the pleasant bower 
by tfa brook, while tire Captain was opeu- 
iug a battle of cider, and Bow u a« gone to 
tbo houao to sliced tbo prospect* of an early 

I “ I am heartily glad to see yon once more 
I in the place tliafi owes everything to ynu," 
Mr. Arthur said, us he filled u long Itright 
glass with brighter liquid. “ You new that 
1 iuu quite n native now, and trying to ad- 
vance upon tbo native ways. Toll me what 
yon tbiuk i>f that. A perfect cure fur gout 
•lid rlieorautisiu- I low luauy kiuda of ap- 
ples are there in it I" 

“ Well, perhiijMi twenty, or there might 
be fifty," Mr. Tucker replied, with tbo frewli 
color flowing Into hi* ebooks, and u polish 
on his li [a* ; "it fa fltto cuougli far fifty, as 
we say." 

"Tliree, ami no more, ” said the Captain, 
slowly, ami with strew upon eTery won! ; 
“ three, ami no more, is tin* secret, or at h ast 
the main secret, of the way to do It. Hut 
who known an applo from a pippin here, nr 
n pippin fretn a cmlr, or a crab from a serv- 
ice I Ynu may talk forever ; but they only 
know thut • their vcy thers always did this, 
or thicey; and they don't need to bo iio 
wiser than their vey there was.' They ad- 
mit that tuilio is bettor; they can't help do- 
ing that ; ami If any one Is ill, they maid far 
it, llut a* far budging out of their own 
ways, or trying to leant mie trio from an- 
other, they tell me they actually have told 
mo several times — thnt it goes against Gen- 
e's* » und the Families!" 

" Ftrhapa it is all tfa Iw Uer far tfanr — 
Mr. Tucker was a Tory of a good typo — •* to 
be contented with thrir ancient ways. They 
make it anyhow, and tlu-y drink it anyhow, 
and they thrive upou it soberly, lint if their 
lii|tMir was like this, they would *oon fa 
alsive their work, and fa getting gout far 
the sake «if sack a nwslielon, IVopio are al- 
ways galibliug now about elevating every- 
body. Kolwxly kuows what it means ; ami 
I would rather see them hanged ; facuiise 
there you are. Good beulth to you, niy lord 
— fm aO I believe ynu are by tli >s time.'’ 

" 1 have not received any noltie of it, and 
hopo tlmt yon may Iw mistaken, Mr. Tucker. 
It would bo the worst thing that oould be- 
fall me. Iu the outer world at least." 

“ We never know nliat is good far os" (it 
appeared i« the Umber merchant tba* it 
aunt Iw good to he a hud); “ and I am too 
ohl to lie curried nwuy by any ups and downs 
of life. Hot at first sight, sir, it look* like 
promotion ; and I preiufaud myself mine 
pleasure in offering first congratulations. 
Jtut excuse my say mg that you take jxsculiar 
views cif tilings." 

“No, Mr. Tnckur, I do not, I look at 
things iu every gentleman and every mail 
of honesty, in whatever station, tnuai look 
at them. You know a part of my »t*ny, fait 
not nil. When you know the whole, yon I 
will tisrrely say that in my place you must 
have done live same, llut tell me what hare 
you heard about me, or rather about my 
relatives I" 

“ It appears from this letter," the old mini 
answered, spreading his nitre 1 * long epUtlo 
on his knee, and fcvltog (na a true Britan 
uiiul) xoiiwi pride in this connection witli 
the peerage, “ tliat yonr ebler brutfar is 
deoil, my lord; I haro not the exact date 
of liis death, hut his departure Ctvm this 
world wems certain ” 

“ 1 have heard of that. I avoid newspa- 
pers, a* I ha vii good cause to do. 1 low ever, 
that tame to my knowledge through an ac- 
cident. Hat before yon go farther let me 
beg of you one thing, in which I am sure 
you will oblige me. Iko not call me ‘ my 
lout,’ but sjxisk to me Just a* you always 
must to do." Mr. Tucker bowed und smiled, 
anil then proceeded : 

"Well, sir, 1 peruse the papers, ns a man 
in ray bumble position must do. Hut 1 was 
not aware, until I got this letter, that your 
brother'* only child was dead. He. apjx'iir* 
to have Ixmii eamrsl of! by xiaall-pox. Had, 
Indeed, for any one, but must siul foe the 
heir to iui cnilJooa, and large property, where 
the railways waul to comr.” 

"I am grieved to hoar it, for my father's 
sake, as well as tln< |xsir little fay'*. Are 
yon certain tliat It is sot" 

" If you will kindly take this anil read it, 
yon will know as maul; na I know. The 
women may pick np things amiss, Hot 
brother Snacks must be au aocurale man, 
Us hare made ail his unouey ; and bo backs 
it up.’ 

Mr. Arthur took tbo letter, and read the 
port of Mary's writing that concerned him' 
self, and the brief linos of the uew-faaiwl 
ancle, of whom Uncle Caleb felt dire jea- 
lousy already. 

" Every word of it luok* like the troth," 
said Mr. Tucker, “though you nevur can 
tell nowadays. Mary is a truthful maid na 
con be ; hut that sort gets imposed upon. 




And what do ynu say to it now. if you 
pleuoo V 

“ There may ho a little exaggeration," the 
Captain answered, quietly; "there always 
is that iu a case of this kind. Hut most of 
It is true. Who is that Mr. Uuxtosi f He 
[•aid you a visit last spring, I see." 

“ Vet*, ami a tine sort of u visit. 1 should 
lire behind a river if such visitors v 
common. W'e did the Ix-sl wii could fur 
him in our unpretentious way, iuhI I offered 
liiui refreshment to the Imut of my ability ; 
fait he showed himself unn orthy, and made 
light of my intentions, fa'cnnw 1 would wot 
furnish him with all in formation afaut you. 
I ought to have written to you ahout it; 
hut ( thought it would fa' better to e< 
and sco you ; hut suuiehow or other the 
time went by, and I humbly ask your | 
don far neglect." 


"Not at all. It fa most kind of you t*> 
eocon now. Yon knew quite well that I 
would not son tbo luan ; and to hear of him 
would only have surveyed mo. Hot wlmt iu 
the world eonld lia bare wound of me) 
l>id be give you any idea V 

" I don’t think that he wanted to son you, 
but to know for his own purposes where to 
find you. Feas i bly to prev* ill oilier people 
from soclng you. Hut I will tell you what 
be saiil, that you may Juitge far yourself, 
after Binkiug all allow anon far hix off-lutnd 
style, mol retnruibcring that ho would try 
most likely to dooeive me.'’ 

Mr. Tucker t*xik a pinch of minff to stima- 
latu hi* uiuuMiry, stiil then told his host, ns 
correctly a* need bo, tlm puiyxirt of George 
Gaston's words about him. 

"l>id you hear wbut hecume of him when 
he left you T" Mr. Arthur iMknl. after listcik- 
lug t« Ibis tale; “or wbetber bo went on 
with hi* luqutiMw about loot Having con- 
trived to find you out, bo would be pretty 
sure to Hud me too.” 

'* Thnt ia not so certain ; far you live la a 
place so secluded, anil he would not know 
jour name. Hot I saw no more of him, and 
beard no more of him until I got this letter. 
Only I hare a tnopiciou that ho went to a 
llrui of low Und-Jobfae* in the sufairtm of 
St. Thomas. I met one of tbi-in In (he tim- 
ber-yard wxm nfter — far I go there now and 
then acrasiotially — ami Ihj called out to mo, 
like a low falhiw ss he fa, 1 1 say, old gen- 
tli-inan, can you give ux a gluo* *if tviui I* 
Of course that prove* nothing ; but it struck 
mo at the moment as a remarkable cuinul- 

" Yon may il<-|x'int ii|x>n it, you were righL 
He knew- that I bud fawglit Und thniugh 
ynnr good ofilcco, and ho seems to hnvu 
known my purpose too. From such jicopki, 
who know you, and keep, no doubt, a jealous 
ryo Upon yatur doings, be would sjii-ixlily dis- 
cover, tor a small fee, all they knew, and 
then pot them to find out w but they do! not 
know. I most act u]kmi the presumption 
liiui this man knows me, my naiuc, my 
*lwi'lling-|iUoc, wud all al*out me. Ily-tho- 
way, a thought etriko* mu — fait 1 will find 
that out to-morrow. Now wbut can the 
motive* of this Gaston fait A revengeful, 
malicious looking man, you a»y f Hot I 
can not have wronged him. Hi* tutna is 
quite unknown to me." 

“Well, sir, ho innst have same motive; 
and you may Iw pretty sure tliat it is n bod 
one. IYrliiqxi to get your property for him- 
self, and blacken you to llio poor old nobto- 


“I do not ore how it ciui be tlixr. The 
property is Iu strict settlement. If all that 
you have board fa tree, after my father's 
time, I must toko It, If I cboom to do so, ex- 
cept the merely personal part, which fa tri- 
fling, or at any rnto used to bo mi. I can 
not see wliut Ibis man can menu by hunting 
me out, and then leaving me iu tlvo dark." 

" Never mind, sir ; you may fa' quite choir 
tliat he mean* wrong, anil you most take 
him for nn cue my— a Utter and craft) ooo- 
my. If be bait meant to do the bonust 
thing, he would have found yon out by pub- 
lic means ; or if there wits any tiling against 
that, he would hate come to you like a man, 
a* soon ns lie ilisootered you." 

•‘No doubt ho would, if indeed ho has 
discovered me, anil of that there can not 
be much question." Tbo Captain looked 
around, a* if bo would like to know tbo 
opinion of Ids true* at tfafa cruel «Ustur1iiiui!*i 
of tbelr Homier, and to ask them whether 
they would break tbelr hearts at the low of 
the man who loved them so. Tbo trrea, 
however, showed do concern. 

“ I am sure I can not tell, sir," the timber 
merchant laid, while the other was reflect- 
ing sadly. "You know fast wliat suit* 
your life ; but If I may say so without being 
rude, within tbo faur seas there may fa four 
men, au*l do more, that would fa sorry to fa 
found out ao— to fa called to great wealth 
and n high [nmition. und with n dear child 
to inherit it- M fa Kow ha* grown Into the 
loveliest young lady, and her manlier* are as 
lovely os herself. For one thing you may 
thauk the Lord, sir— if I aiu not to call you 
by your proper title— and that is the oppof- 


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(unity you hare had of bringing up a *n<vt, 
niiiipt* nature, without any of (Iu- spoiling-, 
of thii WO rill. SllP never uouUi have faou 
like what she is if her linos hod fallen 
among gay rich people." 

“There is mach truth in what you say, 
toy friend. And you may fa sure tlmt it 
bus cKvurtiil to me; though nothing in the 
world eonld bate spoiled my li.ee. Hut it 
•« ou her uccouiit that 1 am meet pcryilexcd. 
If it were not for that darting child, I oould 
net according to my own ufafax, which an’ 
vary simple, Itud have long facn ibiipcd. 
Hut her inUrvsts must fa thought of more 
thiui my desires." 

"Certmuly they ought to fa. No just 
man could think twice upon xnch a |s*int im 
that.” Mr. Tucker spoke iloeisi vely, and al- 
m.*t sternly, for fa wu a man of strong, 
cJen* solute, and had often eoudetnoeil, id bis 
own shrewd mind, wlmt be thought to fa 
the seusltlvo Wsoknoss of the other, " You 
may have your own Idea*," ho emit inuixl, 
" and your own views of bn]iplii*nM uud e*m- 
teutmeiit, o[vor» which I bn VO never ven- 
ture*! to intrude, in spite of your datteriug 
e o*i fide new iu me. For yourself you have a 
pciTc-t right to judge; but for others -how- 
ever, it is not my place — ” 

I “ No, it fa not your place,” Mr. Arthur an- 
swered, looking at the old mau grace fully, 
" to offer advice, without a thorough knowl- 
edge of sit that Inis happened to us. This 
you have Dover hail, fur various renmuM, 
most of wliiulv arc now gone by. Yow know 
very little of my affairs; and yet through 
»*niic sympathy, pm to*ik my jmrt." 

“Ay, that I did; and I couldn't tell the 
tvunon, unless it was tbo trouble on the 
fath of iw. Your dear wife was dead, and 
min*! »:u gone; oml a faithful partner she 
hail been. ‘ Caleb,' she used tu suy, • never 
you fa hard ; it comes so easy to be hard ; 
no four of Diifaidy neglecting that. Hut it 
live* loth a man, to fa soft, my dear.’ Per- 
lia|st her mourn'd that the women wasn’t no. 
Hut g*MxtiiFH« kiiuws she Mitr msaut no 
h.inu. There, I fa talking as if I wasn't 
odd icati-d ! All of ua dors, n fau wo thinks 
of trouble, from the way wo go on, in tbo 
natural times. Ami tfan yon caiue, with 
yonr hat-baret ini, and there was no com- 
plaint outside your eyoa. And 1 was dwell- 
ing npoD tier that moment-" 

The torn of the old man's mind fail 
brought the long review of bis own life up ; 
aiul the Captain, baring much of hl» own to 
lank back ou, waited for hia sigh [before 
speaking again. For the sigh of tbc old is 
the spirit's adieu to a mournful subject, uu 
til next time. 

" But we mast have another talk about 
this cider," Mr. Tucker continued, to savo 
abruptness; “it should lie indeed a thing to 
talk of if ii stranger ouubl fa-nt all Devon* 
shire like this. When you have time, sir, 
wlisuoveryon have time, I dial I fat happy to 
inert you on that subject, for 1 used to fanny 
tliat 1 UDileretood it, and I mode au improve- 
ment iu thu presses once, and I ought to 
have had a patent for it." 

“ I hope to have many gtxxt talk* nlxxit 
it, and especially alxxit tire lx!»t fruit for 
It," the Captain answered, briskly, “ for the 
Devonshire apples panic live. partly by tfair 
Ux<al names and tfair inliuite variety, fat 
still more by their general lnvUiem. 1 can 
go im talking afaiit fruit forever when I 
find any one to core olxiat tbo subject, 
which I scarcely ever do. I suppose we are 
all born with a tare for something, however 
tbo turn of our live* may obscure it. But I 
svo by tbo top of tbo kitchen chimney that 
our plain dinner is as rl|to ox a g—xl tig. My 
lUugliler will call u* in nbout two miuutow 
You have walked far to day, and you ought 
to bo hungry; or, at aoy rate, you must fa 
tired, my gixxl friend." 

“ Not ns I knows of,” Mr. Tucker answer- 
ed, for Devonshire logs go up and down, by 
power of habit, without much strain. “ Hut 
at ruy time of life that cocnca afterward, to 
think of.” 

"You shall not walk lunrtfar step to- 
night, except to my cottage, and a stroll 
tiy-and-by, if you fancy it. In my ganteu. 
We will moke you as comfortable as no 
can ; and my Uosiu fa no boil baud at that. 
You have been a very trail frieud to ns, Mr. 
Tucker. 1 never liko to prow my allium 
upon any one, for we all make a great deal 
too much fiuu ahout ounrelvoo. llut if you 
would like to hear ruy little story, to which 
you have never had the key an yct> you 
would do too a favor by listening by-ond- 
by, a ml even a greater ouo by your advloo 
upon lb" 

•• Sir, I may say, though I am not curious, 
that I have very ofteu longed to know it." 

“Here cuoius niy darting. She shall go 
to fad early. For I would not disturb fai 
on auy account. And then, tf you are not 
too tired, you shall know what has driven 
me to this peculiar life, though I do not 
complain of it, and wish for nothing fatter. 
For many yearn 1 have facu more happy 
than a lung." 

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fmoi Minim trarawwls IM locator lain 
111 (everud Dim* tin- In trod, <a»TUbC tl.lld. 

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Tu hope lor lilt, lid M Inin plrf IkvuM 
Tfce .lll.lr.ii, will. SacMMh* U« drfc. 

Ufl hut. e*Mi-l frees la Um drlp|iln£ twtak ; 

Tim MUTT ■rillin'* Inns Ike raj Ujck 
W Wll kMl Mitt* Mil]* gladly lur 4 drink, 

AM MJ», “Gal Mu» lb* crymel urate* odd f 
TW MMlik water, <»M with wlnUW* Kr, 

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And ln« to «U— a gilt t*quud a prkw 
Sow Ik*!u« angel Mklldtlk tier*. I Uhtk. 

Aiidcfiaw," Coots tors !” fimu met ill*"* but tun**:. 
Akw|a bvlMgij ud glrr* Ike el.lldfen diluk, 

Auil rout* Ike lip* uf Icrrr and ul toll, 
limi bia*M IhmifiL Ttrrn Irecly taka 
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TUB I’RST AT HUNTER'S POINT. 

WiUCS tbo present IkiRnl Ilf Health uf 
Non York rail!* into v viatcii®*, mii.k. eight 
ynn. the jiljnospln-io of tim city wn* 
U.l. n Mill, foul odor*. Previuua boards had 
iIuimi something toward the siippmuiiou of 
nuisance*, lull t In- luy members bring in tire 
tu.ijorily. tin- medical mvmbera were often 
voted down in tlwir «ffurta U> entry out re- 
forms Unit serin®*! to tli.'Ui of the iltuuwt 
importnuce to tlie public health. One eunr- 
in*Hi» evil liad been supple****!, vi*. r ti.o 
" dry • lime of purify i&g iltuniiDa- 

ling gas; but a hi-n lids aun dun* away with, 
ollirt » Up Maachca appeared ihul seemed to 
hare been covered up by Unit uf tin- gas. 
According to Pl» h » K Chumlter, dealing 
with t Irene m*U«ra nun very much like dis- 
secting an ireiUm. Whetinvnr one layer of 
stanch *» i.'uuiwhI, another was sure to Ire 
rovonled. 

Tire new board, consisting of three pliy- 
*i< iati* and one layman, begun iui active 
< ampuign agniiMl tlie enemy in WJ. Tlie 
lintt nunjiK* attacked who the New York 
Itciulcriug Cmnpmiy, which carried on the 
Uniuru of boating ilra.1 Imnoi, Cato, dogs, 
■id dU at tire foot of Went THl|| t t| lrti 
Mi vet. Tire llgbt «u a hard one, but the 
company w a* llukll.v compelled tu lurreudei . 

The **'c<xid attack «u> on iui iwtal.lu.lt- 
incnt at the foot of Tliirly • uinth Street, 
a beni the t.iiitiiien of gul-cleaniug wum ear- 
th'd on. Here, tou, tbo reeinlau**' »«• <te»- 
fremtr, but the board arrest®*! all tbe work- 
men, lucked tli.-iii lip, and Bred tbeiu twen- 
ty live d .dial-* each, arreaU-d the proprietor 
and lined hiui, anil llieli pulkd iteWH bin 
l.iiiMiii);*, noil nuule him pay | 1 £. fur bal- 
ing it done. Tills man wua very indignant, 
amt drs-lared that lie had never been 40 
shal.liilv treated in all hi* life; but every 
good c listen opplauiled the heroic trvat- 
Ilreot ndi.pled by tlie health uttCOIO. 

Attcntlou wiie next turned l«. the fat- 
inelliug MtahtlkhmanU on nr near the North 
Kiver, Iwtwooo Thirty - eighth and Kurty- 
oecotid (trec-U, and the Eaat Hirer, between 
Korty-oecamit nud Korty-eixth etnwia, arel 
111 other parts of tlie city. Hern fat was 
incited in u|>eli kettles, eh led y ut night, 
and in buildings tlikt npjrear**l In lire day- 
time to Is. deemed. It n os hard work to 
trace tire guilty portieo, bat they were found 
mm after another, and the sickening work 
was stopped. 

Hut after nil this was done, them Mill re- 
mained another ulsamuahlc stench, tire 
prevaleneo uf which lit New York city was 
invariably fowl to be during thu cast 
winds. Following the stench acrum the 
river.it was traced directly tu live fcftitUur 
factories in Hunter's I'oinl and tirecupolut- 
11* re all surtu of Irenes, tlsh scrap, and ouinsal 
refuse material* wrru made into suprqihim. 
ptiun«, ur arlltleUl fort i Run, by means of 
sludge ireiiL This acid, acuunliiig to Fro- 
feasor Chandler, was lire cause of tire vile 
••Iocs. It la lire nils* | u< si net of oil ro- 
liiu iic* — tire oil uf vitnui which lion been 
iiM'd to pnrify petroleum. It ia preferred 
l.y tire reltncr* to other aoids mu accs.uiit of 
its ch.-apuros, ami ia detewted by every Iredy 
obie for ita unaliueM- 

How to suppress this nniuuico was tlie 
•| Hast tod- Tho New York Hoard of Health 
hwl ua jarhuiiction, and could do nothing 
Irene, as then advised.lhau to cnaiiuiiulrate 
with tho Brooklyn ami Ireng Island City 
Is-ards, arel ask them to mured)' tire evil. 
Hut they refused to listen to tire appeal. 
No relief being afforded, the tiliretm and 
laxpiiymof Now York applied to tire Legis- 
h.luro for tire passage of a Idll which woald 
r. .able any board tu tire State to go into 
muit, and ask for an injunction against a 
nuisanc« outside of its jurisdiction that af- 
fected public health within ite jurisdiction. 

Tb«S bill was mtnsluced In l*Jfi,*i>d was 
up agatu in 1*77, lSTti, and iNft, but never 
p'. -jid both Houses. It was opposed ut At- 1 


l«any by the repronrutatives of tire factories 
n fi'tTtd to alreve and others, and, strang.' 
In any, kjr fk* njs.vr-* ../ fie /trmllfn /i.Hird 0 / 
llrnlti. Those ..nicer* alli gcsl tliat tbe 11111 - 
*anee> was caustsl by firetun.-s in New York ' 
city lire-uaed by the New York Hoard of 
Health, and not by t Ire iwUMIalunMila acrow 
tire river, aud that the Now Y.irk lsn.r.1 was 
redy seeking under llda cover to acimrei Jn- 
rtsdlctinn over Urouklyu. 

In 1P7P, however, an old Uw was funnd, 
rnactcd twenty-five years previ.m*!), ls'fuee 
there wore any health law s, pro. tiling f.»r tire 
ubat.-liwMit of nuisances ou litre of Ihn Ul- 
an. Is tu lire mouth uf lire Mound. Tliis law 
gave authority to indict mid try in either 
of tire coilntiea tire makers of any nuisance 
occurring on the IsMindary lines of New 
York, Wwldualar, or (Jaatii't eoiuity. Un- 
der this set tho proprietors of tire live fac- 
tories were indicted and tried in this coun- 
ty. Tit finollyn lualtk ejtcwf* caiwc orer 
aud Ittfi/rH is Mm If vf tir 4./iw*Usli, (It 
is a rnrimia fart tliat while the court was 
trying the factory nren at ou« end of tire 
building, a new grand jury, taking the 
llrcmklvn view of tire cn~\ wus ucluallv in- 
dicting the New York Hoard or Health at 
tire other end.) Tho trial lasted font days, 
and resulted in tho conrictiou of tlie ae- 
eused. Sentence was suspended, however, 
umler promise that lire use of Mmlge acid 
in the busiui'sH should bo diseonliuired. 
Tire prntiiMo has Wn kept, for tire watt 
|v»H, Hint tho lout tsl.iis have, been greatly 
diml lushed, although not cutirely sup- 

Tbo excitement in L*wig Island City at 
the time was Intenoe, wwing to Uis fact tluit 
tire tbousaiiils of workuiuu over there l.iul 
been taught by tho local mogunUa tluit tire 
New York lleulth IU.ar.1, from corrupt mo- 
tives. was try ing to close up their factories, 
and thus throw thorn ont of w.wk. Tlie ro- 
Mllwts Unit several of tho New York agents 
who went over there were lirvd at by eouiu 
of tbo men, and there were some narrow es- 
capes from death. 

Now for tbo Oil refim-riCK. Tbo drcadfat 
sure I Is C mat) at lug fhwn them were next 
dealt w Ith. Klt'urts wore utsile to traoo tire 
ml. us that raino over to the city to the par- 
ticular faetoriee from which they proceed- 
ed, hut the task w as a very difficult One. 
In l*ro, however, tbe New York oflUvr* *oc- 
cissled in following a stench over tire river 
and iuto the oil refinery of Ucwsre. llosLw iek 
A l'o- 0»n of the proprietor* was indicted 
in New York miller the •‘Three County Act.” 
He inimi'diat.'ly coiuiollisl with the Health 
Hoard (hat liad c-aiu*m1 his iudietment, and 
H*k*d a hst he could do to utufy the re.|uire- 
iuciiU of the law. lie was advised by l*n»- 
lusasir Chandler that the Imsiniw* of oil refln- 
iug could Ire carrt**l on iiwiltenslvely, pro- 
viiicwl tbo redoera wouhl use the most lio- 
proi od proresMO. This he said Ire was will- 
ing tod.i, and employing an expert chemist, 
be liegan a •erics of exjieosive es|ierimeiits, 
the result of which was lire introduction of 
improvements tluit reduc'd tire nuisance to 
a minimum Thu aneents of the new pro- 
(vmm-s lu one factory led to their voluntary 
adoption in two or three others, hut the 
larger number still clung to lire old meth- 
ods of re 11) ling. 

This was tbo state of things In IH71I and 
|rw). Odors »r various kin. Is still eaure over 
tho river, ami complaints were made almost 
every day, bat tire board was powerless to 
prosecute at Isw unless it rould trace tbe 
stench to some «me plsco in particular. This 
Utey could not do, hut fortnuatrly lu May, 
l ewi, a Mtat« Hoard of Health was ostab- 
UvIuhI by act of Legislature, anil under Sec- 
tion rt of this act larger authority was oh- 
tiuacd. This section em|Ki»ers tbe Gov- 
ernor to require the Slat*. Hoard to examine 
into alleged nuisannns tu any locality, and 
if in llrelr Judgment noisauces exist, the 
(loveraor may order it to be “changed, or 
abated ami removed." If tbo order is not 
obeyed tho parties shall bu punished fur mis- 
demeanor. aud tho Gowmor may require 
tho Dislnct-AlloriM.y, thn Sheriff, and the 
other ufflcom of tlie county in which the 
nuisance ia situated, to take all necessary 
measures to execute the order ami have it 
•keyed. 

Availing themselviw of tills law, inure 
than one hundred cittxona of New York, In- 
e lading Mr-Kif*. Howard Hotter, Charles P- 
Doly, James tisllstin, and Hr*. A. C. Post and 
C. k. Aguew, in Deceiuber last, potiticiued 
Governor Cornell us follow*: 

The undersigned, mddrets of (he city of New 
Y'ock, beg leave to call your attention to certain 
thing! which in tbetr judgment constitute s iiui- 
•tnre affecting the security of life and health In 
Ibis city, asmdv, tt uolsmiie sod offend..' 
smells, gcoetsted citlier si Hunter's Point and 
other pLseca od Long Islaud by ageuch* an. 

I uown to your petitioners, which srv brought 
Into this city by triads sad other aainrsl rautes, 
or else truing (rum the csuryiug ou of offensive 
mutes ia the ud city. 

Your petition ers rvprvswu to your ExctUtaey 
•hat the local Board of Health of this city U 
Utltsl tu procure lh« abatement «( this uuWsm. , ] 


sn.l that tho sure is in their judgment a proper 
-nl.y-ct for oiTui nation bj the Ksle Hoard uf 
IIim I th under the requisition of jour Kiccilracy, 
punsuaat to the act of the L-gisluturc known as 
chapter NXK of the laws of MMX 

Y our petitiorirr* rcwjectfully ask that your 
Eteelltwry require suti. examination. 

TIii> irx'iiiorisl wus referred to tbo 8tat« 
Hoard of Health for artiuvi, and a oommit- 
teo was Mr-iit to New York to take test I - 
nsony. Many witnesses were examined. 
Haring the investigation a member of the 
llr.N.Llyii Health Ikxirvl, wn ore itifwnnod, 
wtiuitted that olio of the live laeturles In- 
dicted lu IK7M was now nalug slndgo acid 

under an improved proewa which had not 
Iwen long enucigh in use to enable him to 
suy whether or tret It was going to Ire a *nc- 
evss." |*r»feMior ('handler, thn pnreiitolit of 
tho Mew York board, was told that tlie im- 
provement consisted simply in diluting the 
sludge acid with ati equal nnioont uf water, 
by which, Ire says, tlm acid lrecomna very hot, 
and avalvo* thn ]o'ealnu Menrlics from which 
New: Y'ork has aaffered so lung. The offnn- 
►ivo tor separated by this prooroa ia dis- 
charged u|k>u the adjacent lands, where it 
contiiiuca to give elf I Hi we offensive odor*. 
It is In offer t, thn professor says, U 10 old 
sludge acid mnthnd. 

Nome idea of the power and pniigoncy of 
tho odor of this abominable stuff when 
treated in Ibis way may be gathered from a 
single inode nt of an MperiUM'Ilt reoently 
made on a small scale at tire School of Mima, 
(.'uluoabla College. One of tire students, In 
order to test the nutter, mixed a quart of 
tbo original sludge acid with an equal quan- 
tity of water lu the Ulmralnry. Tire arid 
healed at oner, ami gave oat nueh a stench 
1 bat tire whole building was permeated with 
it. A (MmI siding in s distant room, en- 
tirely ignorant of the fact that tbe experi- 
ment was being inode, wus completely over- 
come, so that Ire I.mI IiU lirvakfwd, and wiu. 
utterly i>ro*trut4>d for a turn-. Tlx. family 
were very indignant, and scut down word t*. 
Pn.fcmor Chundler that - nothing of tbst 
kind must ever hapiren in the School of Stines 
again-” That wire what a quart of sludge 
acid did when diluted with water. Wlmt 
thoasamls of gallons of thn rile stutf can do, 
everybody living in the middle of Manhat- 
tan Island knows when tbo wind blows from 
tlio «otsl. 

Alter listening patiently to tbo testimony, 
the couuuUtuo i. mli'i.-d tire verdict em- 
braced in the following resolutions, wblrb 
were ndepted by thu bourd, and Laid before 
t hi. Governor: 

HemJml, Tlist ill the afwninn of this tresrd the 
rv|mrt of the *pcci»l cooi —it te* upr-o the stench 
T.oi-aiiec* oroqilsiued of in the city of New Y'ock 
clearly estsblidies the fstt that the cuinpiaml* 
.ire Mi'll founded, (list the wloo. tisiub' elilctly 
from the pactions of Kregi snd tptuus eounti.a 
Irerdcfing wp«n Newtown Creek, xnd tlist they 
are esiued l.y csrekssinw* in the tusnsgrOMftt of 
the billions of rthlill.g prtlt.linmi, ili— .Imrging 
the refuse from the Ul nkrnnss, tlie tumdlii.g of 
•lu.lpi) arid, dui making of rnmii of tartar, the 
insliulseturu uf MS|sTj.lireptsU<i fertiliser* by 
rmaii* of sulphuric acid, tire rtaskviog of fit, 
tlie UiiU<« snd Istrniiig .4 Ihhk*,, the mnnufie. 
ton. of siiiiiHHiia, Slid the trsnsjreeUilkm and 
storage of ausir. 

HfmJifl, That in the opinion of the treunl lire 
twnwgen of the Empire. Sin n. lard, slut Aural ull 
refineries, and tire owner* of tire ervwiu uf tnrtsr 
fsetury, have sliuwn UkiiimIv.w to Ire n*auii.t»]. 
sUj active in tli.-ir effuets to oMitod itli suuroes 
uf Uuiikiio.', Slid Willi Iti.1 Sdvi.v of 1-m 

ui|reils liars iutmiuetd Improtvm.'i.lii which ac- 
onmfdish that rvsuil ; Ilremfore the Imsrd urges 
upon lh* Govern®*' the bn|*.rtnnee of tvt|iliriiig 
tire owners ®4 other oil ritirrefiea to sdtqit tire 
Mini' or Other equally iff retire rretliodr ..( »e- 
rooipiirhing tire same reoiha. In lire opinion of 
this board do trestarent or utilisation ut lire 
* I wire of the oil refixrene* thoold Ire {sTtnitlid in 
Ore neigh bovhcsl of Newtown Creek, nor rhowM 
say (Kirlwo nt it tre diwhsrgul inu. the wslcrs of 
th* crock. It should Is- rtaonffi] in tdtM*.l unks 
entirely beyond tire jsq.ul.ms <ii>tri.-u rritlivut di- 
lution or UivdlrSs ux|uwure to the sir. 

AWmf, Tlist lire iw.nfsctoro of superpbos- 
fdisUs from rafure >ihI putrid animal matter*. 
h* now tranlscted, is s tou roe of erosnstosia 
which should m4 be endured, nor «lioul.l »u.4. 
putrid maUvial) he stoeed or trsnspeatod ill »)« 
rwwk. 

ZkmJtrJ, That th* in.pnqxrr mndniwg of fst, 
nud the boiling and homing .4 hcct, snd tlie 
txreBuf4cU.rc of s=M.Kmi», constitute ii'ii.»ncct of 
great insgnUud.', which can be easily slisled by 
the adoption of ipprorcd apparatus already lit 
a** lu iiisiit rrUbliBlmienU. 

fimJeml, Tli»l the removal of noauro from the 
Mrg» chic*, srsd its tnuisportatlon to die farms 
wlier* it is finally olillivd, rtiilmul smioyante to 
the rrjjJcoc* cd tW huilitiiw where it is pro- 
duced. or through which it passes, ia a probVut 
inrolrta* many *»ri.*i* difficiiltics, But tin. taunt 
I* uuu.im.nu in the opinion that it *lmuld n>* lie 
slk.wv .1 to trviisraWli in th« ueighUx-hood of 
crawM localitita. 

Upon this rvqiort tho Gurerour issued hi* 
proclamation ou the 'AM of April last, order 
ilig that '‘.the csu*cs i>f the uaisances be 
pro ve tiled , romovud, or abated, uu ur hefure 
June L leffl." 

Two iuvi.lhu Lute clujoed siwuv the date , 


fixed by the Ooreraur, and still the ii»is»ti.'*« 
remain. Tile llrouklyu li.mlth suthutilira 
are arrayed ugaius* thow of New York, 
(la the 7th of June the proaideut of the for- 
mer body wrote to the secretary of the Stain 
Board reiterating thn nhl charge that tho 
nuisance* complained of were produri.it in 
New York aity. In answer to this, 1'mf.mv 
C'Iiamu xrt say s that an uutuistukabl*. *1 ii.lge- 
nctdnmelt has always prevailed in New York 
city when thn east wind blew- he detect- 
ed it plainly on tlm morning nf July Iff, »n 
West Nixtoeiith Ncrerel, Hour the Sixth Ave- 
nue ; thi» smell, ho any a, could not have Ireeu 
pivsluerel here, beesnae there has Drier Ireeu 
n fuetory In Now York in whirh sludge acid 
has been used in any way ; further, that f«r 
two years no super].h.Mi|>liatoS have I»m>ii 
inaiinrsctared iu this city by any process 
whatever. 


DELLS IN BELGIUM. 

At the present time the country nwiat 
eelehraUsl fur ita largo and varied cdleo- 
tion of bells, ill udiliticn to its other tutrer- 
rating associatiiMia, ia Belgium—* foot rcul- 
ixnd by ooutpnrutively few tonrists wbcu 
they euunuence to iuveatigato its quowr old 
toans. But if tbe subjeet Is one* studied, 
the pleasitn. to he derived fnwn a sojourn 
hero is greatly enhanced. This land of 
balls U famous for Its In-ll-fonudon, partic- 
ularly thuio of tlie Meveiitrmith soil eight- 
eenth centime*, when Van den (Jbeyna, 
Ih'inony, ami Hmnery lived. Of tlicwo tlirere 
lleinouy uttainod t lie greatest emineiue,<*.ti- 
slrm-Gng, annwigst niimeroua other works, 
the Mechlin chime* and tho greater num- 
ber of tbe Antwerp bollx The cutli** trill 
nt Atiln-erp ecu tains sixty -live bells, iHwiihm 
the carillon and five other bells of great an- 
tiquity ; of 1 In-re latter the two pniu-ipal 
ones see the curfew, nud the carol na, giveu 
by CM* V., which la only rung twice 111 
the year, and requiro* sixtre-u biod to pull 
it. This bell wus exceedingly cnwtly, Ireirig 
oumpoaod of silver, copper, uml gold, and ia 
vsliml at tho slim or IMNUNO; the action 
of rim dapper lias wutn aw ay the aid.-* .* 
gooil iteaL Uiunerv was thn founder of |1 hi 
K iuges carillon, w hich consists of forty hells 
aud one large board on. 

Looking over the Belgian plains from thn 
belfry of Notre Bailie at Antneq. (the a|dr» 
of which Is 4IKI foot high fnwn the foot of 
tho tower 1 , u magnificent |mocuaniic view 
is obtained ; Do has than l'JT. steeples tan 
Ire omiuttd.iucludiugMet'hliuCuriirdral lunt 
Bt-C.udule nt BniM.1*, nnd from iIicmi lw| 
files carillons nro wafted 011 the sir, play iug 
.■|M-ratlc simI other ro.'l<*li.'s, marking the 
hours as they p**re in a tiiahiesl mnnner. It 
is quite a mistake to suj.p.Mre (list Irells rung 
every seven ruinutea ia an ltiterraplion : 
their constant reeurreuce is found t<> give 
life tool vivacity to tlieoe quaint old ritio*, 
Uwide* ireiwdrattiig into the country fur 
tulles roiuid; and It Is M ouderfal, after a 
resilience here, haw thu familiar music is 
missed when no longer heard. 

Thu geographical oa|rect of Belgium is 
well adapted for the trumuuiision uf caril- 
lons, as it lias West foiind that tho peue- 
t rating sound of bolls Is niueh increased by 
being rung in a plain or valley, e«|recially a 
wator valley. The belfry at Tnorn.'iy, which 
rock* when the weather is stormy In a very 
«in in . hib iiuuiht, contains forty bulla. A 
light is always kept burning after dork hi 
tlw highest gallery, and if a fire breaks out, 
the torain is soun.ltsl by tho watchman, who 
ia tbnre night and day. Tbo cx'iialnction 
of tha ” tambour canllou," which prcsluee* 
such charming music, is exactly similar in 
principle to a musical box. It eoiudsU of a 
barrel with a number of litrio spikra noi it, 
OiK-h of which lifts a tongue, whirh pull* a 
wire, and ralma a hammer that strikes tho 
required i.oto mi a boll. In the last cen- 
tury tho elaveetu, or krey-hoanl, was used, 
and the carillooi ars used to |ieiT»ri» on this. 
One of tbo most celebrated uf tlicse players 
was Y'au den Glicytu, who nsed to putform 
quite elaborate pieces of mane on tbo hells. 

Tlie reason that so many helfriea have 
linen rivet®* I in Belgium ia doubtless owing 
to tlm innoutant civil war* that uted to rav- 
age rim country. It was mi this aocuuat 
that in fortifying town* Uko Ghent and 
Hrngea, tho first thing to be doon waa to 
build the tower, and the around to put up 
the holla, in order to have the means of call- 
ing the people together whenever an out- 
break occurred. According to this arrange 
went, it frequently happened that the Irells 
were tbo property of the lowu, whilst tho 
tower IreJ .raged to tho cathedral chapter. 
Those I sd fries are uXtoliMvely decorated 
with the 11 sum’s of tho tourists viaitiug 
them, and at SlrWmig tho aigouturra of 
( loot bo and Klo|u.tock are shown with pridr. 
It seems an extraordinary thing that in this, 
as well m to other cathedrals, there is no 
better mechanical appliance used for swing 
bell* than tbo wheel, with a rope over It, 
which is precisely tho plan employed by tho 
Cliiuist usaro than a thouauuil yuan a£». 


C,oo< 



AUGUST fl, 1881 . 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


WRIT IN FLOWERS. 

I* ait Uio kh**d ram wW Iha 6m.o» 
thch wick ran hwnj thla brawn eartk U nor*. 

In in/ mul taniun eawry day I flul 
linm Mira]/ litoQina that twtug dear frViK> In tUul, 
Jid old/ fikuds who ><*i h/ /ear lave ;niau 
Into my Ilian, hut man/ frttnika iiulinau, 

Have in the apirll, who Uw wo I in me 
GUIs that, awhile luiprlaumi. .bn. U-1 trw. 

Hum tnlo worts to “ an Ed alphabet,* 

In which Uw jlirrb ii.mi.ry waa nL 


twawrtaek, anm»! with • n-|Maling riltii strj t»o 
rnvolvirH. threaten icg all when Imi wiw. Late 
»l night llie Vigilance Cumiwittec took pooKsskat 
uf him in a barroom, and hanged hi* honor tu 
nil eU aUwgbU-r-bjnso. It ante out that lie had 
been coTiinvi.il with a pang of robbers, tliu uthur 
members ut which liu prompt!* ditrlttrgid an 
oftca aa tin-/ ■ via Ukrw before him. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Tina* rbculil he a law against Inking tint name 
of tin* Ulusio Island claiti-tmkd in Vain. Kind.' 
Inland i* Muallnr tn territory than nay other of 
the ihlokoil of Stall*, hut in tbo matter of 
clim-baki* trim la bigger dun Texas, At nearly 
every po|Milar hw khIt retort genuine Rhode 1>I 
and ilia-taken are advertised in <— Jlitwiaiai let- 
tecs ; but he who it attortod thereby timis before 
hiiu a iloicn worthed ipiabaoKs, bcurisg e>o marc 
nsemlAucc to the succnleat, tender, steaming, 
itivxiililiU- riant) baked in tco-wnri ou tiic alum* 
of ih. i Narraga&sclt Day than a red herring lu-or* 
tu a (rout from a mountain brook. The Klmdii 
[•land clam-buke ikui uut stop at the end of a 
ifcoen I'lania, but at ilia limit of the |wrukrr'a 
appetite, and it hi aeuompanlod in aiui** by ile- 
liitnua green cum and Coed ri|»i water • niekm 
To hare eaten aurb a rlum-liaku bnror Inc*. 
JueiUte) the (lartakcr f<» joining in the soWa 
and laborious MMiaOlion of lire enduring Bur- 
sel* which are mM at Coney Inland and elso- 
* here out of Rhode blaud a> baked claina. 

A tew year* ago the hnmea of both United 
Stair* Senator! from thi* State ar»l one Kepro- 
ranlalira in Ciwigrcaa, and of lloratiu Si-yamr, 
the DWNMil uigll a Imre (Mm Mild aJl»e«ICU 
of dMbl to Ml cdkii ur now uiUYiexally M> 
kmiwlcdgid, were in Utioa, llnas a city of about 
thirty thousand population. lUvcnt politknl 
events have left Utk-a with only » renuiiieceww 
of It* furmcr dirtinclfco aa the abiding place of 
baklrtw of high offien. Hiwn, Cunltling and 
Kcrtiau are in private Life. Mr. Robert* in edit- 
ing hla newspaper. Horatio Seymour lire* on 
liia farm the year around, and ia known a a the 
Urge of Ikxrficld. 

TlK SaU-.ui.iii Army from England— which,* Uh 
the possible eu-oplkjn <d Uut Coiled Suu> army, 
cuntaina tower ullican. in prcfwrtkai to lint hook 
her of priniUo tlum nor other military Inly — lira 
suffered n Tort at thv Imioli of tlio hurt* of do 
in New Jersey, and Hvius Mr ta no llir point of 
giving up the camjuign in tliu Wiwlvni hrmi 
sphere. It in paaaMo tlial the rtrvngtli of tlm 
enemy waa increased by roenforivmotiM from 
these who were of the optadom dial the naqotvt 
Lad better lie delayed a little Ilian that the mirth 
oda of the invader* should tie toliTUcrl Wear- 
ing auch toggery *4 » put in by tenders of trer.h- 
jrjrrdora u. attract die itnvt crowda. apoaking 
with crelibry accent and pcculiaritie*, m>i going 
through auch moduua as eonnitute pxtioiu of 
the l.dian wai-daiKcr, thoae penouu were aiufc- 
cienlly eJTelirlio without thcduplny of lajolecec 
pi th> rliirf uiglatnte of the city, wlueh waa one 
of tlmir firal acu M) arhi iug Ln Sew York. If 
rereooa do tie re tiling* in tliu name uf t'liflrdiuu- 
Ity, then Ihrir offeure u tkiulilie Ci-rliapa them 
is a clnM in EngUod wIkmc condition ia Improvad 
br such method* ; there ia no auih cJtau ia tbv 


The Riiv. Hr. Jaafrer, who hokia that the nu 
“do nuivr,'* ban a dUciple iu dm He*. Mr. Jolm- 
mn.of CaoaiU, who ban hutu livturlng in thi* 
city on “ |hww the Son Move t or, the Seiutuv of 
the lleave=ly [MhIIi-s, auJ die Hetulutiuuary 1’uw- 
ora of tliu Karth and Son." liu hulda that diu 
IsnManaiy power! of Um earlh an Untiling, 
and that the ran in, a* it apfr^ua to lie, dm ntai 
ruaniror. 

The dirfmta aa tn Urn monccr of rvccptiaa that 
fhc'tVJ be eatemlad In Japan to King Kalakaua 
of the Sandwich Inland* wan aetlled In aetued- 
anoe with the waa hua of those wlm held that he 
was rulitled to a right royal (Jruatal welcome. 
AU the aotradorr of Urn BtupilW wrrO made to 
alilne for him, and die gorgoooa uaiforaj which 
w«ni tnoie I* San Francisco for him and hi* Mail* 
wire aired In the pweaence of the monarch wlu»e 
realm lie! mareat to Hawaii cm the west. Simv 
then the itury haa been circulate.! that Kalakaua 
wu alMini hi null uut his kingdom to CVinn for a 
rUiu.iI immlwr of mil beats of dullars. The king 

unlike Onwrwi butler, In that be ccotraificU 
mitetalemeiiM aliout hum elf— haa promptly de- 
nied that any auch bargain ban been cunbcmplatcd. 

There are many way* for Individuals and places 
U> aujulro distinction. Th*» Kunrlta, Kansas, i* 
enjoying mcoteulary ixrtoriety bc«»ow of dm ]ire- 
vianily unticwrdmf declanttiun of « hpokiwman 
for that plate that the town it RolTcririg from an 
4hs«Kw of fcca. Stooebody should open a rw- 


JusIko O’Connor, of Anlraaito, Ctlonfa, fell 
ailmp In, a railway car, and l u ciad a Imikinsin 
woke him up he enured the beakenwa't tmrt 
JM-ing iu tad hunKC, his bemer went into die ho- 
tel. rovervd die laud Iced with two reTuIvcrs, and 
■Imfe-tl hint to hit h can't cootcnL The next 
meutng lh« Juitioa mdo through the town on 




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IlARPEIfS WEEKLY. 


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THE HUM HIT EXCISPHEXT. 

Tub Grand Army of ilto Uipnbhr, 
ever since Its birth a flourishing or- 
gaui/atlno, ia constantly Kimiing >» 
■uatwrs ami popularity. During *li*> 
I ik. i year it unidu a cum of nearly our- 
lliiriVtlU new l'<ut* luviuu been ralib- 
Iubcd , ' n»hr*en*K a iw-tuhe rtlnp of over 
la/XMi. Tliin swells the present total* 
lotto; I’M!* and Tt'.tw) me nilnm. I hir- 
ing lire- year neatly 0H,OUU were ei- 
peodril f»r relief. Tbe fifteenth mi- 
nimi aeadoii of tbn National Liu amp- 
merit. held at Indianapolis, *u laiitoly 
attended. and wn» one of gnat eulhil- 
siaon Tire IblhiwiiiK lUHtd oflleer* 
were whirled for tbe cnuitiig ye-ar: 
Cunaiimtdrt - In* Chief, Mnjor GKotniK 

K. MkUIIIU. LmWIW'i MllMiirllUM' 'll*; 
Senior Vir*-t 'iNniitaiidcr-in-Cblrf, Gen- 
eral ClUKi.M l_ Ym tw, Toledo, Ohio; 
Junior Vlor-t'ottiuiandi'r iu t'llM-f, Col- 
onel C. V. U. lVum, Quiuey, Mh'bi sun : 
Miiryeoii ii.'in'1-.il, Hr C, Srvrn. I’liila- 
<lel|i||in; Cliaplaln-lii-t hwf, l(nv.,l. I'. 
I.iii iiim., Wnrivaler, MaMiduuctla 



Tint utre jrtmcc cijpfumk 
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TUB HIV. tin. O.tNMKTT— (St* Pom Ml.) 
1‘uoiukaaruia at 3. t, riEKiiv 


Conunandcr-iu-Chlrf Mkkiui.l, w hu«* 
portrait is given on this |>ace, wu boro 
in Methuen, Mustai'hiisnii*, iu IS(7. 
When llftccn years old. Iio sent to Law- 
rence to serve, an nppii'iitievkhip on Ilia 
Conner. In hi* twentieth year bn nc- 
•piired nil interest in tbe Lanrvnr* Jimt- 
ime, sun afterward lo'came its editor, 
ami in IHiUnua tin mi|» propriotor. For 
eight year* Im> vra* Prr«..leiit of the Mas- 
Hni-hnM'tta I'm* Asaoeiutiou, and orgau- 
iMil III* yearly cicanioii* for which it 
liioa slim, bonune funion*. In Angiut, 
1*11, President LtitciiM ap|>oiot»,l him 
Povt matter nt Law retire, to w hu h ottVen 
lie has liven re-appointed every four 
yearn nltico without filing an applica- 
tion, and eniitoly without opposition. 
In Augu«t, UtH, he w ai. nullmrixrd by 
the eity government of Lawmiee, In 
miM|MM>y with E.T.CiiUtY mu! John K. 
Taium.x, to raiv. 1 a company, under the 
tall of 1‘tvi.idi'iil fi,t :tisi,m«< 

nine • mouth* BMiU. lie resigned Ilia 
P> ■•Iniiu.tr t slop to accept this neTTice. 
I Vo. tllliu tr I -t MUKiral Itl.Al It declined to 



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accept (-lie mlgnatUin, and granleel him a 
leave of ilwnn. Hewaarjeetod Miut-Lleu- 
toannt of the company, and on the proain- 
tirm of Captain Cuiair, wa* aunt* Captain. 
Ilia ecrapany wa* attached to the Fourth 
MiwkwIiiiwMi Bcgimeol, *n«l aunt with tbe 
11., vx* rixpediuon to Loniaiaua. where it 
took part in the Biega of I ‘cat Iludwn and 
other operation* in that department. Ad- 
jutant-General Scuorudi, iu lii* annual re- 
port for 1H63. especially commended Captain 
MwmtT-l.for hi* coolnroe and hmvery in res- 
cuing the atcamcr J.imiriaaa lUllc from cap- 
tnra hy guerrilla*. He wru* Adjutant of Ibn 
Klxtb Regiment M. V. M. from 1*06 U> 1W», 
then Captain of the Fourth Battery Light 
Artillery for fuor yours, and since tlien ha* 
been Major of Gift Pint Battalion of Light 
Artillery. Ho wn* al«o well known for 
years as a member of tbe Republican Statu 
Central Committee, and It* worthy and ef- 
ficient Secretary fur seven year*, lint to the 
old million be In Iwst known by hi« con- 
ncetiua with the Grand Army of Mimm'Iiii* 
nette. lie was the first Commander of Bout 
3W at Lawrence, utgiuiirod ill 1WJJ, *«d u 
now one of its active mcmler* Hr w»* 
Department Commander in ICTIk ami Rain- 
ed a buhl n [in the hearts of all comrade! by 
Ilia seal in the tmUir, and list ready itojmk!!*' 
to every call, that made him the moat popu- 
lar Commander the State ever had. In bn* 
attended twelve utMUMalva National En- 
campment*, and by active exertion* tuaile 
the tnQnenoe of Mnamehusetta » potent on* 
ill thu pram! council* of Ibe owler. His 
election wa* received with great enlhiMl- 
naiit. lie ha* been for several year* an ac- 
tive member of the military onlcr of tbo 
Loyal Legion, for a lime a member of tbe 
Council, nod at the May eleclioo was elect- 
*m 1 Senior Vicc-Caminander. In lilaowo city 
Im mu fur five year* a member of the Com- 
mon Conned], and for two years it* President 
He brings to the ufitoc of CuiM«UmUt-Lji- 
Chief tbo ripened knowledge of years of ex- 
perron**, ami an eutbos*a»nu nonliatcd. 

Tim next annual meeting of the Encamp- 
ment will be brldat Baltimore, in June, IrML 

WATCHERS? AT THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 

Ow tlin preceding pags give *k> p P 0 ^ 
trait* of several of tire gentlemen who, twv 
shlre tbn attending physician*. have been 
unremitting walelictw a* tli* While House 
since the day that President OarfikUi wi 
carried there from tlio dfjmt where Ire wi 
shot down. General Swan*. Colonel Kocx- 
WKLUawl Mr. BmiwK, Dm 1‘rrmdenl's pri- 
vate secretary, hare not only been faithful 
alteiulanta upim lire wounded President, 
but have exhibited the utmost dimro to 
oliligu and aiire.t members of tire pent*, and 
an unfailing reailinesn to impart tbe infur- , 
nintian on eagerly sought fur by an nuxiow* 

OUR MINISTER TO LIBERIA. 
TXi* Kcv.lIkJthY lftr.MtjixiiGaasgTT.who 
lias tinea appointed (‘tailed States Minister 
to l.llreria, was I*xm n slave on ihn rotate 
•f Colonel WlUJAW 8pR3tCRR.or Maryland, 
in |K|fc At tire age of eight years, on tire 
dentil of hi* mauler. Ire stKCUeded iu making 
his to Hie KirefMata*. lie graduated 

frmn tire Onchla Collegiate Institnl* in 

and from lire Troy Theological College 
in WM. 

It is a singular cirenristauen that his 
grandfatlrer was brought from the cooDtry 
whidi In now Lilreria, about a IiuimIivnI 
years ago, by slave-dealers, and that the 
1 Victor's daughter. Mrs. HaMkiXa, a mission- 
ary. now twidt* witli her family in tire some 
plaro wlrenv* tln-ir ancestor woe torn. 

Dr.GaltXKTT ho* long Ihmoi known a* an 
elininent and able- minister of the Presby- 
terian Church, and Ire goes altrend with lire 
Istnl wishes of hi* countrymen. 

THE LATE nON. NATHAN 
CLIFFORD. 

Amsxtatf Jean ob Clifforp, whose por- 
trait in ciini on page 541, Cpjoyed along and 
luMHirabli- public carver a* lawyer, member 
or Congress, and no Hi# bench of tire Su- 
per-tin- Court of lire United State*. He was 
l..m on a farm at Kumney.New Hampshire, 
in Angimt. Ittrt, wa* relocated al HaWtUII 
Academy and tlio Hampton Literary Ir*»G- 
tutkm, ami at the age of eighteen entered 
tbe law oIBce of JoetAti QlWCT, a leading 
lawyer of Grafton County, where he re- 
mained for five year*. Luring that time 
lie went »bm* tb rough the whole course of 
college study, beside* rending law, In May, 
If*;?, be w a* ndmitled to the bar, nml at 
mm removed to York Comity, Maine. Soon 
alter, hr married IUmXaII AYKK,of NewfiuLd, 
wbo sitr vivo* him. 

- Mr. Cumu) wo* a flnrnt spenkrr. ami 
his abilities brought lilm early into the po- 
litical field. 11c serrrd ns o Demumt in 
Ui« Mmiimi Legislature, in C on gross, a* At- 


torney-General under President Folk, ami 
u* Minister to Mexico. In 1*5H ho wa* ap- 
pointed by 1 'resilient B till OK AX Altaoeiate 
Justice of the Hupretno Court of the United 
States, and held that poslllon np to tbo 
i lore of his death. Ho was *u nprigbt, able, 
ami leoraod Jurist, lnt in politics be wo* a 
stanch |K*rli**i» of the views and measures 
of th>> Itonxrerntle party. He wa* sbrorlily 
nfiposed to tbo autwlsvory agilatiuu, ami 
to th* whole policy of the Kcpablican party, 
during tire war amt al*o during tbe period 
of recouetructlon. 


HOlWPORD-a ACID PHOSPHATE 

baannti the tjtum hf ijnletinc the nrrvom 


Tbs bssnty toil erinr eC Uc b* 5 f m«j tv mreW 
nllinl I,. <"*e I-wtarrV tUir HiImbi. olilih In 
iiich sdadre* («c llepwteiss «*l dosnUism.— I A*. 1 


° BOB," THE RETRIEVER. 

OxE of til* moot intelligent dogs that I 
think ever existed, onys a writer in f-'kost- 
6*r*‘» Journal, was a fine bro« n retriever, of 
wbni is called 11 Lord IhTim'l breed.’ Iln 
wna of unusual huaty, a perfeet specimen 
of bin kind; highly traitaod to retrieve by 
laud or water; of ssent disposition ; a mo«i 
sltoetionate companion : ami, with reason, 
considered to be invaluable. His gentle- 
ness toward little children wa* invariable; 
even an infant would bo a* aafe iu his charge 
a* in that of a anrere. He pnrtimlnrly en- 
joyed romping and playing with abler ehil- 
dren. joining thorn in tlmlf g*n*e«. “Puss 
in the Comet" was repoelally entered into 
with great delight, running ami larking 
vigorously at each change of positioii ; mid 
If • dog can be sniil to laugh, ho certainly 
did u>. No game wan thought complete 
withont “ dear old Bob" a* one of the play- 
ers. His tricks awl accnmplwhicH.nls were 
Diitnerons. Having pawed fab life amongst 
rr-l.li.r-, ho limt learned a great variety ia 
(tie course of his extensive education. He 
had of roareo been taught to balance a lire* 
cuit on his nose white tlio orders, "Make 
ready, prenenl, tire U were pronomiced. wait- 
ing with military discipline till the la*t*yl- 
lalde was said, when Ire threw up the bis* 
enit ami cnngbt it in his mouth- Ho would 
shut a door at command, standing ou bis 
liind-legs, and furring it to with his fore- 
fret; shake bomb with nil visiters, offering 
Itr-t one paw, and then tbo oilier; *'tal also 
ring tbo bell, facing greatly troubled where 
tin" re was no bell rope to pnll with liis teeth. 

ltob bad nei|nired a enriou* trick of lying 
completely inotiuuh** on hearing tbo word 
of command “ VmhI t" nud although hn might 
lie left fur several muumuts, irevor rn*« till 
ponnireiiin was given to do nix Nothing 
eon Id exceed bis dexterity at finding ar- 
ticles purposely bid Inmost unlikely plow*. 
Letter* Imtgnl on linoglm of trees n.JlIf ont 
of bis reorh ; gloves, «lii|e, slick*, left is 
bi-lge«; baniikerehicfs drop|ied at any dis- 
tance-— all were alike discovered aud re- 
•Uired. 

He had not the least objection to music 
generally, Ivavlng lieeti acmstixincd to It from 
his earliest yams, but nevertheless *hi»wrel m 
strong ami luonrable at*r»ii«i fur anything 
n|i|iniachliig to tlietoiu' of a llute. Possibly 
tlu* dislike may have *«»•« frnsu tire primi- 
tive and unnwJodHiQ* efforts of awmo jn*«*- 
nil* DKBitier of a mdltary band. W<> inveier- 
ote wo* Uie prejudice that nierel) l«r*teiMl- 
ing to play on a rnler, wliislling a time, bore 
too ehtan a reecmblanoo to Is* calmly on- 
•lured. Bob look great notice of any change 
in the exprcssHUi of Ins friends' face*; an 
endless uiiwninnt thereby was alfordiNl to 
children, through leading liim to wateli, 
while they made a serin* of grimaces, dur- 
ing wbleJi Iris eye* were eagerly fixed on 
tlrelr eountcnaocos. He cleverly affeetml to 
bo nxtremrly angry, prow ling ond harking, 
Ihongh evidently realising tbe Jokis Ihdi 
alK-olswrrrel Ui" faintest atterutiun of voire, 
and even of accent ; for if address'd in an 
Irish brogue, bo liecame wildly excited, 
disilitlcM hailing the sound os a jdvasmg 

usiubccoee of his native LaaiL 


Etibt knly of Uate sail refinemcnl oilmiu 
Rikcr'v American fare Bredre to l«e the most 
RMlalaetoCT Article S*> the Warket, alikuuyb Ibe 
chcafwL ’ Those who favfer » K^niil p*w|i*r*tluU 
will Ihot Riker’v Crtwm of Ko«es tbe B«lt mti*- 
favliity article they can use.— {Clrei. J 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 

GOLD MEDAL, PAMS, 1878. 

BAKER'S 

Breakfast Cocoa. 


of oil ba* beca Boond. It l» a 
dsUriexa dttnk, amreUig sod 
Mrmfrintm; **»Tty d»*t*Ud; 

•valid* 

V 

•vwywUre. 
W. BAKER A CO.. 



■litvd by Uo Paeftliy. 

stive sni n'lnwbiiiR 
Kmll l/Mcnr* 

tUt.hi-vJjVl.r- l,m'«rreJ.lV, 
nrrimJ fiMigi iltsa, A- 

• R HKILU'N, 


TAMAR 1 
INDIENtsS 
GRILLON 


r KimliBlise. IWns 

H Xy ill C Into tat. 
Soil Slrscgi.U, 


THE 0 R 6 UINETTE. 



Ckgrannw, aptouatic nrxtrti. ntism, 
rirg ngutns ki.kb obuaxn, nt naxos. 

Tbs mat wonOerfal «UT.Ir^ifu,lr«lnE ln.lnnnrnl» 
ta the sKwhl. Play cvcrjrJiltiJ. Any no, can T-sy 
Ihfwt Nn v*t*bw| knnmletu, mjnltaL cut vail are 
them, or wml fee Clicolsr to the 

MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE CO,. 

631 BrsafwiT.bet.ltlh and l 3 tit * 4 *., 

NKW YORK. 

Li OX * BKA1.1, IM Xtst* t Wesaa. lit., 

' is rtdai 

> Un Ilsatn-lbrsit!* 3uut 


EPPS’8 COCOA. 

QRATEFOL— OOMFOBTIB 0 . 


wtitcli tlic oiwmilua. at alsnUina sml naui. 

linn, snl hv V naM rerilirslieu at tbe flue |>mtwtlas 
at tad I- vrfKtwl vneMx Hr toe provlile* «™r 

knattMA-taWai wits . ®.||rsU.Nr t,.oe ; | t.rtrrNr« 
wiikli m.y mid re many hrevy «oan bins. It s 
by llu )Uitlfl«w nse o« "W 4 , srirtat of dkn tbst S 
cesreltvAlim m.y be srolnerj Mile m> auUI smut 
•nniuti lo rvStae every ledrtirj m rtl iui Han. I fed. 
of rahtta Bnlullia .re dnatrie tnyanOm* read y to sl- 
muiy s f PA.I taiall by kneyl** emm+vre well tortU^d 
«lfb tore Wreri aw ■ pnn>Mly auUiUb'd Inins — 
«M7 btvwtar tnuttu. 

Male UapJr with bouinr astre Or ttHlL 
Sold only la sotdrreU tires H swl laiaUsil 

JAMES Errs * CO., HmaopaMe CAowd*, 

Leswm, Esn, 

Also. OreWe (tare fre nltrenoen use. 

THE GREAT SAUCE 

OF THE WORLD. 


LEA & PERRINS 


EXTRACT 
nts LCTTKK from 
a ME1HC.U, OKU- 
Tt.KMAN at Ms*, 
rut, to ha brottrec 
at WOltCEttrKK 

JSb a gnat- 1 

R1W» Unit tlMtr 
leu re I* Highly ro I 

termed la India, 

■ ‘ Is In sw eftn. 
tbe mod f-»ln- 


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JOHN DUNCANS SONS, 



THOMAS CARLYLE. 

By BOnCUBE D. CONWAY. 

1U.CSTIUTXD. 

ISma, Cloth, 8 Y OU. 


iw,y I, .br.yv an Isterwtmt writer, wnd 

iCmiIIU. til kiinwiss- and study!.* Cart, Is 
•t, lie A," mats a rrry rstalsl.ta retnai., 
list Kbdclil* Of t'sriyle if III du aril to MOdy 
4 wriyli la nimiuriron vntli the bvulmnay of olb- 
> nud vfUarlyle'. own works — fleren free. 


PsMIrtiri by HAIU'KB A BKOTBBRB, Ilea Tret. 


r. Xcw Ynrk. fUiV. Prnyrir 
nni.l. ami IVrfumm 
Mo. T Ssow IlilL — l.tde -1 


JtAUTH ATPRAL 


Ones, your bslitee cry, Utek roif 'Atari., 


gr T 


El .Trero JT5S 

m SALE 

Tne raur or mat. rwimed ty 




i'lnmrpl" *L| flrenhlytl, Jt. Y. 


two \r,w y 411,1 m s 


ILFE'S SHAKESPEARE, 

THE COMEDY OF EBBOR8. Elited, 
with Nrtca, by W. J. Hni.nc. With Jlhwtwi- 
liimr. I Kmn, Cloth, (Ml cents ; Paper, 40 real*. 

CY MBELINE. Eilihul, with Note*, by 
W. J. KumL With IHn*tnitHmf. . lima. 
Cloth, Co rents ; Pilfer, to rents. 


rnUtaiswIth n.e/r - . AiWri* nnMn: Tbe Wer- 

Hasdg \niL-Hklim.l II. — Ridwet iVi'-Mm- 
ItalA— A M"l.nmnsr.Mk(ht> IWvim.-lteury V. 
—A. YOU hike It. — it uiilrt.— Ifurii Air A'xmt 
M.itkiag.— lbim," ami .Inllc-l — e.lrlwll., -Ttaclflb 
NVrtt Tie Winter *• T*l« -K«« /.«*, -Il.-nry 
IV. hwt L— OwMy IV. pert It. -King lew— 
Tbe T.Biiiiit of the Htlrvu— All W Well iKil ICwle 
Wall. -rlretolMva. -The Comedy of fiem- 

rymbrilV 0 --fj.*Walili'. fWIret IWre, Jlnj'i 
Salert n»m'. Ifiam, Cbe.lt, lllmllAUXt. 0* mb 
J*r vqIbim; I'uei.wnab |ta, vwtnme. 


Psbllaktd by RARTKR A BIWITIfriW, New Tret. 


CttavireTr * MLrttET krtBWtl. I I"nr' na^sT'MU 

1 ’’ c£m 1 luku. UYAir, PresStaiuI V. W Fwk. 



K^^SSSt&taferr^ 

sH — - »*< .a. I*- rejr *•» 


mm 


ART AND 


TILES. 


ENAMELED 

rhtsa Wsvts. NtsAe-nsre-Treal. 

A>n,TUK CAMFKKJJ. BRICK A TII.I CUW 
Faru.Ue rod Ireeowtrirel ITrev HI'S ■reale*. Ac. 
THOH. ABFINWA I.T. m WO N. 

Ufl4 Broadway. Wev* bark. 

MAKE MONEY, ALL OF T001 

■ Cnvtnneri* Bruaa, M.00. 



NOTICK. 

Ittvlng renrcnnlml war rATTKIX DEPART- 
SI KNT, rehm M«k,-n«l lo Mb J. «. ClMrTTV, a 
CHS Hotel. y<!W York City, tb. retaj UsM lo <«*■ 
Ibh Atvnrbta. #* M* owe aceonrd. t'» th» reta <4 ore 
Cat Itpur I'M terse thrsuifbcat the Vnltol Slsrei 

UARrKK * tnnmiKRa 


CANDY 


m < UtalWs tai Aownrs. *ul 

I OIXTlikAf 

iiiifaeliuore, IS Hiillna St , Ctikagw 



iu»teis TvbVwix, At. 


AUGUST ft, 1881. 


PURE SUGAR, 

By# recent farmlkm. ihick or com npr 
(more generally known axrimefif). heretofore 
quite exlcrnnely tu*ii bv cocfectionen, 
brewer*, tic. , h»* been made nifBcicntl) dry 
and while »o that It can be powdered and 
misrd with yellow sugar*. It raise* tbc 
tfamUnl ol color largely, bat not being »o 
»wert rolwcrt the Mccharine strength, wak- 
ing it neconary to use more of the article lo 
anain the uwal degree of aweetnew. I-argc 
•tasnlitiea of this mixture are now being 
made anil sold under ranoui brands, but nil 
«f them, to far at we are aware, bear the 
worth " New Proem " in addition to other 
brands. 

At refiner* of enne sugar, we are, in view 
of rhe*e facts, liable to be placed in a fake 
p-nition before the public, at the rcfulta of 
analysJt of rugir bought indUcriminnlely, 
will teem to con6rm the false and malic-mus 
statement* of intercited persons, uhu alleged 
il wot the common prtttsce of the leading 
refiners to mix glucose with tbeir tucars 
While not intimating that a mitlure olein- 
etj« and cane *ngar Is injurioui lo health, 
we do maintain that it defraud* the innocent 
consumer of Just so tnnrb sweetening power. 
In order, therefore, that the public can get 
tugar pure and in the condition it leave* 
our refiner**. we now put il up in barrel* 
and half tarrelt. 

I utile each package will be found a guar- 
antee of the purity til the content* as follows : 

MV herrty infirm He futiu Hit cm r 
rt fined /p/urr em rise rniefy ef lie fteduet af 
raw nun refine d. Neither Clue me, A/w 
ri.ite *f Tin. Muriatic Acid, ner any eHer 
foreign mh tenet u ha lever it, er ever Am 
been, mixed mtk I hem. ()wr Sagan and 
Srrufii art altaluteh unadulterated 

Affi, ia.it to the »\xive effect in New York 
piper* at November I8«h, 1B78. 

Consumers should order from their grocer, 
•agar an our original packages, either half or 
wlmlc barrel*. 

Consider well the above 
when pnrehating sugar 
for preserving ptirpoMt, 

HAVEHEYERS & ELDER, 
DECASTflO & CONNER REFINING CO. 

117 Watt. sntsrT, Ntw York. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 



RICHFIELD SPRINGS. N.Y. 

AMERICAN HOTEL, 

I'mler Ik* miprr.lK.oti 1 if lie »r« owner. 

Mis t'MIAir WKLCU, Pmprtelnr id MwBuNinae*** 
Itorm. Wf* York. 

SPRING HORSE, 

T. It PROCTOR, t erwr aid ftnprMor, 

H.wpwer Hold* In the wre'rt, 
1* L'sralisr Borlitf*. 



o. n^ Viaui r oim'.^ c Li b^ty Stqt.r . 
A NEW VOLUME 

or TUB 

ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS, 

LAN DOR. By Stnwtr Com*, limo, Cluth, 


noun MKN or I J trr MW . Mitt# hy 

Juan Miki.lt. Tile Mlinrlng vuliimc* are so* 

»-ll<«ur> By & W. IL Myenc— Iren. By 
Threns* Fowler. — lli arm. By JiAw M-hri — 
.1 By taaAe Nrpbru. -Giarere. By J.C. 
Mxraiin.— Htirer. By IL M. ilatliHi — Rnntn. Ily 
J. I Ijmi.r.l. Ily Wl ',sm Bln a ■ 

lima. By I'r Iluky. — Drruc. By Wil- 
liam Uinta —lima. By l*rlnHpis! Nkilrp.— Kr«a- 
Ily Dean Cborch. — Tuacart.t. Ily At. 
Ikiaj Tio1i(it-lhut, By bka Murky- -M11- 
im By Mai# )**Mie«n,-l<oiwiip». By Kdward 

IS-e-len Bnus By Jnitwa Aulteny FriKde.— 

Gramm. Hy Adolph*. Wilham Wnrt — Cnarews 
By OoMwtn 8 *l*li. - Faet By Lrelle tHepken. 
— Dstmis Ily Umrya XthtAahury,- I.iaifta. Ily 
Sidney Coir 1 , 1. lima, Clnili, TB teat* a sulumr. 
n.miMt, By llreiry Jairna, Jr. IBmCliUiJIW. 


Pibll.WJ *J Itiril A BBWTBKRR, *l» Taft. 


TIM & TIP, 

BY TIIB AtnmOR or 

“TOBY TYLER,” 

BK 1 VN IN !Ya *S 

HARPER’S YOONG PEOPLE, 

I't'BUMISli AlOCOT W. 

4 Cent# a Copy j $1.50 # Year. 

TOR SALE BY ALL NXWSDBAXXRS. 


SBCST05 

LIQUID PAINTS, ROOFINC, 

s?.?i 

H. W. JOHNS MTOCO. h? KIWI UNI, l T 


7 A 

Ill Vif". 1 »'f r,ttlall.S 

■ V lre<'<li<af>W>n|t* Miathllwl nMr 


HARPER’S PERIODICALS. 


tunmrs If AOAZIXE. One Year 

HARPER'S WEEKLY, One Yaw 

nABFEira BAZAR. One Ttar 

UAKTEIt S YOTMQ PEOPLE, Oue Year . . 


OAFPEirS rainun SQfAR* UBRARYi a 
wiwkly pabtreal 11m. rnatsining work* of Tr»«H. 
Di-uraiAy, BMory, an# nctlea. at jeirra ran gmt 
friito 111 lu » na’.i I per nunlarr. Fiji Hit of IJiii- 
free's kmUJn S^artrl y.ltenrv will hn feralttlnft 
eretaiuiiwly ta application tu Uasra* A Banruua 

tar nAni*ini» catalooyl wnn«t.ir,e i»c 
111 Ire ct telwetn three a »4 *nur tamraiul inimw, 
win be arid by mail uo roreipl ef Nile Cent*. 

HARPER k HH T8KR8, Fmllla Sfam, ». T. 

MUSlOa 

..... w ...... . . TBK «W CAIKSIMK 

,a IN. Mew I-aalaaJ CUNaLKTATUKt 

r' c r«r.rifeY.r*i^S:i£r 


I ntell iflent Agents 

wwrJtt’MtnS?*'. sjsr* b 


T-»T 1 I Wlpunfu Falret I«tUlbl*r.lB pm BV 

DEAF:r^g£ : r 


M Si-wStylre rrrfnmr .1 Metln,Mw R-w.V W.h.Ji, 
uncCiieMnlK mi liv. Can* MII!Oortlihml,i 1 
APga *'Xk In ynar <nrt, brew. Town* lad K rutt 

JiqO trir. Aajiirell.lUiJscTTACis.,J , seUil>d.lLiilii 


The Mineral Inkstand. 

Urre.ftiiarr.aoMil.teUBaiiL A Hiwly. Oik tire 
cefy. itch Maud rnayiM M Um lulhi.liiK : 

1. flnkl On firan llrlrca Mra*. 

». tintd Ore trom H«wK oakh. 

K Nivtr On) fraia (mryitrwu. 

A Silver On, fn«s two Jam, Mini*. 

A ArvrtllUrrnwi Olffll, lre.1v Ilk. 

a. (.^nwr ores 

T. 1 loti PyrlU*. Oo4d Bearfn*. Central iMy 
a Flour Spar trims Me ul (lx |U<y Cmaa. 
I*. Baryta. 

Ill Mere Apia. 

II- Wend J n|.»r 

I# Wwd Oywl (m n»i'y Oanyna. 

IS <*iyx. 

is Wood Oaidhii 
IB rwrtfcsl CMtoawno# 

1# l’mlfcri Ci, lie tram Hill * Hsn-I, 

IT. PrtTiArrl palm. 

IB CryNolllaod Palm. 

Ik Nuuky Qoarta (rum POwla Preh. 

Si Mnrky CryMal. 

II IC-nr Alaluflrr. 

SL WUIr Alabaalrr. 

B ilak Hestln H|*r, 

II tkknlle. 

IS IcdaiHt Spar. 

SC A oa run Ann* I -ran Wbnh. Pwk. 

Catilnpawl and nnnit*r*d l*rtrrV>iA. Ssl- 
Mtcll'ii rtanntresL Itrtil l-y wall, rurundy 


n. a. TAnnEK, 

Wlndwir Hotel, Denver, Colsrsd*. 


A«E\TN WAITED 

for “ Suolbnm PalpMInc nnd Ji'rosali'in.” 

By Wiluah M. Ttuasmi, D.P. Kurtj fiic Year* 
a SI iiw binary in Syria and Palrediaw. 140 llluf- 
lr»ti,m« from PWiigrapliA 
Apply to or adilrea* 


HtitpPR a nmmmw. p 


$n 


.. Will, tHnliT si homriwslly CVecly 
OutXi Ir-.-r. AUdrem Tan A Cu.Auru4a,MaiBE. 




HARPER & BROTHERS’ 

LIST OF NEW BOOKS. 

CAN BOK. By SinxKT Cnovru lln\ CToth. It 
ret’.i 11 k I.u p.i r tf *jnio tatted U Ik* “Kuslltti 


Two .Veu IVnam <vT IT W* .Uahupvare. 
SMAHC 8 PE*nt 5 Til# COMEDY Of ENMOR 9 . 

fclibM, wllk K,dre» by W,u.,»» J. Hn.re, A M. 
“iO BtErevlue*. Uhu, Cluili, an cni.1* . IHfre, 

SHAKE SPtAII t * TnAOEDY or CYMBEUHE. 

Kfllnt, with Xrerav by Wiuua* J. lima. A.M. 
Wall K«-_-*aTlas». taiun. I.AMU, Ul rent* : l'n- i, 


r*RM FESTIVACS. By Wn* C.atm Arrthnr 
of “ Farm IMIloN,* *• Farm Ixvr,,,!*,'' sad **C*re- 
Iroaul Khyue. - With rkarsrtrr,., p- 

lilHaMlknw. t'nlf.Km will, ' Para Bai.VuIr " amt 
"Farm Umnia.- *vu, IlluinlualcrJ CVilb, »J m. 

(till kJ pm, trt III. 

Y|. 

a Osarr. ISaubETnih. 

THE nE VISED VERSION or THE NEW TES 
T AMENT HariKt'K Aimrira* UIIiImm. In bre- 
vier lyty. «!••, Paptr, at antis lsn. s Cluth, « 
Ceil la; rail taalbar. (Ml *.lr>', W eeuaa. 

VIII. 

the coaatsroNDENCE or puince tac 
LEYRANO >s.| KlUB Irmls XVtll dimac Hk 
<UlllKrluaas.ibll.bed,) Yompi 


rKSwIr'lpi. |« 

linlKry uf F, — 


IX. 


LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

OF MEAT non ANI 
FLA YOU ISO BTXK.'K I 
DlSUtb. AMD BAl’C'ES. 

LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

OF MEAT. At, inviliitbln an, I iwliuMr hwle 
1* all nere c« aiak dlutaEUPs and oeblllly. "In 
a inrnni ami a boon lor rrhlrli nation. ahnaU 
r«l eraiWuL"— Cm “M..iu-ai ik«,"'U«,i," 
"llrfiieft Mnllrnl Juinul.' 

I FACTION.— OoMVr.p **iy with Ihe firxln,lpe nr 

B van UthlfiY Sunil lire In Ubie Ink attum Ibu 
L.I.-L 

LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

° r * cw T ' £ *" H r?* t h"T 3 iS 7 ^i”’ 

twlut aali auM. <X BaYIU^aTdO- « 'jaTlra 
Dim. Undnn. Kaelaad. 

Hnsl nhokreJp- In New York Iw TARE A TILPORP. 

KM* VII 4 VAN 1’KHllFKK. Ac'KKK, MBKUALL. & 

CUN HIT, MrURbWiN A ROBBINS, H. K.AP.R, 

THL ltUEH A CO., W. U. BCIIIKFPKUN A CO. 


till,, |*rln<i]»l aiil II "k 
"C*jr ai.,1 A|-,la;rsl<* In 
CYpflfpif. Edllibvruh. tin, 
Ctutk. Eu isada 


THE SETH CENTURY a« Cm. 

Kariiar ind LMrelllebKy ; ki,,-ik 

— * 1*»*l By Job. 1 , 

Mir .if Ny.ianMlk Tho- 
br t'nlud 1'ru.byUriM 
I'apre, El) ,m:> ' lyni„, 


HARPERS CYCIOP4DIA OE etlYlSH AND 
AMERICAN POCTRV. K.lll.,1 Vr Ki m Ks»-., 
Kujkl »•„, llluraiutleil Cloth, CWIureil K.lf", El -*». 
XI. 

HARPERS EUROPEAN GUIDE BOOK TOR l Bit 

Uncos'* 111 ml- !b P.4 EpT Trawllrm In Knmipe and 
■lie >u»1 . IkIiik a 04 d* Ihnptyli (kraut lErHuu and 
lreisn‘l. From, BrlKlnm, IU4lnn£, (kTmany. IUIy, 
KeypC Syria. Turkey, Urreee, Kanwa'iSaiM, Tyrol, 
lhnniark. Nunway, Kpreilp'r., Iln.pln, nod Rlwlli. Ily 
W. I'aaamaa Fanunuit. Willi M*|,* n.f fbli. uf 
Clllre. Tw.nl Ml* Year (|e*||, la Three V„ lumee. 
limn. IriclKr. P-wket Ibuk P-rre.lJiMiwrsp.imrpp-. 

Vipi. V— Or rut lltlubi, IruUud. Frame, IWium, 
Uultawi. 

T Y«t II. — Oerttiaiy, AiulHa, luly, Xcypt, Kyrln. 

V«_ 111 — N.llaerliad, Tyrol, Denmark. X«»ay. 
Rweilrii, llaealA, Npalu. 

xn. 

HUNT, NO ADVENTURES ON UNO ANDIE* 
Thn Yipauf Nlmnida u. North Areerlra. A II.. C 
fur Ivy*. Hr Dimii w Ka„x, Attlmr *f •*1be 
1*7 TrarH>r« In cbe Far Eul * c'i>ins*i>ly UVm- 


,led. bm, Cluth. 

XIII. 

THE ENGLISH COLONIES 

Hi~»t IlKtory of ike Knr-i.l, 

Ily Ilmav Caauv Loi-u.. Mi 

XIV. 

THOMAS CARLYLt. Tire Mnn Rod Ma ftu.v.. 
Ilbi.irnieil Vy Penoiial RtwilulweeKre, Tnbk-Tnlk, 
awl Aared-Pie* ,f Ilnw-lf an, I ■» Fnr„.l.. Ity 


IMS RICA. A 

eOsAmolil 


THE NEW NOVELS 


HARPER A BROTHERS, New York. 


The N»|, bine Vires By Viaaiai. W. Jnawrre. Wei* 
AynlaV Ancel. Uy Aktii.p.i Tanurei tneenlA 
The IV.uiiful Wert eh: a ItrtrMo* Hlory. By W,i 


ttt By Otnaoa II. Ilamoarn. |1 ae. 

An Ore»n Free- Lame, Ily W. Ct sna Itnuni.,. E»rlu 
A Cually IbtllAce. By Amur OVimIpUP. Bierula 
Vbdlad no tk> Children. Ily Tare, (iier, *D rant*, 

At tire Pea* W*. and olk c r tRortre. Ily M.ai Cruir. 

II. r. I» cent*. _ 

A CVLhi of Nainre. By IbiuaBT Branaaaa. ISeenta 

My rw Offer, amt ruber tauirtre, Hy M <n C.nu. 
liar. IE reel*, _ 

Tie Cl, again ..Ml. e PWL By Y» 



ASTHMA 


HANrCR h BliOTHKns, Franklin K^uvr*. II. Y. 

«SCS4SB50S 

is ie $21 Bai!sj.w«!asis 


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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


AUGUST 6, 1881. 



WOW TOR INDIAN RECREATION AND VACATION. 



TUB 

Admiration 

or ms 

WORLD. 

Mrs. S. A. Allen's 

WORLD'S 

HairRestorer 

IS PERFECTION/ 

For RESTORING GRAY, WHITE 
or FADED HAIR to its youthful 
COLOR, GLOSS and BEAUTY. It 
rcncn its life, strength and growth. 
I).uidrulT quickly removed. A mate b- 
Icss Hair Dressing. Its perfume rich 


ELECTRIC SPONGE. 

Lcmuc hath* 


ZYLO BILSINUI 

A lovely tonic and Hair Dreaming. It 
remove* Da adroit', allays all l ull ing . 
stop* falling Hair and promote* a 
healthy growth with a rich, heantUhl 
gloss, and la delightfully fragrant. 

Trice Seventy-five Cents in large 
vines etoppored Bottles. SoU b,lfl Drag, Ida. 


Ik wvndnfHl 
), in, ikklyi MMn 
in. is.- e- in. * 


nllrl .Ml Orem 
of IIh Kl— Irk N.OOCK I 
A vln.nc l.v * dally li.ia 

... A* S l-.4ltl.lnl * “ 1 

l» uw^iuUni. Seal h> any addrvaa o 


I. 4 . ASHLEY k CO.*H I.A ItOIC ATOIC Y. 


JEFFERIES LAWN TENNIS 




meat, Mot.ur.na, casks, *f. 

THE CALLI-GHAPHIC PEN. 

A IWL11 m end ht'UtllS HOLMS, e.mi.loi- 
ink fof fteie-al d«J»' writing C»» *■" earned In Ih 
*»>4 W.-t. Alwssa naif I - n». A Ininry I or ptiaie 
n carr^ UT»U TODD, A"'u.i HD, 

I DO Hrudway. New Vorh. 

H.Ti. 1 lor Ptfae-Usd. 

Ul'N III HU IS mans >r KIIOT-lLABS DCAUOUL 


Our Complete Set for $10. 

Cannot he equalled In this rwnntrp. 
Jr*,»i B—l inPOIITKD *1£TK, DUO, 
« 3 , MU. * 33 . MO. and * 50 . 

Oti nmntrtor Nalrh Tuuilft ilall, fell e 
tem-lil-*!. per <*»■». 1>» null “ ' 

Hint ha «0 rl*>« Oil* lull n tri 

rlor In llrnineso, and u 
detect oMIte Kil£ll>h hall. Send rinn|. lor 
(aniline PKl K A " 1 lil ll, •uah.lion. 
I'll A 1 1 0 Nason M Street. New harh. 

COLUMBIA BICYCLE. 

A pennase.it, port In. I nwl • •lilcht, 
„ III. whirl, a |wn»» ran ritk elm., 
mile* iftMaUynake emlri ■•lk<a«. 
Tip. OOCbr pmrsnlea hrallh and 
sirit.pi fV-.d a^ml stamp tor *l- 
|.,p, f,i il"rr.- t o Ilk ITItv-Utlaanil 

*TiYk"poPK NPtJ. CO., 
Ml HaW.uli,, Ml., loin,. Ha..- 


LADIES IN BUYING 
WINDOW DRAPERY 

BE SURE YOU GET 

HARTSHORN’S 

ROLLERS 


KISHKRM EN ! 
TWINES AND NETTING, 


JOSEPH GILLOTTS 

STEEL PENS 


g*k SMOKE MARSHALL’S 

\ PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &c. 

V’Vyl S.JL by .11 I ; or wnd 26 ecu for Mtm.J. box by lual], l-> 

*JAMES D. UOHNhK, 60 Maidon Lnno, New York, U. S. A. 

S YP HER A CO. 



Antique Furniture. Clocks. 
Bronzes. China. &c.. &c. 

730 A 711 IlllO.t DW1V. 



■ ■ ! 

T ii i i uxmn . 


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■ n . ai . iisn 4 . u oo u . w flLiSijB {jj=^T 4 SSS; 

'WICK uT- wlX"* !*'-■ .V- I V ^ " n...tloiiir7I!iui<i.l»i , ^Vhll«delii’»Il«. < l“a! 


I lw Hill «t rated Prtm-d Colaloaun. 



TO OUR PATRONS. 


Nr 'llmmhiirrh h nl-» CIrma.1 lllcb Mat «4 lluyul Arch Unwin ai.,1 

Ur»..l .4 Hnauin ,4 Arl.in.aa. 

Larrut llmta, Am., gall 11. IM. 

April h, If 


To the Pul, lit : 

Until, £ butt Irtnhlrtl hr tnaar 
dorian S to In atrlrllt Iron. It wi 


S-nt, iinlpnid.rs nerlpl nf * 1 an, not |n rent# tor rrgiamtlnn: «r. w* will *m.l 
ll, C.O fl , at wnr re,. on. ultl. r>rrl.il«>'-.|< of nfm.lnc aid •-» tn.l.ilm; Kl|>,'4» 
'"ho Ir-m w.»r ol I be Nt- ionf|.,.l awl m-HIi .*1 V.i.ii.u ini.-l imuli. fl.m in 


>1 Iba Pori - ofll.r anlli.irnlm at H'whisstm lure pnMIriiul Ike 
w'« Ihendnnt rnclinn «Ik I'nhlk to be cirefkl IU.I •• l>r. tfcou'a" i.ai 
••kkttrtc * <• lie Uruah. C-in la nut wire, but a pun briallc IkuiU. 






voc. xxv - so. im. 


FOB THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 13, 1881. 






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Afco v? 


PROCLAMATION BV THE GOVERNOR 

r«m vhr «rprui»Mo.K or t-urraix vriMMcsa. 

\Vimnu«.T1ie Slate Board of Health having tarn rt'diiired by n 
le law, to inquire into certain alleged nnisnnccs ilongcron* t„ Ufa «*,,! 

» t« pnblin broil li, dialing, a* complained, In or about Hew York rlly ; 

9A •*«! *br Uhl State Board of Health having duly reported that ouch 

nuisances, as alleged, dndisl, and that they aw prndarwd l>> Ibe urgWt 
to coetnil and properly ojinrj- away or destroy VHriu>uf afiruair* wane 
mrtarlaii in the business of refining petroleum. thr niaoafaetnrc of s*petplu.. 
I'huto frrtillxrra, fat-rruderijig. bouc-hnrnllig, and like operal iuna done aud r»m- 
dnrtrd nr a I nr upon Newtown Crook, In tho counties of King* aud g«m». 
I-tmg lalatMl, or llirroabonta, to thr detriment of the health anal comfort of the 
inhabitaiiU affected tbr re by : 

Now, therefore, all prrwma, companies, or corporations owning, anpenntead- 
ing. managing, or la any maniirr engaged in refining petroleum. uml In the 
nMiTinneut anil storage of thn prod nr In thereof, or who transport, hoop, or mr 
thr ■ntwtnuee known na sludge arid; and whoever owna or auuiagre any 
premise* or apparatus used for misiug, manufacturing. or storing Hiiperplun- 
pltate, i»r phosphate ferlilltera in which aludge or anlpbmlc acid ia employed ; 
aDd whoever owna, rarriea on, or manages any works or apparatus for fat-ren 
drring, I >oiie- boiling, ln,iir-liurniiig,or other process for utlUring waste or putrid 
animal mutter*, or otherwise engages in the maiinfaolare of ammonia and it* 
aaltsor other prodneta rnmpiainrd of and reported by the said tl««rd of Health 
he iiiiisanc**, against health, by tbia I’rorlamatiou I sailed In arrnrdntieu with 
chapter M ot the Laws of l-VS}, take notice, that it ia hereby ordered that the 
causes of the nniunres before mentioned and described be, by earh and alt of 
I U in as it may lie long, prevented, removed, or abated aw or before the flat day 
of .liine, IN? I, as connected with or prndared by aay premises or butiiueas con- 
trolled or managed by them in singular or several. 

And in ease of the neglect or folium on to do by the time herein specified, 
oSii ial actum necessary for the speedy removal and prevention thereof will he 
taken in pursuance of Law in such caw made ami provided, in tin? name of the 
people, a* for the removal, abatement, or prevention of a nuisance against the 
pablii: health. 

Uivcn uniter my hand and the Privy Seal of the State, at the 
Capitol, in the city of Albany, this twenty-second ilay of 
April, In the year of awr Lord one tfaoauml eight Imu- 


pnrtcinut 

itriuiental 


1 1‘atvv Htu..] 


ALONZO U. CORNELL 


Ofivnutou : 

Hr.vnv K, Abru, 

/’rioiJe #rei story. 




JurtTr 1 


rjvt«,sf> 


THE TEoft 


tin: GOVERNOR AMt THE PEOPLE t»r NEW TORE ItKKIKP. 





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New Yoke, Sattuday, Acucst 13, 18S1. 


HARPER'S TOUNO PEOPLE. 

Ajf lLLCHTKATED WlULt-U PaOBJ. 

AV. f) ef ITai:V» k*A Young FkopI *, hmeJ Aagntt 9, efetn 
n m/4 “ PicHK .VMM," * /WWW *7 Will. C**(.»TOK. KM (iff 1 / 
•• /.I/ w eh.. by Rooms. The unmltr a.'le 

<1*11 trim ittitrertwg wrfiela e* “ Sm IIW/, //#o> A- fitttm t 

first." anJ M " .Vtw«s«r^." Avi /*ff/ fiJufiritftJ ; Cknfter li- 
ef “ 7«»i >i*v>/ 71 /," lUntfiMtJ ; the leteuJ feet ef Mss*. Siaaii 
O. Jnm'i It’iiu MmttUtu it.*y, enlfit/J “ A fill ef Feeh-k- 
mu," tilntlmuJ; " Jin, Ike Ferty Bey," if fiery /tern I’lrytmt, 
ml* a fuil-fegt tHnth ahett ; *nj mini etier lufirmtivi anJ tn- 

teriainiug metier, 

THE QUESTION (»P TIIE HOUR 

T HE Mtm of Senator Dawes to the Springfield 
IlrpuMieitn upon administrative reform have st 
traded general attention, a* Allowing that the ques- 
tion bus now definitely cute ml the domain of pracli 
cal politics. The Representative* from Mumim-Iium-ci* 
have also contributed their views to the current dis- 
cussion, agreeing, however, not u|Hin methods of re- 
lief, but u|kiii the fact that relief there must be. The 
suggestions of Senator Dawes are presented elab- 
orately, and hk« testimony to the truth of all that ha* 
been uni of the mischievous absorption of the time 
of members of Congress by office-brokerage is very 
valuable. But the suggestion that thciM! who really 
wish to see a reform should refrain from writing let- 
ters of recommendation if members of Congress would 
agree not to urge appointments unasked, is a fanciful 
rather than a practical remedy for the evils of the 
prnwnt system. Such letters are often written now, 
iia Governor Lotto says, because the writers, knowing 
that appointment* are made only upon recommenda- 
tion, think it to be a duty to recommend those whom 
they personally know to be peculiarly qualified. The 
abuse* of recommendation are familiar enough, but 
so long as it is the only ground of appointment, it 
would be hard to exclude the best testimony. The 
true remedy obviously would be some oourse that 
v. n:ake r<on*l influence useless. If members 
1 . igrei. u- d * ti -ir uniMtuenu would unite in 
• vi*. i..ng the old Ian it vould not be very dilfi- 
’ It m devise . n- .« -no, which .-ould release the 
1 it fri • ' **;.y r,; I'x ommcnding, and 

v '-■*% fa, Jir Member to nrga. 
x- J> hi* • . . maor Daweb suggest* a course 
,m me President. lie propoaea that the President 
should refuse to appoint any applicant while he re- 
mains in Washington, or who offers a recommenda- 
tion from a member of Congress which has uni been 
asked for. and that he should leave to the seven heads 
of departments the appointment of their subordinates, 
such appointments to lx* made, of course, with due 
regard to the avowed policy of the Administration. 
This plan proposed by Mr. Daweh would require no 
act of Congress and no appropriation, and it is sup- 
posed by some persons that nothing more is neco* 
Barv. It is wholly within the Executive control. It 
could be adopted to morrow if the President chooses. 
It could have been adopted by any President at any 
time during the last fifty years. But since it is 
wholly at the Executive option, why ha* it not been 
adopted ! The answer to this question involves the 
Whole question of reform. If any President had 
adopted it, indeed, it would luivc been only the plea- 
sure of a man for four year*, or os long as he chose 
during hi* term, but it would not have been a system 
outlasting the term of any President. But. we re- 
peat. since it is a mere matter of will, why has no 
President done what Senator Dawes recommends? 
The reason is that the ubusea and evils of the wliole 
present system are now loo strong and too irirungly 
intrenched for the Executive alone to correct. Re- 
form consist* in annulling the forces that now pre- 
vent the President from taking the course that Sen- 
ator Dawk* suggest*. Why doc* not Senator Dawes 
refuse to recommend the appointment of any one who 
brings him a letter t He could do that quilt* a* eaaily 
us the President could refuse to uppoiat. Hi* action 
would, so far, relieve the President of the pressure, 
and if every Senator and every Kepreaentative would 
do the same, the abuse of t'ongreiwioiinl dictation 
would lie corrected. The duly ami ability of Sena- 
tors and Representative* in the matter are just o» 
dear a* those of the President, aid their action i* just 
as feasible- Why ix it not taken I 

The reason of inaction in all theae rase* i* the 
Xante. It is that the personal and political influence 
which surrounds the President and the Senator* and 
the Representatives is so powerful to affect the inter- 
rat* of all of them, and has become so organized, that 
no one of them is willing to cope with it *ingle- 
liandad. But this organization and inlrenchnieiit of 
abuse has grown up during the half-century , in which 
at every moment the Presi dent and the Senators and 
Representatives were perfectly free, a* they are now, 
to lake the course which Senator Dawn recommends. 
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tack in it* strength the monster which they would 
not touch in iU weakness • When the appointment* 
of which the Senator speak* an- made, not by direct 
or indirect influence, nor by any kind of bargain or co- 
ercion. but when every applicant lut* hail a fair chance 
to prove his qualifications. «ud the Attest has received 
the appointment. President, Senators, Representatives, 
committee*, leading citizens, and pnifra«ional politi- 
cian* of every degree will lie relieved on the one 
haml of the burden of rocomnieudiiig applicants, uud 
on like other, of estimating the comparative value of 
recommendations. But while the pressure continues, 
the President nml Congress will not do wliat Senator 
Dawes suggest*. au<l there can bo no effective change. 
The pressure can not cease so long as the place* in 
question are filled by patronage or mere personal fa- 
vor. All roads lead to Koine. The argument for 
administrative reform always ends in the necessity of 
destroying personal favoritism in appoiutnieut. and 
tlie 1 > KJfiii-ETON bill, recommended by the committee 
of which Mr. Dawes is a member, i* the Unit long step 
toward that result. 


PUBLIC DUTY WELL DONE. 

The disclosures in regard to the Star Route swin- 
dle* are such a* to show liow wide-spread uud power- 
ful i* the system of fraud which the Administration 
is pursuing. Tin* peculiar rliurnrtrr and extent uud 
influence of these great conspiracies agui nut the Na- 
tional Treasury were illustrated in the Whiskey Ring 
investigations and prosecutions six year* ago. They 
reach into the meat unexpected official quarters; they 
affect persons of unsuspected reputation ; they involve 
such revelation* that the hand of justice is often 
tempted to relax its hold of the clew. Every kind 
of influence is brought to War upon those who con- 
duct the inquiry. Appeal*, threat*, bribery, flattery, 
whatever can he supposed to frighten or to tempt, is 
employed in the work of prevention; and it i* the 
duty of all good citizen* to remember that the uicn 
who are officially prosecuting such investigation*, 
and preparing to punish the offenders, are not doing 
their own work, but that of the country. 

The Postmaster-General and the Attorney-General, 
who are- exposing and pursuing the Star Route frauds, 
are entitled not only to the moral support of the 
honest and intelligent sentiment of the country, hut 
to a strong expression of it. Such expression* not 
only encourage the public officer, hut they discour- 
age the public offender. When the officer is plainly 
ura-n to be only the agent of the community, resolved 
to end the frauds and to punish the swindlers, the 
task is greatly lightened. Nothing ho* more strong- 
ly commended the present Administration to public 
confidence than the vigorous anil sagacious move- 
ment ngniiiKt the public robbery in the postal service. 
The men engaged in it were stealing the Wages of the 
laborer everywhere in the country — because the taxes 
which make good the losses by the robbery come at 
last from the ]»ore*t people- Those who are pursu- 
ing the thieve* to punishment are saving the money 
of the poor, a* well a* the honor of republican insti- 
tutions. It would he a thousandfold easier for tike 
Postmaster General and the Attorney General to loll 
in their official chairs and wink at the robbery. But 
a* they honorably prefer to serve the real interest* 
of the country, to economise tike public money, and 
to make Mtenhug from the Treasury very much more 
hazardous for the thieves, they ought to be enabled 
to feel, when tliey raise their arm* to ntrike, that 
those anus are strong with the strength of lint people. 

They are. of course, only doing their duty, but 
there are many way* of doing duty. The approval 
universally felt and variously expressed show* these 
particular officers that the way of doing their duty 
which they have chosen i* most grateful to the coun- 
try, The difficulties of their task in bringing of- 
fender* to justice is understood, for nothing in more 
skillful than the manner in which such conspiracie* 
evade the letter of law and defy the rules of evidence 
in court*. They are conducted by men who say, 
with the private swindler, ‘ I want to keep ju*t out- 
side of Sing Sing."' The draire of the country, to 
which the Administration is effectually reeponding, 
is that they should be kept just inside of Sing Sing. 


THE PRESIDENT'S PHYSICIANS. 

There ha* been a dreperaU- attempt to produce pub- 
lic distrust of the physicians and surgeons who have 
the care of the President, l«it happily without success. 
Lord SfUEMKOOK. formerly Mr. ItoHEKT Lows, lately 
said in effect, and with characteristic causticity, that 
ignorant men become no wiser by writing with a 
** we” in newspapers, and that a* the man who must 
discuss everytliingcan only know a little of anything, 
he is necemerily a wuaiterer. It is, of course, not 
difficult for newspapers to engage specialist* u> write 
upon special theme*. But specialists are subject to 
jealousies and prejudices like other men, and an un- 
principled or jealous specialist, anonymously or un- 
der the editorial “ we” criticising the’ conduct of an- 
other. may produce very mischievous results. Even 
iu the art of heavenly harmony it is not safe to tru*t 
the comment* of one musician upon another, and it 


AVGUST 18, 1881. 


ha* been romet linen thought that the medical faculty 
are not wholly free from the disturbances of jealousy 
and pemonal antipathy. 

The confidence of tike public in the ability of the 
gentlemen who hare charge of the Pre£dent must be 
l ast'd upon their general reputation, not upon distant 
theories and speculations founded upou the report* of 
correspondent* and the brief official bulletins. The 
professional position of I>r. AonW and I)r. Hamm. 
Ton is, in this community at least, unquestionable, 
and they have fully uppruvwl the treatment of the 
President. Dr. Blih 9 was distinguished a* a surgeon 
before the war. and during the War he was iu ehurge 
of the largest hospital in Washington, where hi* pro- 
fessional ability and su«c«mi wore conceded. I>r. 
RkyUI'KX was also an army surgeon, and is a physi- 
cian in large practice and of the brat repute. Dr. 
Woodward is well known in scientific circle* n* a 
nw»t eminent uiicro&ropiHt. which is hi* especial func- 
tion in this care. And Dr. Baknk*. the Surgeon-Gen- 
eral of the Army, is a man of very great experience 
and high reputation. These gentlemen have the pe- 
culiar knowledge and exjierience necessary in the 
treatment of this case, for they are familinr with gun- 
shot wound.*. Tliey liuvecunitfaiilly kept iu view the 
ponit bit- exposure to malaria, and their devotion ha* 
been *0 constant and absolute that we are told they 
seem to their friends to have “ aged” in appearance. 
The nurses are Mrs. EDOON. a honurrqmthie physi- 
cian and the medical attendant of Mr*. GAicniti.ii, 
and her husband, who, with Mr. fRCMP, the steward 
of the White House, who ha* now been incapacitated 
by malaria, have been unremitting in tlieir cure. 

The President was suffering from dyspepsia when 
he was wounded, and Ibis has marie the proceea of 
nourishment more difficult. As he did not die at once, 
it stems to have been supposed that he must be well 
again at once. But he has suffered acutely. He ha* 
lost a great ileal of flesh, and i» very feeble, and hi* 
convalescence— for we are unwilling to contemplate 
any other issue — must be alow. It is due to the pro- 
fessional gentlemen iu charge of lire President ilmt 
tlieir competency and exceptional skill should be ac- 
knowledged. They have every reason tluit men cun 
have for perfect good faith with the country, and no 
plausible reason ha* yet been suggested for mi pitching 
that it would be desirable to intrust tbe patient to oth- 
er hands. The issues of life and death are beyond 
human control, but while the recovery of the Presi- 
dent can not lx? regarded a* alieolutely certain, the 
anticipaliim of that happy result i* well founded. 


THE HUNTER'S POINT NUISANCE. 

The narrative in onr last issue of the contest* of 
the Board of Health with death and disease breeding 
nuisances about and around the city reveal* the ne- 
cessity nf the most constant and vigilant care upon 
the part of the citizens of New- York, if they wish to 
preserve the public lu-alth. What we luivc said cl no- 
where of the national officers who are fighting the 
Star Route fraud* i» especially true of such a hotly as 
the local Board of Health. It is engaged in a conflict 
for the general welfare, not for itsowu object*, and it 
i* entitled not only to general sympathy and support, 
but to* positive expression of it. If by the voice of the 
preta and by private expramion* the Board of Health 
were assured of the interest token in tlieir work bv 
the great number of citizens who suffer from the pest- 
breeding establishments at Hunter's Point, the nui- 
sance would soon »K? abated. 

Tlio public has but to look at the pictures of the ex- 
tensive range of these destructive and pestilential 
factories, to consider the jw.wer of great capital and 
enterprise intrenched in this way, and to read like 
story of tlie rff rets produced by tbe noisome giwe* and 
vapors grncruti*d along Newtown Creek, and of tlie 
determined resistance offered to the effort* for relief, 
to understand the scope of the contest, and the neces- 
sity of vigorous and active hostilities. Tlie official 
u aniinguf the Governor was timely and forcible. He 
has shown such courage in dealing with some diffi- 
cult questions tluit it is surprising that in this in- 
stance, so flagrant and so pressing, lie should have 
permitted hi* authority to be spurn rd ami defied. The 
law authorizes the Governor, when the State Board 
have declared a nuisance, to order it to be abated, and 
in the event of disregard of bis order, to require the 
District Attorney, the Slwriff. and tlie other officers 
of the county to abate it. Two months have piuord 
since the date fixed by the Governor for the removal 
of tlio pests, and nothing ha* been done. Official 
negligence to enforce such orders foster* disobedience 
of tow by showing that disobedience will not be pun- 
ished. and we trust that tlio necessary official action 
will not lie delayed much longer. 

It will lie observed, from the narrative in our lost 
issue, that the Board of Health of Brooklyn oppoaed 
at Albany the passage of the bill for the public relief 
from these perilous nuisance*, and appeared in de- 
fense of person* indicted in 1S78 for persisting in 
poisoning tlie air of tlie city of New York. Tlie 
Brooklyn Board ha* earnestly represented to the State 
Board that the pt-raiciaua odoim do not proceed from 
Hunter'* Point, hat are generated in the city of New 
York. If this can be cslublulied, the sources of the 



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plague in New York should bo purified. But this as- 
sertion is directly opposed to the conclusion of the 
jairefiil and thorough investigation by the special 
committee Cif the State Boiuri uf Health. Our narra- 
tive show* that there is certainly no indisposition 
upon the part of the New York Board to deal with 
such nuisance* in the city, and as there is no question 
that the vast nest of offensive establishments at Hunt- 
er's Point is a great and dangerous nuisance, it is im- 
possible to perceive any public reason which should 
prevent the Brooklyn Board of Ilrnlth from cooper- 
ating for its removal. If them is any misunderstand- 
ing. it should be speedily corrected, for the two cities 
are equally interested in the preservation of the. pub- 
lic health. 


QUESTIONABLE PRAISE. 

Oxe of the meat suggestive of current facts is the 
complacency with which it is said of a public man, 
** At least his hands are clean ; he has made no money 
corruptly.” When such a remark is supposed to bo 
praise, it reveals a very contemptible standard of pub- 
lic life and character. If a merchant should point 
out with evident and sclf-coniplnrcnt pride a boy in 
bis office ax worthy of honor because he brought mon- 
ey from the bunk without atcaliug even a dollar of it, 
his prubie would disclose uu extraordinary situation 
in tlie office. If it should be proudly and defiantly 
announced that the Chief Justice of the United States 
dal not take bribes, every honorable citizen would re- 
sent the insult offered by the remark to an upright 
and eminent magistrate. 

Is it praise of a judge to say that he docs not take 
brils-s I Is it praise of any public man to say that he 
docs not steal, or that he docs not sell his vote nr his 
influence for nicHicy, or use his place to accumulate ■ 
fortune i In it so much the liahit of Senators of the 
United Staten to be corrupted with money that it ia 
praise to say of one who retires from tliat assembly 
that his hands are clean; that lie has not made his 
place tributary to his pocket ; tliat he is not a thief, or 
a forger, or a swindler; tliat ho does not pick pock- 
ets, and has taken no money but tliat which is hon- 
estly his own I Such n man luis a right to be offend 
cd with this insinuation tliat he has lieen associating 
with scoundrels, and every newspaper which offers 
him this extraordinary commendation insults the Sen- 
ate of the United States. Moreover, it is auspicious 
to praise u tnun vehemently for the pcaaeasion of any 
one of the virtues wlikh every decent man is assumed 
to ponds, because it suggests that some of tlie others 
may be wanting. 

Indeed, if all that can he said of a man who has 
filled a great place is tliat he did not steal or receive 
money illicitly, he is terribly judged. But is it true 
that public men arc now mi generally venal that to be 
honest is a distinction ? Those who indirectly assert 
it by praising public men for having clean lunula may 
well inquire what the reason of such an alarming 
fact may be. Why was Mr. Tildes'* "barT be- 
lieved to have played ao important a juirt in the elec- 
tion of 187G f What was the implication of Mr. Alt 
Turn's speech at the DOMtY dinner t Why is it said 
that Mr, BooKWALTER. the Democratic candidate for 
Governor in Ohio, will give tSQkOOO toward the es- 
pouse* of the rumpaign I Why is it the tendency of 
important nominations to go to rich men ! Why ia 
it a common belief tliat votes can be bought to curry 
any measure for u grout corporation in the Pennsyl- 
vania or New York Legislature ? In a word, why is 
money tnippowd to play such a controlling part in 
politics that it really seems to a groat many persons 
to Iw praise of a public man to say tliat his hands arc 
clean y Tlie answer is simple: chiefly because of the 
mercenary doctrine and practice that tlie myriad 
non-political places under government are the proper 
plunder of a faction of a victorious party. 


COLLECTOR ROBERTSON. 

Collector Rorfrtson's diameter is such that bn enter* 
npou the iln lien «f bln new puxjttoii wilti general runpect 
amt mialUIrfirr. He Is not m, unknown ami untried man. 
but for many year* he tin* Iracu conspicuous in public af 
fnire. 11»* remarks in reply to ex -Collector Mr MUTT'S 
friendly speech were brief nnd plain lie stated that lie 
slinnld pursue tlie general Marne or his predsvosnor, sod 
that no sweeping removals would lie made, hot that tlie 
Uiutani-bouM' would Is- initnuged upon busincM principles. 
As that would lie itupswaihie if it were restored to its nW 
fnootiuu a* a politics! nxsrhinc, the n-msrk is a promise 
not only of continuing blit of extending the reformed sys- 
tem of appointment and promotion, 

It is lai|Hwaild«, however, tliat Collector K<>iikrim>\ 
should not be aesslle.1 will, the uaust fierce pi cra.no soil 
con Not of potwonul lull, mure and favoritism!. If it lie tbr 
desire of the Secretary of the Treasury and the policy of 
the Administration. he will resist tbe pressure as well as he 
can. lie is an honorable ami upright man, anil Ira will co- 
operate with tlie Ih-pnrlmeiit. Hot what is wanted in tbo 
CuoIuiii-Ii.himh is not a good man only, like Collector Ron- 
KIlTMiN, hat a gcool *, Then; should he no |wdilics] 
pressure for him or for any Collet-tor to n-sisl. and there 
will he none when pressure- is use less, nnd lira qualification 
of tbe applicant, not the political elamling of Ids " hacker,’' 
determines the appniutiaviit or the prouiotraa. 

There a as one ImportiUit tibwcrvaUuu of the iraw Collector 
to a reporter. It mom thut no [mrson hail tbu promise of a 


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place. This dispones of tbe loose talk that tbo whole power 
of tlie prospective patronage of tbe Custom-house had been 
employed by tbe Collector during tbo 1st* senatorial con- 
lest at Allxany. Ho enters upon hi* o»oe oil pledged except 
to the falthfhl nud efficient dUcbargo of his duty, and ho 
may count npou the warmest amt strongest support u.-t 
only of the great mercantile interest, ltut of tho great body 
of intelligent citi»na,in hia resolution to conduct the pub- 
lic buaiuL-sa upon huaiiram principles. 


THE LAND BILL AND THE SCIENTIFIC 

FRONTIER. 

As Lord B BA COX AVI Fiji's manuscripts ami roller! ini»a 
were wold nt auction in lomilon, and at high prices, as me- 
mentoes of a hi rouge- and ivw-t.-irale geoiua, tbo “srietilific 
frontin'* which wua tho object of hlw Aslan policy van- 
i» hod, and at tt-r> same time Mr. t.LAlwToxr.'s Irish Lund 
Hill pasM-d tbo lluirec of Commons virtually without a re- 
curdi-d opposition. Il is singular that the cMwntially mi- 
sulistaulial ami transitory chancier of Lord Bkaixi.sh- 
n ELD’S iiD|*~i„e ptwjeet* hImiiiIiI Ira revpulod wimnltaiwuiss- 
ly with the anreeas of lira simple, liiuimne, and henvfiiN'Ol 
pulley of his political mil. Among (he autogTapb manu- 
script* nt the sale was that of Thr IIW,«u fair a f Ahoy. 
Hut that dream low not left a wrack behind wore- truly 
than lira poliiiml dreams of its author. 

Mr, Parnell altttahied from voting, and there *u no 
stiver*** voto oxeept that of u handful of extreme Tories. 
Lord Baxwmj-m Cm'RctiiU. vainly appealed to Tory panic 
nml terror by a lootiou that the hill was tho fruit of i evo- 
lutionary agilaliuu. and really threatened tho right of laud- 
ed properly ill England, lint for tbo finit tinra the British 
Parliament w-nn to have broken away from every tiling 
hut a drain l« l-aw- an Irish luud bill out upon a tlieon-t- 
kal hilt upon uu actual altuatran, ami to week to do justice 
under eunditnwis which umkc it very dilttriilt to dus-eni 
preeitelv wliat justice requires. 

Mr. OUOmHtK’t mcnsiiTre of practical states mauship 
nrv many. As a progressive and constructive statesman, 
indeed, few of tho fMnums English ministers will surpass 
him. For the great ohjertw of staloasonnship, tbo welfare 
amt peace which s|inng from Jnslitr. none of them are Ini- 
furo him. tiennlur Ib.Alc, in hia late admirable address to 
tho I -aw Schin>! at Ynlc College, quotes Ciccno's famous 
•living. 11 Justice iw itself tbe great standing policy of civil 
society.” Mr. GlAMTOXB has traver forgotten it. Even 
Ire him) will one day honor him m one of lira builders of a 
state. _ 

THE INFERNAL MACHINE. 

If the subject were not altogether too serious for jesting, 
wo should aay that there could nut ho a more HihrrtiUii 
proceeding than to prepare an infernal machine to explode 
three or four thousand inilos away, and then to dispatch it 
to its destination scroao the ocean at tbe risk of Mowing 
up on tho way, ami annihilating Itself uud hundreds of ttl- 
bueent penums. Tliat *ucli an englira of death was pre- 
pare.) in this country, amt sent to England for sonic pur- 
pose, is now known, nnd the English people have heard in 
the strongest way from the American press (lint the affair 
is uniierKstl.v regarded in this country os a frightful abuse 
of the lisapltality tliat we utter to every man in tire world 
U evuleiit, and that there is a UDaniiuuiu feeling that the 
strongest measures shuolil lie taken to preserve tbo lives of 
inneseut passenger* and of those for whom such a blow 
■uay be intended, 

Tire law now forbids the carrying of oitro-glyceriira as 
freight upon any poareugrr steamer under |ranu1ty of a Hire 
upon tbo shipper of not lea* than a rhoiiMand and not more 
thou ten tliiuisand dollars. If it exptisles nnd ocea*ion« 
death, the offense ii manslaughter, and the pnnishiueut im- 
prisonment not less than two years. Hut there is no pro- 
vision for punishing shipment with murderous intent in 
aunt her couulry. 

Tho crime of an aitnlem general assaMi nation or tho risk 
of it nay well hare ewcojmfl tho prescience of tbe IxglsLo- 
ture. Hut when to this euonnity is aibled that of its at- 
tempt w hen active measures are taking for the relief of tbe 
Irish suffering for which tbe assassiniitiou is supposed lobe 
-■nieliow a remedy, tlie complication, except for its huge 
criminality, would Ire utmost nnolcul. Hr.u>-rulde Irish- 
uioii in this country who pnie tho namo and character of 
lliolr native land are profoundly interested in clearing np 
this mystery for the good name of Irelnnd, while all loyal 
Americans must nsk whether the principle of our neutrality 
laws, without touching in the least the right of political 
neylnio, may not Ira extended to cover Ilia overt act* of 
murderous cnoaplraeica. 


THE HUNTER'S POINT NUISANCES AND 
THE LONG ISLAND KAlLItOAD. 

TBnee who hsd the misfortniw to be oMigcd r«, travel on 
lira Long Island Railroad a few years ago Mill retain a v I vid 
recollection of tho risks, horror*, and discomfort of lira trip. 
Tlie paaoengrr-enra were m» slioekly as an old country liearre, 
atol so lilt liy that no decent person could ride in tlo-in with- 
out toss of self-r«w|>oet. Tire nmd-h«xl and rails were ill 
such wretched want nt repair tliat the joy of the jolted, 
bruised, slut buttered |«s»M-ligels v, ho hud tho grewl for tutu, 
to arrlm at tlralr lUsfitiollon withont loo* of life or limb 
was tempered by the diunul thought of going Iraek over tlie 
•aura route. Smie sections were so rough as to give one 
the iuiprewsiori that lie was riding-over a \Vest< in corduroy 
road. Btopimges were frequent to patch up tbo rickety, 
nstliiustic In, ...indices, or to allow cowhtrtom and hrale- 
ineil to " sti.si"’ .dt lira horses and cut tin thut pastured ou 
the graas-gron'ii track. 

Receiver Siiaki-j: began a reformation, which Mr. CottlUN 
has carried on with the spirit of n man who l-elicven that 
rsilromls are ini. -tided for the pul.iic. siol not the public for 
lira railroad-- Tlie road-trad Is iu excelb-ul condition ; tin* 
liraiMii.divss and puawnger-rars are equal to those of olb.-r 
tlrst-c 1oa« roods ; the conductor* uud l-rakeaini are intelti- 
griit. civil, obliging, neat in person and dress, ready to give 
needful iufuruiat-.iiD, and in every way attentive to the 


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comfort an.) safety of passenger*. In short, travel on the 
long lniaiid Railroad lias beeuuie a pleasure instead of a 
misery. 

But there is one sennas draw bock, for which Mr, Corbin 
la in no way responsible. Pawrangcre who take the trains 
at Hunter's 1‘nitit, the womt accerailde stilt ion for up-|o» n 
New- Yorkers, are cumpeHrd to vnituio the horrible, deadly 
stenches that rise from the nnisaiicc* ou Newtown Creek, 
and Hprcud through the air like the noxious fumes af n 
rhurttel-biwire. bl rong men grow faint o.i lira train moves 
through the rontamiimtcd nlmosphere. Not all the per- 
f.iB.e. of Arahy Ilia West eoubl ov.-rriano the*..- fool mluri. 

Ill this maimer tbo repm-lty of a fow oewltby corpora- 
tions is suffered to interfere with Mr.OMmrx'* laiwtaldo at- 
tempt to improve railroad travel ou larag Llsn.L We un- 
derstnud that be bun made, and is still making, strenuous 
efforts to comiN-l the nhnteinent of iIicm iinisuiiccs, which 
have slr.-a.ly l.eeu coiolerairavl l.y lira courts. We also un- 
iterslond that if tlie corporations i-ontiniw to defy aaccwas- 
folly the law uud the will of lira people, it is Mr. frucms-v 
intention to remove lus station from Hunter's Point b. Hay 
Ridge, w here his passenger* will not Ira compelled to Iragiu 
tlieir jounit-y in a state of asphyxia. 

Tin- qoewti.in for tho citizens of New York to decide is, 
Shall lira rmnh-inned m.Uiin. e* or the Long Island RailnxMl 
renmvi- from It u liter’* Point f 

It ill Ikt Uonruor es/sree Air prtn'limalum t 


PERSONA I* 

Tin dsilv psptrs of tho couatry have devoted xn.|dc spice tn.l 
jmtior to ilr n«tuo ry af a oui who ss> one nf ihe csriiest suit 
shiest of the little compter who orgsKind suit brought to it* 
pmetit eahwAsl tlimeiiMaet I he etprvM hi.Miuw in tlie l i.ilwl 
Si sire. We nnd not repost wlisl Om-j hov »> wrtl ersi.l w l.» 
tlu; iiwslilir* which vxm.l.iscl to nrske Mr. Faroo the wo— ful 
l.'i-ioe»* rn»n lie «n». Hut he In. I ..litre characlerhtic-* of ».|oal 
if nn» higher merit, He was noe of tlie inra-t *-, t mint kind- 
hearted of men. Ilia goterodty was proverbial. No man ws" 
more widely orteceac-l sod bekived l.v hit ocightKire, and hy those 
sr bo mere twtt close Ir asstM-ute-l with him socially or ia business. 
While dispvmiag A liberal hospluS.ly, Ira was st lira ssnra Uiira 
perfectly .iiuplc asd ui.u.trwtatluu>. laik-ol, reilum had fmwrad 
hUo on s large and manly M.-ale, an-t tho ul.U-r lie gies, and inoer 
pn»t*-n..|. he imwine, Hie more prfwllj he Are-im-d altsplsd for 
•ri.ve-tfofly triAirapog (lie great enleqirift-S with vhieh list was 
idr-ot ili» ! . sml » liirli Iwar Ids liooore>l name. 

— l>r. Lvov I’utrrlg Idpun Speaker of tlie House of Cm*. 
moils, wtio sails for Nt-w York the Utter part of this month, is 
siitT-tan roin old. and ku teea coaslaatlv is professional or po- 
litic.) i life since be »*» twenty-fowr year* old. lie is pre-rmincmlv 
a arU-anxdc into. Er-.<v. IHLI to IR7I lrawat piineipslti nccnplo I 
lu scionlilie mtlt.-rs by tbe British gorcrnniri.L lit 1H74 Ira was 
I’rv-i.h i.l of thr Civil Sulim Inquiiv ( ummlwloo, *hirh prodinv I 
an eUburatu artwiuo for the tvorcuiiwunn of lira civil sorvov. 
I'or lira lot tL. ik-e9 year* he !.a> Irar* ill I'ArUaio.-nl, mol i.l 
IH73-74 was PuUr. .Alter -Ui»etwl. Pew paLlic nnst la Ko. lin I 
hue Im-su room actlicly, suoreasfuUr, or bunofably sngagod than 
Ur. Plivuui 

—Mr. Wiu.UK J. Fucxsra, who tiai just Ktuntral wilh Mrs. 
Pu.aAW* from a sorovreful ptofi—HHial Uip ohreail, furuielx* W 
the press an inti-rvwlbig aerounl of tbe M topl lB B give* to himself 
sod Mr. J W MackaV, of Ixnvu.ra fame, l.y lira Psqie. It »»< 
quite not of the onliwsry «wn of I top i wu at tho Vatican, tbo 
P- {•• (hatting for s .(waiter of an liuor with Mr, Puraavi v. awl 
enjoying, ss every one dura who knows him, the bright and cheery 
wirings and mom of one of the finest drarutic artist* of lira 
til*-* 

— M Rina* tonwroplate* writing a havtory of the Jew* op to 
the iecon.1 exile, and aa part of ills pn-piritiun for the wurk is 
if-wit u> visit Pslrertioe and I'itmi. 

— Mrs. Kkwa Skeltox, a tK-ueliciary nf the OM Ladies' Home in 
Hostess, b now nearly rera hcailnxl and four tea re old. hlw lus 
seMon left tier iu«> moo *(u- hereon- a ivnletitrian, soil tfc > 
inmalra are M alk.we-t to weary her writs U)h. Her inU-IVct t* 
dear, sod tier body quite stout hl.o ban Iven a great Trailer. 

—The Bishop of Cariwlo recently told a pivwirinewt Eoglirh por. 
trxit painter that be bad hcsnl aomc owe reiuaik that »Wo an 
artist s pielote* cviirra to Ira koked at m filtare centurie*. men 
would say, “ flow han.lsorac oar anecsturs were!" Then sai-l the 
HlahmtM painter to the hlsfcngl, "I mrere t-.u l.oneitlr that l 
have never trt suocoeilod in cuniiulUing to canvas oiKviixlf the 
hoaety whtrii I have seen la aay face tliat 1 have rver painted- ' 
There eta hardly tra a foliar srfc now lodgment of lira power of 
intell.-etnal vtprereiim, 

— The |lam ores lli woxrr Cirarrm will come io lire United Statre, 
it is uid, id th-lnK.T. sownpaniul l.y lu-r liasltand The wader, 
-.tan-ling in [/'<=, km is ihat tdra Ins made an amical.le reltiemenl 
wilh her relative* ronoecomg tbe distritratka of tbe grew* forlmt 
that was left to her conditionally. Latterly she has eotertsinr-i 
in a nu.ee orally fashion than ever before, an-1 she appears to be 
mptvinely isp(.v ia loe married life. 

— Appen ot “ Mart" msr Ira Irileresud to kwoor that M. Ytrww 
MoiT-KoMovr, thr hue eric I o* led piolun-r of t'liampagne, Uft a 
huge furi-cii.-, a geksrou* »hat* uf which hr wilted u> charitaldo 
MUtitminoa. 

— rimator H, II. H«U, of tltoryia, wild lias for some trine enf. 
fered from a dangrowin f.«n uf camwr on lira tongue, has rerently, 
aftrw a o.iitwilstiou of eminent eurgeoss, sul.njittoi to an ester., 
sive opereikm, rrara— itoting the rvrw.ml of Ihe NshliogusI gland 
sir! s portion of tlie under carfare of the tongue. Tlie pixr-pees 
is favorable for a rpetdy rusteraation to health, though thc.e it 
»umc eunrern lost the excision of a |wrt of tlir towgue should af- 
f<«-t nitleuUt>:o, 

— For the first lame In many years a Price* af the- liritnati (liurvli 
has recently m< noisily tl... suvctwlgn of final lliitalo. Oo lira 
14tb of July, the day <m *!u,b hr oue>plet.kl hia raueiiU-third 
vi-ar, t'anlioAl Uavvixo met tin- tju.vn at a ganbn party giren l.y 
lira PriiKW of Wslra, sb>! wav n-marked to Iw one of the most 
nxirtraxudy mnrtii nf tbe brilliant throng, Tlie (itcimi stance is 
slhole-l to by the Iaimli.n pres* i. indirative of that steady growth 
nf public sentiment which inclines to the breaking down of need- 
ins social and religious barriers. 

— Mr. J SDKs Itotin. wbo dkd reoratly in ( Winsiui. wm widely 
known ami respected by financial loco n a l.anhir. and l.y Inv.-r* 
of art as the |h.»Mreor of many film work* in paiottog ami rcolp. 
ton;, lie hail l.«-cn nmiuvied with towdiug I. silking and railroad 
Li.-iiloli .W in \. » tirl-uii*, ill Sew Viral, aud in folia, and was 
• olid not inertly few bum..-* ia|«.:ili, but for the nrlonilv sml 
refinetm-nt of his manners awl lira nm.’tvolaliaus way of hia daily 
life. Not long agis io cnnersaUwa with a friend, he recurki-1: 
" I save been engaged in alimrat oerj hraneh of tsisiures, ami 
mode money until I did not know what to do with It. 1 hove sal 
st the mt.lc with royally, seen every phase of life, trarullnl rh« 
ulrale riiiliu-d glulra, and seen all its art trresrart*, and 1 am 
tired, satiated, and 1 hive come out hire [Chariot] to mb' 1 




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A> niii lion**, sliritmd uil swM by aiany a sliio 


l» ««*», 

U'luw IrtvM wiu, the iMimf tWM are Oollrrlnx 

wwnliy. 

White itsiMns rmta tbr giwnswsnl, a»d gobies hot- 
lan*|w II* 

Vkm ekncr Uoniiu in gienlu( under llir inn 


These sc *ht* in il* dibit and ysMures, sod hotiw- 
Okt un Ihu nine. 

And Many s m*i la tbe trwU>vs, wb*w Ncdljnc* are 
bsnilag lu ting. 

Tfcar»> t ainadaw slope In lb* fiieUosn, whim c-v*s 

are beuastsg all 4 *y. 

And a bruuJt tlioxigti In in tml wild f.tttta ultfrEj 
round n; n* «•}, 

TUiik w| plane mi piliCid lor silent gallery 
wall*. 

Vhn only throrgU yuinlHl alnduwt Win MtllfM 
Uit'llj Lills 

All no I Mr I tint*! in Ik doorway tad Imlit llw 
And hath In lb.* tnrrt sounds <4 Mlsre while stow- 

laj; ibj peciu.r to bit. 


lit U-nuli can Inner In bos oliil bj Inat ul uhuu 
'* BO**. 

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>..jntey. 


sntlful ytcwrs which Nature 
m tlic •aualilnr It scslliat mi 


(Began III llieru'. Vuui Nu. IH VOL XXV.J 

A FIGHT FOR HIM. 

Be V. W. ROBINSON, 

Jkrran w ” C««nM Wnttn.* “ Lrmi Km 


IV.— TUB LAST HKWSmiL 
TlIK next day there nan a frswli surprise 
fur an', li was a uuUI, bleak luurulug: lL« 
•mi was not shining; the at* and sky worn 
gray ami dark, and ominous of angry wea- 
ther; there wan » wailing over tea and 
land aa of tinman Hf« in suffering. "'lien I 
went dnwn tiAire, ninnnw hat earlier than 
iieniil, I saw through the gloss wunlowa of 
I be hail tUat a eluted carnage »iu waiting 
tod lie drive. 

" Wlto it going away to day f" I naked of 
tit* liomwVreprr. 

•• Mint Forsyth." 

" tilling away— awl at onent" 1 said, in 
Miy surprise. 

••let; tbe gam orxlsr* for a carriage to 
be here very rariy tbit awrniug," was the 
reply •' Sim I* determined to go. Mm. Sel- 
cinnim it vuxmi, but can nut jM-nviiaile lier to 
wait rill tlto Ibrennoti.” 

"Aud Mr. Gnrlbonu' 1* 

Ur. U art home waa tlic reaident tnrguuu 
of tbe BMN. 

" He lia* cxprcwdy forbidden it, but it is 
of tie nan. I don't know-, Mitt Douglas, that 
I evtr remember a mom uetf-wHIud young 
lady tliau tbo it. H may bo going to her 
death- -but go aim will.'* 

•• I will tee iMir," 1 tmd. 

“Ob! nit* particularly witbed not to I** 
distressed by any leave-takings, ami said 
that m were nut to — ” 

1 did not wait to hear any more. Nu 
uelf-willed on toy own aerouat. ami resolved 
— even for tvaantit hurd to act down hero - 
to tee her once again. 1 felt I won tbo 
nuit* of her determination to quit the in- 
aiitaUou; that for tome InaiplicaM* roaaoa 
It uua either the or 1 wImi simU luovo Ni-a- 
rlill*. I would atk nu* question, and then 
tell her I » at sorry the w at going away to 
hardily. Strange aa it may seem, 1 did feel 
suddenly ami unaccountably sorry for Ibis 
girl. 

I did not with to nnk permission for an 
interview ; I assumed njm« my old putt- 
tioci ut Iter maid, amt went auddeuly and 
quickly into liie room where the wat titling, 
in tb* tamo chair in which 1 had left her 
lust night, ®ul>- equipped now for ajunrtmj. 
Hbo had been arranging varlont tamll •unit 
uf money from her |MM — f mww for acre, 
ices uf tbe attendants, 1 presumed -but tbe 
started up, and scattered tome uf tbe tiller 
piece* on tbo flour, in her turprisu at my ap- 
pearance. 

•• 1 did not tend fm you ; 1 did uot know 
you were up,” tbe aaliL 

“I thought I wonbl rite curly this morn- 
ing," 1 explained, "anil 1 hear you are go- 
ing to leave ua. May I ask why this l*T” 
••Oh, you may usk,” ebe cried, lapMtMt- 
ly awl rudely. 

" And you will nod ants er me V* 

“ Why uutl’ aim rejoined. " U it not tuf- 
lii-iciit answer that 1 am aiek of tbit place 
briu lily tick of it, and everybody in it — 
that I want to gel away f~ 

“At a great ii.sk to younwlf. leaving that 
unevteiuouioaaly, and on to cold and bleak 
a day." 

“It U only two mi let tu the tlation, ami 
I am not made of hurley -sugar,'* she cried, 
flippantly. 

" You arc not strong." 


“ I am aa strong aa you arc," she retorted. 
“ I cuu gu away ami wake roum fur others, 

If you ran nut," 

*' If I huil gone, tbeis" 1 said, slowly, “ you 
would have renminod f* 

She looked at lue for a moment, then turn- 
ed liable her bead. 

“ 1 1 hi noi n> that. What are your wnt- 
ineuts to umf* 

"Ah! that it what I want tu know, Mias 
Forsyth,'* 1 replied. “ For yew have shown 
great interval Hi iw.liave oflered Die » large 
turn i»f money to depart, tml will withdraw 
youmelf la huttc, and at any personal riak, 
rather than remain here with me.” 

“ You — you must nut apeak iu tbit way," 
abe murmured. 

*• l’anbui nm ; I have uut much tu any , 
ami I will not willingly distn-M yon," I 
tuiil, earnestly ; "but there duet uot teem 
room iu thia vuat eatabliahment for you nod 
me uow.aud for wine niyMerniua rca~ni you 
atv afraid of ulir being hrr* together." 

*• a fra ui r 

“tilve me a fair explanation. MUa Kor- 
an li, why you with me to withdraw, ami I 
will tpim- you tlic riak uf this day’s Jour- 
ney." I culirludwt. 

'• I havu nolhliig to explain.” 

•• You will not tell rue f" 1 urged. 

“ I have iMUhiug to tell,” wat her tvply. 

“ I think you have," I osid. “ Well, hit 
me wl your uilud at cate h.v toying tint 
you rim'd not fear me. that Captain Mao. 
furlatie u red not fear me either, and that 1 
shall suffer uo diatn-as uf miml by meeting 
him agaiu." 

“ You knew be wm here ymterday, tbeu f 
You knew Itf" 

0 Ami if yon are afraid nf bit meeting me,” 
I continued, "pray disabuse your mind uf 
any jeahms fanrtra, and —1*1 tn* go." 

"For my take — you would do tbit now F* 
tbe asked, woiidtriugly. 

"Hardly for any uue'a sake, bat eimply 
for tbe grueml coavanicuBe,” I answtivd, 
curelewtly. “ You atv but strong enough to 
go an«y to-day 

“ 1 will go," slie muttered : “ I have umde 
np my mind. Don't wuieltle mo." 

“Why should tliio fenr — - 
“ I have uot taid I btv* any fear at you," 
sbe cri»d. in grout excll*a»clil . " W by abnnld 
IT All was ovm betw ecu bimaud you long 

H g»r 

•• Yea.” 

“ Then why should I mistrust In In f Why 
should I think for an ititUul that—" 

The dour <i|hiimiI again, and Luke Maefur- 
lann etilerul. It trua u glunt like entrance 
tu ua both, and tcarml ua initially aa a spec- 
tre might have dune. W* ln»ked at him 
for a while. ami lie, tuniiog white na death 
hi tn self, advaneotl toward me with both 
htmla untetretehed, like s man with a claim 
of lot* tu mo yet, autl which he bail a right 
tu assert. 

“Kate! -my own Kate!* hi- exclaimed, 
“am I dreaming f— la It possible it can be 
yon F' 

1 backed from him. I did uot take bis 
hamlH. This waa no friend of mine, 1 thought 
— only n mnn whom 1 had lovi’duucw,*iid Inst. 
Hit very profession of friMidllm-m tllb-d me 
with oliinu even, ) did uot nndersUuil it. 

“Mis* Forayth— the — " I liegan, am] bo 

cried, impatiently : 

" Y'ea, yes, she ban found you, anil I will 
thank her presently- Hat now let me tliiuk 
of you — let me tell you how lung I burn 
ort n licd sud prayed fur tucb a meeting us 
Ulis.” 

" You— you did not know 1 waa here P I 

cried. 

'• Xa 1—1 was afraid you were <loa<t. 
Sltite my ivtuni from India I liave boon 
seeking for you every day. Kate, am I not 
forgi ven, tbeu V ho exclaimed. "Will you 
not alluw me to explain even now f Lydia, 
pray intercede for me — tell her all I bare 
so lie red by my cruel baste.” 

Waa 1 in it dream — and wat this Lake 
Miicfurlauef 1 looked ft mm him, so l>rav* 
and lianslnnnw, ami ao little changed, to lliw 
Fulwyth uciwering in tbe chair with her face 
averted from nt both. 1 iH'gau to nee my 
way. Through the murky durknent of the 
myatcry a glimmer of the daw n was piercing. 

“ Leave at, ploam, Luke,* I taid to bitu, 
“ for a few momenta, whlltt alie explains it 
all." 

" I will wait in the g-rden. Yua will cuuto 
tu me tiMWi -pray do," he taiil. 

As the dour closed npin biui I turned at 
MIN to her. 1 stood before her as tbe mi*, 
tret* uf Ibo piM.li loci— I tb* viv Curious, aixl 
she the TaiMpibtliml woman. 

"Y'on are Mir rugoged to Luke Maefar- 
luue," 1 exclaimed. 

"1 am not," she murmured, *• Don't tell 
him I mid I wat, Ob, don't tell him that!” 
“ You have never been Migsgvd to him f” 
“ Mover," die answered. “ Spare me to 
him; aavo my *elf-rra|ieet a little. I have 
been very wrong. Ok. don't tell him!" 

“ Ami why f" I asked. 

“ 1 have loved him very much ; I have 
loved him desperately, and ho ha* lliought 


ioe to good mid kind a woman,''' die eon- 
fi-sord. "1 hoped be would fake tu mo in 
linie, when he hail quite forgutteu you. I 
prayed night after night that you amt ha 
wuiild never ous t agaiu — that lie would 
never find you." 

" He bus l*m searebing fur me. tbeu T" 

** Ever tinre bit return from India, where 
lie u at ti-li-giupUml by the sudden illaoaa of 
hit futber." 

“ Ileocu hi* silence." 

I wiis vommiBHoucd to explain all to 
you — preareitly to search for you- Hu 
thought lie ecuild trust ilia and my rnolher. 
He knew no! Ling he knows nothing— of 
my love far him. He will never know it 
now but for you.” sire said ; "and if you will 
heap a pour nrak woman's secret, I skull ho 
very grate fnl." 

" Yun would uot hare tptrvd me.” I an- 
swered. “ Y'ou never came to me. You were 
lining tWIJ bal bt ami 1 tlu.iihl BMC Yon 
knew be lovisl me tnll.aiul guested my heart 
Wat broken by wliat tei-un-d to me bit cold 
iudiflen'nre: you would have let mu die.” 
“I loved him." 

“ Ami hated me." 

“ I'oor w Oman.” I taid, “ leum to bule me 
no longer. He shall uot know tbe truth of 
this." 

She wired my hand before I uua aware, 
and raised it tu her lipt. 

- God bints you !" tin- said. “Hut you may 
tell him prewutly. When I am dead, I 
should like him tu know Imw in mb I loved 
him. Hut iwt U lkuv, |mt tie tboald despise 
iu* for my eumily to you." 

*• U the enmity at un end T" 

“It bus been a lutler struggle between 
us," the murmured. 

“ An unfair light, for I was deleiiH* lew." 

Yet you bail right lighting on your tiilo 
agaiiwt me," the uutwered. with a sigh. 
“And- 1 was maliriuiin and bad. Forgive 
me if you can in ttew.” 

- Ami why dul you cum* here after ms r 
“ 1 was ill myself, and it was a fair ex- 

cute.” she nil ill. “ I had trucked yon out, 
ami lb* thought occurred to me to fnee you. 
I hail a bop* that I should hear j oil say yon 
hail forgotten him. and be wat tmlliiMg tu 
you. Then I could bare gone hack happier 
in my mind, and waited for hit coming." 

“ How long ha* be becu iu Eiiglaud f* 

“A week." 

" Ah, Lnk*, I have Judged you very liatti- 
ly," I luiinunrixl to myself. 

-‘Go to him," sbe slid; -■ he it waiting 
fur yua." 

“Yet. I will go now,” I replied. “And 
yon will remain liorer' 

“ Of court*, of coarse," tlv* mid. “ De- 
spite of my iiluxis, yua a ml be have met. II 
is like fate." 

As 1 went out of the door, the looked tu- 
wsnl tite with the old piteous look. 

•• YoM wvli spare wy "Uintn'i |>ride T" the 
mid Ngsiii. 

" I will,” was my answer lawk. 

I went out to tuy old lover, tu hear bin 
story und relate tuy own a tad story of 
BiiiKiiiK’eplimis, hasty wunli,aiid quick re- 
pentance, the record uf a luvere’ quarrel lott- 
ing t vi u lung yticx Hu Nadar w»n bm 
care tu ltear its detatla at ths oJuveutb 
hour like this; he will take tuy nurd for it, 
mid leave me happy with tbe man to light- 
ly sket rlied forth here. 

Tbit In Uni history of two Women who 
fought for biui, and Luk* Mac fxrlttie is tiai- 
ply a nbadow tu every inn- but me. Like a 
tlnuluw bo paused, too, Irum tb* life of Lydia 
Forty tli. and the stir him uot again. 

»he hod left the Home ut tsraclilfo when 
w* weut back to her room. At tbn lust tbo 
fruml to meet him, or tu trust to my wont, 
or to vi 1 1 new dial happy era of rec-'iivciha- 
• i"« whleh tb* had ttrlveu bald to thwart. 
Hut, poor woman, sho had loved this Lake 
of mine, ami— unlike a wutnati, p*rhu]» 1 
could forgive her lor it. 


THE THOUSAND ISLANDS. 

TUB diaoove.ry uf the lieaittifill archipel- 
ago called tb* Thousand Islands, aa far an 
tbe cottager it cotn-erued, it of very re- 
cent oeoitneuee. Ten years ago hut cm* 
lmlel uf any uot* gave the ebiuice tourist or 
llnlierman a welcooie, ami Ibis bouse— the 
old Crousmou — hUmnI at Alexnmlriu Hay. 
When, iu ths bright of tb* whI-mumou. the 
hotel oveiflnwcl, gursta were “coluuited” 
among the vlllagere, and lutay a tale of 
nleeplets niglittou noril-hlink beds ootlld It? 
lulal. undouhtcdly, by old habltufa of Uie 
it! mills. 

When Sir. o. o. Mxi'ui, nu enterprising 
citicen uf Watertuwn, began to blast our. 
th« ruck whereon to build the present 
Tbuimaud IsUud House, a new era dawned 
upon the region. A new house, targe and 
tuwloru In style, also look the place of tlic 
original, aud time the completion of the 
two botcU, each year haa wiUictuud u regu- 


lar in c ream! of visitation over the preceding 

Tired lurrchaaU, brain - weary autbon, 
and ilebllltated prnfcmli.utl men rain* Imre 
at flr>t to eitjoy a " tran l" for die pickerel 
and mask allonge; then they rcturacd with 
tlarir families; ami Anally, having vntit|>ed 
or dined upotiMMu* pretty islet ur licmllaiHl, 
tliey have boon worn by die oalltMik, and set 
up their cottages, more or 1cm artiutu ; unit 
now llwwo pretty Minmvrr Inline*. ]u-cping 
nut fiotn I heir ltalf-«»iir*aluie«l among the 
pliini, are ini|HWtaut factor* In tbo laud- 
scope. Aud islands are at titeh a prcmiiiiii 
f»r hailding purpose* that n few week* ago 
the «arly Voyager might bar* seen a fleet 
of barge* busily engaged in bringing sloiie 
and cal tii from a point m-vc-ml miles distant 
for tbe arliflrtul extension of a Ivaro ruck 
heretofore vvurt bleat, bat upon which a ten- 
thiviiHaud- dollar villa is nun receiviug it* 
Auiabing tuuc he*. 

Hie anrecM of Ocpuii Grove, N«w Jersey, 
and the (.'bnalauqnn enterprise, lias prompt- 
ed like underiahiligt aiming the Thousand 
Inland*, and drmimiiialliMial nuruaieriug 
cxnnuuiuitius have giuwu tu latg* pru|H>r- 
**“— 

At Itouml Inland, distant two miles from 
Cl nylon. New York, tb* railway teriuinus, 
tin; Uuptist* have crectnl a large and im- 
iwsiug hotel, and the woodland* fringing 
the rocky tutrgiu nlivudj contain many oot- 
tngi't, (inn uf tlien*, railed “Nuns Auiscl," «*- 
|*n-iully strui-k our arti*t't fancy. The bl- 
and t* about one bundled and fifty itc-rea in 
extent. The entire area but lwun plotted 
into building lot*, winding drive*, and law ns. 

Thousand Island Park, projected by tbn 
MnlhiHlIstN, it locutod upon the upper cad 
uf Wells Island, sonic three mile* down 
stream from Itouml Island. A* yet no ho- 
tel for grin-nil travel hat been built here, 
but It in tb* iutontiun to erect one befur* 
Mtxt antson. Tlmii' U, however, quit* a 
town uf private cottage*, ball*, pa villous, 
and the usual woemonr* of external r* paca|i- 
meeling placet among the Ireco. Sunday- 
•choul, lesii|H'ranr*, ami educational itinveu- 
tiunt oei'iil Imre during tlic summer. 

At tbn luwer ax trims* of Walla Island, 
which is nine mibw in length, tml uppusttu 
Alexandria Iki.v, Westminster Park has lieeu 
laid out by the Presbyterians. Tb* tower 
of Its i-h*p*l upon Mount Beulah it the Burnt 
protniDClit object nguiutt the sunset sky. 

Prospect Park, two imlen shorn Clayton, 
embraces two rounded headlands, from ci- 
ther uf which n superb view of the river 
and islands may be enjoyed. This «uter- 
pris* U now and undenominational, Wing 
■utnaged by ciiiicns of Clayton. A broml 
and pebbly beach, unusual upon tbe river, 
where the rocks nearly alwnysdip Into ilocp 
water, is a feature of lYutpect Park, and 
here nit* may rest Idly among tb* wood- 
lands, and listen to thut sweetest form of 
unt lire's music, the plash of spent wavelet* 
upon a crescent strand. 

The Thousand Islands were evidently ao 
mimed before nuybmty look the trouble to 
count them, us they hare beau officially pro- 
claimed to number one tliouund six hitu- 
diwd au.1 Hhiety-two. This number, li may 
be asHumrd, includes many that are uJumls 
only at low water. Tim many channel* 
winding among this great arehl|M'Ugu gin. 
an infinite variety of expedition* for viaitora 
wlto are iiH-liuod to become cxpbirvrs. It 
1* a favorite Imast, indeed, among the boat- 
nieu that tl»* same guest may l» taken 
through iliflrrelit anelwa every dav dunng a 
"hoi* season in their light and graceful 
craft. Any description of tin Islands would 
lie iocumplei* that failed tu give dnnafteu- 
tiiui to that uwfnl anil original gnulus, tbo 
onrsman. He is tbo counterpart of the act- 
ive hsHnw of th« |M.rt of Hiivuqb, a nsrt of 
rnsrlnu mntiibu* man, though he is at pla- 
cid a* his tropical prototype is noisy and 
ilciuoiiatratni', for be well knows that his 
“ calling and doctluii," mm far m boating is 
coBocrued, at least, is Mire fur every day 
during the summer, lli* Imst, too, is us 
light and airy os that of the Cuban is heavy 
ami tub-like. 

There is a speeial grace iu every curve 
ami angle »t»ml n Nt. Lawrence bshiug-skiC 
Ex|wrt biiibb'ts are busy all winter upon 
new IhuiIs for the regular iHxilinea or fur 
tbo iaUiwleTs, and many are sent to other 
waters from Alexandria Hay. Where else, 
indeed, la tbe amateur uuv igatur made so 
entirely comfortable as beroT Who hat a 
Nt. Lawrence genius ever conceived the idea 
of sawing off the legs from an arm-chair, 
anti netting it up iu the stern of a bout, 
cunIi huied and tempting! 

It is wbeu dii>iM<r-time cmduw, hooever, 
tbal your (Mramau'a greabwt tal«n* thine* 
out nwpreuiely. H* kixiwn a t limiMStul uiwkf, 
Kbadiul ilnuply by hemlock boagfal, wbous 
sbowere of needles have made a smooth and 
pretty caiJM't over the naosa and nick*, aid 
where rustic tables he has built there l>Mg 
ago stand waiting. Your boat hat hardly 
touched the crescent landing of soot* lily- 
choked cove before his preparations ate 


AUGUST 18. 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


551 


under war. Tbc hamper la taken aahorv, 
uususpccted cofNifOta, aagar-cana. pickles, 
•oil other " likin’*' spring from convenient 
places of .»Hi|.-*tu«..l* arlw, au.l a 

snow j cloth flaps from (tin weather-beaten 
t«bb.. 

Of rouru yon have .-might name fish, not 
the little troublesome pan variety, lint big 
and succulent pickerel, whereof the capture 
tragic* the nerves of memory li> this very 
day. nieoeatwoleiMied, mnsketj, aud salted. 
Tb. il they are eaten. 

Let im envy the camper*, for Mich hi their 
daily lot, aud their mimU r is legion. Hmall 
white Tillages are retire ted iu tbc smooth 
waters from eTerjr coign of vantage, a oil 
through tbc summer tbc evening* are aglow 
with their little lire* that gleuni in lung 
and Aiful shaft* arrows the tide. 

The fiirilltlea for arcs* to or egress from 
tbs TIimmiuI Ulnri.U have been greatly re- 
enforced during the present season. 

The New-Yorker may now leave Gotham 
by sleeper up I he Hudson, and v ilk the Utica 
and Black Kivvr K-ailroad, renrhitiK Clayton 
in llnis b> break fast ansi to ralrli the ni»m- 
Ing ktuumrr dm* n tbn rtvrt ; or, by a bnw 
arrangement, be may leave IS.ittalo nr Ni- 
agivra Falls iu the evening upon a steam- 
boat express, passing over the division of 
tlie lb one, Watertown, nnd Ogdetisburg 
Uallnasil skirling tlm New York shore of 
Inike Ontario, and uni t tbn n*w lino Mes tit- 
er A'orArmy at Caps Vincent early in the 
rooming, breakfasting on Gourd. 

It shnnld be stated, too, that passenger* 
■p the Hudson by the night IkmU, or visit- 
ors at Saratoga, may reach the Ht. Lawrence 
at Clayton by tbn daylight train over Hie 
brut-named route in time to Juin frioiul* at 
•upper at any landing-point among live ini- 

awls. 

Two steamers, the Rotk**aii nnd Prim re Ar- 
thur, operated by a recently formed Amer- 
ican company, now ply regularly between 
Capo Vincent and Montreal. Tbn finit- 
o siued ia a very large bout, itepoclally de- 
signed for daylight travel, and cun nut pose 
down (he rapids above Montreal and return 
through the canal. A transfer of purer n- 
gves in tlx-rnfnre made at Dickinson's Laud- 
ing, below the islands. 


to Ik-, made no doubt a tolerable tigure aa a 1 
country gentleman. 

A at ill more striking case happened with- 
in Biy own knowledge, where n man of this 
kind tCMik a fnniulird b«nla« ill Berkshire 
for a year, mumod hi* daughter from It, sold 
a hay-rick belonging to th« proprietor, and 
levanted iu the eleventh month without 
paying a halfpenny. For all that time the 
tradmiuou iu the Deighl-orbood supplied all 
his want* without inquiry. And yet they 
suy England la net tbo country for a poor 

t'.wiiwinnioatiou by railway has now been 
re-e »1 *1.1 ished, even between the roost nerv- 
ous people, by the apprehension of Mr. Le- 
fnsy. It soetiM to have been snp|»wd that 
having anew tasted of the sweets of a hand- 
to-hand conflict Iu a railway carriage, iu 
which lie won very muMly worsted, and out 
of whirl* he cleared rather less than three 
sovereigns, and a watch tlut be dared not 
dispose of, thin individual would pursue that 
siccupatlcui as his prefesskm. Fur niy part, 

1 helium tits (ci.il Its linv.t I wen Uni dinconr- 
uging to admit of luiltutioii, aud that rail- 
way travelling will bo safer than ever. In 
these days of burlesque there is no subject, 
alas I so tragic hat it mlmits of a joke, and it 
ia cnrtvntly repotted that lbs London ami 
Brighton shares have gone up, because 
••Gold 1 * bas boon fooDil Iu the Uii.o.il. 

By- the- bye, I can not help .pint tug a moat 
rharming specimen of the pcony-a-liti* style 
of literature from one of the narratives of 
tbs Lefrey case: “Iu tlw presence of situ ti- 
ger* bs [Lefrey] was ptdfeJjad and tMfMt- 
lul, and Ins general lauartug was such aa t« 
produce a favorable impression. It may Il- 
lustrate what ia here said to mention that 
some time ago, when the preen t writer 
showed the MS, of a small work he had com- 
pored to Lefrey, ha naked to tin allowed to 
rend it, arid then coolly prove.', tid to tiego- 
tiato far the doenrorut, and tin* cm. Kurt, 
savu tho actual legal formalities, was ull 
bat completed. Furluiiately tho klK waa 
recovered,” K- Ki Mhl of Lontiou. 


I ever, that Mr. IVail.-v will k< smnwed ia this 
I line uf experiment so far u ui produce a reg*- 
table which shall ouatnia the Aston of all tbs 
others In arasoo, so that the dismayed splint* 
•hall And before aim half a dou-n dlnkm mo- 
l dotard inu*, for hkttaorc, a tureiipcabbag(--pani- 
: oipuuhm-mpuwh llstire.1 poUlu. 

While a cod-fish produces 8, fiHrt, 700 eggs, a 
rose It erel 1st* ca.lv tr.t.NGO , but if a mackerel 
would derate less of iu energy to the prraeaa id 
becoming sally, perhaps It would thee to aid* In 
bring forth as many vgg» u the more product* c* 


WAIFS AND STRAY a 

Titrj* hare been brirk political times in the 
Cherokee Nat ion. The election of district officers 
and Representatives to the National t'cmscil via 
held urn August 8, in aeoordawee » ith the ptoda- 
anlion of the priiKi|ial chief, D. W, ll.idiyhead, 
which ret forth that the election rourt be com 
drated “ according to Uw, anil not otherwise." 
The f ’Aroilrr Aihomlt, printed partly In English 
and pwttly with ibeiptrrr-kaoklng types U>vrui>-J 
to til the Cherokee Language, called in tbn >f- 
pravod manner upon all iu*S nxmlitr* of tho Na- 
Uiu over eighteen tears of age to do (lair duty 
■t tho poll*. Thu muiiu p»|wv printed list* of 
i-oa.ii.Ut>-. in the viri.mi di.lri.-1s, Mill three Iii4» 
►!«.» an knerwalfog mn.itluag of nniinary uases 
with t lure* which to Ki-L.ro .«» would »,cm ex- 
trsoniinary. Tim* t’offey HUck Biwl waa a ran- 
ili.hu* for flixtrkt Judge, and imi tire Mine ticket 
Young Duck was running fee Councillor. Two 
ti-vlBea on the opposing ticket were Ger-ter-uer 
\'ann aid Te-ke-t»be-le, candidsU-s fur Council- 
lor and Rcprascutal-ie to tbc G rvi»l Council r«- 
ifiectively. In sm-xher district Kev Kw Gunter 
ran far Sheet IT, Cl.ce Cbte was a aui.Ulai* fur 
Um- Sot.aU-, and tliu cumus of Creak Suu and Hof. 
Start ssoui Oigilhur a« coadblaU* tor tba Cu.m 
til. Tho |irtoci|di. uf haul wlf-corarotuniil aoems 
l<i bf in favor there, for tli* name* of randi'bitr* 
for llie National Council are at the foot of the 
printed ticket*. tllUM of all Urn local candidates 
preceding them. 


him Uke tlie train when ha started for the Chi- 
cwgvi Cunvretioo. yeljied joyfully at the Girti.-l l 
brune in Washington when the nomiaatian was 
■bide, rape red in front of the door after the elec- 
tion, and with a son of diipaity of stride followed 
the Prenrientul rnrrhige in the inauguration pu- 
radc, vent to the While Boose the other dit. and 
■[Mat some two hours on the grounds. Uc was 
proTuhal with a uuwl to which no deg could hate 
takuu sxurptiou. 

TV-e »li*riff of tehannn. Indkos. rrvlrtit’r does 
uc* believe In mw d rri wg the people's Iwoer, 
Two men oonvirtaf of borsc-stealit>< were pot 
in his rare to be 4r5v«re<l at the State -prawn in 
Mkhigaa City. Dretniog it unaeces-ary to pay 
three faros, lie burdcufled the convicts together, 
[Hit item aboard the train, and forwarded tbs 
bioii-ifl key by express to the warden of tie 
prison. They arrived promptly, and were locked 
up for Are years. The nauiurtor of the train 
uxphilaed this rircutustanec by airing that the 
crairtcts showetl nu disposition to recapu, and as 
they had money with width to pay their way, ba 
ixaiid not put tiieu off tin. train. 

“ How do you suppose a man ran go on preach- 
ing when yon inner him ia this way ?" was tlie 
tint uiirrsvimilde >ptat»:A which a preacher to 
Llhs Countv, Tens, put to his eongrcgslion when 
a pub was shot in chunk, at the morn, tig survive. 
Causing a tuuiun.1, he added, ** 1 must LbslsA that 
ibtra lie in i further IcWfrtipiious." 

An old soldier in Nashua, New Hampshire, 
thrust his leg between the rpok.-s of a carvi-rco 
wheel, aa.1 brought ■ runaway horse up with a 
jerk. It waa a wooden leg. 

A writer In Kt. Louis profmte* the laying, un/lrr 
t-iiu-rumenc auspices, of a t.-l.-granhc cable aareg 
Um lad of the Misti»ipp« River from flL F*wl to 
New Orlutos, some two ih»a.-wzd miles, f-ueh a 
lutde, he oats, “ would be tike the great nerve la 
thu aplaul (obtain . it would iptcheii eotutnerew, 
■ml units, thu comait-rtiAl Intevesu of thu wbulw 
valley." Tho s>-l..-nK, Is further rlakormtnl tiy 
thu suggiwLiun that in time It wouU |.n.UMv 
In- prartiratil* to light tho river at every landing 
l.y n wails ul at. sliwirle current sunt akty esna of 
tbrrabb'n wires, thus making It easy to increwM 
the »pwd of steam boats, and l.ositiiig tba riaka 
to Iw cuivrel by Innuratno. " With a nhltv’ ba 
■tyt, " conlinusUv tnumu.iuiliK the kaatioa of 
the fl.wtiwg conitienv, and night turtrel lain day 
l.v ehKtricily, the faroralde n-nlla tu river tnule 
could nut evco be coojectartd." 

A writer, npatutlug upon tbr running ablli- 
lii*. of lb* bend of wild Southern hogs.aatw dial 
he unev sawr on* krwp up with a railway train fra 
ale.ut a .juarter uf a mile, and then, gathering 
biautff fra an iffutt, dart past the bice, mo ties, 
aerms the track, and intu the wcasln with a u ( u.«t 
of triurapli. He sum* uj. in three word* : “ PmK. 
ably, neat to the carrier -pigiraw, the --bi.ithera 
wild hog la the swiftest Idnl in the world." 

An innkeeper la Wytherillc, Virginia, lari 
claim to tb« diatinelloQ of presiding over “tin. 
only MHutid-class hotel la the world.** 

Cond-votoe* on tlie New York Central Railrra-I 
ore bitterly ramplainiag of overwork put upon 
them by the managrroent, they aalrtr..-, out of roo- 
a lderat*wis of ere (com r in iDJDty aud time. The 
t. iiica lltru/J Mtirixes the present system by rar- 
ing thst a plan la voder consideration wherebr 
thw tram i-inployha* metis are to be roodensed 
iuta the form of cartridges, and fired into the 
o(WU luoutba of huEgrv euoduclor* and others *• 
they rash [mat (Jui lunch eouuura. 


and arena on the squirrels. A Chrsuu | Nevada! 
paper says that tb* latter arc seoreidy .wit of their 
lii.liM for se, airing hefrau tbry are attarknl, and 
usuaSy vaii.|Ux>l.isl, by the t.inK It i* said tlut ' 
» single IMM i* Um inrali for a w^uirrvl, list 
that tin; wrens Kara to make their attacks by , 
in .wiler to be auoremful. The aquirrel* 
sram to lie at [Koor with sli the reel of the fra 
tlierrd tribe. 


A wi.le fwhl fur sprcuUtioa «s to the pos-dbil- 
iiies of gxrdrnMis w opened by the announce- 
ment that Mr. Jne Bea-lev, of Georgia, has suc- 
re cried in raising lem.Ki Atrun.-3 watcr-suelooa by 
making an Indsaoa in the melon vine natr its 
rout, u>i binding cm a lemon. Thera ia appeo- 
p-riaU-nras ia tilts result, since melon and lemon 
ato perfect anagranu. It la to be hoped, huw- 


Osll it bribery, or expense*, or wliat not wilt, 
the co-t of beoKning a memlH r of Parliament U 
frightful to reotcmplste. Mr I’oartory, a mnw- 
Ikv of the flretse. and one of the trader writers 
of the Lxrriun 71<rew, hn beea rempuiing the 
cost of the last general election, with the follow- 
lug M-salLr : The coat for the City of Lmdoo wss 
IT.VUOi Grrcnakh, ovre |-jii.isai; Pootkwark, 
$15, Oslo ; South Essex, |IOU,fNN>; Middle let. 

; Yraaslure, over $2frO,i«i»>; fSarhaui, 
$S8O,0OU (on* rwmbdtlc paid $rrJ,l*>'l ; Moot- 
gi n ner y shire, $ Hsi.isst. Hare Is ffTilUCl among 
•.. 111 * half .linen cufutilarociiw, aft.ir all the r. . 
forms of tire |«>t fifty year*! And Mr. Cbiux- 
Dty remarks that unfortuiiatily U ha* Ixusbe 
I too e video! that ia away ra*» the oRliwti return 
! of cspecviiriira reprusuka bat a pertwa uf it. 



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HARPERS WEEKLY. 


AUGUST IS, 1881. 


554 


A husbands lecture. 

“ dear,” said the young bu«*>»od, “ do not 

For Jutt a simple to* -rap: do ■«* * c ' gM 
As i( ili« cap were PS“W 
Dupar ran make another like the •*«— 

Al luui, to I've Ixtn *°“- 

" Briteve me. dear, that nothing h» th“ Ufa 
It wurth tour fretting fur. I* »» > do— 
ua of the happy W 

Who do not wear dimuim away la strife : 
Ba calm — at I da-'“ 

The placid rotator Moral NNmS •'** 

Hit pat aquarium, wawhing U» 

hi> calm anil mid of ttrife 
(Tho husband's hol-tiv often it a bore, 

E'en to a loving wife). 

Ju»t than a foounxn entered with * 

And turning quickly, the aqaarlnm fell. 

Ah mo ! how shall I tail 
iluw the fierce matter Die poof <"h ,ril *»“gh». 
Aod how he palled due btU, 

And iallid the man and imids, anil Urged the 
ilaar, 

fretted and fumed in paMlcoale regret. 

And how hit feet got wet. 

And how the hand* me rarpet no the floor 
Waa ruined by bla petf 

Meanwhile the wifn, serein- and calm and ttlll, 
Sat smiling in her chair. “ My dotf. 1 * aha aalil, 
“Where u your natiemw thd? 

You should control ymirtelf. Theta la M 111 
Worth fretting for, Do aa 1 do, intuwd," 

So anaarer then. The wreck waa all removed. 
Tin® came thin frank euofossise : “ Lucy ilrar, 
I have btro wrong. I f«ar; 

My poor lip patience it hired reproved." 

Then the drew kindly near. 

And whispered rowictbillg— vrhlt, • r « n n,| t tell; 
that aver dace, the wife'* email tiuublta find 
A sympathetic mod. 


DEATH AND HUNTER'S POINT. 

Helmut’s TOOT hae beOSUUO a centre of 
terror and dragnet to the people of New 
York. For many years It hit* breathed out 
offensive raises such aa were never tolerated 
in any Christian land. They nre homo in 
heavy v»|M>r» across the river by the en*t 
wind; they aetlle in cubits over the KnuDtl 
and the islands. They cover all h their mi- 
uamntic exhalations the crowded tencniwnt- 
hoiisea along Avenues H and C\ and proa* 
onwanl until they make Madison and Fifth 
aven lira unfit for human residences. Dur- 
ing the past winter peretum living near 
Fiflli A Venn* were driven frinu their homro 
l»y these tioxLnua rtuiorw. In the rammer 
they bccruiMi atill mure rations Mid offensive. 
They expel met. from their rooms ; they half 
slide women, children, unit thv alck. Along 
the fine bouses o«t Thirty-fourth Street there 
can las no pears for tliwe odors. They reach 
sometime* np t« Harleoi, und even to the 
west side of lit* town. Happy the city «f 
New York when the west wind blow a. and 
tb« fume* of Hunter's Point ate dissemi- 
nated over Brooklyn and long Island. Al- 
ituist nny other wind la fatal to it. Gaat, 
south, or north, the smoke of the factories 
of soup, glim, niul varnish, the scent of the 
fertilizers uumI* of decayed fish. Ill* heavy ( 
altuespItSM of petroleum, l lie thick fume* 
of ammonia and various unknown com- 
pounds, fall upon tl»" helpless citizens. 
They have no remedy. Bouwiiuwa the vile 

it comes in tho night with a cluing* of 

wind, and the sleeper awakes |o find lilro- 
aelf hnlf choked and hreathlro*; sometimes 
the sickly oiler hangs all day over the cast 
siil* ; it is always ready to spring upon ns. 
No other city would tolerate fur a moment 
•m il a scourge, and nowhere are health and 
esse »o fatally neglected a* lit ear misgov- 
erned community. 

Hunter’s Point, rations for its smells, pro- 
jects into Iti" East River in the midst of 
marshes. Around, the Inml ia low, and the 
tide one* floured over it. Newtown Creek, 
with It* various branches, HUM through the 
meadows. It is u railroad centre. Here the 
Long Island Railroad and the Woodliavrit 
and Kockawny draw in their crowds, who 
press through tbs noxintfes inliire to the sen. 
Buck over the flat, unhealthy uniadon *, in al- 
most a straight Hue, runs a street nl Irond of 
pociilisr character to the gates of Calvary 
Cemetery. The avenue that leasts to the 
cemetery, the scene of an almost endless sik- 
cewlon "of funerals, Is left u lira roil fur, and 
roughly laid out. Tlic railway Anally ends 
■n a single track; the care arc rude os an 
Irish ysautiug-rar; the conductor boards 
t bem as they pan*, and levies the fare. Bat 
for III* visitor who wishes to explore the 
aoitruu of the Hauler's Point odor*, this rod* 
rall-var is the safest eon ley unco. II* will 
lie astiMimled at tho sight of the number and 
variety of tba nuisances. They line New- 
town Creek n* far n* the eye can reach. 
The black foul stream that flow* under 
bridge* and along meadow «, dark a* Mty x, 
and more duiigeroos. brings down the ref toe 
of all tb« wont kind of factories. It in a 


enrino* ai'Bt of miasma and disease. The 
creek since is sufficient to jsiison the air of 
the beautiful environs of Brooklyn, und "Mid 
ita maluria iutc the heart of New York. 
Some means must b« found to caver it uud 
convert it into a sower. lit its present con- 
dition It la a source of disease and death, 

A* yon tattle OU over the pecnlisr rail- 
way tint runs parallel with tb* crash, even 
alionld tho west wind Mon, you become 
sensihlo of the fonllMMS of the air. Tall 
chimneys rise along the stream, puffing out 
cloud* of black smoke thut desceoils anil 
half stifles tho visitor, Here a Hiic<*«*i»n of 
petroleum works give out (heir oppwasiv* 
odors; the sickly Mils'll of tit* factory of 
fertilizer* Irecotnescoiispicunm; the maunre 
heap* that hue the banks of the stream, tbo 
glue uud varnish factories, the imuimemlde 
oil-works and oilier offensive pursuits that 
till the neigh Iwtbond, mhiii show wlrenco 
com* the dangerous gases that are boras 
over the river I* tb* Uucmeut-lMinses and 
palace* of New York. No one who takes 
this rule along Newtown Creek can doubt 
that lie has found their chief source. II mit- 
er's Foiut oonvicta I Usdf ; No w to u it Creek 
has only to ba seen to he KuwleuiciL.il. Lost 
weak our artist gave vivid sketches of Ih* 
pra n lUr scenery of the noxious region. It in 
u senes of chimney * pouring out their gases, 
nud tile river rending Up it* awful lium-s. 
The visitor I* soon steeped iu the auuimui- 
scat atmosphere, mid the poisonous fog is 
just ready to lie blown over into the sleep- 
iug-npurtmrnt* of the city. The picture of 
the witches mixing thrir deadly draughts, 
iu onr present Uaue, re-presmits forcibly the 
spirit of the scene. But no pencil nur pen 
can giv* any Juvt conception of the reality. 
Tim flat still fetid morshe*. tbo black stream 
slowly creeping to the shore, the noisome 
smoke, the crowd of noxious employ nseuts 
that have fixed their scat for mite.* along 
Newtown Creek. should be weu and studied 
by alt friends of sanitary reform. 

The Hunter's Point nulaanoo# have krau 
known uud felt and liutcd for many year*. 
The whole eastern shl* of the city has con- 
stantly rem-mst rated and complained, The 
city Board of Health lias very laudably en- 
deavored to remove them. The State Bourd 
of Health bus ordered their abatement- Tbo 
Governor of the -State lius issued hi* pcocta- 
uiatiiHi against them. But they still stand, 
almost as dangerous and odious as ever. 
Homo improvement has liceu liluwle In Oil* or 
two of the oil works almvs til* ferry. Pos- 
sibly spine greater care may he exereiseil iu 
other factories not to outrngn the public 
aensr. But tbo tnujnrily of tliem still defy 
tit* law, aod oonluniiiiat* the air, earth, wa- 
ter as if there were no law. For more Ilian 
ton years tho people of New York have sub- 
mitted to tliu fearful plague, have breathed 
the poisonous air scut them over tho river 
rnim Ilnur it's Point, have lived in perpet- 
ual discomfort. mi d siioietiniessiiiik in death 
White lire pestilential fumes of their enemy. 
The effect of hud air and fool odor* is first 
shown mining tb* weak. Tho tick, iu their 
hot rooms, pine ami perish Nader their bale- 
ful brent U. Children grow pale and lan- 
guish ; the mother sees Mt bslm sicken amt 
die in her arms, ami feels that It la the foul 
air thut has stifled it. The rich may clcwc 
their dwelHngs and tier from the threatening 
plague, but for the poor in tbeeast side teue- 
ment-liLiusc* there is uo iwcajm from three 
odious vspore H is tli* working clsjwn* 
who ore mast Interested iu removing them. 
But year by year tliey grow iu virulence, 
und are atrcngtbeiwd by neglect. The foul 
fortunes redoubt* their activity, III* rrrek 
grows darker and viler, end Ikralb aims tils 
deadliest shafts from Hautcr's Point at tbs 
children of New York. 

Nearly oil onr cities hav* begun a work 
of sanitary reform. From Main* to Texas 
th* spread of knowledge is sliowu In this 
lulwr for beallb. 11111 chief aim of civic 
government will probably ho In fhtiiia how 
to provnle for t he health of cities. New Or- 
leans has its sanitary omociation ; Memphis 
has secured a system of purification ; Bos- 
ton is carrying its sewers to the two, ami al- 
most every town mid village has Is, gun to 
stmly the laws of health, and apply them. 
Hut New York, that should be able to *et 
the example hi the country of the most 
rigid sanitary precaution*, seems powerless 
against this great ami threatening evil at 
llnutor’s Point- Tire crowded city suffers 
liecunw- its rulers are without moral 
strength, and boeuoae u fow avaricious 
uiaiiufnctureni reins* to obey tli* law. It 
seems only a question of cost. There are 
chemical means by which smoke may Ire 
consumed, and tho various kinds of rebure 
reduced to a hariuleaui oompnuiid. Our city 
Hoard of Health, aided by th* rags of the 
citizens, furred our gas factories to abate 
tlreir noxious odors, and th* rendering fac- 
tories to bscums lews offeuisi vs. Tlmr* la no 
reason why tli* owners of tho dangerous 
works nt Hunter 1 * Point should not be treat- 
ed with equal severity. They are the 
1 scourges of New York, the enccuics of the 


poor, tli* slayer* of children and the weak. 
Tliey have shown no mercy, and should re- 
ceive none. Die city owes it to ita people 
that the laws should Ire rigidly enforced. 

It would lm well for the owner* of the 
notion* work* at Hunter's Point to take 
warning, and begin at one* th* suppremioD 
of oflriisivc SDd dangerous odors, and I ho 
paritiration of Newtown (’reek. Die anger 
of tli* people is * fortanluhl* thing to en- 
counter. The patience nf the cit s I* exhaust- 
ed. Tli* hot summer sir conic* laden with 
mephitic vapors; they nr© traced to th* 
factories of llunlci - Point; discus* and 
death flow from its poisonous atan»|ih«re, 
sml its stenches kill more certainly than 
th* bullet or th* sword. 1-el the Laws be 
enforced, amt New York no longer linger 
Isihiud iu this great work of Military prog- 
ress. Ecubxk Lawnwtz. 


f tocos Is Hainan Wuili No. lSBl, VoL XXtV.) 

CHEISTOWELL 

0 Bartmasr Calr, 

Itr R. D. BLACKMORE, 

Ai'ruox or - Mm ASXSLXT," “Izias* Drams," 
" Crum, rax Caiuuza," xtc. 

CHAPTER XXVIU- 

J ACB-O’-Las TKHS, 

JOHN Bui bad HOW bee-n several week* 
in Colnuol WostKUulie'i scrviue, giving uud 
rcreiv lug the umst lofty satisfaction. With- 
out tire wurmest urgency on lb* part of tbo 
piwiesptarisU (for a floli >• not to Ire nsllnl 
a bill now, and everything roiiuretcvl with 
him is a piari-rauiiotlnug), the t.'oloucl never 
would hav* spared thi* wisest, and there- 
fore tout, an- m leer of the humsn race. But 
It hail been fell on every sill* that John 
was the only dll* who could do it ; ami even 
at Toni-bwiHol I’atk It waa whispered that 
old Huge wa» the first to put it iuto Master 
Dicky's head. Bat John, with n guinea in 
tli* lining of his waistcoat, took a view of 
all of them, and walked away in silence. 
For if so be b* had boasted much, he could 
hav* done no lem than stand treat. 

He him perfectly capable now of standing 
treat, and might hnvu had credit for a vide 
of UsKin at Betty Cork’s shop iu Christo* ell. 
But be shilciiHsI all extravagance, look Ills 
pint aa usual, III exchange for good adrlce. 
and enjoyed hU three- halfpenny rasher with 
his wilt- when he came Inane on Sundays tv 
sppluud Parson Short. Ami when be rod* 
down the hill from Dsrtyniore deaerx on th* 
Cohn id's old gray pony, there might have 
been found in front of him, by insidious 
search beneath bis old bill mat, a lug of 
«mi* capacity, not hlly so endowed, lull ex- 
erted to its Utmost to nailslii good things. 
For be bud nil vised the Colonel's cook how 
to fotoh her sweetheart round, when han- 
kering after less peppery charms; and the 
female heart excels the male, iu being grate- 
ful grata. And though tho high princi- 
ples of old John were far too prudent to 
accept tba vary aweetest cannier of unlaw- 
ful meat, and compelled L-iin. iudeed, to keep 
a sharp look-out that noUsly else did such 
a thing, bn found himself enabled, with all 
imaginable liouosty, to secure sum* |h-hc»IuI 
Iribiltew to domestic virtue. Tho Colonel 
knew that bo went forth iu marching artier 
on a Saturday, victualled for his camp that 
uight, among tlio Pixies and the Kists, 
which drmxtxled body, and spirit tra>, in tbo 
liquid bslf of nonrisbianiit. And th* only 
reiusm old John had for putting his coat 
u | ioii his bag os lie rode into C'bristoweU, 
and haying, in a public manner, that rasher 
for three-halfpence, was that if he failed to 
do so, the hospitable feeling of bis neighbors 
would compel hi* wifn to give a tea party 
as mhiii aanvsr his hock was turned. 

If ever a man deserved such thing*, and 
better than the brat of them, John doge 
used to feel thut man inside his uwu shirt 
as he rode proudly down tli* Inti. Full of 
Hie spirit of the merer (which always rushed 
upon him gloriously as soon ns ho wiw utf 
UN hs despised these people who had lain 
do wu here like a pack of cowards, asleep all 
night, and were coming out now, in their 
stiirt sleeves, after being lathered by their 
wives— forth* hfffber <*mld not find soap 
for any one under a penny — to lm shaved, 
uml (hen |M if they had done u brave thing) 
would go hock and blow tbc bellows till 
the kettle boiled. And all of these, when 
they looked at John, considering where he 
bud p mural lire night, instead of being crit- 
ical of what be had in front of him, were al- 
most afraid to say, “ Mamin’ to ’e.ui sister." 

hi such a lofty character, there scarcely 
should have been u single vestige of conceit. 
And knowing what he was, he s«rov« hi* ut- 
most not to let other people know. Hut 
with the usual willfulness of Fame, the lews 
bo spoke, the mure site blew bis trumpet, 
anti! be could scarcely have his pipe iu 
peace, and was obliged to bar the door bo- 


fore he filled it. Anil then It* used to med- 
itate tt|Hin his many dangers, anil flourish 
bis stick in self-defense, until he broke his 
pipe-* tom. For Wesst Tor, w lietu he hod 
to plus tire night of al Burnt every HatimUy, 
»»* enough tu make a iimii enjoy sxisteucw 
wlteu be gut away from It. 

‘•Sage. I shall bo glad In bavo a talk with 
you this evening,' " Mr. Short sold, when bo 
cam* nut of church one fine Sunday in An- 
guat, with the congregation drawn up out- 
side for the M-cutar postscript to his gust 
efauwh wonts. “Coss« up uliout seveu 
o'clock if you can." This vicar, after 
learned ami luiparlLal research, bail coiue 
to the definite couilusiou that Huuday uud- 
rat at C r.K. 

John Hsgf. thought it hard to go all that 
way, with bis legs stall tmwed from so much 
saddle, and his supper l»y that time sore to 
Ire inside him. Hut bis mind was up with 
admiration; for the seruson hail not cuiilra- 
dieted hi* opiuious ; and lie saw that tlm 
parson meant no lem than half a crown. 
Ho he promiM-d lo go, and ia good time 
went, recalling to his mind that lie never 
could have won lire fine ins of wages with- 
out the parson's wont, klnreover, he valued 
Mm. Aggetl highly, and he knew that ex- 
cessive Mdt-rm|H.i;l was the ooly power that 
could bum slopped her from enuring on a 
.Sunday afternoon to gntlior sweet particu- 
lars alwut th* raak at Waasnkx Dmm- 
fore he opeiii'd live vienrage guta with a 
tail 11*1 at ouch loyal and lofty. 

"Iluw famously yon look, John ^ Mr. 
Short oltservral. a» mui as tho wisdom of 
the villngK was shown in j “you hove recov- 
ered all the substance of your wrestling 
■lay*. You used to he a flue hand at it, I 
am told, with a (rick of (he irmcr crook of 
yrasr own invention." 

“Ay, sir, I have drowral a good few vor- 
nicrly. Hut them bain't m> wrastliu' IU to 
speak of uow. Lust time I went to oee 'an 
I were cimqrelSmt for to lip si irks." 

“ I ran uiidorotainl the wrath uf a scien- 
tific hauiL Tbi-y tell in* it ia rami* to n 
mere Imut of kicking. But you were the 
champion at one time. Sage." 

“No, sir; no. 1 wor not big enow fur 
that- I cuuld drew any oiuu within two 
si nil of use. But there llisHt to Ire men as 
could take me up with on* hand, amt shake 
me like a bundkurcher. What mm of play- 
ing with such men aa them f But their 
mothers never firing forth such men uow." 

“ I tin afraid that is true,” Mid Mr, Hliort, 
roiisideriug hiuiudf with ssdsicM ; “I fear 
that the Englisbmen get smsller, likeonius.# 
saw n where they grew last year. But, John, 
let u* rami* down from such great snlijmU. 
You arc lining very nicely over time at 
ColiMiel Wcslciiniha's f* 

“ Well, sir, I never complain. Vact is, 1 
lie too uhl to begin complaining." 

“ I>id yon ever leave off, John !" the par- 
sou naked, with a quick look, sack ns he gave 
them iu clmreb when li* hit thrir tlioughts 
with bis own a lmo st They always likral 
thin, because it showed that tb*y were lilsu ; 
and now old John grinned which be very 
seldom did, els* would his tame have been 
far smaller. “A' untight tie better, and a' 
insight be ran." 

“ 'f hut means that It Is as good os can Ire. 
Aud you know os well as I do, John, thut 
you never bad such a kind master Ire fore. 
Nuw if yon lake advantage of him. if yua 
ut upon a stump suit go to sleep, if you get 
too mne-h iuto his hack kitchen, ur put Inn 
■rich into your bag on a Saturday night — " 

" However did they rob you, maimer! 
You Ire that sharp I should have thought it 
were not ciituptzot." 

“If you do such things as I have said, 
John Svge. you will not only ]n*e tbo tral 
place you ever had, but you will be a dis- 
grace to CbrisSoaell, and to me who roraiiu- 
mendsd you. I know that you nre a very 
honest unui ; lint I aUo knnw- that very hou - 
est men begin to allde, under too lont li «i|- 
port unity Now when you come home ou 
a -Sunday morning, hriug your hag like a 
man, without any coat over it." 

“ PasMiu, yon Ire Uh> bud ; and a'luoei un- 
like a Christian, alter all (lm holy things 
ynu be bound to think of, least* iw cm (lm 
Sabbath-day. 1 never wud 'a drummed tu 
you a’ church this morning, if I cud 'a zaen 
the inside of your mind. I be dreencoro 
year and five uf ago, and tin Impi.itat inn oil 
my kurlikter yet. And who is there bi 
wnold come home octom the uumr wi'ont a 
bit «>f znmiual to the front of him f* 

“Well, Juba, you know that I iioi •peak- 
ing for your gomt. You Irear a high charac- 
ter, and you dreerve It. Whatever ts given 
to you it your own — if tbe proper people 
give it. But bring it as your own, without 
riMicealmeut. That wn die first thing I 
had to say to you. Bui I aim Ira vs aum fi»r 
thing, u(hio my uwu account. How oftnu 
are you sent to pus* tho night at Wei»l 
Tor r 

“Huiiretimos once a week, aometimea tw ice 
I — aooardlng to the weather, aud tho doing* 
I of tho tarda. But I wudu'l baulo alouo 



AUQCBT 19, IMI. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


553 


tUon. foe • tbMHwM p amida aTuort. Joe 
evHieth with me always." 

1 know. Your mm Bill's boy. Col- 
onol Weatcombe employ. kirn, . 0,1 it all 
. f* up. You in list have jutAMMi n dozen 
niffliw there by thin tin*. H*f« you ever 
anything panicuUiP 
" Marlin, sir, lire honor bod a door pal 
up to keep tli* wind out, «nd ni alwuvs *».-# 
togotl,.. r t., look out afore bedding down 
ojkmi tiie Imihn. No, I never draw my mon- 
ey wi'oiit dining of it. Mouietimu* t’woiilil 
lie tire moon, ami allot ber time Hie stare, nr 
leaxtn the clouds in front *r 'un. And 
oneo ‘tvras J®ick-o'-lanicrn, so euro as I bo 
living !" 

"Ah!" said Mr. Abort, "that does worn 
mid. I have beard of him a hundred t imes, 
but never scon him. | would rida fifty mile. 
«° Hint thing. You shall have a guinea, 
John, if you euu put nu> Up to it. 1 shall 
r.uue ami ri«it you some night when it in 
likely. But what did Jach-o'-laliter* do 
that uiglit you sow him! Ami did you go 
down to look after liiuiP 

"The Lonl forbid! Why, portion, you 
know a* well an 1 <lo 'u- ssrtiu death to vnlly 
'un. Mo, tin; ua borroil (lie door, and kept 
each other company. Joe be as brave 
a'most as I he.” 

•• How long is it since yon sa* that sight, 
or peeped ut it, and ran away, you brave 


generation T ’ 

‘I Well, air, untight ’a been • fortnight 
mainly. I don't keep no account of time, 
too partiklnr. The Lord hath ordained for 
us inartela not to ilo so, with our eyes look- 
ing for want to the Kingdom, lint it wor of 
a Tuesday ; tliat 1 lie sure of, by reason of 
the time to kill the fowls." 

“ Tuesday U the day that a sheep la al- 
waya killed. How many Tuesdays hava yon 
been there I Try to recollect ; you are ia- 
luoiiB for your nunnery. " 

"Never of aTusuduy bat that once. No- 
Inaly can put up they fowls 1ml me vri'out 
a clack coming out o' their longues. They 
1«» such a uuiay set, to that eidn o‘ the moor. 
And once the good lady, that knepeth to her 
chandler, bovr'd tbciu a gruntin', when it 
wur done badly, and bis honor tome out, 
and I told him they wens vale*, and cudn't 
administer kingdom come to a young cock 
with decency ; and so tie aaltb, ' You do it, 
t hen ; John, you do it for the future time.' 
And I did sixteen on 'em, wi'out a murmur; 
wild ever since then 1 has to do it. But hup* 
IM'tied one Tueuduy they wua to hsTp a boli- 
iluv.aiid that wur the night us seed Jack V- 
lain tern.'* 

" Very wall, Mage. Now wilt yon nmtuige 
to do thorn early Tuesday next, unless they 
aro to have another holiday f Anil dim to 
be up on the hill that night, and I will coum 
to you to see Jocko'. lantern. If we see 
him, you shall have a guinea, and if we don't, 
you shall have a crow n. Han't say a word 
of it to any one, unices your Master giu» 
you orders not to go. If ho doee that,Just 
any that it is uiy particular wish that you 
should bo there, nud then be will be sun- to 
let you come. But I don’t want young Mus- 
ter John to know a word about it. If be 
did, be would insist oil coining too," 

“Bar tin sure ho wild. Hn be a push- 
slwrut young gentleman. No, no. 1 wnu't 
let un' bear loll of It. I'asson Abort, it aboil 
be done easily to your bolding. " 

Any luan who baa not bum on Wrist Tor 
at night, or at any rate toward evening, 
might underrate t he courage of John Sag* 
and Ilia graudsou Joe ill sleeping there- It 
is perfectly true tliat I bey barred the door 
and slopped their ears if they heard a noise 
which it . w as wiser to ignore than to inquire 
of; but still every right -minded person 
knows that if love laugh* at locksmiths, a 
Power (too often supreme in love) ridicnU-s 
tho blacksmith too. Call any bolt or bar 
keep out the Devil T 

There is not only this to be considered, 
but also the general tone of the place with- 
out such Visitation*. At any time of day 
this ia very had indeed, because there* Is 
notliiug to Murtrh or even soften it- Motnc- 
w hat ms man ofrugge*! iialuti'.or a roguish 
elephant, b aniens into bh* own lied scams, 
from lock of female society. But when tbe 
night conic* down fhmi heaven, or deepen*, 
without any sign of hravcu, up die long 
hollows, and over the gray wards, fantastic 
things stand forth of shallow, and Images of 
fear perplex the distance. 

“Bravo! Here you an*! Well done, luy 
friends," Mr. .Short exclaimed, for he »m 
glad to see them, sa tlio long day went to 
int •' What a large place it i»' 1 began la 
think that I should never find yen." 

“ Good eye* ho Uoeded to find thn biggest 
uiuti aa ever trod the earth, or the biggest 
thing lie hath over piled noon it, in the loose 
ways the laiul hath hereabout- Little Joe 
Mild me be like a pair of uuirmeta, burning 
ahuut ou a big tombstone. Pnsooii, here le- 
pulpita, and the word of Clod to preach 
final." John A age put down Hie houe of 
bam that lie was sacking, upon a kUt-vaen, 
Olid gazed largely around 


“ I hare beeu here before,” answered Mr. 
Short, who never would Im. cuppml with Ilia 
own hat ; •' but one forgets tins sort of place. 
Did you bring a bone for me, John V’ 

"Must needs Im u dry one to agray with 
such us you, sir. But UOOCII inraide the lit- 
tle ’onre, sir. A’ bo donu wlndsrful, wioiler- 
ful, golaigfatly." 

"So it Is. Very clrver, very eumpusa, as 
you say ; and with nicks in the rock for yon 
to hide In, If the enemy heat down the bor. 
And here yon steep, on this sweet beadier, 
os plum os any hu m ha ir. It might blow 
anil min for fifty hour*, without a drop or 
a breath Upon yon. You have i-huMii jour 
place well, with the scoop of the crag to 
shelter you, and the standing slabs far your 
side posts, and jour little rwf of furze nud 
ling, the color of tbs rucks around. The 
pixies themselves could scarcely feel you, 
unless you ainkc a fire hero. Hut where do 
jolt krep the pony, John f" 

'* Well, air, he never waudereth far. unless 
the moor pnciLew cmneo a 'liciu' of ’un. But 
be hath a bed of '* own etna* by, under flic 
big loggia stone, lb can bear him gruutiu' 
ns lie dnmn-tli. and a* uiaketh rare isnnpany 
by night. But, pnason, 'tis an unhid placo, 
nud requairetb a lirave mau, with the fear 
of the Lord around him, fur to amouth his 
eye* to ala pc." 

“You hava had your onpper, mid yon 
want your sleep," replied Mr. Shaft ; f t ,r he 
never encouraged v list ho called " I hhIiiunI- 
ic piety"; ami bo knew that all nu-u who 
live under the nun must follow liitu with 
their luclinationa. “ Take lit do Joe inside, 
mnl bar tbo dour. 1 ahull want no help 
freon you. But show me first where tho 
Jack o' lmiteni was." 

Old Sage saw tliat bis courage was not 
held in very high esteem ; but he felt with- 
in himself that it did not require any vindi- 
ca ll —. HhnAn he was gfilWM witli 
showing by some general signs where tint 
dancing light hail shone ; and then, to keep 
ail blame away, he called bis grandson to 
liear him say : “ Tile Lord have nierey upon 
thee, pHWHiu ! Tliou ber’st a minister of 
Hun. If thy iinnlore dralvslh dice to vol- 
i low up the Evil One, ua will cmiioc and r*-e 
when thou host catebed 'ua.” With these 
liberal sentiiiicnts, bo polled bis bead in, 
and burred the door. 

I Mr. Mbiift hail inherited much from liU 
I grand fattier, tho Adinirul, of even greater 
value than tho I'lrJorp chronometer. Among 
the boat of these tilings was sturdy courage 
, and strung love of justice, Isilb of which 
worn to Is* evaporating now lutes rlouds of 
! magnanimity. The pareou snt dawn in a 
M|ii:u*> nlelic of ruck, which fitted him bet- 
ter than if mode to measure, and from the 
pockets of his shooting -cont. which was 
mode of stent dark fustian, lie drew forth 
some little thing* be had |>reparvit, with a 
liopo that they might pnsvu um-IuI. Tlirre 
uiui no kind of fire-arm among them, nor 
even what wua tbeu called a “ life preserv- 
er": bnt there was a running tics*** of sup- 
ple round leather, nud suin' strung silk rope 
1 from Ilia own window-curtains, amt a steel 
chain ending with a short spring-loop. He 
coiuLiib'iod these a little, and arranged them 
so that he could pull out whichever of them 
first was needed; und then making up his 
mind for Mmiebiwirs of patience, lit III* pipe, 
anil ciduily watched tho deepening of llie 
dark now. 

Not even a sheep or a damp of a pony 
l.iuke the contracting gloom before him 
with a »]>ot of movement. Down the hill- 
side, hUI* of granite tilted against one iui- 
otber, or bailing out of tlw* earth, or plied 
like tornlistoiHw in picture* of the Ursiir- 
rvctloti, glanced the faint descent of light 
still overlapping tbc western crest, npou 
wbicli the cuiuhroiM tor was bwiug its j»u- 
gutl blackness in tbo growth of night. The 
restless wind, that ruffles the acaatjr herb- | 
ago there by daytime, and bares tbc edges 
of desolation, after a few weak muaning 
sbi core, sunk into the universal calm; and 
there was not even the twinkle of a star to 
nunr tbu dark brown ileptli of night. " If 
ever he wanted his lantern, be will waut it 
now,” drought Mr. Short. " But how dcud- 
ly <*o Id the mr is getting !" 

He snwc and flapped his strong round 
breast with thickset amis and solid lialids, 
and then walked to unit fro for half ail hour 
on a narrow track of safety ut tbo bottom 
of tbe tor. Below this yawned a great reck 
circle, of the kind tliat is called “Druidkal,” 
though probably quite as true a work of na- 
ture ss a fairy riug is. To rush diruugh 
this in tho diirknces WOUbl lm hi tempt at 
least a broken leg, and be bud luurktd bis 
truck, to tbo right or left, before the gluam 
became *» ilocp. Also he hud brought a 
strung **»k stall' to feel his way down the 
hill, and to assure it, bir his chief fear was 
ut bog* But three are either slightly In- 
uunous or else Intensely block upon a sum- 
mer night lik* tins. Whatever he did, he 
must pmwTro his preseuuo of tuiud, uud 
walk with care. 

I to am oouuifCia*] 


MIDIIAT pasha. 

TlIK solemn farce called “ tbe trial of the 
mntdereni of Abdul Aziz” bus ended, us it 
w u designed to end. with (bo condemnatiau 
of die neensrd. The si*«r cn siVsr was ad- 
mirable. lu die iiiipenui park of Yildli 
Kiosk, beucatb an oval tent of tho green 
color snered to tbc Prophet, sat a white- 
lH-arded ulema in a block rube and atvow- 
white turban, with two Mimsuliimn and two 
(.'lirtsliHU assessors. Facing die bench of 
Judgos sat, each guarded by a cnnuinm sol- 
dier, the ten prisoner*, rxuisUting of two 
pnifcsuoiml WTrsdrnt and a watehinan, two 
hrothere in law of the rcigniug Sultan, two 
high functionaries, and three otbreni of the 
guard. Nodiirig wna wauling to give reali- 
ty M* the scene. There was a public pnme- 
rntor who playmt at prenscntlng for uinr- 
drr, there were judg.u* who plsy>sl at ail- 
niiuisteriug justice, witnesses wlio played 
(very badly) at s|*cuking die truth, mol wiw 
prisoum— the low comedians of the jiiece - 
who played nt MafoaMng tbeir gnill A 
s|*rtaM*r might roally have fancied himself 
at a statu trial. Yet in fact there was n» 
questiou of assassination or of assassins, hut 
a struggle between two men, tbe Multan 
A laiul Hainiil and Midlist Piisho— between 
the king nod tire king-maker. 

We can dismiss tire other prisoners in n 
few words. Miihiuoml, tire husband of (lie 
Mult mi’s sister Hjrmile, i* iW-rllssi as a 
|s*rtly and very haiidsume man. Noari, the 
imsbaiid of the Knltun's half-sister Fatine. is 
of deliralu build ami ;s*l islml manner. Hail 
tire accusation been for the depend I hm of 
: the lain Multan Alslul-Azlr, iIicm* iio’BiIm-1-s 
of die imperial house would have made rev - 
elations which would have involved danger 
to the present Vizier, Bail! Pasha, who was 
deeply in tbo runtideiH* of two of the trail- 
ing rinispirstor*. Humoiii Arid noil Mah- 
moud. Tlir chief prisoner, Mfdliai, requires 
a lunger liotiee; bis career bus bo«M a brill- 
iant one. and ho is that strange creature— a 
reforming Turk 

Bom in tbe year IrtW. Midbat become, iu 
III* (wenry-third year, aecretnry of a com- 
mission for tbe aMH'lioradMi of die prov- 
tucc*. His next otitco was to inquire Into 
the finances of Syria. Hu then Is-iaiae Ck*v- 
erunr of Ronmelia, where be put down brig- 
andage in a derisive manner, banging tire 
bandits and their sitp|R>rtrrs by hundred* 
Kquul siicfeos and rqaol severity marked 
his rule in Bulgaria in 1®7, where he effect- 
ually rnisbeil the ineipieul insurrertion. lu 
IrM'iU Im* lieeium* pnsbs of Pristciul, and in- 
triMliH-rd refiurius which the Porte mud veil 
to extend to all the prnviucea. In conse- 
quence Midbat was appointed a member of 
the Grand ('omiril.um! in ooujoni.lion with 
Fuad ami All Pssltasdrew up the law which 
nrparated Hie Judicatory from dm Kxrcu- 
tlve, and orgauizcd ndmiuistrativo canncltH, 
to which Christians were for the first dam 
udmi llcil. After another term of three years 
iu Bulgaria, during wbicli be built two 
thiMHaud wiles of rusil and llftoen hutulred 
hiidgea,and cstalitished three sciuoits of aria 
and manufacture* he Iwcarne, in IMQfi, Pres- 
ident of the t'lmncil of State. But the Port* 
did not desire to keep a man of his intelli- 
gence in a place of anr-b |mwer at Constan- 
tinople, ami ha was soon sent away to paci- 
fy the province of Bagdad. From till* |»nl 
he was mailed to aaauuie the elevated func- 
tion# of Grand Vizier. He held thccu for u 
very abort period. AWul-Aztz was then 
atix*na» tn i-biingo tire Turkish order of »u<- 
ctMaioii- The eiis tom hud been that Hie **bl- 
ekt male of the impetial family aorcudrd 
the vacant throne: tbe Mull so wished to 
make bia own sun, Jussaf YMniliu, bis sue- 
cessor. Mid bat op|H(«e4 tbo scheme, mid 
fell by a palm-u Intngii* Hut bo lull his 
revenge. In IM7d his energy ami resolution 
•ucisedeil in solemnly deposing the Mnltan. 
Murad. Hie ex-monarch's brother, a gentle 
and iuoffeusive mau, was Hindu Padishah, 
and bia elevation was such a surprise to 
him thiil he went mad. It was n e cess a ry 
to do |*oao him, nud replace him by a timid 
yoaiig man uniiied Abdul- Hamid an opera- 
tion which Miiihat promptly performed. 

Proud of bis triumph, Midhut was raia 
enough to fancy be could manage bis young 
pupil. For a four mouths all went oti 
smoothly. But tbc good young man, Alidul- 
Haald, w itli the lung fate of Anueuioa typo, 
and tire gracious and feline Dimmer, was 
much more the lion than tbu lamb. Oou 
fine morning Midbat was arm-lrel iu his 
beil, placed on lioanl a ship, and advlied to 
go and study Kuropcou coustitutiotu. Ha 
prouerdvd to Paris and Loudon, where- he 
waa received with great ilisttiictiou. It 
ia iurredilde to what extent he forced his 
way into tbe political and Tsat society of 
tire kYelieb capital. In I-ottiUm, bia opm- 
ioiiH were listuaad to with conaiileration, 
and lus prestige increased daily. Tbe Mul- 
tan began to lake alarm. Exile hail ele- 
vated Midhat even in tbu eyusof the Turks. 
Midhai was iuvited to return- He arrived 
at CkiaHxutluopIc, and was twc*«l with 


every murk of affection, and aeut to govern 
tbe ptovlneo Of Syria. 

When CVvsar Borgia Invited Ids or-emin* 
to a feast of recoaiciliadoii, and itotsourd 
them at the dinner table, Mocrfaiovclii sold 
that (buy were rightly served, as tire world 
bail no is*- for muu » lie were such f*u>l* ua 
to trust a Borgia. What wimiIi! tbe Italinu 
statesman have thought of a Turk wbo 
trusted himself to ii Multan wbo owed to 
hint his throoeT While the I'aslia w*» lull- 
ed into fallacious security, the Sultan was 
pn-|wnug tbe formidable accusation which 
has i- tilled iu Hre exkla of Midhat to tbe 
tlcdjuz. 


SEARCHING FOR TIIE BULLET. 

Thk experiments made by Pnifiaanr Al- 
ti.xtvi'ii: Graham Br:i i. with Hre view of 
determining by tire aid *»f tb* electric cur- 
rent tbe locution of Ibn bullet lu Hiu )’rv«i- 
dcut's ]H-r«o« were id the most Interesting 
nature. Tire poatihility that a time might 
cosne when it would be ueccwiiiJj to make 
incisions at oik* for tbe removal of tbc bul- 
let, without cimihii tiling precious time fm 
further ciMMiillatiou, give to the exjieri- 
niolita tu itnpnrtazice vtbU-Ji asldixt greatly 
to tlreir interest. 

An apparatus known as the induction bal- 
ance bad been used bv Prefeasor Br.iX tu 
analyzing tuetal* This instrument, inodi- 
tlod so as to Impart to it that higlnmt degree 
of wusitiveDcM, was ured III tbc aesreb for 
tbe leaden ball, lta nature is soch that It 
is not easily understood except by electri- 
rlaus. It cousists of a buttery, two co«U of 
insulated wire, a circuit-breaker. and a tele- 
plume. Tbc ends of tint primary coil are 
connected with a ham-ry, amt (liono of tbe 
secoodary coil are foslcnial to the i*«*u of 
the tclrpbinic. This latter connection ren- 
ders audible any faint sound produced by 
tbe eireiiil-Ureaker, »r any change in tbo 
pitch of that sound. Tire roils may hr w* 
placed in tbeir relations to sarli other that 
no sound is made by lire rircuu-bivakci. 
They are then said to be Istlanced, and tbe 
wire* nr* extremely sensitive to the disturb- 
ing presence id awy oilier piece of tuetal. A 
liuilut like that with winch tbc President 
was shot, trefore it was flattened, will, when 
placed within two und one half inches of 
the moor sensitive point M Hie pair id coils, 
caixsc a falut priitent ugainst the distiirt*- 
auce to arise in the telephone. A flattened 
bullet of the same bulk, when presented 
witli its flat surface toward tbe toil* will 
make Its prvM-ucs felt at a distance of near- 
ly five i lie lira. When lta sharp edge is 
turned toward the plaue of tbo roil* no 
■uiiud is produced beyond the distance of 



With them* facts it* view, the experiments 
to locate tire position of tbs bullet iu tire 
President's body w-ere begun. The patient 
was bolstered up in bed, slid hn watched 
(In* proorediiigN ultb mate interest. His 
physicians stood around. Profauwir Ilzu. 
BtvHsl with Lis back toward the President, 
holding tbe trtephmie to his ear, while Mr. 
TaIMTOR, Prufcoeir RKU.'a MkUit, moved 
tbu coils over tliat potlioa of lire alHlotiwu 
where Hid IdmIn ball wua tlvought to lw 
imlsslded. When tire aeusitivc centre of 
tbu instnimeut was immediately over tho 
block and bine s)hi 4 that appeared shortly 
after the President was w trended, Profraaor 
Br.u. Kliil, "Mtnpl there it ia." 

Tire experinu-ut was repeated urvcral 
tlnina— once with Mr* Gahj'ICUj listening 
at the telephone ; and she told the President 
wheu the coils bud lieeu brought to tiie 
spot where tire presence of tbe bullet had 
previously callMsl the delicate Instrument 
to give birth a siiigiug sound. )Yom these 
testa it was iufened that iu any event the 
bullet wua 1cm than tire inches from tbe 
surface, and that if it won only slightly flat- 
tened, or if Ha edge was turned ubtiipu ly 
towunl tire surface, it might Im much nearer 
to the ekiu. Thu coucliuUiu ronebud was 
that If it should become necessary to re- 
move the bullet at any time, this might bo 
sperdily accomplished by two quick cuts 
with the Burgcvu's lancet. 





THE MAN OF LAW. 


THE LATE BISHOP HAVEN. 

Tim fl«v. Knaarr* turn Haykk, D.IK, I.L.D e nf the 

HUIio|m n f the MrltiiHllKl K|ii*<ii|ia! Church, died mi the »l 
»f Aii(mit, at Kalfin.Orrcnn. Hr him Im>td in llawimi. Maa 
••arliiiwttii, November I. lie wa* n grmtiiate nf Wee- 

Wynn Cni lenity, aod took his i1«xt.» of A. It. in Hio 

hmt appointment a* n teacher wa* in Amriiin Send nary, 
where lie remained onlll IMt*. The four *invcedliig year* 
••Mil* life were npeiit in llir pastorate ; ituring part i*f I kiln 
time be wn* in i-liArge nf the Mulberry Street Chntvh. New 
V. «h. new HI. I'unlV In IKW he uni elected I'w.ftww.r »r 
Latin in tlie l - niveT»itj of Michigan; till* eUair »» tx- 


rhanged in the following year for thnt of Klirtnne ami 
Eitghdi Literature. I»r. HaVKN w*« neat mail. e«lil»r nf 
7.<no't Itnald, Ibalnii. and rnnf IhuimI In Pilllnrial life firm 
left'. In IMtKI. While editing that paper lie nerved u lenn a* 
Mate Senator, and »n Chairman of tbe Joint LegUlativc 
Committee on Education, anil woe aim n member of tbe 
Mate Hoard nf Oveneera of Harvard Cniverdty. 

Krom IHKt to 1*«# be nan ITeddeiil nf Michigan l*ni- 
Hiuli ; in the lultei year lie accepted the I'reddonr)' nf 
I be Northwestern I'liiverdty.ot Evanston, III moiw. In ||ip 
(•eiirral Confprpiiep of |0?'J, Hr. lUvrs *m a |imniineiit 
candidate for the offiro of Bbtmp; be wmi elected hr that 
Conference Secretary of the Hoard nf Kilucattou ; In IHT4 


lie »im eleeteil Chaneellor of Ry rueime I’nirendtr, which 
office he belli until hi* election an Biabnp in !■*<■. Haring 
hi* Chanecllordilp tbp Cniversityr bail $150,1100 added In ita 
|iermaiipnt funds. Hr. Ilavrx uiih u member of tin- (Jew- 
ernl t'ntifcrenrra nf liO). lei*, lenl. and IWfl. He wa* 
Clminnan nf l!»r Conimittre nn Lay Help gallon in the tlea- 
eml Cocifcrenrc which pros iileil for the in trod net toil of 
that ebange in the Clintrli. 

Ilidiop lUvr.v wn* a man nf largp ctperleiice. lie *aa 
well ripened ill mind and elnuucter, >ni scholar of very 
v annul arc|ni«i liana, nml a aagarioiia exeewtive officer Ill* 
puli! ixlinl works are, The F«v*p if ait IWcriu/ Ihirt. 

auil /tkefaric. The laat-naiiioil la a work that allow* great 


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fever left) I* oflM cillnt tl 


at Iks CiUumliU Hint Out ilerui.ee. 
■1)4 hefW In nrrtaln ttolr raMtdala^ 
It ttoru atoll to any. The rfocte* 
Mia » I will yrntahly to able to 


Ihr Ongnn fonferuorr. I'nlupi 
the lord will help me In like rare 
of the I'vlltoenla uil Soulhrfh t iW 
IfitrrO* t'nnfenwrm Mill I roxliaa 
Nevada frkchcena me. and I am 
afta'd. U It defwuda on me. It will 
have an I'mwlrat. Mmol: I to 
aide to rvaih Central New Yaek, I 
hup* a tonlbrr Runup will he there 
to aid IB*. Tbe*e are the fart* 
Aim me nnw tu add that during 
perry mnment at siy phyrirml lit- 
nraa tto Lord haa cwailoaily hem 

* pftf 


tal at 


w that II 


I aaa Ilia. May tto Lord Una yoa 


THE LATE BISHOP HAVEN, 


scholarship ami extensive acquaintance with literature. 
Ilia contnhiitiona lo the penndii-ut lilrrnltire nf the Meth- 
odist Clio reh have heeit very numerous. 

Bishop Haven wa a a fine preacher anil speaker. Ill prr- 
wni he wa* optin' hill lillie, niul showed the evidence of 
menial I twin it ti I al llie expense of pbysiral exercit*. lie 
waa very genial and courteous, ami an gentle hi hi* man- 
ner aa a clnM„iuid hi* heart traa moved only by love and 
Jaatice; bathe wan aa linn n* a roek in principle ami duty. 
He naa a ron*in of Hie Inte Iliehop (ilLMEKT IliVCf. 

During hi* loot illm-w he »m iilleitded liy Mm. HaVKK, 
hi* aiMi, TiiK.vuonx W. IIavkx, and ihe family of Ibc Her. 
J. S. Denim jm, at whoae house In Nalcui, tiregmi. he waa a 
gneat. One nf hi* Inal let ten, and paaattdy Hie Inal, was 
wrillen lo Bi*h»p V.*, L. HaIUU*. It waa aa follow*: 


Hr r*r»« Duane ll.npH.-l feet II I daty to 
themyli M to me hntlef WvA"|w, * iteaertptlon nl 
tkw. I ttoraloe* Inula to io» win Tss.ui.ca Ihla briar. Atoul 0 
laaa "I Jam I liwl wnnl altar-ha or ago* and fever, which aerm dev* hi 


£ O, IIvtd. per T. W. II. 

P It — I leel very, very weak Ihla 
altoraoon. Tbt trm la all foe, 
Ban. 

After t lila Intler waa writ- 
tan, Iiiahop IIavkn failed 
rapidly, and Bishop HaIIKU 
was informed that bis con- 
dition was critical, and waa 
asked to provide for the Cali- 
fornia and Nevada Confer- 


LEO HARTMANN', 
NIHILIST. 



Leo lUimtANX, a young 
Russian who was proaninenlly 
rtigaginl in the attempt lo 
take Ilia lire of the Ci-ar In No- 
vember, 1*79, la in thta coon- 
try. Ho la a member of tb« 
chief committee of tlieextrema 
wing of tlie Nihilist party ill 
his own country, ami he la 
enmmlaainnod by the leaders 

of the parly to enlighten Hie people of Knrope and Ihe j ,tr<oinpaiiiei| In a *1nd am- it of Hie fuels w hii h, he • iinalil- 
C mted htutc* in regard to Ihe purpusca. the melhods, and er*,jn*lify Iho policy lo which hr has committed hlnuelf. 

■ lie motives of Hie MliiliH*. and lo ask aol for llirm, iT-t Till* rvnmrkalde iloeiuncnl la very fairly written, in a stylo 

Hull parpow In- has published in Ihe UrruU a long nnd ml- ot roiuddnrnUla aimpliclly and fotre, with hut little al tempi 

nuto account of the attempted assassination of the Conr, | nt eliwjneiicw, and iiiillmlc* more thou unlinary mi. Iligenee, 


LEO lUnTMAXN.— IW 





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III. ,.1„, - 1,:,' I, l.tniy ».»' <‘” rl ' lh ” * n *' 
cruelty nf tlin tilniterw- 

■rtm i. no VrtiM « *• ** * 1 “ t< ’ nro 
of » moot cruel. artdtnarj, »«•■» 
despot i*ui it. Humia. Whalrvs-r »..«• b««« 
brett the aaUvw which inspired Mm l«t« 
Emperor in hi* experiment* ''v"*' ' 7 ® 
•’ftlMUBMillU tlMUMvlVM h»W aloi'Nrt WIWU> 

InlUd- T1»c wtiiaurtpal 10 * of ,u *‘ ** ,r * r '' x,u 
tli»‘ control of their IU** , * T * “ ®° ‘“'“'J 1 ' 
pllaln-d fact ; but the. V U*» c p 


a llteV 


s t.nh 


»U line »«**• galling 
longer protected from 
d of < licit lopU. YW* 


H tiy Use inicipwi 

In turrit ml* to the government J* 11 * to ,l * 

II .i».,,i„.i™ lb. nr. or lb- r , ™r'- 

from too points: lh* imi— 't ,,>n of omvm 
taxes, ■with tiro fearful which at- 

tacb to failure to pay them; *rl.itmry 
control of the libortte*. I M ' rw ^"" ““ *J“ 
pt»|u>rtv »r the Bm-iail , ’ ir, ; II « U 1 “ 

lusufllcicue-T or the corruption of Hie '«»>'- 
tutioou of justice. From tbroo tw« point" 
the dewpotinln is absolute >“ ■ power. 
Whether tlutt insurer i* ««""“* a« cnoi- 
iih-tclv without rmtnUnt <*r compunction** 
BAitnu-x says that it •*. » *• toqmmble 
to s*y, imt that it l* exiiretwd • *•? 1,1 
It i vc* rise to hortihlo injustice, to W*»J r _«*- 
atunmsi of this most poignant ™l**h 
lacrona abominutionn of 
•■tnost without Hum*. them "• *“ 

force uuit I*#* fiijrlr minutd by the revint- 
u,n* which it uroure*. Nihilism mwibl not 
exist in ita actual form without » "«*>«'* 
Iso people- Tim* support 


nelly which n 


won lit not 
l>- ll»-np*t»te Hot »WH 
Ur it* leader* to 
very seiimis uml ritNi 
tent anions the paoplu. 

lint with * clear pciwpli 
It is impressible f«r Amalie* 
oppros al to the Nihilist 

an their rcpre*eutiiti*r 

wild aiul wicked. U it 
They seek to “diurgani 


ia till* ia acknnwl- 
, onlrws there wore 
« and juat iliaeini- 

in «f Ihc-ac facia 
m to litre their 

Slit to HxilTMAN.V 

Their method is 
ivowed terrorism, 

iranm 


f the rannler 
lint easily di 
ftnonl h; 


lillu 


is head and by that of 
agents. Hut tyranny ia 
l l.y fear, leant i»f all by 
it a* hardened uml con- 
which 


'lakes, mid the aympatliy of a large pro- 
portion of mankind i« cliuHrtigrtl for JuU m 
wlnnse liven arc parted amid |ierpetnal dius- 
g.,rw. The RMpoauw to th« rroel murder of 
tin* late Czar was 000 of ulmnrt nnlfonii in- 
itlKimtloM and snrTow. It wan regarded isot 
lit, the deserved pauislimcnt of a ilcajMit. twit 
aa the slaying of u "*» k ratlier tliaii 
rvieknl. The Bjin|**lhy of the civilized 


(Hit delluitei pnrpoae: >*t wbal a fund of 
niu*rnl»r cueiyy. ftwah intelUgwiicc. and 
llvelT rorionity in bruuKht into play by nr- 
ery one of tbiuc •* walks," which miitlit be 
diirrtnl to the oliyect of *ehoo] inunounis. 
Chihlrvu love nrifairlzation. Or* aimed 
plays amt gansm. o here each «!»• lias a def- 
inite thing to do In a dcllml* order anil w ay, 
wniM au n.ilie- charm to yonng peojile- 
Miicli material would b* Millectcd by Ike 
children which would In, useless or In ra- 
ces*, Imt the work of sorting, rqjaotlng thn 
mirplna.cliusif) iiig and arranging, would !•*> 
very pleasant, nnd every minncut of It u 
■maMiu ofiurtrmtniD. Mnf that twhera 
ami popiUwere iu rarwiwd, tax-i*ayers wiwld 
■Mt be ntow or stingy In voting tiioncy for 
nism, tuhlea. or whatever appliances werv 
nmnUd for Ho" proper arrangement and pres- 
ervation of llm collections. 

The ehlMran wooUl make Taluable addi- 
tions to such collections at home, uben off 
roiiiauitlee duty; geiua for “oor Wtew" 

: Would lie rescued trum the (ueniuulutioiia 
I of potafaeNa. old tin fruit cans, ami rubbish 
generally which finds its way into farm or 
garden waste pita. Parent* would bocoiue 
lute ton toil whuu they saw the enlhiuuutn 
of their children, MHl would leuder eMcient 
aid. Pa them who are so often obliged to 
practice, the most ngid economy in order to 
save enough money to wud their children 
to outside schools, Iwcauwo those at home 
are inferior, would sec in a work thus 
instituted tlw, promise of improvement in 
home institutions of learning, and the pos- 
sibility of saving outside tuition, except 
where a regular college or university 001 ITM 
Conhl be compuswd, 

Tkriotgh tlio over- increasing interest in 
education, ami especially in public schools, 
thtungh 11 m, belter class of teachers coining 
t<> tbtiTrotit from cur State normal schools, 
which train teachers for a calling now re- 

duent through tbo teachers’ in. 

alitutex n»w iwiablislanl in most of our 
fstutre, wo are sure to sen a more generous ; 
outlay of money and energy upoti the tin- , 
provemout of onr school buildings, and upon 
a ppat at 1 w for instruction, thrli.iol luiiaeums 
1 , 1 . n the one here ,lescnl«d would prove * 
grin, d stimulus to the friend* of education. 

Not lung is easier than to inspire voaug 
folks with the pamioli fnr mskiivg enlh-c- 
tiotM. Kindle eiitbusUnm by e«nimenci«g 
the work .and it spreads rapidly. It may 
ln» said that the eollecliiig mania soon divs, 
bat this i* hardly true. Tbs postage-stamp 
mania is hardly dead yet amimg children, 
and tho hultou - collecting passion ia still 
raging in some ploeew. HenlJcs, masruni 
collecting is wrtaethiug dignified uud useful- 
As long an schools continue, a miiremn like 
tlie following voahl afford tnngihlw illns- 
tralUiss for elanwH, iu tho natural scieticea: 


14. A ollertlan of mstcrixU mol in thu remo- 
te set. will, *implo» of f Utti ry. 

1 j snd la. Htiliecdnn* ill uM rating the Isoncw- 
thm of gla*» anil paper. 

IT. Is, and l». CUlreliou* for Isa tr w rtkm la 
metallurgy. , . . 

an. A ua*f prwwntlng the r»r>mn methods id 
grafting the pe-it, aad tbs priaciplu, of pruning 
tlw tree. 

This, of eonne, was own of the Bnnat i*nl- 
lections made, and that ky tcacbers of aonxe 
dlntlurlioni hut it affords u plan for com- 
(■•niicing — u working model, os it were. Few 
of nor nrhsmls, perhaps, could a* drst make 
so full a mllccNon; but limy could ms to a 
good start ou this plan, and aid w.-uhl come 

from a thousand xpeetml ipiatlero. Let 

work begin with the pleuaant days of 
April and May. 



GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, IS7®. 

BAKER’S 




(mm, Cram which tbs non 
of (SI tm bora rsmrrsd. It Is a 
dcUeftiu* Ortok, nwutahla* ao4 
•trtiwtteatavi ss-ty dteesud-, 
wt ntr aVj alapud fur IsreUte 
as watt ss pvreeoa la Iwid. 


W.OAKMndkCOw 


A GREAT ADVANCE IN DENTISTRY. 
«i«cx tho m*wiif*«ure of pcocidaui teeth 

the french, sed tlm »ub*ci(ncnl iinproicrocot 
ohrained by a few Aeocrloui denticta la 1H83, in 
which tiw porcelain wren mide to more p. rf«tlv 
rerenild* the natural Imih. no rwsrlicd change 
his tskeW place in tie, ailafsatkm uf ai title'.* I 
torth to Ud! irnwUh. H» a new prmw. culled 
tlie “ Richaewd Crown Setting, " it i* now tswei- 
M* to affii am (trial teeth slthout the si, I of a 
pbic u|ca ant foot firm in It* socket. Tin.- aew 
pru-oa mark* a radiaal s, lvalue In the art, f,w. 
hv iu use. no tooth n««d ever be extracted. Tlie 
“ Kiikmund Crowa Setting " wb.n attached to 
the read has all lh* eharsrterirtio* «f » natural 
tMth in tolidily. bw»t». anil clnnBMM, aad can- 
■Uencd at artificial l>y tlie mutt ex|*»t. 
w prat six nan there have twvn three 

«,f these crown* »«, «U ^‘*“8 ,,11! 

grealeet «alj«fattlnn. Thn of w mrtlusl 1 * put- 
chtol both hi the United Sutre nod D*i»iw, and I 
i. u,e genforiy nt lire. Uiosw-ero and SiremuA ' 
g« Wert Hd Street, Sew Turk 

Kiery <„N ■■ guarsntetvl a peif.et reerere. 
•lid the best refetv*ec* give*. — [.Idc.J 

FANNY MOBANT. 

I 1 e> 3 « 5 . Riwa A Sna: Ji >2 W, 4«ih Street. 

n~iteai,-i take nraefe |dtnanre> hi retrew- 
uir Atirt-rican Fare Powder. It la with- 
« |lns«t aad wrt effect! fu that I 

Very respectfully, 

Farm Sonn, 


Iruring tl 


JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS. 

11 XIO.Y SQ 1 ARE. 

SHKKKir v r*lr, l»iy. ffrelty. te, Ac. 

ItiMUS Bnrgusrtlres CUrel* Ssnlrewre, Ae.. tc 
tWtlirtnXBt, T>ry or Pmllr- Selremcd 'tdrlie*. 
nN)va(K,bi Oi t ii iim aa so* ivutiw. 

«|g, ll„ll*sd Impocwd In Jug*. 

■ ttl tUhK.JsrswAe. J**. hdllwr * ft*, hoite'e. 
rkriTk tiLlCia. *hn Pr«~r»re, Prune, wlilwit 


msCriIW.ATtwr»«n*Vr»ler».MMrtl«,>e*.ftll*ho^V 



world v 
much «■ with I 1 i»lr vi 
thy of the civilized * 
missed w ItU a surer M 
guided. _ 


1 the 




TAMAR 

1NDIEN 

GRILLON 


f Coixwtip«iti«>n. 

, hetdo: »». i-TOirt^rt*. 
irebnrf ooncssttoa. *' 

Pfresav! hr Z. (IHILUllt. 

Oat* nawMw, 
Ph*nnwiwuic^"^/#^** 
ST. roc (tsmhoirer*. Pan* 




THE PUBLIC-SCHOOL MUSEUMS 
OF BELGIUM. 

La*T venr ill® Belgian Miuirtor of Public 
Instruction conceived tho excellent project 
of placing all tbn teachers of the public 
schools iu friendly competillou In the *«tk 
„f ewllswliug, cte»«ifjlug, and arranging 
•uml! ma«e«i to* of natarai object* tor the 
use of llieir w-bnol*. Further on »» given * 
table trim tinted from a French jowrusl, 
which shows the liatatr and extent <'f the 
collect Ions entered f.w exaimnalimi. It at- 
fords valuable bints for our pnlitlc-achool 
tear hero and Il.,snl»of Kilurstioii g«nc rally. 
Material for “object leaching" is »bnt «Uf 
rediools greatly need, especially In rural dis- 
tricts, where the tax-|Kty *•«« feel that they 
have *na*elvd every demand of five edu- 
cation when they have built sclionl-houaes 
and appropriated *iifttchnit mousy yearly (•> 
p»v the *alari«w uf their teachers ; aod very 
afiro, indeed, this Is a severe strain upon tba 
Diaiwrity of thn people- Yrt modem prog- 
TOM In method* of education constantly iu- 
rreaaca it* demand*. Hi cry school of any 
pretension to e*<*U*nce musl bate at least 
the u uclens or a library, Welmtcr's Un* 
abrUIgret- and an eocyv}i>p*dia. and wjioo 
teaching upparatn* beside* a blocklsstnl 
and chalk. Enterprising tcacberu aiwl |im- 
pila enganiM “exhlbliioi,*" to supply tbi* 
want. The work Iwgun in Belgium *linw* 
how. l,y awakening the proper Intenret in 
teachers, schwah* may he dignlflod ami im- 
proved. In thki country *«ctdit aid from 
pupil* ran Ih> eon 11 tod upon. 

It lias long been » custom fui 
schools to take walks with the teiimer pm 
exceptionally film afternoons. On the «r*t 

lovely iUy »f spit ng. t eaclwro are import «n*« 
for tin* treat, but. mindful ,»r the value *f 
lieac, it is rarely grunted, finch a seanon »• 
•pent in running alswit In wood onsl field 
hunting Ilowere, blrdt' noate, ete, hut with- 


utxuui xtrotsis. 

I. A odWctloe, cash racing three subfivliten*, 
(o> the principal kind* of MUtli* found ia tins 
vicinity of thn school, with »|wclm«i» of lli* 
reck from which they were fonind ; the pria- 
t rtyul miTsjal sulouanees of the locality; (r) tlw 
1 principal Mb of the locality, 

A A collection of *omc fifty aptmown* of nee*, 
lb* metab, olZainwl from them, also combustible 
•nil Uthtadal mineral* 


country 


txj'.xt ablk xisuriH*. 

t For n*ch of the threw dcfwrttoentt of the 
icliM'b a hwthuriain roniplc«wit 1 *d by on* or 
two cuse* <>f such natural •pwiioens n »n, ant 
ulmiirililc iu the lwrtarinm proper— object* ,h>- 
•Igiunl to il Inmate a grailed of plsnt* aid 
urgani id plain* bw pnpib to eaamme *n>l ana- 
lyte. The rnll'Kthili for the primar; 
i-iiiImoicU the ewwiulal organs of * plant— root, 
sic in, 1 ** 1 , i«M, alto the fruit sml thu s*«d, each 
natnrel and ilewriW ; that for the iatermedi, 
(|«^iarUu<BI emlwwtwd * more complete 
of the rewcdtul organs, the itudy uf 

plants rtwaun a* ty|H*i uf Important families ; amt 
that for tho highest depertmeat the sam* mate- 
rial for a more extemivu study and bb* 1 ih« of * 
larger pnmtssr of plants. 

4 . A large case filled with natural *penli,*n* 
foe the sysle matte wtwjjr «f reuta, germiiwtion, 
kafiureweetse. ffilellb<*tKm. ri«‘- 

t. i large IxcSianum reabrociag time orpirt- 

nmnu the eihhhi plaut* of tlw NgkM, pl*nU 

used iu the induttruw, ted poituuou* plaalx. 
akimaI xisnoow. 

« ftperimeru ref tvitmn part* of mammifecmiS 
awim. 1 * designed u. mmplrt* lh- notswa *c- 
quinsl from pkliina te model*— hMr, fur, hoofs, 
teeth, etc. 

T. An vnuunnlogiiwt collrelion ebowmg the 
perfect iiiteit. the wenlial port* oc organa of 

ff. A ttilVisluft of nodlu.k (hells sn-t marine 
plants found mi the North !w* ccwal of Belgtem. 

TBCBXOI'Wlf- 

B. A collartk* of wo=l» u»«d ia the indwtiie* 
of the (veiatry, es<k rporbwa prevwatiog the 
tmk. the w«*j la the rough, the wood cut ha 
asvetnl direrlkaa *.ith rvfereuoe to tlw grate, 
and highly pJrihcd. , 

10. A collection of the building matoml* of 
thu legion. 

11 , 12 , and is Cull*ctk*a representing 111 * 
fWrioss (diiee* »f thu prvparstK.li of fin*. w,*d. 
sad ooctou, with **iu|dwi of their ck*f products. J 



POWDER 

Absolutely Pure. 


CANDY|1H| 

I pare K*f-a1onlKT!rtr^. A<firev* l- F. 4irST**A 

| COurerluiB«r, 1 b Ma/.V«n dL. LW*»g(v^ _ 

Vlrrt Mae Wfdal. Vkata, !»:»• 

kC.ivEisi»;r,:Ksx 


•nth* l»*kre an liikt. flaky »«t br**il». ur luxuti 

P£ ™” wS aSSSilK.'T-T 

only to »•* hr nil Oronew 

gore* Buimj r--wu*a tV>.. New Tort, 

prsytTivitu ■I3.ITABT at'IPKWT. 

(Vflut 1 '.i..ul*ii, htpmihr ii Driihw (imfuisl 

' vo«. TIUKh UTATT, PreahkoL | 


,„ss, A / 




lug Isilwt. 
4 twreily « 


ifOrST 13,1931. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


PURE SUGAR. 


(more generally knows ttf/ntw), hotirf 

extensively tttctl hj «mf«tk*ier», 
liirwcn. etc., has been madi: mfccicntly <l/jr 


■ - v 


and white «i that it can be powdered and 
railed with yellow lapis, It rtises the 
staadani d( color largely. but not being to 


:t reduces the saccharine strength, mak- 
ing it necessary to cse more of the article to I 
attain the usual degree of sweetness. Large I 
quarv. -.lies of thu mixture are now being [ 
made and told under various brands, bat ail 1 
of them, to far as ore ate aware, bear the 
words " New Process ” m adduxei to other I 
brands. 

As refiners of tine snenr, we are. In new 
of these facts, liable to be placed in a false 
potilion before the public, as the reraUk of 
analysis of augar booghl aultHTiminntcly, 
o coeiirm the fah-4 ami malicious 


While no< tniiroatiog that a mixture o?Vl»- 
*o»e and cane rugar is injurious to health, 


barrels 

each pichip^w-ili be found a guar. 


anil half tarre/i. 

1 aside i 

an tee of the punty of the contents at follows 



t ierriy inform tit fu Mr that i 
rtintd myan t—tiiit «/ Hr pttdutl tf 
n»tF lUfart ttfmd. Mrilitr CSmtst, Atu~ 
MiKe tf/ Tin. M uriatr Arid. Wtff any ttktr 
/tfongw mi I lam/ xriatmr it, at tin iai 
darn, mixed wfl tin w. Our Safari and 
Sym/rarr aiielutrh unadulltmt/d. 

Amdavit to the shore tfccct in New York 
paa-wix of November tith, 1A7A 
Consumers text old order from their CTOcer, 
sugar in omt original packages, either half or 
whole barrels. 

Consider well the above 
when purchasing sugar 
for preserving purposes. 

HAVEHEYERS A ELDER, 
DECASTRO It DONKER REFlN NG CO. 

117 Wall .Strarp, Naw York. 


LAST OF SMALLS FIRST GARDEN. 


EPPS’S COCOA. 

GRATEFUL— COKTORTIH 8. 


'ikfur - ilMrft With 1 dcUrMeU tk.unaa Wimn 
hleh ata* aaot- ua M1HT lifk.v 03,-1, ,rW MIA hi* 


BEAUTY IN DRESS. 

By KISS OAKEY- 

lfimo, Cloth, SI OO. 


baa win »e whn tnnld nnt Impn.rrlhetr 

yu»( illHlItlfy* silrirv ar-i rurv-.ryil 

•dr la a i.l.1I.M.>i>hk and f**a.prahr«.-lie 
a dilftrafl anil davfily lulcrr-liu,| ailiacL 


1 R . 

• » pru|a*rty oc 

1 on oerm* (AMI.. 

Halt alaaply v. Lai. balling water or milk. 

Wd imly In witftarwd line, >, aiut tti , lateCed 

jAdti Erl’S it Co„ Uamaopatiae CWialt, 
Atm, Ohmdd*r Kmnui tta tdlersono nan. 

NOVELTY CARRIAGE. 

TT IS WILI.9W M WIDD. 

f AS T Mil BELLA FRl/TEXTS 
' FtiuM SDK oil R.itN. 

D-w »l* of Iti.liutM.i.n, 


LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 



NEW ENGLAND 
| Mutual Life Insurance 
Company. 

^ Endowment Policies maturing prior to 
, January 1, 1884, will b« discounted at * 
moderate rate of Interest upon a proper 
legal discharge being given, ay applying at 
the Office of the Company in Boston, or at 
any of its Genera) Agencies, 
j BCNJ. f. STEVENS, President. 

| JOSEPH M. CIBBE NS, Se cretary. 



iMmeone nwv.ua 


ilSaTwiy^w ay naw 

_ rwrScSxcSii 
f I'icrtSflAtrs pars r-sr 

■ssas^g**”* 




of * 


AT. I1MI 
IlKINt. “ 


■lt»«4 lha 
at Drltrtin. 


It H«wliB.~' 


1 Roarert-Ccaa- 

w Udlaw. *••!! 


nieuB, 

LIEBIG COMPANVS EXTRACT 

OF MBAT A(I IftmlnsMe and Mali 14* tmilr 
la all nASvt w rah dlu«*l*ai nial debility. "la 

t^S 3 iSS? s!!S!JS!!! 

CA I TU-N linwtu.. «««W arttfh Hk lacvatlalk of 
Uir<a. Llrhlca Slgnatcre lu Uluc Ink atran lha 

UdwL 

LIEBIG C0MPAWY8 EXTRACT 

OF MEAT. Tnhi. lull .4 ai!HtncvkMm.r*.Oron*T*. 

Mil Vhmilpc «kta Agmi.r.wllir ('ulMOXimra 

JWW4.MW ncitjrj.^ C ^ttqVIP A Ltl.. « Mark 

Pah) wl.i.'kaalr in X.- To«k »«r PARK A T1!.POB!>. 
PM 1 1 1! A YA.MIKHIIKKK. AI KKU. MKItliALL, Jt 
ilaKIMY. MaklbwilS A MOHIIlhS, |l K. * F. 11 

TuniuiM a to, w. ii. scMtisrrEjJN a cv. 


HARPER’S PERIODICALS. 


HARPER* MAO Amu. On* Y*ar II 

HARPERS WRERLY, Ota Vw 4 

HARPERS BAZAR, Oua Yaar. 4 

HARPER B TOL.VO PBORLK, Out Ywr J 


EEAF"S 


rainal larlalkb EAR Pill k 


HAttPRRS PltASKUX BQl'ARI LTBRAJIY: a 
j wtekljr lOMIcaUue, ewUlalij Work, nr Traaal, 
I Br-Ynphy. Mw.nry, aM FVllun, al price* raayrxg 


| rralaib'i'iy Ml ap>' uckri ta tlaai-u A lluturu. 

tv harpers cataiarhtk Meiprwmc tii* 

title* nf li*t«ecii 1 \tw and ftinr llioinaud v.-iamae, 
( will he Mol by niaO 00 nwwi|K of Hlne (Ha. 

RiRrCIt k BROTHERS, Fttoklm Square, 3 . X. 

AGRNT'S I KV EHV W IIEKK. "Is.aa (a Jin m 
W P'. B day. i lrtolin on aupIPailou. 

■**' -* ■ P(*e Manaladutlns Co.. 


LIST OF M BOOKS. 


Mau uf LeUera.** 


Wall f^Htavlugi. Wi»v Cl 


SHAMSPt ARES TnAOtOV or CfMSdlNE, 

Kdllm). wlih NuiraL by Wnu»» J. k..ua, A.M. 
Still bn e r«TJaja 14u>u. fiatb. «b nan; P.pir, 


BEAUTY IN DRtSS. Dy MlaaOaaAY. 10aau,CluU. 

*1 “C ^ 

Till REVISED VERSION OE Till NEW TES- 
TAMENT ll:,fiu. . AnwrVae Kdltloca. lu taw 
*iur tyiw. 41.., p.|ur, 0, I San., Cluih, aft 

erii l*. Pad UuiWir. W .1 Edcea.Wcruu. 

YIIL 

TM1 CORRESPONDENCE Of PRINCE TAL- 
«««• - * v, »| d-wto^the 

Mild. “y'“Ir pSwIgTSElS il IWi*"vi ! nb n’pr*i- 
atr,a»»w*rva1I.MW.a.4.Nuir-byM.M P.1..1K, ai.j, 
F»P»t. »> c«“l* Al«_ In Itmw A^Ah. 16 van la. 


1 FnA>w or 4y*-.tinailr TP 
1 pi* 1'i.JrrU Pi» ' ' 

, x 

HARPERS CYCLOPAOIA OF BRITISH AMD 
AMdllCAN PD1TRY. Edllctl by Kara Maa.-i » a, 
Royal Pr-V rrmilanleS OuUi, Cuhnvtl blgf., u »*, 

HARPER B CUROPCAN OUlOE-BOOk FOR 1W1 

Utru.iV llaa.|.|v.ik Sir T.a.rlVr. La Bur..|u aiul 
in* i.’" T I^'l.c a M'll'lfr Itil'Mitfl. liraal ilrh.ilu an.l 
lrn.nid. ynorr, lb-ir am. Iti.ir.i.d, U.rmany, Ii. 
Kuy|>l. iwiia. Vitfliy. Uinta, >wl|a.rliM,‘ Tyidt, 
Lhtl, mark, N"< way, laawUvu, K11..I1, a»*l Pl.3 , * FI,' 

tv. k. Fan mat. S ub I PliM of 

a Ilia*. Twa-1.ll.-1l1 Yn.r||kk|, |» 'fun YtAaicA 
lYia-s I -miliar. haluc-A. A F-nni, at («■ |<i . ...niv. 

Y.w. t — (trtal Brllnlu, Irclna.l, Praam. Uclficai, 
lfnlland, 

Vua. II — fltrminy, Aaatria, llrly. f^fyi't, Syria, 
TVirkay. flrew cc. 

Y'u. Ill — Pwilawrland, Tyrol Ibrrmark, N.iiwky, 


1 LAND ANO StA. 


THE CNOLiaH COLONIES I*. 
By lloaa Ul»n lra«> Utf, II 
XtT. 

THOMAS CARLYLE. THa Mar 


THE NEW NOVELS 


HAHPER A BROTHERS, N«w York. 


BydACjr. By OAONtaana M. Cute. U cam La. 

Th* }<*|iinnr Tare By Tuaamit W. Juaatar. SPela. 
Ajala aAiarl Dy Arniaai Tauum llaula. 
Tha IWcnUtal Wwleb : * llri(Ha*i Ru.ry fly Wn. 


a.aa Hi. a. 


a. WrU 


"O-.ld 


•r uf II, I. T.Otaic Ihiui Ihrj hr n. n. uiaal W Ml- 
rr or tuaifrrtBW.— /IiirtA»il IWani, 

A taay ArtNik: tad full ina-wuiiiilun of the {elncS- 


.c» j YOU 


«2S 


$9D9! 


J t I By Gautwa IL liana 
An <*-wan Prre-Ladot. |iy W 
A Yoai'y Herltace- By A i*> - 
Vlallhl uu Ike Cblldrvu. By 


mulrahm aid Rear*: a 

pnaliyiaa and eArlnB ' 

.1 Lave aff ..dol. Mia- O 


hirta lirr aladlna an a 

kef* are * 

Ml.. Oakayb book -V 


be Rwad an I. dlttey-uiMe 

wbcb w iihiuy la luik hrr |.rv ItloL, illilraaa bae on 
t ew. nf radar, and kealialoa U> eiparlmanl with Ike . 
Illila Ihut are while la make or aanr beaaly. M-aa J 

naa-rrly PMhloMlilv rat-0 ike .vrfrolfO'ritlve «.J pin* 
ppaa|»a, til#iadlu( la bar walk I he rtflna.l lure alike 
Clrjnat »iman tad thr inn rod (tefcibj for f.irn and 
ci*l-e uf Ike arllad. — ftrEimf /Yaaaa. 

RIm (Ikl.y. V.ik la IMaly, tea! d**arawe a wlA* 
elnol.tl-.u. E>try pdiie tvwcttie p»ie oxful hint*, 
aiail .1 la a na|iilal lexl-huuk Pu* cw.tr ta cow.— 
CAiaiw rrtHua. 

'rt f bocA It ti-nitthlnj; that Hae Lean for ft Vwr 
tine frnatty *aw4»d. tad w* fireStcl for 11 a wHe- 

• pnftil tlicnlalko Aaffinwt IMtrtlr. 

PabUahed by HARPER A IllUiTHI k*. Yrw fort 

• W" ,'frv itaaiiT. pMM|W ytjiait, to aa. jar! tf (hr 


1 * A C-'., PurUand. M. 


FARM FESTIVALS. 

By WILL CAHLETON, 

Actbh* oe •* FaJdt Bollab *,' 1 " Faax Lbucxds,'* aad “ CnnxxiaL Itunin." 
TLLUSTRA TED. 

8 to, IllumlnnK'd Cloth, 8— OO; Gilt Edgei, |D SO. 


»/ V 


e tvc'cnlar In bln i> 


I beat befima 
Hr. Carter fm ta. 
a a, Am 


to ice rinnlDe tmr.«ri|rU of ntur*. ail. 
are pltimwa boa Ufa. They exhll.lt ta 

of t**ewpuue and jmwm of eieruliea 


that da- 

' mlralilt 
MlgUl 

«hl<h 

lb St icH of jnetlt llianlam -.1, 1*. Aot 

Tbr nantl extettaucre nf tbla wrilap* worka, a 
bh pllctr y ftiaf tamely atm*!*, am nlmretbla 

1 r - ‘ -3, r, r 


rea.jblc.-jr. r. fatayenairof. 

rcBi.iflifKit by HARPER A BROTHERS, N«w York. 

Uf~ timl if mail, y/totay prepaid, to eny pari of tit Undid Hatn, un rorripl if tit pan 


A Child nf Saule. By Damr Brciuaa., 1Bc*ule 
Wj^ FWOlir.tail other tRawwe. By Malt v'aoit. 
The Cbt^daU oftlie PueL By Waitaa Baa.n wad 

The MiiNr'a ban-tiler. By A-toft 11*. ix. I» mu 
Who waa Panl Graymu ? By Jau* UataaicTuK II- 
IMnuA |ln. „ 

lltrry Juftttlyii. By Jf™ Dr.ieearr. kluul*. 

ter nannta A R.newana will a rad an- rf U« *|-U 
warbt bv wax' l, yaaiaae ya fepokf. ta ea.y yairi nf 1A# 
D'otla* Obataa. ou re npl if |A» prm. 

IF* Haaeia 1 , Catauwia moilad fru aa mnyl of 
Kim Omla ii a akaanyw. 

HAHPER h BBOTMOtS, Fr»nkUo Hqwnt. *. X. 


S66L 






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gggsng| 


$ 222 . 75 . 

T'ratcwr. HMt 


T*JMCa, COWDITIO* WOT 


■o cnata ..balancu 


L*.B£l 


LADIES, IN BUYING 
WINDOW DRAPERY 

BE SURE YOU GET 

HARTSHORN'S 

ROLLERS 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


AC 0 U 9 T IS, isai. 


MIDSUMMER 8 AMITY. 

FutiKlon Mar nun TO Natttx. " Wbm wc tnmn.ll raaaitr now *« won «h«* *' * 

do** for the nbaiM-niiciil of pulMIc*, lor (h« good ot Ao eounlry, In fact, » ,1|C nanw 
Ulxru — tbm are are fr t*~ 4 „ 

Natit* Mar-ejili* (A> AinutT/). “HI go foe you, If ttal’k ' 


SMOKE MARSHALL’S 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold In the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &o. 

Sold by all Drnggisl* ; or send 2 » ocnU for ample box by mail, to 
B. HORNER, 69 Maiden Lano, Mew York, P. B. A. 


CREAM” 

STRAWBERRIES 

FOR 1881 . 

iHaouiMC TMe FAim 

JERSEY QUEEN. 

arc thaws In oxr CulorW Flat*, lllutum- 

awr«Sf| 

t l‘ 1 . 1 . CHOP cwn be ublalntd M TEN 
^ONTtlS^frwn tl > f we 

"peter hendersoW & ' CO., 

aa CortUodt Btra*. »«■ Tm*. 




GLENN'S 

Sulphur Soap 

FOB CTRISC1 

OBSTINATE SKIN DISEASES, 

AMD 

For BEAUTIFYING tit C0BPLEI10N. 

a rskn r»r ««»• 

TB HI. V K irLPHI R BAT 1 H 
THEI.VK M LPIII K Hllll' 

AS ggPICACIOV* AS ANT FROM HATCHES 
OWN M'HINUH. 


PI8HERMKN ! 

T W 1 X E S A N 1 ) N Fa T T I N G, 

MM. E. HOOPER A SONS IJitawr*. Hd. 

|y‘a w ^iafFifc«.UAt.niw lnireQrO««atyd»»lfc 


What is BROWN’S 
GINGER for-How 
do yo u use it? 

Thl« Essence is warranted to 
poaBeoH, in n concentrated form, 
all the valuable propertlea of 
JAMAICA GKXGERt »*»d will 
be found on trial, an excellent 
FAMILY MEDICINE. It Is 
particularly recommended an 
A TONIC to peraona recover- 
ing from FEVER or other dis- 
eases. n few drop* Imparting 
to the Stomach a glow und 
vigor equal to a wlBe-flawM 
of brandy or other stimulant, 
without uny of the debilitating 
effect* which are »nre to fol- 
low tho um of liquor of any 
kind ; and it in therefore spe- 
cially serviceable to Children 
nud Female*. To the AGED 
It will prove » great comfort; 
to the DYSPEPTIC, and to 
those who are predisposed to 
GOUT or RHEUMATIC AF- 
FECTIONS. It gives great re- 
lief; and to the INEBRIATE 
who wishes to Reform, bat 
whose stomach Is constantly 
craving tho noxious liquor, It 
is invaluabl e— gi ving tone to 
tl»c DIGESTIVE Organs, and 
strength to resist temptation, 
anil Is consequently a great 
agent In the CAUSE OF TEM- 
PERANCE. 

DOSE - For s grows psross. os« 

spoonful ; for • «Wld » to ti y«sro oU. tulf 
s W* spoonful . OSd lot o child t to 5 ymn 

old. .5 to » drops. To bo giro* la togof 
sod Wator. 

REMEMBER! 

INSIST on having the 
GENUINE BROWN’S GINGER 
made by Fred’k Brown, Phil- 
adelphia Take no other. For 
sale by all respectable Drug- 
gists und Grocers in the World. 


DUmB'* IDLFHDR SO AT 18 REJiOWKED 


PH1ITTMATISM AND qQPT - 

IIUV' KHKI1MATIC PILIA 


OF GLENN S 




CONGRESS WATER. -K 

ivtrilc oks Ae»W oil worov Irrrtillni 


EtV-tRK OF INITATIOIfa, 

, N. CRITTBCTOX. 1^*", 
L.t JrdiJ lr, *11 dncrM. Depot, 1 18 F 


1,1 daiMk. Tiny Impair ih, illr»u<o 
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HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

Am Iu-csr rated Weekly— l« Pages. 

AV, 94 Volin® Pxortr, //W Angnrt |6 , eenUint 

tie put chapter tf " 1‘tntitf," * *«w 'trial eteejfer girit, ttim 
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POLITICS IN VIRGINIA. 

T 1IE political situation is strikingly illustrated by 
the platform of the Virginia Democrats. The 
Convention cheered old Confederate soldiers, and the 
orator* recounted with enthusiasm the Confederate 
services of candidates, blit it also pamwd a hearty reso- 
lution of sympathy for the President, hoping for his 
speedy restoration “to Utc discharge of his important 
duties for the welfare and honor of our common coun- 
try,” and it declared general principle which nrc the 
very creed of republicanism. Indeed, the Virginia 
Democracy surpawa oven that of Ohio in its un- 
conditional assertion of republican principles. In 
North Carolina the Democrat* adopted the Prohibi- 
tion instead of the Republican creed, and they have 
been overwhelmed at the poll*. In Maine some Dem- 
ocrat* proposed a fusion with the Greenback party, 
but they were overborne, and the Convention reaf- 
firmed the Hancock platform, sympathized with the 
President, and adjourned. 

All this shows that tlio two great parties are no 
longer divided by the old issue*, and that they have 
not yet taken position upon new questions This is 
the situation in which electious wilt be decided by 
the traditions of party, and by the personal character 
of candidate*. In Virginia, for instance, the Demo 
crate declare generally for exact justice, freedom of 
tlte press and of the person, free voting and fair 
counting, trial* by impartial juries, respect for Slate 
right*, and preservation of the national authority. 
Nothing could be better. But th s voter will natural- 
ly consider whether the Democrr tic party has proved 
its ninccm regard fur all they • great right*, and 
whether they arc probably sat r under Democratic 
than under Republican ascendency. The Virginia 
Drmocrats declare specifically for maintaining the 
public -school system for white and colored children, 
against increasing the present rate of taxation, and 
for nettling the State debt upon the bwsi* of a three- 
per-cent. bond. Here, again, experience will decide. 
The Democrat* have been long in power. The vutera 
know whether they have honestly maintained the 
school system, whether they have taxed equably, and 
how zealously and effectively they have labored for 
mu actual settlement of the debt. Those voters know 
also the position of the Democrat* upon the repeal of 
the capitation tax, the abolition of the whipping post, 
and the petty larceny law*. A* the party in power, 
they will be tried by their performances, not by their 
professions. If their policy has been plainly a policy 
of equal justice, of protection of an honest vote, of 
equality in the school management, of opposition to 
u mean, petty, teasing tyranny intended to work 
practical injustice, if they hare vigorously and suc- 
cessfully addressed themselves to the settlement of 
the State debt, they have a right to expect the contin- 
ued confidence of the voter*. But if they have done 
nothing of all this, and the decision is to be made 
upon the results of experience, fine professions ought 
not to save them. 

The question for Virginia Republicans, who belong 
to the national party which has secured equal right*, 
and practically maintains them wherever it liu* con- 
trol, is whether they can serve that cause mure by 
joining cither the regular or the Makoxe Democrats, 
or by a separate ticket. Tikis must depend so much 
upon the actual situation, which is difficult for an 
outsider to understand, that advice from the outside 
can he only tentative. It is true that the Maiioxk 
I> emocrat* make promising overtures to Republicans. 
But it is no lea true that they do this to secure Re- 
publican votes, not necessarily to carry out Repub- 
lican principles. But, on the other band, since the 
regular Democracy in Virginia is hopeless so far os 
Republican purposes are concerned, ought not Repub- 
licans to make any alliance to defeat it I Upon this 
point an independent Republican in Houth Carolina 
writes that in his judgment any alliance is permissible 
in State* like South Carolina, Alabama, mul others, 
where the electoral frauds are so glaring and shame- 
less that their correction takes precedence of every 
question. But he is doubtful if this is the situation 
in Virginia. Hi* general observations are worth at- 
tention at a time when party line* are evidently re- 
laxed: 

“ In my opinion, one of the chief csaics of the otter fail- 
OI« of the Republican purl j to establish • solid boats hith- 


erto in the (loath ha* been tho notoriously bail character 
of leant of the party tesiter*. A large proportion of the 
white people, and those, too, the iiwwt moderate, intelli- 
gent, and prngreswive. have now little or no limit te tind 
with the i-wi-iilial principle* of Ihs nxticiiiul ltepablH-su 
parly. imii'Ii a* honest tnonry, civil service reform, equal 
right* for both race*, education of all classes, etc. But 
intelligent and patriotic men, anxious to enjoy the bene- 
fit* of bourtl, economical, and orderly government, run not 
be expected to sapport * party represented by notoriously 
llirn|ut>l* suit corrupt leaders, however object ions We some 
of the principles and practice* of their own party may he. 
I would have RepaMicun* at tba Booth take advantage of 
all disagreements and divisions among their opponent* to 
promote the priori pies of tbeironn party; not, however, by 
clow sill* tore with men of doubtful character, and priori, 
piss directly MitagonisUc to vital principles of tbrir own 
party, bnt by supporting, wbererer occasion offer*, honest, 
respectable, and lions fnte opposition to Ibe fraudulent prac- 
tices of tbe Democratic party.” 

“If you advise u* to co-operate,” says our South 
Carolina Republican, ** let it be only with the better 
elements of the Democratic party." Wo concur with 
him. But the better element of the Democratic party 
in any Southern State is that which honestly seeks 
justice for all citizens. Is it the Bourbon Democrat* 
or the MaROXB Democrats who really do this in Vir- 
ginia i 


PARTIES AND REFORM. 

Tire Evening Post, quoting from an article in the 
New Orleans Times upon the necessity of reform of 
the spoils system, point* out that it is useless and 
footish to question the sincerity uf Democratic pro- 
fessions upon this subject. This crimes with peculiar 
prop ri ety from the Evening Post, because, although 
an independent Republican journal, it has Demo- 
cratic traditions of tbe best kind. Under Mr. Bryant 
and Sir. LCOGBR it advocated a tariff for revenue, 
not for protection, and " hard money,” and a limita- 
tion of the functions of government. It wu* the best 
exponent of whal was best in Democratic doctrines. 
But when the party degenerated into a huge slavery 
propaganda, Mr. Bn vast followed hi* principles out 
of his party, mid he and the Post remained in the 
best sense Republican. Among New York journals 
the I'ost has always held a distinctive literary posi- 
tion. while from its character, ability, and interest it 
has been especially a favorite family paper, and upon 
occasion of the recent change in the proprietorship 
and editorship we were glad to express our Nat iaf ac- 
tion that its heat traditions would be confirmed and 
strengthened. 

That this has I wen the event will not bo questioned. 
The Post was never a more positive power than it i* 
now; and it is significant and interesting that its re- 
newed energy and influence a* a sagacious, intrepid, 
and independent leader of opinion should be coinci- 
dent with the decline and fall of the despotism which 
has long oppressed the Republican organization in 
New York. The power of the despotism Lay in the 
spoils system which the Pott has so steadily and ef- 
fectively exposed, and we agree with the Pjst in be- 
lieving that the reform of that system has now be- 
come a question of such importance that it can not be 
disregarded safely by a party which propose* to repre- 
sent the true progressive spirit and purjxjse of the 
country. D is a very significant fact also that the 
Republican Times and the Democratic World not 
only strenuously advocate reform, but agree upon 
the most desirable method. The Tribune, while not 
denying the necessity of some kind of change, is skep- 
tical of the competitive method, and holds tliat if thn 
Drmocmt* are sincere, they cuu easily prevent the in- 
terference of office-holders ill elections, and the pay- 
ment by them of enforced contributions, if they will 
only authoritatively declare that, in case of Demo- 
cratic 8U corns, no removals shall bo made in the pub- 
lic service except for legitimate cause. 

If the Democratic friends of reform are able to di- 
rect the declaration* of their party, undoubtedly this 
will be done, as it certainly will be done if the reform 
Republicans can influence Republican policy. But 
why should Republicans permit Democrats to take 
the lead upon a question so important I Tbe matter 
is not to be dismissed by saying that the Democratic 
talk is all water melon and box* drum. It i* undoubt- 
edly true, ns wc have heretofore said, and as the Trib- 
une states, that the spoils system was introduced by 
the Democrats, and that like progress which has been 
made in refurm is due to Republican administration. 
But it is equally true that the bill introduced by the 
Democratic Senator PENDLETON is the best measure 
of reform ever proposed in Congress ; ami it is no leas 
tnio that while u Republican Congress in 1875 refused 
to a Republican President tbe appropriation to curry 
out reform, a Democratic Congress in IBM 1 granted it. 
uud to a Republican President. There are multitude* 
of Democrat* who are quite a* much in earnest upon 
the subject as Republicans, and it needs only a cer- 
tain amount of feeling upon the question to make it a 
party issue. The Pendleton bill was drawn in con- 
sultation with the most intelligent friends of reform 
in both parlies. There is no trick or evasion in it; 
and if the Democratic ]»rty. as such, should adopt it 
atid urge it* passage, ail those of any party who sin- 
cerely desire to sec a simple and practicable method 


of reform would bo found, from tlie neoreuaty ^ t , 
case, supporting the Democratic party upon a uurqi,"' 
of imraiuount public in tercet. As Republicans JT 
think it would be very “had politics' to give the 
Democratic party «> dungrrous an advantage. 


THE PLAGUE-SPOTS AROUND THE CITY. 

W K are glad to see that the resident* of Newtown 
Long Island, are striving to induce their Board „/ 
Health to do their duty toward the various nni Mnc(| 
ia their neighborhood. TIm* pestiferous factories 
which have been driven out of Kings County have 
planted themselves at Newtown, and poison th* tt j r 
from lluit quarter. It is a mutter which affects both 
the health and the property interests of the commu- 
nity ; and, fortunately, a* it is one of which thn coni- 
munity is constantly and odiously reminded, the p*^, 
pie of Newtown will probably persevere in their effort* 
to save themselves. Fortunately the State Hoard of 
Health is fully alive to the necessity of action uj*, n 
the subject. A subcommittee of the Board, of which 
the Hou. Er, ASTf* Beimikh and Dr. Elisha 11 arsis aw? 
members, recently made a sudden and unannouiws.d 
visit to Barren Island, die sent of some of tho went 
pests of dkc kind in the neighborhood of New York, 
contaminating and desolating a wide area, including 
die summer resort* at Coney Island. Thu subcom- 
mittee investigated the rendering methods upon the 
foul island, and it is understood that they are of opin', 
ion that the nuisance is such a* to warrant a peremp- 
tory order from the Governor for its suppression, 
which they will endeavor to obtain. 

It must not be supposed tliat these poisoning es- 
tablishment* are the seats of necesoury but unplra 
sunt Industrie*, to which the community must recon- 
cile itself os well os it can. They are deliberate and 
unjustifiable crime* against the public health urn) 
comfort. The able committee of the State Board., 
which ha* made a thorough investigation of the whule 
subject, were unanimously of opinion that not fa* 
than nine tenths of all effluvium nuisances and mat- 
ters of complaint can be wholly controlled and pre- 
vented by simple and practicable means. They 
therefore, nnd very properly, recommend that sack 
regulation should be made obligatory upon tbe pro- 
prietors of the nuisances, and that whatever can nnl 
be sufficiently controlled by available means should 
be removed to a reasonable distance from populous 
districts. This is a sensible solution of lli® whole 
difficulty, and it would be a satisfactory reason for 
the existence of the Slate Board, even hod it doc* 
nothing else, that it ha* furnished tho means of an 
immediate and complete investigation of this evil, 
and tbe most intelligent recommendation for its re- 
moval. 

Nothing is now wanting but the action of the Gov- 
ernor. Ho listened at one® to the weighty petition 
of citizens of New York upon the subject ; and upon 
the report of the committee of the State Board of 
Health, he mued his proclamation requiring tbe nui- 
sance* to be abated. They have not been abend 
They remain, poisoning the air of the city, nnd defy- 
ing the authority of the State. They will evidently 
not remove themselves, and tbe same rigor of actual 
toward them which the Governor has shown in lus 
vetoes would he a timely and most serviceable exbi 
bition of executive authority. 


ASSASSINATION. 

It is certainly a remarkable fact that a man can 
state in the city of New York truly und openly that 
he ho* deliberately planned and accomplished tbs 
murder of innocent persons in Russia, and yet that 
he is entirely safe from any other penalty than the 
moral condemnation of the community. It is s fa- 
miliar legend that the Roman law did not provide for 
the punishment of parricide, because it was inconceiv- 
able that such a crime would be committed. Tbe 
confession of Hartmann, or of the person who rails 
himself Hartmann, in New York apprises us that 
there are flagrant cases of crime which oar laws and 
treaties do not yet cover. Hartmann lias committed 
no offense in this country’, and we have no treaty of 
extradition with Russia. If the Russian government 
should furnish complete proof of his Identity and of 
hi* crime, and ask for his arrest and surrender, there 
is no legal ground upon which ho could be seized and 
returned. Happily no man can be urreoted in thn 
country but by the authority of law, and the law doej 
not cover this cosc- 

A treaty of extradition with Russia, or with any 
purely despotic government, would be a very delicate 
transaction. It must protect perfectly tho right of 
political asylum In this country, and prevent the sur- 
render of men for political punishment under pretense 
of criminal trial. It 1* evident tliat in the negotia- 
tions for such a treaty tho whole question of the crim- 
inality nf the amaasination of despots would be drawn 
into debate. Undoubtedly the general judgment of 
mankind doe* not condemn OhaRUiTTK C-OBJiay 
equally with W ilkkb Booth. Yet the plea fur trrsn- 
mride which Laxdok urge* is equally rejected by that 
general judgment, because it is ws applicable to pri- 
vate as to public wrong, und virtually commits tho 


AUGUST 20, 1881. 


power over n man'* life to the discretion of every one 
of his neighbor*. "Nothing ran excuse amutsi na- 
tion," wy* D'Aznuo, "becnunn it is an act of t roa- 
ch ury in execution of a sentence pronounced without 
trial Hy an incompetent tribunal.” But a treaty of 
criminal extradition between civilised states assumr*. 
first, perfect good faith, then a common consent us to 
the churartcr of crime, and open and equable legal 
procedure. The surrender of a man politically hate- 
ful to an absolute government to bo tried by its mili- 
tary officer*, under any plea whatever, is a proceeding 
that can not lie too carefully guarded in a free country. 
This would 1» the difficulty in the negotiation of an 
extradition treaty with Russia. Its government is 
practically a government of terror, and we do not 
wish to add to its horrors hy helping it to secure its 
victims who wape to other lands. 

Ori the other hand, the horror of talcing the power 
of life and death into private and irresponsible hands 
is in this country so profound and instinctive that 
Hartmann has recoiled from it, mid gone over the 
border lest it should prompt his surrender even with- 
out the form of law. His apprehension is needle**, 
but that the public mind revolts at his confession is 
undeniable. Tin* event of the 2d of July lias shown 
us the nature and the consequence* of his doctrine 
and plan of assusaiuation. It involves the murder of 
innocent persons. Now while murder can not bo 
prevented, it need not bo promoted. The Nihilist 
conspiracy of assassination in Russia, like the Sep- 
tember DiMMcre* in the French Revolution, is the 
ghastly and natural fruit of despotism. They point 
the argument aguinst absolutism. But they strange- 
ly confuse our minds if they lend us to praise or to 
excuse Marat and the terrorists. One crime docs 
not justify another. That the Cxar sends an inno- 
cent man to Siberia and silences protest does not jus- I 
tify Sumuiix in murdering another innocent man 
at Moscow as a warning to the Cxar. If CHARLOTTE 
OOKDaY takes her life in her hand, and strikes Marat 
to the heart, we must admit that Marat's hideous 
crimes provoke such retaliation. But if wc would 
praise a heroine's deeds a* well as purpose, it is Jean 
D'Arc, not Charlotte CordaY, that we recall. 


THE CROWE CONTINGENT. 

The case of Crowt at Peoria has been fully dis- 
cussed by the daily press, and. like that of HaKT- 
Manx, it reveals a criminal offense with which our 
law* do not deal. Crowe declares that he manufac- 
tured tlic dynamite infernal machine to explode in 
England, and by indiscriminate murder and terror 
to help the cause of Ireland. Ilr propose* to help 
that cause further by ruining British commerce, to 
accomplish which result he will cause machines to 
be smuggled into trading vessels, to explode and sink 
them in due time. Happily this is a matter which 
can be managed without great difficulty. The ship- 
ping of murderous material and machines with felo- 
nious intent to countries with which we liave treaty 
relations can be punished tike any other crime. The 
plan of making America the base of anamination in 
Europe will miscarry. There are no worse enemies 
of liberty and the rights of the people everywhere 
than those who would make this country the para- 
dise of assassin*. The republican cause in Europe 
for a lml f -century and more— indeed, since the Holy 
Alliance that followed the war* of Napoleon— has 
had no deadlier bmdeniitce than ita apparent identi- 
fication with assassination. The conspiracies of the 
Carbonari and other similar leagues, so far as they 
proposed violence, did not loosen the chains of des- 
potism, but gave republican ism a had name. 

The story of Crowe, ns we write, bn* not been ver- 
ified, but there is no doulit, we believe, of his stand- 
ing and his authority in the Fenian fraternity. The 
Fenian position In this country is generally rather 
ludicrous, aa it consists of vociferation and contribu- 
tion of money for "the men in the gap," with a 
strong suspicion that it is the gap in the pockets of 
the vociferating committee which is tilled by the 
money. But. like the Guscouii, if the Irish have a 
large mouth, they have also a strong hand. Their 
courage and their fighting qualities have been amply 
demonstrated, and if the Skirmishing Committee now 
turns out to be a committee for the supply of infernal 
dynamite machines, ridicule of Captain Bobndils will 
readily turn into punishment of criminals. 

Every man who acknowledge* the long English 
misrule of Ireland, and who rejoices to see the vigor- 
ous efforts of the Gladstone government to be. just to 
a country whose popular leaders sneer at the effort, 
must wish a thousand times tluit in this emergency 
O’Coxnkij-, instead of a in an like Parnell, were the 
Irish chief. O'Connell, without doubt, would have 
frankly co-operated with the administration, because 
he would have been sure of its good faith. To the 
administration, on the other hand, O'C’uNNElA'a sug- 
gestions would have been invaluable, and in case* of 
difference, hi* opinion would have had immense 
weight. In effect, he would have been Chief Secre- 
tary for Ireland, and he and the Gl.AliWTXiNE ministry 
could have done more for the relief of the country 
than ha* been done in five hundred years. It is the 
tragedy of Ireland that in (/Connell's time there was 


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no Prime Minister Gladstone, and now, when he ap- 
pears, that three is no O'Connell. It seems, indeed, 
the very irony of fate, if Crowe's story be true, that 
thelrish. whom oppression has driven from their coun- 
try. should be laboriously plotting three thouwnd 
miles away to dratroy the hand that is trying to rem- 
edy the oppression of Ireland. 


THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER. 

Thru is a very general feeling in England that it will 
be very ililtSciill to supply the place of D*aa STANLEY ** 
tbn custodian of WeaUniaater Abbey. The difficulty and. 
delicacy of the position sre due to the fact that the Abbey 
I* the national WaIIiaIU, tbn temple dedicated to inotiil- 
mm»ts of great men, sod that the Dean ileoide* who shall 
tie admitted. Of course, if Parliament decrees a statue In 
the Abbey to any famous Englishman, its recently to Lord 
Btuco.Ysrtri.n, the Dean can not interfere. Rot otherwise 
he is the judge, anil it was his decision which would have 
given the young Roxai-artx a monument in the Abbey, ex- 
cept for l be national protest. Tbo proper discharge of the 
lb-no'* duty requires a combination of perception, (act, dis- 
cretion, lntelligmiee, fores, and courtesy which U ie nut easy 
to And, anil which tlm Trisa* s**i-ros to cunaider almost iiii- 
discoverable among living Englishmen. 

The lust litensry work «f Dean STANUtT woe a paper upon 
the Uc vised New Testament. Ho waa one of the company 
of reviser*, soil hs thought that it waa too soon to express 
n positive opinion of tbn probability of its general adoption. 
Hut be was evidently inollnod to think that it wonlil be very 
acceptable, ss giving a more exact appreciation of the New 
Testament, and that, it teems to us, would cause its general 
adoption. 


MR. SIMONTON AND THE ASSOCIATED 
PRESS. 

Foil fifteen years Nt.J.W.guoxn» ho* maenged the 
btuincss of the New York Associated Trees with a skill, ail 
intelligence, and urbanity which make his retirement a ae- 
riotts misfortune. Hi* expcncuc* was invaluable, mid com- 
bined with his admirable administrate o qualities, it gave 
him n singular command of tlic dntir* of hi* position, 
With great good sense, the amneiation lias not Aakcil a 
ward committee or a party beau whom it ail (Mild appoint a* 
hi* successor, but it haa promoted to Mr. Nmsonton '9 place 
a gentleman who hoe been thoroughly trained to dm bovi- 
ne**, and who will retain the places of course, aa long its ho 
serve* faithfully and elficlsndy. Tills is nti example which 
the people of this country may wisely heed in the manage- 
merit Of their own public busincs*. 

Mr. Suioxtojc removes, wo understand, to California, and I 


PERSONAL. 

Wo. Rner IT Ann's chance* of ultimate intermret Sn Westmin- 
ster Abbey bare been lessenol by the death of Dean Svaxiav, who 
as* a great admirer of Mr. Haora'* work-, and who once **i>j to 
him, laughingly, but with genniiiH rinrerilv, “ I do not aunt ton to 
to la a burry to quit tbit world. Mr. Barte, tot If vow die toforr 
me, I dial! certs inly pit you in Westminster Abbey*" 

—Mr. Xanana, wh>, has just died in London, vtsesw of the eld- 
e»t members of the English press, for nearly fifty yarn he tru 
nn the tuff of the London fi«w, for which journal be wrote the 
scwmit of the Queen's iwromitinn. lie rtyu-tej tto Drat speech 
which Mr. Duasru orar intend at a public banquet, and there- 
after for forty years was the special reporter of the great man s 
addresae*. lluanu never forgr< him, and when he hs-i the now- 
er ho offered Mr. Vat** a |iemion of filOOd a rear from tho Lit- 
erary fund. Tto pn5.rirt.1r, of the London 7tor* re-fwd 10 al- 
low Mr. MuROR n> accept this gift, but in Beu of it they added 
#250 a year to has aalary. 

— Mr. Wstrali, of the London Tune*, acvw-npanioi by monitor*, 
nf Ids family, is sooo to make annUnv trip to the I'nlted State-. 
After- a brief rent and viiit to tho cottage of hit old frfrtnl Mr, 
tluiuus W. Count- at Long n ranch, whore hosmitahty doth Briwtlr 
atmuml. to a ill vi-it the West 

—A London re respondent of the New York Timm drewrito* 
WltusN Hr.*rx, tho nucetot, as slight, and not rery tall. with a 
film liiwd. dark hair, and sapreuir* dark cvc*. Un Is rreartwiui 
gvnisl in manner, with a little trick of looking down m. be 
talks, and suddenly rawing Ida eyre with a quick, kei-a erprrewwin 
at any remark that iriUresls nr amuses him. In cnarereatiun lie 
i* charming, and ia his own house and at his own tabic a mo-t 
gmi-iini, and kindly hn«L Hi* fund of stoer, anardote, and repar- 
lee i» inribaustitile, while to to with him M but ennaunllj Ui retail 
Dick Rixcut's tribila to the lady Euzamctii Havre SOS. that ‘tu 
know her was a Ubrrai edneatkm.’ He has * Vinter ami w,.l| farmed 
han.ii, and he i* always a prnv cAcsWier in bla appearance. Mr- 
Ih-arx 11. as nccordlug to tlm law of raolrasu sto rtomld to, a 
Uoade, with blue eyes, a fair reunplexiun, and soft, pleutenu* gold 
rn hair that waves about her head mast artistically. Him w clever 
and interesting U-voo.1 most women, alt the niunr *0 [wriiap-i be- 
cause of die Little air of aadmm that surrouaids her. She has a 
sweet voice and pluaatot meaner*, in os intense udmirev of toe 


ith the putdlc tliat he has *o honestly woo." Mr. Rtscx'ia fswir 
years old, and was botn in Glasgow. 

-Senator I’m wn, uf Kansas, ia to bo congratulated on harlaq 
made, M la reported, f S.ihiO.UUO in mining operation* during the 
last two years. Senator Pli-wb. who Is now forir-oue. is an Ofcto- 
on and a printer, lie aided in cwubiuliing tto Xenia An. la 
IS.W to smt to Krnisit and nUblishod tlm Emporia Am. ] < 
IMB he waa a member of the Coutitutkmal Convrataoe. and su'- 
scqimnlly a Bwrntor of the Legislator*. In Ik. 12 he entered tto 
* ' oa reread lieutenant of tho Elen-nih Kansas Infontrr, a 


will be attended thither by the sincere rnspert soil regard 
of this community, and the warmest wistoic of • multitude 
of porannal friend*. 


SKELETON SHIPS. 

In annther part of this paper wilt to* found sn lutervMt- 
ing latter frem tbn Ho«. 8- 8. Cox, describing, in a very 
piquant and graphic maniter, tho smrlent ships which bare 
recently lieen discovered in Norway. Tto letter wan mi- 
ll reused to a friend, through whose eonrteay wc ant permit- 
ted to lay it before our render*. 


SOUND DOCTRINE 

Tub moral of tho late Senatorial election in New York, 
and tto true policy fur tho Republican party, aa it ia aeon 
by tbo ahrawdest Kcpu LUcans, I, admirably sod forcibly 
stated by the Uuffalo Arpre m. aa follows : 

“ It won’t do, then, merely to subatltuui for the old a new raan- 
agcooMii of maehxte towsism. Tto difference newt be radical 
Tto prep V. must bo satisfied that tto mighty change, the new 
tarth of tto party, has brought a gouuiae reg.mcratkm. Honesty 
and good faith must rule, and tto reform mu*t begin at the very 
U*gi nning. There most to no snow rmap nuiw, DeVpate* 
mnat repntstml aoetallilim aaers eons Isriag than brace force. Con. 
veertiom* mual record tin. |<ir*.y'» K-mim-ut. Candidates wmst to 
ebowen for ttoir inerilr, and not to permitted to nominate thorn 
•circa, Tto iiflbwa mux seek the men. There must bo no sore* 
slate-made tickets. The spoils syeteos must be obliterated. The 
Republican party mast rely for suncews on the character of ihu 
roea in whore Is half the iwople'* rate* are Solicited. Prosaism 
won't go much farther. The public mind in stout made op that 
political parties, *« parties, are pretty much alike. The Republic- 
ans claim to rep re s e nt tto beet inteirigvnce cf the people every- 
where, and they mure everywhere make good that claim in tb« 
character of ttoir esndidaire, Ml far as nominations can do It." 


THE CONCORD SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. 
Tint Concord School of Philosophy has been aa proaper- 
ua and iutereating as ever thin year; and excepting at the 
Kant meeting at Saratoga, there haa probably never been 
nmcb good talk about Kant in so short a tuna as on tto 
Kant days, l'rofeasor IIkikir, of Harvard, read an admira- 
ble sketch of the philosopher* life, which not only told Ilia 
tdory hat clearly elated hi* pNllmwipliical position and in- 
tl no urr. Presldnnt Poktex, of Yale, wont a dVcoarso upon 
Kant 'a re Latina to modern religious thought. Profiuanr 
HakiiIB, of MiMonri, Mrs. Julia Ward Howk, ProfrwAora 
Watson and Morris, of Miohigan, Mr. Mkars, and other*, 
also took part with p*twr* and con vomatiou. 

The nmllciiL'n at this Interesting asaomldy, in which tto 
garden and tto grove* of the Academy are renewed, i* never 
very large, but, as usual, the true audience ia toy oDd, and is 
reached through tto report*. Jocosity in such reports, 
however, is misplaced. To ridicalo Merer*. Hr rein and 
1‘cnrrxN and IlAaui* in their duenarao upon Kant or any 
•abject of pbilusopby is as absurd as to make sport of John 
tfTCART Mill in distxutraing c*r political ecooumy, or Ma- 
caulay of history, or Hie banker* at Niagara of lluanc*. 
The paper* read nt the Concord School arn a very valuable 
contribution to philosophical study iu America. 


Sweat". His term will expire tn IJM. 

— Thomas Obdapwooh, recently itecvaAc-i in London, left a per 
mal nlilr of §2,1100.000, tosbl** Urge United jKWtusilioa. 
Hxsar A«ra« was a partner of Mr. ltan*o«o«t>’a grandfather, w!m» 
fouretol (be home, u&i who firet uM hi* braChw Jews Jacob A*- 
reB u> till* eounfry, a century ago, to sell muHtcwl i=otrnmcnU ; and 
an old iptoni-t toaring the tniie-mark of Bsuauwooo k Aarun 
sull exists in this citv. 

—Tto c.r the cabinet, says tlm Hcreiand /Ara/J, a>» 

all mirrlel, sod during the iUnras of tto Prewidart haw to.m *c- 
companisd by their wive* ea ttoir nigfrtly visita to tto Whin. 
Moure. Mo- Ri.tivr it a woman of marked executive abilllT, and 
fur this was charen to inret Mr*. Gaare no at the railway station, 
and grail* mal to her the real condition or tto President during 
tto ridw to tto White IIon*e. Mrs. Winnow and Mrs. Mac Vi.cii 
are fstorito* in social circle*, because of tto kindness of heart and 
simplicity of manner they room fret. Mr*. Jure pewsrewra mm h 
of tto tart ia tto management of affaire that hat oa,bi her b*<- 
tond m Mtoc«MfuL Mrs. L item. a t, more retiring and dignlfiril 
in her manners than tto other*; while Mr*. Kraxwcoo ia lUv tor 
buatoad. plain and uap retention*, and evidently fonder of tto com- 
fort* nf tto domestic circle than of shining in aoeietv. 

—It In a curious fact that though the Utc Manx HoreiKp did 
"frill tome •# 0 , 000 , 000 , ho neu-r kept Uwks cc had any ton’* 
arvcmiit. He rpetn #I,TSO,OOCI in the conMnictioa of a houre, but 
tho relate haw not a tinglo receipt for expenditures. 

— People do not tire af rending of the personal taste* and «r- 
munilwig* of Lord Bxaowwuui., whose bouse in Owraon Streef, 
Dindon, ia thus dcscribol; " Die first roam Lnto whub the riiiteir 
rater* it the library, tho front room on the ground -fisor. Thi* has 
a handsome IruUan carpot, wul die furniture tore i* Lliippcmdalc 
The dioinp room, which Inula out of the library, hat polmbcd oak 
furniture, including a sldoUiaH, evidently mod* to fit a reresw. A 
very ha&dsome Turkiah rwrpvl rovcm the Hour. Neat to the dln- 
rog.room and library interest will centre in the late Ms Iranian'* 
bedroom. ThU it on dm first flow, and is remarkable for tto 
Hanging*. Tto walU are Covered with blue silk, liaring rooe* in 
bfeora spread graeefwlly over h. and tto sainn Bate-rial forms cur- 
Urns alAe for the wln.kra, for the bed, and rororiugs fur the choirs. 
The anteroom to tto twriromn ia limilariy domra ted. The drew- 
ing-rooma, on tto same fioor, are in great ronirwt, *o far at color 
is ocmeerned. to the Imlroom and ontcioom, dm curtnins, chairs, 
ottomans, sofa*, and table* tiring covered in brilliant crimne aatiu 
J «n*sk for all oxrept die tables, for which nilvet (« urol." 

—Mr. (Marls O vOMB lias a summer hums at Xantocket, where 
hi* hrelth boa greatly improved. He com* tu New York kasl fall, 
but after staying two weeks, felt nnw*U again, and returned to 
Xantuckrt, where to wintered. “ But mwch," m>* hr, "*> I UL u 
Xantocket, I am tbinking of wintering at HssrwlV I am obltosd 
to wrar my winter dot lung this a um sn er fur ram fort, and e«»i» 
then I find mvsnlf agree loo comfortable.'' 

-A »an of Mr, (ItAfuioKi, speaking to the Dm don correspond, 
of tho BcMten A-frrrfUre. b*ti of bis father- •• I always think 
that dii) key to a good deal iu bis character in his strong and per- 
manent natural cnn«crvatisjn in roltgkwi, habit, and general bis*, 
n casern and empathy make him litoral. " 

—Mr. W. H. \ AsotiurLT's lutes* arepiisitinn is a paving rtonr, 
tto largest Ivor quarried in any rauMry, which is to to iiUced ui 
the walk is front of bis new mansbre in Fifth Awnuo, It was 
taken from s quarry at BarrTvIltr, 8ulGnua Count*, Sim York, 
nnd is twenty-five fret two Inches Jong, fifteen fret wide, aad eight 
tochea thick. There was much dltHeuliv in bringing it to dir cilv. 
It was first rolled down a bill a distance of half a mil* to tto rirer- 
bsuik, and ttoa placed edgrwlac la a Canal. boat iwiweiallv arranged 
to receive iL Tto ranal-bcac broaglit it to die foot of West Thir- 
teenth Street in this city, wbro U ■»« taken out by one of Dklam- 
Avxa'afioadig derracks. aod placed w,«m the dsr* of tto derrick. 
Ireaa ThLrtewitdl Krret the derrick w*« towel to the foot of West 
Fifty Aret Slre-t, whore the iu.ua •» lifted out, and placed upon 
lru “ J for «ho oraatore. as»d enpabiu of oirm-e thlrtv- 
or forty ton*, Si teams of hocre* haubd U to d* present 
restlng-plare. Tlio rmk hi handling .uch a bhx-k of steew is very 
great, as a m>Jdra jar ur fall wouij to to break it It wsa 
estimated that it wt«ld asst from #4<».ty to #0000 to duplicate: h. 



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HUNTER'S POINT AND ITS 
VICTIMS. 

Tint gam**, adorn, and unanatioim 
from lluuter's Poiat attack one of Uic most 
populous BU.1 interest ■“« P"' 1 * ol *•*« «‘y- 
On the cjuiU-ru aide, front tire nvor la Third 
Atonua, Mid from Croud Slrvnl to Thirty- 
fourth, or even Forty -wond Street. extends 
• district thickly peopled hy perhaps four 
hundred thousand inhabitants. They are 
Among the mnat yalnobln of our citizen*. 
Mimt of them otu engaged in awful labors; 
they live usually in tall teaeawfit- houses 
that lin« the »:mi«rn aveuon*, and iM n 
| 1 — n t residence to a vast papulation. 
Mont of th«* great housru nn Avenues A 
and B, or First. Second, and Third Avenue*, 
am comfort hMi.' bnHdiugU. ucully kept, and 
the families that occupy them live In mure 
e»»c and content limn many of Am who 
fKMwa finer dwelling*. The window*, a* 
yon |MUw, are enlivened by flaw ecu, bird*, 
end tlwi laughing face* of chlldreu. The 
TMiow comforts of American life almost 
surprise the foreigners who have here made 
their boineo; thry find hrcizd street*, eome- 
tinire kept. clean, and at leeet imirv inodor- 
ous than tire nano* haunt* of Berlin and 
Vienna ; they dud water mom nbundaut 
than in London or Pali*, rente uot extrava- 
gant, a plentiful ninrkct, and cnmfurtahlo 
room* in the«o tall tenement- bouse* that are 
ofton the xenn of real h tppfaW M awl con- 
lent. 

It la against thi» immonae population that 
II •inter'* Point aim* lu offrosn exhaU- 
tiona. The wind from Long Inland and the 
nea, that should bring with it a healthful 
cnolnew, cornea fainimt with the vitnat of 
odor*. It niakt-n It* way into the tall teno- 
nient-hoilne* of the enat Nile, destroys the 
[■•■nee and cnee of it* overflowing irepula- 
thin, and bring* sickness mud death lu the 
midst «f npparrnt sccarity. Berlin or Pari* 
linn nothing BO offensive a* Am vapor*, 
nud should they appear in tliewc cities, they 
would at once lie nuppreesod hy the prudent 
tiutboritiew. Our foreign citizens who <*o- 
««l|*y to tunny of tba streets on the east siilo 
t*my well he surprised at tho powerleasne** 
of their rulcra to protect them from the 
scourge. It In to In* hoped that they will 
B*«on learn to protect tbcniselvce. By pub- 
lic meeting*, petitions, cleft ion*, vote*, they 
ciu* easily meet their eueoiy nud iliteomlU 
him, if they will. Let them vote only for 
Aldermen nud officials, in filial*, pledged to 
defend tho city against III* odors of Haul- 
er's I'.MUt, and they will have made a vast 
stride in republican nluoatino. It in this 
direct aim in voting that oar foreign popu- 
lation have yet to (ram. But no one who 
pa**ee through these crowded avenue* on 
tho east side, with their immense mans of 
women, children, the uhl, the sick, can fnil 
to omi what a painful tenant* must tie the 
noxious vapor* of Hunter's Point, and bow 
cruel the conduct of the f»w manufacturer* 
who, for the sake of saving a small outlay, 
s» frequently tortum and oppress a whole 
nlyfiil of their fellow beiDg*, No doubt 
tin')- do it often from waut of thought; liu 
doubt many am unoonaefou* of their crimes. 
They should at oue* seek to amend their 
error. 

They con not call both the dead. T1i*y 
can uot recall the misery they have infiictrd 
mi hundreds of tlHutumiL of worthy citi- 
ic u*. But the time hits plainly come id 
American eitius when the jieople will learn 
t.j protect themselves from tbu catwlMMiem 
of otlien. What is eallnd "l>oll tics' must 
give way to rnniitnin-sciiac.and rormpt and 
vile official* who tolerate abuses fntnl to 
Hi* welfare of the people will nt lunt ho 
brought to punishment. Knowlodge is uink- 
lug rapid advances, and knowledge will 
overthrow any party that does not seek the 
wulforo of the city, Manufacturers will 1»> 
1 m, I d to a strict account, and ho who Injures 
or annoys hundred* of thonsand* of his fel- 
low-cittMIM will deserve and receive hi* 
punishment aa certainly aa the ruffian who 
mb* or kill* the few ; and w* Imllevo no- 
where is this feeling of indignation at any- 
thing that offends the community and tho 
public no rapidly growing a* with us. It is 
taught, or aboaUI hr, in the public school*; 
it is the ItMOO of oar history; wo arn a ro- 
publir, a commonwealth ; we are learning 
to help each other, to govern ourselves; 
nearly all oar cities am seeking reform, 
cVaiitineas. purity, health j and III this thin 
of progress such a hna o a* those of limit* 
er'n Point, with all its pestilential airs, ore 
ante to he swept away. The laws of health 
am yet to he enforced with a strictness un- 
known before. 

On live top of tins hill behind Ranter's 
Point lie* Calvary Cemetery, the place of 
r-poae for the Irish and Catholic .had. 
Hi re priest* ami people sleep tOgelW ; 
here the green held of death spreada out 
plarosantl r ; and here tho odor* of tlie creek 
and Cactoric* bang Ilk*- a pall over the silent 
scene. The mourners who make their way 
from the ferry to the hill matt pse* tho dread- 


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] hi I ordeal; the slow funeral procession, fit 
Mil* slngns of (he wind, is enveloped in the 
nnaseous odor*. Tho renu-tery is shot out 
from tbs city hy a singular barrier. One 
would sappoiso that the public nuisance 
woo Id long ago bare been denounced hy 
priests and people. It ian not he long be- 
fore they ore united against it. 

One other class of our citizen* arc pecul- 
iarly interested in this subject. Tlie poison- 
ous breath of Hunters Point is familiar to 
all those who puss through it to tho interior 
. of Ling Inland; tho excursionist to the sea- 
shore close* the windows of the car or hold* 
Ins breath until bu U far bejuiid it* limits; 

| and one of tbn chief avenaes to some of the 
most beautiful nod costly seaside resort* in 
the world is through an atmosphere that 
sicken* and disgusts. Coaey Island and 
Manhattan Beach, lsmg Beach and Kocku- 
wny, are entered throagh a homer of uox- 
: inas smells that would seem almost iaipus- 
1 able. To the young and weak, to delicate 
, women, and invalids of ..very age, tbeordeul 
j is sometimes intolerable, and It is quite ear- 
tain that there is nowhere else aa repulsive 
, an entrance to scene* of recreation and plea- 
sure, If lbs people of Hunters Point are 
wt*«, tluey will ninwItM a bale the nul- 
saDoa. they will force t licit factories to oeasei 
poisoning the rural air, and make their town 
a fitting portal for the beautiful ficlda be- 
yond- As the gateway to the countless 
watering-place* of Long Island, where hun- 
dreds of thousand* pass each day, it may be- 
come the most prosperoua of towns, tbs seat 
of traffic and ease. In its present condition 
It repel* and dhgmt*. It* Unicom* creek 
atone U enough to chuck it* growth ; no one 
wonhl consent to live near *o pestilential a 
marsh aa that which linen its banks. No 
one who outers Hauler's Point, except a few 
avaricious overseer*, bat hasten* to leave it 
a* aoon aa be con. The place awn* desert- 
ed. Its house* are few and scattered. It 
lies uncaral for, neglected, as If malaria and 
death hovered over it forever. 

But no town ho* a right to moke itself a 
public nuisance, and it i* the people of New 
York who are most con earned to see that 
this plague is at ouce removed. It will be- 
come the doty of tlio people of the eastern 
side to move at once in this matter. They 
live in the moat crowded, hut at the aame 
time one of the pleasantest, part* of the city. 
Their loug avenues may ynt be mad* nno of 
the most beautiful. Wore they broken by 
more green spaces, adorned with flowers, 
provided here anil there with a public fount- 
ain, the streets kept carefully rleauod, the 
water flow mure abundant, there coaht be 
found few pleasanter residences. In sum- 
mer the ar a- breeze conics to them from the 
green field* of Long Island. In winter they 
have tho warmest and the healthiest side. 
Hut so long A* Hunter's l'oiut is left unpu- 
1 1 lied, the people of the eastern aide can nev- 
er have any certain ease. At auy moment 
the pnitiieulial v apor may come npoti them. 
At any hour of tlie night or day Newtown 
Creek may acDd its odors into their aleeping- 
rooma, choke the slumbering habv, and bring 
disease and death to youth and age. 

From four to six hundred thousand of our 
Inhabitant* are than mode uncomfortable 
and unhappy hy an abuse that should long 
nga h*»e been removed. Why I* it that the 
law is not enforced f Whose foott in It— or 
rather whose crime — that the fuctonea of 
Hunter's Puint have not long ago been de- 
prived of their sting, and Newtown Clmk 
of it* poisonous effluvia? In the great city 
of New York powcrlm* to protect tho lives 
and comfort of its people f Let ua of all 
things make oar city a fit place for human 
residences, ho long as it remain* subject to 
the exhalations of Iliiuter's Point, port* of 
It inuat n-jwnihle rather the luir of wild 
lieoata. It ia in the reform and purification 
of our cities that we may l*f*t show our in- 
telligence, oor republicanism, our ilevatloa 
to the common good. 

El-ubxk Ls kxviz. 


SKELETONS OF VESSELS A 
THOUSAND YEARS OLD. 

Ciraismsi*, *«•«, IT. 1*1. 

Mr MUR PMRffD : When I vialt a 

new country I naturally make my first re- 
Hpret* and last adieus to the Legislature. 
If it t*i not iu semion, then 1 visit the build- 
ing where it sits when in tranlon. You, a* 
s ridker, would jwt oa naturally first vUit 
a ship-yanl, and ]icrhap« it would bo yonr 
farewell- I am sure that if yon bad visited 
Norwny, you would not have failed hr pio- 
neer the way for Me, not to a ship-yanl ex- 
actly, Lit to the buildings where rrposo 
some old, very old, bencs of ship* —a thou, 
•and years old. Think «f a vowel such a* 
Hhakvpeare photographed in hi* IfndM 
of I'm nr# lying di-nd In tioodwin Hand* n 
mere skeleton -exhumed out of clay ami 
sand, and which once gayly sailed the re:i*. 
in full trim, too ceutuno* ago. Yon were 
once — alaa, how hnef !— tlie chief calker of 
tlie Brooklyn Navy-yanl, and you are aa- 


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hh-IsImI with mime of the best men and 
ealkcis of the '‘ca*t elde,” who have hon- 
ored me as their Kaprcacutatlre. IXwa it 
not, tliciefure, become me. n* such, to give 
au acroant of my wanileriligo, especially 
when I wander tlpoa their special lUoasiu t 
This 1 proceed to do; bnt lire* I semi yon 
my credential* from tlm elder ilay. Open 
the unall envelope, ami yon will have some 
tarred goat's hair and sheep's wool which 
came from the loose joints of an old skele- 
ton, now on exhibition here, ua one of tlie 
vencmldo relic* of ahip-huiUling and ad- 
venture from this home of the Viking* — a 
thousand years ago. 

There are three of these old ship* which 
have survived the rot, rust, and wreck of 
time. One wa* dug up in Ib-nmnrk ; this 
1 have not *aoM. There are two here, pre- 
served in wooden sheds within the Univer- 
sity ground*. lmck of the Museum. I have 
occti and examined both of them. They re- 
quire a separate duaoription, a* they hail 
different object*, and their hartal must have 
been under different circamManoca. The 
■mailer ship wna both a tomb and a vessel ; 
the larger oue may have beeu wrecked or 
buried w ilh its living freight 111*011 it. Both 
belong to tlio Iasi year* or nge of paganism 
in this Northland. It U called tho Yuuugcr 
Iron Age, or the Viking Period, and runs 
from *!■. 7(0 to about a.i>. IrtOO, From live 
to night hundred year* bcf.it* Colombo* is 
saiil to have discovered America these v re- 
set* wooed the breezes of tho fjord* of Nor- 
way, and gathering experience, ventured 
into unknown seas. Five centuries before 
Han Domingo loomed up before th* ay* of 
the facnoeae, Iceland appeared, and Wame 
a refuge from the oppression* of the Norwe- 
gian rulurs. What an inspiration bad the 
unknown for the** enterprising navigators! 
How full of a daring that knew no hound*! 

•• So Ifo nut live, and reel But asll. 

And DIMD o«r* Mr® prevail. 

And >11 Clod'* aifMlea tome to rhwv. 

Lee ocean eulle or r«gr ami ra*r.' 

Civilization, whether from Egypt, Home, 
or Greece, Goth, Frank, Celt, or Saxon, ha* 
had— if it be not ■ solecism to say — the un- 
seen ever In ita eye. An Irishman ront«*Ma 
with a Dorm the discovery of Ireland. The 
latter, Gariiar, chum* to have discovered it 
in A-O. ri(D. We know that Ingolf, ■ Norse- 
man. colonized it iu H7A Tlie y»ar Iri'sl 
ww th* croaa lift itself iu radiant beauty 
shore its snow* and volcnnoea. And upon 
this island, prodigious of fire and ice, of 
frozen Hrclaa ami boiling Geysers, where 
|HH.try Mol learning imd it* electric genian, 
like ita own long night of auroroa — ii|hhi 
this island hung the destiny of onr New- 
World ; for without steam or compare the 
Imtd navigator* who found Iceland dul not 
stop till they diacoveml Ureeutaoii, and the 
rreor.U of the gnvenimrnt here and in Ice- 
land show lie) ond all doubt that even the 
ahnros »f Newfoundland, Maine, Maitaachil- 
nett* (Vineland}. Blende Island, and I»ng 
IaLimI were temporarily visited, if not set- 
tled, by these hardy rover* of the sea in 
(heir little vcwrels of i>nk and Iron. The 
printed volume* of tlie Maine and Musa- 
chuaett* Historical Societies amply demon- 
strate there facta. 

Nor i* this so wonderful. Ihd not Co- 
tumliUH himself, Is-fore he Mllod west ami 
west, in 1177, consult the log-bnolu ami 
charts of the Northmen at Ireland f I* it 
not proven that bo Mill'd In an English 
strip (I think from Bristol, fur I have no li- 
brary handy) to that Island, where be re- 
ceived many a bint, if not demonstration, 
that there was > Cathay lw)Md the setting 
smi, which h« determined to find f 

These arn maltera of autheutic history 
with which yon are familiar, doubtless. 
They are not murvellou* when we know 
that these same KtlWIHl, lighl-hainsl and 
cni-rgctic, familiar and patient with long 
day* and long nights, and as much at homo 
on water aa 011 land, sailed from the eastern 
•■oil of the Modiherniuean to the Birail* of 
Gibraltar, and conquered, a* Viking*, Goths, 
VaiMlala, Norsemen, or under various name*, 
otlier lands than their own, from Northern 
Africa to Northern Sootlaml Mid Irelsiid, 
We know that they made William of Nor- 
mandy a figure in history, and he umdo 
England a lurge figure. Wherever they 
went they carried that freedom which 
comes of the sea-fariug life, and while they 
ruled, they civilized in their rude way, or 
were civilized by contact with other, if not 
superior, peoples. 

In gazing at tlwnn boat* in which they 
voyaged, one might well indulge iu fancies. 
What would Masuchnretta have been bud 
tho None me n remained I Where would 
have iieeii tbn .Mights of Coney laluud, 
p.mt which Grey sailed t Suppose tlrey 
l.ml preceded ll.idson, and went up the riv- 
er which lieara bis Biutiu, would they not 
have staid till now, owing to tlie atlroc 
lion* of the island of Manhattan and the 
eleonliuesa of the streets T A thmsMud au- 
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in truth, one con not gane at there vchirtf* 
of Ml venture, even iu their ruin, without 
pmturiug the •* lulghl-bave-beena* of early 
ages. Neither can on* tail ami.Lt tlre«> 
isle* of Denmark and Norway wit hunt r««,|. 
ing that it is aa excellunt scb<»oI for thn 
nurture of scnmniiHhip. I have hen, from 
Oj.cnbagmi to the Arctic Ocean, lmvc mc, 
nmlor a sun that never went t*l»w tL* 
horizon, thn inounlninoas ruck* which shut 
and open 4 * tire granite gate* of thu North- 
land, and the idea has constantly recurred, 
“What a nursery for the sea are thetn 
nuigli fjord*, with tlicir cease tc*« fishing 
anil hanly udveulurer’ 

Whorevor iu tlie three thouand mileaw* 
hare voyaged along I lure waters * « har* 
seen a ve**cl, thoroughly local and Indigm 
iwnrn, it has lead one characteristic that time 
has nut changed. For thirteen hundred 
year* tire Nurse ship fans had ita gra«efo| 
prow and stem, and a koul that cut* the 
water with focilu play. 

Ship'liailding has doubtless hod its vicis- 
situde*. The model* of oue age arc linlika 
thowa of another age. Our clipIMrra of thirty 
years ago — our wooden drip which was the 
admiration of tho world -may have given 
way somewhat to other shape* of beamy, if 
not of utility; hut whether iu iron or w»ud, 
them U one model nnchaogeably, exquisite, 
ly beautiful and useful. It hi that of the 
Nome strip whoso skeleton 1 have Jn*t Iren 
examining. Wind* may blow and *co* may 
rage, and vessel* may be whelmed upon ev. 
«rr coast, lutt the modal which sits “iik* 
a awon'a neck aiming the tuuhea," in a carve 
of grace bejond the reach of ordinary art, 
is the vessel whore prow we have seen from 
Cap Non! to Trondjeui. upon every fj.ini ami 
at every angle — Gie aamo dainty, diviae 
shell upon the flood. 

Poetry aside, let ua come down to the pic- 
ture ** it is, within tire ground* of the uni- 
veroity. Tire tlr-t visit we moke ia to ibe 
smaller vcaael. It la hut forty three and a 
third feet long, aud was but na well equipped 
for war as tire larger one. It wiia Imried with 
its skipper, accord ing to * custom referred to 
in the accnonU of the first Christian king 
here - Haakon tlie Good. Even the wotnra 
wen? Bumrlimea interred in this » ay undcT 
tiimwll raismiover llieirlmat*. Karely have 
there ovl.teucm of tire old custom bora 
found. But it wna reserved for the parish 
of Tune, in the p rovi nce or amt of Sin sale - 
neon, near FreiU'rik*slnd, near the Sucdidi 
honlrr, and not for from Ihu month of tlw 
Christiania Fjord, to fnruish this specimen. 
The Antiquarian ffociety took charge of il* 
excavation, and it hx* Iren out in the light 
here for some yuan. Tire day portion of iu 
mound wa* the part uktdi heat preserved 
the timber and iron. The lowest part of 
tire prow areins to Ire preserved the Irevl. 
Tin. |.(t<Miiro of earth lisa hrokeu won* of 
the rilm, but the larger part of the wood re- 
main*. It is enough for one of yowr rrxft 
to infer lire n»t. eveti as ncietitisls const nut 
tire w hole animal out or a Tew lioiree. The 
vi'mhiI u clinker-built, with iron nails, and 
almost nil oak. Some of the nails and ribs 
an* of fir. II i» thirteen feet wide amidships- 
Frr.m keel to gnu wale it i* only four fmL 
It must have hern list and low, aiul in this 
it timely resemble* the treats we have nret 
on our trip to the North Cape. Tlie boards 
are over nn inch thick, and number atmic 
ton or rloven on each side. The nails have 
round bead* outside ami square within, aud 
hold on well. The tarred oakum you have 
lotfore yon for your own analysis. Where 
tire ImmuL nro Joined tlrey are cut off 
obliquely aud nailed. The gunwale was all 
gone. Tlie rilw weTe thirteen in number, 
and are built *.f throe different layers of 
wired, .mo above the other, and nailed. Tbe 
rilia are about throe feet apart, and thvir 
width about seven inches. They were IshImiI 
to the liosrris by rojre* node of willow— 
a common kind of rope which wo hare seen 
in the interior even upon buckets and lulw. 
On tbe inside of the boards, at every rib, 
clumps »r* carved <*nt of tire wood, two 
hole* made in tire clamp, aud tn the lower 
side of tho rib a similar one for the rope. 
Noils also are used everywhere, especially 
to aerate the l.oanls to the keel. Tills ia 
not a strong matin of Joining, yon will say 3 
hut it is the heat they hud. unit it gave elas- 
ticity, if not strength. Thews wens ten riba 
»n each side. It Imd sails os well as oars. 
The nia*t wa* bold by s very heavy (ream 
of oak across five of the beams lu tbe bot- 
tom. Tbe stump of tbe mo*t was found 
standing in the hole— a squaws hole about 
four feet by one. which wo* made largo to 
help lower the must ; and plug* wi re nwl. 
a a well na other supports, for the maat, not 
no apperont- 

Thls skeleton wa* not without ornament, 
and perhaps painr, though u* it now M|i),, *rK 
btsckeiod ».ul lartvd for preservation, I 
could not loll. Ttrera are mouldings upmi 
tbe IreariLs. A rudder was futiud lying acrore 
tho veosel. It wna of fir, four feci seven 
iueboa long, and shunt a foot wide. It wa* 



HUOCST 20, IRHi 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


«•? •»»». ™ » w 

•'‘iTwero «d irtho# two 

h ” . rlotli wl •''L****' and SOCI* Colored Klua, 

si “ ii» “ j '• ■ ,,i « h, . h " - '■«» w« ». - 

***?. .jvi b ** handle of a bwot. 1 of tbn 
'ui-dd tt »lw*nr -priul, Mud the boos of 

* ' l! i» »rm*d t» lx tbn 

ru ** y ^“, ' l *‘" °«' » out of amtl. It fa* fur. 
* J * r , that the** Viking* kept » 

I kr^r 1 ’ f '*»- • substantial bung 
*** ?’«. Vr U ht * ***• flooring. A. an 
evld** ^ lut xv ho i nr trifling things max' bn 


'"TTh-re JT l ** n - l “ ow important iking* per- 
i.. ii?* f’tntl the needle* of juniper 
» °, Uy • though what became <>f 
twrn.. «nln M they H M „ nt down- W iUl 
ih V'l.Lr * U ® fcwwl.il i» not atatrd. 

«* ■I'*''®" we« found. 
T b ‘ * , ‘Wiw to testify tlmt these rudo 

a < -,-oi»ipaninip«,tM of a aoldier-aeaii.au <m 
Mitorwc wtlli hu,», nwJ1J . frt>B1 U| „ rtv , r> wt 
of w biili UM» VMM] UruwD, aud a mound 
rainod, M tlmt tlie Bhalrt „ r llie dot-aid 
j.ngktjome o„t of hi. rra**l and overlook 
,1,0 Mint Upon which he tiait *.iUl .ml 
Ind ao which Ik. hud toiled. Tim body 
»“• b * r,cd - d *»nl.tlom,.itU the clot bn. 

of doth and Ixad. indicate. 
•|'he*cwiriiiiHca nr«. mere or bws sanctioned by 
«f N-Wm- hnrlala of tlmt time 
w hu h *»*Y« OOnia dim u to m It la said of 
■" Nor «" warri.Hr. liar ahl Illltatand, 

who Wl In tt famous Ultl#, that hi. r,>„- 
q.mror— following on. North American I mil- 
an cinlotn— oriloreol the body to be equipped 
for the other World with ita a vu u 1 cutmua- 
i»n. of t him world; hi. borne wan killed, .ml 
|,i» Mddlo buriod with the bone and body, 
ao that be could be ready to mount hi. 
•if"*? * ud "peed away U> tlie bUwwd h.U. 
of VaUuOha. 


If I CO, lid reproduce in Eugli.h tlie 
epeerhea wbicl, the good foil Brandt, who 
has charge of the uheda when, three vessels 
re|Mmc ou t heir fnunee, and in a good trana- 
lalloti from her inuaical None, it would I- 
»•«*» "at Ik factory ; hut I must be content 
with «»ntc general obarrx atoms. Aluag with 
her lillle Iwme daughter of nm, liiuplug on 
crufehea, and limit ing her gratiue. to enrro- 
a|ioiul with tho motlmr's iutercatmg recital, 
Mnituiiin IJrandt cxpaudml on the varum* 
qn.lilicH of tho larger venwl. It isceiupicu- 
on. for having rt hage log-catlu, with uslop- 
lug roof, in ita centre. Ita anl/rtM i. a 
heavy oak log, which sarvivea the iron an- 
chor ft bald. It had three little jolly-boaU, 
which were a part of It* equipment, .liow- 
iog that it meant buaiucM. wbrnt It went to 


In fact, It liml evidently been worsted 
in a fight, for tlie centre of the cabin wu 
torn i»ul, and llinro *>u» DO evidence of ita 
decay or fire. It 1 m aeipoty-tlirve fimt long 
and aereutocni and a half foot wide, ate! in 
lh« aainc proportions aa tlie other vowel. 
The rudder wua on the aide, and both siitrw 
wceo covrrcd w ith 1»|>1>C*1 and. it i» thought, 
I'lmiteil .hioUlM, with a central liOMOfirua. 
The ahielda wc*r« like scales upon a colored 
fl*h, and dmahtl«*»M, like the costume* of the 
country, rejoiced in the gayest hurt, yellow 
and red prvdoin lliant . They were made of 
**'. and their oircuiutaiMrVN Ml by an 
ioni tire, mxl tho whule covered with the 
akin, of nnittmlH. A alcdge was found n«i 
hoard, alau t wo reapecltfalf bodstcada. many 
inatruriictilH ami utensil*, and iwiumg them 
a big ofiwr kettle, willow ropm, Mroug 
iron tiaiU, mid oaken dnkke kopprtt (drinking 
cop.), aloug with a .tout long plank for 
landing safely, with ridges for the feet. 
Thou* wore found in various stages of dr. 
cay. Tho informing Raulaa nf this tcn-cen- 
tury iMiat, a •»k«*J«’tun mac, with gnhl and 
otvanictiln about him. was discovered la 
the boat, with tho l*>iies of twenty dogs 
anil hntwK. Borne of tbc in-'mineola and 
part* of the Ship wans not devoid of decora- 
tion. The ruthh'ra of the kiuall boat* had 
carvesi drwgutt littiada, while the rroo-pleees, 
for the lifting of tho hal out of the water 
—a sort of dock had horse*' heads quaintly 


What wer« these horsrs.loiog on Iheahipt 
"We , nu account for the dog" ami sleigh. but 
the U. iiih-b! P*irha|>« the i|Ue»t«iu mar bo 

din.lv wiappMl up in the euuumlrntu of my 
friend «>f tho lotra Uavl*vt ; “ Why fa. the 
crnpLwT of Buecphalai like a ship's auchorf 

iv'caitoo It’n at thu end of tho hawser.'’ 

bsfoe* expiring «vcr this philoaophical ao- 
Intlou.lH.th i.u'.gbliewl ond poetical, let me 
propound another question. There wets 
found ou heard the bot.ea of a | «•*««! k, 
which, out. of pore vanity at tlie uaked dl»- 
einsnrt'.at unce dlaaolvstl on Wing exhumed. 
Mow what wm that fowl doing on lawnl 
this Viking «»» ft f Why was that parlica- 
lor bird buried with the Viking soldier and 
■enmau t I^ct our roonojiMeura in antiqili- 
U««,or our Bathetic pbilosopUen who spread 


• heir rhetoric about this bird of Jutio, revel 
in the roniiiidram, for I must elewo my poor 
description, and pivpars to move lowunl 
Bluckhulra on the marrow. B- 8. Cox. 


TUE GIRONDISTS. 

Caw. Pturrv, since tho death of K*l'h- 
dach the leading historical painter of fier- 
many, ba* vlutseu us tlie subject of tbn large 
work which is reproduced iu out double- 
page engraving the closing scene in the 
history ol the OlrondUts. Although their 
loading statesmen cntlinsiastically support- 
ed the republic proclaimed in Scptcnitwr. 
lT'.W, thoy strongly opposed tbs violent ul- 
tra-revolntiiuuiry parly, and rvlucliuitly 
voted for tho death of Lons XVI. In tho 
following J line, after a stormy delude, twen- 
ty-two of their leaden, warn arrested, and 
after a lingering confinement were scut to 
tho guillotine. Utliers, including Madame 
fbu-ASiv. thrlr bravo and gifted iunpirer, met 
the MOM fate a few weeks afterward. 

Headers of Cmaiu.kj« IHl'kk.ss's powerful 
story, A TaU «/ Tiro Cl tiro, or of ( awylk's 
ff tinny of Ike fWarA InWalim, will SCO bow 
fiiithrully the art Ut low eaught the spirit of 
that turbulent and bloody period. Thorn 
ore the wretched women, the most cruel of 
all. who nat complacently knitting while 
tho guillotine »i» doing its awful work, 
tho mob yelling and booting at tlie prison- 
ers in tho cart, the eager spectators bus- 
tling each other for good places around tbn 
scaffold, and the children learning to exult 
at tho tight .if blmsl. All the del nib have 
bean most carefully slndiod, and woven to- 
gether into a work of groat interest and 


AMUSING MISTAKES 

Uni'Ll, mistakes arc of course endless. 
Here are n few ei.lled at random: 

llefnt-c the Paris Exhibition waa opoo to 
the puldie, and when tin, building contained 
only the case* which were being ranged for 
the respective exhibits, quite a crowd one 
.Sunday flattened tlieir noses against the 
glum entrance door Vo look at the contents 
of a com containing a pair of I loots, a bat- 
tered hat, an overcoat much the worn for 
wear, and a neck-lie of many colors, the re- 
port living eirviilsli'd that tho object* be- 
longed to King Dagobert, Robespierre, or 
Charles X. The enigma was solved by a 
painter arriving and throwing off his hlonse 
and shpiHTH, and oousuieuciBg to drem him- 
self, amidst w hat wo* a pujute to him, loud 
langhtrr, id which the police joined. 

The numerous instances of mistaken iden- 
tity on record are constantly receiving new 
addition*. There U aa amusing account, of 
a French laity who was very Jrahm* of her 
husband, and determined to watch liis move- 
ment*. On one occasion, when ho told her 
lie waa going lo Vefnailte*, all* followed 
him, keeping him in sight nut tl alia nilsred 
hint tu a juuuage leaihug to the railway sta- 
tion. Lonkiup alioait her for a few minutes, 
sire saw a tnan coming out of a glove shop 
with a rather «v*rdr.w*d lady. Making 
suro from tlie distance that this man was 
her husband, sire came suddenly up, and 
without a word of warning gav« him three 
or four boxes oo the oar. Th® Instant the 
gentleman turned round, stm discovered hoi 
mistake, and at the kbbic time caught sight 
of her hu»hnr>il, who hail merely called at a 
tohacoonat's. and was crooning the street. 
There wu» tiolbing for It but to faint in the 
aim* of tb* gentleman whn*a care sire hail 
boxnd, while tho other lady moved away to 
avoid a scene. The stranger, astonished to 
find ail unknown lady in his anus, was fur- 
ther startled by a gM.iilnu.au Mixing him by 
the collar, and doiuatuUtig what bo mount 
by embracing that lady. 

•• Why, she boxed my can. and then faint- 
ed." exclaimed the aggrieved gculletnan. 

“ She is uiy wife,” shell tod th* angry hus- 
band, "and would never have struck yon 
without a cause." And worse than angry 
word* would probably have followed had 
(Hit the cause of the whole nilsondentaiMl- 
lug recovered snfltduaUy to oxplaiu bow il 
all bappvired. 

A hsiidiHi paper gavo an account of an- 
other case ol mistaken identity in oonneo- 
tioo with a distinguished person age. An 
aged .mi pie in high life who wore celebra- 
ting tlreir golden wedding, by way of con- 
cluding tho fiwtivltire on tlmt occasion, ad- 
journed with the children and thsir respect- 
ive lmlongnigs to a theatre, in which, lo 
nccnmtnodat* so large a party, l wo bn\«* 
had Iwwu kniMikcit Into on*. Tbn eldest 
son, w ho strongly rvaomldc* hla Royal Iligh- 
neaa the Pitots of Wales, stepped forward 
anil occupied the centre scat, with tire ladies 
of Ibc party beside him, upon which the or- 
fthretr* vtn.uk np thw national anthem. and 
the uintieiic.- rose to their fret m mow, th* 
innocently uocoiMciou* party of cuuree do- 
ing the sume theinaelven. 

There is no doubt that people of rather 
unusual proportions had an awkward time ! 


of it when the Claimant waa at large. A 
story giH>k tlmt a corpulent gentleman one* 
took a box at lire Canurlniry flail. First 
«uio petwon, then noothsr, *yed him. nntil at 
h'tigib the coiititcrpnrt of tire Elaiunuit tw- 
catu* the ventre of observation. A cheer 
Aiime, the singing waa auspendod. and nu 
ovation won tbn result. Till' asippowd Sir 
Roger rose and bowed his aeknowUdg- 
rjivnlo. But this was not eonngh. Ho must 
speak. Tho matinger annoiuieed that " Sir 
Roger’' bad a cold, and could not »pcwk. 
Fearing th* coaisoqueurH if tlie audience 
discovered their mistake, Ire hail th* " Claim- 
ant” removed na quietly aa jumtibl* in a cab 
and vt,t in a roundalxmt way to his lioure. 

Tho lntoxicate.1 bricklajei who squared 
up to a pawt and isuiulaiucd a oue-skled 
tight affords an alwurd illustrotion of mis- 
taken identity; but if w* can rely Upon 
newspaper rffM.rla.soch ludicrous itieid*ufa 
are »)ir|KUurd by what is said to have hap- 
pencil in tire ireighWhood of Morecumlre. 
Sue* lima ugo tire Imly of what waa sup- 
posed by the discoverer to ho it human I— 
in* was found lying on the beach near th* 
pluceabcivr named, hnvmguiidanbtedly been 
left there by the receding tide. Tire usual 
preparations for holding on orthodox in- 
quest wore put in furen and kept going, on- 
til tli* examination of a medical inau proved i 
tho suspected Utitnan corpse to be but the 
eiirr-aM id a (tMinkoy, which hnd probably 
been thrown overboard from soa.n ship, and 
wbicb so closely rcwcml.lcd in appearand, a 
I. uinsr- Ireiog as to require a doctor to tell 
tho iliitereuoe- Bueh a mistake looks ei- 
ther like a grow* Itslti -n |pn a duail monk- 
ey, or an uueouacious satire upon human 
ii ntiire. calculated to delight all bcliavcr* lit 
the Ihirwinian theory. 

A nut unnatural mistake wns that made 
by the p-iUroman who arrested a Dublin 
youth tinder whar appenrret to la> Ritspicious 
circunretances. Tho young gearloman re- 
r*m'd to *a> at a party in tlie Irish capital, 
•ltd joined will, great spirit in a game of 
forfeit*. Amidst tho fun and merriment, it 
was proposed that to regain hi* forfeit In* 
shonld pay a visit to tire turf stacks on tli* 
adjoevnt const l««iik. ond bring some turf 
into tho Tooeii. TUlnkiiig only of the diver- 
slum that his return with so armful of tnrf 
would create, be immediately hastened to 
tli* place in.UeiiUd, filled his anus, and waa 
io tire act of rcturmug, when, to his horror, 
he became aware that a policeman was in 
pursuit. Almost paralyzed with fright, he 
dropped hi* burden, and awaited the oth- 
ccr's arrival. 

“ Oh, cowstahle," h* slam on* ml, ■ Tv* been 
playing a game of fbrfeita, and wms told to 
liriug vorne turf from the canal into the 

“ Not a had story ; hot you'll have to team 
with me,” dmlarnd the ooitktabl*. 

There ha.1 Ireen conlimtrd complaints of 
turf-pilfering, BO, regaidles* of his protesta- 
tion*, tho unlm-kv youth wus linked up for 
the uight. Tiic llrat nitiiuui ion his merry- 
making friends received of hi* wlwreaUmta 
was whi'ii next morning they heard that he 
hail ho«u explaining the mistake to the pre- 
siding magistrate, who fortuiiatoty compre- 
hended Ih* cuae iu a moment, and disnifaw- 
eil il. 

A (iiiaonoceptiou os ludicrous, hut in which 
a policeman tig a red lews creditably than tire 
one jn*t referred to, took place iu tho Isle 
of Man. At a Doenuler'a Court iu Katmoy 
a Jew was about to be sworn to give evi- 
dence. As Jew* are always sworn on the 
Uhl Testament aid not tho New, tire Deem- 
ster requested tbe constable in attendance 
to fetch an Old one. After a wliilo that 
worthy returned, and handed to tbft witness 
an ancMiit-looldag dilapidated book, which 
ou bring examined proved to t» a NewTesto- 
mriit. The Deemster's ettention being call- 
ed to it, he asked the constable why he had 
not brought iu Old Testiunent, to which the 
innocent rejdy was. “Flrao* your honor, it 
wm the oldest on* I could find.’® 

An amusing blander was once made by a 
dyer, who won given by a farmer four flan- 
nel shirts to Ire dyed a fast gray color; in- 
stead of which li* dyed them blue. On 
wearing tbn garments, tbn color come nut 
of them ao that, os tli* farmer curiously ex- 
pressed it, “ be looked like a red Indian" ; 
and as it cost him several shillings in baths 
to lorn himself inti, a white man again, bu 
sued the dyer and obtained damage*. 

An cm borrowing incident, we are told, 
once liupjN-Dcd to an Englishman iu Rome. 
Entering one of the eburobew in that city aa 
a service wm, going on, he aat quietly down, 
placing lire hat on th* ground bcoldo him. 
Boeoc littlo time paused, and os there acciiwd 
no immediate prospect of t be ceremony com- 
ing t<> an end. he reached for his but in order 
to leave, but was Mopped by an unseen Inuid, 
which gruiqwsl l.iiii from lichiiwl. Tbluklug 
Minn enstodiuu of the cliurcb wished him to 
remain till tbe cud of the nervine, be again 
waited ; hut hi* patience hemming exhaust- 
ed, h* again reaclMsI for Ins bat. and again 
be was prevented from going in tbe earn* 


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manner. Convinced that the service was 
some really important one, tli* Englishman 
once mere delayed hladcjMirture 1 but at the. 
expiration of * quart,. r of an hour he detcr- 
iiitired to go iu spite «f etiquette, BO he re- 
pentod Him kuwi mauu-uvr* Its the direction 
of his bead -coveri lag. a third time thr san>» 
bond detained him; but a* Js* deterralnadly 
rewisted it# grasp, a voice behind him ex- 
claimed, in khiglisb, “ | beg yonr pardon, 
hut that is my bat you llro taking." bueh 
wa* the fact ; he hail I**,,, detained «U Ihia 
while lieeauM each tinw be had reached in 
mistake for the hat .if another stranger 
placed in close proximity to hi* own. 

A mistake of bu MabwrraminK nature made 
by a gentleman in Wdou Illustrates the 
neceauty or keeping a careful record of 
one's engagements. Oil the occurrence of a 
" grand day" at the Middle Temple, the M*a- 
tore of tho Bench were, uneasy •* the Mt- 
appoanmeu of ou* „f the gue’-t*. a learned 
ex-Jiidge. All bail arrived but him. ami the 
repast n M ready to i„ wrve j. His appesr- 
anec waa awaited witb laipatlenee, and aft- 
er the lapse of half an boar, tho llmitt of en- 
durance were reached, ami tb* dinner was 
served. Th* iniMtng giu-st failed to appear. 
But next day It was ascertained that Hi* 
learned gentleman luul walked Into th* hall 
of tbft Imnrt Temple, anil tmd dlliud with th* 
benchers of that tourued society, who had 
not invited him, and tbi ref-.r.* hnd not mndo 
any preparation to receive him. It did not 
hapiaui to ho “grand day" wt tho Inner 
Temple, and the unexparted g.tcwt never dis- 
covered his mistake until l.o happened to 
Innocently olwervo to tho Treasurer, “I 
thought this WM yonr grand day." 


GENERAL ROBERT PATTERSON. 


Th* enreer of General PaTTriwos, who 
died on the 7tb itist. at Philadelphia, in the 
eighty-ninth year of bri ago, waa lung nr.d 
distinguished. Ho waa born in Conn I y Ty- 
rone. Ireland, January 12, lTtt*. Early in 
life 1'* fame to tho United States, and w»s 
placed In tho care of a Philadelphia mer- 
chant. Ho received a collegiate •.location, 
anil early mnnitVstod a predilection for mil- 
itary life- H* entered the nrmy during tli* 
war of IH12 as a First LieuUmsnt of tbn 
Tweiity- second Infantry. In 161U It* was 
transferred to the Third Infant ry, and before 
the close of the war, iu IK14, l*n was made a 
Captain- 

On tho conclusion of peace he returned to 
mercantile pnreiilta, but continued to tako 
a great interest in tlu. Purnmyl vanla militia, 
in which h* became a Mujor-Genernl, a rank 
bo held for forty yean. He rendered im- 
portant service* tu preveating civil out- 
breaks on several occasions, notably doling 
the "Red Row riota” (onti-negrel In ltklp, 
and thw "Ksllve Amerucsn rlotx" (auu- 
Catholie) In May and July, 1*M4. 

At the beginning of th* Mexican war, in 
lAlfi, General PaTTKMOX waa mode a Major- 
General of Valanteen, He ci.tninandrd his 
division at Cotro Uc>rdo, l«.l tli* cavalry and 
advanced brigade* ir. pursuit, and the nett 
morning captured Jolapa, receiving tho 
thunks of General SoulT. 

When President EiNioi.N, ou tho 13th of 
April, 1M61, called for NTNlty-flu tbousai.d 
volunteers to snppreso tho Southern rebell- 
ion, one of the first to offer aorvir* wm 
G eneral PATTJEMOtr. He waa sixty-nin* 
years ohl, hut ago had not tohl heavily u|mvii 
him, and Governor CvitTtN glailly commis- 
sioned him to take commnuil nf th* Penn- 
sylvania regimenta. A little later, however, 
tin. War lb. part went secured his relearn 
ftiMii that service, and placed him over th* 
Department of Washington, which embroe.il 
tbe gilatos of rrnna.vl vani.%, Delaware, Mary- 
land, and tbs District of Columbia. When 
General MrDowKLL advanced into Virginia. 
General PaTncttaoN was inatructcd to re- 
main at Winchester to hold in chock th* 
force of General Jmxnt E. Jouxirrox. 
Jointirros, howover, forced his way from in 
front of FattkkkoN's forces, and urrivcl ou 
th* field of Bull Run July 111, in time to re- 
enforce Bealukuabo. General Fattxrm.x 
• ante in for a large share «>f \y»* sshnsiUt 
crittclMn that follow cA U» hailW , *i\d when 
tli* tertn of hie eomxnaad expired ( July IB. 
le«l>, he was houorsxhly discharged train the 
service. Aid* military erUi-a have row.- 
MMtmlwd hu con no s« all toil oould lmve 
Ih *n di'mandcd of a cvnipc font olhitv-r. M .th 
a close knowledge of all the facta. IVcrident 
Liacm.N iloelar.il t “ General P.inEH***x, I 
have never found fault with yn.i or censurcl 
yon. I hare never lawn able to ace that 
you could have done anything else than you 
diiL Yonr hands were tied ; you obeyed or- 
der*, ami did your duty, and I am satisfied 
with yonr conduct.” In response to his 
critics. General PATTKkSox, at th* elate of 
the war, published A -VrirrsHicr of Ike fam- 
jmJyw in lir Tollry of Ike -VAcwaiufoaA ta ldtll. 

General PaCTKRSOW always enjoyed good 
health onti) within Bfew wewks of his death. 
Il* waa a tireless worker, a very suereesfal 
bustneas sun, and highly e« teemed in socioty. 



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THE TOP BRANCHES. 

A SCENE IN RICHMOND. 
Cost** up lh« plrutat Eichtf* 1 * 

Tl'u. I lican] . iB.rr» nt«r»-s : 

- W bw you K H o»® pacM T '•“'I"' *“ 
Vvj Bint kwmI lor r.xllnc— •«> !'*•»- 
*"CI*r to gracious t IlshM t .l-**® *«*• l“ B 

1X1 4a tWMeM peach,. OS >l« «*• 

Of-** tpc.li it* V-ry biptneat hniKb*. 

Wbar d« blcaaou suieku* dsf kla •**■? 

" » you want* '« wj^Dwtril nil jdtow. 

Kou Ob y»ir»« U, rt. brry slew, 

Kl ).iu nut* 'em tel two"*. »'d 

Li««D, boy 1 r<m‘U tat fc> <*">* P" *• ' 


" IS*. 1* hard. Aiwl pn, uni eik» 1 fir nntUn*. 

Von m»y cat .Uni *jl, i t»1«. ***v\ 

Folk* «■ *111, raia tnm 4a Vi-orat lirsicbw. 

Hut U boned U> bah mix* from de *“P- 
•• tUol tn Bit al* (Vara* <1)1 I»«r4 W *H M. 
Folk* dou‘1 Hud good pbllK <*" *• »'"**- 

X* iWy want* lo cat <b-o ncy 

tbty tnna' Oliah for deni, «U1 band* •'* 

Th.-t ab< tmt a«ay, with «nrof ll IstghUif. 

And I read bar lawa c*.Hj : 

Tlitjgm wodh striving fac arc, 1!*" «•» p me bra, 
Oa Iba lupmuat ScaaeM uf the tree 


Han! tn gal at, but wall worth lb* wit**"*. 

Oh. the iwachitw la ihr aunal-.iw Uowlng! 

Cp, brave hart, lea** thm tb, lower toswbre; 
Flick Uw trait upon Uir tio*-l*>l' xwwli.^ 


[Bniua in Haet-aa-a Wraau* No. IBl.Vii XXIV.) 

CHRISTO WELL. 

a Datlrr.oot Cali. 

Dr R. D. BLACKMORK, 

Amina or “Mamr imUT.” "lawn* Duos*," 
“ Chirr*, mi CuoBi* *W- 

CIUPTER XXVHL— (CPbSwwf.) 

Jack-o'-laxtzkx. 

At laal, when b« wuu nlninat beginning to 
weary of ill* shivering solitude, a Faint llglil 
twinkled Car away, and then divtjqiearcd. 
and then shone clearer, ditwu tin' valley 
toward the right. Thun it beg*" to rlso nnd 
fall, and stop aninelini**, and even vanish, 
a* something Intercepted it; tut upon the 
whotu It wan coiuiug ururer, like tbu light 
of a vowel beating up toward Ibe bar. Al- 
though the weather and the time of year 
wore suitable for that pfoajihoric JNNMeed- 
ing known aa will-o'-the-wisp In the north, 
and jack-o'-lantern in the south of England, 
the parson, without thinking twice, was sure 
that he had no |k>Io spectre of that sort lie- 
fore him. Iii that particular wnm of hill 
op whlrh tba light wo* advancing 1l»ere win 
no morn**, unr even peaty quagmire, hut n 
little rill running down a narrow lied of 
tockacoop, scarcely an wide aa n mangle, and 
tuft* of gimui interlaid with ahort sweet 
gras* — slndtoi, nii-nt. and drink, and music, 
for the serious - minded sfovji. " Ah, he 
knows wbot good mutton »»! nnd perhaps 
that is wb.v ho did not eat mtue. Mother 
Aggett w ill no oveiflnar it.” 

With tfomi relleotHins, ill suite*!, perha)ia. 
to the gravity of the momcal, the Vlear of 
t'lulstowcll made somo step* toward n clear- 
er knowledge of tlai ease liefoie him. Ilo 
knew that he wna going to a perilous en- 
counter with a man an superior to himself 
in sire, a* inferior, aloe, in principle. Itul 
he relied upon the justice of hu cause— a* 
everybody doe* who ever goes to war; and 
although his grandfather'* cloek was gone, 
be bait serious Uopee of getting l*aeb some 
rusty remnant of his oilier household gods. 
Rut just as he wna selling forth, a squeaky 
lillle vulce came alter him, and a little fig- 
ure followed it. “ Ob, do '«< let me room, 
|iiimuiii ; do 'n let Hie MM 'long of V.” 

" I nil surprised to ave you here, when all 
good hoy* are fast asleep. Go back. Joe 
Hug*-, to your grand father," Mr. Short 
sjMike crossly, for he warmly " umleelred" — 
as the Western improver* of our language 
put it —to Itavo bin little expedition talked 
nf all over Chria towel] to morrow. “Go 
yon U> bed,” be said, " and tuck your little 
toco up." 

“Grandfather be nvenrod of pixies, air,” 
said lire boy, still holding on to him ; “ but 
I tierii to arliofo outside of your parisli, and 
1 mu't got no faith in norm on 'em." 

“Then go bock, you unhappy little skep- 
tic," tli* vicar answered, without applause; 
fur he kuew what entiim of that warty atato 
of luiud which crop-up tail* get into. “The 
birch is tbu right thing for you to believe 
in." 

Little Joe Sage won discouraged hr this 
view of his intellectual advancement, and 
bo went back slowly, till his fontstepa 
dropped into tbn silence of tb* bill. Blit 
then hr turned, and listened, and pursued 
the vicar at safe distant*, and with frequent 
palpitations of bis small hut not ignohlo 
heart. 

Keeling hit way down the sleep with Ids 
stick. Slid watching the muveiiienCa nf that 
light, tb« wary itarreo kept on steadily un- 
til he i-Aiue to a forty bottom, where a small 
brook tinkled through, Here were many 


little windings, such aa water brings to pass, 
and juts of sudden turn, and even a breadth 

or two of flat laud Hi* fnrre. It was 

much too iliurk to make out all that ; lint 
according to the general manner of tb* 
moor there would Is. short sweet pasture 
her* 1 , and gentle slope* to lie down upon, 
and herb* that improve both the flavor and 
texture of a oanscreuthuss mutton. 

The Ihirimoor alive j. v* a thoughtful fol- 
low, who knuwa what a greedy world it ia, 
and therefore aior-pa wit h one eye open. As 
Mr. riburt came down this hollow, two or 
three woolly forms rushed by him — elder 
members of the tfock, who hud taken the 
alarm, and maria otf twlimes. lfut whether 
fnan selfishness, or no worse than sleepy 
lapse of duty, they failed to raise the warn- 
ing “ boa," I bn l should have stirred up f heir 
relatives. 

“Tin* follow can't tie far off now, and of 
conrsu bn will conceal his light; my heat 
plan will be to get Udiiuil this ridge, and 
wateh whnt he is up to.” With tbtwe re- 
11 eel inns Mr. Short slippe.l quietly into some 

broken ground, eouiliinndu.g a tilth, atrip 
of posture, hedged with bnsbea and granite 
slabs. Here were at least a scut* of slieep, 
and the air was thick with their oily saw 11. 
By the aid of a fowldo glm.ro of light, partly 
from a lifting cloud, and partly from Ilia 
water, nnd white grave] bcaido lt r the watch- 
er could make out their position, and could 
guvs* at their dilforetit attitudes. Some 
ware already afoot, and listening with short 
ears pricked, aud long Laid nimrs pointed 
up to catch the air; senne were half rising, 
with their weight thrown forward, aud 
faiud-ffH.1 w rutrl.i.ig on the ground for lev- 
erage; white otb*T»,<.t the fatter order, still 
lay grunting, well aware that K.niething was 
bring talked about, hut convinced tlust it 
was Di.fhing hut n puck of *|uir. 

Among those last was a very worthy 
wether, an excellent animal in truly prime 
condition, with a specialty of mind which 
had enabled him to fatten in the right style, 
mid must add superior relish to his body, 
Confident In his own integrity and fit mu* 
to survive all other sheep - though a botcher 
might have taken it fur 11 lures to be killed 
’-this sheep declined all participation in 
the low misgivings of lb* leaner lot. For 
fat, when laid on III tba proper place*, en- 
large*, enriches, nnd ennoble* the miud. aa 
every ono acknowledges whn lias grown fat. 
But this sheep hiul little time for imire aelf- 
gratulution. For soil. I*>.iy a long dark f.iroi 
was iip.Mi him. He fotmd hraisclf gnu|H.d 
by tbu back of the neck, and raising his 
head to remoustrate, lent all further knowl- 
edge of existence, There was nothing of 
him left lint wool and mutton; and a long 
carving-knife wo* stuck into the grass, 
uniting the last marks of bin pretty nibbling 
teeth. “Bore bit of stuff that parson's 
kuife is! The only pritt he #vuf gut at Ox- 
f.inl, I'll Im. ls>nnd. And uo doubt ha stole 
1 list from the buttery ." 

Mr. Staiirt, aa he heard tbnt most untrue 
description of bis university career (which 
bud been good >- found It very dlfllvult to ln’ld 
tin peace. Bat koculy apprehensive of the 
>u alM vulf/o, be kept bis brad down, and 
labored not to grind his teeth. For he knew 
tbnt if be did prevail against this Aiax.it 
most be by tha tactics of L' I )****. There 
s(<»d the slayer— M the grand sjieeeli has it 

but there was not a symptom of remorse 
aa yet, and to-morrow's sun might announce 
to Mrs, Aggntl the doer**.' of tlie wrung 
mat), tbs one who paid regularly oightpeure 
lialljM-nuy a pnaud for all his mutton. “ ] 
will stick here, instead of tiring stuck.” 
thought Mr, Short, with Ihnt brevity w bub 
ma«le his seriisoisi MldUlM 

The skillful slayer took bis time ns well. 
He hod once been famed for hospitality; 
and the desertion of his frieuiU, which en- 
suod upon his trout.lc, though it might have 
blunted, hod not wholly soured, a nature ca- 
llable of good. Ami, iu fart, bo was making 
preparation* now for n dinner party, upon 
it good scale, to a highly select list of rogues 
■it the “ Haven." One or two of these had 
expressed muu* doubt concerning the qual- 
ity of Dartmoor mutton, because they had 
only had it as supplied by contract at the 
charges of the British prison -rate payer. 
And undoubted as their right was to good 
things in jail (when restricted of their right 
to steal them), not one of iIil-iu had sat down 
to a good juicy leg, till they came to tielievo 
that there wuu no such thing. This was 
enough to make any man labor, when ho 
had notillag else to do, to establish his opin- 
ion by son.* vory careful work. Without 
this in view, Mr. Wenlnir, perhaps, would 
scarcely have come upon this hunting 
ground again, and at night, when a sheep 
might be shot any day. or at any time of 
night, with enittfort. But it was his bu*i- 
ness to regard things uow • and whatever 
faults there might be in hi» const i tut Urn, it 
was good of him thus to desire to import 
the results of his tong experience iu mut- 
ton. non ever, this virtuous weakness led, 
aa it too often does, to calamity. 


It was a time of year when meat roust 
uot ho thumped about, or um! ns a weight 
to he “putted." or a hammer to uiuke holes 
in ita dear brother joints, a a railway por- 
ters treat U now. Mr.Weulow, understand- 
ing this, proceeded with luwj.lt uhlo care U> 
sliug his good animal upon his bock, so that 
the prime parts might ride well. With the 
uiil of liis lantern, which had been left in 
brief wllpso, h* nicwly eonlvd thn cold 
Idiul-focl together, then carefully wiped hu 
knife, and thrust it into a sheath at his left 
aide. Then, after blowing out hi» candle 
and concealing it, with a tritle of a groan 
he ritouldarml this tine weight of mulluci, 
aud found that he conlil manage it. Not 
that bo us-ant to go all the way home with 
it— for. strong aa he was, that would have 
tried him — but only to get to s oonl, dry 
plsre, where hit Jirnc might bo stored f..r 
future operation*. “ I ought to have him 
now,” t bought Mr. Short. “1 will let him 
get tired, and then tackle him." 

The *h«*p-alay<ir, wader his burden, walk- 
ed with a Uutg heary stmts, which preveut- 
t .l him from hearing auy light sound uf pur- 
suit. Ko th.it, although the night was very 
dark aud still. Hie parson could keep him 
pretty well iu view, with the help of the 
white tssty bunging oo his Isack. Aud it 
was uot likely that a man with aneb a load 
would depart from tlie downward track if 
he coukl help it. Foe the ground was un- 
even, though not Isimldery Bor uinraws, and 
« strong ttiau hod ns much as he could do to 
gut along with a weight like a bag of pota- 
toes to acoop to, aud small opportunity of 
picking every step. And, Mire enough, be- 
fore very long this began to ram* hard upon 
the wind of Mr- Wenlow. Mr. Short lu-aol 
him begin to pout a little; and then be could 
SIT that the sheep upon bis hack was swag- 
gitig about, as if its doatli hod born a dream, 
ami it wore trying to get up to grate lignin. 

“Now I will have him ns he hud Mother 
Agg. tr. aud cord him fust to bis own din- 
ner." Mrditatrag thus, sml with preneneo 
of mind in every quick joint of his bully, the 
Vicar of Chi til owsll, who waa a woMlarfnl 
hand at knotty subjects, came swiftly be- 
htDtl the sheep-felon, anil tiling a runuing 
noose of well-soaped round !*atber{f«rnwriy 
ll*o rein «>f Tntwpetor) over his liernl aud 
down hia anus, aud then tightened, and 
tunind It on the backboue of the aheep. 
•• Halloa!" cried Mr. Wenlow. and “ Halloa!" 
replied Mr. Short, bat psu*cd f<ir no further 
conversation. In a second lie lust hltoliMl 
his running rein, amt passed the silk rope 
of his curtains round the knees of the man 
wbo bad in varied his domestic llfo.and knot- 
ted It strictly Iu tliat crampy portion of the 
human system. Down went Wenlow, with 
hi* foul deed on his back, and fouler words 
issuing vainly from his uiniitb, which was 
stopped by tlie aoft obatrneti.nl of a clump 
of ijiiim of tlie .SjikagssM order. 

“To swear is oa futile aa it is wrong," the 
parson remarked, while lie tightened np hi* 
knots, aad proceeded lo add to the embar- 
rassment of Iris prisoner by buckling sonic 
strap" around him. “My friend, you are 
captured, and your wisest course is to recon- 
cile yourself to the situation. 1 don't want 
to hurt you more than I can help There, 
now vow may b» quite comfortable.” 

*• I am clink — i-buk — choking,” the other 
gasped from out tlie mim*. “ If you don't 
want to kill uie on the spot, take that — — 
aheep off my neck.” 

*' By bo menus, my friend. You pnl him 
there yourself, anil it »* not fair to blame 
hint. However, bold op your uasc a mis- 
use lit, aud 1 will give you more room to 
breathe." With these words the parson 
drew forth his own klilfo ftom the sheath at 
the »ule of the robber, and uniting at Um 
odd now of the situation, mowed the dim 
around lit* prisoner's face, who moved nerv- 
ously uloKit from this novel mode of shav- 
ing. “ My hand Is very sternly ; keep quite 
still. There, now, yon will do nicely," con- 
tinued tlie vicar, " and can safely express 
any gratitude you foci." 

“ 1 don't feel much,” replied Mr. Weulow, 

•* From long experience 1 never expect 
much," the other answered, pleasantly. 
“ But how long can you stay here without 
inconvenience l” 

“ Either murder uie al once, or lake that 
weight off me." 

The primmer uttered this with such a 
painful groan tliat Mr. Miort waa really 
afraid to leave him so while he went for the 
needful help to deliver him to justice. Hu- 
manely, hut unwisely, he relieved him of 
that burden, while Inking good rare not to 
release liu arms or legs. Then feeling that 
hla fastenings were alt secure, and knotted 
oat of reach of any twisting jiower. the pur- 
a«n Mt down to recover bis breath (for be 
luul hem working nimbly), as well oa to 
conahfor bow to carry on his work. It had 
born a Tcry hard Job to catch this follow, 
and now it seemed a Larder oue to dispnee 
of him w hen caught. Here he WM,at mid- 
night, many mi hi* away from any inhabited 
house that ha knew of; aud though tfao tail 


mau could have carried him with case. |( 
was out of hta jiower lo curry thn tall nun. 
If he could Lav I! set him up, to begin with, 
his head woniil have come down over like a 
gargoyle, while his fowls dragged ou tha 
ground like tbs hoppers of a seed-drill. 
Meditating thus, Mr. hihort, with Joy, heard 
a squeaky little voice, and beheld Joe Sage. 
“ You are a brave Imy,” he said ; “ and here 
is a bntv* job for yen-” Then giving him 
careful directions, and promise of a crown- 
piece, if he deserved it. the vicar set off for 
a long trudge ucrou the moor. 


CHAPTER XXIX. 
vast nutr>, r a*t nxD. 

Mb. ABTHVR and hi* guest, Mr. Tucker, 
so* oji that night far beyond tha usual hour 
of bed-time at Lark'* cot. When * man be- 
gins to tell the story of his life, however ran- 
cine ho may attempt to lie, ho is pretty sore 
to wonder into many aide bauea, and get en- 
tangled among incidents that require i-xpla- 
uaUou. The timber-mercliaut, though ao- 
ciL-itouicd to an early pillow, listened with 
scarcely • yawn t» tbc long ami rather 
strange narrative of his host, and load* him 
u-pi-ut aoiue part* to be mr* of them, so 
mu< h at variance did they seem with the 
ordinary course of human nature. 

“Whether you tm right, air, or whether 
you be wrong, is not for inn to Judge ho 
replied at last ; “all depciidcth ou the thing 
that should bo uppermost when two big 
priDriples ran counter to each other. But 
w hether you bo right, air, or wliutbor you bo 
wrong, there Is uot a man In fifty thousand 
would have done aa you have done." 

'• 1 have not heeu free from doubts my- 
self," his host acknowledged, with n weary 
sigh ; “and that ha* mode It so much hard- 
er for mo. But now, knowing everything, 
will yon tell me what you believe to bo my 
first duty f 

“Give me the night, sir. to think it all 
over ; Ibnugh I dim sec liow there can be 
much doubt about it. But I never liosrd 
tel! of such affairs before, ami things might 
come scion* me, like enough, in the night 
neaaou ; and the bead is always clearer in 
tlie morning ~ The thing that was coming 
acriHM till’ old mull won sleep, heavy sleep ; 
for he had walked far that day, ami tbo 
change to the Dartmoor air waa lnUiug. 

“ It ie too bud of me to keep you up so 
late," Mr. Arthur said, as he looked at his 
watch. “Good-night, my friend, and no 
dreams of battle. What a poor life it is to 
ilrv lun off 

A flrr shaking that honest old hand right 
heartily, the Captain oat down lo compose 
hla mind, which was srirrod with the many- 
pronged lark of memory-. It waa not to 
please himself that he hod told his tale, but 
|*artly that he might tori appear mysterious 
or churlish to a trusty friend, aud (tartly 
bceauso lie did reatly dr-ire advlc* in Iba 
present secuw of bis fortunes. A strong 
man nearer I y ever takes ml vice, except in 
|>rofowknal ipMwtinos or the like; still, he 
may be glad soinellium to have it, and con- 
sider lt,ev*u as ho would contomjtinto * pill. 

While Mr. Arthnr was meditating tlni* 
in the flatness that follows excitoiuent, ho 
heard something soft strike the window be- 
hind lnw, which lie had JuM closed for the 
night. At 11 1st he took it for thn dip of » 
liat, or perhaps of a Sphinx-moth, attracted 
by bis light; but when it came again, ho 
went ami opeoed out the lattice, and there 
he saw a nw-huil upon the aill outside. 

“Coiimi down Miftly,"stud a vole*, which 
he knew well, though forgetting for a mo- 
ment whose it was; “I want to ajieak to 
you without disturbing any hob." 

Mr. Short mndr certain that he most be 
known; but bis friend, with a mind Intent 
npon its own affaire, took a big stick before 
he opened his door; for the outer world 
was » cry dark to eyes contracted by candle- 
light. “ Don't knock mo down,” Mr. Short 
arid, gently ; “ 1 am not a thief — no aucli 
luck — only a thief-catcher." 

“ Set a thief to catch a thief.” replied the 
good man of tbn house ; ” but what bavs 
you ihui* with him, and what l* it ntamt t 
t'oinn In, aud tell me all about it.. You ore 
tired; you want something.” 

“ I never wanted something more in all 
my life, fitarvatiou is staring me in the 
fore ; and dark aa It la, I don't Ilk* her looks. 
1 foul a* it 1 could crunch a hour, after Nous 
bad polished it." 

“ You shall have as nice * hit of cold aalt 
round as ever cam*) from Mofwton. I vm 
lucky to bare it In tbo house, for we havo 
lisd an unexpected friend to-day. Hut he 
is gone to bed. Is youT thief frautc-nod uj> f* 

“1 ilefy him to get away," replied lh* 
hungry vicar; “and even If he does, it la 
footer than to ssi-mire a life ao valuable aa 
mine. I spent all my dinner-time iu mak- 
ing springles, aud my poor inside ha* sjirin- 
gled MB." 

“ Ws will soon rare tbst," sslil Mr. Arthur. 

, “ Coin* into tb* kitchen. U Is tbu beat bar- 



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bor in » atortn of (hut sort. There, now. 
yon c»n talk while 1 fetch tkn victual*.’’ 

“ KrroMMWI man, yon put the curt tofivwi 
*“® horw. 1 will talk by -imd-by. For I lie 
]> rear n I. let mo feed. Sweet nre the nm of 
•d re rally. Th# next fellow I nee with an 
empty stomach shall walk Into my larder. 
Ha. whnt a draught of ale! Now fur the 
i* f t Y, '° Ml Hiat niL-ui u trtin 

t lin ker, shaving in a waate of tune. I 
can't atop any, 'thunk yon.' Yon will 
perceive my gratitude in uiy proceeding*. 
Three more •lire*; never mind about the 
■n unt ord, I never tailed anything so deli- 
c»o»a in my life. Whal a piece of tuck that 
I nnw your candle T" 

•* And n piece of lock for me.” raid the 
hoapitable Captain. -• 1 *« going to ted, 
perliapa a little lu the dumps. I will take 
a gins* nf ale tutor If. and then I am ut your 
aervicc, if there ih any thing to do." 

“ Tb'-c* 1 i» a lot to do; hut I can not bear 
to take you from yonr homo at tlii* timo of 
night. It In "imply thia — that I have caught, 
and et rapped, and left in tt.e depth* of the 
moor that fellow who n> I.ln'it my bmam, and 
corded Mrs. Aggrtl, *rol stole my grandfa- 
ther'* famous watch. Hut I don't know how 
to bring him down. Like all good-for noth- 
inga, he weighs heavy." 

There may have been an me jealousy in 
this remark; hut the Captain was thinking 
of more urgent matter*. 11 ll.iw many mile* 
do you Ibiuk it is T And In.w lung i« it safe 
to leave him t You make a point of baviug 
hint, I suppose f" 

“ I should think I did. Abont six mitre, I 
should say. Hot tkn tmiorscatteni all one's 
ideas of distance." 

“ Very well. Then rest y ourself for half 
an hour. It will he do loss nf time, liecMM 
the uioon will be rising, and then we shall 
be able to go twice hs fust. Meanwhile I 
will get ready niy frrrtnm." 

" My very kind friend,” aald Mr. Short, as 
he gladly took the offered pipe, aiol put np 
his legs to rest a little, “you often nws Latin 
wont* rather aptly. Aiming yoor other lu- 
nmuerahle gifts, that one e«|>ecially snr- 
] >risea n»e, Fur a auan who has knocked 
atHint winch in the world forgets straight- 
way every syllable of Latin, except tliu ex- 
ample* in his grammar." 

“ Hut anp|Kw> that I was brought np for 
the Church f la not tbo first of all Denis, 
for holy ardors, a lively acquaintance with 
dead languages !" 

"My object is to smoke my pipe iu peace. 
Go > i«u. aud get Jour stretcher ready." 

" t'pon tuy wont, I belle v« he was intend- 
ed fm a parson, " thought tha weary *icar 
a* he worked his pipe; “and a very good 
parson has been lost to fho world by soma 
sail mishap, not impossibly a pluck. Bat 
they never used to pluck meo, in the good 
old < ion**, half as plnckily as tliey do now. 
And the man boa brains enough for any- 
thing; bat for hi* extraordinary crotchet of 
manuring the ground with them. However, 
he is a noble-hearted fellow. H*-re'a to his 
kciil Hi. and the iorroaiw of eneli V 

“Now yon can nee what a simple thing 
this i*,” said his host, returning from the 
darkness of tile door. “1 ought to hare a 
patent for it ; but — but I don't rare. It lias 
coat me a good deal of thought, I ran munire 
yon. though you may see nothing worth 
thinking alwuit. It bos these four legs, so 
that you ran rest it. And yon fold it up 
liko this; and the legs fold loo; aud it rides 
upon yonr back os rosy sa an artist's cuhiL 
We have oftcu had 3 ea t. of pot-vines upon 
It. And here, in case pf heavy weight, we 
have side brace*. You take them, and I will 
carry It ; In about two minute* we will set 
forth. Hut I must leave a note for my door 
Kofcie. 8 tie will b# at mot long Wore wo 
can return ; or at any rate, abo may be, if 
anything delays us." 

(re sa amaris] 


A CHAT ABOUT CATS. 

Cant, savage and intractable a* they ar* 
accounted, are iieverthe-h-re of that genus 
under which are iilso classed the docile and 
affectionate dog, tbo drowsy plnxa. and the 
innocuous naoli. But there is mi denying 
that, like men. they are earn! vomit* and 
predatory animals, gregsiloa*. venue time* 
deceitful, and no« always grateful. Other 
characteristics will be better elucidated by 
w liat Wilson say* in bis Zvloff respecting 
“ Atii mills of the Cat Klod" than by tbs 
same information conveyed in language at 

limit own. 

« They are, in a state of nature, almost 
continually in action both by night aud day ; 
they either walk, creep, or advance rapidly 
In- prodigimt* hounds ; hut they seldom rnn, 
owing, H Is said, to the extreme llcxibility 
• •f Ifaeir limbs and vertebral rolnmn, which 
ran not preserve the rigidity UOOSasary to 
tbut specie* of tnoveoMut. Tb*lr sense of 
sight, especially during twilight, is sente, 
their hearing very pwrfcct, and their percep- 
tion of smell less than that In tbe dog tribw.” 

Th* domestic cat, however, wo lu»f ob- 


serve, is pernliarly sensitive to disagreeable 
smells, which it abhor*; hut appear* to ad- 
mire many speeio* of perfume, and, among 
others, valerian and catmint. Mr*. Bow- 
ditch narrates of a young tiger with which 
she was, daring s voyage, ou friendly term*, 
that lie was madly fond of the UvoihIm-wo- 
trr which pci fumed her handkerchief. 

"Their moat obtuse sense,” eoutiuues the 
writer before q noted, " is that of taste." 
And yet we might, a* far a* regards tha rat, 
aluiiwd definitely pronounce that It waa ilia- 
criminative oven to nicety, (.'at* readily 
distingnisli between different kinila of food ; 
if constantly fed upon superior and leau 
meat, tliey will reject the inferior simI tbe 
fat, nay, even refine Ibo mine they kill, and 
a " dainty cat" u frequently a sad torment 
to a good housewife. We have seen scat de- 
vouring ruwia# with tinninimoa gusto ; flies, 
of which they np|-»r fund, are said to im- 
poverish their blood, and render them thin ; 
anil rats are little better than poison. 

"Tbe tongue of these animals," continues 
Wilson, still speaking generally of the fe- 
line race, *• Is an much an org*n of mastica- 
tion as of taste, it* sharp aud horny point*, 
inclined backward, lieing used for tearing 
away the tender parts of tbe auimsis on 
which they prey. The |>ereeptiiin of touch 
Is *aul to residu very delicately in tlie small 
bulbs at tbe base of tlie mustaches." As 
pasmwf. we may remark, so prevailing is the 
idea that in the domestic cat the olfactory 
IMriW are situated rat bar in tbo Whisker* 
of the animal than iu its nostrils, that the 
vulgar call them smeller*. A most singular 
fact respecting tbe entire failure in the 
sense nf hearing in certain rat* Is related 
III Loudon's Mtipuiue of .Vstariif liiotorj. 
It appear* that white enta of the Persian 
breed, especially those with blue eyes, are 
invariably deaf; aud the Kev. Mr. Hree 
Hjsiaks of one kept In bis own family for 
years, * great favorite, which was not only 
a* perfectly deaf ne she was while, lint tint 
each of her kittens (of various litters) which 
now in hind her iu color was invariably deaf; 
while euch os had the least spot of any othnr 
color on their coats possessed perfectly the 
faculty of bearing. 

Cots posse as, in an Muineiit degree, the 
qunlitWn of vigilance, patisnoo, obwdlirao#, 
gnntbuMW*, and maternal affection ; nor 
must we omit to notiee the grateful sense 
they seem to entertain of kindness conferred, 
which is maol fretted by eotiUnurel nnunrou* 
purring, sundry robbings and rollings, lick- 
ing of tbe hands extended to cares* them, 
and a gentle Modulatory motion of the toil. 
We have wen the most winning amt Inimi- 
table littb. art* employed by these sagacious 
rreatnre* to gain and assure human affec- 
tion. and ou tbo MnttMMW of a few fa- 
vored ones hate otorrved an rxpreaanisi of 
gUdiifws amt gratitude not to be mistaken. 
Several instance* are on record of the strong 
attachment of cats to person#, although it 
must he cntjfiwwed that, like ecrtalu animal* 
of the order wurntauihii, who shall bo other- 
wise anonymous, their prnctouf is far tuore 
decided for place*. 

Cals were by tlie Egyptian* considered 
as an emblem of the moon, and placed upon 
their systrnm — an instrument of religioos 
worship and divination. To slay auy of 
these animals was death by law, and tbs 
Itomau soldier who killed mm Ignorantly 
and unaware* w*» torn to pieces by the en- 
raged people in the streets. When a cut 
died, the whole family mourned as for a fa- 
ther, even to the shaving a It of hair, rye- 
brews, Im-otiI, aud whisker*; it wan rumid 
into a Consecrated bouse, embalmed in *alt, 
spire*, and hive linen, ami interred with re- 
ligious rite* at Bnluatis, a considerable city 
of Lower Egypt, hatful placed iu a sepul- 
chre (query — cul-o-ooiubf) near th* altar of 
111* principal temple, t 'arn by sea conquered 
Thebes by placing in freut of the Pcreian 
army a esrp* of mis, with other auimsis ven- 
erated by tbe Egyptians, tod n»l daring to 
advance to the combat, tbe Tlielmn gam*on 
fell, a* the wily Invader hail anticipated, an 
uureaisliug prey to his stratagem. 

But cat* are treated si tbe present day 
with mush care and kind tire* in Egypt on 
nernsiril of thslr M-rvteeabl* qiialllha. Th* 
Mohammedans have an extrsorilinory ven- 
eration for them. Haiiingartcu nnw at Da- 
muom* a hospital far oat*, » bleb won a large 
building, wailed round, and aald to he full 
of there on mud*. He wo* informed that 
that singular institution originated in the 
circumstance of Moliatnined, who nuee re- 
sided at Ilanmacua, having brooght with 
him a eat, which he kept carefully in tbe 
sleeve of his gown, and fed with hi* own 
bauds; therefore his followers in tbut oity 
hod ever since paid a •uparetltlouw venera- 
tion to cats, aud supported them by public 
situs, which were found fully adequate to 
the purpose. 

The value of there useful animals lias in 
all cotitilrive beoo regulated by their smrei- 
ty, and the story of Whituagtou has actu- 
ally its counterpart in history. Sir W. Gore 
Ouae ley quote* from a Ferelau tuauuacript 


the history of Keith, son of a poor widow 
of Airaf. who, taking his aole properly, a rat, 
with him on board nbip, was rewarded for 
the venture hy pen* oinking his fortune on 
on island overrun with vermin, where tneh 
an animal was a desideratum, and, after thus 
youth, tlie island was called Kush, or Klrhtk. 
Southey rotates in his History of lb Brnrilr 
I but the llrst Nltll <*f eat* that were ear- 
ned to Cuyaha sold for a pound weight of 
gobL There was a plague of rata and mice in 
the settlement, and tbe cat* were purehoaed 
as a speculation, which proved an excellent 
one. Their first kitten* were sold for thir- 
ty ebnu each. Ilia next generation brought 
twenty, and the price gradually fell na the 
inhabitants became stocked with these beau- 
tiful and useful creatures. 

Montenegro presented to the elder Alma- 
gtn the Urat cat w hlch was brought to Heath 
America, anil woa rewardod for bringing it 
with nix hundred pesos. 

In EugUod cots ore snppoaed to have been 
knots u at a very early period ; they are not 
aboriginal, hut probably ftrwt iiiiTinluord by 
merchants from Cyprus. whu traded with 
the Briloni for fnra Ncvrrtlielea* they 
were either difficult to naturalise, or, IwH- 
witbHtaiMliug their prolific nature, extreme- 
ly scarce; for lu tlie tenth century, auioug 
the laws enacted by llocl Ida, or liowel the 
Good. Prince of Wain, for preserving ami 
fixing tbe prices of varum* animal*, the rat 
w iu* thus in i r*d ueod t "Tbe pries of a kitten 
before it could sec waa one penny, twopence 
until proof could lie given of it* having 
caught a two ire#, after which fosirpesuw" — a 
great sum in lima* day* whan the value of 
specie wo* so high. The animal wo* re- 
quired to be perfect ill Its senses of seeing 
and hearing, to have its claws whole, to lie 
a good moitser, and, if a female, a careful 
anna. If it failed in any of these qualifi- 
cations, the sailer was to forfeit a fourth 
part of its value to the buyer. Should any 
one steal or kill the rat that guarded Dm 
prince'* granary, the offender waa to forfnlt 
either a milch awe, her fUwco anil lamb, or 
as much wheat as, when poured on the cat 
suspended by its tail with its head touch- 
ing tbe Boor, would form a heap wifflcWint 
to cover the tip of tbo talL 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Tara* has town a grand ilnuame**' and filer*' 
tournament In Hpriwgfistd, Mareaeliuaetla, Ui which 
nearly all of the famous drum diepa of New Eng- 
land took part. Tlii* form of basic without har- 
mony 1* thought much of I* that part nf the 
oountry, arul tile A Orient anil HimiirsMa Artillery 
of Horton would Msuvcty claim la be so ancient or 
w» toreurutdr were it not fur tlie eeteea* Dan Simp- 
son, whs l» ninety fear* old, and lias ilmmind at 
■illy annual [arniit of th# Anneal* ami Ibtior- 
aUr». He ami 81 Smith, that muiMBt’s lifer, 
are immortalised in th# painting “ Vanin# lio 
die.” It is said Out an «ulhu*tai«ie lkwtonWn 
ItequralliHi hi* skin for a ilr-sovluiad esa which 
Sin>f#cm nlioulil play weary InrieprcrJewre - day 
moriiinr. hit that this provision i it tlw will via 
not carried out. 

Toco-lm. th# thief of tbo 8hoshos,« Indians, 
wnobl astooieh hi* ancrator* if limy could ore 
him i loving liie haudsome span of tratre* be f rev 
a ghiteniog rarringe, hie jm-kvL* stuffid out with 
profitable mitring sKaree, Hesadsa lieing largely 
inteo-steii in mince, he is an intensive boredcr of 
nutlet 

It n as id that Ibr vslolVtmitn of the recently 
graduated clasa si Yale Collegr was s Hebri-v, 
toe •al^.lstorian a German, and the pciic speaker 
a Chinaman, tut that the pitcher of the IwseAwll 
nine— who coald ddivrr a curving lisll with mu- 
telly precistoft— •■»* Imrn and reared under the 
glorious Stars and Stripe*. 

Ou aceemd thought, Goiteau docs not want in 
he rvtrauU under toil, lie overrates himself, 
Nobudy woubl molest him, snd Id* soltuul* st 
Urge would lie desipte than it is in prlaoik. 

Sootborn <• li tors are gumiroos la tlm mauee of 
cnmplimefiij when olio of Lloir numtor duals ac- 
ceptably with a subject in which they ar* all is. 
terra ted. Thus re^ of them says of lbs Hon. 
Henry Wstterren's reoewt artitie ow the vltualrua 
in whiskey ; “ He it with an • sod hao 

dies the wlurie subject fas s hrillisul manner." 

There is sn Indian in Nevada named Flash 
Royal, snd tbe mining torn are forever getting 
his name trnasposrd. 

A hotel-keeper at Capo May thought to exclude 
dugs by anre:>wniuig that they would be chargud 
at che rate of ten dollar* s week for board and 
shelter. Hut the host reckoned without bu guests, 
sad three f-kvo teener*, two lap-dogs, snd ana 
pug were registered at the hotel at one time. 

It is said that Insurance policies amounting to 
lonely a hundred thousand dollar* were hold by 
several persons cm the life of Samuel Spicer, aim 
twin lly died a pauper Is the York County (IVnii- 
sy I* unis) Ahostmuse. lid death Is cor uf the 
Ursa aiming those who have turn Insured sa a 
spwulalkei under the "death -bed kosurancs-" 
muni* that hu of late brokca out ui part* of 
tbal ticaU. The end of this system mail to like 
that e.f tlie famous women's easingt-took In 
Boston. Tha premotor* of there soiaryessw may 


wcoed in ceilbvtiug eomgh u w o ey no premium* 
to pay tbe polkie* that fall dwr, while suHk-irat 
is In o*>*r»e of situ mils. t» leave the msn- 
sgvrx s bsndsnniv pu*8t. afire paying th* expreses 
of the litigation, to eetabtoh that the prevaium- 
payivH have parted with thrir money s» the fool 

lIlHW 

A young man from Boston, whose prcAricnry 
in tlie New England game of "old maid" gave 
him the reputation of being a gambler, ck.;#d 
with Ik# lirfle of I'jlling Springs, West Virginia. 
While the father nf the young woman wa* In 
punoiit hi# horse fell, and the angry parcel suf- 
fered a broken b-j Tlie coesbleialc young man 
tood'vly a--irivl him back to hi* home, and, while 
nursing him, be ■** sbl* to procure and present 
proofs that he belonged to s respectable slid 
wealthy family The father sttendod the wed- 
ding oa crate he*. 

During the week of excetsira brat in Now 
York, early in August, there was eool weather la 
North Carolina, ml on one night thrro waa frost. 

N' early an pounds nf rind and urols have to ha 
tMiogbt with a twelve- pound WHire-ualuo, and thn 
great West ib-mandt an 1m pre-red M>ft-abcdldl 
lotkon, with (lie arnM ou a ■CjOtato vino. 

Wearing trousers of half-eivitbrei make, a fins 
linen whirl, *&<) a wnnuUt'a gulta ;#n-li* bracelet 
oa hi* left wrest, aud tanking tlirougb cooeuKeai 
goggle* of ■milked glare, Silting Bull ha* besm 
bubliag revvptom* in tin- ffral Tbs mummy 
wbwh is ovtucwd by hi* lire** is also otoaaplllad 
In the names of hi* offspring, two of wliiim, Iwtag 
twlriH, liars only on* name tolwrea them, T!**lr 
nanm i« Tbe War-ls -Oirr, tbimgll it is Kit vx- 
platoed how they oirea hy I to uUg rap h- wire «r- 
riags which were a part of tlioir adonsnusL 

NnlwilhMamliug win l has ta-eo written in 
Engli-h and F'n-nrti twofc* or Arneriran travel. 
New York eilr is at a (uMitaible distanew from 
tbe foe ra m i« wbkb wild towsr* are hnutesl by 
seen, and tocne*la*M SWtsnl iu rererving tbe 
mlwatioo. Bui in the wildernre* of water that 
join* the city on nearly every soie are man eatieg 
■weastet* which of l«c have I wen coming up to 
the pier*, and gnuhiug their teerii at the pof>«- 
kee. To verdure among tlieio might be a* per 
Uoa* at to go untimrsl into an Easters jungle ; 
yet small boy* sit on beer keg? along the docks, 
and anxioutlv axglr fee them. 8- «cr»! sharks 
ba<e thus lieen booked, and haulesl to dry land 
tbrawgh tbe aid of robust butcher* from the 
stalls nesr by, snd their raptor* hsve made Urge 
profits by patting small tents over them and 
charging admittance fee*. It has been a feature 
of the sen owl's catch that each stork captured 
has turned out to be a man rater of too re owiepio- 
uou* characteristic* snd nf greater voracity tton 
any 4f Che ocher*— if the arcrnicbta of iu captor 
have been trustworthy. 

The subject of food adallerstoa hs* thus been 
suiwmoi up by Alptomsa Cur; "If I poison rev 
grwvr, I (lisll ho sent to tlw |mnii<-nuary ; but if 
bu putoca* foe, he g*u off wiib ten dolhir* - fine," 

Cb-rka and cAriala in rlui main office of tbe 
Tr saa Central Railroad Company are taught Span 
isb every sfimoon by su Inatrwctoc paid by tbo 

corepny. 

Canada i* aeruarel of tbe not strictly ccmsrien- 
timia arquirtmenl of ussar United States mall- 
twgH It is said that a bowl nine-tenths of ilia 
Ruil-pcHichea in u*t la the Itaroinke belong to 
this iremlry. An answer to this accusation is 
wiade by the Canada pres*, to the effect that since 
tbe quantity of mail rent from thia side to Can- 
ads it much greater than that »cnt to thia coun- 
try in fanndun poiictoe. the bwlincc would nat- 
urally be largely in tto Hooiir, ion's faror. It is 
also strongly hinted in ('anada that tto drifting 
of mail tugs across tto boundary waa pemrittod 
la the interests of erartractora who supply our 
govern mml with those articles. 

It would lie Interesting to know whether the fact 
of a person'* l««i* a good saliuuwr let reus h«or 
torchamvanf Jruwiung lluadCNbl#dlyde<rsa«rei 
tlm vtusiu-ni In farew of tto drowning of others 
wIhi reesy bo sroumt him , fuc a jmtwjo who nan 
■wim is reach reoro iwtdj slid swfuly awi-tod than 
on# who can nut If dislrrea mine to him in the 
water; and ill raae* whre* gtanl swimmer* am 
drewned wlill* by Ihvinwltiw, they are often so 
far from shore that thn live* of oltor* are not 
imperiled by going to thrir mcree But re per- 
son is nl— 8u.lv saf# »tou swimmieg toyoc-1 his 
depth, unaided hy supfaet aaffiiwent to ftwil him 
un-isr *11 rireu last s Bore, and the ri#k» taken by 
tliose who hsve conHdeniw in ttoir swimming 
power* are perhaps eq«al to thoee involuntarily 
encountered by tliose who cun not swim. Etocpt- 
iry; those who are drowsed in ooaseqwcnoe of tto 
sinking or apsectmp of vrsscli, and tbe falling of 
bodges or docks, the majoritc of the persons 
drowned are good sw iniiiiers In nearly all of tto 
cases of droanhig while bathing rv|>ortoi lu tto 
nnwspajwrw, thn viitim» an- ei|n-rirao«d swim- 
iiusw. Hut itosa* eiiiisutaratiun* sliould not deter 
any iuie from lewroing to ■*!«. H» may to as 
cautious sa though he rouhl rex swing sod rut 
rejot dnlightful rtvrrwtinn, of which the poreun 
who iIihv* not a win ran know nothing. And wil- 
der rnmliliouw Id which a person unable to swim 
would has* fow chance* of heiug rewcool.h* woubl 
have many chancre of escaping with his life Bc- 
•Idss, tto sup«-rlorily for tto moini-ut of the re#n 
am] sooim who can swim st nur sra-ridr water. 
iiig place* over those who are doomed to cling to 
tto rope*, aud hop ap and 'town with wild yell* 
in llm gruri of send sad brine, it sufficient to 
routiu-rliahurti the risks taken by tto admired 
and suviad awlmmer*. 





AUGUST 90, 1881. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


57a 




MATTHEW VASSAB. 

Matthew Vmm*, nephew of the founder of Voasar Col- 
life, and treasurer of that institution since its foundation, 
died no the IWh inst., ■( Poughkeepsie, New York, aged 
uevsttty-two years, >lf. Vamak n«* born in the old Van 
liUlU'K house, ill (lie rlljr where lie died, ill 1*A>. Il« la- 
ther was JOHN (IfY VumI, pnrluer a* well as brother of 
the late M,\mtrwr Vumi, anil In* mother was n daughter 
of BaLTV* Van Ku.uk. Hi* fiilbtr lost his life, wheu 


Tlllt LATE MATTHEW V ASS AIL 

Matthew won <|iii«« young, in attempting to save that of 
an employ'd in the brewery who bad fallen iuto a vat. 
Matthew* education was obtained at the Lunroaler School, 
Poughkeepsie, which stood where the Cbnreh Street Pub- 
lic School trow stand*. In IKK lie entered the employ of 
bis uncle; amt six year* later, when his brother, JOHN G. 
Vaokar, became of age, both were made partners in Ibn 
firm of M. V ASSAM A CO., and continued as such until IStkt, 
wheu they sold on l and retired from hnsinoM. He married 
in ISO Miss Many Paurkb, a roster of John O. Pamaem, 
of Poag)iki-i-[«lr. She died in 1*51. In 1KT0 ho married 
Mis* Iiie.ve IIcacti, who survives him. He bad no rhlldrvn, 
and. except his brother, leaves no very near relatives. 

Mr. VaabaR held but two politic oftUea In the coarse of 
his life — a* trustee of the village of Poughkeepsie, auil 
member of the llbaxd of Edueatkm. He acted as treasurer 
of Vasaar College without salary. Iln was on exceedingly 
enu I iuiis anil sngneiutM financier, and accumulated a large 
fortune, which In Ills Inter years he made use of in works 
of UcacTolenco. He was a friend and patron of the Obi La- 
dirs' Home in Poughkeepsie, anil sillier rilred liberally to the 
erci’tiou cf tlie now Baptist church, afterward giving $.*>000 
to pay ofl’ ita debt. Two year* ago the trustees of Vomiit 
C ollege desired to erect a new laboratory fur the depart- 
ment of chemistry nud physics, Mr. VaMAR forcibly op- 


posed the proposition to gw iu 
debt for n part of the eost, 
and declared that if his bro- 
ther would join him In it, they 
would pay for the whole. Ac- 
cordingly the laboratory was 
liuill ami <-i|iiippeil, vud Is unn 
of the most n.iiipleta iu tfala 
country. In Uko manner the 
Iv.o bintlM-rs erected anil en- 
dowed the Home foe Aged 
Men, which is one of »ln- must 
striking and eU-auut of the 
building* lor public purposes 
in Pwugbkrcpaie. 

Previous lo bis death Mr. 
V Assam lia<l jiurclmsitl the 
situ mill perfected (he plaiss 
fur lb*' building of the Va*»*r 
Itruthers’ Institute in his un- 
live city, which is to provide 
u building fur scientific, liter- 
ary, mid artistic purpose*. It 
is believed that such provision 
is mndu that all lii* purposes 
with refer? urn lo it will he 
rurilod out, and the institute 
will lie completed as a rnouu- 
meut to uU memory. 


THE Lx\TE HON. JOHN 
J. BAGLEY. 

Ex-Goveknoii John J. Bau- 
LRT, of Michigan, who died 
In Sun Kranclsco on llm 27lh 
of July, non born at Medina, 

Orleans County, New York, 

July 84, 1838. Till lie won 
thirteen Ire attended school 
at Lockport, when hi* fa- 
ther removed to Constantine, 

Michigan. Here and at Ow aa- 
to he worked oil a farm and 
unclurk In a store. At fifteen 
be Is- gnu life on his own ae> 
count by coming to Detroit, 
where he found employment 
in n tobacco factory at low 
wages, llo advanced rapid- 
ly, however, and at twcuty- 
one started iu biislneas for 
liimwdf, w lienee bus grown bis immense bnnlnoM as tobac- 
co manufacturer, being known all over the world. 

Iu a business line be was also, at various times, Vice- 
President of the American National llank, President of the 
Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Coiupuny, mid President 
of the Detroit Safe Company, besides other interests. 

Coupled with these, he showed great politicnl activity 
daring the whole of bis adult life. Ho lir»l lield office ns 

■ Skat "I lb- Common Council and Bonn! of Kduc atom 

in lVtruit,aiMl nos after s ard ehooeu President of the Me- 
tropolitan Police Commissioner* appointed by Governor 


tral Committee, where lie showed admirablo i|iialitics by 
conducting the campaign in a tliorougb and ayatematic 
manner. He received iu 1MTS, by a very Battering vote, 
the Ki-piildiran butuinalion for Governor. In the election 
folio* lug he received 1400 more vote* than Ibn OlUNT 
elector*. and nearly plurulily over Ihn rival caudi- 

dull-, Al wTIN Blair, He w as iv-olectod iu 1*74. 

His admin is! ration was marked as being thoroughly 
prnduiit, and In some respects brilliant, lie gavu rxpeclal 
attention to the Stale educational anil ebari table liistitn- 
tioua. Tlie Stale IL-sld of Health anil tbr Stale Kish Com- 
iiiiwinn were organized. and the State militia reorgauiri-d, 
during hia term. Tlie tax system also look the place of thu 


THE LATE GENERAL rATTKlWON.-l'ivn. »T P. Omars**, FnUKinuA-|aa Psoi Sfi.J 


SrOTTZD TAlls-PanocSAruB it C. M. Iui, Wsunnnuw, D. C.-|ftss F*s* Hi.) 




by Google 


574 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


AUGUST 20 , j«, 


then Inoperative prohibitory llffonr !»*, 
through hi* advice, in 1 ^ 5 . 

Uin be was MMlttonod in «M*ne*tio® 
will* thn of I’nitcd Br-rod*! 1 , 

and in r>.« L'ouvviition nr le-l was l-.»n lv 
ImhI.ii by fi wmWlIkOi* '>( tin- Itivrnh of 
(to other ton riituliJnlcfl, the vote Inin* =>? 
In CO for Mr- fuSUKIt, 

Tliroligbnut bin entire political and hori- 
grn |jfr Un wtui laved anil renjwcted by nil 
bik areociafe*. Ilia liberality was |in>verli- 
jal. amt any appeal made to h«» nympatby 
unit with » bountiful reniwiirec. In bln death 
while comparatively* yming n,nn Michigan 
Into* one of bet land »li <1 moMtdialirigHlnbed 
citizens, Ike lumlncs* world cue of its most 
•iiceemfnl *imI exemplary nieojU-ra,*iHl the 
w Ernie republic ran wit but fool the loos of 
niQQ of such noble os t tiro. 


A PICTUBESQUB SCENE. 

A L*«n« number of negroe* from tbe 
South bn ve been etigngiMl to work In the 
etui struct ion uf tlie West Shore Kailway, 
along tbu lliut«>n Kiier. Our artist visiteil 
the nr*n* uf tbclr nperotiims » fir w days Ago, 
i»n«l |tl trek tlio rroall* uf bis ohrervath.li* 

■ nil notes in the sheielu** jirmted on pngs 
& 7 -J. Throe men am employe*) iu tbe gravel 
banks noil rock cut* of the Highland*. an<l 
will eventually be distributed «ll kUmg the 
line. Many of them are scantily clothed, 
narking with bare (eel »l*d bore bead*. It 
is n curinsis sight 1 <> ere tlm brawny black* I 
bendi ng over tlkcir work, busily plying shor. | 
el end pick, and • more cheerful ciunperj 
of Ulmrev- It would be difficult to fiwl any- 
where. There am no disMimiene among 
lli.-m, and all day long they join their melo- 
dious vuicre iu «**me refrain. 

In mtiiio place* tbe hanks are an steep 
that tlm men are let dawn by ropes from 
above, as shown in the •kctoll.and held bus- 
pwnded in mid-air ntitll they can pick out a 
foot-hold from the mass of crumbling rock. 


OEMS AS « CHARMS.” 

Tit a belief in gem* a* being endowed with 
the imwt iiiottoI I on* powers, ridieulons w it 
may seem to tbo modern mind, was in real- 
ity * legitimate offspring of uhat has been 
not inappropriutely called “natural" reli- 
gion. Looking around him and almvc hiiu 
through tli* universe, dim to his eyes, man 
first of all perceived that wbll* th* mot* of 
object* on earth were the same, occurring 
in msaoos. tbero tmisted a few things that 
were vory rare. And among the rarest uf 
rare- thing* ware tbe pn-rlous stone*. But 
they were not only fraud in small (|t>an ti- 
lled, sod of tli* most diminutive siro com- 
pared witli other things, but they hod po- 
cnlinr furmo, with a lustre of thetr own re- 
sembling that of the stare. They were nit- 
like all other eahatance* found under and 
above tire earth. It wo* quite logical that 
tlrey should be considered Is* fore all things 
M proclaim," specially created by «npern»tu- 
ml powers, and endowed as such with su- 
pernatural virtues. The belief, originating 
pndmtily in Indio, tbe cradle ami llrst home 
of all gems and precious atones, spread rap- 
idly through tbe aiirinnt world, a* recorded, 
among others, la many paasages of the Bible. 

Thus we are told in tbe twenty-eighth chap- j 
let of Ktodus tbst gem* were *u Irwliapen- 
*«bla adjunct in lb* Ottlro of the high pricat. 
‘-And them sbslt pot in the lireoatplale of 
Judgment the Uriin and the Tbumtnitn ; and 
they shall be upon Aaron** heart wlren he 
givstli la before tbe Lord : ami Aaron shall 
bear the judgment of tbo children of Israel 
open his heart before the Lord continual- 
ly." It is probable that Uie , 'l’rini"aoil the 
“ Thtisnuaiin'* were large dlamnoila, although 
Kplphanius. the early Chriation bishop and 
learned historian, dweriloa them a* of k 
sky color, and they therefore iu»y liav# been 
sapphire*, valued equal to diiimnnd* in oo- 
rivld time*. According to Ep.plianin*. tbo 
I'rnn and theThmnmlm In the ** breastplalo 
of judgment" of Aaron were endowed with 
special virtue*, for “ the change in lh* color 
of thstn. when he came out from the **ne- 
tnarv, manifested tho favor o* auger of Je- 
hovah.'’ 

Not only the natives of India, the Egyp- 
tians, tho jews, ami other Bullous of ancient 
history had full Cailb in Urn occult power 
of gems, hut even the highly cultivated 
Greeks Iwlieved In it. He Greek trust lit 
I be wonder-working power of precious 
Stiviie* 1 * expressed in uuiucroua works of 
tUiir classical writer#, ami stands forth 
strikingly in ou "Oil* on Gems.” by live n»- 
tiooal singer Ovpheo*. Ia this piwtn of 
about eight bnwlred pages a ID* ts given 
Of all live precious stone* known to tho 
Greek*, and the sapernatnral quolitie* as- 
cribed to each of them. Orphetsi rails goto* 
in general “tlm highest gift of Jnv# to mor- 
tal*," licatowcd upon t brio a* a sure rem- 
edy against sll earthly woes." Alt precious 
at«ora, **ys Orpheus, sre blddoo by the god* 
nsHlw-gronnd, •' iu mystic uaVce," Mnl »ho- 
#o«vi-r can dlsoover them will b* rewarded 


by " eudlera Mossing**; to the pn**c*«nr* 
“euro aud sorrow will be unknown, s* well 
a* iliac**, anil they will always obtain Vic- 
tory in battle." Coming I” specify tire vir- 
tue* of each individual jpnt, Orpheus ad- 
viw-a tbnt “if ili.oi wenrent n piere of the 
agate » 1 «iim on tliy hand, the immortal god* 
will ever be plcared with the*; ahd If the 
same be tied to the bam* of tlijr i>xcb when 
ploughing, or round the plnughniAii’a sturdy 
ana, whern-ernn lied t'ere* ivill descend from 
buavnn with full lap to throw it upon thy 
furrows.'' Of tbe ruby Orpheus *sy«, " IVom 
off tbe altar* thou, like tbu crystal [gurnet or 
corbttnsle], dost send forth a dame without 
tire mil of dr*''; and of the topaz, ‘‘ Adorned 
with it, man may gain at once the heart of 
every woman, and women tho heart of ev- 
ery man." Happy Greeks! The acquisition 
of a topaz rawi auivty among them have 
made tli* courea of true love to ruu fbrev cr 
•asuoth. 

The belief in preciun* stone* a* " cliaren*,” 
dating back to tho inout raznot* ages, is still 
flickering st the preaout time. It cxiats yet 
ill ]<sr 1 « of tbs (biliun Empire, and is said to 
1 m. natuldy strong in lYrsiu. Tlist august 
visitor to European shanw, tho Shah, haa, oa 
good authority, a nnmber of geiuMiB the pos- 
Mwvion of which h« put* the firmest faith a* 
a protection against all earthly ills aud tllte- 
forrnnea. Accidental circnu>slaiic*H (aerltaps 
helped to strengthen the* faith, for on one 
occasion tire hnlli-t of a would-be ausuin 
K 1 ani <-! off from lire casket of Jewels which 
lire "King of Klogs 1 ' wears always <•» his 
luwkfct. It wuy lie that on tbi* OCOOUUt the 
Mb ah of Persia ba» c.«uic to b* tbfl proprie- 
tor of the largest collection of Jewels in tbe 
world, the tidal Iwvltg valued at from three 
to four loll How* of pounds sterling. 


THE MURDER OF STOTTED TAIL. 

Ox jingo 573 our renders will ilnd the por- 
trait of tbs iwlvbratcil Indian chief MtwrrrD 
Tall, wire was killed on tire Wh Inst, by 
Can*' Doff, under Hi* fallowing cirtnni- 
staacewt Ovi th* ilny of the inuTilcr 
TKt» Tan, visited Acting Agent l.rOAJL, at 
th* kgsDcy of the Spotted Tail Indiana, to 
rvenive instructions regarding bia oonteso- 
pUted visit to Washington, bo having boon 
relented ss cure of the representatives of tho 
Sioux lift! lou at th* coming conference at 
(Ire national capital. Ho ws* urged to start 
at once, aa a letter from the Indian Office 
directed him to report to Agcut AKhRRwa at 
Yankton Agency iio later than lire **th Inst,, 
a« lire delegation from tbo Pino Kills Agency 
wo* expected to reach Kiwcbuil Agency on 
tbe evening of the 0 th. SremvtP TatL eoli- 
olodeil to watt until neat morning ami go 

With Ked L'Lul'b dekigato* to Yankton 

Agency. This ammgcmccit having breui 
determined upon, Mrxrrria* TatL drairr.it to 
have a talk with lus people that afternoon 
and receive an expression of tlwdr views 
iijkiU subjects to coiue before the eoofrrvoee. 

Bidding LebaR - good-by," and saying hfl 
would cull at th* o»«i in the evening to 
recei vo any further instruct ten* tbero might 
tre, Wr-OTTO* Tall, left for tbe Indian village 
to confer with his jreopl*. An interview 
was held with 11*0 Indiana. They had a 
big talk aud a frost, and tbe eouitril broke 
U|>, SPOTTXli Tau. mounted bia horse sod 
Started homeward. The Indiana were scat- 
tering in all direction*, with the noted chief 
i»m« what in advance of the others, ho being 
first not of tho lodge. After leaving the 
council lodge, Ciuciw Doa was seen approach- 
Ing grumu Tail. He had his wife with 
him. U* got out of tbo wagon, and »M 
atcojring down when SruTTEl* Tail rod* up 
to buu. Ho suddenly rwe up and shot Srcrr- 
txp Tan. through tbe left breast- Tbo chief 
fell from his burse, hot rose to bit feet and 
made three or four atrjre toward CkOW Don, 
endeavoring to draw hU pistol, He then 
reeled, and fell backward dead. Crow Doo 
jumped Into bis wagon and drove off at full 
sjM-ed toward his cauijs some nine miles dis- 
tant. Tbe acting agent at once iaaoed or- 
ders for the arrest of Cteow Doo, under a 
pnrngruph in the treaty of l^W, which ren- 
ders him amenable to the white man's lavs. 
In compliance with tbe** orders, tbe Indian 
pr.liee accomplished tbe arrest, and tbe mur- 
derer was sent to Fort Niobrara to await 
trial. 


Ir ye* wbh a soft and pretty skin uro nothing 
but hiker’s American Fscs To*der, sod ocrerion. 
xllv a little giyrerio* Mien. There who prefer 
a liquid preparation will And Hiker's Cream uf 
Ko** tbe rsosl Mtirfactoey artlck they two ure. 
-[ 0^1 


HORSFORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE 

IN nrotOBSTItlN. 

Wr hare awd Fl.ir»l..«.l ' Ac« notphaU In a 

of md^iesCX*, wlL» «o.M. 


.win oe *t*f k*ir prsdni/iT 
hj Ue m at PafkeJ'a lialr 
I diMing. ibM K» Us putty ant psrt« 




Its yonthtcil 

itiiss' 


• .j ran- o it m eu«uy *i 

aa* A Xui; New Tort. Sole rtepn-Nne 
; liy all Unoihl* u .1 ]'<rfu>u,rr. Wt, 
In LiUKMn. Nu. t bon* UUL-tXila.] 


Tn re r la sin re l*rreMfh reateetnr powet la s bofthi 
of Park-r V cibyiT Ycaic than In amtui of suit nr s 

la.-rv Ir sul*lsg HZ' u, sr 3 lnv*ll*» flr .1 II a vn/uder- 
fa) iuilguraul frr situd sod baly -tAU* ] 


A HAPPT KAJHLT. 


Wua cu/lc U-ul" 

All real iluar prej< 


.•M.cni fnal^tbe bonk. 
MkwM frig lit 

I'Unni Casein* 1 

tuTiLJt like V kaud< r. — ( A dr ] 


ADVERTISEMF.N'I*S. 



GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878, 

BAKER'S 

BreW Cocoa. 


dallrlooa drink. aourWlie* whI 
slreofthenlng; orally dlpvorf; 
admirably sdapied fcr raealid* 
ss arell as perxoa In hsaUb. 
feld by ffmeert vrsifshoia. 

W. UAKBRftCO, 

7 »o rrOestra. gaw. 


presevihed h 


TAMAR 

INDIEN 

GRILLON 




hint 


Co, 


l plat ton. 

>««-. .''"'MUM I.C«ll'MllK-d% 

la-h-Wsl C-aifrerkO. Ac. 
Prepwrrt by E. IJRILLUN, 

FbarwVftre l £ 



AN6L0-SWISS 

MILK FOOD 


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Ask your Druggist or Orwer for one of the 
lllllo pamphlets Issued by th* ABalv-Mwit* 
Company, tolling bow Condeueed Milk and 

Milk Food should be preparod fur Infanta. 1* 

has aavcnl moBy Uvea. 


Tif Trade SuiiIlEd I 7 H.E. k r ITtmr rc: k CaN.T. 



ISTOTICK. 

ITsatag rreevanlral rer PATTERN DKPAItT- 
MEXT.or bare *-i**od to Ma. 3. O. CHOTTT, «* 
OUI Street, New York City, Uw reds rifbl lo rreab- 
llsh Agascv*. un hb ewu account, fee the mb of oar 
Cat Taper Taltsens Ihroagtiaot th* Called Si* we. 

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lureea Ivy polwnlsig, Botu, 

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It>~t re- in ta, .«nf, “ PON tr*s ex. 

TRACT •* A-v* >» Ms nisre. «I — v y.r ur, r-„«. 


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THE ORGUINETTE. 



CABINFTTUA, 41 tOhitlL’ iriir.il. ClBtvm, 

I- IPX OUi. lSv BLED OBOASb, sn4 PIAMW. 
The mewl waaarrfal masloyeudarlag InslruKiu 
la tin artirtil. I’lay every U.Hg Aay mie cut yfrp 
a. No msafcsl knouMge required. tAII suj ra 
n. or wa-l (er Circular la tM 

MECHAHICAl ORGUINETTE CO, 

931 Broadway. bee. 11th and l»lh SI*., 

NKW YORK. 

I.T0X A HUM. HI! Mats M., Chicago, Ilk, 
Wkak*aJe Arrow fm Nlchlrui.Wlsceeain. Mlmewra, 
NahrukA Coferade. and 1 b* Pud fie Cuaal- 

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OF THE WORLD. 


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of a [.UTTER from 
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HISS that UrHc 
Slot Is highly ee- 
and Is In nyofNu- 
ka ihe man t»l*- 

tactr, **well*«Ui.’| 
mesa wbalcmnr 1 
Sauca that la made. 



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10 UN DUNCANS SONS, 


; “Your Lassie will be True,’ 

Reply to. toll Cemhlnnl wtib, 

“SCOTCH LASSIK JBAN. W 

Tvnh halluda, andur one row, ul'h haretuiiwe IH*»- 
Tanh lltle. mow Pe V eet.l* Uherel Uweuasi u> 
Wde. Addr-a. BITI 'BLOCK'S MUMP HttUM, 

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Hide limply with tell Hr yf watreor a Ok. 

Sold «oiy In aoMeewl tin*. S u*l Ilk, libelled 
JAMES FTPS i; Oil, Huwpapathic I'Aemrrfs, 
Lonmin, E*u. 

Bp pPi CkaUntr bm for iflrmovi m 


HARPERS 

MONTHLY MAGAZINE 

FOB SEPTEMBER 

CtaniMi 

A l'ronll*|ilrrr llln«lnli» tf AUSET: 

A Puem. 

The Little King* unil Qumn, 

By H. H., wllh »o HlneirmMi di.wn hy fml { 
Coni* t-utniULis mill <ii^i*t«I liy Cnui - 

The KnglUlt •( lit# S*anld«. 

Or W.B. HIPBIJiU. IlhWniMd Vy KfcIMIART; 

limiMrlni anmns IhrTkonunl l»le*, 

By K. II. ROPBlt, wus tautniftil lllue»r»lkwe; 

The Girl*’ ah rich Ini; ramp, 

Tkt wmO at a new * epent la Maim Vy mm* 
y *»"« l»ly artist* sT Sea Turk, with (bamtl eristic 


THE REVISED VERSION OF THE NEW TE* 

TAMENT. Untzar: Ammkan Beni In ire 

»l*r lyps. <1 v f‘kp*r. »> r«ll* Ml*... Clulh, « 
canl* ; Full Ui1l.ee, Gilt Bitcfe, »* mu. 


THE CORRESPONDENCE Of riflNCE TAL- 
LEYHANO u*t Kill” l.m* Will Il,** U.u 


Oa*t|J*** at Vl#nim t [i| :r i— • 1 1. . ii..pniili.hvd.| Pnm 


LIEBIO COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

! OK MKAT KINKST A.VH CHRAHt*T MEAT 
I rLAVimiNG PTOCK KIK WITH, MADE 
DlSUim, AND SAL'CBL 


LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT unbelie 


KDITOMI II. IIKIM KT.YI KNTS i 


HARPERS PERIODICALS. 


PURE SUGAR. 

By a recent imwi i"n, «•»**» or tom sugar 
(retire generally known heretofore 

quite extensively a*sJ bJ eoofectiunei*. 
brewer*, etc., ha* been made ssfiicienih- dry 
anil while SO lhal rt tan be powdered and 
mixed with yellow sugar*. It mists the 
standard at color largely, but not being so 
«a«el reduces the sxccbaiine strength, mak- 
ing il necessary lo use more of the article to 
attain the usual degree of sweelnesa. Large 
quantities of this mixture are now being 
made and sold under various brands, but nil 
of them, so far as we are aware, bear the 
words •' New Process “ in addition to other 
brands. 

As refiners of cane Migar, <*r are. in view 
of these facts liable to Lc placed in n false 
position before the public, a* the remit* of 
analysis of sugar bought indrtfnminatrljr, 
will seem to contirm the fah« and malicious 
statements oflnteresleil persons, who alfc|jed 
it was the common practice of (He leading 
refiners to mil glucuee with their Hwars. 
While not intimating that a mixture olclw. 
cosc and cane ragar is injurious to health, 
we do maintain that il defrauds the innocent 
consumer of just so much sweetening power. 
In order, therefore, that the public can get 
sugar pure and in the condition It tcaies 
. our refineries, we now put it up in barrels 
and half kartell, 

Inside each package will he found a guar- 
antee of the purity ol the coelents as follows ; 

ffrV kerety in farm tkt fuMic that pur 
rtftneJ m^an canrist solely' pf tkt fepduet 0/ 
ran* mean rrjiued. AeilAer Clutase, Mu- 
riate *f Tin. Muriarie And. mer auy atker 
ferrifH ntorr whatever is, er tier has 
. Men, mixed u nth them. Our Sugars amd 
Syufs are akt&iutriy unadulterated. 

” Affidavit to the ahore effect in New York 
I papers of November 18th. 1S78. 

Consumers should order from their grocer, 
s-agar in our original packages, either hall or 
whole barrels. 

Consider well the a bote 
when pnretin*inff Migar 
for prrscrviDg puriwiwu. 

HAVEMEYERS & ELDER, 
DECASTRO & DONNCR REFINING CO. 
117 Wall Strut, New York. 


MAKE MONEY, Ml OF YOU I 

Rfrk Cnatonetsw Peso#, BB.OO. 

Cjfr->, Sws«mKWh«. 


In stl CMaef l< weak nli-wtlim «nd debility. •• la 
■ riuva sad a Iruun 1 "lileh 1. ilUi* shmiU 

Int jfrmi.'l oL H — Sn “ M*dcil Press,"'* kuxit. * 

“Hrtl3.fi Mrstinti l unn. T Ac. 

CAfriuN.-tl II nil I **-* with ttw tw-slmll* irf 
llr-i.n UcbteYi »vnMun* la tea* hits *crow ihi. 

UM 

LIEBIG COMPANTS EXTRACT 

VP MEAT. To V- hid .< *11 Klor»k.,->.T».llr^--n., 
n»t cvutlau. Role Afrac lap in.- 1 til me Mist**, 
Cwlwbwale oulyl, C DAVID tt Ctt, SJ Marts 


Iractort wtllill* Knlitr *a«i Uim tli.i. , r 1 1,-li.f lie 
S'liiinlnyham U.ltsxr* I r IWl 11* Csism, 

till. tT.*cl|ul mil fY.ife*e»i* >.f Ki.l.nslk tlir. 
iil.wy sm| A|...l<vml(S m 'll* t’nlieil i‘fv*l>y(vtt*a 

1' “*-?'. IwU'iimri*. l's k *v. to tt»s>. loins 


Till Ithbt a GO., W. It. BCHtK P PBUX A VO. 

S 25 Every Day 

■ Well Ausers & Drills 

Martaq a*id Ucqfc-p rtlll »a »«'VM 

(SOhSU^M* 

Bosk ul lAr-ir.lr, man M i n is, 

LDCMI. I IT*... Tim,. MHL 

b All U 1 sar 

pore Refer* to »II Clilrifin. A^ntJc l .''i'! ut.viuti 
EViuIocUouee, Is M*ei*iu Hu OMtacn. 




ACi t:\TS WAXTED 

For “ Southern Palestine and Jenuodem." 

II* William M. Ttiosaox, DA, FortyAre Years 
a liik-iiMiary In Ktrta atul t'alcaUn*. HD tllu*- 
trttion* from PlKrtngrapIt*. 

Apply to or sdAreM 

iisurru a nitOTltries, Pisiiarrm, t.t. 

**2t Andrsws'fJSiSS Bed. .MSU, 


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W’ IsHy- tlrmlaT* nn aytllralSm. 

want I r«gt hUnufMtattae i;.., 

YOtJ I Clevelsnd. O. 

Intelligent Agent* 

r^sinmin Coid pem. x.4lj*lw* . I«i. 

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HARPER S EUROPEAN GUIDE. BOOK FOIt lari 
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New York, Satfuut, Acocbt 27, 1881. 

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THE NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE REFORM 
LEAGUE. 

T HE late Conference at Newport of the friends of 
reform in the civil service was a natural conse- 
quence of the formation of the local associations. 
The simultaneous nppcanuiro of (lime wwirtioi was 
tlie evidence that the Menlinient of reform had ma- 
tured to the point at which organized common action 
becomes necessary ; and as the question is national, 
a national organization has been naturally formed. 
The Newport Conference was excwlingly interesting 
as showing that, without especial correspondence 
unsung tins various associations in the country, their 
general view* both of the evils ami the remedy are 
identical, and that cordial co-operation is therefore 
assured. Even the difference of opinion which seem- 
ed to be disclosed in regard to tenure of ultlce was 
mainly uppurent. Hie tenure Contemplated by the 
Constitution is that of efficient service. The limita- 
tion imposed by the law of 1830, under the plea of se- 
curing greater responsibility, was really designed to 
make the civil service party plunder, and it lui* proved 
to be one of tbr mast effective agencies for thnt pur 
pose. If tive public business is to lie conducted upon 
business principles, a fixed term is as unnecessary un 
it would be in private business, because, if the service 
I ms efficient, the expiration of the term would tie fol- 
lowed by re-appointment. With a proper method of 
appointment, therefore, fixity of term is both mine 
exssary and suspicious, llut without a profier method 
of appointment the fixity insures the oontinuance of 
all tint abuses that demand reform. The PENDLKTox 
bill provklits a just method of appointment, and if it 
were adopted, the real reason for a fixed tenure would 
disappear, and a return to the constitutional term 
would be easy. The Conference, therefore, finding 
Mint there was a difference of opinion about the expe- 
diency of a declaration which would be certainly in- 
terpreted as a demand for a life tenure — which is a 
very different thing, and which is not an object of the 
reform— wisely agreed upon u unanimous declaration, 
to which every friend of reform aasenta, of uncom- 
promising opposition to arbitrary removals, and to 
Congrewiiuiial interference in appointment*. The 
discussion revealed no essential difference of opinion. 
Even those who favored a limitation of term did not 
favor rotation in office. The result is Hint all the ac- 
tion taken by the Conference was sponta noons with 
the delegates from every purt of the country, anil 
stand* ns the authoritative expression of the practical 
policy to be pursued. 

The Pendleton bill is criticised severely by Sena- 
tor Dawks, who was one of the committee which re- 
ported it He prefers to call those whose views of 
methods differ from hiB own " theorists, " but he war- 
ily avoids saying why his theory of a remedy, or his 
system of conducting examinations, docs not expose 
him to the terrible epithet of “ theorist ” Those to 
whom he gives the name, however, are not advocate* 
of u theory, hut of a practice which ho* been perfect- 
ly successful fur two yean in the great Custom house 
and Post-office of the country. But even were ita 
entire practicability not proved, ita theory would be 
certainly much lees visionary than the Senator's pro- 
posal of a pledge between members of Congress and 
their constituents. Senator Dawk* is quite correct 
in saying that Section 1753 of the Revised Statutes 
gives the President ample power to prescribe rules. 
It wits under that statute tiiat President GRANT op 
luitilcd the original Commission, and the rules whirh 
tluit C'unimbanon prepared in 1.871-72 are substantial- 
ly those which are now eu forced in the New York 
Customhouse But, os President Grant said in his 
metmugc submitting them to Congress, their whole 
force lies in the pleasure of the P resilient, and expires 
with his term. They would bind no successor. Tinjy t 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


are uot law. But the PENDLETON bill provides a le- 
gul method for the action of the President under Sec- 
tion 1753. substituting a law for personal will ; and in 
pursuance of tiiat puhlie opinion upon which, a* 
Senator Dawes truly says, the reform must rest, it 
provides for minor appointment by competition. 

Whether the details of the Pendleton bill may not 
be improved in some purtirulun. we do not say, but 
when we agree upon the principle of competition, we 
cun all work together, whether we accept the theories 
of Senator Dawks or he accepts ours. The objective 
point for all of us at present is not merely agitation 
to induce the President to use the powers that he poa- 
m*«# under the statute; it is also to provide a legal 
form in which those powers may be cxcreiswl. For 
this purpose the Conference urged the pange of the 
Pendleton hill, and the central committee which 
wu» appointed will serve aa the intermediary of the 
UHaociutionM m recommending methods and concen- 
trating action. Those who are interested in the re- 
form should at once begin the organization of local 
auxiliary OMoeiutioiiN to the National Reform League. 
The Conference favored the formation of such auxil- 
iary clubs in Congressional districts, The effect will 
he twofold. First, they will affect public opinion at 
every point ; and wound, they will affect Cbngreasion 
al action. The licit n-sult will bn accomplished by 
local ugilatmn, the second by organizing the voters 
of both parties who favor reform, und thus lulmonudi 
cuLididaUTi und member* of both (uirtiea to be prudent 
ill opposing it. Tlie National League itself is abso- 
lutely in hi - partisan . It is composed of voters of built 
parties, aud it gives neither it* name nor it* influence 
to aid any party or penon. Membership of the League 
pledge* no one to support the candidate* of any party. 
But voters to whom thi* reform menu to to> vitally 
important will naturally lean toward the party whoso 
surrroi seems to them to promise to secure it. In the 
present state of public sentiment this is a fact whirh 
sltould be diligently pondered by those whom it mzy 
concern. 


TUB VIRGINIA BOURBONS AND TI1B 
COALITION. 

A Bopkboh Democrat in Virginia writes a letter 
to the Erminy Post, iu which, as that journal shows 
him, he uuoonsciously “gives away" liL» whole cam. 
Tlie claim of the Bourlsnis in Virginia is that they 
stand for the State honor in payment of the debt. 
But although having all the purer, not only have 
they hitherto omitted to add practice to their profes- 
sions of regard fur the State lumnr, but they have 
now declared llutt they will not increase taxation, 
without which, of course, there is no provision for 
the payment of the debt, and tlie Bourbon corre- 
spondent of the And says in wilietanoe that the ques- 
tion of honesty between tlm llourbon and the Ma- 
Honk IXenioerat* is on*' of comparison only. This is 
the end of the ease. The only argument which the 
Bourbons could hiq»“ to lind effective is that of prompt 
and absolute tlnuucial honesty. But tluit is udvanresl 
neither by their conduct nor by this oonfewiiuii. Hie 
real question iu Virginia, an we have already inti- 
mated. is tiiat of breaking up the old Bourbon ]«*rly 
despotism, and of a practical regeneration of tlm State 
by acquiescence in tlie ehangi-d conditions that fol- 
lowed the wur. 

There has been great complaint of the enfranchise- 
ment of the freedinen iu all the Southern Stales, In 
Virginia it has been a ground of severe criticism, even 
from Union men. tiiat education was not inode u <on- 
ditiou of tlie frauchtMt'. There are such men in Vir- 
ginia Unlay who insist that there sliould lie an amend- 
ment to the Constitution of the United State* requiring 
educated suffrage in every State, But it* an excuse 
for maintaining Bourbon ascendency, this is the rai'n 1 
niadneas of politics. It is os plain to every sensible 
man ns anything can be that no existing voter or class 
of voters will be disfranchised. There will be no re- 
turn in travel to sloop* and stag* - coaches, nor in 
manufacture* to hand - looms. The problem is not 
how to get bock to travelling four miles an hour. Iwt 
how tu insure greater safety in travelling twenty 
miles an hour. The question in Virginia, as in New 
York, is how to make the suffrage that we have ns 
intelligent a* possible. In Virginia. as in New York, 
the first preliminary condition is fair play. The kind 
of sluggishness which is observed iu the renewal of 
the condition of the Southern States is due, first of 
all, to the want of fair play. Experience lias shown 
the new voters that the old voters mean to suppress 
them as much as possible, and hjr every means. We 
gladly acknowledge the exception* to such u general 
statement, and we do not say that Lite exhibition of 
this spirit is always the same. It is not alleged, we 
believe, that the frauds at elections are so shauielesa 
and flagrant in Virginia as in South Carolina. But 
then- ore a hundred little ways, by l* •■using laws in- 
tended to affect injuriously the colored citizens, os a 
class, in which this spirit can be manifested, and tlicw 
have not boon wanting in Virginia. 

The MaHone movement b at laast a break in this 
Bourbon policy, and it affords an outlet into a bettor 
situaliou. The experience of Bourlsiti domination 
has not taught the colored citizens to autici]>utc any 


AUGUST 27, )(«] 


kind of relief from it* continuation, and theno who, 
although not nationally Duroocrats, have mippurtal 
Democratic State control, ought to *re tiiat any fu. 
tore limitation of the suffrage, or any similar tm-* 
sure whirh semis to them a measure of relief, is not 
to be found in BouriMui ascendeney. The color liup 
which ha* been drawn deeper and deejn-r by tile fai)'. 
ure to divide the new voting class, is the obstruct^ 
to be removed. Nothing can be fairer and more Re 
publican, a* we said last week, lluui tlie declaratioui 
of tlie Bourbon platform. But nothing is plainer 
than that the performance lma not been in onxinl 
with the profession. The issue in Virginia is really 
between the coalition aud Bourbon ism, and those 
who sincerely desire to see the Bourbon declaratuitu 
become tin- I aasts of the State policy can luirdly p^,. 
few that they honestly believe thnt such is lik«ly to 
be the result under Bourbm uuspicei. 


THK CAUCUa 

Diramo the laic political excitement in New York. 

So much was said of the caucus, and no milch seem 
rd to dc)N-nd upon it, that it is worth while to un- 
derstand how and why u legislative caucus m impor- 
tant. The theory of a caucus is that the action of 
party representatives in any legislative assembly 
must I* determined by the will of a majority of thi«e 
representatives previously expressed by vote, because 
otherwise tliere would be no unity of action, and the 
advantage of su)>erior numbers would bo lost. The 
nwumplion is tluit the adherents of u party ogn*' 
upon principles and policy, hut may differ about 
ageuLs and measure-*, and Unit all will willingly yield 
the minor preference to secure tlie greater object ; 
consequently it i* understood that all who voluntari- 
ly take part in the caucus are honorably hound by 
its decisions. This is the theory of a caucus, and so 
far it is plausible and reasonable. 

But this obligation is plainly subject to certain 
conditioiiiL The tint is that Uie majority shall be 
un liunrat majority, an unboughl and free- uiajurity. 
The second is tluit the action prescribed shall be in 
jurious neither to U>e public nor to the |Mtrty welfare. 
Of both three facts the individual member of tbe 
caucus must lie the judge. No honorable man will 
submit to bo bound by vote* which arc not as honed 
as his own. and no such man will allow others to 
bind him to a course whirh he morally disapprovra 
For instance, if the object of the caucus U* to select s 
candiilatc, no honorable man will rtwpecl the decision 
of the majority if he sees that it is composed of thine 
who have u personal interest in tlie selection of a 
particular candidate, or who have been bought or 
bribed in any way ; aud he will not permit himself 
to be bound by tlie decision if it selects a candidate 
whom he believes to be personally unworthy, or com- 
mits him to tbe support of measures which he thinks 
to be injurious to the public, lndoil, tbe legislative 
caucus, as now understood, is tbe point at whkh tlie 
power of tbe majority is apt to become must tyrannic 
al, because it is the point at which the majority of » 
majority, tluit Is, a minority of the whole number of a 
legislature, determines legislative action. To justify 
acquiescence in the decisions of a caucus, therefore, 
they must lie manifestly perfectly Independent otul 
fair. 

The real value of a caucus, however, even in theory, 
lire* in iUdrlibcrativiM-hurartcr. Its intention may l* 
to ascertain the will of the majority, but only after can 
did consultation. This object, however, liasnowdiiap 
pcared. Tlie caucus has now become merely a imam 
of binding the minority to Um- pre vious determination 
of the majority, and it* purpose is to prevent consul 
tat ion or comparison of views. Party men who ure 
alw> inde]iendent will therefore avoid the caucus more 
and more, not bemuse tliey do not wish the succws 
of tlu-ir party, nor because they demy tlie udvuutagc 
of concerted action, but because they mu* that the- prv* 
cut object of a caucus is to annul its real purj«e*‘ It 
should be a consultation in which every member of o 
party states liis view of the proper cou rae to be taken 
—a consultation which rettli-s by vote the view of llw 
majority, and which then leave* every man’s final 
action to lie ilccided by his conviction of the desira- 
bility of the parly sureno. This conviction, and ih* 
the more weight of the majority, should In? tin- ih- 
cisive consideration. Tlie result of this kind of 
caucus would be that doubtful eamlidutou aud iwa 
sure* would he discarded, aud those only would to 
presented which would certainly command united 
support. In tlie late party contest at Albany tbe 
sticklers for caucu* rule showed their complete nm- 
uiiilcrstaiiding of a caucus from their own profeanl 
point of view. It* object, they said, is to ascertain tbe 
will of a majority of tlie party. But if the will of 
lliut majority ii|hju the point in queaLion Is* ascertain 
i«l and verified by vote, the object of a caucus has been 
attained. Upon their own principle, therefore. Un-y 
were honorably toiund to yield tho moment that any 
|M-rson received a majurity of Republican vote*. Tbr 
*'conferenee‘*of the Adinkiistralion men wu* the kind 
of caucus which ought always to to hold — u meeting 
for cuuaultutiou merely, leaving Kuhaequent acti-»i 
entirely iudejicudent. 



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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


579 


TUB LORDS AND THE COMMONS. 

Tmt adheaton of the Engliah Ilonas nf Lords to 
the amendmentt npoo the Irish L»nd Rill which the 
Huiwe of Commons rejected showed at once the fart 
that the really controlling spirit of the Rritish guv 
ernment. which is public opinion, boa outgrown its 
form. Hut it is the characteristic of English con- 
servjitisni to cling to the form, however obsolete, am) 
to remedy every discrepancy without radical change. 
It is also characteristic of English statesmanship to 
seek a t-ouiprouiiso to avoid the conscqucuctM of a 
vital difference. There wero seven) courses open 
to the ministry. They might bare "swamped" the 
House of Lords by creating new peers enough to give 
the ministry a majority the course lliat was threat 
enod in 1K1- at the putwnge of the Reform Hill, or 
they might have dissol veil I’arliaiurut to take a direct 
apiieal to the country upon the Irish Bill; or they 
might have resigned, and allowed a Tory ministry to 
undertake the government, and dissolve Parliament 
for a new election. 

But they decided to avoid a direct and dangerous 
breach, if pmaible, by . conceding minor points. This 
was condemned by the extreme ami unreasoning 
Liberals as a surrender, but the Pall Mall fjmtftr, 
the most powerful of really radical journals, described 
it simply ns giving the Lords a loop hole to crawl out 
of their position. If be could save the essential part* 
of bis bill, Mr. GLADSTONE probably did not desire to 
appeal to the country ujkui the value of the Upper 
House, which would be the essential issue. If the 
House of l»pL-«, by resisting the great majority of a 
1'arhami'ut so rev -cully elected, should put the coun- 
try to the great excitement and expense of a new 
election, it is impossible lhat the question should not 
lx- vehemently asked wbetlwir a privileged hemlitary 
House that can at any time and under any pretense 
olmtrurt the will of the people is so valuable an in- 
stitution that it should be preserved at every cost. 
Home of the English journals state this aspect of the 
situation very pluiuly, and any Tory action which 
should submit to the country the question of llte ex- 
istence of the House of Lorda would be a character- 
istic proceeding, but ono of very uncertain result. 

There is undoubtedly some dissatisfaction among 
a certain Litand interest with parts of Uw Loud Bill. 
Tl»c regard for property in land, which the philoso- 
phers would cull one of the “overloaded" tetulencH-s 
of the English rare, has been shocked in some degree 
by a proposition which is held to authorise some kind 
of interference with an English man's right to do 
what he will with lib own. The plausible appeal to 
this feeling is the assertion that if Parliament may 
interfere with the landlords alwolutc ownership in 
I rcland, it may also interfere with it in England. To 
Ihi* argument the substantial answer is lluit the law 
is an expedient to prevent worse evils, and this b real- 
ly a sound and satisfactory reply to the English mind, 
which regards government at every point as a mere 
system of expedients. The English political mind b 
suspicious of abstract principles and Jneic. but it rev- 
els in make-shifts and expediencies. There is also a 
saving common sense which assures the Englishman 
that Ireland is a different country from England, and 
that ita people are no less different from Ins country- 
men, und therefore that niurli is suitable for Ireland 
that would be lift ti t for England The unuumg Lib- 
eral victory in the election of the present Parliament 
was nut only a vote of want of confidence in Jingo 
jiolicy. but it was a vote of confidence in Mr. (•i.au- 
MTONB. It was known that lie mis sure U> pnqwwe n 
vigorous and even radical Irish policy. The triumph 
wnt |uissogr nf liis bill in the Commons after the long 
and M-arohing drblesliuwi that coufideucv in him is 
not rvluxeel, and lib bill, in Hulwtance. whether with 
the Lords or over the Lords, will become law. 


THE GOVERNOR DEFIED. 

Tnr fourth quarterly meeting of the flint© Bunrd of 
Health, at Niagara Falls, devoted great attention to lint re- 
pi.rt up.ii stench uuimners. ami the buanl iiimntiiKinsly 
voted that the farln nu Unit Uni hy tin- special rvUMllittee to 
tmomnillvil in (In. tint emu*, with the rvoitiiliscmliilloli that 
the responsible, ptvsdficvru of ill© finUauryw drp-lMtlng II putt 
the iik of huge qnuutitira of acrid be stopped nutil such 
time as nil euausa of nuisanres are removed. This rreoui- 
nieudatii.'ii is extended to places on barren Island as well 
lot those on Newtown Creek. 

The prem line spoke o so plainly il ih)*i the subject that 
tli* Brooklyn CirtoniiiwOiwiiir of Health has written in tbo 
7*. Me* |4> tv-p'l a charge that the Brooklyn Board of llsaltli 
tins defended or sustained stench ■taisaiicc* in any nay 
whatever. Indeed, the Cousin iaskitsrr itaw-rU that the in- 
formant of tlie 7tor* •* knowingly lied," and that he will 
gladly unite in any legitimate effort to irnsivo the nui- 
sances both of New Turk and Newtown. It Is a qnuatkoi 
Certainly upon which there should he uo local Jealousy. If 
thorn are stench factories in New York, they should be dealt 
With a* rigorously as those on Long Island, 

We are glad to Icaro that thaws who by residence or 
travel are exposed to p rsoaul inrun venlnicu and Imrm.or 
to pecuniary loss, by tbo Newtown nuisances have tuk. u 
sl»-|«s to form the, Isxig Island Numtury Association, for the 
purpura, of urganlrrrl legal action to nweae their homes and 
their families from the post. The wonder now is that the 
Governor’s vigorous proclamation has not touu fulluwcd by 
equally etiergvlie action. The law authoiuca him to re- 


quire the district attorney, the sheriff, and other o (Boers to 
Uko nil MCMMr? meMUrea t« enforce his order. Hus the 
Governor rvqiilrcd such uetliHi of tbo rilSrera of (fm-etis 
County f And if so, have those oflhvrs taken steps to en- 
force tbo order against tbe uaissooesf Tho Htuto Hoard 
of Health evidently thinks that they have not. 


PRESIDENTIAL -INABILITY." 

\Vk print elsewhere a letter from Mr. CJr.onr.x Ticxxur 
C t’HTlS upon the provisious of the Constitution relating to 
the "usability" of the I’rrsidenl. Tbo writer is of oplnmn 
that the Executive Power is a unit, and that “inability "con- 
sists in ririuipacit)' todUehnrge all llmiinlio* of the Presiden- 
tial office, oren if some can ho pe-ifuriind. But this incapaci- 
ty mast lie legally nocertainrd, anil obviously it U not to Ini 
determined by the Vice-President. The Const it ut Ion aiakrs 
no express provision fur ascertaining, but tlwi power U 
granted to CeUgNM liy the authority given to piss alt laws 
ueONaary for carrying into eXeatlUosi, not only rerlain speei- 
li«] powers, blit ail the pnwora of the goverinneul. When, 
therefore-, the executive Power, which never legally ©• *■*>«, 
is impended, the government mast be saved from anarchy 
by a law prescribing the method in which inability is to lie 
determined; and the Prvsidenl may be able to sign a proc- 
lamation siimiuoning Congrowi, and able to sign the bill 
itaolf, without necessarily being able to filial) all the Exec- 
utive duties. 

Tho letter ta an interesting contribution to the discus- 
sion, and by clearly stating tba omission, ctnpli, ultra tho 
necessity of CmiHMISOImI not ion apou the subject. The 
theory- of the aaity of the Kxoentivc Power, as stated by 
tlw< writ* i, Mows to us to lie uuitn|>oiiant and qmlkaiUt, 
Hut without dlsciuaing tho point, owl however the deep 
anxiety of the oioaicut in which we write may he luwdvod, 
there is no question of the imperative neccs.it) of a legal 
method of ascertaining cvnatitutiunol - inability.’’ 


A HERO FITLY HONORED. 

Tmc repent tuarhing and impressive memorial uervic* for 
Captain Smith, of tbe atawnar .‘wuimskuiii, wan a tribute to 
u man wb» bravely did bis duly amid awful peril, nod did 
it with tlie simple liejoutn to which it docs not occur that 
anything rite is to lie dona. That is, in fact, the highest 
heroism. A mun placed upon a conspicuous sense, and sns- 
tained by nnivenial attention, Hilda an inapiratimi in that 
coMriotMuean. But the man in a private position whooe 
self-cmniuaiul and ready resource In a sodden and draper- 
ale emergency enable him to aura seams of lives, at the ut- 
most peril nf bis own, ia no leas a hero than Kir l’HILir SJti- 
xiT anil tlie Chevalier BaYaIiH. 

Captain H.wtrtl deserves tlie tribute of respectful corn- 
mcniorati'Ui llo deserves ulwo tlie (nmiBiiM-iit Ibnt was 
aggnatawL If the soldier and sailor who fight sod fall for 
their country ou land ot sea Iwqueath mi example whieh 
should lie remembered and hoiwm'd, not Uoa should the 
brave engineer who dies in saving bis railway train, or tbe 
captain who tracin'* others from liie dame* ublch are burst- 
ing his vosmiI and enveloping him, be home iu lasting and 
grateful and inspiring memory. 


AN EXPLANATION. 

A coiiiiEapoMirvr woggest* that on article in tbw ml- 
iiuius some time ago Implied that all pension and rlaitu 
attorneys are '• plotters against tlie government," and in- 
sists that snrb a statement is very iinjnsl. We agree that 
any nnipialincd gene Tali ration of tbe kind would be ex- 
ceedingly unfair. We do not mean to assert or to itMaoit- 
atc that them urn rot honest men engaged In tbe praecn- 
linn of peimiim claim*. Hut our oorrespoedsnt will admit 
tlxat it Is a busi urns to which many persons remirt with 
1 very doubtful motives— -to say no more - and that the ex- 
ultation of lhat clam over any official change properly 
throws suspicion upon the change. When il was mid of a 
famous advocate, “ Thlove* wept to hear of hi* doatli,” the 
meaning was that tbo advocate had saved tblovea from 
Justice. We have known and acknowledged the efttevont 
uluI honest service of claim agents, and wo sliould be very 
sorry to bo thought to aspens' them as a clam. 

EXHIBITION OF WOODENG RAVING. 

Tin: trustees of the Ilosloo Museum of Fine Aria propone 
to ImiUI an exhibit ion of American wood-engravings in that 
city, opening on October o, and coutiBiiiug for tiv© weeks. 
All wood-engravers ill tlie I'uitcd States iira iuviled to con- 
tribute, the iiumlare «>r cugtnvliigs &MB any ono |wmon be- 
ing iituiled to tvu. I'riuneM ore not licuthMl, and the eotilri- 
lml Ions must be delivered not later than Septembor (fix. 

This will bo one of the most iuten-sling and uginlleant 
exbiliitious of tbe kind over bold iu |Ih> country. For wood- 
engraving h;i« beoatlM fidMitirtlvO American art- Its prog- 
ress nod dcvi-lupmcDl are i xtraocdlnury, and It has oproed 
a career In a host of udmirahl*.- artist*. Tim historical as- 
pect of tbe exhibition will he very valuable if, as we Itopr, 
there shall lie such a collection of specimens at various pe- 
riods that tbe direction and character of the grow th of iLe 
art can be properly atudied. 

Woud-eugTHviiig has now attained a delicacy Mid soft 
ness and variety of expro*«lon which tho steel can not snr- 
pom. Its enenparstn e rbcapiMwa, oltlvough no good art of 
the kind is ptnitively cheap, permits its common nsu for 
i Hast rat ion. and the literatucv of fiction and of travel is 
now profusely decorated with a charm that add* greatly to 
it* value. Tlie proposed rxhibitiuu will t«i well nxolhy of 
attention, and it ia in the most capable hands. 


PERSONAL. 

PMfOBMI Ciuii.ix Buot Ncwww driivend, at llingbvm. Msa- 
Hschsewti*. un the Slh lust., an iMrrtn on the toodmlmhll ny 
riirnwy of tl«- tinihlirg of the mcetiBg house in tbst ptaoe. Tie- 
" ra'ioo derived additional iiitcunt from the fict tiist IWessur 
Nirtrms is the hues! dwtodsut of the minister settle! over Uiu 
psrwh when the meeting-house was built. This was Joux Noon», 
■ho gruriulol from Harvard ia 1«7I. “ Fkte gciu-ratleas of mj 
forvfiiUitts," sold bn, “ uniioJ with your superior* in wottkip wi- 


der this roof. I aa> anutvl me the desrenilsnu of flow who lirt- 
eued to tho first smran braid (ram Us* sno ut |«i]pit. Tlie 
nsrnra of Hmmkt, laxooax. Tiuxna, Brat, tVsmsu, Frausn, 
Ixuisa, Hraerr, Wtavna. Kctssnir, sited lb* pennsninrw of d* 
fiUwUicx of Us* early srillvr*. ami the cdlUniHSy U the life of th* 
town, while they l*ar Imnvraide witnesi In the excellence of due 
•took pUntod lielw." The ps-dornte nf Mr. N ICTUS and lus sue- 
rewir, KnrarasM <«iuv. '<xlended to oust oik- h'uvirol years 

— On Tumday, tbe Inch, wben there were grave f,»r» that the 
fVcaUrnt might not survive man v hoars, Ifsia Yinviiu siut the 
following telegram to the White Iluasv : 

Jl. Mm <Mrf*U, N's«k*wnm, A r - 

I Ml miMI si'Xt"l* to k»» Ik— tlie I'KsUrat :> lo-Asr. «sd to nim* 
my (V*v rympsthy with pro boU. Tn» tfriss, Osbsnu. 

To lbi» w-inB etpraoiun of womanly ryin|«lhy Mm. Gsmiclb 
I mawdislcty rant tbe following reply ; 

ll*T MuIrMy tfiMn* I'lrfifit, l*A*w. Mv, Valid • 

tJW-io-.yVkWl^u ta«l* ib Pro rooitlihwi chsnrnl i-t 
nf Ms UOTwry III* si lad b enilrvly ri.vii.siHl y— ir n'v ifti*! 1 ?! 

I, r—*l— .it *yin|tiiay «f» nwst »• niMnl lu Win, a* lb 7 irr enil.Snllr an 
Lui— Itdrol l.y lue. Liviru H. U.uui.l, 

— Dr. K.uu skn M'Ci.rv, s native of tbi* city, a grsihute of tlio 
Propaganda at Rcsoe. n srhofar and lingwMt of high aitiuiiro. him, 
and one of the «"W» effeotire pulpit urat-n uf the t’lmivli uf K—mi 
in tbe Tnitoi Sh.it©*. has turn iixnud, it Is isid, fur tin.- vaiant 
bislioprie of NsshvilW, Touiessn!. It smild bo dlffli-ult to boko 
a seJvrvioo in every reqwet nmro admiratde 

—The Frnnkliei Tool, In llorum, wbirb •» mtendvd liy the 
old printer and philosopher to b« uo-l f.w the i-nroorsgeim-ul uf 
young ruivlisnlcs, now auuumu to fit. vs, into 

— Mr. TavoLow Mm- Its* iierac ri.lPn on the Kji-vitcd IU.I- 
way, not o*> mwial of say priori pi* or po-jwdlie, lltit s* time Is 
no olijn-t with bint it ibs- t»« ostler whelber it takes ten min- 
utes or h«lf a" hour to gw down town. TVe surface towir sra 
more cnnvtwwwt for him. *> bis eyesight is sosurwhst liupxirvd, 
and he ha* bo risir* b> rfimh. 

—The Hon, Mir. Mii'iii h'.i.u, ilnucbtcr of Lied IUi.irxx, 
and Mr*. GsiiAib Laiali.sre ibetsowcwhhkst ■Plum in Kiiglnn-L 
The first inlieriteil from her bndemd t»o splendid sestr.radi mil* 

* dfor park, inJ no income slnive f ISO.miu ■ year. Mi*. Ilirasii 
l.imw, * lei sails in the fir**t strom-yacht xfi.oi, uwn* labn I’m k, 
furnierly tbe scat uf the Hctk fanulv. .irri s tine Iumi»- in (inwvc- 
aor S|uure, Luirdim. >he cnlerUXus litwralli, shores* Mrs. M it 
sxu.-Uuraw lives quietly. 

— Sir lUan-x Koine lately sutiv) that in a single yrar diamonds 
of the value uf (1 7,VUO,OHO hod pmartd through the ftp Tu»n 

l»irl ottli-i . 

— Et l’rvsidtM It* tlx reside* u Fremont in a largo il.mhlo 
Ikhihc, of a msuorixl spfM-mranre, hi the midst of a plot of thirty 
ecu-*, and seem* as happy and comfortable as potsilde. 

— Mrs. Jom> riron-iw is said to have Umtal mui-h sUentinn 
st tbe recent Mate raoeert in Londuu, the 1'ninv of Wslr* intn> 
duemg her pervounllr ui the 1 Ms*ccm of VTsliw and uUien of the 
rota) fatally —a task tliat ikvolvv* hi gown! ufuc tbe Lon! Oisiu- 
bsrUln. 

— Mr. Goramr, M P_ wbo has just ton appointed Cndcv-Seo. 
rotary for tbe Colon kb, owns Lb Farliamoniarv and otficlsl *d- 
naoSMM kiU'Iv to Idmswlf. After a slmrt time |ias«ed la s 
lisukiiig bouss If went ta Csniliriilgv, he csiiu-d prirei Hid 
s f, '.In* ship, and »uliM*|U<iiitly ■** appiiateil to the diui of IV 
latiool ItmiiMJl in Uuiieraiii CuUsgi', Umdon. In ls~0 he was 
rirctml to I'srlisiuent, »U-ro ho li«. gahioj cunssderebhi TCDWtatiun 
ss a debater. Mlnv 1S*I br lis* Ikvo ono of Uk- principal lender- 

• rilsra cn Oh. I moduli VTom. If, Im- alto written rev era I |H*m- 
pbb.ts >H* Ottondsl eshyvcK including a p*|ht cm the •• Flaannts 
of tlwl'niieil tftou*.-«iid the article on “ Bsukuc^'' in tbe List odi- 

t*nn of the Aac«\Viyiaifia RrHyanfv, 

— It H nM in tsm-kni that Mr. Fiux rx will soon be elerato! to 
the peerage, in accrokiecv »ith tbe preccdait set iu tbo cssu of 
tbe historian Macatlat. 

—Lord ll-wistuai bis many friends ia lb* fulled Btatiw wl*> 
will lie glad to Irsm that lie lias aivtpled the office vf Cndif. 
rice rotary for the Home DepsrUiKbt — a puition of im|iortaTKvi, 
d flailing shiliiv oj>! indusiry. Mr lii >n<vn*ii'» wann yerrosuil 
fritstdshlp for lxird HnsKiir.nr Is sell known, sod sUo hie dewiro 
to plot* Laid K. ia some pu>Uiiui wlu-ro his rapiUlitiw os * 
spuAiv and lus knnwk-dge of sllsir* owU! be vtili?.-d by tbe por- 
erotaenl. Ho is now ibim-tuwr yrar* olil. In lt»“l, sown Mice 
tsr siHe,wd,id to tlw cork Iran. In- w»» svloctod liy Mr. <>isiwti»i to 
iwiwwd tin- rnlJu** in lie' ll>«*> of Lonls in reply to tbe speech 
fn*w ilu- tbitcr. H*op. I hew ho lu»s burn oftcu and always erod- 
rtaWy lie for© the pwblic He **« president of the Social Sl-khcu 
fougreso wlwrh lots at Glasgow in lHTf, sod milr su l.Judnitdn 
•pcerh on that occwriun. In 1 0TB he was alerted lauvl Kivtor of 
the I'nircrsity of Glasgow. Of the younger tldthJi riobGity fo« 
pos-tM so mum nf tlie qualities wbkli load to sumvM in jnilitkwl 
life si the new Under-Sccretary. 

—Mr. Auuna Hiuviru, of Milwaukee, wbo to many fine 
personal quslitms idii tin. duties of pnsidmil of a gnnt railway— 
the Milwaukee sud fit. I'sul— and the uw3«r>hi|> uf one of th© 
trading luniks of tbe West, aiul who does cvtvythfog on a lir.ro 
Swale, had tbs pleasure of galln-ring some- fifteen h«T,.ir»l grot) «. 
own and hufiiH st hi* (pwcsowu maosiua a few days rase© on the 
iKvMKum of the marringi' of his niece as*d waoi. Mir* Ujulu 
M m-intu, to Dr. Win t*u Martin lie had tbe added pleasure — 
•o I Ik papers say— of In-towing s fortune co the newly cutuuhkNl 


—On the day of Oran Ftasikt'* death the tacrauwat was id 
rainirti-nd to hou by Canon Fxtiran, th© dwan himrtelf proa>msriag 
the bit— sing ill a full, intoUlglUr vckev,as>d taking leave of ©very 
one individually, inrioding Uk- servamu. Tim dsy |wmd qukrtlv, 
still as evening cal au oo bis liii-atbuig gn-w dtRieult. bat there was 
n» sign of psiu. lXatli rauiv calmly, witbuul cron the motion of 
a Until. 

— leird 4'sm.XM I* Itow tlie only ©t-Isjed Clin nee liar la receipt of 
s (mudon, la 1ST 3 there wive five who enjoyed that pveuuriry 
felii-iti, 

— Uf Use 337 Catholic priests who were In Uds tnuvdvj in IW-t. 
oaly fuor are now alise— ArebliUbup l’i mi-mx, of tTaeiamsli. 
AreMiishsqi IIkx.m, of Milwaukii*-. tb* Ki r. J*wr.* Fimm, former- 
^ of Wocoewtcr, ILssaibuseU*, and the Itev. Mr. li*nsji*.'s, of 

—Tbe tBoaiiir In which Dr. SrtllJRKSBN wem bis wife is quite 
out cf the ordinary lint- of coavtnbip. and is thus plcui stitly de- 
seritM*! by tin- tluvtor hinsielf. •• It is now twelve years," be says, 
~ sine* I mi* tor in the bouw of her parent* hi Alton*. It a*.* 
a Sstitnlay. In tto course of the coavcrsaliou 1 made nu as ton 
tailing disowvery. Tbe young ui^liumi.yiwr-ukl girl, os tin, talk 
Iwnitil u|*o the Diad, rcrital fur toe a tong pinv from that work 
with literal accuracy. M o were mmui ul*ort»<| iu thn ralijwt, an.l 
oo the same dsy 1 was side to sell tor, ■ Nest Thuraday will Imi 
our wuHing day.’ And Thursday was our wxtdiug i&ss, fur ini- 
portuit tisslncss called me at mow to I'ari*. We made oar wed- 
ding journey tldtln-r. Tlu-u canw tint tin*- for Wan lie*. I re 
imi-J lEuincr to her, and dm to]„ul>-d it lifter ate. During oar 
uisiried titu we huie lint Imd a slug'.- failing out— nut ever* over 
Ajptuseuiluutt and Ills alsh-r. The only dis|uile wc ever hid was 
alien oe had different Idea* stout lliv muierui^ uf a |.o*Mge it* 
Uobict," 




580 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


AUGUST 2T, l&8[ 




auoust sr. mi. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


581 



M H R. .1 A MRS A. GARFIE 1. F>. 

PHimuunup n J. F Ktpm, CurtuiMli, {S«« F*« W1 ] 


3 gle 


Di 


5S2 


IIARPEK’S WEEKLY. 


AUGUST n, is*!. 


MILS O A WIELD. 

Tint affliction that ho* CtDm npon ihn 
l’lvsUlMit and his family ha* brought It* 
vurlnaa member* more diriindlj 1 before the 
ration than ».w ever tlw ease before, Burl a 
warm ttyin ji;U liy Inn. naturally is-rii aroused 
for the faithful wife au.l mother, who al- 
most »ro» from her own sick-bed |o watch 
over her husband's. No donht there la many 
n wife and mother matching with equal de- 
votion iho sick nnd sofferieg husband or 
non, through all tlm brenittfa of our lanil i 
the it title* of family life are nun here more 
faithfully performed than with ua j the de- 
voted wife, alater, or mother la the rule rath- 
er than the exception. itut all these are 
loot in ohacarity iu the nilent round of pri- 
vate life. Their exiimptre live only in the 
memory of their friends aiul it is at lewd a 
snore* of consolation ami instruction when 
wo discover by tho stern light affliction 
throne npon the family of Mr. O.tumtui 
that he tv enet.iineil and watched over in 
hi* Buffering* ley one worthy tho nume of 
wife. It Is on the virtue* of private lifu 
that all our institutions rent. The sacred 
ties of family and homo give strength to the 
Constitution and the laws. The faithful 
wife and mother educates ua all to deaerve 
freoitom, nml make, freedom |Musiblr. 

A* tlvo farmer'* daughter, lb* pupil, nnd 
afterward -the toucher, in a public school, 
na the wife of u poor malt laboring at hie 
pnlMoa, Mr*. (iAJirilUJJ early lenriied to 
prentice the virtue* thut form good wivea 
uinl mm hem. Frugality, simplicity, nnd 
quint at inly filled up her early life. She 
shored with her liiiilumd a love of books 
nnd knowledge ; together they rend, Tultuet- 
«’d, gathered torts aixl studied to he of usc- 
Tbeir mi tula advanced equally, ami sustain- 
rd each other, ami it would be well fur all 
American women could they puisne a career 
not diaaimtlar. How often in the Intellect 
(loudened amidst the early indnenre of lux- 
ury. and die finer feeling* lint iu a fatal self- 
inliueasl In nothing is the future of Amer- 
ican women *« doubtful a* in it* Intellect- 
ual aspect. Are they fixing iu InteHiguuc* ? 
are they enlti voting their iiiornl and montal 
nature* 1 In many eaare, no doubt, they 
are : a happy training of the intellect ami 
the affection* prepare* them to become faith- 
ful wives and useful mother*. But fur nunoe 
there la no such fortunate in linear*. They 
grow np without N-crslul, and can not tench 
what they havo aever learned. Happy hod 
they been bum upon a farm, trained in a 
public ac lined, and hiul brought into early 
n*u their iuMlerts nnd their heart*. 

It t* Iweanne *bn ho* been a faithful wife, 
studious, intelllgrut. refined by the love of 
knowledge, that in the Moment of her Bor- 
row all heart* have softened nnd sympa- 
tliized with Mr*. Gailhhlh a* bIw vratebe* 
at her husband's aide. The scene i* mix 
that wa* teldoiu or never paralleled. The 
whole nation, almost the whole world, wnteh 
with her, enter the silent cbBmW.aud *bnre 
her grief. It U do idle curineity.no tran 
■ient interest, thnt leads our pMflt to thi* 
eager sympathy : it is the impulse of n com- 
moTiwcaUb, the feeling that aa n family ainl 
nation WO are one, our official* arn part* of 
onrsnlvra, and we *hare> their joy* anil aor> 
row*. Something of thi* feeling may pre- 
vail in lununrrhical countries where loyalty 
■till linger*, but the barrier of ea«o •huts 
out tbe real depth of sympathy. It ia only 
in » commonwealth, a republic, where all 
are equal, that every wife, can feel almost 
a* her own the anxioun core* of MraGaK' 
rtcui aa aha perform* her warn'd duly, and 
every patriot rejoieu in tlie midst of hi* 
grief that In the painful light no suddenly 
thrown upon the Prealdafit'* family 1* wit- 
iiewHOl thn tender atlcction, the perfect uni- 
t) , that xliould crown every American home. 
The aged mother, who watchw from a dia- 
tunce I he fate of her dutiful soil, lend* ft 
tender interest to the wrene. Her enrigy 
and intelligence havo sustained him, it i* 
•mid, in all hi* n**/ul career. It i* the Amer- 
ican wife, the American mother, who stand 
before u*. 

*• From recucs like throe,” mug Brm, 
“ old Scotia’* grandeur springs;" and wheth- 
er in * palaeo or a cottage, true lovn and 
unity are tho *ocircre of national p reape rt- 
ty. The educated intelligent woman l» oft- 
en thn savior of Oie stale. In a republic 
aba w, of all, moat useful. She form* the 
citizen, nnd guide* the family, No doubt 
no ore still living in tho infancy of govern- 
ment* uud politic*. S» doubt the imper- 
fvctiow* of oar aoeial lifo will at lost bo 
mnvudnd ; equality in knowledge, more gen- 
era) industry and thought, will soften much 
and alter marh. Wo are for from being os 
wiv n* will In? our deoeendant*. But III no 
period of the future will Ibn tender core* 
of the nick-room re*** to win sympathy, or 
the ir, line nee of the intelligent wife and 
mother fail to deterva the popular rotrrni, 
The jHMiple offer their sympathy In Mr*, 
tianrn i i. Ikcwiibc «lie luo. shown thaw vir- 
tues which they Burnt prize- They would 


lighten, if possible, her heavy can*, and 
brent bn praoe to Ills home of sorrow. They 
nympntliizo with every form of affliction, 
nnd would lieal it. They respect tho sa- 
cred duties of the family and home. 

Elvm Lawkexck. 


la Basra's W«*»xt No. Hot. Vot. MTV.l 

CHRISTO WELL. 

Cl DartmosT Calf. 

Br IL D. BLACKMOBE, 

Acniua or “ Mast Amur,” “ Lwn* Don**." 
"Cum, in* Canto," nc. 


C 11 AFTER XXIX— (Cmriiaimt) 
roar Burn, roar nun. 

Stkix the two sturdy men not forth, with 
the sotting moon lifting an ivory nhoiiUler, 
like that of I'clopa. from the eastern bank 
of haze. They talked but little, for the way 
nos rough, nod Hie Captniu'* thoughts re 
verting to hi* own affair* ; of which liemiid 
noth ing to the purw in. having diinn Huffleleat 
violence already to hi* bnbir* by that loug 
Dnrrntive to Mr. Tucker. Their course waa 
a winding oue, by reaoua of tbe ground and 
of dark water-bed* with t*'g* among them. 
*o that tho polo atresik of dawn began to 
show below the mounted moon by tho time 
they reached thn Tor. “ Shall we knock up 
old Wisdom iu hi* bed f" asked Mr. Rhart. 

“ You know best.” hi* companion replied. 
“ But 1 think it would only he waste of 
limi', We can fetch him out wkeu wo come 
hack, if wo want n little change of bearer*. 
You snout very certain that yonr man eau 
not he gone. But 1 am never sure of ony- 

“ If ho i« gnue. henceforth I will believe 
In witchcraft,” Hie vicar answered, merrily, 
*' oven ns my unngregaUoa <lo. Saiu*»u liiin- 
sclf could not escape Much vitbns.” 

N'evcrtbele**. we hod better lose no time. 
1 Fast bind, fast find/ la nn excellent prov- 
erb, with u play upon wont*, wicb u» iiimt 
of tliciD have. It wn* a pity that you left 
that boy ao near him." 

However Mr. Short was a* cock sure os 
ever, and full of fine faith in hi* knowledge 
of kDof*. So they strode on vigorously 
down tlic (Kvuured tmttnm. 

" I could almost liavn rowed that this 
imut lie the spot," tho pantoo cx< lainicd at 
lost, with oeriuii* miagivinga; ‘‘hot place* 
nre *o terribly iiiixlcading in tbe dark. It 
moot have Iweu ruuud tbe next comer at 
Hie lateat." 

They turned thn next oonier, and there 
waa du oilier, but a loug straight reach of 
open valley; neither won there any living 
form in sight. With n grim kink, and ii lit- 
tle grinding of hi* tooth, Mr. Short kd hi* 
friend hack to tbe bond they bad just 
quilled. '• Wo must have pnated him among 
those trailir*. It is simply impossible that 
ho should have moved. I defy him to hare 
stirred ton yard*,” Ire oaM- 

Thu C .ptain mu i soil ]irovoklngly a fur Ire 
bait souot ox|icrli--ior of the way til which 
captives do break loose. “ Hbow me where 
li« ia. I will put down my hand-barrow ; 
we can find it iu a nwnni'lit, if w« find faint.'* 
11 Of cow nre we shall find blio," replied tire 
other; “no nano person can havo a don lit 
alHHit it- Hu may Iiato rolled a little, os a 
shot rabbit does, but there i* no bole fur 
him to creep into. Ei tber ha Ln* rolled into 
a clump of furze or into the lied of lire Izrook. 
That's it. He bus n>»ung«d to get down to 
Ihn brook to drink. How stupid of mo to 
have overlooked that V 

With «rtuinty renewed ho wont luck to 
find him, and scorched every tuft of rush 
and wet growth, but there waa do dieup- 
•tealer there. 

*' Thi* is thn spot w here the combat waa, 
anil lucre I* the mark whom the poor sheep 
hind," Mr. Arthur called down to him, os 
the light grew clearer ; “hot neither sheep 
nor man remain*. I* it yowr ojiiulou that 
the sheep rolled tool” 

Mr. SlKirt laiiglicil, and said : "Yon are too 
right. Wo ure dona ; that U clear. 1 never 
thought about tho sheep. If the mutton is 
gone, no the mau must be. What a fool I 
was to case him of bis harden *«! And ho 
has had tbe ini|wntriire to walk off with It. 
Wlml an atrocious scoundrel !” 

“ Well, 1 rather admire him for sticking 
to bit purpose. A common rogue would 
have nuilei off light-footed. Goue be i* in 
spite of all your lashings. There can be lit- 
tle dniilit that the U>y reluiUMsl him." 

" Little Joe Sng«! He wmitd never dare 
to do it. Itnt what i* thi* stock upon the 
farzc-buali here! 'Best n’»puct* to Beit 
Mr. Short, and will return his visit some tine 
night.’ Upon my word, it beoUM too M ! 
1 seem to be tmulo only to lie laughed at.” 

“ Recover yowr spirits, my iU-ar friend, M 
Hold the Captain, with a lofty endeavor not 
to smile; “there are times when ull of no 
have that feeling. But every right -aiindi'd 
person will luok grave at hearing of your 
trial*, and bow well you bear them.” 


" Well, you don’t look overgrave, to liegin 
with/'oompluinnl t lie poor parson ; and then 
bn burst out laughing, wherein Mr. Arthur 
joined with the freedom of true sympathy. 

“ It i* all very fine fur you to laugh,” re- 
named the parson, as if be had not boon the 
nggnwmir in IbaL vein; “but it is high time 
to b*»k thing* in the faoe. Slieep are a 
proju-rty unnsuslly aacrod in th« eye uf Hie 
law, liecnnim so □ Minify xUdnu. An act of 
this kind is not to be passed over. When 
my goods were alolen it was y**r» nw, to pot 
up with it in silence, or to make a stir; hot 
when I hoc WMithi-r man's sheep made off 
with, 1 have no right to ait liowu and eon- 
tcmplatc the proccas. I am ImjiiiiiI to regard 
him with tile utmost rigor of the law.” 

" Yon have done that already, and a great 
■leal more Ilian Hint. You made him fad to 
his n» u nirjis* rtWirli Bnt you loosed him, 
nod he took hi* own Aukiu tvrjHu." 

“It is too true; there 1* nolhlug mom 
stinging than amiability abused. However, 
It is not Hint that moves me, but the strict 
oompiilMini of s aiinplu duty. I shall have 
to lay the whole of this lustier before the 
nearest magistrate, Colonel WexU-onilm; not 
the Dearest to Cbristowcll, hut the noaivat 
to the place where thi* bos happened. And 
I believe hu Ini* a kind of shooting lease of 
thi* very port where wo now stand. Ho 
that It would he tvnlo almost to apply to 
any other Justice Hr*t." 

“Certaiuly it wouhl lie. You are qnilo 
right " Tho Captain detected. ci perhaps Im- 
agined, sumo particle* of malice m the par- 
son'* wont*. “ If it heroine* a mntter of hani- 
new*, 1 am ready to appear lie fore Colonel 
Wcstcoittbe, or any body cine who may be tbu 
proper mnn. But we nmxt not liUinc the 
boy until wc know a little more about it." 

“ Boys are a laid lot.'’ waid Mr Hhort, du- 
el nicely ; “ they prefer « hut is nasty to nice 
things to talk of, and they would rather do 
mischief thuo Is- useful. Hot i Bill get it 
out of him. Let us Is.- off. Old Hngo uwd 
to ho n gntal sort of fellow, enorioously con- 
<*ited; what I call * foul of wisdom. He 
know • great deal better Ihsn Fanner Will* 
iam, the seiiiue church- warden, when 1 syioke 
well, and everybody looked to him to nod 
hi* head liefore they durst rattle a stick ln 
church. But lilies he lias been at <»ke- 
hampton no in null lie bun heard wow fellows 
who preach without a Insvk, and it bvc-uih to 
have luwcivd his character. I*>t us go and 
rout him np at unoe. Yon had better leave 
your pot -barrow to he sent for." 

" Not I," roplitsl the Captain, w ith a good- 
tempered am lie, for lie nan that hi* valued 
friend was cross. “ I am not going to have 
my invention utolco. The beauty of it is 
its portability. Bari foot forward, and I aw 
your man.” 

When they aim to the hut, with the 
beauty of the morning resting on tbe crags 
above, they found old John, looking wiser 
than a tbonaand hphiuxcs, iu the forefront 
of the bill. “Ah, you geutlcmrn, gentle- 
Men,” hu said, “you do looke crule tired 
sorely ( I cud ’a told ’« ’twar no good to go 
hunting Jack-o’-lantern. How sever, I nev- 
er expect* narrs body to harken to use now- 
adays.” 

“ Fetch out your little rogue of a grand- 
son,” the vicar di-oiondud. sternly. 

“ Pa as nn , have a care w bat you be Baying," 
Mr. Huge answered, as lie shortened np bis 
hnujot ; “ ne’er a one of our vazn’ly hat h bad 
that mime applied to him witbnut hoetlon 
good at Ian . The |hmt bny liath been fast 
lisla|ie all night. In the comdcr behiud of 
nwi. Dul you |iUm to think ii* were your 
jack-n’-lautcni f" 

“Thi* beats everything?” exclaimed (lie 
ponoD, while tho Captain langlied till lie 
was aliutMt lit to cry, and old John with 
awazi'OH'Ut regordn) limit both. 

•• Twor nartcrol," h« said, '* to tome of so 
lunch night- work. Yon good gentlerolks lw> 
pixie-ridden. What a many caac* of It | 
have reed! My own grandveytlier had it 
dree times, Is-csae he were a bit weak-miDil- 
wL But it come* off cosy when you know 
tbu cure. Go yna to the biggest atone in 
sight, amt make tbe rros* upon it, and then 
cat fried Imkkon. Her shall lie really, gen- 
tlemen. by the time you be. if so lie 1 can 
only get little Joe awake, to rout live Tire 
up." Having washed at the spring, he went 
in-door* spine, for ha wonted bis breakfast 
aUo. 

C II AFTER XXX. 

quo WAKKAMTOf 

"Tutu is nothing to lw done," sold Col- 
onel VVustcomlve, when Mr. Short hail tolil 
him the whole of his adventures. “It was 
your duty, as eye- wit news of a felony, to lay 
an information about it. But after that, 
you see, we get no further. None of us ran 
•ay what this mail’s name is. W’a have 
heard Aouu-thing vogue about a warrant 
Isilng i uiiicd, and a good reword offered fur 
his apprehension. But who can apprehend 
him, when even ywu hove failed f And if 
ho w ure taken , b« would w>JU get off. There 


is not a lock-up that would hold him la tka 
comity ; and we could not send him off t* 
London, if that is where be onght to bi 
without at least threw examinations and n>- 
mands — supposing that he would stay in n u . 
tmly mi long, which could hanlly be ctpncP 
td of him. lint you must feel this, as j«* 
go home — which you shall not do til) yoa 
have dined with ns— that you have dooo 
yonr duty, ami bran wonderfully n,-ar tbr 
fnltillmetjt of a piddle duty. Although, a* 

I said, lie would have got off afterward by 
tbe aid of Attorneys, nr the Iron -mangers. | 
have had some cx|ierienue of the Hunch al- 
ready ; our Intent ions ore garni, but we do 
sec our UMiatiing. Whenever he la caught 
(aa he must be in the eml), I hope that it 
may lie beyoud us altogether. I would tint 
discourage you from laying hands on him ; 
but if you can do it unlnide onr divisjna, ,i 
would b« a much belter thing for every, 
body." 

“ And that m your or tiled conclusion, ~ m 
it I Tlmt bees are a man is hard to catch, 
wc mast not attempt to catch him! If ywir 
practice with tbe Frenchmen had been Mioh, 
what a thorough threshing yon would have 
got!" 

“ Of course wc slionlil," tbe Colonel an- 
swered ; “ ami thoroughly dewervod it too. 

But there never will be *urh a set of men 
again. There sre no sueli rdlow* in tbe 
coiiimlNsion of the peace.” 

“ If yon consider it the right thing to be 
bcatc-n by a roguc’boeaore you have none 
hut fool* to help you, there is nothing mure 
for me to my. Colonel Wottcinnhe.” 

" Now don't. Is> so peppery, my dear 
frlrnd," wild Hie Colonel, offorlng an ca»y- 
ehair. “ If there is anything you can nog- 
gest, nit down and talk over it. quietly. Ev- 
erybody knows yonr abilities, Short. You 
iniixt not imagine that is'iauae they have 
n nole n*s a ' U-ak,' os it is called, I set my- 
srlf up to lay down the taw to a rlovnr m.rv 
like you. 1 know nuthiug whatever of thn 
law, any more than the rest of the J. P.'a do. 
We try to act according to tbe light of cnav- 
Anil wbut moiv cm you exptet 

of osT 

" Certainly nothing bajoutl com rant.- 
mum-. We are glad that you should have 
it --pareibly us a new gift of office. But ** 
it common 'Muse thnt a DeiglilMirhood, how- 
ever wild and thinly peopled it may he, 
should Is* bnr*«w«l for likonths by » tliwprr- 
*te fellow, simply because ho is deepeno* t 
And that yon, with yonr stern sense of dis- 
cipline, my friuiid, should put up with it, 
aud make excuse* for it I" 

" Well, I don’t like it. And I may bo do- 
ing more' than you know of to try to pot a 
stop to It. Whore sheep was it that was 
killed aixl stolen I He should couie aud 
sign a deposition." 

“ The sheep affair is nothing In com pan- 
son with tbu rest. Arc wc *11 to he sheep, 
and have our throats cut at the first con- 
venience of that villain f How much long- 
er till you do something P 

“That depend* mainly upon eircnm- 
stances,” replied tlio Colonel, blamlly ; 
“drum-bead law will not do liere. Them 
in some informality about tho warraut. if 
what I wn* told the other day ia true. The 
coroner issued his warrant first nomcwbrt* 
in Surrey, or in Bocks, jicrliivp* it was. Ami 
after that the magistrate* Issued theirs, and 
both of i hem were wrong, they w'<n to say. 
However, that is not in nny way my bust 
new, sod I have beard a dozen stories ns to 
wbat bis name i*. If I could have my own 
way, my plan would ha to front 14m os a 
brigand, limit him down, and then hand 
him over to tbe civil authorities, with a 
double twist of tent rope round his moving 
members. But Mich things are not to lw 
done in tb>s age,” 

“ I fenr that we are t undoing nil to piece* 
now,” said Mr. Khort, trying to W brisk about 
it. “1 iuii not nt nil a stickler for the fine 
old times, hut I do like i* littlo hit of decen- 
cy. When a mail shows any sign of real 
wit, I can make •■vvmiiiuh allowance for 
him, for Hie chuckle in Ills l>niiu ujwet* b>* 
"ciuc. But look at this thing written here 
in pencil ; there i* no wit In It, only vulgar 
insolence." 

“You could scarcely expect," replied tho 
Colivnel, examining the paper fun ud upon 
the furze- liusli, “ that a muii'a jocosity should 
he at its best when he has l icon strapped np 
for some hour*. But I call this very fair; 
not strikingly facetious porhnpo, hut civil 
and well worded. Aixl it shows gixwl-wdl 
to a limited extent- Come, coma, we must 
not be too hard upon him. I never did be- 
liuve that ste.ry atsiut his murdering two 
women. L»:>ok I Tho man a(i«Hu every wind 
correctly — at any rate, so far ns I can judge, 
and I havo h«d wutic experience in that, 
though 1 left school very early. Do you 
mean to tell me. Short, that any man would 
murder two women who could spell like 
that, on the spur of the moment, and by a 

Ionium f" 

* A' m.vlghr, nml yet again a’ inaightn't, os 
oar Farmer Willuai oaya." Mr. Bhort was 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


583 


AUGUST 27, I«*l. 


tint going to Mid to hi* troubles an argu- 
incut on no abstruse a point. “ 1 suppose 
Im> ha* let your grouse alone." 

Colonel WMltanbt ITU too good to sup- 
pw Chat hi* friend could tneou by iliat lost 
remark any paltry Insinuation. “I don't 
know whether Imi liu or trot," was all bo 

•silil atmut It. 

*• Well, now," continued the vicar, who 
might to hare bean more ashamed than he 
actually was, “I want to know what you 
make mil of those lei ten, or half-letters, 
here at Hie top of the paper. Vou we that 
this |Ktper ha* liecti torn off, probably after 
tmiug doubled down, from a sheet of soaia- 
Hilng, perhaps a letter. The crcnsc which 
bn* guided the severance wn* meant. moot 
likely, to have come beneath the la*t line 
of the letter; but instead of that, it hap- 
pen* to have taken Hie laal lino pretty Wnr- 
iy aloof; It* belt, a* one might aay. We 
hnvn the lower half of the word* atill here ; 
In aomn place* morr,nnd iu *n«e port* Iran ; 
for the writing i* not to a nicety itTaiglit, 
though mare ao than happen* in nine note* 
out of ten. Can yon make out what the** 
wont* have Imii f" 

“Not- I," replied the Colonel; “ ’li* a* 
much a* I can <lo to make out won!* when I 
got them in the Inmp. I could not Tend 
even print bisected. And, if thi* I* a pri- 
vate communication, what right bate nt to 
exert our brains upon it t" 

“ Every pOMlbtiri right, agaiiiHl noeh a 
villain, to protect society from him. I have 
■•part'd imi labor to decipher that bisected 
line, anil I am pretty Mire that I hare done 
hi; Million gli there lire Home words atill un- 
certain- With Hie upper half it would 
have born un*i:h cornel aork; atill I think 
that I have iiimIo the wonts out — 1 to re- 
mnTe her, at one day 1 * notice, lint ben an* 
of banning her.’ Anil the signature, in the 
who line with it, won either V. Y. or G. 11. 
— What mischief i* till* fellow up to nest 1" 

*• Whatever It U, I ahall ho much oblig'd 
to hint If he will do It on your aide of Hie 
moor. Over in Ihivey Tracy, and Mnreton, 
ami Newton, there are magistrate* of long 
magisterial descent, who iirnU rdanil wicked 
way*, and the way to deal willi them. Hut 
here t lie re la nolmdy to give me itn* lead, or 
even to back me up if 1 ahoald take It. And 
everylMnly wnnta me to put down everybody 
else, because I hare lieen aoeustomed to fight 
I lie French. It ia quite another pair of nli««, 
I can toll you.” 

"Of course It h,aiul they ilo one fit you; 
however, you will trudge on till they do. 
Vou km tho right Bluff for it, good-will, 
cornuum eetkac, activity, and the love of jus- 
tiee. Von will be the beat joatiee ia the 
county afloT two or thro* yean* of ex peri - 
enee, and Hio most popular, amt I be oust m- 
apectcd one, bre-auno of your upright and 
generous nature." 

“ You ought to be more conniatent. Short ; 
you were running mu down not two uiuutea 

ttg.K" 

" And *o I will, when It I* necessary ; for 
I give every man Ida due, ho it praise or 
blame, lint without going into that, what 
iloea thi* line nu-au I I moke something sc- 
rum* of it* 

“ If you c-ao make head or tail of it, al- 
Hiougli It la all (all already, ton ought to he 
chief constable of tho conn ly 

•• A man who can't ratcli hi* own thief! 
However, by the light of imagination, I do 
make am tail of it. My iuteqiretation is 
that the*** rogue* mean to carry off Kobo 
A rthur." 

|v» hb oensem.) 


RED lUVER OF THE NORTH. 

Or* illustration on page f*W allows the 
••tllcinent of Cargo, on the weal aide of the 
Keil Kiser of the North, Just nt the head of 
•team navigation, a* it appeared when our 
artiit viaited the apot a little mom than a 
year ago. Tbi* river rise* in Minnesota, 
run* for a abort dtdaue* to the wiuth and 
weal, and then northward into Lake Win- 
nipeg, Manitoba. It ia very tortnou* lu Ita 
eonrw*. iu* length being about twice that of 
•traiglit linea following ita litres principal 
din'etioos. The curmnt i* sluggish. except 
at the “chute*,* and the water, although 
n*d diicigrecalih* to t lie taste, l* very muddy, 
like that of the Mississippi. The spring 
froriint* to which the river ia subject vary 
in du ration and height according to the 
atrength anil number of the ice gorges. 

The village of Fargo ataod* on Dakota 
•nil, and i* now a l!oliri«hlng place, with 
ample railroad ROcnmnnicatloiiR with other 
part* of the country. The atmetam In the 
centre of the (ketch i* the GuAXtitx farm 
grain elevator, tlie farm itaelf lying abnat 
forty mile* to the northward. Oa the right 
ia seen the unfinished hull of one of tbo*e 
aingulor- looking light -draft river steam- 
boats nml on the W orient riven for carry- 
ing freight. A land agent Appear* in tho 
foreground, eagerly pointing out to a family 
of iinmigmnta the hcantica and advantage* 
of tome Eden of the wildeniea*, where they 


c*n aettle, and "grow np with tbe eonutry.” 
On I he left bank, in front of the cabin, lie* 
a river mow, bottom up. Such craft are 
ciuu-tmcUiil in thi* position, and wlven ciini- 
plrted are launched by being turned over 
until they strike the water. 

Fargo now pinanoT* several chum he* and 
•drool ■ bouse*, two or three iicwirpapcm, a 
pwt-vllliv, Mill oilier public building-, UII'I 
tt* podium with regard to navigation and 
lluea of railroad iwmuivm tea rapid growth. 


PRESIDENTIAL “IN ANILITY.'’ 

Ruwin* fk-tuMn, A sjmmC U, 1*1. 
Ta the Adi lor of J/arpcr 1 * Minify.' 

Sir, —I have received your request to give 
t<i the reader* of your paper uay under»1*r-d 
iog of the pr«v ialon* of ibu Constitution re- 
luting to thn " Inability" of tins Prcsidior, 
and any view* wliieb I may entertain of the 
mode in which *neh a raw cun Imi mrt. Tin* 
following i* the only pcov iaion which deal* 
directly with the Miceoaaion to the office of 
Chief Executive Magistrate: 

“ In eoae of tin) removal of the I’revibnl front 
office, or of lib. death, n'.lgnxli.w, „r iusliiBty 
to fadwiN th« power* and duties of the *aid 
office, the name shall devolve rm tbe Vice-Ptrai- 
dent, and the Cungraw wt by law proridr foe 
the owe of removal, death, resignation. or in- 
ability both of tlie President nml Vice-Presklcnt, 
divlaring whit offlocr -hill then act a* President, 
ind «uon officer ahall art acvordinpty, until the 
(inability be renuvred, oe a President ctull Ui 
(Wtol/— .4rf. IL, Arc. I, Clause 8. 

It will be atcti that thi* proviainn pre- 
*itp|ame* th:il there i* an existing President 
and mi exiatiug Vlee-I’roshleiil, I'lrown n* 
tbe Constitution prvwilU'K. nn.l Hint it* Dis- 
ject wa* to make a rule of aiicrewdon » hicb 
would o|M'rate to keep the office of Prcal- 
dent filled until a mi mww should 1* rbn*. 
eti and inducted info it in the mod* which 
t t*o CmiMtitaHiwi require*. Threw rauieo of 
actual vacancy — removal of tin* Pnoniteul 
ftnm office, hi* death, am! hi* leaigiiatnui — 
and one other predicament hi* inability ta 
discharge the |»weri anil dutic* of tho of- 
lice — are given it* the oeraoiiNia on which 
•nmothing I* fo occur. Ttie removal of tbo 
Preaidcnt Irmn office, nr hla sU-ath or reaig- 
nnllou, each »on*titutc* a vaeaney wliiuh 
tlio Viiv^Preaident i* entitled fo fill by n»- 
numing tin* |iower* and dutic* of the office 
by fonv of tlw> ConMIliitiuii it*elf. It d<w* 
not seeui to bn m|uUito that any other 
hraiieh of tlie government «hnald call upon 
tlie Vioe- Pro* Went to a»Mime tbe office wlieu 
the I*md<lrnt bus t.*een removed, nr lia* dim l, 
or ha* renigr-ed. Two |w«<<nb'ntH Irani «r 
tabUtiiml It no ciMtnrnary when tlie 1‘nii- 
limit illc* for tho hernia of the uMUtlra 
ileparlment*, collectively and comuiiHily 
atylcd “the calrinet," to notify tli« Vino- 
Prrwhleilt of the death. Hut tlii* *eem* to 
l*i rather * matter of official eon rimy, anil 
it U clearly not U-gally ris| ulaito to tin* va- 
lidity of tbo Vire-Pnraiiient'* title oa tho 
conalitntioual oncccMor. Hut ou tbo oresir- 
rvaoo of wbat tbc Couatitution doacribea aa 
the Preaideot’a “ inability to diu-barge the 
powetn ami dutic* of Urn said officii," it may 
bo otherwUe ; for either the Vloo-Prealdcnt 
hlnurlf niuat ileternucni that tho condition 
of inability exiria, or it mu*t be detennined 
by aome other aiilhority, Tlie Constitution 
doe* not any how it shall he determined . It 
deM-rUiea tho condition a* an Inability to 
diichnrge tl»e [tower* aiul dutina of the of- 
llce. and declare* that when that eoiHlltion 
exi»t*, “ tin* fame'’ - that in, tbe jHtwcr* and 
dutic*, or Hie office, and tbe one i* tbc *nmi! 
thing na lb* other — “shall devolve no the 
Vlce-Pwwldeiil." Hut i n the nature of thing* 
•nob a condition of a high officer, tin* Chief 
Executive Magistrate, that la to bring In a 
micccHiar. must in aome way be legnlly iMcer- 
laiucd. As t UeCiuiati tuliun due* nut any bow 
it ia to l«e nscertniniHl.I nhail further on in- 
qnlre what rilhe prooticahle inode in which 
it can lie wertaiiird umter the power* that 
are seated in CiMigtvm ; for I take it that 
no one will auppoae that the Vice-President 
u the proper [mrann to UMertaiu it. There 
might, indeed, he an extreme ease of a and- 
ib’ii and total pvowtmtkm of Ibo Preaidcnt'* 
utliul anil Ixaly, (M’ciiniiig when Congrsw* 
wo* not in *o**ion, and when It could not 
be *ummnoed in extra •muon, and noino 
great emergency might nr.-|uire an imniedi- 
ate exercise of the Executive Power. Such 
an extreme row might make it the duty of 
thn Vice-President fo au s am the Executive 
authority on hi* own re*[M>u*iliillly. For 
liow long, in asicb a case, the power* ami 
dntic* of the offire cnnUl he rxerc-ited by 
thn Vioe-Prveidcnt. whether the Prcsideut 
•him Id rvaiinie hi* functions when his “ ina- 
bility" hod renand. If it Were to rcaaa. slid 
many other meat ilcl Irate and difficult <|neiv- 
tion* would arise ami have to be mut iu tbo 
extreme case •uppened. lint what wc have 
now to rounder i* what is the prartiealdc 
mode of dealing wilh a cam' of" ismliilityr 7 * 
of the President, e.xMting when emigre** h 
In anwuiii, or exUllng when the Prvaidciit 
may lie able intelligent!) and comcmiu*!) to 


sign hi* name to a proclamation calling 
t cngria* together, and yet be unable fo di*- 
ubnrgi' all the other power* anil dntic* of the 
i»ffl»v, or be able to discharge but s very 
fo*- of I he in. 

In regard fo tbo relation* of CoaglSM* to 
thi* matter of the nucccwuhd, it u fo twi ob- 
•rrved that tlie clause of the Couatitution 
above cited, in the ease of on “ inability" of 
the President alone, tl»o Vioe-Prcwideul liv- 
ing, inakru no provision for Uic interference 
or arlioii of the legislative ilupartiiueiit. In 
tho iloiilde coon of the " iuahtlity" of both 
tbc Preaidcnt and the Vice-President, Con- 
gress is expressly empowered to designate 
like officer who shall act na President, because 
tlw- framer* of the Constitution thought it 
I*'*! to leave tluit dcsigmUioii to lie detar- 
iii iimsI by a law. Hut. duea It ncceanarily 
follow that Congrv** bns no legUlauvoduty 
or faiirtioii to perform in providing a made 
in which “inability" almll he ascertained 
bccanm the Constitution boa declared that 
the Vice-Praridant »hall bo the an wax or of 
a PtmiUIouI who I* In is condition of "In- 
ability"! For a solution of Hus i[Umtlon 
we must look, first, at the nature of the can- 
thrum of “inability” nml it* ron*eqoenc*v», 
and secondly at tlie powen of Congress as 
the authority which » fo make all law* ne- 
remary ami pm|a*r to keep every |«irt of the 
government in opcratlon- 

klr*r. What I* meant by " Inaldllty to dis- 
charge Hie power* and dutic* of the asid 
office" I Removal from office, death, or res- 
ignation produces a total incapacity fo dis 
charge any ami every offirial power or duty, 
i I* the incapacity 1 1 cscrllwd by Hie font ” lil- 
ithlllly" of the same nature f On thn other 
hand, may there lie it roue of 44 inability," 
being it condition iu which the incumbent 
of the office can intelligently anil cucncioas- 
I* perform one official act, mid at the anniu 
lime tw nuahts fo discharge all Hie other 
official powers Mid duties T It L* olivlmi* 
tliat thn language of tbo Constitution must 
receive on interpretation derived front tho 
mitnre mid purpose* of tbe Executive Power. 
The powers mid duties of the President'* 
office, denoailnaUd by the Constitution col- 
lectively the ExacuHvo Power, constitute a 
rn*t and separate governmental function, 
re.)uiring five daily and perhaps hourly per- 
formance of official acts of variooa kind*. 

A rv iw u llwn of Hmi Executive Power, an an- 
nihilation of it, i* in law an tfn]His*itiilliy. 

A practical aaspcrixirm of it i* a |<os»i)ite oc- 
cunreuce, against which theConatitution ho* 
tnleaslcd fognanl. Such » practical suspen- 
sion exist* when the powers and duties of 
tills department cun no longer hw executed 
by tlie President, although he i* still liv- 
ing. In law the Executive Power is a unit, 
and it never die* or ceases, ami it is vented 
Wholly ill one pemon ; and therefore if the 
Inetunbent of tlie office, front physical or 
mental incapacity, can ant discharge all itn 
powers *ml dntiu*, although he may be able 
In disi'harga and does discharge some of 
them, it seem* to nse that this case of “ in- 
ability" exists. 1 do not fail to hmi that 
there am great liaaards attending the ile- 
tcrtmuneiiMi of this ([itcstinn of Inability, In 
whatever hands that determination may bn 
supposed to lie lodged. It involves the do- 
gn re. tbe kind, and tbo duration of the prac- 
tical suspension of Hie Executive Power; 
and faction. Individual ambition, and mis- 
taken ideas of what tho public Interests de- 
mand, u»ay all unite fo produce ubiuc* of 
the power of determining tbe constitutional 
44 inability" of a President. Hut tho possible 
alums of » power «» never fo be rrgarded ss 
a proof Hint thn [vower d«vm not exist, nn- 
Wim It ap|H-ar« tlist the [tower lisa 1-ecti with- 
held manifestly brr*u«o it would have been 
capable of abuse if it bad been gran teiL In 
the present ense it seem* to be quite plain 
that tlie Constitution could nut bo carried 
out according fo it* •!> vino* inu-ntiiwi If 
Hiere did not axist somewhere In tho gnv- 
enuni’iit a [tower fo determine when tbn 
President 1 * unable to dinihsrge the [miw- 
i-n and duties of bi» office, and to determino 
every i|iicslMin involved, including tbe defi- 
nition of “inability," under such light as 
llin CoiutitiiHon lfo-lf thtnw* U|wu> that 
term. If in (linking a precedent on this 
subject we can not put away the spirit of 
party, the aim* of foction, tlis interest* of 
personal mnbiltun, we and our posterity 
must suffer the croiHequcneo*. The Con- 
•HUtlmi aasiiiiMts that tho pu Idle virtue and 
thn intelUctnal capacity of every genera- 
tion will be equal to auy demands which it 
make* upon tbem. 

.Swiait Then? is n certain clan*!? of tho 
Constitution in w birb Uii* power of deter- 
mining thn “ lliflbtllty* of the Prcnident is 
to tm found. If It run be found any w Imre. 
If it does not reside in that clause, it dor* 
not cxirt; for it i* neither expmsly nor im- 
pliedly granted in the clnuw? nliove cited. 
Tbe Const i I niton, after ennnwnttiug all the 
Mpecifti: [lowerw granted to {.•ingrma as snle- 
jerts or object* of national legislation, pro- 
ceeds at once fo grant, by express provision, 
a measure of tbc legislative authority over [ 


tho exoentiou of tlmae specific powers, sod 
to do something man?. This is the follow- 
ing clause in Art. L, Beo. 8 ; 

“And to make all Uas which shall be nrivs- 
ssn and pni|Mv tot rarrylng Into execution the 
foo-gisng |Ki>er*,sni| *11 oilier posers mini by 
this CiaintitotHHi in the gnvcnuiMnt of th* Ended 
Ktalcs, or in any dcpnrtimwl iiroffiotr thereof " 

I ora aware, of course, of the many con- 
troversies conoerning tlie true wope of this 
rliuiw; and I am equally aware of the tra- 
diUnuary, and as it uvna fo me very proper, 
tendency of one of Hio great [Hdltleal [lartica 
fo restrict, aa I am sens! Ido of the tendency 
of the other party to enlarge, its meaning. 
Individually I should be the lost person to 
press Its intorprctalxnn beyond just and safe 
limits, lint it t* to bn olawrved that in Mix 
question there is no matter of Slate rights 
or of private rights that ran pasailily inter- 
vene to disturb us. The State*, ns self-gov- 
erning political cotnoinniliea, can have ao 
legislative power of Iheir uwu fo guard aiul 
prutoct in this matter. Frivata individnala 
hare no concern iu it, excepting that tbn 
government of the United States shall not 
fall into nnnrchy. We an- therefore re- 
lieved, in Hie interpretation of this rlaunc, 
in tike supposed cue of a | wart Mai conation 
of the Executive function., from one great 
source of embarrassment arising out of tbo 
division line between tbe power* of Con- 
gress and tbn legislatin' power* of tbe sep- 
arate .States. In my opinion, the clause last 
above cited comprehend* not only nil au- 
thority fo pas* nit law* iMvcesary and proper 
for carrying Into execution tho enumerated 
and specific legislative powers, bat also mi 
authority to pun* all lawn neeewwry and 
proper for carrying info execution the pow- 
ers V rated by |Iki Const I In lion iti tbc wliolu 
governmeut, or in any oita of ita depoxt- 
menta, or in any one of its oIBners. When 
the [inweni of nny department can not lie 
executed, a c*»c for legislation haw arisen ; 
and when such a cam has arisen frmn Hm> 
" inability,” physical <ir mciitul.of t Im officer, 
til* forms " necessary and [ ►ropier'' may hsie 
a I cm restricted iwope than when the ques- 
tion is onn between the legislative powers 
of Congress and the legislative powers of 
Uic -States. 

If this la A sound Interpretation of thn 
clause when applied ton practical resaatmu 
of tbe Executive function a break in the 
execution of the F.xecoti ve I'ow cr — w hat is 
fo be dOH t Tim goveniUHint must not Im 
allnncd fo Call Into auarchy if, without 
usurpation, «meh n disaster can be prevent- 
ed. Now, iu order to follow out the inquiry, 
I must tnako »»p|*uilions. Suppow- that 
Hie I’rcuidcut should bo barely able fo put 
bis signature to a proclamation calling an 
extra keaxiou of Cnugrvm. Ilia doing Uiia 
one olhcinl act would not Im inconsistent 
with an “inability" fo discharge thn other 
duties of Ills office. " Ability" fo discharge 
llm ilut!**, which is the converse of “in. 
ability," means, as I presume, a capacity to 
discharge tho whole of them ; snd the Prwri- 
dent might intelligently ami lawfully sum- 
mon an extra antsinn of Congress, and atill 
be In a condition, when It had met, not fo 
do another Executive act, and still be living. 
When Congress had aaanubled, whether in 
a special or a regular nrasion, a legislative 
act, a law, wuald lm requisite fo provide for 
tbe legal ascertainment of the President's 
“ inability.” He might be able fo sign tbn 
b4ll,aud this again would not be inonDiist- 
ent with liis inability fo discharge Hie du- 
ties and powers of his office. Or lm might 
return it with bis objections. In which com* 
it would lie for two-third* of both Houses 
to pas* it again, or to drop it. Or it might 
not bo returned by him for ten days, iu 
which rase it woald beemne a law without 
bis signature, if tlio adjournment of Con- 
great did not prevent ita rctom. As Hia 
Constitution ha* named one exception to 
Hie effect of detaining a bill mere than ten 
days which ia to prevent its becoming a law 
when the President'* signature Sa wanting, 
the presumption is that all other cause., 
which tuay have prevented a return of Hio 
hill are excluded, and it would become a 
law oven If lie were unable to intelligently 
return it or consciously fo direct ita return, 
Supposing that the bill had hocoxno a law, 
either by the Freddnot'a signature or in 
either of Ibo other constitutional modes, 
and Hint under it tlie President's “ inabil- 
ity" hod been aaecrtaiDeil and declared in 
the mode provided in the law, tbe Vice- 
President would succeed fo the office, 

I beg that I may not b« midondonri os 
recommending or advocating any particular 
slop. It would bn presumptuous in any 
private or unofficial person fo do ao. I havo 
only answered yonr question ss fo what 
the legal aspects of the caaa are, according 
fo my b**t lights; and what I have written 
lias been written with a painful sense of tbn 
citrous* delicacy, difficulty, and gravity of 
live question that ia costing its shadow from 
the rick-room where a very heroic sufferer 
now lies. Your obedient servant. 

UL.or.ciE Tick Nun t’t nna. 



664 


tt ARPE 


MELROSE ABBEY* 



■how a, like the Inimwpt door. n ten- 
dency 1<m aiil llie " I’l'rju'ndirolar- 
«t sir ; liut the traiunpt. n iiolow and 
the real ol' the ilrtuila base a flitlll- 
Imyaut feeling n lucb ia never seen 
In I lie remains of contemporary 
Eagluli work. In nomo rvs|wel* 
Mrlrnwc bua alftnilics In I In- inujra- 
tic minvtrr of K< rnal.org. In liolb, 
I lie B»w*ca lire diagniwd by light 
open-work decoration*, which fall 
over llirni like lace- work wrought 
ill atone. Don II In the very luat tho 
aaperiutemlruce nf the fabric was 
■Migned to Scotchmen irlio hail 
been lawn in France, nr wlm hail 
been reared in the French arlionl 
of architecture. A curiou* iliac rlp- 
tiun »» fun ml near line of llie pil- 
lar*, scrawled by a master luusou : 

“ Mm Hants i.iiKlimr rall.il ax J. 

Ami I wrn hr 1'irjf*. orUinli ; 

Alia In kerplng >11 Biowo-woik 
III IW Andrus*. >• lip. huh 
Of Ulxgu. JW™. airf rm*j, 

Ot AnMMlaA aM a t Oilwiy. 
r»»j In 0 n 4 and SI vat tulrli, 


Kirk (rum Kalin* 

Melt— r ( Vo.f- /?**.!, '■ the n 
■ very early eeeleaiaatiral e 
decay ril liAlulel, |WI> nil lea b 
founded by the olil ('ll Idee llili 
Ihn alill pagan Caledon iiiua. 
Northumbria It in rulnl h 


MELROSE Vl 


ilnse promontory.” e nnlil U<a*t ..f I w-lndar*. Hut. like the other ruble* ratal, lialmirnta. Old M. lime 
lilleliineiit. At Old Milrowi -» derllmul be Com the organized power of the Chmrli ..f K.-nic.aml 
r dose a the river -ua* a bonao | lieeaiiie n mere z-|| In the Alilny of ColOlnglmm New Mellow 
uarira. sslm carried the fioape] In own* ita eteetlf.li in It Ml to the piona real of Kin* HaVID I . that 
i the tune of Kill* "‘*1111 of I girncbulbUr of chore lie* and mmin.leriea. Situated do*. (..the 
brother of the celebrated , liottlm hetstecu Kiajtltaitil mill Scirtlaml. tliia home of peace- wae 


minuuniurm 11 w.» tilled l,y GATA. a bn-tlnr of the eelrbrntnl . l-ndel 
AiI»A)f. and u iWnbnl by BkIHC the Venerable » Burwry ..f 1 colisla 


■t wltli te Ha sr a 


CMsas.*** 


»>Mu1l„l bull 
teaair tie lotofll 

i enceailnB*. •* wankl dale that a I „ , 

•nr teelre, appeal In It tana » "»*' B*""* 


|M— -d la iIm- heiimr* of vs or, F.nvrAltir i„ 
jasr ii Irllrra nf protection. und nrrrlsed the allegiance nf the 
abbot, but Ki.Uim,||, f.m nd the monk*, like the mat of Scotland, 
bellicmc mural. Tile abbot nf Mclrnw «wnt to llie aid i»r 
Jvst», (be Idjik I" ii utas," a Und of nun under 
ll»e (oiuiiuiid of "u riebt sturdy friar, that wn* atont, drift, und 


Hut I Ilia ifallant feat of atm*, how ever bonorabl* to the pi 
iam of tho community, uua disastrous to their li«aa 
lab aaekrd the abbey, alew tho monks, Mill carried off tl 
•User j.y x from the high altar. Two yean afterward. K 


Bm 


Digitized by Goo; 


Tn the •! runner who walk* final 
tbc little triangular village «.f Mel- 
row by the mail frotn ll» eoalrru 
end, and rr— *e« the at lie into I be 
il»rloe me w bu b routiiiu* the ruiua 
of the ablwy.the Hint ilti|.n-*aioii ia 
that »fdua|t|Hjilllawiit. He roaiea 
to it uilli In* luiagiiialion alill mu. 
■Ut the »|m-II of" llie Wiruid of the 
North," null feel* a shock at not 
lioding tier »lirine to which he la 
making a pilgrimage nil that hi* 
fancy bud pomlcd it. It in, in 
truth, uot a Urge Imilding. mid ita 
perfect prnpiirlloira and tlm ele- 
gance of ila atrmtilir tend to make 
it look Miinller than it n-ully ia. 
Hut, like overy oi her beautiful work 
Of ait, the abbey gtnoa imi the H|ivr- 
tatoi at eai'li renewed v tut. amt be 
will bid udlni to it with the con- 
viction that be liaa sren nowbere a 
more gruceful nc |iiclnreu|iM. ruin. 

Tlie t 'raieHaii Abbey ofSi. Maiit 

of Mrlmw island* in a h-Srly am- 
pliithealiv. n l.road valley of mea- 
dow nod fi.RMt, with llie Tweed 
Vfimlmg |iaul,uud the li,|de-to|i|.rd 
Eibb.ii II Ilia rniaiu* their grueefol 
funna to I lie aky. The view which 
we give ill our |irem,|il inilidwr ia 
taken fiuui a |Miint in a line drauii 
I linmgli live ialenerl inn of t lie choir 
amlw.iiih tnuiarpt. Iletlnhitaimt 
only tlw gTcal u»l wimlow, which 
Stun almnrdly «all» all "oriel." bnt 
the very Ivaiilifnl uludow ami the 
rciiiuikuliU- door of 1 1 . tiuiiM-pt. 
Seen Irem tliia point, with Ita cen- 
tral lower atanding niil agnin«t the 
aky, llie hiiildiu|t ha* a liglitiiem 
lilnl a drln ale m iiiio.i is |«.nlia»lu 
itaelf. " The fane." >1 hu* Iweii I in- 
l.s *si id, "look* ancli iia aerial licinga 
might be all|'|arard to create uilli 
tlie miml ib iieate and due I llo of 
linitertaU." If the aliuuger niaiea 
tu Mult ■ we after a tour among the 
cntln-dral* of Kiiglnnd, lie can not 
fnil to notice a difference of *ly le. 
Ill fart, the vccb-uaHlicwl building* 
of Scot laud, iw a rule, are of t he Cou- 
tinental, uot the FuglUh, ach»nt. 

The Cathedral of Glaagowr, of 
which we pnbliilied a view in our 
uumber fur March 1 S 5 , leet, will lie 
■cell lit the llrat glame to be Utter- 
ly unlike in rou<r|iii»u to any ca- 
thedral amilli of the Tweed. The 
chapel *.fKo*hn haa no iciilnti'r|inrt 
in the aoiitheru kingdom. It ia 
riot the greater or lew* «d*e, nr the 

alitntra the difference between 
Engliah aud Scotch chairbi'*. but 
a divergence nf lone mid feeling 
betray mg clearly Hull they ema- 
nated from artiHlH imbued with 
n,idely diflernit nle.i*. Ilrncr Met 
row? ia incapable of being chmwd in 
any of tlm w>-rallcd alylcu of Eng- 
liitla llolbir. Tbo ea»l nludow, ill 
which 

•'►car IMcyV bant 
T*UI poplin •' night Ihr o*li» waid 
lu many a rraabwh kind Ira* tyii—i.' 




$ WEEKLY. 


583 



Iu Iibr lime* the tnoiilf 9% ..f M. l- 
r»'' had oe«|Uln*| a reputation for 
luxury. The aatlriataaf the R* for- 
mation period do not *| M ro allil- 
l» their Ittincw, gluttony, 
ami nrallh. The latter wn* iim- 
dnubtedly great. Mr Wai.tbB 
Murr cHiuiuled that if all the 
source* of the ililet'i irveunca 
wen- in skillful lianila. it* income. 
would he hum- mit titnlr-r jL Iiii.imi 
Iwt annum. Tim *l.l«it hail u 
Iiuii mi in ISiliuhitrgh, when- he re- 
adied during the anu»nn« «.f Par 
linmeiit. Tim sixty t.reihreu l.iul 
earli n princely allowance, a ml 
diMihthwa were like tin- fellow* i.t 
All-Bout*. Oxford, or the "noble 
chapter*’’ uf Oertuaii). Arse imfi, 
htne milll, rl Merfiurrdr* lUll. At 
all i'ii< nt a. the lung aerie* of ulihula 
contain* only oim- celebrated name, 
that uf It* secxmd abhor. hat rial 
founder. Wai.tiiroP. I'M* i-hiin-h- 
man wn* (In' Mop-mm nf King l>a- 
vtl* I . and lirscrinled r h ni'ii’h hi* 
•not tier fnuii Siwaitli, the great 
Kail »f Nrirthunilieilnml, win* i* 

'•IU! «f the rfeui.mli. perniH.r *|i tfac- 
hrf* He hail In-eu nl.lx.t «if Hle- 
'«»•* iu Yi*fkahln>, unit wonld bavo 

l*reii Archbishop of Y..ik l.ml not 
KiuggTKriiKN opposed the plan »f 
Hiving the primary of the Nnrlli to 

nun *o closely com led with thu 

un**t troilhlcanme of In. fendalo- 
Tie*. \Y*tnm.l Mil liisdUuppoint- 
i *l ambitiou iu Melnue. and dieil 
ill the mlnr nf mik lily. Thi* odor 
Ida Iwaly ”« said to rvtain for ceil- 
tnrtr*,aud it wn» repeatedly disin- 
terred tn edify tlm faithful, nil nnn 
of hi* mici-i'umiM, in a lit nf jexkmay 
or good «-n»e, forbade the cere- 
tnony. \V vi.inrnr was, however, 
eaiMiul/eil, mail figures In III u rn'* 
/.iie* n/ lAr.Vuiat. n« si. WalTIII.it 
Tim tnniti of AutXaMint II. «m 
alannl Mil rime . 111-111 the high altar. 
Tln-re, tin*. a* reader, nf the "Lay 
of ilm taint Min.m-r well rvuinu*- 
lier, waa Ilm tomb of the n Irani 
Minuet. Mutt, 

- «l— Wi.nl* tkfl Eliilnn UIIM tn three. 

Amt lirs.tl.wl tli* T«wd with a cart* of 


V, SCOTLAND. 


:itr Bllt ce commenced to rebuild it. awl added largo pnmeuiou* 
0 iln nlnady extensive ouilownieuta. King EliWalili III. n|*arvd 
!«<• Liilldlng* during hi* war. and in KM I kept hi* Christmas 
••it l**n it* wall*. ILut in KIKi it wa* again dcstroyod. King 
£ IcilABI* II. pnamit a night then*, and next morning, ill anew 
; an tonnes* of dentnu lion, the departing soldier* set the ploee on 

Tim present huililing Is not older than the fifteenth ceutury. 
• f tlio abbey building* uotbiiig remain* The church consist* of 

nave anal choir !£> feel lung hy Tt» feet wide, noil transepts l.KI 
ret hy 44 . At the iiiteneetiun nf Ilm rruu rims the central 
> rver. Iu the uiuuerutu iuvoaiuu* which Hkxiiy V 111 . directed 


against the kingdom of hi* brother-in-law the building* »ufTrrrd 
considerable damage, especially nt the hand* of Mr Kami Evrn* 
jn*t Iwf.ire hi* defeat and death at the halt I# of Aueraui Mnir. 
The abbey M-eui* nut to have been completed when the Reforma- 
tion took place. It may he doubled whether hostile force or 
ieiMioclaatie real ha* done most injury to the fabric. To the lat- 
ter we nmy assign the destruction nf tlw statues whieb onee 
tilled every niche. Queen MvliY graoterl the abbey awl it* es- 
tates to her husband, lie- hurl of Itnlliuell, frum wlnxil it |*a*wd 
In the Oinmeodiitor Jam* Umauu, who used the *luims to 
build hi* castle III the neighborhood. Many of the bouse* of tba 
prescut v illage have been constructed fnwu like materials. 


A dull marked w ith a plain erma io 
pointed out, without the slightest 
authority, a* marking Ilm rc.tlng- 
plai-e of the u Irani awl li>* mighty 
U«ik. Our of the n*tbel* of the 
arch*-* represent* a face ..run ori. 
enlal ty|n-, which, acroidlug to Ilm 
guides, i» a llkem-«s of Mmuu, 
with 

“U. vigil ir.i>-*il. look. 

At .tall the fell..! Acne* l.ol slwuk,- 

Uut Me In we'* greatest treasure 
was the heart of good King Runner. 
« lien be lay a -.lying, be ordered it 
to lm Imrue by Kurd J*UR« Dot U- 
IAB to III* Holy Laud, and there lu- 
terred. Tlw UoroLAsaud hi* train 
mt out, e»ri) lug the heart III a sil- 
ver ra.krt . lie thoright it, how- 
ever, not iuroiisislcut with hi* duty 
to Join ill* Castilinni in their rro- 
*»de against tlw Moor*. When the 
b»Ml* seemed tn lie going against 
the Christian*, he llnng the silver 
casket far Into the rank* of the iu- 
tidcla, crying, " I*a»a first in fight, a* 

I hoi* «ni wont to do, awl Dihula* 
will follow thee, or ill*.'" He waa 
found after the buttle, dead, with 
hi* body lying above the silver 
ease. HI* .-nuipanioil* went no 
further, hut tv turned to Scotland, 
and deposited their preriou* charge 
within Ilm wall* which King K«.B- 
KBl'a niunili.it..,. hud rrared. Near 
It luy the Isstie* nf tbe llot'iiuva 
who fell at Ollerhurii. and oilier 
chief* of the greut house which 
bears 1111 its ewrii tebron the bleed- 
ing heart crowned with gold. 

But neither Ilm heart of Blit < K, 
the Mine* of Mn iiart. Hr vrr. not 
the miracles of St. IVaimwir have 
given M.lro.e it* fame throughout 
the world. Tlierr have boon many 
inona*tie communities po**esM.-d of 
greater wealth and power, there 
are many which aiirpan* it ns to 
grandeur aud magnitude of tlx-ir 
edifice*, numy which can ho*»t tbe 
11 Hues of gW titer saint*, greater cliurclinwci, uml printer stntes- 
men 011 tbe roll of their member*, bat “Kt. lUvili's ruined pile,” 
tlmugli it did not produce a ml»r like Urtiii'm: or a mholar 
like Havin' DoriiUH, baa a celelwity not aeconlrd to other Blow 
•lately ond splendid foundations. By good luck Melrose f.winil in 
Mvirr whut Agnuieinncm found in Homkb — a nt fr» m err to give it 
imiwirialily. Tbe line* io which we read nf Urn gray abbey lying 
mi **d uml fair as the pale moonlight streams ov.-r the ruined cen- 
tral tower, 

" And tiDltrem «d tsllim sKmutely 
ttcsmol framed <4 chon and Ivory." 

[ aro the word* which give to most readers who speak the English 



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AUGUST 27. 1D*|. 


586 


tongue their Amt impn-Mwiiut irf Mu' 1i>vo- 
lioi'M nnd msjcaty which arc found in the 
tvmnm* of roudiu-rnl architecture. Hut if 
Kforr tin* thrown over Mrlnmc a halo of ro- 
mance, tie tn no wUo c Xaggcrat** ill hi* de- 
scription of the fabric the delicate tracery, 
the exquisite carving*, so Tark-d,*u true to 

•• No h«th nor flnwitrt rl»unnl thm 
Bat IT** i*»#d In Um (tutelar arrbaa a* fair,* 

TJi* cnfiK'l*, '• grotesque amt grim," the pil- 
lar*, '• lofty, light, ami a mail," i» hlcli, 

*■ artlh rlo"»ml ahipr to trim, 
Wit* tea- out wtih capital tkairtihnl aiminfl. 

trsr.llw at Imaw wlilili RUl»ad* liul tmtad.' 
all are there. And w thi>riiQ|(h litlw wnrk- 
innnvbip which tlie old artist* mid artisan* 
|iul into their work that high op when- nn 
eye can *e* It tlm finish of the carving* i» 
UN perfect aa w lirre they an- oil tbn level of 
the ajieetator. The stems of the sculptured 
foliage etaiMl ont *o clear from the ahuft of 
the pillar* that a straw cun lie puased 1 k?- 
hiurl mid amund them 
Nt nrr knew unit l.*wd crcry atone in the 
old abliev. It ia visible fruiil wueinl point* 
iu tlio grooml* of AldtoDfonl, and lie wn* 
never mi clinrin iug “» * hen hailing hia gural* 
to tli* inspection of it* beuiltie*. Cor Nome 
tune the church ana ewn veiled into n puriah 
church. At prcM-nt a IimIcoiih kirk stands 
near the village, and I lie old ruin I* left to 
it* Military decay, nod the *h*do«y Agniya 
which the {met ho* made to bunut it. 


FOR CASH ONLY. 

fit JAMES TATS, 

Acnsn nr - Kwi* Ktno.' •*t'»h«* 0*« R..ji. • 

“Wauaate »'«•*," ~W«*-i >ir w,.-*,..- 
“Waav II* C**v 11**,“ 


CHAPTER L 


Tim place hi RtoVeville, and the time— 
which In n hod one for the place — In autumn. 
Kvcn in Hummer, when Slnkeville look* it* 
l>eat, it doe* not look well. It* long, on- 
lovely »t reels are for the im**t port too nar- 
l»* to admit the full face of the mn. A 
mill, which look* like a prnen, form* one 
stele of them, and another mill fufinu the 
oilier side, aud In both throe prianu-hkn fd- 
ilice* -except when trnde is slack or then? 
i a n at rike — bard labor to Ineowant. Though 
there In m> hrightne** anywhere — the thing 
Which liulicN put up their parn*ols nml poll 
■town their window - blind* to avotel and 
with a contraction of their dainty fore- 
heads call “ glare” — there i» everywhere op- 
pmwhm. Hum i* air, luitad, hut- it ia DOt 
rmin heaven. Quite the reverse. It i* tlie 
hot hreath of tlie factory, which pour* not 
from the open window* on all aid**, aecoiu- 
ponied by an inferanl clangor- -Uio shrieks 
of engine* apparently in torment. 

Almva tHokevllla hang*, ae nliove the la- 
raHltm o« their march, a plllur of eku»d hy 
day aud a pillar of An? (from the furnace* 
nf ita iron- works) hy night. Cotton and 
iron an- the fl>-*h mid Hone of Stokeville, 
ami it* life-hlcNal la cimunorvial |>ro*i**rily. 
Everything to the outward eye In of man'* 
making or nnmnking. Nature ho* been ex- 
pelled, not “with a pitchfork,' indeed, bat 
hy fire aud smoke. Tlie un»ceapir<l space* 
which in other town* would In* plesanre- 
gninmU, oase* of venlnro in tlie dowrt of 
brick and mortar, are here mem wanto 
placet, of which the gardener can make 
nothing, and which have been given up to 
the cinder-sifter*. In Stokerille the art of 
eindnr-aifllng baa been carried to nerfec- 
tluri ; and wlwwo no cinder* ran be diatrili- 
u ted, on account of elevation or at tier o Wa- 
des, there are niiinla. To wnab, except on 
Sunday, ia unde**; mid, oa a auWitate per- 
haps a largo part of the population anoint 
thrirwlvos, nr are anointed, with oil. It ia 
»uid that they are Imrn white— jn*t a* it la 
averred hy some that men nro bom equal — 
bnt the imprensiun of the liehohler ia to the 
military: at all evenU. from a very early 
period, when the Juvenile lohaMlauta In- ' 
gin to dispart ttn-iuadvc* In the rorreation 
grounds nforesaiil, they oaMiniii tie? “ local 
color.” Attempt* have even 1**0 made by 
persons of a widely different complexion 
I nut to say “ whited sepulchres") to paint 
them black Inutile aa well a« out, bnt just oa 
when you scratch the Knssinti yon find a 
Tartar, so when you get below th* surface, 
which is not promising, of the good folk* of 
Stokeville, yoa come upon that best of soils 
I though unknown to geologist*). True Grit. 

I luh-i-d, in tbea* “ cinder ln’:ip«," a* Ntoke- 
vtlle and Ita congeners have been contenipt- 
uoualy termed, are found certain treasure*, 
such a* Honesty anil ludepcnilriiee, which 
have bren very foolishly thrown away else- 
where an having no market value. 

In Stoke ville huge furl HIM* are made {mid 
loot) by the few, and high wage* received 
liy tlie many; vile indeed uniat he the anal 
of that man who, knowing the place they 
are earned in andtbo work that win* them, 
would grudge them. 


In winter only ia anything quite clean 
are n ont-of-dmirs, namely, a snowstorm on 
n 8unduy. On working day* it poswr* 
tliruugh tlie amuke, ami trachea the earth 
in Hula of “mitigated mourning”; bnt on 
Sundays, if • Itake in caught hy u Stukevillo 
child in trammtu, mid before It settle*. the 
novelty entrances him. “Why, lure 'a a bit 
o' cotton froirn !" 

Tlie merchant prince* of Stukevillo can 
rmnmand all the luxnrioa of the earth j hut 
what is ui other place* thought • n*ce***ry, 
namely, frosh air, they can ant gel. It I*. 
however, agreed upon to ignore tbia fact. 
They dwell in palace* of ebouy, and call 
them alabaster. They import tree* and 
plant them, and talk nf them a* if they 
grew; the leave* wither and the Want-bet 
Hliriv'el, (■* Air, air.” they murmur ; “ thin « 
smoke. Ilah! worse; it'* ,i«k") lint rhoir 
owner* regard them with emnplaccncy. 
“Onr plantation," they *ay, 41 i* getting on 
uiccly.” I udeed, next summer it bwka os 
well uaever; the fact is, they have imported 
more trine, but it in llw local roorltwy *d<ipc- 
ixl by every weH-lired viHilor (aiwl tbabtoka- 
vilio magnates are hmpitality itself) to lie- 
lirve them to be tbo old odi-s. The vain 
straggle far existence on the part of the 
poor trees is pitiful to wiltMvw; one long* to 
put them in tli« great C<ioservalori*N< where, 
<d (lingo to **y, foreign product* ate here 
" pi elec ted") out of the smoke and smut*. 
The tlowetv however, wlietlier friun their 
humility or from their nuking no pretense 
of a long life, do pretty well, and likewise 
tlie gram — only you must not *it upon it in 
white ireuM-re. In * garden well walled 
in yon might fancy you red f. 1 won’t say in 
the country, but a do ten mil** from Ktoke- 
vilte. whereas you are perhaps only three. 

Wich a gnnlen 1 li»»e now in my miiMt’a 
eye. It I* mit a largo one, but it is beauti- 
fully kept, or, as one might atincwt put it in 
icspcct toexteniol liitlm uce*. preset veil from 

Iwl season foe Klokov il>. Tin? summer is 
over, tbo leave* of ths alien Ihwt begin to 
full, aud hi the aliseuee of tbu sun Mm fog* 
nlreitely niukc their a|>|icuTiuiiie, n* shady 
folks wlU do wlicu uudclerreil liy the poliuc- 
m ail's huir*-eye. 

On the lawn, however, at Oak Villa (so 
culled fnsii quite n |satriurdtal specvnieii or 
that tree which had braved smoko and -da 
lor nearly six year*) not a dead leaf wua to be 
iM-eri. The gram was green and smooth ; the 
trim parterres were aglow with tlower*. Mr. 
I.y*ter,thepn>|irietorofOak Villa. Ii»l insov 
tilings there tn to boast of — graceful sIuIimw, 
ebarming pictures, aud furniture u* elegant 
n* it wit* costly ; hut lie wn* only prmnl nf 
hi* ginlen. Sir Peter Kihbert {of Ffbhort 
A l.idor) Intel a bigger one, Just n* lm hod 
higher ntutiMw, huger pictures, mid iimre 
iilomIvr furniture; Imt lu lieauty It ytoldutl 
the palm to the garden of hi* Junior part- 
ner. A a Air Peter nnid, with hi* somewhat 
pompon* ca nt tM J, ** No gardener could h»ve 
brought live place to Mcb a pitch nf perfee- 
tioa; it wn* only the exquisite ud« and 
si>lu:itnde nf Miss Clare. the Eve of this min- 
iature Eden, which kept matters iu such a — 
nauh a" --here the language of compliment 
failed tlb* worthy knight, ami had to be sup- 
plemented by t hat of cosn me trial life — "such 
an A 1 condition." 

Clare wm in tli« garden now, paring the 
gravel -walk with her consiu Herbert, a 
young man of threev-aud-twenty, and two 
years her senior: a remarkable girl to look 
at, nml well worthy of aUnultou. At the 
first glance at her elose-ent hair and reso- 
lute, handsome face, you might aay, “ How 
maaruliiM !" The Toice, too, though gentle, 
fan* jnut now a certain decision unusual in 
one of her nrx and age, w hich increase* this 
impression. Hat tn reality it is ths abort 
hair only (the canarqurnre of a resent III- 
ite-as) which produce* this effect ; you anso- 
riate it with the genua Huy, and the rest 
follow*. The effect, to men at least, wa« 
very pleasing; imliaps she reminded them 
of Kli:vk*|Miare'a Kimallud. Her eyea of that 
patient gray which one aomelmw associate* 
with chccrfnl endurance; lier hair a gbsoy 
brown. Not very promising material* fur 
Iwaiity.citMi would *»y, yet the c tinning Uatxl 
of natiilv (which lay* it* blue* and greens 
together a* artist* dure not, aixl puints the 
rm li bo w witluillt guild I lie** ) liad so re no halted 
them in her n* to witch all (male } hebobte.r*. 

llcrlicrt Newton, a* he move* now before 
n* with linn step and band* behind liiin — 
»u attitude with him indicative of thought 
— t* not, one would say, an individual easily 
subject to enchantment. Pitt w young a 
man. he lias a grave and earnest air (allwit 
the Woe eyes which are now no steadfast 
are wont t» twinkle with linuinr, and the 
brown fore- that ia now so serious, to ripple 
over with matins), and yet. If you watrh him 
closely, you will peroriro Iu. I* under the 
•jiell. 

Hi* eye* never leave bis companion, who 
for Hie iite*t part avert* her gain from him, 
though ever and anon, when her speoch is 
mure earnest than usual, it meet* hi* owo, 


resolute though ; hi* voice, thoagli enhn and 
distinct, is freighted with feeling, if not with 
pa-oii.il, Mid his tip* an? pule. 

"Then you Itava nothing more tn aay, 
Clare I" Haul ho presently, after a little 

u Nothing, rouain, except to express to yon 
tny moot enniewt ami kimlewt wishes" it 
was plain *1 m? w-*b picking her word* — “for 
your Niiceeos iu tire new walk of life you 
have ehnwu for v ourself.” 

" I’artli rluHsui for myself, Clare, 1 allow," 
he pot in, gently ; “ but nlw> partly That 

is. there are other ciremnst imrcs which have 
led me to leave yotir father's firm.” 

“Of course I know that you dislike 
Ferry." 

“Itrcy!" It I* Imposaibln to ronvey in 
word* the eoiitemptuno* indifference with 
which that wur.1 <u echoed. “ I do not 
admire that grntlemnn, I i-unfesn, Clare ; but 
not twenty Fercy* would have Induced me 
to take my |»reseo| step bail I Iwen mfacr- 
w iso disineliursl fur it- It> three month* or 
lex* 1 shall **LI for South America." 

“South Aroerte»r’ exclaimed the girl, in 
nstoniklimcnt. and even alarm. “You nev- 
er told me that. Oh, Herbert! why do yon 
go *o far away r 

“ \V Imt it.*-* it matter l" Ire answered, 
bitterly. “Who earv* whether I aiu near 

" Hut I thought," she answered, without 
taking notice of thin Inst outburst, "you 
were going to Coallrernugh to the rail way- 
work 

" I remain there till the end of the year 
only, » Iren I nm promised an appointment 
at Hio." 

“ What appointment V 

“ I acatrely know, Arliofi-*mi*tanlMl*p- 
nty-engiirecr to amne railway kiio ha* never 
heard of. I *liall do there a* well a* ony- 
n here, they tell me, however, and that'* 
quite true." 

"Bnt with yniir talent* — na.v, Renin*," 
she pleaded, atili ignoring hi* bitter tone, 
"it I* t browing youraelf away, llerls-ri. 
I’apa ran surely fiuil you aometfalng hotter 
nearer home." 

“ Homo f To me one Ikidmi is aa good n* 
another; that is, all places have Itecutne 
««|nnlly Itnlilfi-rent to me." 

" You pain lire very much with your wild 
word*," she mnrmiiTcd- 

** Forgive me. I did not know 1 bad the 
power to jvxin you, OT I would not have done 

it. It is curious,” be went oil. a* if to him- 
self, “sl.nre and slis'l will melt, Iron can lie 
■unubUsI to our will like clay ; but a woman'* 
heart, once built on hex owu destruction, 
uothiug can turn it." 

"That i* MgMMtMM and unlike ynnruelf, 
Herbert," »lre answcml, calmly. “Donut 
nb<*M» lire alnMUit even by ln>|dic*U<iii. A 
woman's heart is not to be turned that 
way." 

"Trne; I was wrong there.'' lie answered, 
cynically, “II wo* an error in jnilgmeiit.’* 

" It » a* worse Ilian that, Herbert." die 
onnUmred, gmvoly. "You are l»y nature a 
Just man ; it is unreasonable, unjust, and 
ryraunoiiH to lie angry with me liccaase — 
because I make my own choice." 

He threw hi* band out with tui impatient 
gesture. “ No, Clare, you do me wrong. I 
am not angry with ymi. Hut you talked 
jn*t now of throwing one’s self away." 

“ I will talk no more of it — no, nor listen 
to it," *he interrupted, with a quick flush. 
“Come, cousin, we used to lie good friend*." 

“We did — we are," he answered, taking 
her proffered hand, prvwsing it gently. “I 
will tinver *o offend again. Until yml way 
with your own lip*, ‘ I wo* wrong, Herlwrt ; 
you knew that man better than I did,’ 1 will 
Bcvcr say another word against him." 

It wua very rhanw-termlic of the speaker 
that out of mere MrwdfiMtucm nml perwe- 
vcnuico he thus involuntarily rejmaCed his 
offense even while begging pardon. Clare, 
however, nndenitond him thoroughly. “I 
run trast your wont, I know. Herbert," aaid 
site, aimply. Then, dropping her voice, not 
from fear sf Mug ortcheard, tliongh all the 
sitling-room window* of the house were 
opeu, maklug it look one rnr, and with her 
eye* grown very soft nod pitiful, “Ilow do 
yon think dear papa is looking to-day f* 

“ He looked to me much tbe same, Clare ; 

I wish I could wo him bettor. Il» apoko 
leal dntpondenlly of himwlf, however ; in- 
deed, much lew." 

“ Yon iMitierd that, did yon f" she answer- 
ed, quickly. “ Yes, it is Tery curious that 
while to all aiqu’arance dear papa grows no 
better, he lm* of lute taken more cheerful 
view* of himself." 

*• U t n« hope he feel* himself Imt tor." 

Sim shook her head. " Yon know w hut 
Dr. Dicluon said alxmt him. It waa in fort 
a sentence of death.” Tbe tears began to 
stream slow ly down li*r ebeeks, liul she 
wiped them uway hurriedly. It «•« not 
her way to exhibit strung emotion before 
other*. 

“IWtor* ore very fallible." observed her 
vuwpankio, geully. 


“Hut dear pupa bn* WMtrd an. Did it 
strike you, Herbert," she continued, after a 
long paimo, " that de*i«te bis rbrerfnliMw* 
he m-i-ciin anxioii*, wonted f— I don’t mean 
about bis health." 

He sloxik hi* brod- 

" Well, he i* so. Yon are lore there i* iu> 
nos? wbirh would affect a man like ilear 
pap* f Are things going proeperomly at the 
milks r 

" Never hotter. There ha* boon a long 
ilrpreuion, liut trade ho* revived. Flhbart 
A Lyster are having golden day*. No one," 
lie adiksl, with a pleasant smile, "can say I 
am the rut that l*av»*i tbe sinking ship." 

"If site were sinking, you would stay by 
her to the Lott pUnk," smd Clare, not a* 
though *he were making a compliment or 
prnniKTOcing a eulogy, hut u* one who stair* 
a fact, Her reply, indeed, was almost a 
matter of cmirne, for she had socnetbing else 
■limn her mfiMt- “Milly was alugiug ’The 
Queen of the May' tlie other day," »he c«mi- 
titined. “ When she sung, ‘ I thought to pan* 
away before,’ papa whispered tn me, * That 
ia tny case; 1 feared that I should Dover see 
tbe year out. Now. please (toil, I shall, my 
denr.’ Wo* not that strange, Bertie f" 

“ Yea." he answered, with a quick. *e«reh- 
ing glance at hi* companion ; but her face 
wore only that nml, pained look which in tbo 
slindow of a coming Is-rewvciiienl. " Klin 
doe* nM know," he thought to himsolf. “ It 

•* If uotbing i* ami** with hnsinc** mat- 
tere,” continued Clare, "a* I boil almost 
wished wn* the cane, it must he noitte-tliing 
wonve. Do you think” — liere dis mail her 
voice almiHit •« a whisper — ' ” that papa fret* 
about Gerald r 

’* No, I do not. He doe* not know enough 
about Gerald’* affair* to fret about them." 

“That i* a IkmI reason indeed,” eighed 
Clare. 

"And I don't think hi* I war l is much 
bound up with Geewht." 

flare sighed more deeply still, oa though 
she would I lave aaid, “That U a sadder rea- 
son even than the other." 

“ For my part. I can not blame your fu- 
Iber," c>>n tinned Heflert, replying to her 
unspoken t bought. " Hav log d<ou? Ilia l>e*t 
foe tbe lad, be hnpra for the laeat, though 
perhaps be doe* not ex]M?ct it." 

"Hut poor Gerald bus I teen left to him 
self a great deal," 

"My dear Clare, in St«kevSlle we are all 
toft to ourwelvn* pretty early. To my ml ml 
there ia no worse eaot than that whirl, 
throw* Gie blame which we on twelves de- 
serve upon tlie shoulders of nor parents and 
guardian*. Education U nimlher aespe- 
gnat. A« n mattee of fact, hnyoiwl reading, 
writing, *imI arlthioetlr, a man odiu-ate* 
himself; you ean nr.t do«e him with learn- 
ing oa yoa staff chickens, for it ia against 
tbo graiu ; ho remains forever an ignora- 
mus.” 

“I have heard you any, too, yon think 
there i* nothing In heredity." 

“ No* L It is n mere excuae for vice and 
idlcuoM. Tliat i*” here he began tn hesi- 
tate and stammer — " I am speaking gener- 
ally, of reran*. There may be cane* — there 
are — where tire riremn*t*n«*a aud sur- 
rounding* of a man, lii* natnral connect loos, 
and no on, handicap him very heavily.'* 

“Ye*. I feel that,” interrupted Clare, qui- 
etly. “There *re great exewara for poor 
Gerald, Iheugb 1 own he Iva* givavoitw fault*. 
That is another rviiaou — you will say a *»df- 
i*l> on* — why I regret you are leaving your 
present employntent. My brother will now 
lone hi* best ndviscr.” 

“Your half-brother,” tkMtTtd her coni- 
pan ion, in quiet correction. 

“ Herts* rt, why do you say that V she in- 
quired, with a quick flush. “ Of <-«uirwu lie 
is only my hulf-hrulher ; bnt ia there any 
reason, beyond those with which 1 am ac- 
quainted. why — why, I have causa to lm 
astinniisl of him-" 

Her rampiuiinu w»* silent for a little, 
then answered, slowly, “No; u<i particular 

“That reran* you have n general itisIrriM 
of him. Well, you and Gerald, it must lm 
retilMD bared," alie said, with an air of retlec- 
tion, “are of widely different t«uipcrariienln 
and disjewitlons." 

" Yoa, ha ha* doub t l n * * temptat inn* where 
I feel none. Moreover, if I were to lm quite 
frank iml honest, I should, I think, acknowl- 
edge to myself I am prone lo exaggerate hia 
short-coming*." 

"Why on earth should you be oo unchar- 
itable, r 

Ho thought a moment what be should *ay. 
Ho could not tell her hi* real reason, which 
wax. in brief, tliat be *o lioiiorcsl and rctcml 
her thnt he rewnted the relat iorodiip to her- 
self of on* who w»» nnwortliy of her. 

" I suppose," he said, with a smile, “ It la 
fur the reason given in lltnllhriia ; our Icmp- 
tatious, a* 1 have said, am dill*? rent, aud one 
‘ compo-noiL* for *iua we are iticUnoil to hy 
damning tlwao we have no mind to,’ and the 
MBoet also. However, as tis (i or aid'* having 


AUGUST 27, 1*81. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


an advisor in tnyaedf, CUte, yon are mUtak- 
cn. I hav* no iaUnoboe over him.” 

Clm** * *“ ““ ° n * h **>' ■««**•» 

'* Yre, oiki pe non him, the won-'* the pity," 
torliinalMj Clara did nut boar liitu ; her 
oy*« within tlm last few wixiwU had taken 
a brighter tint, h«r face » Wanner dusli ; it 
’*"* plain that her thoughts had auddotily 
become attracted ohmwbcrei 

“ Ikwfik ; papa m canning out In his wheeled 
chair, Herbert." 

’’ Yew,” uid the other, quietly, “and 1’orey 
ia with him.* 

“ Why, how clid jrota gncita that, ainoo yon 
have not tinned your head I" 

“I did licit guma it ; 1 read it in your foee 
:ie in a looking- glows. An I have already 
" n '» ®y nnclr, I will now take my leave, 
tinnd-day, cousin," 

8he returned hia “ good-day," acid shook 
hla hand. aa he |Muncd quickly out through 
»h«i garden Kate; hat he felt »lw> woa not 
tlilnfciug *>Y »hat ahe did. It won the luinm 
nort of i«irfiiuruiry attention which, when 
wo are identifying our luggage ou the rail- 
way platform, we j»y to a I none! who pniw- 
™ b Jf; w >' threw him a** How d’y* dot” hut 
our aoul Is with our portuuuiteau. 

(to aa a«mNe K K) 


A PLEASANT CHARITY. 

ONR of llie nanat I— Antifnl mid pnaiar 
worthy feature* of C’hrwtlaii rivilmitton in 
the care Watowod upon aii k and ludplcro 
■ h.lrirom Ill Imilm countries they mu 
neglected anil hanihly treated, na If they had 
uo right to live, a burden upon other* for 
support. There may In- cases of individual 
rruolty even In Christian Iwul*. ami those 
wlio are iiitrimled with the care of aiek and 
crippled children may sometime* prove in 
l»e unworthy of their naercd charge ; hut the 
l*ot outbreak of public indignation when- 
ever the villainy and hypocriiiy of auch un- 
worthy shepherds are brought to light, 
•liows liow deeply the divine precepts of 
charity and love Inward the little one* have 
sunk into the hearts of Christian nation*. 
Nothing move* the I sear I more quickly than 
a story of chihlUh pain and MCttw. 'I'lic 
popularity of Little Ndl, Tiny Tim, Little 
Eva, and a boat of other littlo heme* ami 
heroine* of fiction, nttesta the warmth and 
atrength of thia unwllLih «ympathy. 

A very pleiuuanl manifestation of Hum 
pliaae of humatiily may lie seen every Hue 
Tliitreday in fnuit of Mr Hillock'* burf 
House, nn Kurkaway Bc-ac-Il, where llie lit- 
tlo patients of the borjety for the Ruptured 
and Crippled are tnken by their attendants 
and linrxs for a day's holiday in the awol 
and anrfc Aa may lw wen by our ortUts 
sketches on page 580, tint little onus disport 
themselves with Hie lltliwet freedom am the 
Is-aoh. The proprietor of the hoase has put 
up a tent and an arbor of ccdutrees for 
their special beuedt, and be anil bis hmh* 4- 
ants and waiters are nnreoiiUiiiK in Ihulr 
cure of the little people, Those who can 
not walk are carried down to the mi if, ami 
helped to bathe in the cool and refreshing 
wave*. 

At the proper hour the children are served 
in a pavilion adjoining the Rurf House with 
a plentiful supply of chowder, bread and 
butter, ami milk. After this they take an- 
other walk or roll on the licnrh, make wind 
pies, build dikes, boas*'*, and caailca for the 
tide to wash away; And when the buur for 
•le|>arbire conn, every child feel* that one 
day in the work at burnt ha* been as jolly as 
could be, and coca back to the city to live 
over tbe holiday in dream-land, where the 
genial boat and his kind areiNlailta, who 
wailed on them with such ready sympathy, 
dombtlrea appear as betiovnleul genii, with 
abundance of good cheer in their haods. 


JOHN O’ GROATS HOUSE. 

1‘r.vAANCK and John o’ Croat's Honan are 
the Han ami 1W*. rebel's of Great Britain. 
I loth are situated on rocky hemlUnd*, hat 
the northern extremity of the island has a 
stemucea and wildnce* unknown to tbs 
• thundering shores of Rude and Boa.** 
Tbe north and northeast coast of Scotland, 
lnalted by the wave* of tbe German Sea, pre- 
sents magniftoeul view* of water-worn prcci. 
pirns, cleft with deep flasurew, hollowed out 
into gtooeny cavro, awl acarred with the 
tempaata of cenlnrlea. But wild aa ia Ht«S 
coast of Burbali, with its towering cliffii aud 
rock* piled op In gigantic womca, the coast 
that faces tbo FcnUaud Firth la still m«re 
rugged and more awful. In that nanrow 
strait which .epanitou tbo maiuland from 
the Orkneys tbe lido* of tbo wwtcrn and 
coatern sea* meet in savage conflict. JJvgu 
in the ftooat weather the billows rise to a 
uimmtmna height, while in storm* the col- 
lision of the opprelng current* produces an 
wldylngmawi of tumoltuoa* waters. Kush- 
lug’lnipctuouslv throagb the narrow chan- 
ual, tbe sea boa washed away whatever 
could be washed away, leaving hold head- 


lands wound with deep ghees and chasms, 
unit studded with detached pinnacle* of 
rook. Tbo view fnwn lhuicsnshy Hr.-wl com- 
mands the whole of tbe 1‘ontliuid Firth, the 
Orkney Islands in front, and rearward the 
Moray Firth Mid the liill* of lUnlt'and Alter- 
d*«n. Tim Hoad l» of o circular ahape, 
about a mile ku i-ireuiuference. Tovlfil the 
sen it is one continued precipice. Near the 
top of the rock ia a vast chasm or cavern, 
called the Gloop. stretching down sheer till 
it rear lien the level of Hie nca, with which it 
cncnmunlcato* by on evening at tlm hose of 
the reek. The bridge between the edge of 
this fearful gulf iiud tbo mum rook is alwnit 
sit yard* » Ido. The Slack* of Danuusahy, 
tho largest of which is given in our illustra- 
tion, ore two pyramidal pillars nf miked free- 
stone reck, hannted by inti utuerablu (lock* of 
sea-fowl. They rear their fantastic summits 
Into Hie air, and MW like (Iu4hic *|nre« of 
soma huge anbmergvd i-athedinl. Vtatmtl 
from the Hood a pleasant walk takes the 
visitor to Jotm o' Great's House, Tin- strip 
of const-land bore is fertile, and Hie shore » 
of Hie purest while, being oo mp o* od of shell 
sand nud tlm shells wlik-lt the native* call 
Jidm o' Great's tmekies.'' 

Every reiuatry cun show buildings that 
are atmbnled to mythical fonudi rs, II whs 
rear rved to Scotland to have real hnilder* 
and a mytliieai bouse. Not a trace of I bo 
binrec. if it ever e*i*l«Nl. rvmalus. A alight 
green knoll, scarcely distingiuslialile, and 
• lien' not the nnwl uctive imagination enn 
tnu e any octagonal form, ia pniuted out as 
its site. But oftheGmiATS.urGKoTis Scotch 
reeurik make frequent mention. Jons, »u>i 
nf III oil GROT, »f IhmrAlisby, received III 
1. r ri« the sum of twnaty pounds "for freight 
nf hi« ship, scut by tbo (J neon's grace from 
fit. Andrews to Hie Kiug's grace with writ- 
ing*," and aoven yean afterward he obtain- 
ed n panhm from Queen Mary for helping 
his feudal lord, the Earl of Caliban**, in 
stunning the Earl Marischal's house of Aker- 
gill. It was as Into a* 1741 that MaiauIJ* 
Gin it wold bis lands and ferry between l>un- 
ranxby and Orkney to WlLUAM StXGLAlR. 
Yet altluiugli tbe GROTS have this historical 
existence, the accounts of their first settle- 
ment in CaitburHs and of the building of 
tbo faiumts House are pure lcgcmL Tbo 
story run* Hist three brother*. Malcolm, 
Havoc, and JuHX Ghost, arrived in ('sltli- 
nc*s with a letter of introduction frern King 
jA-WRd IV. They are Msid to Im l>utcliiiivn. 
If the skeptic druibta of Hie existence of 
Hutrhmcn called Gavi.v ami MaLOiLM, Ik* 
Is mnfuted by the statement Hist the grand- 
father of JtilLX »L ItIKKMMi, of Wester, bod 
■eon the King’s b iter* written In Latin. 
Threw original Groats, or Hr Grouts, in- 
r reused aud multiplied tilt there wore eight 
of thrtii. Then the trwnblo 1s*gan in dis- 
putes a* to precedence, During a festival 
w here all the family met, the contest wnxrd 
high os to w bo should sit at the bciul of tire 
tabic. Tbo MaCUoxaLO once said that bo 
did not MM where he w aa placed, for wher- 
ever ho sat was the bead of the (abb*, lint 
this solution could not satisfy tlic OtOAlX 
Words were leading to blow*, w hen Joux 
o' Groat, or Johnny Groat, addressed hia 
kiiiHUicn like a Ncator, auil allayed the quar- 
rel by promUIng that at tlicir next merry 
meeting they would find no ilifllcnlty a* re- 
gard* precedence. He set to work and built 
an octagonal bouse, with eight doom aud 
eight window*, Mid phtred in it an octagcmal 
table. Thu* all the G*OAl» - good cony men 
— were satisfied. If the aforesaid skeptic 
talk* of Arthurian legend* and the ruiiml 
table, he isiliaeotnllUsl by tbsaAOiimneo that 
Sir Joux 8lX CLAIR hud wniR pooplc who hml 
acen the table, aud, Ilka our own tourists 
when they see ruriodtire, had oarved their 
names on it.' They socui to have whittled 
it out of tlii* world. 

The ur-arcst boatelry to John o’ Great'* 
uorxl to 1st a neat little une-story inn, kept 
by Mr*. MaNsON ; now » new hotel of the 
most approved summer- resort pattern in- 
vite* thu wiuulerlug »t ranger. Tbe Wolfs 
Ghoe U a deep hollow in the const hot w ism 
Urnlsftcr amt Fresh nick. The namo him 
prulmhly no connection with tlie qiuwlrti- 
ped, hut with mm forgotten Norso here 
nnmed I’ll. In Cailhiww*, wo must remem- 
licr, we find neither Celt* nor Saxons, but 
the old fti'iuidinavinn blood. The men MN 
the light crisp hair, the sturdy frame, mid 
the lm of the nea that dislingnisbisl their 
Aurestors. Every fanner I* a tlabermnn, 
aixl every ftaheramn In a fanner. Around 
puucaiuby itself tlie lapidily of the tides 
is unfavorable to the pursuit as a regular 
occupation, but Wick, tlie very head-quar- 
ter* of lishdmn, is only mivcnterm mile* dis- 
tant. The ii hole county is foil of rnins that 
attest the wide sway and the warlike life of 
the old SiNii,vl«8. Castles of that great 
Nonuan family, or of their enemies, are 
perched on every headland. Not for tli8 
tally „f the view or the pMMMtMNMM 
of the scene were those *itc* ebuMoi, bat fur 
tluilr inaccessibility to host Us attack. The 
■driest of the fortreeavs ol the tiixctatlis art 


Grniigo aud Hucbolliv. They nre built of 
small atones, but eeuisnUd together with 
mortar so tcnaciima that the fsllen portion* 
are huge laiwis weighing too*. It was in 
tbo vault* of lluchollic that n dismal trage- 
dy took place. WliXl.vH StNCIalR tuul a 
•Icailly quarrel with hi* son. Ho placed the 
youth ill his deepest dungeon, gnvn him aa 
iisut salt meat, and denlsd him a drop nr 
water, till death emled Ins mkaery. At Bu- 
ebollie anothor boron met hi* match. A 
MA«.r4.t-vN hail somehow suffered at tbo 
hut ids of tbo MixcLitim. He made hi* com- 
plaint to the earl ia term* more forcible 
than polite. " Follow me,” was th* *ole re- 
ply. lie followed tbo RtNCiAin down a 
wiudiug stair, eluting In an Iron door. The 
baron pr<sliin-d a key, o;wucil the disxr, and 
aigtMsl to Macu:li.ax u cuter. But tbe 
Gael was not to be thus entrupped. A pow- 
erful and rcMolute man, he sprang Istok, 
■w in d tbe earl, dung him headlong into tbo 
chamber, locked the dmr, ami did simio good 
go-as-you-please walking till bo reached bis 
native bills. 


THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AT SEA. 

Till: effectivenem of Hie electric light, 
with which a numrer «if the ocean Htouui- 
ships are now fumfcdiud, Is widl lllustrau-d 
ia the picture on oar front page- The pow- 
erful, fnr-reuebing rnya illiiuiiuaie the ■s'ciiu 
pathway with a brilliancy wbiuli is a great 
safeguard against collisions at night, rilber 
with Teasels or Icebergs. Tim Hum will 
doubtbwi filin' »lmn, with hum Iiiiutv for 
presliicing tlm light ehra|dy and atoailily. 
every atoamablp and light hum*' will be 
snppllod with this means of illilBiiualMW. 


ONLY A SMILE 

(Iwty a *inile that was given me 
lln the enwutrd street nno day! 

It'll it piortrel llie gbssu of my .aJdcned bail 

lake * 'iiiblen wndiium's rat. 

Tliu shadow of donbt hang over mn. 

Ami the iHinfcn of pwi» I I* ire, 

Anit the voice of Bope I ireiH not Ikwt. 
Though I listened o'er and o'er. 

Itat tlivro v**mc a rift in tbe crowd nboot, 

And a fsre that 1 knew fn.vwl bv. 

Ami llw msoIi.' I caught was brighter to mu 
Tbon tho bluo of * summer sky. 

For it pi*" 'o 0 In** 1 llw MmAtae. 

Arel Kwtiorvd each Keiibcc tb r **cht. 

And my heart rejobwd m tlie kimlltBC warmth 
Which tlmi kindly auric liari wrought. 

Only a wnilc from a friraadly fato 
On the busy attest that day I 
yisqputsn as noon a* girvn, psrhapa, 

A* tbe lion or went Iwr •*». 

Hut itralglit to my heart it wont speeding 
To gild l lie clouds ihnt were there, 

And I fourel that of lArtubiue and life's blue skies 
1 trim might take my share. 


WAIFS ASD STRAY8. 

Tmux are tha* far over three tlimnaml appii 
cants for the Warner priae of two himilnnl iM- 
lars f«.«r the dtamy of the comet that was first 
seen in Auriga. Tim «m tenant* might settle it 
OJ l«wt trews xAietimoi divide a dupuled heat— 
by beginning again. 

Thors is In Paris a msrt for the <*ale nf loads, 
and a '* jfomp in tbe market” is not infrequent 

Tbo return of Ruin? OaO ha* recallui that be 
was innv konsii in |sriitn eireliw .n Snlcntary 
Tauni". amt llie ileatli of Ipottri Tail ha* given 
opportunity f«r again rnfertiag to tbit chief tain 
by hi* Bcwtoa muse, Uncut* led Norratiic. 

A ismiKiT of the 0 «i|h 4 in Krett County, la- 
tiana, is said to hire piwctod an eutire ynar fur 
a snlary nf two dollars, pavnbki ia litCOli. The 
piper which is the auiWilr for this infurmation 
eny« tluU the reverend gentleman imtw|m« 1 from 
tbe plaur with Id* life, bat it evidently deem* it 
unacresewry u, aiUl anything uwccmiiig tbe mm. 
her of souls saved. 

Mr. Hutton, of l/tgenlige, Kentucky, wa* * suiter 
for till! hand of Mi** Jotmi-m, *g"<l eiglit.uli ynuw. 
Mrs. JiibnaMi was opposed to bi* sail, and she 
pare Mm A revere whipping for persirting in it 
Mr. Button U eighty year* oil 

A deerejiit oM ssu* was {wrarittol to sleep the 
oilier night on tb« llisir of a butiet 1 # simp in Pen- 
i, r, tscausc Hie Isiris-r knew hi* hhnorr and pit- 
ied liini. His name i* Henry Murat, and he wa* 
.:r» ex a millionaire. Be spent «iaty llnmaand dol- 
lar* in a duple visit to Eirep.^, and wa* known 
throughout tbs far WtatSS the ODUM of Gomrailo. 

There ha* l»vn rouaidctaMe kws b» *tn-k- 
raireTs in the West dlls mwoh thrush the kill- 
ing of Mock l«y lightning along the wire fence*. 
The nniroili seem U> Ibilik that the femes offool 
protect len from ilia euirm, and they gather close 
to them. A single lightailig Strok* lullol aixty. 
Bio ahurp in Nelmuka. 

Bptwkmg of taw of the rtwM to »W ureil ia 
the fUgging '» front uf Mr. Vender! -ill's new N»- 
adcnce in llri* city, which i* twenty fire fwl two 
I lln IK* hmg, OIiccU feat wide, aad ciyfal iocbw 


thick.* Chicago |*|Kt claim* ilnat before the 
grv«st fire there was hi Umi sidewalk on l*iku 
ntrert in that city a •tunc within two laches a* 
Vr.g u that to to l-vid in tosit of Mr. Vud<». 
bill's bouse, a foot wider, ami two inclu.it tbkkcr. 
The sonic paper add* that the Lrenrmt quarry, 
coca who gjt out that nsoculrr slab arc willing to 
oiidurtukw to turcoih one of twice iu sire. 

The fart Iliat tho •alcring-plarv's liaeo yielded 
Ibis reason fewer rewrerpem storb’i tkaa usual, 
and Dial the wijisimers tare Iro-n emitesl to *eu 
shark* and w ha lea, is cheeeiwg eridenco of pr*Tt- 
rosa toward a higbtv pLac of morality. 

After it bad been annuo nerd that the model of 
a aulmurtoc torpoto t«*t had toon <li«curere*i ia 
tlm |,aursokin of a Fen am in Troy, the fart cwmo 
out iliat it was a contrlvaiKC fuc preserving beer. 

Tlie TTnladi'lphst authorities are cipcrlrocnting 
with ti'-gro polkrumw Tbe Aral «m»t ma-dc by 
one of them was that of an Irblmiuii who was 
iHbiring under Mnwa of •bwkey. fin dm fol- 
lowvng moraine, when hi* (sriisravu, aiqumv-.t in 
court against the pctwoirr. tlie Irishman rutiled 
his eyes as ttomgh to clear hi* viiion, and naked, 
b> a iiuin lerliiutiiig aitoniiluncat, 

" IIU yea arrtst a**t" 

"Osrtalnly I did," the r-diu-man refilled. 

"final bivlna!" exi-tuim-l tlie prisoner, turn- 
ing to die nagutoUr- “ Here, shquirc. take out 
rev frsue. To tliluk that one of die Urnwr-t 
stoml'l iver U*v cwuw to this, to bo arriased by a 

miigurl" 

Two little girb were Iswn at nsariy thw maws 
thaw la a house ia HikUnd, Tcnaswoso. Tlirir 
motto r* are uildi, clnsely rcOewabllog each iilli- 
cr.aiul tbe tofatits dowdy rrormble ttoir urestoi 
The nurws, In /Wi/urc language, " wain*! Uwasi 
hahiiM up, - * and there in n» prrwqwct tbut llw 
qosittai of Uio idea thy of tlie infants will evie 
lm settled. Tim quusiiuu uf pooKeuiou in to lm 
derided by k A. 

The riche** negro in Oeorgia, and mm of tho 
wraltliUM In the Sooth, wa* imiiw> a date. IIU 
fremlum ws* toqsraltod to him by IiIa mawb-r as 
a reward fur faithful aerrioe. lie toswmc a lalul- 
iiwt- r mid »lavefioUce. and when the (Wwler- 
soy Hfitflri, to lull twenty MM and a *i*iik 
fortniie in uUkv prujicrty. Ilia name ii> Hreiry 


It in said that there are in the mountain* of 
Cwllforuu two tluniMUid poqtan fc* geW who 
lire on scanty fc**l and Imp*. TIict are wy 
|Ms*r, but lmngioetheuiM’lv«s jmw|Mvtive mill loro 
airea A Ikt *.f ipiartx with din* >(**ki of g-AI 
in it large enough to to wren with a nagnifyiag- 
y’aM acu l>s:i a wild with creiusnulit. They reu 
nn! ton* In tlie imworked vria, Otw iu a thou- 
sand of thnw adventurer* makes his fortune. 

The muon k aald to have teen presenting n 
strongs ifponM todrovrer* bt Nnada. TVr 
naw s muck MOOR paitklly uvcrlippirg tlm true 
orti An aiualaur aslroMa^rr advanevd the the. 
ory tint a port uf the aOOHA'l loll w as attiaeted 

to the hum Hi, fonwing a ttrili ainus-plmrc, iu which 
the reduction of the muon was cw.l. 

One of the trewrnrew recently stnVn frtmi dm 
Proridrocc Athmcum •;« dm ri'Miraled paint 

Ing oo ivory by Mnlbow, cnlbd “The IliHim” 
An cngmiing of tin* beautiful work of art np. 
piured la Harper' i Jfsyu/rnc for Novae her, 181V. 

A druggist in Pod ilia, Missouri, caned the ar- 
rest uf a negro for diitnrisng the pcm.e. TV- 
trial was before a negro jure, who pre*wpily found 
dm pkknuft guilty, and tioed h-m one dollar. 
Ttoy ware surprised to find that tbe prisoner wa* 
Bti if legally bead; SO they acquitted him. 

An eagle *ra* slmt in l-apland not long ago, 
which had a bran* chair: aroaod it* Back, to 
wh»;h wii* fa-tcrerd a small tin hot, In tlm t**a 
wua a slip of psptr on which wa* wr.Umi in Ihm- 
l>h : •‘Caught nhd *<« free again in I1M, by N 
and C. Aiuicrecii. Itoetwl in Falttor, Hviimork " 

A loung Dcwipnper in a IMMU county uf Tea- 
a* offer* a* an inducement to rcltler* the editori- 
al atMuaiice that “ sceirty is grrel. and the pro 
pie are iiuical, hewpilaMc. mid intelligrot." TV-- 
re-ws cu 1 ur. 1 i! of tlm lame iuuac cmiuiin the fob 
towing - •' Husiling, shouting, and sii-shuuter set 
enadix are imlulgid bn alloc Sheriff Ware itartcd 
fee Austin.” 

A Grltforeis woman of frugal charaiHsristirw 
licnke ixve of the egg* which she was placing uo 
dor a hen in be hatched. What foQowia! u told 
by a I’adtlc tout nt-w-p-iper: “Not wishing to 
hire tlm ngg, she— woman fajhkwi— palcliml up 
die Imuhrn abril with a piece uf omvbfilastce, 
n*A out an aoriitent p*hri on the future of the 
1-t- *trl ciHitvwtM, ami pul tlm egg u&Jcr the inn. 
In due course of tliim a clrk-A mine forth from 
thnt identical »gg, spjsuvnily sound in both body 
and rr.ind, with the oicplkm uf btuog a little 
enusmyed aad baring no twrtb." 

Arehibwenn Ie«r, at present canon in resilience 
at the cathedral io SalUhury, Kogtoisl, kas been 
made the victim nf pmr**sulion aimllnr to that 
from which die Her. IN. Murgali INa, of llri* city, 
sufferol a yewr or more sgu. Berov thirty |wr- 
•■iii* were invites! to luncheon, two Urge sriwola 
ware to I Ire to present tbcweslvc*. and g“sl* of 
many Ascription* were ordered to be delivered at 
an appointod hour. The letters lecmol to h**u 
been written l*y a womatL The Rev. Dr Pi*'* 
perreeutor, it will bo reiucruboru!, was detected, 
and Mill to tin, SlaMrprUuu iu Vug tag, where 
be uad 



HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


AUGUST a:, 1881. 


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JOHN O’ QROAT'8— THE NORTHERNMOST HOUSE IN GREAT BRITAIN.-'Se* P««« 967. 


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THE GAME OP THE BRIDGE. 

A mncuJL toil characvntile » 

annually rvnf-wn! at Ffeb in baud* of San 
lUnitei, taxa the blahdft. mow the tutelary aa.nt, 
»f tbadty, ■ hob* frotiral fallen.. J«or 1J. The 
liimw M I\mU, or Game u f «... llrkigc, i» oo 
•tout* ahnrn of n» at it* unchwl |M*np, but W 
■nill onlroted with lulHortU r*T*~ta*M b.gifc a 
xtnMure at irWblY to ita uiiraar fray. A» to IU 
•uigia. variola tra.litmna an rated, a* tbit It wm 
inrtkutrd by tin* Kmpertir Hailrbn in I1P, or by 
Nero, whu oiki|« 1M the Kuan eilumu to pro 
aide a gladlakaWI nnnt.it for him. and drairod 
tint U aboold be annually rrmewot The nwt 
ge-ra Tally rewired lepml, boomer, U that which 
ciaimi It aa b perpcVial wiumcinnratk* of the 
vain/ of the INian woaam. who In lnoii, thor 
I lego Infill being tb.cnt on a foreign oar, wrre 
lul ea by a heroine named Oiimdta Kamnu.ll to 
rn|niW an aaaaull made aa the city at one of lu 
iandgro by MuwUn, King of Sardinia, ami bk 
Saracen fofluwrr*. Thom l» at I mat no doolit that 
it b a very nnci. nl wag*, aa H waa fought owl on 
the from Arnn in I in?, during a frwl aa torero 
that nag. ina acre able to tram tho nrrr on the tor. 
It la inwirr tbr epcebl podnrtton of St- Catherine 
at Siena, lot ahe, betog at lira, waa dlrturbed at 
hor drruti.au 111 the Churvh of Santa tVHlina by 
an uriumal nolae of itrwm* ami lriiiu|wU, and 
learning that It waa only the annual gam* alm.it 
to begin, fcrv.mtly prayed that it might on-a-iim 
in. f»ui anwfcnl mlbre then nr nl any future 
time. Sli< it I mi lief od alao to hate nrir»cuJo«-ly 
Interfiled, by the liiUrreniiun of a itolrfll thuii 
tlrrutonu, to p reran! U» ptcfonmancc atocethcr 
on .me onaetoa after her death, making it known 
mitMraocatly that alia had done ay, forcweriru; 
that the eicitrnmit of tlm |H>pulatiua would In- 
er nobly bare led to blurdebod if U had gone on. 
A aulenin maai performrd in tier Imuor In tlua 
Church of Santa Crtatoa b therefuro fwrt of the 
minauunlal of tho day, attendance at it Mng pro 
•cribod for lb Oaraliari di Meaaoctorou, or 
cbuupiuiia of the aouthem tertian of the city, 
while tin if oj.jmciiwta, the Caralleri di Train* mv. 
tuna, arulat al a high waaas of tbe Madonna in 
Urrar larlici.Ur cfcurrh. Thine two partiro, each 
divhbd Into ait ai|«ailra«M, draw up to regular 
order oa roeh aide of the I'utite Nworo, where 


front tbrir Uppowente, an>E rroi.iually foree lb..u 
acrou the bridge Knell aide baa iU ttandanla 
and efltocra, and the dffralnl party tuu the right 
of eballmging in tbr coming mt The vhv.ru 
are cntitlrd to monk with lon.-h.ia atl»r night fall 
to take pnaa tnwi w of the hwlito camp, and on 
Un> foUowIng Sunday to ecdrhrate a formal iri- 



SJXSLIS 

- Iff — . ^.npaethw rW lined 

frw It. ka a wet) nab ankle la.b~.me la i|.pr*ran<.< 
ml brte-elaaa la mtt*y rapam. II la aol a merillle 
brash, lalM made n« pore WlalUm I Uriel Heal ■ji.all- 
iwnmy ranag. sad «U 1 manlfaal Uanmlm l.y 
caaallic I he BaadW al a ma*rne.lc cal a r I." fllmae 
even frith a thirl, book ea ti» i„p at aUm. labm.- 
lug. Vlnirat rllirullnna <d tlte ..mile tea ba < assert hy 
paretog tite braak qonkly Wt ami funh <aui.it. (■*« 
or gw hmIm ul Ihe ou.ipi^b l^rl.lmoM.M^Xu 

will ntiMru 1 U..I 111 H. aid h. meat caaaa alii yacie.il 

fb» Jtontnwn Umajf ^ Inralrw .gray. In £ 
ore uMbrad Behtrufh IU war would be of great 
Inetl rlu mr r el.er.Vlly mall amt IuimIiW. 
out e.al.1 lu.i III any enrol rot oil to barm - Otat at 


LINDA DIETZ. 

I’nlnu .Spraro Tlmatrv. 

M rat is W a. B Kim* A Soa : 

I haru kwtg ward your Aaarrtoan Face Powder 
ami taaiUn it a eery aoywrior article 
— [CW] Yuan iliuwly, Llama Dim. 

10. nea ea h> tbe rnanlry oltbMI a totlle nf Arc™ 


kermywar dlgiabler Ortuae la uftbr. bawrUhlb.. 
cer.alnr Anemia mm mel.l-ot.le (imr. and rmuniler- 
faml only by J O B.be.ar A Uuaa—tAdr.j 


HORS FORD'S ACID PHOSl'HATB 


Mt'RRAT A LAXVAfra naMIIIIA WATKIt. 

W In naad In I be loll or U Ua I.MWI. liana rr. runuta, 

a. *r I be ill.. ; rtCmbea. In.lguralra. nul iai- 

MT. a wiirt'tnl mienOuo u. ruulMom nod Im^ubry. 
al 1 be aauw l«a> .liAnatng a Hurtulng aol faaMIng tra 
titan, at ran einlte Immi ll ta gnwlly pa*. nut 

b. Raa 4e l»l.«ae. 

Uia.nA Kane, (tea Yueb. Mote Bn.|aV«iM 
rill by all t loinoti le.l l*re iuinm. Wudcaak 
U-).< la LooAm.. No I Buua II Ul -I t Ur. J 


iiaiivh nmrios. 

Uta la rrarVm. daya an Bmtiiw. 
rtoimi Itlomt. Itni die la brni.lng; 
Ui.uluc taka all lrW.Ua and laMWir, 

M tr.l. Iba |.nr-|»m i-r|. aa.1 WuUwra, 

Herat tbr Ikw Ilia ~r Vlrtnrta. 
t -bittern aim-, all bad Caalneta; 

alnrn.aa nlghla. l.y baby wiMlIInc. 

Ltte lark* Ulcy ilac lo ally imMulug. - l.bfr. 


Mt RIFLS FOR ONLY *111. 

Tea Rnnr tbeb.il SyaMlInji Ribe. atlrcrtlard by K. O. 
R.awawr A Oo, t* Barrlay bt.. la a grral tair.-ain We 
an paadUretr aiaar.i l tlol the erfall prirr .4 tlina ICtbe 
waa %40 an ; any ooe ran get the atw Hid* now hy 
aeaut li.( lathe atwaenrmeel rim eoly fib ■pieyeAerlo 
rr| M tbe m.ee-y eaal If lie 111 V la n.l aa rryK. aenled. 

Head theta lurgr mlrmtlaeOe-M In lUa bmoo-f Adel 


NTTYTmiNO enrol by Hrlaw' Apidkr 
lMdnoi|iUailv9.imi> kiu.bnma, 


AUGUST 17, 1881. 






MONEY RETURNED IF NOT AS REPRESENTED. 


“Your Lassie will be True,” 

ll*VO In, and Cnmtdaed with, 

“SCOTCH LA88IB JEAN.” 

IlMI. Inllula, aa.hr >aa enter, a III. haadaenan DUm- 
(Tinh title, sat Ini fur reato. I. linen) diaenaal In 
Trale. Add me lilt. Ul or b «t IKII KTOHI . 

baa ItwIM.ar, l«d Naeaaa ilial, ft. Y. 


DR. SCOTT’S ELECTRIC FLESH BRUSH. 

ASTONISHINO_CTOE8L 

KrsiB 7 W,r.aa^^ 
t; :: issi '.’.s Tssssi.Ssswtw, zs£ 


KV gun 

Bhernmnliain, SclAtlo. Gont, hcrTmnn Itobilltr, 


LHgbago. ScBrnlgld. TiwiUibchc, M ml at la I 


I jnibm-ea. all 1‘aina And Ach— m ■IU hic fr«Bi 
C>Mi, Iwpirt Blmo^- Atxl Impa ir ed ClryUtldN. 
It bfla unlckly In St.nnAch, Llrrr. n»4 Kldnny 


Tragbitm, ab4 U a yalab hl e bbtliUnt In th«»lr 
TmUnfit. It qnicltlT Bawot— thmun »« Bach 
Acho» >1 iKTPll»r to LA DIKS, 


EPPS’S COCOA. 

GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 
b’TlOlTS, BE XOBt 


*2Z 


•prolaia. !<■»•, Sublmni*. Wenlara. Mine. era, 
Inarl til lea. Ivy I't.l— win*, tlnlle, 

Old bum. A*. 

THE WONDER OF HEALING. 


Tho altrotlnn of 

Tourists and Travellers 


la ee| aerially dwrrlnl tn lie. tBpnrtaaaw <4 provi 
UaibM.M a III > -1KI; .4 1‘UNt.tl KXTNl.T 
W InnluaMe la care of aeru. 


CAUTION. HWD'ii KXTRACTAa 
fared, nr -ream we boa rAe n.e.1. •• l'OM.> gt- 
TIIACT" town, ta • 


ridrreaally pwitVd by Uir Yially. 

TAMARA 
GRILLON"Sj 



AUGUST *T. 1881. 


it A REEK’S WEEKLY. 


591 







A $40 Twenty-Six Shot Sporting Rifle- S $i5 


'LENGTH OF BARREL 28 INCHES. 


ih« jinMl rjuoijirj" 


_ UMYILL Ft 




Paai <\m. “Our taulto m‘l lw roblml UdN wo lock Oe irtwww, Mii Ura Ik* party 
huliling th* b>ck o*onliiaaalii».“ 


PURE SUGAR. 


BANK VAULTS. 


JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS. 

l\io\ M(i tiu:. 


v» lorn purolin-injc •*«icar 
for prfscrTinK imri»o»*-n. 

MAVCMEYERS & ELDER, 
DECASTRO & DONNER REFINING CO. 
1 17 w*u Srun. Nkw Yoil 


HARPER’S PERIODICALS. 

HARPER'S M.U1AXINK. Oua Yo> W « 

IIAKJKITS WEEKLY. Out »mr CM 

I1AIU-KRN BUilUM Iwr. «« 

IIAIIPLK'S YuL'Nti CEOI-LB, On* Yaar 1 » 


il PVtlm.. at p»" raiiutt 

ftw« to to n aanto w* •uwilw*. full tm *.r /to 
w • r-mUto. X|W» Ukrmm will l~ fnn.l.b. 

- — A. UlWMt llw»u»w 


tw- HAIII’KICN CATAUKIl* ««|>rWnc 
III Wa uf faalaaau Um anil tour ib.maaad rtouw, 
will In ml by nail «■ f*cal|i» wf Nlaa Cauu. 

IIIRPKR k IllffTH RUN, Franklin Sw-nat*. «. T. 


$5 ll $20 SUSS 


■P» 

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

or MKAT F1NIOT AND C1lXAFIO*T MEAT 
ri.OKMINii STOCK FUK So LIT- , MADE 
DI8UIBS AND HAl CHS. 

LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

OF MKAT A» Inralnalilr ud 


Aa IliwIutbU. uh! tobUble lunlc 
d «ra* dtoiatku an! dwbillly. •• I* 
■ nut a town for wMch kwiIihm alnubl 


w ciiufL 

- Ilrftww Mallrai Jo urtiil, 

CAUTION. -Owrravwi «,«y 
IU.-WI Uib>|r » touuwuin .u umc um 
Latwl. 

LIEBIG COBIPANYS EXTRACT 

or M ■ AT. Tw I- bad at all Swiim 
mil Charntila. toil' A puna l..r Ik 1. 

IwhiilcMA- oulri. C. DAVID * <X 
* k — Knctaud. 


$999 Hra,sr 

tti ts fg. ^'asira.'Skgsg $ 6 tr^ 


For “ SimltHTi Patratiai' in 
Ily Wilihu N Tnounra. DJ>.. 
a MmUoatv in Syria 
1rilit.lt* from l1l.AoJT»|lll*. 


lit Jrrirutli-m.** 

Fotij.Btp Venn 
149 Ulu*- 


/ 200 YARDS. I g— • N ? 2 . 

'AN EXTRAORDINARY 1IARGAHV. 

THE EVANS T WENTY -SIX SHOT MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE. 


HARPER & BROTHERS' 

LIST OF NEW BOOKS. 

klTTtne or MADAMi Dl Bk MUAAT to km 

llrw-.ol-l .1.1 B.IU. fmm laN In IMA From lire 

Fiaurb l.y Mra. lorn Unn u4 Mr. Joan Libia*. 
IkuwPai-r.niuMda. 

IL 

LANOOK. By Sii.wr* iMm \tm«, CV-th, III 
r.-»lt. Tin UlM Vaiamr. wnod In Uiw -Bawttok 
XurfUlm." 


AHAKEOPC AWE'S THE COMtOV 0» EdBORA 

Krlliod, -Ilk Nni.w. by M'l.i .»» J. Uni**. A M. 
W ul. Kw-mlnc!. Um, Clwib. CD iwu i Pa|«r. 

AH AKLAPE ARE A TRAOEOV Of CYMBIUNK- 


TO DAT IN AMERICA. Hla.llua Sir tba Old W«bl 


FARM FESTIVALS. Dp Wu* C.torrm, Aolbnr 
..F "P.m Htiuda,* “ Finn l.«v ..I., .ad “»>► 

I* III....— ’ Will. ikiryMWU 

Farm llaltaila- mill 


um Wm. n t*. 

BE AOT T IN ORIS*. By M 


)un. icun.ciiAh, 


. r. luitnr* A 

in l; re «lu. P«|my. S' iwuu. IWnu, Clmb, tl 

caaiU. Fall Lullai. OlU Krltwa. W cauta. 

IX. 

TMI CO«PIIPONDINCI OF PRINCE TAL- 
LEYRAND awJ Klnr XV||| ilurliie lha 

Cowiima at Vinma. lUllbertn unpiibiktna I Fmn 
I la. lUawnir. |irwrm.l III tla Altklna u( lb a 
Minin rp „t I ..i.li;i. ACalra al Tart-- W Ilk a I’r.f- 
H" I ilmrr.all.nia, ;.r.| N.rlwa ka M O Falkala. UK, 
l'>|nt.Wca.lA Alan, In Illiiw LUiAb. Tb ccuLl 

X. 

UNWILIIF IN THE ItTM CtNTUBY aa (Wn- 
I— :nl —lib IIP Karllvr m.A Intor IIM..-T Intatf lha 
i n„iwk«ii LeMUiea for l«* lly J.w* Ciiim. 
lt.li . Film. jail aai Prtoair of r.|.i.-wni'n Tl.r- 
.4 Vi and A|N.kiya4lca in II.# Culled iVaabylwri.il 
C.ma«w, K.linlmr^a. am. I'lpu. AD nub Hum. 


I Clullli C<An#il Kdj— . 94 si 

XII. 

HARPER » EUROPEAN OU'OC BOOK FOB IWI 
ILnarV llunl D..k f.w Tra.Hleu la Krlr •,« aad 
i In K..I ; knu .. Hmn. U.muyh (irut llrliam ..J 

I . .ml, Fr.iK#, IU»^am, i..nn.ny. lUly. 

KOI'L Mj'b Tnrkey. li.ruw, H-llaarlud. Tyr.n. 
Danniuk, Nm-aj. Sarmton. Mna.la. and Kualu. II, 
W. I'aam-aa Frmi.i. WIili Mana and liana of 
i .am. Ta.aticlli y<ar(l«9l> lal'brnTolaiaw^ 
l*ms Iwaikm, 11. k.' D . « P om, to a* |wr ymlatow. 

II * lu> ! -<il ’ U ImM. ran, IMi'im.. 

V.ifc il . 

'IhiL. r. Qlwam 

Ywajlll. — A» 

- ‘ " «.&4«afc 

XII L 

HUNTINO ADV1NTUB1A ON LAND AND At* 

TW TitoM Slmr .la In JC-rili Am^ln*. A IL-* 
f*.r H. TiM.au - K—t. Anltow <4 “Tliw 

D 1 Tt .rWWra 1u tb» Tar Koat 1 Cv**HUly lllur- 
Dadad. »iu, Ckilk. 9* ML 
XIV. 

TMI KNOLISM COLONKA IN AMIBICA. A 


It II -I 


By lira 


If Ua*b*r. A* <M. 


THOMAS CAMLVLt. Tlia Mnn and Ma »..k.- 
llUuiralnl hr pMmunl llrahuniRaa, Tdilalklli. 
Dial A.«Arra •* lllirwwir out Ma Frlaa^a. By 


THE NEW NOVELS 

HARPBR & BROTHERS, New York. 

TW lllack Npack. Ily F. W. IbiM-awt 10 cwulA. 
Pydawy. IjOinaaii.. M. Caa.a. Iboauia. 

Tba Nrv<*»n Vaaa. »y Vmmaia W. Jmiaana. to tla 
Ayi'.iV AitRaL By AD tent* 


Tl- W—y of Ibrlra Tun By Urn Anllww nf -<*.4*a. 
Ibid, an 1.1)1 d Mount DmdmI * ktunsCImk, 41 «a 

Ml Dy Ua— aua U. H.ran.atn. II m 
Aa Ortnn Frw-l-nra. Ily W. Ck.aa Rwanl. Bn. 
A twtly Urruaim Ily A.i— Ollaavua. SDraW 
Vlrllad na Ilia CbUdtoo. It* TuaauOirr **m,u 
Al Ibo toat.lda, and caba# Btaa-to. By Maat Ikm 


A Child of Nab 


. ByB 


Mr um Od. -.and utWt Wnalaa. By Maar Cuai 
IS mu la. _ 

1b« CMlilala «rf IW Hwt By Watawa llaa. a# and 
Jaau.ll...- Atlanta. _ 

Tba MllWa DmgNlwr- By A— t Ba.UL ADml. 
Wha — r— rani OrnywatiT II) Jnua ll.maaruK II- 
InHnanL 11 ML _ 

llarty Jiwoaiya. By Mra. Ourn.wr M canto. 

tr U ..... A BswtiiDaa was arud amt t Hto ato« 
■aarta k. ml, !»#*" |-n»..'. (w wo# |MII V 'A* 
I’waiai .<lal-, u. raaayd «J lit ptim. 

If ll.araaa Rmiaata a ut la l fttt m raaadyd a t 
I'm Cb— 1> to may. 

it it! em j. nronir.i!' rraullta r<i.a». I. r. 



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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


AUGUST S7, l«l. 



NEW YORK IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW 


Vh-w from the fUv. 


GLENN'S 

Sulphur Soap 

roii curuco 

OBSTINATE SKIN DISEASES, 

AND 

Fir BEAUTIFYING lilt COSPLEIIOH. 

S Uk<« for 60 f. S Cake* far (Or. 

twki.tr m i.piii it niTim 
TtVKLVi: *t i. rm II niTRft 

as amrAniis s a* any mo* nattbsw 

OWN SI'RIXU* 

0LXHH3 SULPHUR SOAP IB RENOWNED 


Fit .Kilt l NT SOZODIINT 

& mm 



rinapl. •. chain. Tcl.r, pile*. 

(Ii.|>|k.I .kin. M*u|Ulta Mtn, 

Krach .hill. laarrl Mlap, 

I'rlcbly knl, Klmvorn, 

Tint warm*, Erjatpela*. 

llch. kl>n, Hum., arallla, 

Xclllr-ra-h, Horn, alrcr*. amt all 

Score licit tut. ealeraal fanmur* 

C hilblain*. ami palaaiao. 

Foil SIMI'UE TOILET ttMC-ONB CAKE (WBc.| 

OF GLENN’S KSSRE 8 

BEKABE OP 1N1TITION9. 

Olacirc " C. N- CRriTENTON. ITnprbdnr.’ on 
rack icKkiC Still It/ all lnis(la l lV|.n, I Ik Fullun 
Wml, Xctc Y«U. 

••niLI.'S HAIR AND M MISkl.K II I VI. “ 


SYPH2K & CO. 

Antique Furniture, Clocks. 
Bronzes, China, &c.,&c. 

T30 A 111 nNOIDWAT. 



TOO Salvator for Irwnilds and ih* As*d. An 
IncomsnraDle Alicnent for tho Crowtn And 
Protector) of Infanta and Ctillorwn. 

A Super, of Nutritive In Continued 
Fnon, and a Bailable Hemadlr ' 

* HI Dtaaa * " * 



saiiamm ahb ojuu ^ 

DEAN'S K II VIM All* VII. l-», 

Hi all llnirrai* al (Mr. a ln.»- Sent hr nail on 
nl pclr.-, l. r f. !». tritlralm. I IA Valina AL, N. *. 

CONGRESS \VATEB ,-aj fgaa 

. — ... and ilmo*. ir, Thrr Impair Iho ditfr.--, 

|aaa anti kill...,*, I lor. It j ladunnymvfiafiMc m 


r A 3 HIONABI.E DANCES Or 1881 

Tlte (lalnfi U wry fa.L-.nthl.-. a ui < tcctnilnpli erafrful. ll (vuthlnm much of (lint Viking 
form awl rtnt nlik'li onr utltmn* In llir- dancing of Swr.li-*, Dant-r. ami Kn**lana. ll la fnciy.tir 
uiOimit being mn.|.ing; ll la «|llli'k ninl llvrti nlllinul I wing ruwdv. A hnndii.mr. Inti, alendr* 
ymmg ruripfe in llto gal»|>, tvcnl the graceful tiilnna of Hie liivck frlrcr; llwre la porcnr u>l 
NaaKr ill ill.' -in lit. 71iv fait Allan In rklma aVl tin' j.lalu of die liall-rvolu “I’.li a frctbno* 
I ■ l be moaning of I he aarliL— ,Ynf Furf' Aaalom I'vpr. 

SMOKE MARSHALL’S 

X PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &c. 

Sold by all DrnjgfisU ; or sorxi :!<* coni* for Minplc bog by nuil. to 

ion L&no, New York, U. S. A. 

Floreston Cologne. 


w* ~ 


PARKER'S GINGER TONIC 


B*il ll.altk and Mn-wikllcalerrrarrr ■ * 

■ l "tin DfipepM, Naur 


SY { EARL 4 WILSON'S 

A MENS’ LINEN CO UAHS AND CUFFS 
:1 'ARE THE BEST 

V-Y' I FOR SALE E V E R V W • 


l.wrta. L.vaj|i. lire- »• I Kidnap, 
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’arker’s Hair Balsam ^ 


KISH 1 XH.M liN ! 

TWINES AND NETTING, 


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BEPTRMBKft 1. 1881. 


# 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 

New York, Satthday, Skjtemheh 3, 1S81. 


HARPER'S YOUHQ PEOPLE. 

An Ii.i.rsrBATKD Weekly— 1C Pages. 


Aii 96 tf Yousc Prolix, timed Auym/ 30, mbwi 

“Ah Auteui Tturrltre," the Urey cfbht. i.lo Vouh au iutemting 
>f 1 rich cm freg-Cah hing,«uJ hem it rwn A/ male to fat, itfmtrateJ ; 
C Rafter l’. of" itm nuj 7if.“ <7 tk anther «/*' 7Wy Tyiet" A- 
lufttalelh K<W*M [ TiiTi Burglar” a rtory by FrASK CtiN- 
V HK%K j CktfUr III. of " I'ernlefe,” eUeutrated Ay E. A. AMKY ; 
'• F.eetj ClnrJ Mat n Siller tJuiaf," a figure drawn by C. S. 
RttM MAUI I "AW Uf in tin flirt,” Jrcnra Mr S<>1. EniNCR, 
Jim. ; “/Mr IVJ Gun ” a form. Him Hotel by II. K WolCorr; 
focmi.fnuln, anJ other aUrmliout. 

THE PRESIDENT. 

Ti^OR ilic* hud two or three week* the public uppre- 
I hrnxion that the President may not recover low 
dee|ienrd, uml at linn-*, indeed, liia death bra aremed 
to bn imminent. Then- baa liwii 110 reason to doubt 
that uniurig Iuh attendants there is the b igbest profes- 
aionut skill, and that whatever knowledge and care 
can do boa lie«n .dona. There has been also the con- 
sciousness of the unwearied devotion of the deeply 
loved and loving wife, who n borne in the heart and 
u{ton the prayers of a nation. By long and mourn- 
ful suspense the shock to the country of tho Presi- 
dent's {Misti tile death lias been somewhat broken, but 
idiould it occur, it can not fail to be a great calamity. 
Party dilferonce him disappeared in universal admira- 
tion of his tranquil heroism, and there is probably a 
more general uffeettou and confidence felt forOener.il 
Garfield than for any President since WasKIHutoN. 

Should 1 ms die— and, as vet write, this must not be 
doomed impossible or perhaps even improbable, for 
however cheerful the anticipation may seem to bn, 
them has been too much disappointment to permit 
groat confidence-- the chief Executive power would 
pass tranquilly to bis snocrasor. With all the pro- 
found und universal sorrow fur the President, there 
would be no undue excitement. Them would be, in- 
deed, a deep feeling of sympathy for the Vice-Presi- 
dent, called by the results of a terrible crime to an 
office to which ho would not have been elected. An 
amiable, well-meaning, patriotic man, he would feel 
that he had no choice but to pursue the probable 
course of his predeemsor. He would know tluit any 
serious disturbance uf that course, any flagrant defi- 
ance of the evident feeling of the country, would give 
him such a place iu our annals ns 110 man would wish 
to bold. But we must not expect miracles. Mr. Ak- 
tiicr'b political omociatirma and views are well 
known. Tlie duties of the Fnmdmcjr, with all tln-ir 
responsibility, would devolve upon him. and while 
undoubtedly the gravity of the situation would im- 
press him deeply, lie would still have his own friend* 
and counsellor*. Events could not make him essen- 
tially a different man. There would lie, however, a 
universal dispivition to treat him generously und 
not to anticipate evil, and he could count u|nui the 
must cordial and general support of every endeavor 
to promote the public welfare. 

There am twocomiideratioim, however, which this se- 
rious moment should commend closely to intclligenlnt- 
tenlion. One is the absolute necessity of greater core 
in the selection of a candidate for the Vice Presidency. 
Every one familiar with the {iroei-cding* of n national 
Convention knows that the whole force of the contest 
is spent upon the nomination of the President, and 
that in the universal latent ude and indifference lliat 
follow, the Vu e Pmudency la given to the defeated 
side, to “conciliate" or “propitiAle" them to the sup- 
port of the ticket. The Vice- Presklent thus repre- 
sents the discontented faction, and if this happens to 
he large, or to control important States, and the Vice- 
President should lie an active politician, the probable 
consequence* an? obvious. The candidate selected by 
a Convention for the Vice Presidency should bn a 
man whom the Convention would wish to soc Presi- 
dent should the 1 “resident die. Experience has proved 
that the selection is only next iu importance to thnt 
of tlie head of the ticket. The second consideration 
is tluit which Mr. (kiDKIM emphasize* in an urtklc in 
tlie Atlantic upon the attempted aieassinution. It is 
that no particular person should legally derive any 
advantage from tlie murder uf the President. Tlie 
Constitution now provides that in care of his death 
or inability, liis official duties sluill devolve 11 (ion tlie 
Vic®- President. This provision should bo limited to 
the case of death or inability from “ natural causes." 
When they arc due to criminal violence, the Executive 
power should be temporarily and conditionally held, 
und a new election ordered. No individual and no 
faction could then {unlit by a crime which should de- 
stroy nr disable the President, and all such incite- 
ment to the crime would disappear. In the present 
case there is no doubt that the Vice-President is meet 
deeply pained by tlie situation. He lias the sorrow- 


ful consciousness that his elevation would be due to 
a dastardly crime, which be condemns as sternly 
and laments ns truly as any of his fellow-citiiens, 
yet a crime which contemplated bis elevation. But 
he would see, with all good citizens, the reason of a 
provision which should deprive such crime of if* chief 
incentive. As we go !o prem the President is living, 
and while the country is undoubtedly prepared fur 
tlie news of his death, it is certainly especially true 
of a man of his healthy vigor of constitution and tem- 
perament thnt while there is life there is hope. 


HOW TO DO IT. 

Tiie question is sometimes asked, and it (s even said 
to have Ism* 11 considered by the cabinet, why mem- 
bers of i.!ongre>«t should not nominate candidates to 
b® examined for adiiiiHaion to the minor public service, 

A little frank discussion will doulrtlcas dispose of 
this question satisfactorily. If members of Congress 
are to nominate for exam mill ion. they will select only 
candidates of their own party. They will also select 
those whom they think will lie most useful to them. 
And ns they will thus have the patronage of selection, 
their aim will inevitably lm to secure that of appoint- 
ment also. Tlicy will therefore oppose competition, 
and endeavor to restore the old pin* or standard ex- 
amination, that is, an examination in which the ap- 
plicant* hare to answer only a few simple questions, 
intentionally easy, which are, of course, no bar to any 
candidate. Now it is obvious tliat so long ra notni- 
mitious are confined to one party, tlie wholly partisan 
character of the service will continue, and it will 
therefore be still tlie “plunder" and spoils of victory. 
Again, us nominations would depend upon the mem- 
ber of Cuugresa, the personal favoritism which is tiic 
root of the exiting evil, from which all the abuse* 
spring, would be absolutely untouched. The advan- 
tage of competition is that it annuls this favoritism 
in appointiiM'nt. Hut if nominatiuu by favor is to 
precede examination, we have at once introduced 
into the scheme the force which is most hostile to 
competition. 

t'udoiibtedly, if there is to be reform or limitation 
of tlie present system, members of Congress would 
wish to have tlie power of nomination a* a compro- 
mise. But they would desire it mainly for the aid it 
would give them in overthrowing the real reform. 
If they are honestly willing to relinquish patronage, 
that is, if they are willing that appointments shouhl 
bo inode upon proved film-** only, they can luivc no 
legitimate interest in designating tlwoe who are to he 
tested. If the renunciation of patronage be real, 
there can be no good reason why the competition 
should not be perfectly open, because tlie larger the 
number of applicants, the greater the choice, and only 
iu a perfectly open competition doc* partisanship dis* 
ap]K<ar We can see no advantage in a Congressional 
nomination of candidate* for competition over an open 
competition of nil |>m|H*r applicants; and it is not to 
lie doubted t hat it would end in breaking down com- 
petition itself. Nor can we see any propriety wluit- 
cver, hut, on the contrary, great danger, iu making 
the legislative n direct brunch of the executive power. 
Indeed, one of tlie crying abuses which is to lie reme- 
died is this very intrusion of the legislature into the 
executive department The principle of reform i* 
selection for appointment by proved qualification, 
not by personal favor nor for political opinion. Bui 
the nomination by me m ber s of Oongrass would retain 
both the personal favor and the political opinion. 
W* have no doubt, tbrrefure, that, upon reflection, 
this will be evident to the cabinet, und lliat they will 
see tliat wliat we may now properly call tiie New 
York system of open competition is the simplest and 
the most effective way of reform. 


WHO'S AFRAID? 

0 100 IJNO girls who jump up in a row-boat. frnm 
sheer ignorance, anil cry “ Who's afraid t” may never- 
theless conm to grief, and pleasure-seekers who rock- 
le»ly crowd huge river uteumcra ami go to sea may 
share tiie same fate. The constant accident* occur- 
ring to tiie steamers plying about tlie city, like tiie 
snapping of the fteam-pipa on tho I’tymauth Sock the 
other day. do not inspire confidence in the value of 
the certi It cates of tho ' ' steamboat inspectors.’’ There 
is probably not a boat in tiie*c waters carrying from 
a hundred to three thousand piuuu-ogem which has 
not a framed certificate attesting that she is u sound 
vessel. But there is none the lees a growing feeling 
that the family which gee* pleasuring in them takes 
a great risk. Tlie Springfield JlrpuMican. iqieakiiig 
of the Plymouth Rock, says, “Tho accident showed, 
as a hideous disaster will some day show, that the life- 
pracrvct* were rotten, the crew cowards, and the cap- 
tain inefficient.” This U ]ierlia|is a severer judgment 
than tlie evidence yet warrants, but there i* no doubt 
that there is a very great risk of life in all the steam 
boot pleasuring around the city. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has directed a thor- 
ough investigation of all tho facta in the Plymouth 
Roc k case. But the chief trouble seems to have been 


that of the giggling girl, mere liredlessnem and 
" who’s afraid I” Tin* steamer was built fur Inland 
navigation, and was sent to sea. Tlie ocean beyond 
Study Hook tries a vcmcl with all it* force and fury, 
mid, heaving aiul straining tilt* inland steamer, snaps 
her steam pi {tc. It is strange that any one who know* 
the ocean and who Hu* seen threw inland heat* built 
high with tiers of decks and of a singularly fragile 
apjsxirunce — however strong they may be- -should 
wish to venture in them to sea. A vreael to be pm* 
perly fit to go to Long Branch should be fit to go to 
Liverpool, and the litness is not to be judged by the 
pleasant week of smooth sea, but by tbe day of wind 
ami wave and ocean strain. 

But til® essential points arc more core in building 
and more confidence in official inspection. The chief 
peril hitherto bos been fire, and the new iron steam- 
er* luivc somewhat obviated thi*. Tlu-n if " splendor" 
of appointments, filigree, and gingerbread work were 
subordinated to safrly, und it were understood that it 
is undisirabte because unsufe to go to sea in a large 
wooden summer hotel, much would be gained. If, 
further, it were known that the certificate meant a 
stanch hull, sound machinery, whole bouts, life-pn- 
survers in {perfect orelcr; if it were known that only 
vessels ara-worthy in every sense were allowed to go 
to sea, and tlml they were conqMlhxl to carry only 
their proper number of {lasscngtrn, there would be 
less general expectation when the summer excursion 
season aliens of appalling catastrophe* in our neigh- 
boring wnters, With the utmost care “accidents 
will happen”; but that is not a reason for slighting 
the utmost care, since without it more and greater ac- 
cidents will happen. It was a deserved tribute to a 
hero which was lately paid to tlie memory of Captain 
Smith, uf the StotraNAafei. But It was evident from 
tiie investigation that a little more reasonable care, 
by preventing the burning of the steamer, would ltuvo 
saved all tbe lives that were lost. 


HOW NOT TO DO IT. 

A common objection to reform of the spoils system 
is tliat what is contemptuously called a "literary" 
examination will not show n man to bn (it for a 
clerkship. Tliat is very true. But an e-xaminutinn 
in the knowledge necessary to tbe duties of a place, 
with a test of general intelligence, and a prubution 
of actual service, will show it. It will show w hether 
a man is fit for tbe place he seeks, and at the same 
time it will prevent appointment by mere {terminal 
and political favoritism, Tliat is the reform proposed. 

Bmw who say with such a conclusive air that lit- 
erary examination* prove nothing about fitne», un- 
consciously turn tlie laugh aguiusl tlicmwlvc*. For 
tlm* a politician* rreouiniendation prove fitness f 
l>o the letters which Influential men are besought to 
write prove lit ness l Do drinking with " tiie boys,'’ 
and currying banuerH, and “ bringing out the vote," 
and “ never raking anything before," prove lltncas 1 
Under the *|mn 1 r system nobody cares to prove fit- 
nm. Thai i* not the principle. Under that system 
the place i* not a trust, but a reward or a cluirity, 

The object of an examination is to give rvvrybndy 
un rqunl chance, to break up faviiritixm, to M-cure 
the motel generally intelligent and the miwt siiecially 
quulitied {KTMuna. and tiien to lisl their pnurticnl ca- 
pacity. This is what makes the abolitiun of the 
spoil* system the people's reform, tbe improvement 
of {lolitics. and the security of economy, efficiency, 
and Bc]f-res]>oct iu tiie minor public service. Let 
those who wish to abolish the spoils system, and who 
laugh at examinations, probations, and promotions 
for merit, allow a better way. To sneer at methods 
of reform proved to be {iracticable and efferlivo, and 
to pro] M*«.* no oilier, i* only to protect tiic ubuao. 


THE STATESMANSHIP OF GLADSTONE. 

The concessions of Mr. Gladstone upon tii® 1a»nd 
Bill were not vital, as such Liberal journal* on The. 
Pall Malt Gazette and 77ic Daily Xnm agree, und a* 
the great Liberal majorities in tiie Huuse of Cotnnifin* 
slioweil, and the bill i* now a law*. John Biumrr 
said, at the Loid Mayor’s liunquet, when the bill pass- 
ed tiie House, that he liad been advocating cliangos 
in the Irish laud system for thirty years; that he liud 
studied the subject, and fell upon it ra strongly us 
upon any |ialitk*al question, und he believed it to be 
ra great and noble a measure ra it wra possible for 
Parliament to pass. Mr. Bniuirr felt mire that, what- 
ever the passing {>nssion of the Irish people might be, 
they would speedily recogniw the endeavor of tbe 
government to do them right and justice. Sir W 1 Lil- 
ian QaBOODIT, the Home Secretary, the “ Historicns” 
of tiie Time* during our war, und tlie husband of a 
daughter of the historian Motley, declared at another 
dinner that Mr. GLADSTONE wan tlie fore m ost man of 
tbe age, and thnt all wlui were associated with him 
had unlmiinded admiration for “his supreme indus- 
try, hi* indefatigable {wlience, his indomitable ener- 
gy, hi* unrivaled genius, hit universal knowledge, 

lit* man-hires eloquence." These are the word* of 
ftilhuuaxtie admiration, but it is certain that tm other 



SEPTEMBER 8, 1831. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


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man than Mr. GLAtWTONE could have achieved the 
tank. 

It romnin* now to eoe the effect of this Lnw upon 
Ireland and Irish ap-ilalinn. Mr. PAIWKIX at least i* 
nut satiaHwL Ik- and the LmkI Lcacuc, or many of 
ila chief leaders, will continue the ocitalion, beciiu.v 
their ultimate object in practical independence. The 
land agitation is hut » means to them, not an end. 
If every amendment that Mr. 1 ’akxkix has offered 
had been adopted, he would Mill have agitated. Tlic 
IKiverty and ignorance of the Irish an so great, and I 
the tradition of wrong so tenacious and profound, j 
that the movement for independence will continue I 
indefinitely. The very fact that it b British, not 
Irish, legislation which lightens the burden is in it- 
self a wrong to the Irish mind. There is always the 
difference of race and of religion to which to appcnl. 
Tlie national melodics and the historic field* arc nil 
ehsptcnt agitators. It nerds hut a man of genius 
like O'GOVXKIX, or a cool pertinacious politician like 
r.\UNK1.l, to tooed the spark that never goes out, and 
kindle a Hants) of popular excitement. 

But whatever the practical operation of the law in 
Ireland, then; is no question that its conduct through 
Parliament by Mr. OunsTORK lias been one of the 
great historical feats of British statesmanship. The 
Spectator rivals Sir William Habcuirt in epithets 
of euthusiasm with which to describe the Prime Min- 
ister. The purpose has been one adapted to appeal 
to his patriotism, his imagination, and his conscience, 
and to inspire all bis extraordinary powers, He hiu 
spumed the low level of selfish interest* iu they am 
generally conceived, and, in KmumjK'h phrase, he ha* 
** hitched his wagon to a star.” Tlint is to say, he has 
seen clearly that the true British "interest” in deal- 
ing with Ireland ia justice, and lluit Statesmanship 
lay in a mcuaurv which, while showing the dmire of 
justice, and securing jusfer relations, should also be 
such us to commend the support of Parliament and 
the approval of English opinion. There ha* really 
been no such moral lift in a minister's policy in Eng- 
land since 8ir*B0MltT I'ctL'S mpeal of the Com 
Laws, and the later act is the mom striking because 
Sir I {ought came slowly, ami as it were reluctantly, 
to his conclusions, while Mr. GuDSTOR's mind and 
conscience have moved together. Hu hold upon the 
admiring regard of lib country was probably never 
mi strong and so sure ax at Ibis moment. During the 
debate in the Lords the Duke of Argyll brilliantly 
taunted the government, iu a striking, original, and 
elaborate metaphor, us being jelly-fish, which arc 
very handsome, and seem to be vigorously swim- 
ming, but which really lock backbone, and drift with 
tlie current. But the Duke admitted that they were 
all carried by the same necessity, It was brilliant, 
but it was unsound. For what is statesmanship but 
Uie ability to compretirnd tuul to put into practicable 
and effective reform the real conviction and drains of 
a nation 7 This is what Mr. QLAMROHM has done. 
It is this which tuakra him a true leader, while the 
Duke is but a reluctant follower. 


A FRENCH LADY OF THE EMPIRE. 

Tl« Letter* of Iladaete /.» r n late lame of tlie 

■' Franklin Sjnsrr Library,” ale » vivid pictum of tbs court 
life of si tlni beginning of tlie century. Tfcu tone In 
v* liii-li Naroi.niix u mentioned b very iliiirisnt from that 
of tlni J/imufrs. lint tlie .Vi«m/i, ns we have them, were 
written after bis fall, sad tbn Letter* timing lii* ■UKviidcticv- 
Nor only that, lint they were adilretatxl to her liuslxtud, 
win* was in |vnoaial ultcndaocv Upon NUUUKM, anil »» 
Uro writer knew tli-ry wunUI jatolonbfexlly lie nfNtMxl and 
n-nd at any lime. Thus in Miotlrar »»> the /Afar* not the 
Memoir* in iliMipatlng tbn glamour tlist ban g:it here*! tuuuiwl 
UdUMStt. 

M. L>a HfiMl'ivir ltstl charge of the imperial amusement*, 
an«l there are some striking glimpses of TaUIa. It b lu- 
te renting also to reud letters from N.»MH.ko.Vs court ii|iou 
receipt nf (Ini im'Wh of Aunt -:r lit*. Uut tin- whole inip-tvn- 
*ion is that *if tin- utter weiuisomciMM ami dreariiMm «if 
court*, and this Is no Ira* striking in three skclrhe* of the 
parrrsa court of Naroi.mx than iu Miss llrnxcv's account 
of the dull and dbnut court of tiEailiuK I1L Tlie mtiiiito 
jw-ttliivw of everything, the small intrigues and jentnaum, 
the vapid tattle or euvioas gnmip, the vulgar display aud 
wrote lwd rivalry, the total w ant of a grucroa*, elevated, in- 
teller toul, or spiritual tone, are as rviilent in Mnilnmi' I >r. 
IMsW-vT and Miss lit nxr.T as in IIkryky’h Vawir of Ike 
t Vwirt of 0 corye II., or the diary of Fkkdkiuck the tj teat's 
faster. 

Thu fund little French lady licrwclf appear* pleasantly in 
those Utttn, IUI affectionate-, devoted wife, and really full 
of sympathy, i>-rhu|» balf-uDcnnscioiis, fur Jobkmiimc and 
IIurtk.vik. Rut what nnrxpcrtral gliiiiinira the quiet Let- 
ten give into that tremendous tinn- ! What unriwisrioaa- 
•»*"** in thorn of tbn forces mally at wark 1 Yet wltat a 
pleasing picture of a French lady of tbe- Empire! 


MR. McRLROY AND THE ALBANY 
-EVENING JOURNAL.” 

TriR anonymoniiiem of editorial writing in many of the 
chief journal* of the country prevents many an admirable 
editorial writer from bring penuisinllv known, lint when 
such a writer rism natm-all) to the Imad of a leading and 
i nil turn lisl jouriuil, it I* iinptMMoh* fur him longer to be-coti- 
raated. Whew Mr. CiiaM-E* K, Smith retired about two 
year* ngo from the editorial rontrol of tlm Albany Keening 
Journal, and i*»uum« 1 that of the Phi lodflphia /Von, a tlsor- 


oetghly trained journalist was lost to New York, Hut the 
chief Republican puaper in tlm Slate outsUlo of tlie city, anil 
a paper puldUhed at tbo capital, has. of course, an editorial 
stall in w hUJi oouauianiler* may be found. 

The veteran of tho Journal, since Mr. WKU>'« retirement. 
Mr. Oxnaur: RaxvhuN, immediately sun ceded Mr. SMITH, 
hut, as bo saiiouuced, teiu|H>rsrily. Mr. liAWdON's conduct 
of the paper baa shown that to lui a veteran Is to l*> only 
more vigurona, incisive, brilliant, and ettrrtive iban over. 
Daring his lumnilimiey the Lecniay Journal bos hern a pow- 
erful n-proscotaUvo of the truest Republicanism, and au 
exceedingly fresli and valuable paper. How much of its 
Mistuimri excellence has been doe to Mr. D.vWSON'K lieuten- 
ants it is iiuiumiihle to sav, lint tlw one of 1 1 mm who m Blind 
w idely known, Mr, WlLLUM 11. McEutor, lias now sorooed- 
ed Mr, DaWOuM as editor of the Altiuny Kiraing Journal. 

During I ho long runt bitter rouUad with the uuwmpu- 
Ion* part) " machine,* which sought to ruin the Journal be- 
ranse of it* courageous indt-pea deuce, Mr. MrKucoV poured 
in hot shot of argument. Cud, and appeal with u readiness 
and force wfairh showed that his prevent elevation is tlie 
remit of a preeewt of natural seloetion. In lit* witty and 
brilliant “Letter front an Old Waf-Hurao,” Mr. M< Kijimv 
revealed an unenmmon ami most oltoetive punot nf inqiuiar 
satire; arid hi* king editorial expeneurc and special train- 
lag, as well as bb rarneat convictions, his facility, tact, and 
ability, are tho assurance that the character of the paper 
which bo editorially coulruia will lie maintained at its high- 
est standard, ^ 

MILS. LIVERMORE IN ENGLAND. 

Mac Li vriiMonr in a letter from London to the Howes's 
Journal speak* of a meeting of the Anti- Vivisection Socie- 
ty, and of the pipers which the next morning reported the 
mcc-tiug, and deiiouiired cerium erndtiiv* of rivbcetinli. 
But she ssjs that iu tlw same paper tbnro was a column 
of outrages ruenmitted h) drunken and brutal men U]iou 
wive* and children, ul wlileh tlio |>a|>cn cxpivMcd nn hor- 
ror, and she asks with rsLin satire whether the societies to 
prevent cruelty to animals might not I* wisely petitioned 
to include women in their beticfiovnt efforts. “ Women 
have long been accnstoiued to ln> ranked with idiots simI 
felons — aeod there ho uti.v bnd tat ion, then, iu r issuing tlieui 
with animals, especially if thw will give protection to those 
noodibg U f* 

•Some “personals” in the same letter are interesting. 
Mrs. LtveiiMolig says: 

“ It b a mbmLOier nowsiars to call Joirv Bunirr ‘ liberal.' lie 
linnond cut with a brief ialervicw at Die house of lib niice, aud I 
found liim irmre hojuliMUy conservative cc almost all i|-x*(iunt 
Ilian soy man I mt in Uata, It-iM of hu f.-maic relstitve in 
in the front rnuk of tlie Wadlug refutnu of Uni day, utterly unhin- 
dered l>j Ids roomer all Vo sUitmlu. 

" | hare also vujoysd s rum wppoctimily nf boating Pr J sMoi 
Mssnst it', thw only siu-rttlrig Imalmr of II *ki:irr 1 hot pio- 
tured him aa agtd and fniMr, and was fmrpriwd Ui ore s won 
who, though owning Iu revcnn-ISiv year* of life, thus* few signs 
of tge. Erect and elndn* ill ftgurv. with abimdast iron gray hair, 
and a full musical voice. In- "poke sn h-w without showisc »«k 
an* or weariness. Tin- ckwcly packed hours was held sprit-hound 
t.y the music of hb voice, the grace of his ttyle, usd the breadth 
of Ills thought. 

“I was touch iaterreiod in Cardinal Mssstxn, s rcmarksldc 
! roan of seventy three, spore almost to emaiiuioo, mild twld as If 
idiorn, Ills. sp|M*rsisee severely monastic. In voice airj nuuuur lie 
M rery pliamiK, and til* address was full of humanity and ti aider 
nm. I.ikir ('soon Ksssss. t jsnJiual If ssnimi is a ■ teetotaler,’ ts 
tSe plirwre is in Lnidim, and Lxh rootiimally preacti total lisli. 
ncsce from all lalotirallng drinks as llio ew’ly salrslion of Eog. 
land from its appsiGng drunktwatrw," 


PERSONAL. 

As uarntceiwtiiig |iereoti nameJ MuMoaOil, of Brownsville, Oliia, 
luring erimwsej s liopo that the Prceidivil would dir. war fuuinpt- 
ly bU|i|k> 1 in the face 1 st Oiptain A. C. Cooc. till tlm llutsi *>s 
went to hr, slid Coo* war fiwcl. A pinny sulisicrlptiiMl to sins- 
I Hirsh- the pecuniary pwim of Coptsin C., by paring the lino 
sed cods i*X‘A has rvullod hi <«uliliug him ui pot firm in l«uik, 
aud snlmeriptioos are still remtug In. A •17ft fi«il watch m al-o 
to tie given to btm. lie hu* alrvauli ilcaHinol s oumiiialsai to tlie 
Stall- Hctisu-, and M-fi*»«vl to to a crunildale for County Treasurer, 
mtiwg be i" uulliiml foe ibtsw ynsatawsi. There is a likelihood, 
bower er, of bb being made |Hwtina«tcr of Newark, Ohio. 

— The simple marble slab which tnnrke the grave of Wisnrst 
TOM Invnui is -lirtingn-luri from the other graves la the plot liy a 
wcdl-wom |i*lhoay at the side, nn-1 tlie nurkod iletaei-miwt wroV 
by diipfAtie twtb brad and foot stanes for mcioniUis, TVu-,- are, 
Uw wreod Manat which have W-n placed o««r lliu grave. The 
6nt were so toiUr broken up Uut the inM-riptiim heranie illegible. 

—Mr. WuJWtts R itu vr, sliu lias sp-nl ho many years in the 
Rut, has iletutKi careful study and n--ror. li as to the numbers of 
the Mohaasmwfsns, and raieukiti.M that they ore nut lr*a than 
I TKCsVi.^MSI During the last hundred yean tbe progress of Is- 
lamina in Africa lias brew imnxtiHe. Ttae DM great resson shy 
the negro ukiw to tkwj Prophet it tlist at oee« be it acn-pted as a 
frhnd and b«4her by the M>ihniimii.-<lan tuiwdunanr. |f, msim n> 
tlie negro : “Come wp and sifl bctblo toe. (fire ww'yiiur doi%hl«l. 
and take mine. All wlio iirtiimuiicv tins furmuh of Islam are 
repial la tliU warlJ and In Uw nest.*' 

— thwn Hrs«t-»VM «i|| I ism l»»n prrdiateil. ami lib personal iw. 
t*U- kSNirn tiaa.be*- fttMl.imo. The income of this, added la bet of. 
firiai Hilary, must have male him rerr comfoetaUc. 'tlm salary 
of the Ik.-an of Weatiiifatstcr is $14,tNW a ywar, UgetlH-r *<ih an 
vh-gant resilience. Add to these tlie wedding aud other frew. ami 
the diaiu-ry is the plouuilcsc of all the aoft |>Uaw in the Cbureli 
uf Eiiyluiui 

—Here Karra, the pn»t iierman gun-snakcr, is so m-ach press'd 
a nil onion tlial he hat engagod 8»KW more workmen, making bb 
total fnmr of week men 

— The y-arem is a grrat reUfclor of autographs 8b* recently 
pwrehaai-l two uf the VSR of the- Dttnaau no tela for »>K>at J Iimi 
each. Tbe best autographic eoJkv-Ut* of thw M irt in die F sited 
Stales is b the pusscasimi of Mr. tUuiiiia If. ClithM. 

— I*Ltai ILcrsn, a ivAwmI man. is one of the amrt soeceswf*l 
farnwrs In Georgia, tin lias ju«l bought, for fULUOri, *100 sires 
nf laml Ijltig on Bros,! Kivcr, in Oclelborpe County. Thu white 
loan who odd H to him aare: '• There b not a totter busiiuws 
tiiun in OgteUmrpq County Ilian ti.ls negro. He can trill yow tu 
a rent how he Htwfl with the world, ami as a farninr l nerer 
raw a bettor, lie i* ernnomlcal, hui family *1! aiirit.nml he rati 
grt roore rmt ef a hand thin any ome I evrv «», IVrsn. too-, 
is nut an nll cetlun farmer, lie bit bren makinx fre«n MU Ur U» 


liales of ration a yenr oo rented lami, tosides growing enough 
supplies to run hit place. In fact, his cotton crop it nrarly all 
tV*r asesary. You )usl uoght to art! the Uersiuda grass hay k* 
lias sand this iuiuu.it ” 

— It i* uil Uut Kt-Prraldi-nt If stia. during his visit tn Eng. 
land, will he the gttuat of Mr J II |M*ktoh, “ the Amarhwa mem- 
r," as he is pluaunlly cwlkil. He <uutd ecarct-ly fall into totter 
mure hospitable! hands. 

— ' Tlw fnl Via inc inti-wting letter wah written by the veo-eml-te 
Emjwror of Utmur to the renowned schoUr and diirawerev, Dr. 

lJi*NHICtf S.ltlrW*'* . 

“ Use iniestigatr.4i at the aite of ancient Troy, to which you 
have devoted t-vinudf for years past, ha-i interestnl me very min-li 
from the ejosoi neirncat. I Iistc carefully fulbiwed the p'ragrest 
and iticidotita of your undtctakleg, msf pn-l It with |Mvuli*r pLa- 
sur* that your real and ettergy h*«o Mecwdcrf in slxiwing siu-h 
happy result* ill tho nmm- you lure tabn Y-»ir hold retearOi* 
cm have in the enure., of a f*w in-«re graally enriched arrhitnl-igwal 
scieocu, and unlocked » regrin of aid; oollnre hitherto unknown 
to in. With growl sympathy, then-fore, I hare read with great 
plttisure ynur work, /fans, lir Cily anti Country of the TY-y-tw, 
which give* a fuicliful description of Tour nxcarationa, and of the 
treason* w liicdi luvo twain brought to light, and thank you sincere. 
It fur ebrovtsag my attention t» tlu-m. ■ tope In tin- autumn, on 
my n-tura tn In find time to niako a peraonal Incja-nUee of 

th*- intenwting sviib ititm of Trojan antiquitkw wliicth v-mi have *o 
n-rotwly pn-TWled b> the Uonow prapla. Wiliulm. 

* DsSTtSK, JrJy #U, IttSI." 

—Mr. ClsKS St n II.L lit ur>. an eminent practical *grinjllari<t «f 
gland, RHuntly toiil the Chamber of Agriculture of Norfolk, tbn 
Woilir-z agriraltural county, that II crcu all lixal MxsU-m were 
aboushol, they coold not I arm successfully. All Uut Lid in- 
creased during else last thirty year*, ahtoss^h the price of grain 
t lower, i bid* nreu aiu redannl, a *r|iatatiun must take 
plaeo totwiv-n laiiilkwd and irnuna This iMal r sss. lie averred, was 
the csiteonur of free trade, which uther countrius bait set siloptid. 
II* lliuught Uml laiglsnd would be utwarlml by .Vineries, or per- 
haps ImchM the barfia* of Urn wuel-Lanit Knglnlitnun tosvsue, 
like the Dutch, mm lmuk>t<rM. 

— M*>.-r Sktti runes, of Cornwall, fVemecticwt, tho role remain- 
ing representative of the riaas of IB* HI at Yale, has just died. Ho 
■ as nearly a hwndred years old. 

—Mr. Jswta M. Yasacta. i-litor of the Ttor Times, says tlut 
when ba wax Minister to Greece, in IS Pi, Mr. Bu.vcnorr, then 
Minuter nt Berlin, cumc to Athetui, sad lugisber they went tu the 
.Veropi.lls by mouiillpht. “sltabdlng la Uim Parlbriban, cm tbe 
ajMit where- the statu* of Minerva iu Intry and gold otmi hod ila 
Vs3lam, but where only tlw- pLufnnn now rvmtdua, Mr. Baarnnrr, 
with iminrm-i brad *»! ey*« slightly uprai*r<l, reywalrel »>th 
"|HintanreH!n iiurpiratimi a magnificent pusoj^e frees Ih wtr. Tlie 
scene was remarkably impressive, the moonlight ffoxlirig tlnwo 
ancient ruins and gilding the figure of that snowy.lieardcd pilgrim 
t oar Oecsdectnl slturea, aujrist with uflicial honors p-ast na-1 
prewent of a great repHiblic, but tu* ce aogust a* a dtlxcii of high 
rank In the LinimnihaLW republic uf litbra " 

— Mr. Wtu.lau L. tbxm. uf Kri*, IVmisylvania, «CM> of tlut rail- 
way liiaguabn uf the I'liiud Sintra, Wan in IMt- a page ill (am- 
grraa U s tora t (TltaKlAM M. Rash, tin® the lirgmrt MU-atiiln«l pus- 
prii’li .w iu tin- I ' liltid Surest, balk him home, a ml --lupAastid him in 
wi-iglilug <0*1. Hu la Iliiw nyanl.nl an one of lliu must aaga- 
eioun rjilreud lino lo tho country, and w tolimaWtl lo ho worth 


*n,u>«v"'’ 

— The Archbishop of Canterbury it ap«l in talking to stud rat*. 
Retvntly at an esnnutialinn hu iunl it wia acanetisDiw well to offer 
eawmimv* wlial they d-m't ask wbra T-m are unable to give what 
they do: and lie tneXltkmed a cviee in imiuL A voting man at 
Oxford hid a puper twt him by Mr. Knox txwibiimng six <pic*- 
trins, to which Ih- replirei. " I ran not answer any of thrae ques- 
ts*!*, but hero are six that I ran answer,” and bo answered Ires 
own qoestiuoa to well that Ise passed. All examiners, however, 
arc nos Ilk* Mr. Kiotx. 

— hockey pwopfe rciaemlier how the (furou's royal ume* were 
r wired when Uild uf the iv.gige incut uf tbe Ha ru w * * * llcuorr- 
tlurrril to young Mr. ltannxrT. At tlw- I*riuee of Wslew's nrortsf 
garth® party tor MajtsXy gan- a liirly etHibiiiuu of tier dislike uf 
Uh.i Ibmmisa’a artius. DimiUIcM «mr lady readt-ra wilt tw glad b» 
rewl the whid* twy, which i* this* bd-l by the l/o-rio o..rrra|Miiiil- 
enlof lliu TViiwar “ VVlial hippcnnl w.ia tMt: The Quran *re»d, 
as newal, with a varant spare iu front of her— « spare into whsrlt 
no morxal pr a w n roea to set foot without signal frown her Maje-iv 
Lady IkmtTfhRII was aren a-ivanetag thruupth the crowd— fur 
crowd there wu— tu the inure Lent uf tto outer einrlr, with inlivit 
to place herself tHmentli tin- ryes of the Quiwu, and to nerorr that 
ruMognitlim which would entitle her tu approach the sovereign, and 
give, as she bupwil, tome visible bditn to thw worlj that site was 
ouce mure In tor Majiwtr's granl graora. Many sav the Uaronoo's 
nim.awtiL Tlui Qutvn saw it. aid w hat hor Majraty .ibl on see- 
ing it wa* to turn tor royal took on Ito ihninro lit iuisTr-tV-mw, 
anil walk aimirtly off tn aaallu-r psirt of tto pmnmlM Tlie *<V w is 
dime ton p-ddicly ami lo b.w> mnriirol a way to ksri any duaht 
of its meaning In-lrod. it to always hwtw Niiil tbe Quvsst 
wnnld nrver fiwjrive what abe ttosaght thn scnmUl of ihm mar. 
riagr. She h-J-la rarirt views on snch wabjeeSN of which she ban 
many a time given proof, and of which she has u-ew given uuo 
more, at the Baroness lb laocrr .t.iirrrs'it npm.»r. Still, with ref. 
einev to the same garden pnrty, I cull tlie ful towing fruui a soci- 
ety piiintnl, 'Her M.iiratr tlie Quora hooored Madame Niutsov 
wltli Uh- giaelou* diallucsiuu uf retaining bee (pailc ten minute* in 
n eiiiiriTxalliHt, as I am Informed, of tliv must dattermg and CSHO- 
dosivmBng kind ' " 

— Uuiikst BanwxiNO MOBlerv tliroogh tlm crnvd at tto Royal 
Arashvoy tviterlaiiinieuU with a kind »->n| ami warm grasp of ihn 
bud fur all his friends, ami. above all, “a sloUn glance of affee- 
lion at his boo's pictures as lie quietly passes them by." 

—Ill Prwfussor Coi.i i.i'm Life of reo-utly putilisKed by 

[ftarxK k Bootiiesh in their ntsvcs of “ Kngtnh Men of Letter*,” 
tlie following interesting sketch of die pact's daily ha hits i* giviw. : 

Laxnon's liable* were to break hist at nlue, and write principally 
before noun. Hot Bbuale of writing ww pro-ubar ; he wnuld sit als- 
mvIwI In appariwlly varant thnuglit, tot inwardly giving the fin- 
hdiing UocluM tu the leivo* or Urn perimla wliieh Iw BSXl lost bf«-n 
■Mitering while hn walk.vl or lay awake at night ; "heu he was 
ready hr » owld Btkse suihlwnly on -ia-c of tlm many »tvnp* of pia[a-r 
and one of the many stomp* of swan quill* dint utuaUr jay nl 
hand, -u»J wcsiV.l srrile down what was in his head hastily, in his 
rough sloping character*. !|Hiiwlinc or oxnpretued. toxwiimg to 
die space, aud dry tlm written paper in tto ailie*. At two ho 
dstiut, either nlntw or Iu the -ronipvar uf some single favored friend, 
ufliri on rkua-l-t wbiib hu li*d himsolf Iwiught and drratoi, ax>J 
with tlm ai-<iHupuniiiii nt, alum tlm tiwal was shared by a acixmJ 
pwrwon, of a few glwM*-r of mwoe famous viatogv from tbu family 
cellar In Ito afk-mocwi to walked "--eeval mil--, in all wraiher*, 
torir-g a speeial prefrR-DOe fur a village near Bath (WMrnenlw j, 
m the Imuitifol church -yard nf which to had BOW d rl t t wi asf d--‘t 
to- ih->il-l be buried. Frown alout seven in the cvroing, after the 
aim ideal possible tea. to g-.-ncruBy road till late at night. Ilis 
wall* wore covered with bad i» turi-e, which to- bought etoap, as 
fueimily from tto diuhr* of Hunnci!, mi now from Uimc nf Rath, 
ami which hi* imaglnaiimi -tvijwoJ witli every »qju and every car. 
cuuieUnoe of autlientlesly." 



KEHTEMBER 8, lttSl, 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


5M 


myself to intercept the danger. And now I 
shall bo glad of your advtt*." 

" 1 beJievo that you Imvo acted aright no 
far— windy, I mean, as well ad justly. Bat 
what to do next, 1 must have time to think." 
Ilera the Colonel t-egnu to move his long 
gray eyebrow*, an hr always did t« aid grove 
mental procew*. “ In the first place, it run 
not ho tho denim of the law tluit such n 
fellow ahuald go on defying it forernr. 
Sarcastic na yon an-, yoa enn hardly maiu- 
Uiu that such would bo the deni re of the 
law." 

“One would oc-nrerly think so, unless one 
judged tin' law by il« actimx*. Anti that 
would not be fair, bocaium it dors not Judge 

"Very well ; lot u* take that fur granted. 
Assuming, then, oa we may safely do, that 
the law would like to catch that man, huw 
are wo to carry out its wiabra I I am told 
that it would take at IhimI n company «f 
ooldioro, not such follow* no they have now, 
hot molly disciplined ami mi*mn! imrli, to 
surround his hntinl*, and work him out- 
lie shifts hia quarters, according to tloi wea- 
ther, and the time of year, and the condition 
of hia health, which intuit, upon the whole, 
lie strong, or surely ho would bo laid ap 
With ague. How ho <aca]Hi* it, I cun not 
luiih-rstand." 

“ He must he doubled up with rheuma- 
tism if it were not for the frequent t-hnnge 
of air, and the constant nsc of this spccitie." 
Here Mr. Abort allowed Colonel Wcstuomhe 
the cover of a pill-bux, which he had found 
near the pi we of hi* imnlliet with the felon ; 
and his fnernl knew iiuiiicdlatrly wind it 
was, and shook his head sadly that llm 
rogue* aboalil be «o clover. 

“He may live in the ling* for weeks to- 
gether if he has plenty of thorn-," said the 
Cohimil- *1 wish I eonld got my yoang 
grouse to take them, (or I fear they llud tls> 
elluiatc diuup. lint now about lilt* villain — 
if, indeed, he is a villain; for I hear that lie 
intertill* a high regurd for roe, though he 
has not extended it to yon. my friend - it 
appear* t<> too that we uiuat not ls> rush, Init 
lint get a now warrant from boiid-quarte-ra, 
which would provo that we are in enriicst, 
and than put our heads together bow 
execute it. I don't know this matter right 
out at prrwnt. As Jack used to say, when 
he was st Oxford, ‘ I haven't got it up/ 
though lie never Iwviko down, boraaso he is 
blnovd with snoh ability. Hut from » hat I 
hear, Iso was first to bo arrested upon tlie 
warrant of tbe coroner; and when that canwi 
to nothing, tome Jealousy arose, and I don't 
know exactly boar it woo. However, there 
seems to Is- a warrant now nourishing, otily 
I am told that tbo name i* wrong. How- 
ever, I shall we a man on Tuesday fortnight 
who wilt be able to toll iu more about it. 
And then wo shall be able to take Mime 

" llat how many step* will be have takcu f 
My ilcor frieud, you usod out to be like this. 
|)id you wait till Tuesday fortnight when 
the enemy ws«* In front of yosi I" 

“Not we. Hut tliat was unite a different 
thing. We understood what we were ah 
Hut dow I must tell you candidly tbnt I 
don’t know.” Then the Colonel laughed j 
ami the parwni did the same. 

"It is all vory flu* to laugh," resumed thu 
latter; " but the thing is no joke, after all. 
It seiiiua to ho a lucky thing that bn got 
away, or you might Luvn committed mo fur 
na amuult. 1 shall lake good core not to 
risk my life again, if llii* n the proper course 
of Justice, Hot who is our great authority 
who will set tilings straight In threw weeks' 
tiineT" 

“ My old friend General Punk has prom- 
ised to be with ns for l ho shooting then. 
Of coarse you will joiu n*. and bring Nous 
Now you nerd not saiile, fur tbe General baa 
promised to go to the Authorities, and put 
thing* straight- It is useless to beat about 
the bush tikn this. I feel tlie reproach of it 
ss much aa you du. And tlio very tlrst in- 
staul, wbeu I we my way — " 

“The truth of It is," said Mr. Short, "that 
thu brigands helped you well in Hpain ; and 
you lovo and admire the wbulo tribe of 
them." 


CHAPTER XXXI. 

T8I SILVKIt KIT. 

While those thing* thus were going on, 
or, to put it more correctly, sticking fust, the 
people concerned about them iu Ix-ndon 
were* gelling into active way*. Mrs. Gil»- 
lcu and bur daughter Mary now went out 
along tbe streets, ami serous them too, al- 
most as calmly aa If it had Iweo Nortliemhoy , 
Finding no harm came of Ibis, tlioy begun 
to despise both read and pavement, till llm 
widow of Barnstaple's mayor at last t<mk to 
hitching up her dress, and holding ap ber 
hand, and putting a stop to thu public con- 
vey antes aa often us fancy iuijietlrd' her to 
aoe what that shop over tlm way *«*. In a 
word, they treated our vaat metropolis oa if 
their »«u family hod built it- 


"Only yon miml onn thing, Mary," Mrs. 
Giblets lined tossy before alio tint her bon- 
net strings: "if any man asketh you Urn 
way to this part or to thicuy, you look at 
him as if yon know, bat refused to hold 
discinireui with him. It is the cinnniimrst 
trick they have for finding ont win-re you 
cute from; and tlu-n they get yon dowu nn 
alley, aisl yonr fm-nda may put yon iu tlie 
paper." To which Mary id* ays mado reply : 
"Not they, mother. Have no fear f-ir me; 
't would take a sleep One to bout tile now, 
You a«k Aunt Snack* * hat I ssdil t« the ten- 
lishman. If slur you saw a Inal look OS- 
ton blind !* 

" lie won't bo tlm only one, my ilcor. Wo 
ahull astonish more than him before we get 
back to Exeter.” 

For imw Mrs. Giblets Imd strict orders 
ftwin her brother toloavu no stone unturned 
in tracing tlio lot* nlimis of tlie rml-fured 
man. Tlicre but liosu Nome cuiiunel Is*- 
tais'ii Mr. Arthur ami hi* gaud friend thu 
timber merchant, vs hen-ill Mr. Tucker, hav- 
ing keen appreciation of tbe great liuninn 
Huai come, £ *. d., urged upon bis hoot tlio 
expediency of going to look alter that some 
in Iiomluo. However, it Is t»«t an easy 
thing to break tin- habitude of years and 
the sense of peace, nnd beyoml that. tb« Cup- 
tisln luul gwsl reason for not quitting homo 
Just now. lit* foremost duty amt entire 
love bound him to bis daughter there ; and 
to leave lu-r iu that lonely hoaw*. or to put 
her elsewhere, or to Inks her with him, would 
nil l»- cither had ne doubtful. Moreover, be 
bud his own prom! dislike of making any 
overt II to to his father after all that hud 
paMMsl In*! ween t ticm, and he felt that tlm 
hand which had driven him away should lm 
held out to him before be rushed to take it. 
Therefore be refused to go to London. 

Hut an ugetit In often more impulsim than 
bis principal, and ao was Mr. Tucker now. 
To him It appeared a burning stmum tliat 
rogues should be left to work their will 
through ningiiBDinious negh-et. Oil t lie Cap- 
tain's iM'half, and with hi* leave, he resolved 
nt least to watrh tho tore, amt keep him in- 
formed of urgency. And to lie Ip him he 
would scarce have fonrnt a better ally tbiui 
the enterprising Knock*. 

Tli is iiiiiii'h eoDilnct wn not wholly un- 
tainted by self interest. Hu had the privi- 
lege of know ing Mown. l'owdi'rli»rn A Bull- 
rush, tbo **>l»cltof» for the railway com- 
pany whose hot baste Imd been so Impodrel 
by the crotchety ohl Earl. With the arro- 
gance of oil rnilw ay lawyers, they bad takcu 
it quite as a personal affront that their 
power* of compiiUoiy purebnse sboaht niuut 
witli even a moderate demur. To over (mar 
all such small tHiDsenso was their Manner 
with small turn. Hut a great land owner 
like the Eart was not to Iw •verbonw so 
gayly, and there were sraim informalities 
shout thoir plan* and notices wliielt might 
throw them over fur another Lad venmulli 
If keenly sil ted by big-fcc'd counsel. Thcrc- 
forn they hated the Enrl un if he luul niahrd 
into their office — which tlm gout, ulna! pre- 
vented— awl submit (e<l t<> them for ouun- 
scl's opinion, a vigoroim kick at every act- 
ing partner. Being aware of this [«rhiij-* 
unworthy hut certainly nntiirnl •snliOMmt, 
Mr. Knacks u« his way to gettiug a grate- 
ful allotment, below market figures, if he 
could only succeed in putting a hig spoke 
into Ike bad Earl's wheel: oo that lie 
shared tho tender interest of his Ib-voosliire 
Visitors Iu tho gloomy and rather Insndy 
maiislou standing within those ivied walls. 

If any man wants to get iuto a bouse 
where be lias no right to he. let him set fern 
iniiro wits nt work, awl defy them to aceom- 
plish it. It does Wit f-dlow that In* will 
get ill himself, but tho ladtor U|i« will <Ui *o, 
awl tell him all slm mss, which is certain to 
he far Is-yond hia sight. Anil good Mra 
Knocks, being stirred up lira*, revolved tbnt 
tbe mistress of three husbands should never 
Iw beaten by a stupid lot of maids, wlio un- 
dentoud nothing but tbe way to bang tlw 

If there worn tune. It might worth 
while to tell bow thla lady did get In, after 
carefully watching all the bays of wall, to 
be certain wbeu the run might beat ho utmlc. 
Hut although it was n outdo exploit, who 
but she can toll the tale T And there is not 
twin to lot bur do it, because the largeness 
of hor inimt embrace* a family of titty nap 
rot I vc* during Urn production of * single 
one. Enough it la to say tliat annul very 
honest fellow who supplied the promises 
with something largo - whether it were 
milk, or oil, or ale— was penmuded to consid- 
er half a crown no long that he mil dow n 
kin cans against tiro spring door In tlm wall, 
awl Mra Knack*. quite overcome with tho 
heat of tho day, slipped in and fainted. Be- 
ing Mill unmarried, this man becauio alarm- 
ed, fur Mrs. Snacks was of considerable sixe, 
und lie harried to tho boasr, and called out 
maids, in prirsunoru of wlioui cium* tin* 
lwuisok<*'|H-r, a truly prereritiuiiH and oscet- 
lent woman, married tutu tbo name of 
TubUr. At first Mrs. Tubbs woo iucUnwi 


t.i Ua haughty, mid to fetch the gardener 
and a groom, and wwl the iuvudur to tbo 
nunrost chetnut'rt shop Hut as noon us 
she saw a magnificent golii chain |MW'plug 
throagh the poor Indy’s uiaiitlr,ai>d nix fine 
ring* iipui the poor limp finger*, tlie noblrat 
fii-linga of her be nr l were towelled, nnd she 
w hlsperod tiro un4 VSflk : " Cholera, syn- 
copo, eoll.t|Mi>, I fear. 8ir Jolru say# that it 
■* not inlWtiurm. Ihm't Ire frightened, you 
stupid girls. Bring tho pur dear to niy 
ilown stairo naiBi. Luckily, Mr. liaaton Is 
from home. We are not quite savages, I 
should hope. Sluffl If you won't help to 
carry her, 1 w ill.” 

Mrs. Tubbs knew a good deal of medicine, 
and kept certain sritiiloU-soflirrown, which 
she hing'd to try Bret upon MiinelsMy else ; 
and so cfllcocloim wore t In-Mi that Mr*. 
Hnaek*. aabiuitting tike a martyr to the 
palatable part*, rnnipriaing very ohl cherry 
brandy, w»* nhln to sit up in three-quarters 
of an hnrir, nnd confessed to a genial glow 
thrmiglMint her system. 

“ llow rusl it das* hwih that we should lie 
Mitch |smc things P* sho « hiHp-rnl, through 
bur tears, to l»er kind prvworver; •• but with- 
out that, how ahould wo ever know tire 
sunn heart* from tho cold ones! I sup- 
pose that wo all adhere to life, even when 
beat prepared to go. And in my ease it 
w nub! have beun so nod, l-uciu***- of my Imn- 
hand, w lio ailaros me, awl toy child, wli*> lto« 
aneli lofty exp-clation*. Oh, Mrs. Y'uhhs, 
sliall I live Iwig enough to thank yonf* 

“1 trust that yon will, nin’um, if yon take 
another glnm. Yonr color in cs-rue back 
most rhurming. I wo* very ro-ar sending 
for .Sir John Tiekull, bis lonlshlp's ow o doc- 
tor; but y««t haikist up nt nm>, oat of yonr 
symptoms, *o confiding; and you see bu 
could not have done much more." 

“ Nor a quarter so much, dear Mrs. Tuhha. 
I shall always declare tliat yen saved my 
life. It cwiiio all arrow two in such a sud- 
den way; and you umleistood It in a mo- 
ment." 

“ That I did, ma'am, from keeping my eye* 
open. tV list i'W can I do in such a liuiisn 
as this f Hut there! I mustn't troublu you 
w i th our affairs.” 

“ It wens to Ini a sort of Institution. It 
Ntrurk ims in that light hethtv tny wiicure, 
and I Just hati the sense to think It safer 
than thu street. Hut little could 1 dream 
of such skill w i thin." 

“Tin a queer sort of institution, ma'am. 
However, it is wit my place to talk; and 
talk 1 ne ver do, not to my own sister, though 
her huklsind is a tanner in IlrrinoiidNoy 

“Mr*. Tuhlw, yen are quite right. I Vo- 
pie are m »|v« t» pry, and go*sip is so hate- 
ful. Iii all my life 1 never could ul-ide it, 
and shut myself out of many doors through 
tliat. You may know what 1 am, wbeu ( 
tell you that although we have a nice 
house, with bow - windows looking right 
over tho Kc-gi'ncy I’ark, it never hath cornu 
into my mind to nek wlumn lusUlutiou this 
wo* here. I luck out of my windows, null 
my neighbors may look in ; but a* for a du- 
siro to look iuto tlieini, tho mure idea of a 
thought about it hath never Imn kuuwu to 
conn- iuto my miml." 

“ Excuse ms, ma'am,” Mrs. Tllbhs replied, 
with a new light of liatcrcwt klmlliug Iu li*-r 
eyna; “hut if 1 may niako so ls>ld,did you 
come from the went of England f" 

“ From tlio west, awl the boat of the 
west,” said Mrs, KiiackH, who could tell what 
Mrs. Tu him was; " my father Uvisl at Credi- 
ted all hia lifu, and my brotlver was thu 
Mayor of lUnistaple." 

“ I am not Duvooriiire, no to speak, or not 
altogether that, arid tluit only," Mrs. Tulilw 
answered, with bur finger - tip* meeting, 
while sho thoilghl the subject out; "hut 
my father «M *»f very excellent parentage 
iu Sa w me t, awl my tlear mother, who I 
lost without the knowledge, came away di- 
rect in early days from a substantial bum* 
in Appledore. And if we can only find the 
pnjH're, awl my gwsl husluwl cu*n» up 
again — which lie generally doo* at about 
Uiresi jraro, Isrcaimu lie Is a wiv-forlng man 
—thu l mat niitliurUlcw say tlsat no ouo will 
bo Bills to keep na out of it. IVrhapi you 
linvo lu'oril of the matter, ma'am West 
lhaldlebury farm, war Appludon- f” 

"Of course I hurt-, over and over ngoiu. 
Hut lay husband is tho uno who ntidoretainU 
thoMO things, amt w« havo Tory lufiaontial 
fmimU liuar tbore. Kunvo of them ure at 
our lioiiao now, come to are Loudon, and 
vpctsd their money. If you oould mnuagu 
to come nnd see as, awl have a bit of early 
dinner with us, us Ibny do in Devonshire, 
my liushttiid, who is an etlrnorvlinary miui, 
might thank you fur aavlug my life, or at 
toast prolonging it— although I foci a little 
queer again and you might gain some in- 
formation of the greatest value to you.” 

"Looking at yon sitting there, ma'am,” 
said Mrs. Tubbs, wlio bud thought it pru- 
dent to toko some disinfectant fluid, “with 
yonr fiiMi w sst-isiun t ry color, such us I suuUm 
bonis away, tbiuking of what you might 
have been in an hour, os oar fitb-uueger 


w»o, bluer than bis «w n mackerel fish, it do 
wroni to iu« to have Imr-u a providence tliat 
the sidewalk dixir was open. Wo have a 
great gentleman here who la the muster's 
muster, us tbo saying goes, awl keeps tlio 
bnuo-hohl most suits t. Noi-o of the lower 
urww can get out, and ho would liko to keep 
mo IiokmI up risi. Hut I went h> my luctl, 
when I know that hu wo* iu one of hi* kick- 
ing tempers, sod 1 said : * My lord, is it your 
orders that I sm to be locked in here, aft- 
er nil tho years that I liaTo served you I* 
And ho roared out: ‘Tilbba shall go where 
sho likes. Tublm hits my orders to go, when 
sho please*, to’— uot at all a nice place, 
ma'am, which I will not offend you by 
ing of, though pstrimired by tho nobility. 
And ever since that I have made a point of 
toking my walk in tho I'.trfc of a Sunday, 
and looking about fur sailors’ halo; Cur my 
InisbaiKl must cumii hnttun ouusi duy, ami 
perha|M with a pocket full of money. For 
llm IsmvI, Ho doeth alt things well." 

“ Indeed llu docs," Mrs. Knacks refilled. 
“ My husband knows all ubuat the shipping, 
and be has some connection with the Ducks. 
Thun, Mrs. Tubbs, wo shall ex|iect you at 
two o’clock next Huiwlay. Wo generally 
havo a turlsit first, with Aylesbury ducks, 
and laarruw-iat* to follow. Hut perhapa 
that would nut ho to your taste. In thewo 
large establishment* you live so well.” 

"Not at all, ma'am, not at all- Wo am 
kept very clown here, 1 can tell yon. Ww 
lead a very sedmitwry life, and havo uot even 
seen a duckling yet.” 

"Then, my dear Mra. Tuhha, we sliall ex- 
pect yon. Hero is iny curd, und our gate is 
never locked. Or shall W* send the carriage 
for you f No, you prefer to bo imlependi ni. 
Ami I will follow your example- I will just 
slip out and get a cull, before that fin voi- 
dable man mines buck, lie might coasitlor 
uie an iutnnler, ami that would be unplea- 
sant to you, I can see." 

" My d. nr holy," exclaimed Mm. Tubli*. 
“ I am not mio to lm ton led over hy a mail 
no I letter than myself. It baa been going 
on too long. I nevov speak of private mat- 
ter*. Hut you will not bliuuo me, when I 
come to m-e you, if I should muku bold to 
consult you a little ouireriiing my own pis- 
silion, which is a trial Is-yuod my mind ut 
Uusss.” 


A LIGUTED BUOY. 

f> x page 0X> will be fuaml an lllastratn-n 
of tlw- ligliluil buoy, wbidi baa been buin- 
tiig in Uio liMtf of tbu Iight-ahip anno 
tlio ‘**111 of last July, thio evening hint 
week a parly of goutlc-mcn, iiM-Indiug rejv- 
reoeulalivrwof tbe United States navy, went 
down Hus Imy for the purfHwe or inspecting 
tlio Invention, which consists of a buoy to 
tlie top of w Inch ia sovunsl an iiliiuiiiaating 
apparatus, w Uich coats a bright, steoily, am! 
iulenou light, visible in calm weather a d in- 
to im>- of sU <>r seven miles. 

Tlie buoy i» of wrought iron, nnd hollow, 
and U filled with gas from a tender. Tho 
pnewanre of gus iu the tender Is-lng ton al- 
miMpiieres, it will Huw of itaelf Into tho 
liuoy until tlmro is • pn-muni iu tho latter 
of, wiy, Bvo HinuMplM'rea, and by n meckan- 
tcal IUMIM this ran b» iiivraasssl l« six or 
seven. Toko n buoy with a receptacle of 
‘JhU cubic feet of spate, and tilt It With gun 
cuuipreoaeil six tiuMU, soil yoa have Ilirti r.u- 
bic tout of gno premiug to cocapo by the 
burner. By tho urn of n patent ngulstui 
tlwi pressure is kept nt a sliinilurd |snnt all 
tlm time, nnd so the light remain* uniform 
till tbo supply is about consumed. Tho 
burner tsmaimu* 10,“ cubio feet of gi* fier 
twenty -four hours, nod tbo bony will there- 
fore ford tlm light for one hundred days 

TImi light is secured to tlw- tiqiof lbs Inloy, 
and statu!* about ten feet ulsivu tho snrfue» 
of tbo sea. Aa the light is produced hy thu 
combustiou of a pure gas made from pe- 
troleum, no trimming is necessary; ami tlio 
pressure l*dug sufficient to koup a steady 
stream oflbu go* from thu Isvtly »f thu buoy 
to the burner, there Is on neod to intorfniu 
with it until tine supply of tbn gaa ia about 
run out. It is therefore burning day and 
night. Tlio light is inclooctl iu snch a man- 
ner that tho oxygvu required to austain 
Cimiliuatioil is readily isliuitU-d, whihi water 
is excluded. The illuminating apparaiiuv 
mny therefore bo entirely submerged fur * 
few second*, should there he a heavy oca 
runniug, w ithoiit extinguishing the light. 
Dnujs of this descrijitiun, mode by tho 
ITutsch Light Company, are already in u*u 
in Europe. One of them wna anclnmsl in 
Itf7rt fur exiierimnnt, ill ail exposed pcMlthm 
at the mouth of the Tlisme*. It performed 
ita required serv ice for tba regulutnl pcriml 
nf twenty -eight days, allowing a bright 
light, day and night, with such effort that 
it won visible from the il-ck of a vnuvl at a 
distauoe of four mi lea. Tin* iinlheriitH* im- 
tnrsliau-ly ordered a number of thewo huoyv 
to he coustructod for use iu exposed poai- 

liana, 





HARPERS WEEKLY. 



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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


SEPTEMBER H, ISHt. 


(Bey** In IlurMV Wmm.v tt* IW.| 

LOR CASH ONLY. 

Ur JAMBS PATH, 

Ai *U"ii nr “ Psini Kiivp," “!'«■«• On llnor,” 
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“Wu*» lln <>n» lln, - im 


. CHATTER II. 

A FAMILY TARTY. 
llr.EtiKiiT XmniN'n (opacity, or intuition, 
had nut deceived linn. Nut only «u Mr. 
Lyater cumins in bin wheeled *hair us imual, 
lint I'rrcy Fibbert was pushing. Beside 
tlwui sauntered n lad «f seventeen or no, 
smoking an exeritout rigor. Ah Furry in 
almost cowcoatod by ilio chair and Un< fowl 
of tho invalid, will duaerilm the Min in 
lint. Mr. I.) .ter is ao covered up with 
nh un In and wraps that milhiug in dist-erni- 
lito of liim but bin thio face, but that la very 
remarkable. It is Uhj face of a man pretna- 
turtily old, ami Hired with thought rather 
than will) year*. A few iimuth* ago, in- 
deed, hi* bmr, which la still plentiful, null 
worn much longer than bin dung liter's 
(which gives him a pnlriarciml look}, wan 
brown na her own i it in now white nn allow. 
The features would strike a physiognomist 
nut so much by their *hxrpncMi a* their hag- 
gard expmuioa. Ilia hands, which hr push- 
es nervously in and out fruai tba aha win, are 
na white aa Ilia face, and even nm ema- 
ciated. Ilia eyea are Wight and n-atlcm. 
Ilia smile for he is smiling new, on hr meets 
liia daughter's eye— la transient, and more 
ehiqiieiil of [mill than anutbor'* sigli. lint 
there am the relic* of a handauiue man about 
him. 

In recognizing them it is difficult to prr- 
anudn imo'a aolf that the lsvy Gerald by hia 
aide ia hi« own non. A lull, "listnbly, thread- 
|ia|wr yoatli, with hay -colored hair, and of 
a oulnrtiwa complexion. Ills ©yea am lilne, 
line it Is difficult to catch their tint, tor they 
am shifty, and avemr to meet those of ntliere. 
He luui that studiously indifferent expres- 
sion which bi“tbo nnaJu" in nriatocratic cir- 
clew, but which in Ida particular raao la very 
unbecoming. It make* him appear not no 
much like a member uf the “Upper ten" aa 
of u gentleman in trouble before a nmgis- 
t rule, whom he ia endeavoring to cunviucn 
in vniu of the |irr|ioatrroituieM of aome lie- 
ciualiou brought against him. Hot though 
ill-looking, Im In by no luonm. uncomely In 
a mem physical scum.-. When bn Minim, 
ullieit that is not of leu, hia fnco him a cer- 
tain feminine attraction, which, however, 
lacks the grutU-nere that belongs to a 

Hia mother wna tbo beauty of Stoknville, 
a mill hand. 

That infatuation of Mr. L) iter's was in 
the view uf hi* brother muuu fact liters (or 
rutlicr their wives) iui inexpiable uffeuve; 
“ but must furtonatoly," as every one ex- 
1 1 r. k -, i 1 It, UlO second Mrs- Lyste* (nivGhlg- 
well) (tod iu giving birth to her tijst child. 
Tbo chant uiniur which tier husband hud 
been placed for nearly a twelvemonth in 
cunsequcnee uf this iudisutvtiou was there- 
ujMin withdrawn, ami bn wan MMt more re- 
ceived into ttm Iwsotn of Stoke vlIJo society, 
ltut the affair hail toft its consequences, of 
w hich the chief, of course, non (icrald. 

Percy Fibbert, his senior by seven years, 
is a very different sjiociuwu of tinuismty ; be 
Li not quits no tall as the overgrown strip- 
liug, but IsIm (wight U above llic average, 
while every limb is hi exact prn|iartlou. 
His feature* are so regular, his complexion 
•*> delicate, his liair ho Idaek nod plentiful, 
t hat hia style of beauty ( for be is very hand- 
some) would perhaps remind you of those 
pnragoua wen in balr-d leaser*' windows, liul 
fur his large dark eyes, which am fall of ex- 
prewuon. Just now them is mure color than 
usual tn liia face, for the occupation iu which 
be has been engaged has lirunghl the blood 
into it; but (bough tfau chair is heavy, it has 
net nffectod hia lungs, which am in first-rate 
condition. As the little prwrsaimi ruine up 
In w licm Clara stood, “ I can not oiler you 
in) band," he said, with u light langh, " for 
the best of reaaoua — because it is already 
engaged." 

On the in radii's forehead, unseen by the 
speaker, gathered at this pleasantry * heavy 
frown; white date, who perceived it very 
welt, tiecamo HUftiiMxl with blushes. 

Gerald, who uotieed both these “effocts,” 
indulged in an odious cochiuation. 

" My door Gerald." said Percy, reproving 
ly, “the awao, says tbo poet, is horn to be 
the (inly graceful slispo of nonrn, and in like 
manner, ttieugli rwv rrrsu, you must allow 
inn to observe tliat the only objectionable 
form of merriment is the snigger.” 

“That ia quite true," dawned the inva- 
lid, pettishly. “Why ibm't you laugh out- 
right, in a w Uolcwusm: way, like your e»uaiu 
Ifortle!" 

•• Wall, really, Mr. Lystcr," remonstrated 
Farcy, “ don't you think that's going alittlu 
too far in the ether dime! ion f To my mind, 
Newton laughs Just a* uuu who is obliged to 


speak in the mill, on account of the inarhin- 
cry ; tie laugtis like that hint In Australia — 
w bat's iu iiama I — that nun can hear all over 
the biuh." 

Clare drew hcncif up, displeamMl. for abe 
mnlendisid the allnsion: fortanatoly per- 
haps for the speaker, Mr. Lystcr knew no 
nm than his son. t lie igiiorawas, Alioiit the 
‘Mangbiiig jack ns*,” hut ho ubMirvcd, with 

" For my part. I like to bear Bertie laugh ; 
it dura DM good." 

" Then I w jab he was ala ay* here to laugh 
to yon, pn pit," said Clare, with earnest ten- 
ds mem. 

" Ah, but he will not he Item," answered 
the invalid, (xiiwplainingly. “He u going 
away at the year’s end. Not that that will 
matter to sir," he sddrd, iu muttered solilo- 
quy. Then loader, " I cwu not uuderstand 
why lie k-swn the mill." 

“Wall, Newton, you sec, air, ia a man of 
srirnce, like his namesake, " oWrv.xl Foray, 
in a touo so suit and re«|ioctfut tliat had it 
not been for the contemptuous cxpreasloit 
of his eyea, atill concealed from the other, 
it might well have been token for earnest; 
“ we at Un» milt an- loo grovelling for him." 

“Them ia something Hi that,” Maented 
(tie invalid, naivety. W liereat Gerald Miig- 
gerwl agalu.not.it must be coufnucd (lor 
Perry’s discomfiture was obvious), without 
some provocation. 

“ No man of his age has ever been *o me- 
rit! to Us,” ©dll tinned the invalid, relterlive- 
ly. “That Invention of bis for slampiug 
the pterra ought to have been patented, 
Hr luwt a great future befure him if bn biul 
only stuck to na. Your uncle, I am sura, 
Percy, would have Iiccii only too glad to 
take him into partnership next year." 

"I hardly think next year, sir," returned 
the young man, significantly. 

“ Yon Birau because in all probability it 
will be exceptionally proli table f" 

“It will lie I be very beat of all yean, I 
have Hum doubt, air." 

“You think mil Well, of onoron you are 
in a position to judge. Tliat la al~> quite 
my view." 

The tone of the speaker was peculiar ; it 
was cheerful, as the subject sertued to de- 
mand, jet more excited tliau cheerful. Hia 
pale clirwka were tlnaliasl, Imt his eyes were 
low eager than anxious. Suddenly be ii]i- 
penred to U-come aware of this, ;iarha|m 
fniHi the aolieitude he saw expressed iu bis 
daughter's face, ami lirenklug off from the 
topic, returned to that of his nephew. 

“If llerlicrt had only siop|»-il with u». 
fortune would have liern moored to him." 

“ I don't think he cares for fortune, air," 
said Percy, hia face this lime compelled to I* 
aa serious us hia words, “so much aa for 
famo.” 

“ A bubble !" rjncolated the invalid. 

“Tliat is my humble opiniim too. air; imt 
Newton is always iu the clouds. There 
was tliat balloon of hia, for iostaner. Tlie 
ateering apparatus wusaniust brilliant iiloa, 
no doubt; but tlirrv ia, uuliappily, the law 
of gravity." 

Ill tgiiucanoc nr despite of the law Iu 
qunstion, here Gerald sniggered again. “ Ity 
jingo, to see him route down," he said, “a 
thousand feet to the aooolul or oof" 

“Ho waa not up a thiKwaud feet, nor a 
hundred," obaerviHl thn inv ulul. cnrtly. 

“Gerald only meaiM the rate, sir," explain- 
ed IVirey, apolrvgptieully. “He really did 
cornu down rather quick. Did ho not, 
Clare T" 

" Don't speak of it, Percy; It makes ore 
duk to think of it," autunrcil tho young 
lady, with a shudder. 

“ He hnd the courage of his opinions, at 
all events," ohaerved Mr. Lyater. 

“ Ho hnd I rami.” cmnuieuted Percy, “ Imt 
lie wna not thought belter of — by aeronauts 
— on tbiit account. The general opinion i*. 

I am afraid, that his was a very fool-hardy 
«X]M-riincnt." 

*• It is not Dcceahary to use such strong 
cxprewaiofia, I'crey," observed Mr. Lyater; 

“ let as he content tn any it wna injudicious." 

“I was not referring to New Um, but to 
Icuum," ex plained the offemler. “I aliouhl 
(vrtaiuly nut dream of upptyiug no oBenalve 
an epithet as 1 fool-hardy' to your nephew 
and Clare's cousin." 

“ And a very vrortliy young follow,” ob- 
served the invalid, with a glance at his 
daughter, whore eyes, however, it ainmat 
seemed by ilreign, bail * ■■light the ground. 

“ No daabt,” arwontod Percy. “ It is the 
more to tai regretted that lie should have 
risked his life in re liotanlous a manner. 
If he has a fault, it is riskinews, while his 
couddeoew iu hia own talents — generally, 
no doubt, amply justified— inakrs him in- 
different Ui lire opinions of other*. In that 
partirular instance of which we are speak- 
ing, for example, he was within an nee of 
whnt everybody told him ha would do- 
breaking hia neck." 

“ I have owned that it was injudicioxix," 
aaid tire invalid, tartly. 

“And ilun't you think it ia inJudUxou* uf 


you, ilear papa," ohaerved Clare, gently , “ to 
lie imt-ol'-ibHif» to-day t Tire wiud n quite 
uutnmnnL" 

“No, my dear ; I am better— hotter," re- 
turned the invalid. “ For the Last few days 
I have gone out every day. remember." 

“ Ye*, pupa, but was it wise I Dr. Dickson 
says— " 

“ I know my own feeling* better than Dr. 
Dickson," he mterruptoil, petulantly, “ and 
must he allowed to judge for myself. At 
Ibe name time, Percy" — lrere he turned for 
Ibe liret time to hia young friend and junior 
partner — “ it may lie some tinre — indeed, it is 
(lonbrful whether I shall ever Ire at Uie of- 
fice again. Amt I should like to seo llie 
hooks." 

“The books, sir !" exclaimed the other, lb 
astonishment. “ Do you mean the accounts 
of the firm I Then they must he sent on a 
trolley,” 

" No, no,* returned the invalid, taking mi 
notice of this sally. “ I only meant tire re- 
turns for the Inst few months; since things 
have begun to mend.” 

“ Very good, air, you shall have them. 
Newton is for science, Clare is for litera- 
ture. ‘ Are red-lined accounts,’ alre nabs, 
con tempt itoiwly, ‘ richer than tint songs of 
tirneiau years P tint you ami I, wo nro "am- 
ple matter -of- fact people. I nature to think 
that you will Qnd the books of Fibbert A 
Lystcr— at all events their later ones — very 
plruHont reading.” 

Mr. Perry Fllihott had certainly a great 
chnria of manner : ho had an airy way of 
patting tbiugi, oven when they were not 
itilriimiunlly agreeable, that made them pal- 
atable. That lie could make hnnrelf very 
pfoaMint was agreed upon all handa— ex- 
cept Ills mill hands: perhaps the coarseness 
of Hieir nut lire* Inrapacitated thrill from 
uppreeiatiag liis lively aalliea, In* delicafo 
tuliro; or, ]>crlmp«, as aouou uncliaritalile 
[Hsiple averred, ho did not lay liiiiiacif out to 
plt-nao ceiiunou people. For though very 
Ixipulnr in tbo Htokrvillu drawiug-nMiMW, 
nod, (iu the wholn, even liked in tbo pool- 
room of the local club by Hie young liw u of 
Ilia own rank, lire mill hands didn't like 
him. They asid “Percy” (tn Htokevdie 
wi*rk-|ienpl"< don’t aay Mr.)-- Percy ia a 
time -server." 

[is m onmtsrin.) 

ENGLISH GOSSIP. 

[Fan* lira thro Omareroaniar ] 

WiHTUia FnsX llonts.— Mnffylur WMnwx— Krnnn- 

Sir In Water new tlah.-TlK Hluk‘s 

ToijiNolic.-rr«iU<jK«rljrllhbia.-.X Fmoh Jsry 

TlIK quiet miggvwtom that the reuuiius of 
William Penn idinubl Ira taken frem Ih-uiLo 
I lls wifo — nay, lit* two wives — and children, 
ami transported to America, “ by desire of 
certain admironi iu that uuuntrj." stems to 
us Koglisli nmariiig, nod for it* onolneoa 
quite refreshing tliia hot weather. One lia* 
Ireatd of inurtler as being olio of tire tine 
art*, but IM'Vi-r before ha* lusty -nnatcbiug 
i iso u to so siiblinre a pitch. Hie hum's of 
Mr. Tlioma* Paine were iudi-cd luought from 
Anierirn to England, and this may lure sug- 
gested a grid pro gso in tire prawn t caac. 
Hut. Mr- MM roily wm* 4 * like Mr. I’euu, 
and was, in fact, a very different person. 
There must Is: aoanc sort of roripriwily iu 
vnlue in Uicso exriiangea. If you will un- 
dertake to send us Mr. Luigfi'lUiw (when 
you have quite droie with him I, ro Mr. Oliver 
Wendell H» I III"*, or if it can Is- ret.ibu-hed 
|o Ilu- witUfa*-tli«n at tile Arehea Court that 
Mr. I’cnu Iiail two other wives, nr evoit one, 
nerava the water, there awaiting hint iu 
some quiet church-yard, we will rermislder 
the <| motion, Aa (lie matter stauda, we 
must keep our hone Twin. 

We should never Imi uiicbari table as to the 
motives which actuate our fnllow-eroaturea. 
The poopUi of Kutoh— yna may not know 
who they are, sir, in which care you have 
my sympathy - are atsml, I read, to petition 
the British Parliament fo make it unlawful 
to marry widows; but they have boon dis 
auaibxl from this enursn by soino sUtistieisn 
wli» has informed them that seventy of our 
peers and a bishop have thrmaelvcs commit- 
ted this indiscretion. But why should wo 
conclude that they will oppose the schema 
of reform oil that aeeouiil I It is not surely 
everybody who, having mot with a misfor- 
tune, wishes other* to share IU 
Thore Londoner* who get their water 
supply from the “Grand Junction” have 
boon suffering this week from drought, ex- 
cept the inliaUitanta of Shepherd's Basil, 
who have Irani half drowned by whst has 
mured tli* failure, namely, tit* bunding of 
a main pipe. A (MS lie man of my aoqoalut- 
ancu informed a neighbor that tits cistern 
was still fall, though bo had been “obliged 
to bo very careful.” In his absenoe from 
town for a fow days, tli* neighbor, taking 
luDsnlago of this admission, sent over to 
hia house, amt, as a friend of tbeir Blaster's, 
prrsundod the aervanta to supply him with 
the wiihod-for element, lie got it, hut was 


not an very triumphant afterward, when h» 
direoveivil that llie other's “ corefulncas” 
had eouklHtiMl in bis having poured tiai-k tho 
contents of hia cold bath into tho cistern 
every morning. 

The wcLl-known house of entortaiunxeiit 
ill Coveot Garden called Evans's, has boon 
turned into a private club. It was hut* 
that Colonel Newrome was so scaiuinlired 
by tbo W'lig sang before bis l»iy, UK a good 
many other (omplo Imd prolialdy hum Ira- 
fore him. Tbo notion in tho navel caused a 
moral revolution iu tbo mnnngnineut, re- 
ferred to by tho great satirist in, I think, 
the Noasdabvot Jtiyera ; and then, ugslu, 
I am afraid there was a little backsliding. 
Let ns hnpa tho elub will lean to virtue’s 
aide, though its nsism tlor* not exactly 
smack of virtue. It is called I'lio FsUtalT, 
Every one talks of tho dilftcully of ob- 
taining ailuatious nowadays, yet there ora 
sunsetimea great ojiportunities. A Bum ar- 
rived Ami Norway lira other day at Kilrvn.li 
in a hulf-deckod Isxst only thirty feet long, 
and lma since sailed fur your country. 
Though he advertised for tli* sen Ice* of an 
assistant fro the longer voyage, there was 
not n single applicstiroi. The merest hoy 
would him- found himself "second in com- 
mand," y*t the g»M«it opportunity wav suf- 
fered to pass away. 

It was said of Mr. Faker (in Pradiwsis) by 
himself that he was not clever, but that par- 
tial friends were wont to call him “downy." 
Tbo hsusi remark applies to the present ftliah 
of Persia, wild, though not remarkable for in- 
telligence, has disem ered a (wcoidary wl van- 
tage in what to most person* is u serinaa 
drawback, namely, a “raging tooth.” Ilia 
Mnjrsly has suffered from this calamity for 
wmira weeks, which lias rausrd a consider- 
able mortality among tbo faithful, as lie 
fuiiL-ied (emmeously > that «t did him gmst to 
hate them buwsiriiiged. Ills printls would 
not let him have it imt. Iiccutisa they said t Im 
omens were uiipropitious ; and he doesn't 
darn hire Hiring prirets. At iwit they con- 
sented to the operation. No having lathed 
amt prayed, and sitting iu a golden chair— 
which, irt n* hop*, wu* one h* eoilld lire lark 
ia— ami aummuiLfd by all his olBecrs of 
state, the tooth was drawn. Then visits or 
congratulation ware graciously permitted. 
Ovt saeh occasions ptraeala are given by 
every lusty, ami in the <*uirwe of the after- 
noon no lews tliau MW ducats tn nuHioy of- 
ferings alone were paid iuto the im[ierlal 
excbi-quer. It ia the tint time I ever buald 
of a bud tooth benrfltiug ruiy one bnt tbn 
dentist. What a vista it opens to sover- 
eign* with aching wkn! In tho days of 
King John, the Jews «sr«l to give inoiiry for 
•at having tbeir teeth drawn, Imt th* Ninth 
has given quite a new turn to the subject. 
As th* system derclojis. there w ill no doubt 
be an increased tariff for double toutb, and 
a s|>nri:il rate for n track grimier, 

Lilly rbiug may Ih< w liolesome, hut in 
Loudon it is a little dangerous. A smalt 
boy who makes it hia Uisim-ws to “ call" 
workmen who have to Ira at tbeir posts at 
all aluiormul hour is perpetually fa-fog tak- 
en up for iH-ing uliroinl at sonrise. Iln ex 
t woc youth would swat to acquit him of 
any serious evil iutont ; Imt tlm fact is it is 
the perquisite of tbn polk* forvu to cull 
workmen, nud they look upon this jioor lad's 
m.'UU|>al>on on an infringement of their priv- 
ilege. The early bird may catch the worm, 
but tli* early Imy Is caught biuwclf— and 

Tiie Tom police, it scccuv, though seldom 
bndled, have given up all utteiapU at learn- 
ing languages. German, imtoed, is still to 
be an exix'iitiou, but puhlicutioim iu no oth- 
er foreign tongue are hence forth to Ira sub. 
Jnct to tli* nUisorshipL Ah the French peo- 
ple tlw-msclvos know nothing hut French, 
the Dew regulation seems rca*unalrie, for 
wliat nolxxly understauds can out do much 
harm to auylHsIy. 

Tim tribunal of the Beine has just luwl a 
turious raw* to ailjiullcat* a pun, arising, it 
is almost unnecessary tossy, Irma ronuiihisl 
jealousy. A picture framer had two Imihb- 
tiful female portraits ou hand, which when 
finished liis boy delivered at the wrong 
Iioiihmi. On* client wiis n Indy artist ; the 
other a gcntliunsn who had nti Italian wiK 
Th* latter unpacked the «sw», sx]wetiiig to 
see her own fair features a presentment of 
which on canvas had been prnmived her by 
her hashaud. On beholding the counte- 
nance of another, she took it for granted it 
was that of a rival, and very naturally 
throw it into lira lire. Itow was she to know 
that It was only a work of imagination left 
with her by in ikm! venture T The lady artist, 
who thought the other's real features a very 
poor substitute for ber own ideal one*, brings 
su action for damages ; and after a triangu- 
lar duel, the court awards thelvi ognisrl <kr 
pirtsrc framer ! 1 fancy an English or Altver- 
ican Jury would have taken a different view. 

Th* difference of public feeling in our 
aristocratic- and tower -dims schools is very 
remarkable. At tho latter, it is said that 
v«ry little bullying occurs, and no fagging. 


SEPTEMBER 8. UWI. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


<W8 


0«r |>iH youth liavo plenty of high spirit. 
liMt tlredr toprit <U rvrju ia stronger than their 
am*mr profit, slid they a ul him t In thing*, 
sinte It la the custom to do mi, whiub lin y 
would otherwise certainly revolt against 
At Eton, for rumple, tlie puuishim-nt uf 
the birch ia cnaitmio enough. nud ia iudirttil 
in politic without tbo least regard to decen- 
cy. Whereas, at a hoard school, if an un- 
roly boy K" 1 * "** stroke* of a rune, there i« 
hullabaloo enough to a aki‘ jmhit I>r. Himliy 
of "• swishing" memory. There la the pub- 
lic remonstrance in half the iw-wkpaprra, 
and there in the private retribution almott 
always InllirU'd uj«in the wliiwl muttr by 
the mother of I bn boy with her oaila. A 
tail am ranml in a Imanl aehool for " tin- 
anting* and diardivdleniyi. Thn proornllng* 
arm conducted in wbut would teen to any 
Etonian a singularly drlicute innuncr. 41 1 
gave him,' 1 aaya tlie tnualer, “nix atrokea 
with a i »nn on tile lower |«rt of lua buck 
ontaidO hia clothes, l»-fira»i driuiMaing tlie 
boys." I *|Hin llna them i* a toiimdu of 
public (iliuipprubuttun, and even the itangis- 
irate ia of opinion 44 time the tunater should 
hnvo inflicted tiro puniaUmrnt after tiro 
hoys had been disuiiMcd, auil not in their 
presence." In many a man who a* n hoy, 
nl the clime of his aRcniooli slndics nt 
Ktoli, hint hern tohl to “Hliiy" (the prelude 
of an interview with the bead master u* tlie 
prewHiee of a select circle of Ilia fricmla ami 
mqiiaiutancra}, thia will arc live a auule. 
What enhance* the joke ia that Urn magis- 
trate- •• very indignant to 6ml, on look mg 
into tlie rode. Dial Ac ha* not Ibn power to 
ottkr a boy Ui Imi con' ll at alb 

K. Kmm.K, of LraniUm. 


NEWSBOYS’ EXCURSION. 

I’iuhxv, the IMIi of Angiuit. w aa a red- 
letter day in tlie culcudnr of the newsboys 
and boot-blackaof New York, many of whom 
ply the double Vocation of selling trowsp-a- 
|mr» and •* ablning op" the boot* of |«ilra- 
Iriall coatoiner*. Til* occasion uim tlie 
fourth of the yearly rxcurvlonn provok'd lor 
tliem by the philnntliropie Mr. Jiiux II. 
8iaklN. The newsboy's life ia not a happy 
lot in general, ulthoogh ho taken it easy, 
and, like Mark Tapley , U always duqHwd to 
ho jolly aiHbr ibn moat iteprcseiiig cl ream- 
atancoa. Bright, eager, full of mim-hluf and 
good-hiiuior, always ready for a frolic or a 
row, quick in repartee, ho ia an exact oppo- 
site of the country lad, and in ninety nine 
cam* out uf a hundred tho New York yiah 
wnutd ratlH<r light fora precarious living 
amuiigst thiiexriteuiouloofcily life ihanac- 
copt what bn would consider tlie humdrum 
existence of tlie funuer'a hoy. 

Bat he has a keen appreciation of tbo de- 
lights of a big free excursion which takes 
him into the country for a day, and brings 
Inin hack krtiiaacrunlosniil haunt* at night. 
Early on tbu morning of tin* ilay llx«d fi*r 
Mr. Krxiux's pi rule, the hoys begun to gath- 
er on Pier 11), North Hirer, where tbo lurgn 
Jukn .Vet /*»•, towed by the steamer ULuLbtrtl, 
woato lake them on boon!. It woo not long 
before tbo crowd swelled to more than a 
I bousnud hoys, all nagnr and sxoited. Thee* 
was something pathetic in lluiir very jolli- 
ty. Trent cellars and attiea, from impro- 
viand balgings among aali-bum-U or in va- 
cant lots, they hod swarmed to tlie pier, 
many of them break fast less, yet all "curing ' 
aa eager aod oirited look. Most of them 
bail niudn an extra toilet iu biHior of the oc- 1 
casino, to tlio extent of washing facia and 
hand*. Hut there was hardly a sound gar- 
ment in the crowd, and many of the poor 
little urchins were clad in tatters that seem- 
ed ready to drop apart at tin 1 least provo- 
cation. It was painful toatudy their fare*. 
Bright and sharp, and in many full of youth- 
ful color, moat of their countenances wore 
an exprcMiiou of care and hard experience, 
of cunning and premature shrewdness, tell- 
ing a tale of a hooivleaa and friendlcua life. 

A chain was drawn across Ibn entrance to 
tho pier, anil several policemen wore sta- 
tioned there to keep hack tho surging crowd 
of tatterdemalions until the liour cawu for 
their admittance to the barge. It required 
all their efforts to restrain the impatieuce of 
the youngsters. Many irreverent remarks 
were addressed to the blue-coated guardian* 
of tho chain. “Oh, say, cully, givu n roller 
a show," calls ont a brlght-eyod lad from a 
safe place In the crowd, beyoud the reach of 
tho oftUer'a rattan ; 44 there ain't no ns* 
bustin' round with that club o' youxn. Give 
us a boost, fellers." The crowd behind him 
surges forward at bis call, and the chain 
barely suffices to hold its own. Then tlie 
officers sally forth, nud ply tholr rattans In 
a lively manner ; but as only the front ranks 
sillier from tho Infliction, tbo loiterers In tho 
rear immediately clean up. and the mischief 
and fan commence anew. 

Passing market wagon* now aod then ef- 
fect a diveraiuti. Spore ia cleared for them 
by the police, and as tbuy are driven by, a 
thousand voices open lu full cry npou them 


44 Sling ns a sandw U-h, boas I" ■ Jest drop a 
few o' tbi-iu turkey bowos!" 14 Koop » wing 
for mo, mid Into o' stuffin' ” Without deigri- 
ing any reply to those voelforoiis requests, 
tho drivers uf tho uiaikol wagons paa« on, 
and tho Ihivs nsbim their bantering atten- 
tion* to the policemen. 

At length the steamer and barge appear 
at the end of th« dock, and the )u ung store 
are admitted through a narrow |Kwsagewny 
la-twoeu caws of mere liamlise, along which 
tbny are emujmllril to go iu single dtp. Aa 
he paMM-* tint provisluii wagon* each lad re- 
«n« a p»i-or bag containing half a ]ue, 
rake, and two sandw iclws. Noam of the 
young rascals, detrnniuod to have a square 
meal for once, oiler getting aboard «f tbu 
InrxP, hiilo their p.-ickagos in mysterious 
parts uf tliclr clothing, jump on tiro pier, 
*imI join the hungry procession nguin. It 
is dithcult to distinguish one little raga- 
muffin from lino! Iror, ami many of thorn ac- 
quire a don hlu supply of rations by this 
nave. Thera is snob s roar of voice*, hu Ii 
a ■■urging ami struggling lunmgst tiro crowd, 
that tbo utmost vigil* we* ia required, and 
in many umv without success, to detect 
these shrewd pluralist*. 

At length, after a delay that la nil the 
patience of the Unys to the utmost, tbo lines 
wore cast oil, ami tbo Usrgo, with it* loud 
of rusting, rollii'Uliig hoys, was lowed Into 
tbs stream. Music uas furnished by a oilli- 
tary blind, and the director display'd grout 
Judgnicnt in the wkt tion uf time*. Mary 
Ann, I'll tell jour Ma," “ Empty i* the Cm- 
dlo," “Holden Mlppura,” and many uf tho 
at rout ditties with which every liewsliny 
and boot-black lu Now York is familiar, 
wet* rnoMvcsl with hilarious applause. At 
ttuww tho boya Joined iu with a chorus of a 
thousand voices, which added to the volume 
of tho music, if it didn’t increaao lira har- 
mony. We are worry to say that tho trip 
mm rod altogether a (s-are jiihiUtfi. Then' 
were many rows and quarrels, which tiro of- 
li<rj» were unable to prvvuut, but ua bnucs 
were broken, and tlie roily serious wounil* 
inflicUil were in the hoys’ clothing, in which 
a few rents more or I cm made but little dif- 
fereure ns to appearuort’. 

One of tlie most amusing and lit tbo sssio 
limo e»as|»n»atltig inchlctits of the trip was 
tho nud on Seoul tnllk earea which were 
•towed away in an incliMiire. No aoonor 
wero these discovered than the boy* went 
for them with * twali, overpowered the 
guardians, and captured tiro cans in no time. 
Several of tiro cans were overturned, and the 
dork was s»m lloudnl and alipjrary with 
milk, lit which tiro boys duuecd aud rolled 
with ecstasy. 

On reaching Bnynlmi Bearh the boys 
were turned l«swo,to dik|s>rt tlimisclvi-w as 
lliey cliswO. Must of them Imiunliately 
vtarlcil for tiro water, which was suroi alive 
with lieiula. The boys enjoy ret it hugely, 
diving, swimming, tlouudcriug alvuil, duck- 
ing each other, and Kreainiug with delight. 
The next thing iu oreter wav a stroll into 
the country, which the manager* viuwotl 
with grave misgivings, hut were iiiinldu to 
pruwmt. An apple orchard was temptingly 
in sight, anil upon this the boys descended 
like a llight of locust* mi a livid of green 
wheat. Iu ten minutes ovory tree was 
cliodsil ami stripped, ami tho troys returvud 
to tlio batgo I a<lcn with spoils, pursued lu 
vain by tbo infuriated owner, who loudly 
luit ineffectually demanded twenty-nvo dol- 
lars damages. The young rascals replied 
with exasperating jm-rs and volleys of his 
own apples. On ls>ard tiro barge tlroy eti- 
ji'jnl iiiiiBie fights all tho way home, ami 
apples dew about the deck aa thick us hail- 
stone*. One boy went ahonnl with his shirt 
IIIImI out on all silica to hit waistbaud with 
his share of the fruit, A iniuthievnu# tout- 
rode gsvo the shirt » pull, aud aeol hi* plun- 
der rolling over tiro deck. 

With all their niucblrf ami rod» hilarity 
tlm hoys were not malicnraaly inclined, and 
If they handlml each other roughly, it waa 
only their wny of iimuring tbeiimclvrs. One 
incident dreerve* to he mentioned. Most 
of the troy* devoured their pie, cake, and 
saudwiclie* almost no reran as they went on 
Irourd; hut one little fellow was olieervod 
getting off at night with his paper bsg un- 
der his arm. “ llcllo, JOMXXT," erved one of 
bis comrades, “ why didn't yer cat jrcr sand- 
wiebesr 1 “ I'm takiu’ 'em homo to Jim. 
He w as sick, and cuuhlnT go, and I'm takia' 
him a share of the fun." Uiilow JuUXXV 
hod secured two bags of provisions, be must 
hare gone hungry all ilay fur the sake of 
giving his sick friend or brother a share uf 
the fnu ; hut, in any case, it was a kind and 
thoughtful act. 

Tiro trip Lome was the counterpart of the 
Irip to tbu beach. Tiro boys enjoyed thorn- 
wive* Ijiuuenwly, thanks to tiro liberality 
of Mr. Staiux; and it was eurtaiuly a kind 
ilced to gire them nun good day ia tlroic 
dreary live*. But it would be wwll, in fu- 
ture excursions uf this kind, tn take mea- 
sure* to prevent offousos like the spoliation 
of the forme t's orchard. 


CAN NOT NEW YORK PROTECT 
BBft LITTLE ONES! 

Nr.w Yubk has a plain dnty to perform 
ffw the prelection of tlie children of this 
great city, and especially the children of the 
poor, living iu crowded tenement houses, 
in garrets and cellars where tiro sir is al- 
wajs contaminated, their privation* are 
greatly aggravated by tmiaaiicws tike those 
at II lintel's I’mut and at place* within the 
city, which should bo abated without delay. 
The mortality among the little one* in the 
tenements >» frightful to contemplate. It 
is of course largely due to want of Intelli- 
gent care, i»f a pnqrar amount of wholesome 
fust, and to in-gleet »f sanitary precautions 
kit atckiie**. In tho euso of reuitageon* fe- 
ver in oiro family in a crowdnl tinusn— I 
Loose, tlicre is no way to prevent the disease 
from spreading among the other den irons 
of the building. All Ibn apnrttneuts prac- 
tically coinmuoicstr. Mon, women, nud 
children pass tho Infected room, ami carry 
with them thn *cvit* of diacuso aud death. 
In this manner a whole tenement building 
may become n pcwt-biwiro. 

When to these evils, which under the t*u- 
emeul-houso system npiraar to Ira alurovt nn- 
nvotilalile, are addrd Ul—U that iwiso from 
tho noxious fume* ami re lots which proceed 
from works carrn-d mi liy various cor|iora- 
tinus in direct dctiance of law. ix becoitic* a 
matter of wonder, not that so many chil- 
dren diu, hut that si malty live. When we 
consider Mm disgust and iun« a xpericnotsl 
by IIhimi who iron cX|wmiI fora few iwonroula 
to thu IronihUi fume* from Hunter'* IVsut 
in pnssiug by rail-car nr stoamcr, what must 
bo the suffering* of tbo weak ami sickly 
wbotra poor apartments are invaded day and 
llight by three terrible odor*' Hard as it 
must b<< for tlsira who are well and stnmg 
to hreatbo tin' ulr tbu* cotilaiulualnl. It is 
sic-knra* anil dentil to tho little ones, whose 
wan, gaunt feature* and emacialod form* 
move our sympathy, nml demand our pro* 
tooting care. New York will lio under a 
heavy accountability fliould tiro autlreritii-* 
fail to put in force tiro proper mcawirw* for 
the immediate abatement of this " ulrotniiia- 
tion of lUamUtiiMi." 


GENERAL LESLIE COOMBS. 

GXNKILVI. Coomiw, who died imi the ttlst 
alt, in Loxiiigrim, Kentucky, was iu inany 
respects a reunirkable man. Souro incidents 
of his career were narrated by himself to a 
ucwa]ia}rar rv|sirU-r alsiul four year* ago, 
and we give llrotu ia Uhl own qustot L*i.- 

guago ; 

“ * 1 was born near IksmiwlMirougli, in thw State. 
Suvreatsv t9. I?W. My father unite to Ken- 
tucky, which »•» then x jiart of Virgimn, in 1779 . 
aiul otituicssl a grant ui uoe tliuiiMUil acre* of 
land from Ua- Stale. After pLiaung cc«*^h of It 
ill corn to Iiiaiiiuln his Lith-, ho relurixd to Vir- 
ginia, ami pirtieqwted lit the Kioulatkmary war, 
ao.1 cuiiiiiutiuhil a ooriqiaiiy of infantry at Ynrk- 
towo. Aflcr tiro war hr own- hark to Kentucky, 
aod hcl|*sl UtsttL Brea* to drive out lira Indi- 
out. At die time I •|swk » Irani •leepnig ao the 
•alt (Mgs, in Lho year 1813 , General IIvbiuaki was 
usiptii up iu f ort Mcigv, aud IVAouel Bcrcsv and 
Oulurwl Ikxwxia were hastening to his rriwf with 
twu regiiocuta of Kcnliiekians, iiudvr lira com- 
mand of (icomt lixxxs Clxt, lira lather of Cas- 
*11* M. I wax a csjilaln of the m-ouU, and with 
four whits IIIOB and a Sliawmv Imlian who knew 
the creintry I started in adrannr ilown tho Mail- 
nice Mirer to tell the Gravral dial aid was com. 
lag. I gut in right of Tort Meigs, ami row tl»t 
our flag was Mill there, win* I found that a large 
tssly at Uridrii siul Icdianr » »s Irlwi-n me and 
(he fret, ami I was cvmpclhri to tura tuck. 

“ ’ I rejoined my ocrumand, and on the ith of 
May CoIuim- 1 Itmurr xttadud die llnlish iu,drr 
I'usvoa at dra foot of lira r*|4ds, fifty mile* be- 
low fort IbAtacv. We wo* Id have lU-fiatrel Hint 
had IX* Tm sstii, with a Urge body of liohans. 
cnwwd the rivrr ami ctuno to FucnuV aiil. I 
waa woundeil twice that day in the shoulder, smi 
also taken prisemer with scrcral uf iny men. Wr 
were put lur r.ife -breping in a kind of fort or 
earth-works, behind w hich we bad to aquat dowa 
to prevrat the red devils from shooting or. Pret- 
ty tasni a big liidixa ram*- ill Lira fort aid tumx- 
hawkcil and HaJpwJ oov of my asm nanusl Mra- 
nrr right lief ore my pros, Vfl wirahl all bars 
been kilVrl luul ot* Tre e wish head of the out- 
rage. and ho came into lira fort and route a speech - 
to the IniliatM. I knew a Ihde of the Imlian 
llago then, and rnnembered his telling the Indiana 
dial it waa cowardly to kill unarmed men in cap- 
tivity. (Hi yca.Ticrawi was a great twin 

■" You’re right. 1 ham won area* remarkable 
rhxngre in any limn Why, I was diO Mreinr of 
tho hard -cider campaign fur II iBMi in I M'X 
There's plenty of people bereabowt that cru> tell 
you I raisoi aUaowl a* greut crowds fur Uld Tip 
peuaxiue, and livid there in the same manner.’ 

“‘Wasn't llxBsmx* pretty much of an old 
grandmother ?' 

" * Well, ya'as, hut yuu uei wo didw't kiraw It 
theft. We were fighting fur the mall wo hail 
known thirty ytwre Irafurv, rs) ho hail kind of 
gruwed away fn«n Bet be was a pail man, 
and represented my principles. Yon see I w»«, 
and am still, a regular ohl-hnc Utaav Clxt Whig 
ia politics, slid a Sl Jiais-in-tbe-wihlcnios, mUk- 
aud-borrai, iroruiilcs UapciM lu roliclon ; none of 
your tfiriuklnl liUu«», U.I a rigslxi ilippcd-lu- 


lk< water -of Jordan luptlr*. Talking of grvat 
men. Ilxssv Clxy waa tlio greah-i man Anivrku 
ever pemluced. lie was my friend.’ As lira old 
n.m elrapteiic mill thri. his fnera grew proudly 
stiff, and bu eje tlushel with unwonted tire. 
‘Ah! there's none like him now. lie was Iha 
pare pan rat, and die lover of hit kind. 1 " 

Gcnorul (.'imiMM studied law after tils ex- 
perience in tiro war of fold, and practiced it 
for upward of thirty years. When tbo Mex- 
ican war broke out. he aider! largely in rai*- 
ing voluutrer* in Kentucky. Before and 
during tiro relralliiMj bo wan a strong I'niou 
man. In IriXi lie was tbo I'niou cantlidstn 
for clerk of tiro higlmt court in Koutueky, 
■and In* wiih eloctenl by a majority of sa.'iil 
over his lending ciwiijH-titor. Hr aiaociatcil 
luinaolf with GrMBoral Iavxu IL IttMtl', 
afterward a gallant I'niou gunnral, in pn>- 
curiug anus and iu drilling Union miUIu-m, 
whose vuIimi was proved when tbo crisis 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Tux rorent reunion of dra Stuirh family, liehl 
iu p.-nroylvania, nss raw of lira rauhleal iraiuiiiuis 
iu the bsrlnry of lira ivprtldiii. The overwhelm- 
ing task of «nb-rtsiiring rvgirta fur lira almrnt 
mu* left lillhe time fur any Irat as r r u wfal rvflrc- 
dims. It » unilcr'trtal alrai that there is enn- 
anleraLlf ill feriing becsiise thf- Kssytka, Smythox, 
Krhw»Jta,iMimUU,flc'hiiiit», 8 chanits>w,fV.'limaKv<, 
Kfniilu, Sioitts, Kmitra, SmiUr*. and ulhcr hnuulrar 
of the family were nut invited. 

New York lias bora wfferiog from a risihaioa 
of iou*<(uin**, suifa as is set-ban ripericfii-. il. 
They nvmud lu have tn.* waftnl over from New 
Jivjray, ami dray fell u> a ink s« ih.iupli tlo-y wrte 
mp|iitbcawiv« that lira wind would tuoli ctouigu. 

Tlie remix of dm rwrei < -k i-tbrat In lira (Traro- 
kee Nation is given by dm VKmkt* AJ> -trait, 
the offkisl juiinu). Arremg tho XiMXCMful can- 
didates for eaumnllara were Tim Mu* i rat. fhu 
flic. Bate Muskrat, ami Pes<h ErU-r SivkilWr. 
Taw-yuu-XMc-sce is lira new solicitor for one of the 
dwtmta. Mxnkilli-r Catcher was elected a dif- 
trirt judge, th.Miph >t u difficult to undentaud 
why Ira waa imt mailu a ilwilff. 

Tiler* or* Mctorsl slrietly ti-griarUn restaurant* 
in IxflMion. Tlie lire* w*x o|M-iMd ram ra Sir nr 
*iv year* api by a Soitrfcmxn, wlm wow i«trrtsiu» 
over acreii hurdrol perom* a il»y, and ia making 
a fortawe. it is said that die prioM are very 
moderate, that the omking i* cvcrllvut, are! U.»i 
the place srr.l the alUT-UtilM inj srrupuhiusly 
next In another raxing house nf the aw kind 
three OJUWf of vegptaMm and fruit* arc radJ fur 
a sliifling. Another docs no* boU strictly lu up 1 - 
uiianism, hill series fir-h to it* cue tumor* In 
notie of llictu cod iutoxkwting luiuort bu Isnigbt. 

Tlio only form of oath among the Rrnihunc 
IndoUM It, “Tho earth bears me, the sun lustre 
mi. — shall I Hr?" “ And then," says n Western 
|is|mt, “die big ridd docs lio with duuldc-bu- 
rrihd memlarily," 

A pastor in Philadelphia «*a a cigar store be- 
•id,* *1 Keeling to hit ek-riral dotra-fc, and to view 
of the increase of liia iwroinu fr»aii this awive, 
tho chureli tnuletw have reduced bis salary. 

Colivcnuduo oo a K*-ride hotel veranda Ira 
twera n yuomg man an .1 an elderly gura* : 

Yim:»u Max. “ 1 must have torn JUS somewhere, 
air T" 

Kumi OtM “Very likely: I am a pawn- 
broker." 

A Colorado paper toll* of a Ihwk of tbeefi the 
tilaik wool uf ■hi-:li was turned a bite In • single 
iiiglix by terror. Next we ihall Ixwr from Neva 
■la of a man whose homespun o»t grew white 
I nt». -.-ii days on actxwnt of the fright of the sheep 
from which Uiu word for tho coat was clipped. 


A Teiss aherilT* (Mate wrat owl to arrest a 
party of offending negroes. TIm> brawl paper's 
account of the expedition wsya drat it " rewulUil 
fatally to thn* acgnxw. one of whom was hanged." 

Board and shelter fur small dug* at the Rtnt- 
luga beads nut kwt than at Cape May, sol the 
I ids are dust able to hat* swiat minor luiurica. 
Thor have, anxmliug to a writer, frrsh riblams 
twice a day, three wsps, four bulbs, and a little 
nurse girl who for a dollar a week attend* to 
their wants. 


Fashionable ynung men at die Frvnrh wsKt 
leg plan* harp aduptnl flerey nilfles in the place 
uf glistening shirt fronts and cuffs, and tbvy car. 
ry gay ! j cuhirol oro umbretlas, ihtn rivalling the 
women in eoady Uivs and cuuspiewenu ruloca. 


The mumwiilled remains of no lea* than thirty 
royal pevwc«a*ge« hire tveunUv traen brought to 
light ia Egypt The kd iwrhutoa work royal iiiism- 
mios aa King TVutnras 111. and EUiiimi* II. Tb« 
forewcw waa the bnilder of tbo vdrafi'k which waa 
Ultra from Egypt and erected u-pcwi the Tlmme* 
Embankment in London, anil the latter rsumd 
hie own tiLhw and liunors to be insrribc<l oo die 
same shaft brssto Uiuso of TlnUmcs UL, two hun- 
dred and seventy years after die iiranoihL was 
flrst set wn in EgytH. It i* mid drat there can 
be no doubt a* to the identity uf thnso nmmaiicw, 
■inuc the mortuary appendage* fully prove tluxa 
lo I* genuine. The two deroaarvl monareha ares 
wow lying side hy rile in tlw Ikmtak Imoih, 
sml tvitu Um ffowrn that were offered lo die 
drail uuirw than direr diouiaml years ago may 

today to straw (UMaicbng the masks which am* 
their laws. * 



ROUGH LIKE IN COLORADO 

TlIX scene of (In* illustration* on thin page lira lint I be 
r»‘l*ni border of the Middle Dark, Colorado, * liirh in walled 
in by tlic Front or Kuowy Kongo of lire Kneky Mountains 
on tbn rant, and on the treat liy t lie I'ark Mountain*. It 
ainbrari-N a territory of about :#*■' square mill-*, and con- 
tain* tho famous tort sulphur spring", whose medicinal «|«m1* 
itlra have attracted many louri*l» and invalid* to that re- 
gion. Georgetown, whence the travellers in our sketch 
•wt forth, i* a thriving mining town, situated on the Front 
Mange, at an altitude of 84I‘J feet, nliont seven mile* from 
Oray'a Ivuk. It derives it* |iru«|>erity from the working 
or the diver mine* in t|w> vicinity, which are thought to lie 
pratin' nil; inexhaustible. It po*aetsu>» a national bank, a 


UAllDiMllPfl OF TRAVEL IX COLORADO 


daily and a weakly newspaper, four churches, and a num- 
ber of fine hotel", bealdaa large reduction work". 

The Argentine I’naa. *o fnrnndable to pedestrian* with 
tender feet, l* a depression in the Front Uange about 10,0*10 
foot high. Two miles from the pass rises Gray'* Tank to 
the height of more than 14.000 feet, it* aide* rove reel with 
forest* of large evergreen trees, cblelly Douglas spruce and 
yellow pine. 

Travel In the moantoln vlUi of Colorado is not what 
mm Id he railed a luxury, whether one goes for bnsinrs* or 
sport. The read*, or rather trails, are in the moat primitive 
condition, and many are the hardships which the pedestrian 
moat undergo la-fore be iiinD himself at the rude way-side 
lull , where lie ran pull off' hi* boots, indulge in a good wash, 
and refresh the Inner man with a substantial meal. 


THE LAST SALUTATION. 

Titi* plrturn gives a aeene in a French village, and ilia* 
Irate* a very louehing custom of the couutry. So far frewi 
surrounding the chamber of death with gloomy arorsaoriew, 
every effort is mnde to rob the last rile* paid to poor liu- 
ninnity of all that would evrlte or lucrraae depressing 
though'". In country places the coffin i* placed in the 
Mlrret, at the door of the honor, rnvered with black dra- 
pery, on which white crosses are embroidered f»n either 
"Ido stands a tall candle, whom- misleads Ihuue cast* a 
soft, mellow light ninnugid the fold" of the drapery. At 
live foot i* placed a silver ImiwI containing Indy water, nud 
a sprig of green Iwvx, with which the pawter-by may sprin- 
kle the coffin, and for the lost time bestow a beuediction M 


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TIIK I.VI'K liK-S EltAL l.ESI.IK COOMBH. 

Pool ui Mclis*. Lavisunm, Kv.— |8es r*us S*t,J 

the dead. Tlio ptvparaliow for die funeral 
are made souse lime beforr the body i» to tie 
rtrrlnl lo I be gr ave. It till* * stranger un- 
acvastoiiu-il to such a sight Wltli emotion |<i 
coiae suddenly upon t he draped cnfliii stand- 
ing nt the silent doorway, lie nmy tte a 
•tunly country woman take the sprig of lew, 
sprinkle a few drops of Uni tody water on 
Ilia rolHii In the fonn of tlm crows, alter a 
few word* of prayer, and pan* silently no her 
way. A merry group of children, coming un- 
expectedly on tlie scene. hush their laagh- 
ter, tbr Imijh I nkc off (heir raps, ail salute the 
dead, and walk •filiolly by. l.uWIng-iiieii 
•land a moment with uncovered bead*, unit 
Ire ail softly ua they paw hr the coflln. 

At length the little proremion ia formed, 
•lid wiada if* way through the crooked 
at reel* ton aid the little cemetery just out- 
side the village. The priest, chanting the 
service in solemn tours, walks at the head, 
followed hy the choir l»»y». one of whom 
hear* the Incense, unotli'r a tall staff sur- 
mounted hy a silver cross. The stranger, 
gating on the little procraasou until It dis- 
appears, will aee men. women, atid children 
salute tbe dead with the same tender re- 
aped ; and be mast have a callous heart 
indeed who does not And euiikrlhlug very 
beautiful olid touching in this last faruwell. 



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8CTTEMBKR fl, 1881- 


THE GAME OF LACROSSE. 

It wa* while I lie bow- ball excitement 
wio* at tu height, something more than ten 
\ car* ago. tbut 111 * game of hteromo lira 
attmrtcd attention in Uik» country. The 
whole younger l>ort of the nation wan then 
tall mail. No town or hamlet was too small 
or too remote to have tu bam-lmll elnh, and 
renoe of time country dubs by their supe- 
rior playing undo tberooolv*'* known all 
over the conn Uy. Among the Indian* in 
Canada lncrtsote had Iuiik l"-en a popular 
■port. A Rood player required a quick eye, 
a strung arm, a fleet font, and the ability to 
keep tu rapid motion fur a long time with- 
out tiring anil w Itlwnt ** loaing hi* wind." 
All thcae good point* the Indian* |*-se«scd, 
and some of them w ere very oapert lacroroo 
pi a vent. Tliey prided themaelvea parlien- 
lnrty on their running. Accustomed to 
making long jonroeya on fool, tu fatigue 
and hanUhip. they were toughened to a lie- 
gree that oould out he approached by the 
w liitee of their own o*nililr.v,w ill* whom they 
frei|»ently came into eo*i|*'lllioo on the 
lai nwM- field. From Ita In-ginning among 
the Indians in Canada (ami no one ran say 
exactly how or when it began), Hie game 
apreail among live LiAsbrot of tlw Ihmiiuion, 
and in a •hurt time because the recognised 
gaum of the country, Ju*t na hnnc-lmll 
one time won thought to he oar own "I 
1 1 total game.” ImrroMM) oonld ISO* hing he 
plnyeil by oor conelna north of tlw Kt. Law- 
rence without making ita way lulu the Unit- 
ed Slat—, and a* anon an it *a* seen it wan 
liked. Hut while it met the approliation 
of ball plover*, it encountered violent oppo- 
aitioo from their frhiml*. It was cunsliler- 
td too lalMirinais too exciting, for oor more 
iwrvncta ami delicate young Americana, 
I’hyslcians ileacTiheil the danger* of such 
fast and Umgonutinned nmuiiig, and anx- 
ious parents tried to smother the gaimi In 
iU iufaney. It was too lively a a|*irt to he 
crushed out, however, and gradually it made 
ita way over the country, allied in its rant- 
ing hy the gradual dying out of the Imae- 
hall mania. Ita grow th was nnt an rapid aa 
that of iU fifed comer on the ball Held, anil 
it was not till Jnnn, 11 * 711 , that a nxtinunl 
amoeiatiiNi wm formed, the delegate* meet- 
ing in the Antor House in this city. Eleven 
rluW were thru re|iere«ntcit, mart of them 
taring from towns in tills ami adjoining 
States. They wore the New Turk, the Ka- 
venswood, the New York University, the 
Onorolafof Elmira), the Brooklyn, the Union 
(nr IhmUvu ), the Westchester, the Harvard, 
Hie Elmira, the Hay Ridge, anil tho Brad- 
ford (Pennsylvania) eluht. "The United 
States National Lactone Amateur Asttocia- 
lioir was then formed, with Mr. HkmmaN 
OlU.ltK'NH, of thia city, aa prreident. Mr. 
Oki.iiichb, while he meets the dcnsaml* 
nunle upon him hy New York society, finds 
time to interest himaelf in yaehtlng, row- 
ing, pnSo playing, and IMNM, ami ia ex- 
rentingly proficient In all threw arts and 
Heleueew. This American n*aociniio*i was 
modelled after tho National In n**' A*s*>- 
riution of Canada, which has tieen in exist, 
euro fur some years. 


THE "W I LLrO’-THE-'W I3F. 

Tim appellation Will .o’ the -wisp was 
prolwhly derived from iU customary' appaar- 
anoe, lliis wandering meteor having boon 
pcromiifind because it looked to the specta- 
tors like a perwon carrying a lighted stmw 
torch In his hand, lienee it has been termed 
Jack, fiill, Joan, Will, or Rubin indifferent- 
ly, in aooufdMMa with the fancy of the ms- 
tie mind, the mippoard spirit of tbo lamp 
being thought to resemble either n male nr 
female apparition. llcnUnor, for instance. 
In hi* TVaovlf ia JSWffaisd (ISM), relates bow. 
n-tnming from Canterbury to Hover, “ there 
were a great many Jack-a-lonthoni*. so that 
we were quite mixed with honor and siuaic- 
meut," 

In Wurcosteiwliire tho plionnmenon is 
tensed hy the several naroro i.f'* I lob-aml- 
hi*, lauthoni," “ llnbwny'a lan thorn," ami 
" lieherdy's lantbnm" — tlie word Hob in 
cwch mac l*'ing tho same name n* ornnre in 
connection with the phnuoi hobgoblin. It 
appears that in days guru, hy Huh wna a 
frequent name among common people, and 
curiously enough Corialauna (Act ii. ac. 3 ) 
sjH-uk* of it as used hy tho citizens of Rome : 

“WT.J In IbU wnifleh r®w» rtould I stand here 
To beg '< II-J* Std Mek, Urt du appear 


Subsequently Hob seems to have been naeil 
a* a substitute for Hohguhlin, aa in Beau- 
mont and Flsteher** J/osaksr TAowuc (Act 
lv.ee. 0 ); 

- From «!<», bobs, ssd f ilrtra, 


Tlie expression ijr*i»/nt*ws,or roolish (Ire, 
originated in its leading men astray, aa 
the Timpesf (Act Iv. ar. 1 ), where Kteplu 
says, " Monster, your fairy, which yon say is 
a hartal*** fairy, hua dune little holler than 
plaj.d the Jock with ns"— a pa**age which 
is explained by Johnson thus, " He has play- 
ed Jack-with-n-lanterti ; bo ha* led ns about 
j like nil ijsis /*(■*•, hy which travcllenf ai 
decoyed Into tbo mire." Thu* Gray th 
ac ribre It, 

" How Wlll-a'-wtcp ««ra<W iilrbt-fiudrg dowse 
Ore bills, sad suiklur bug*. sod ywlhlcw- Oewxw 
Again, the term “ fire -drake," which i* 
jocularly used in Jfnsrjr ft It. (Act v. ac. 4 ) 
for a mau with a real face, was one of the 
popular nairnw for the Wtll-o'-tbe-wUp; in 
allusion to which Burton in his JnaUmir vf 
A M.i»r*ely nay*, “ Fiery spirits or devil* are 
*n r b a* commonly work by 6 re-drake* or 
tgwr* /ufsf, which lead men often in Jlumiua 

ti pranpifia." It afipear* al*o that in Hhnks- 

peare's day "a walking fire" was another 
common name for the Will-o'-the-wisp} to 
which he probably refers in A'i** /-rer (Act 
iv. sc. 3 ), where, GlosteFs Uireh being socu 
iu the distance, the fool *ay«, " Ixiok, here 
dome* a walking fire," whereupon Edgar 
replica, "This I* the fool fieml Flilihortl- 
gibvl ; ho hegina at curfew, amt walk* till 
Uie find cock." Hence Mr. Hunter coortilern 
that Flibbortigibet was a nanso for the Will- 
o'-the-wisp. That, however, tills phenom- 
enon wan known a* tho “ walking fire" is 
l-armsae is 'played with a hall of India evident from the old story "How Robin 


HORS FORD’S ACID FHOSFDATE 

IN LAMTODB. 

Ilanrord* AcU rwaphsl* wWb good 
VsolowIliT ‘ tXff. Yasaasa, M.1X— (diit.) 


Ml-RRAT A LANKAN-* FLOltlDA WATKH. 
.'haw mud la the lull, or si lb* WtM. (wrldi-. sedw™. 
_r,l wMre* LSm skis . ndraihe*. liKlfc-iirsi.—. sad la- 

pun a miiiMat * — ■* 



Ir yea wish ymtr skin to be suft and white, 
gi-l a rax of Hiker's Fare I'ouitar this vtrj nighL 

.. . . . - ■“ 'kh. Tho*e »bo 

»! Kikir’s Oeam 
« satisfactory artirW tlie. can 


of Hu*.* Uie n 
-(tW] 


. ...«■ Is adire dianh rtstorlac pnwre In m bntila 
ot 1'ark.r* limp* Ti»W lk*n la shmlel *4 milt or s 
Cvllnr. o i milk. Ao an spiKtiorr and lik.Ml (innd.r, 
IS. Tv It s..lMrag hkr ll. and Invalid. Uml It a uuitler- 
(ul luikiorant for wswl aad taady.— |,ld*.| 


good n.tniKs 

Ti- s WIT dsr tnm lh*( U> West. 
K-.f (liililicn ihrlre. and ikSIki* fw* 
Tke dniliitf *til« all nurnl \lcKvla. 
Ami * all I be !»)». Ibry lure t:*i*c*l 
ll ka n fact, iben- la no “an to," 

A ■HOW. aallk rant ***e tile »wlw, 
While sv ml l-aslori* illgreU their fo 


■jr hair gradsally ea 
* nl 1 ‘srk re* llslr 
-rd fur ll* rarity am 


is Its yosllifil 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. 

BAKER'S 



EPPS’S COCOA. 

GRATEFUL— COMPORTING. 


l<7lrm» tee uf sorh anu-im n» diet that a 

lulbm asny bn gfadaslly IwU* «P until atm» 

tn.Mifli In rrelu irrrry WucWiKy lixllMa*. Ilrinrlnvl. 
ut soblle mtlottre an hwliuc aruund us nwdy ba U. 

three »• s «ret |«lrt. We may mra|w 
lill^ kreylr — * 


with pure hk. 

CKeU Utmrn (A 
Made (Imply with IkHu* w*Ur or milk. 

bold only In sold. rad Uni, * sod lb, label 
JABES EPiD A 



rubber aqKMige from eight In uine iuchrs 
L-ireuiufereute.and tliere are twelve plny.-ni 
on each side, known a* tlw gnal-ker|*-r, tho 
point, tlw covor-poiut. the centre, tlie boron, 
ami lias Holder*. There are two goal*, each 
miu|nsHHl of two point six fret apart. These 
gamin rosy be pul a* far apart or in such po- 
aitimis a* tlie two aide* agree upon. The 
"creme,” with which the ball is haudlml, is 
like n entail iUh Del, iu tlie forwi or a palm- 
iest, ami with close nirnlie*. The ball is 
nover touched with the hand uniem It 
Irelgfw iu some place where the cross.' can 
mil reach it J and tho object of the game, a* 
iu polo, is to drive the ball through Hie op- 
ponents’ goal. Tliere are two umpires at 
each goal in a malcb game, ami tlw»o four 
aolret a referee, alto is the king of tlw la- 
crowte Held. Tlie New York Lacmme C 1 ab 
i* still one of tlw leading clubs of tho conn- 
try. In the national cluinpiunsliip match 
in Newport last week tbo New-Yorker* tie- 
f.-atrd the Union Alhletie CTab of Boston, 
the funner champions, and brought to this 
city the symbol of their victory, the cham- 
pionship cup. 

This very tasteful lacrosse trophy, of 
which we give on illustration on page (X 6 , 
• n manufactured hy Mvmnt. ItaurcNs A. 
Rick, uf this city, ll is of sterling liam- 
nwrrd silver, and twenty-five inches In 
height, including linac, which is of ebony. 
Tlie graceful figure of tlw IscrosasHnycr was 
aondollod from life, and I* hy good judges 
pronounced perfect ia action and detail. 
The cup is handsomely ornamented in front 
with two crossed locrosne sticks and hall. 
It Is known as the "tMrlcbs Trophy," as it 
was prere-nlvd by Mr. llr.iLWANORI.lttril*, of 
New York, to the Sirtiroinl Lorrewsw Asaooio- 
t ion f..r annual ownpetllluii among iu met 
Irn, the w lulling club to hold it fox o< 
jsar. 


THE LIFE 

OF 

PRESIDENT GARFIELD. 

Tlie Life of James A. GtrficW, Prevwlrat of 
the United Huk-w. With KxtrscU from liis 
Fpcedim. By Emcah Kissx. lllustnued. 
4 to, l’spcr, JiU rents. German Edition, 4 to. 
P*|«r, » eewta. 

PsbIUbrt by MAltnt* A BHOTBtBN, Jn lark. 

xr by malt. jnWpoAl, os rere.pl *f ti. jrto 

tlstvcnally |ciriM hy the Farnlty. 


Franklin Square Song Collection. 

Sungs aad Hymn* for Schools and II oasts, Ns»- 
sery and llrosida Selected by J. P. HiAbwtT. 
Bto, ]*i per, 40 ccwla. 


and Hyson* tw LX* lunsra Sum of ttore re Well- 
sre roni|*srulv«ly ssw.wkilsscbctssie itvy c* 4 ; bi 
Ilk* ftlsols laag known, they sra prired all Ihe iwo* 
ft* being old. Naltoosl Stags sre bora, with, re hr 
re pore. Ilk. s bstsf (kreeb of tm elrassiscatice* sadev 
shirk they wsrs wtUlse: fsvortts Ssrrery Sou*a 
Haigs fat O* Children, sad Husgs f.* tb» Hrh.*i. 
lUra MS also Hoags of lloms slid Couury, B»-l»As 
nt Hrs tlnw.it sad thing. 0 < Ihe Hrart-snucs wb.ss 
«rry Hue Is InsUsct with loyally to borne tics «nd 
boow nmmndiuca to Uasled toad™, to ttw Are Ibsl 


caught u 


Oddfellow Ud a Company of Felhi 
of their Way." “A company ef young men 
having been making roctTy with tlwirawcet- 
hnarta, were, at their coming home, to come 
over a heath. Ittiblu liuadfclUiw, knowing 
of it, met then*, anil, to moke some pastime, 
lw led them up and down the heath a whole 
night, mi that they could not get out of it: 
for lw wesit before them iu tlie aha|Mi of ‘a 
walking fire,’ which they nil saw and fol- 
lowed till tho day did appear; then Robin 
left them, and at Ills departure spake these 
aids; 


The Will-o’-the-wisp is licit, It would seem, 
con lined to land .sailer* often inoeliug with 
it at sea. an elegant description of which 
is givcu by Ariel tu the Tnajtnf (Act i. sc.fi): 


The ysnls mud bownwli; wosid I Orel*' dsUnrtly. 

A curious illustration of this phenomenon 
i* recorded in I/uWsjt's f'ljifis (UW, IU. 
450 ) : «. I do remember that hi the great and 
lMMsternns stonu of this fool weather, in the 
night there came open the top of our nisin- 
yard and mainmast a certain little light, 
much like auto the light uf a little caudle, 
which the Spaniards call tbo f.'ttrrpo Naalo. 
This light continued nbrttrd our ship about 
three boaros, (lying front moat to mast and 
from top to top, amt miiwtlmca it would bo 
iu two or throe plant* at once." This mo- 
toor was by same siip|H*Nd to he a Spirit, 
anil by other* an exhalation of twnlrt vapor*, 
thought to be engesnlerod by foul and tem- 
pest no us weather. 


TAMAR,: 

INDIEN 

GRILLON" 


Ink. h-s.lv Ik, toreirtS.kils, 
■vrvliml r.mgrallon. A- 
Pi«|ara 4 by K. ultllJAtN, 
Holt Pn*>rVior. 
Pkaraivkn Ac 1“ Clssse 
- ‘ Fsritllr dc Parts, 
Usnilisirw*. 1'siia 


bytUDt wtosr mcl.dy Is 
_ ..call, « Ike crx*.) old c 
barmnny tc wotlby to ks wnployed In the worablp 

of Delly ; wh»w raj* Imagery h **“ 

rblUtoul fxocj; 

imsttss have s. 
r*bllsW4 by BABFCB A BBOTMKBB, Be* Tort. 

■r am Iv *reu, p— tok preireM, (* ss, J»rt ^ Itr 
VmiUd »4«m, re rrer^rf ^ lAr yctra. 


' cr^y j.rsLwa: 

sag 

MINTON’S oCU 

I hiss Worts. Motc-*p*w-TrssL 
Also, TIIX CAMPtllLL BUCK A Tlt.B CaW 
l sru.Ur red (Irorertrlrsl User Tile*. Bsswlrs, Ac. 
T I toes. AHl'lNWAI.I. « HON, 

104 llruadss'wy, New York. 

U nl*-— I Htslre. 



Ask your DruotK or Orocer (or - 
little pamphlet* Issued hr tho Anglo-Bwbo 
Company, telling how Oatidenaed Milk and 
Milk F<»xl should bo proparod for Infants. It 
ha* sated many live*. 


THe Tnls Sawtirt mHX 4 FITlurto k CULT. 

Wks *U1 sud Parnyblrt if sot cMstostto slresbrea. 


THOMAS CARLYLE. 

By MONCURE D. CONWAY. 

tLLCSTIUTBD. 

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"Your Lassie will be T rue,” 


Ibply to, sod OotnMncd wl 

“SCOTCH LA SSI F JKAN.” 

IW*h to 

Un H*a BsIMtawT lM Saw 


CANDY 


pare. Refers to i 
iiml.rjluocr. tS 


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WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. 

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WESTCOTT 4 HOST’S 

GREEK NEW TESTAMENT. 

The Sew Tee lament in the Original f track. The 
Tart Retired b; llannem FtM WmfeotT, t>.|»„ 
Highi* I'rof.vatew of Wrinilr, Carom of PeUc- 
Ik*>miK<i ; awl F. J. A. Hour, D.D.. Hu toon 
Profntar* of Divinity, Ulo Fellow of Trinity 
L'uilece, CamlinJ^iv Atmriran Kd Ition. With 
■> lamvJoftkro liy PiitMr Hciuar, D I) , LI. ft, 
l'rtahlutt of the American Whh* Keviifctt Com- 
inlllne, Oown Bto, Colh, 0! 0 V. 


TV hi rut, framed aitHilrely m droumeittary 
relltst*". Hllbosl ntoi-ioj L» ary pintail felt, l»a 
bran li-su ei|*fU.<d try erhnliin* It It yreAwMv 
r*» not CreprelnW renlYil-rtoa to Whltoif learniay 



The rvrjrioi, U ibr <Jr«ok Taxi by lb. Wwatcntt rail 
Ur. liiat h» claims ikw character id tonrlniiliy sad 

rvnt,|iWH u re » which that of Ihr arv Otfcrtl iW 1 .1 rr, - 
lalilya Seals tumlly pretend to kata.— 1%» NWiwfa- 


Rablfaked by lit Ilf 111 k UlliiTIII US T**k. 

. prrpari, f» nn(, port tf eke 

KNr«, « rtretyt *f «> jp, ire. 

E^JSSStfSS 

^^p^rlwaBslr-p*utAs^r.wr»-lfrosw 

s^vS&^sjiS i 

rwlnl I llecpSrMrei r*o-iri te rim. , 
iLMiuimr ataaeiracn sere Co.. Ikatco, »U» 

FARM FESTIVALS. 

By WILL CARLETON. 

ILLUSTRATED. 

IflwmlwnM tilth, »S 0*1 GIH Edfee. tt M. 

,( hi, nw/mH (ill (<r <im.' 

FARM BALLADS. It, Will CatUfoN, ICIiia- 
Irafad. Bvo, lllumbutul ITIulli, f'i iji) ; (lilt 
Edjw, 60. 

FA KM LEGENDS. It. Will Cm mm. IBu*- 
t rad-1 Bru, [IhiauJiAlcd Clrtb, #3 00 ; Dill 

Kdgra, «» fax 

Cabkr inaiy pntda of Null, wo* re wort, Mr. 

I 'irtaoi, VeM lea mum uwt aw weimtait, row (known It 
vuy. and UU fcsire* hook, f Mill F»1 |vs1s,"wiohs. 

U - ItoLsy ...id | Are Ore," a nrouter <( 


I HOT Oar anronka party fenvn to wail otu 

At I.U1 lira chair* opts; wo ru»i> 
11 Dia way. grcnliii. .bin rrt it Sofiator Bkiw.-r'a 


PURE SUGAR. 

By* r wcnt inveaticn, rtArrh or corn nrfnr 
(more generally known ai^/wwa), hereto bare 
quit* crteitMvcly n«d l.y urofreiiuorr*. 
Iimwrrt. etc.. has born made saftrlrnily dry 
anil white to that it can be powdered nrrl 
mixed with yellow ninn, Ii rrmti the 
Staadaid of color hugely, but doi bring so 
sweet reduces the saccharine strength, mak- 
ing It necessary to use more of the article to 
attain the wnial degree of sweetness. Luge 
quantities of this miitarc are now being 
made nod told under various brands, bat ail 
of them, ao far ia we are aware, bear the 
words " New Process " in additton to other 

A* retiwers of cane swot, we are. In view 
of these facts, liable to be placed In a falre 
pouiion before the public, u the roelu of 
analyds of sugar bought tnibscflmliuudy, 
will teem to o'mlirm the fake and nsallciowi 
Waiemenls of interested persons, who alleged 
It was the oomxnoo practice of I he leading j 
refiners to mis glacoc with therr talari. ! 
WluJo nol inihnatiag that a ntisture olula. 
oosc and cane ru,ir is injurious to health, | 
wc do rootntaia that it defrauds the innocent i 
consumer of just so much sweetening power, . 
In oeder, therefore, that the public con get 
sugar pore and in the condition it lease* 

put it up in kartell j 


hour for dmore. 

in, w!»« tlw waiter sounds the gong and aara, 
private parlors." 

LIEBIG COMP ANTS” EXTRACT 


DIMUfe, 

LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

Of MX AT An >n*iJnah)e aid lolUiK.i tonir 

In all ra w of vsk dlemaion and ilrhllltr. ” la 
•«in tor whirl, oiwi. rhnaM 
« “ M®dkal Hrea^'-ivinert." 
Aronia!," *r. 

.si'TIuM.-tlMiiaaiw <*>y 

Harm, U«Mgk Synalnra 


fnl ural.-f) 

-Ik li«a M 


LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

Of MKAT. TVbr had of ail Htorekrvprrcoronrn, 
rml tv-atlaca. Sole Auniti. for ilir I'lilinimalra 

^■^ , ^U AV,U * w * * 

S..W whdlmalr In X«» Trek hy PARK A Tf t.VsiRD, 
HMrril « V t N PKJtUESK. AL'KKK, MOIJIALL. At 
«"NIHT. MrKtShOK k 111 • I I M UN. It. K. 4 f D. 
TtlUMHKR 4 CO. W. II. Hl-lltXf PKI.I.N 4 CO. 


and A*// tontis. 

Inside each package will he found a guar- 
antee of the purity of the contents as foilowt : 


rrareapo.srmri 
■■aiminar Ha 
TSila aidama w wh 
Pram SarSea. It pi 


Sr yore rda.ro lire. 


-r'lnmiuairr (Imwiini. 
lu tkrw mraMll M* w* Mr. Carlubm merwfnlly 
rural »t-l darn. Illw. cmaMnln; In hla .mu 
iunltahla m\j |l|n Vnm«lviN few! She pathotlr. and 
yam.A kay aibiln and hum si will from Ui» IMuled 

llrM.ln tie adoiil.u.il ptaasure d ul l ul (ma Wu-)ly 
of n.mar.1 ami riif..r™i fplcraiuiwateim, tlitrei ia 

In the riull.ui DOW Ctrl Own a yvwniaely par|ir l.intb 
rf Hisrb Uttniy anil (.(rwlknily id anted Os Ihe rule 
it eSHkrs. * • • Hint kb. Iinmar ia d*«*hlfg| 
Irred lonlly be stliL-AitUM, N, T. 

la name ropnia t» la uuntnllnl am tap nind- 

»rw tsirvl.u who .Inc »mcs that loss I dinvtly 
t/OakumadiSroftleptopk. Ills wittliii^ an. alvkl 
liirtnm. iMmirail.ii dlCaraiit fastuiSM ®C rural Ufa.— 
CtNaga IVilaar. 

Pablldwd Vj n.tHl'KIt A mUlTIIEIPt, Sfew for*. 
IT* .5m I tv avail, 1 evens*. ywrj»ro(, r- «wr pre r •/ tkr 


H’t Ar/rAy nr/orwr fAr fttMit lhat vrtr 
rtfituJ lu'.tn consul teitty .-//Ae ficthtctef 
raw in ja'i rtfincJ. A 'titktr (Aucvte, tin- 
riait #/ Tin, J/uriafit Acid, nor any other 
foreign tuhttamc whatever »>, or ever has 
Avw, wined with them. Owr Swgan and 
Symksart akiriuSt/y umadnin ruled 
Amdarit lo Ihu above effecl in New York 
papers of November l&h, l8?9. 

Coaasumen tboold order from their grocer, 
aogar in oar oeagimal packages, cither half or 
whole barrels. 

Consider well the above 
when piirchnwing sugar 
for preserving purpose*. 

HAVEMtYERS A ELDER, 
DECASTRO & DONNER REFINING CO, 
117 Wall SrUET, Nxw York, 


HARPER’S PERIODICALS. 

OAlll'XIPt MAtlAXIMX, Uao Vat.,.. Jt w 

HA It f EM'S WEEKLY. Oue Yaar I <• 

IIAKrCttM BAZ UL One Y«M IN 

ItAUfKIrS YoL'NU FBNlll.lL Out 


HARPER’S AMERICAN EDITIONS 

or TUB 

BEVISED VERSION 

UP TH£ 

ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT. 

Tlw Reamed Verainn of the New TertAmtat trf 
<mr lord and Sanonr Junta Chrirt, TranrUtcd 
out uf the lirevk : hviug tin- Yofahm set forth 
A.D. 1011, omiiparrel wish the mtot Anriunc 
AuliwriU*. aiul Re- vised A.D. lKHI. Willi tU 
Aiueriran ('-omnirt lev's Rcadiaga (risen as K«w 
N’tfaW. Brenk-r, 4 to. Paper, JD riiU ; III c> are, 
. lOnio, Cluth, 411 cents , llmi-r, lllino, full 
Lealhirr, Gilt Edgca, »» ombi. Tiro, Bto, 
Cloth, Rod Edg,*. fs fv, Bmlar, iSmo, 
Cloth, 6(i eviiM. 


la Harper's G 


u nf Iho H 


-i vensaa ut Ike 


by lk< 

el Corel In u A PI*!, rill by Ike Rsvlbb CnttatUlmi nr* 
plreed m f.-a-anlie, (hoe (ariMlaltny refre»a.re and 
n,K|arlwa. All Uuper'a Kdltiinw have srere jmal 


fiMIrkrri fcy IfaBFIB A BBOT1WJB, Mew Tart. 


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ITARFRIrH PKASKI.IM SM^PAKR IJIIRARY: a 
Wivkly iiaMfetihiK c.lainln; wurks .i( Travel, 

r < yVdnAku nyvnrv J.tl-nsr** Will re- fnrnlekrel 
Cl Italkiaaif <• application Ui ll.srisA Usimisui 

rw- HAHI-KltB OATAUMVK. reimyrtrl-tr 

Ml>« d Nalwecw Uirae sad Umr IVmraad vi.laanw, 

will be Mot by sail un reeelpt of Hi** t'aiua. 

H.tnrER 4 BROTHCKA, franklin Sdjrure. If. V. 


$5 to$ 2 #^; 


sv* 4 tV,, I'urt Un.l 


ItiKXTS WIXTED 

Foe “ Soul hern PakatJno and J«niaalr«i. n 

By Wiuiax M Tstnuaas. D.D., lurty-ftiv Ytnrv 
1 IfittKmry In Syria and FakvOs-:. I 4 i> Uluc- 
lr.uiime from i'liotc^repha. 

Apply to or adilrvaa 

lit nett A i BOTBFRN. PakH.h.rv, *. T. 

(£(;»»«* In y.-nrwwo Uswe. TWws no r nntat 
OTwIrre. Adilnva ]L H*i_crrv4 L^.I'anivuLM, 

22 » 48 fia£K ACTUUB 
i. xv,. Ad I HIVIA 


Lu kTO.-sMa«u ul vre w roa WH 

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$12 .'I 


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;CE 4 S 60 siH 3 


frre. .UlrmESs, 


HARPER & BROTHERS' 

UST OF NEf BOOKS. 


werrcoTT v mo»t * qrcck niw t**ta. 

MINT, yvjr New TafaaeM In i b! •• «i|,‘la*l tlrewk. 
Tin Teal lb,™ J b* fi P.w Wm-rei. D.U.. 
Kevins IW.M >< IMvInlty. linns Pvb-rkni- 
«cli; sod K. /. A. llukr, Ulk. Ilulrewn Ft. .tew * 
<rf IJIrealls. loin yVk.-n uf Tslsit. Cn'Vc*. IVm- 
l.rVIbT Asu-rveau Itdliua. Wah an iMredoctb.ii 
by faiui- ft. over, IMA, IJ.IX. PrealdrM i.f tlw 
Auireln.ii lllUlv IfavltliW CVaiUiUtevL Cuts Hsu, 
Uotk,*rur, 

IL 

TUI MV1BCD VCAtlON Of TM» NIW Tl* 
TaMCNT. IWiwrY AmrUcnn KdMbHW: Pl.a. 

I bilk. I fail Kue-cftul; Nrr.vr, MnusCkah, 
an frees; Full Iciiiar. tl.U Afal. * 's . ID rsiils. linv- 
v-r. lints, Hulk, Krei Kdrw, so creU , Urvrlse, 41. >, 
1*>.| we, aocaubs. 

III. 

FRANKLIN .9 (Yd ARE SONS COLLECTION. 
Snocs nc-l njmtw fro Mfh.sjl. sail ll.nsw, Kmre-.y 
ai.il Pise*|,|.L NsInmI by J. F, Mot' alas, etv, 

f*op;r, «* milL 

IV. 

LITTER* OF w ADAM I Of R^MUfAT bs hrr 

llutj.srol am I N.HC fn-rn IMS* u. J*ii Fp.ro (lie 
Fuwr* by Mr. l a.uae Itresv aud Mr, Jew. Ui.ua. 
4iu. IV',R«liU. 

T. 

LAMOOR. It. feirotr Ck 


Msn of Lvutrw" 


*1 lu the "KukIIiU 


7W» Ares I'alsmuw s/ M/ft F hake-yore. 
aHARESRLARI'S THE COMEDV OF ERRORS. 

KL.srel. with N.te, l.y WiLtiaar J. It.re.re, A M. 
Wllk KM£,avlte(a. Kuiu. ClUlk, •> cwule ; r»**T. 


THOMAS CARLYLE, Ur MnuoLia DC 

IUosuriwL Ijiim, C loih, a*. 

FARM FISTIVALS, lly Wl.-L CsALat.ro, 

of •• Hum Halls, I.,” - Fsm lavusfa,' aad 

“*inlul IWyiott." “"■* 


lllustiallul,*. Umfiuai h 


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NO and Ki.it l.-ula XVIII dime tlw 
P SA Via*,,, a. ,11 illlrrlo a,,|nlOlJi,.l ) 

Mliilsiry „f F.arUu A*nin< »1 hsm . ' WUM a 1’r. I- 
nre.iskM-trUluisa. aid Noire. hyM.li FaK-siH, 
Fapar, » osnlre Also, lu llracv U*tb, TO ceuLt. 

XII. 

MAAPERS CTCLOFfaOIA OF nniTISH ANO 
AMtRlCAN ROSTRY. Kdllrel hr Ka.a Haauva , 
lo.yaj tro, UlanlMted CTotk, Voided Brices, fal M. 

xm. 

MARRER S EURORtAN OUlDt.BOOK FOR Ufl| 
llreprr> lleari U» .-k fro TntvHIm In Koream ui„l 
tlw Bad ; fa-o.a a tiulde tSirooah Urest brilalu aiol 
l.rkn.d, Fmiire, Ifaklnro. IlnibHd.ticrnuiiy. lid/, 
R.-ypl. Ryria. Yu, key. Uretic. ttwIterUud, Tin, I, 
Itctimirk, Norway, Kwudau.Mwarev.vnri Rpaln. Vy 
tt. I'uuo.as Kmi™e Wlik Mii- aid Htu* of 

•vilro Twreilwt, Yrorftwn I- Ybw V,J„„w». 
irm-L laain,.f. Ibokre n,.* From,|aw*twr v-rioior. 
Vta- L— UlCAt brilalu, [relsnri, Fraerv, Uulyusiii, 

BatlaodL 

IL-Ostmanj Aietrfs, Italy, Kgypt, Ityrti. 
Vo^ill^Rwirseelnafa. Tyrol, Denmark. Norway, 


THE NEW NOVELS 

HARPER A BROTHERS, Now York. 

Mated*. My Mrs. Iiisnwra W tenia 
Tfao mack Hpeck. lly F » *»,«»,« MoMk 
bydney. By Osuamss M Casta. U mne 
TUp Ntptaaa Vmo. By Vieoiais W. Awwatw, Tlrta- 
Ayala'a Aopel. lly A*tis—v TnaauM-a. WreoAs. 
TWa ftssaeifnl Wrelrb a HHyAfcw buoy, llr Wle- 


III by Uaiass IL llrr»«T«, |l OR. 

An Oeaaw Fteo-ldxre. By W. l'i»a« Itreeria. 

A Coally Heritage- By lutaO'lluus. Ml curie. 
Tleltod ou the Clilldran. lly Tm». Uire. tOreMe 

At Ilia Seaside, sad other tOarliA. By Maas Ckn 
II a Y. Unniu _ 

A CUM of Natwc. lly Knsnr Browanae. in <wnl' 
M j^TIrvt OftCr. and Dike* btuele*. By Mate Caen 

Thr Oingaln Flees, lly SS'u.tsw lleaswr sa. 

Tha Mlllrw’e IXannhlur. lly A««e Ba.iA Mre.lv 
Wiu. wwe l*aaHlrayawaT tty Juiih Itsaucrou |. 

lusfaalnL *1 W. _ 

llarry dieewiya- By Mn.OalRiiaHT. WecnU. 


k llsrevurei 
jndovs yiwy 
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MBITEMBEIt 3, 1881. 






HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


SOOOEBTION TO CAPTAINS OP EXCURSION STEAMERS. 

If a tfomi cvnin up «r*I ibc "•iH " runaaer »*«*«»* “fatigued," the M| |>Uii. shoaM ran her 
uji on tlio bench and bring her hw lyr Umt. 

••JC.T Ml. whether Menu or Mlllnc. «Ae«M pul to mm im Im Ivon, wmfArr,- h.ilw»*l D »wvy **nttor 
Hr ou owl wt»H not I- ... cca.i.li-ipJ ht nnulber. I nnaider tu- ut*rnt n. tu If* hoi e* «w, m-J 
<oii«blei that (be C*»Ula of Ihr Mpttmlk fieri uudee nnlmued (•<• Mwndli <•/ ‘ 

»eic .1 Ihwi I bio rwiwyurwl irfulm ,**■**! TW Me <4 I 
*/ofww. m ruHr-i, fAe ./>■» ntn**rin r II lea* liable be I 
laiMine nl hi lime > imael.”— tMjwcbir Town ralliM 


TIIE 


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or ram 

WORLD. 

Mrs.S.A.AIlen's 

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IS PERFECTION/ 

For RESTORING GRAY, WHITE 
or FADED HAIR to its Toothful 
COLOR. GLOSS and BEAUTY. It 
renew* Its life, arength and growth. 
Dandruff quickly removed. A match- 
less Hair Drcamg: Its perfume rich 
and rare. Sold by all Druggist*. 

Eatnlil l»li ml over 40 rrrvre. 
Ea-irmi'unnnit lnrrv«*lnf nalea 
Thr> ichmit Europe no*! Amoneiw 

ZYLO BlLSIHUH «n.AU«ro 

A lovaly tonic and Hair Dressing- It 
remove Dandruff, atlayn all itching, 
•tepa foiling Hair and promote* a 

healthy growth with a rich, beautiful 
gloss, and is delightfully fragrant. 

Pnce Soventy-five Cents in largo 
rlaaa stoppered Dottlea. SHd b,ill OurplaU. 




FISHERMEN ! 
TWINES AND NETTING. 


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THE CALLI-GRAPHIC PEN. 

HOLD PICS and Kt'URER llOt.DKII, rnnlwlnln* 
Ink lor wn-nil dapa* writ In*, fan lw tanlnl In •*- 
|«* tel. Alw»yw iwArtm m, A lua ary Iwjjjw 

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Snd for Price. LM. 

ru'ii croons *ar!*».i> nmrra.-t.Aas DEAL* as. 


p maj o pB ga ras affi ig: 

■iitraled MreU iralalouue. 1 


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STEEL PENS 


IS M. DE I.ESSEPB A CANAL DIOOER OR A GRAVE DIOOER ? 

“ The canal Banipcincnl vainly etiiltMviir* to nipjirtw llm cauna of dralli. Men die ai»l a 
i|ni»lli pot in a In-- aliilig lha track. IKmviu of llte Ul Hirers have died already, ami dooms im 
sre tkk /V#a Aufmtwk fit m /'«»»»" 


SMOKE MARSHALL’S 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &c. 

Sold by all Druggist*; or send 23 cents for sample bos by mall, to 

B. HORNER, 59 Maiden Lane. Now York, U. 8. A. 


T THE AMERICAN PRIVATE LINE ■ ■ 

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The mnrt wuiil.rful intwirpiuliKiae Intiro in r«l* 

In (be Wort*. PdJ envythlng. Any ear turn |.by 
il.inv No mutlcal know Mur required. ClUandrwu | 
Ibfm, or a»iHl toe ttrratar tn lha 

MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE CO., 

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NEW YORK. 

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,u now amtiviNii ran a n-»'.T« 

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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 

New Yoke, Sattetat, Seitembbb 10 , 1881 . 


HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE 

As Illcstrated Weekly— 18 Paoki. 

AV .97 ./HaBITr’s YOONO Ftoni oftm teitk Cbafltr VI. of 
Mr. Otis's trn.il any, “ 7m and 71/." with a front-fogy 
h alien by RourkS. THe number aha tontaini lAtrl tlrrut by Vi. 
U SlODlMiDt Acsn Carr, nu.l Jimmy Ih.-U-M : <tu Ambroid- 
try A if,, it frr gWU by Si'saji Have* Ward; Hr toatiiUmg 
tkafter of m Veuttofe,” MBS. LULU'S t trio tiling urial frr ghti, 
il.'uitrottJ by Abrkv ; btti.lri many other inter tiling tnJ uitful 
a nit la, nonet, fnxtlet, Mien, etc. 


TOE PRESIDENT. 

MIF. eagerness with which every sign of improve- 

. siient in the President's condition is received by 
the country shows the depth of tins national anxiety 
and affection. Nothing could lie more impressive 
than the long struggle in which the hemic man lies 
facing death with *crenr and superior courage. The 
Sunday upon which it was supposed that he would 
die was marked by a remarkable condition of the 
public mind. There was but one feeling -a universal 
sense of impending bereavement, mingled with the 
deepest sympathy for the brave woman who is so 
worthy a wife of such a man. Yet with this there 
was the tranquil assurance that n death so profoundly 
and tenderly lamented would produce no unnatural 
excitement was equally universal. 

It ho* been constantly said and repeated— «nd noth- 
ing could lie more true — that the President would re- 
turn to life and to his duties with the absolute ronfi 
deuce and affect iou of the whole country. His op- 
portunity would lie greater tluui that of any of his 
predecessors. For him at least parties would have 
disappeared, and while his conviction* would remain 
unchanged, hi* conduct could be entirely independent 
of mere partisan guidance. 

Whatever may be the event of the extraordinary 
contest of vitality with death, the general public 
judgment of the President will have t»een wholly 
changed. The firmness and strength of his character 
would hanlly have been known except fur this reve- 
lation, and the knowledge of it, should lie recover, 
would pledge him all the more closely to the course 
which is known to be his instinctive choice — a course 
in which he would hare the heartiest popular sup- 
port, So much is it to he hoped tliat he may live, 
and so fluctuating have been the prospects of recov- 
ery, tliat until he is once more well there can not be 
the some kind of confidence of a favorable i»ue which 
has lwen sometimes felt during the long weeks since 
the 2d of July. Until he is plainly well the country 
can only watch and wait and pray. 


THE LETTER OF SENATOR EDMUNDS. 

SKCATon EDJrrsna is one of llie ablest, most expe- 
rienced, anil most honored of Republican leaders, anil 
his views upon the duties and position of the party 
deserve and command careful attention. HU letter 
declining to address the Massochusctl* Convention 
because of ill health contains a presentation nf the 
object* to whirh Republican action should bo direct- 
ed, and it is interesting to see that those objects arc 
mainly mutters of administrative detail, and nut of 
political principle or policy. The details, however, 
spring naturally from the cardinal purpose of the 
party, which is, the security of equal rights. The 
reason for the existence and activity of the party is 
therefore, in the Senator'*, judgment, permanent, be- 
cause the safety of equal rights is always menaced, 
and some of the measures to which it should now ad- 
dress itself he briefly mentions. They are these; to 
improve the law* for the security of national civil 
rights; to provide for the purity and fuirucs* of Con 
graaaional elections; to establish by law the method 
of ascertaining the result of Presidential elections, 
and to prevent the exercise by Congress of any ap- 
pellate or revisory power over the returns ; to remove 
the evils of placo-hunling; to relieve the tenure of 
many offices from dependence upon personal favor 
or political opinion, and to prevent interchange of 
fevers in places between the executive and legislative 
branches of the government; to re-adjust the revenue 
laws with a view to equality of burdeu and to inci- 
dental protection; to secure a llxcsl and uniform me- 
tallic standard of value*; and to increase and diffuse 
education everywhere, so far ns the national govern- 
ment can lawfully do it 

Thoro is hut one point in these propositions to which 
exception might l*e taken by the opposition upon 
grounds of principle., and that is, incidental protection. 
Thr* opposition would declare itself in favor of the 
deft* n no of all just national rights of the citizen. of 
honest elections, of a clear determination by tlic 
States of the result of the Presidential election, of 
win** reform in the civil service, of a sound currency, 
and of all just legal prelection of education. Pro- 


HARFEItS WEEKLY. 


Imbly no intelligent Democrat would aw it that he 
opposed anything in Senator KoMI XIw's programme 
but protection of any kind. But in saving this such 
a Democrat would make a srrious admission. Tliere 
is nothing in Mr. Kjmvxtis's proponi lions which is not 
the legitimate growth of the principle* and policy of 
the Republican party. There is nothing in them 
which ho* not encountered at times strong Demo- 
cratic opposition in practice if not in theory. It is 
Democrats who have opposed national civil right*, 
who have systematized fraud at elections, who have 
held that Congress should be a national returning 
board, who have fostered the spoils system which they 
practically introduced in nutional administration, 
who have favored financial heresy, and who have 
been strongly indifferent to national encouragement 
ami aid to education. We do not say that there have 
not been Republican Grcenbacker*. and Republican 
udvoeates of Congressional revision of returns of 
Presidential elections, and Republican defend era of 
thn spoils system. But the whole Republican tend- 
ency Ims been to the equal protection of all citizens, 
to the security of honest elections, to financial hon- 
esty, to general education, and to State determination 
of the Presidential election, to provide for which Sen- 
ator En.ui'jttia himself lias introduced an odiniruble 
bill. All that has been accomplished, also — and it is 
much — for the practical reformation of the evil* of 
patronage ha* been done under Republican auspices. 
If. therefore, a Democrat should assent to tin* propo- 
sitions of Senator Edmcbdb, he would virtually con- 
cede that Republican mu evens is desirable. Certainly, 
if the objects mentioned are desirable, ho would be 
bold who should Hay that they are more likely to lie 
secured by the Democratic jwrty. 

The letter of Senator EDMCKM confirm* what we 
have said more than once, that parties are now upon 
trial by their traditions and probabilities. Tins i* 
one of the conservative forces of politics. A country 
which has hod the experience of this country during 
the bud twenty years does not readily transfer it* 
confidence to a party which has repr es ented perilous 
principles and practices, and whose only clnim to 
trust is profession of present acquiescence in policies 
and measures which it baa not favored. The polit- 
ical situation is really traditional. The voter who 
has supported the Republican party because of its 
general character and policy is naturally unable to 
«v tliat the objects lie desire*, and which grow out of 
the recent situation, ore more likely to be attained by 
supporting this Democratic party. Republican duty, 
therefore, e* indicated by tlic suggestions of Senator 
EtmrnM. IjA the party Convention in every State 
demand of Congress such legislation ns he mentions. 
Then if Congress should obey the deuiuud, and 
promptly provide for determining the results of the 
Presidential election, for the certain Presidential suc- 
cettion, fur tho ascertaining of constitutional “ dis- 
ability, ’’ for the abolition of personal patronage, and 
for honest national election*, no Republican would 
have any reason to waver in bi* party allegiance, and 
no Democrat who desires such measure* could suppose 
tliat tlicy would l» mure probably udopted and en- 
forced by Democratic agency. The “burning ques- 
tion" among all those mentioned by Senator Ed- 
nt.vDs is the improvement of tho civil service, to 
which, ns the party of equal rights, tho Republican* 
are especially pledged, because the reformed method 
would overthrow the present oligarchical system of 
personal favor, which exclude* the great laxly of cit- 
izens, and open the w-rviee to the competition, upon 
equal terms, of every qualified pemnn. 


THE PENDLETON DILL 

Tiik damns object* to the PlXULKTOX bill that 
it intrusts reform to the pleasure of the President, 
who, even if the bill become* a law, may wholly di* 
regard it without being called to aeconnt. Thn Pec- 
IiLETOJf bill undoubtedly turn times that the power to 
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, is given to the President by the Constitution, 
and it also assumes that when public opinion ex- 
press!* itself by the passage of such a bill, the Presi- 
dent will not disregard it. The President has al- 
ways had ample power to reform the spoils system. 

Section 1713 of the Revised Statute*, under which 
President GtUST appointed the Civil Service Com- 
munion ten year* ago, conferred upon him nc> new 
power. It led him, however, to exert powers which 
he already possessed, 1* •cause the action of Congress 
in pussitig the law was pro tanto evidence of a pub- 
lic opinion which desired such exertion. In obedi- 
ence to the same principle, when Congress refused 
tho appropriation, President Ghaut abandoned the 
effort. President HayCS, hy the sheer force of the 
Executive will, initiated and sustained reform in the 
New York Custom- huusc. But the friends of the re- 
form and of the PCNDLCTON bill do not expect to car- 
ry an administrative reform of this character and 
importanoe against public opinion, but by the force of 
public opinion. They have no doubt that when pub- 
lic opinion has declared itself so strongly a* to make 
the PBWIXTOW bill law, tho President will gladly 
conform. They have always contended tliat this i* 
a people's reform, and that iU impulse wmei now. 


SEPTEMBER 10, 1881. 


and will come more strongly until it la effected, from 
the people. 

Tin; America* *uys that if the bill should bo poured 
and Mr. ARTHTB should become President, he would 
undoubtedly disregard the law. This is a guess 
which may or may not be sound. Our own opinion 
is that when the country shall have declared it* de- 
sire so strongly os it will have done when the Pltx- 
DIXTOK hi]] or some similar provision becomes law, 
no President will disregard it. The pawugu uf such 
a bill will in itself tic the proof that the pressure of 
public opinion is strong enough to compel members 
of Congress to Lake the first step tow ard the renunci- 
ation of iwlronagc. Moreover, tho bill, when it be- 
comes law, acta directly upon the heads of depart- 
ments in which Oougrees lias vested the appointment 
of certain inferior officer*. Within sixty day* after 
its passage, for instance, the Secretary of the Trea- 
sury must, under certain conditions, classify the per- 
sons employed in the customs service, and after the 
expiration of four month* no person can enter or be 
promoted in any such clauses, or in any similar class- 
es now existing, except according to the provisions 
of the bill. The limitation of this classification, in 
tike beginning, is to custom-houses employing not 
less titan fifty persons. Afterward it may be extend 
ed by the request of the President. 

Tho PCffDLSTOX bill certainly doe* not propose to 
touch any constitutional prerogative of the President 
nr of tin* Senate, nor do the friends of reform propose 
to change the Constitution by Mlalule. But the bill, 
should it become u law, will do two things ; it will 
declare unmistakably an overwhelming public opin- 
ion that the spoils system should ho overthrown, ami 
it will provide the means of overthrowing it. It is 
idle to suppose, when the movement has gone so far 
as to affect the action of Congress, that the President 
will doggedly withstand it. The President ho* never 
been the chief sinner, although he lias been the chief 
agent of the abuse. Even President Jackbox yielded 
to the pressure of his party advisers rather than to 
his own wishes. President HakkisoX earnestly de- 
sired to stay the flood, but he was borne away by liis 
own party cliiefs. President Guaxt, doubtfully but 
with good intentions, experimented with the pre-ssuns 
before yielding. President HaYSS, more independ- 
ent than any of his immediate predecessor*, clung 
stoutly to a few points, and was savagely and con- 
temptuously derided by Ids party. President GaB- 
fieu> frankly declared permanent and effective re- 
form to be impossible without the consent of Con- 
gress. When, therefore, Congress obeys and reflects 
an imperative public opinion in the passage of a bill 
like that introduced by Mr. FBtUFM, it will fin.l 
the President willing and anxious to co-operate with 
iL To disregard it would be fatal to him. Undoubt- 
edly. in the present Congress, elected before public 
opinion was so general and so strong as it has recent- 
ly become, there will be strenuous efforts to cripple 
the bill by changes to make It ineffective. But there 
is so powerful and influential a pari of the press now 
actively interested in reform that these efforts will bo 
at once exposed. The knowledge and ability to dis- 
cus* this particular question are quite as great without 
the door* of Congees* os within. And meanwhile 
three thing* nre clear: first, the strong determination 
that the spoils system shall be abolished; recoin!, that 
no practicable or consistent method but tliat of free 
and open competition has been proposed for its abo- 
lition ; and third, that the PexulctoX bill provides a 
simple and feasible application of that method, the 
effectiveness of which has been conclusively and sat 
ixfactorily tested in the New York Custom house and 
Post -office. 


DYNAMITE POLITICS. 

MB. D. D. FiXLD has introduced are solution in the 
International law Conference at Cologne tliat it is 
deniable in an extradition treaty where political of- 
fenses nre excepted that neither assassination nor at- 
tempted assassination as a means of obtaining a re- 
dress of grievance* alinll be deemed a political crime 
within the meaning of tho treaty, ami that tho privi- 
lege of asylum be denied the perpetrator of any such 
crime. This is tho universal desire of honorable and 
intelligent Americans. They will gladly shelter the 
victims of tyranny, hut they will not harbor murder- 
er* under the name of political refugee*. The nego- 
tiation of a treaty with a despotic government would 
be, indeed, very difficult and delicate, because it must 
make sure that tho charge of crime shall not be a 
mask for legitimate political offense, and that tlio 
laws of tho country to which the person is to Iw sent 
provide an honest trial. To put an extreme com, wo 
could not agree to return to tho King of Dahomey 
any of hi* subject* who may have escaped to our 
shone*, and for the reason that we could not trust 
him to deal honestly with them. The same difficulty 
exist* to a certain degree with every absolute govern- 
ment. Even In the extradition of ordinary and un- 
doubted delinquents we have always insisted upon 
guarantees tliat they should be tried only for the of- 
fenses specifically mentioned in the paper* of extra- 
dition. We may all agree to Mr, KiKUiTt proposal, 
without allowing that wc ought to have surrendered 



SEPTEMBER 10. 1881. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


Charlotte Corday, hiwl she (Kipol to America, to 
b* tri>xl br tlie Revolutionary Tnbunul for the mur- 
der of Marat. 

But it should be well understood that American 
Repablicauism loatht* and rvptulmto* political nssas- 
zinatlou. Its cardinal principle is liberty under law. 
But political shmsI nation is anarchy. It makes sure 
of nothing whatever but the violent death of the In- 
nocent and the guilty together, Its purpose is terror, 
but terror is men* social paralysis, Moreover, its 
theory can not bo limited to tin* case* of rulers. It 
is a doctrine which makes every man the final judge 
of the offenses of his neighbor, of the pruct inability 
or probability of other redress, and of the kind and 
degree of punishment. It puts every man's life at 
the whim of any other man, and so intolerable a 
proposition is rejected by the instinct of civilisation. 
Marat was only a huge political assassin. His prupo 
aition to hang the eight hundred Deputies, MlKADKAF 
at the head, on eight hundred trra-* of the ginko of 
the Tuilcrir*. and his dviuand of 87*1,000 heads, were 
defended by the plea of the political iissussin : “ I am 
willing to shed a few dn>]>a of guilty blond to 
miUlons of the Innocent.” The French terror, w hich 
he more than any individual instigated, the Septem- 
ber massacres, the guillotine, were all assassination, 
and if they had not been suppressed, and had gone 
hevond the Uliine, Kuri>|>e would have relapsed into 
savage barbarism. Tl*e French terror is none tin 
lea* a blot upon Uie history of humanity because 
was tbe legitimate result of the Bornnox tyranny. 

Assassination baa been always a political method 
in Oriental and despotic countries, but it has brought 
them no nearer to liberty. The modern methods, 
however, kit not so much assassination os masaurre. 
The Czar of llussia may be a tyrant, but the man who 
blows down his pubicc with dynamite, and buries 
hundreds of innocent persons in the ruins, is no lest 
a criminal. The English may have oppressed Ire- 
land, hut those who send infernal machines to scatter 
horrible death among Englishmen are ns pitilessly 
cruel as Marat and the King of Dahomey. If Hart- 
HAJor had been a Frenchman who had stolen millions 
of francs from the Huthwhiloh to distribute among 
the starving poor, he would have been returned ns 
criminal under the treaty. If his railway explosio.. 
at Moscow had succeeded, and he had murdered scores 
of innocent passengers upon the chamr nf killing or 
terrorizing a tyrant, would he have been l«» a crim- 
inal, although without a treaty he could not havo 
been lawfully returned I Let no man be touched in 
tin* country without warrant of law; but by ail 
means Jet us bare law to cover every form of crime. 


THE PRESIDENT'S PHYSICIANS. 

There are, and there must be. all kinds of com- 
ments upon the medical care of the President. It 
will be asserted that the case has been wrongly con 
ocived and badly managed. There are those who will 
insbt that if he had been a laborer shot in the street, 
he would have been carried upon a stretcher to the 
hospital, where the risk of death would have been 
taken to secure the chance of life by removal of the 
toll, There are those also who will maintain that 
every bad turn should have been foreseen and pre- 
vented. Indeed, the censure will amount to saying 
that if the President had been properly treated lio 
would have recovered promptly, 

Perhaps the best reply to this kind of remark 

remind those who make it that if any friend of theirs 
hail been ahot in Philadelphia, they would instantly 
and with perfect confidence hare summoned Dr. Ao- 
stw, «nd if in New York, they would haw been satis- 
fied with Dr. Hamilton. Both these gentlemen have 
been in constant attendance upon the President. I 
it be said that they were uot summoned at anro, it it 
enough to reply ilint when they were summoned they 
expre ssed themselves satisfied with the previous man- 
agejnent of the case, and that the highest foreign 
medical authorities have agreed with them The fact 
b that the President has been attended by half a doz- 
eu eminent physicians and surgeons, who have been 
in entire accord upon the conduct of the case, whose 
professional accomplishment and skill ure familiar, 
wlioee devotion has been absolutely untiring anil un 
selfish, who amid have had no wish for tlu* patient, 
for tins nation, and for themselves but that of speedy 
recovery, and who are honorably entitled to the grati- 
tude of the country. No render of these words would 
probably be aide to name half a dozen professional 
men in whom upon the whole there would have been 
more confidence that! In linn* who have had the 
President in charge. Personal preferences there may 
be. but that is uot the que&tiun. 

Hie case, indeed, has demonstrated once more what 
is constantly shown, that the healing art is largely 
groping and experimental. It proceeds upou otoerva- 
t»on and inference, and in any otoeuroor complicated 
care there are conditions which can not be anticipated. 
Thin has uot boon concealed in the President's earn. 
It seemed for u long time to to mastered . and recov- 
ery was thought to be but u matter of time. Yet 
there was always the poaaibility of mischance frank- 
ly expressed. The ball was lodged in the body, and 
its exact situation wn* not known. The consequences 


of this condition might be serious. Everybody who 
has followed the daily report* carefully is aware that 
this grave possibility lias been contemplated. CViti- 
cixms made at a distance, upon imperfect scientific 
statements or upon the general poaribilities of gun- 
shot wounds, were merely gurases, however good 
guessing they might provo to be. Even the critic* 
themselves, had they torn in actual attendance, might 
have reasoned differently. It can uot be said, indeed, 
that tlui President could not have been more wisely 
treated. That can not to known. What is known 
ia that be has had the must unremitting and tender 
care of most accomplished and trusted surgeons and 
*pecialist«, whom sole object has toon the wish of the 
w hole country. Skill and knowledge and thoughtful 
care they have amply supplied. The result no hu- 
man power could guarantee. Should the President 
die, it would to strictly true to say that everything 
possible to save a life so precious and a man to be- 
loved had been done, and that censure or impatience 
is but a natural form of the dccpnnd universal anxiety. 


"TOE FIRST GUN.” 

Tint defeat of Mr. S*88IOX8 in the contest for the 
Senatorial nomination in his district in this State will 
not to regretted by any one who knows that a legis- 
lator should be beyond suspicion, nor by any Repub- 
lican who remembers tbai his party is justly judgrd 
by the representatives whom it selects, a’ man of 
tbe political morals of Mr. Sessions is always cited to 
the discredit both of his party and at the wing of the 
!»»<y to wltich he is attached. During the con teat 
with the machine faction they have always pointed 
to Mr. SctwroNB, and burr asked whether, if political 
morality were ill question, there could lie any choice 
between them. This ia a kind of alternative to which 
no man ought to submit 

Mr. Allen, who has been nominated to succeed Mr, 
Sessions, ha* served in many public stations, and al- 
ways with perfect honor and efficiency. If his nom- 
ination wa» due, as is alleged, to u trick of Mr. Bes- 
WOJWTs friends, who really meant to defeat Mr. Aunt, 
the poetic justice is agreeable, although the result 
can not to accepted as u deliberate judgment against 
Mr. Session* Yet tin: record of the Convention 
shown that there waa not a majority willing to do 
clare for him. 

It will to fortunate for the Republican party if the 
nominations elsewhere are as significant as that of 
Mr. Au-KN. The appeal to tho voters to attend the 
primary elections U usually thought to be hopeless. 
But if they would turn out in every district, and re- 
cure the nomination to the Convention and to the 
legislature of Republicans who heartily support the 
Republican Administration, and who would strength- 
en and encourage it in every progressive impulse, they 
would assure Republican success beyond question. 


GUITEAU. 

There hare been various suggestion* of a purpose 
to take summary vengeance upon the President's as- 
sassin in case of the President's death, uud some ioc*e 
talk seems to have iiMumcri that American citizens 
a poor Kind of Modoc*. That mobs and riot* arc 
praaihlc wo know, but llie people havo made legal 
iirrangvnicnt* to deal with mo to summarily. Will 
thuia who have been disposed to wish that the as*an 
aiu might to plucked with red-liot pincers, or torn 
asunder with wild horses, pause long enough to re- 
flect that tbe crime of GITTRaU was a biirbanitis and 
murderous offense, and that it should be punished 
by the law of civilized men, and not by the fury of 
barbarians T 

A mob which should seize the lueuwtin, and torture, 
or bang, or shoot him to death, would injure the good 
name of America very much more than the assassin 
himself cun injure it. If the law made by the people, 
ami which is adequate to every such emergency, can 
not to eufumd calmly and surely, we are still sav- 
ages. There is universal condemnation iu this coun- 
try of assassination a* n method of practical politics. 
But the murder of criminals by a mob would to no 
low anarchical. 

The quality of American institutions is to be proved. 

ben a President die* by criminal violence, by tbe 
tranquil and orderly transmission of the government 
to his legal successor, and by the equally tranquil and 
orderly trial of the assassin, whether the result of the 
trial should to the asy] u m or the gallows. There is no 
manliness, nor patriotism, nor sympathy, nor sense, 
in the talk about summary vengeance. In a self 
governing community, where law is supremo, there 
is no vengeance for criminals, because justice, how- 
ever complete, is passion lew. To foster the feeling 
which demand* “ vengeance” upon Gciteau is to en- 
courage the spirit of assassination. 

SECRETARY BLAINES BULLETINS. 

•UNO tfin President's illueu nothing has been awaited 
with more Interest or read with mure conflilnuM than the 
•gulur evening dispatch of Secretary BLaisk to Mr. I»w- 
U. iu London. Indeed, the dima i.Wrvcra of tbe pr.igre-M 
of events at the White Runic havo re lint upon that dta- 
ptttch ils l be must accurate and instructor of I lie bulletins. 


611 


It wns known to ho prepared carefully front the testimony 
uf the physicians anil surgeons, and it has bran accepted iu 
an announcement «.f tbo adust sitontum an mow hat lea- 
torhuiral and formal than the profraaioreil bulletin. There 
Lus b**n evidently no attempt at evasion of any kind, and 
if the situatiuD was grave, it was plainly stated iu it* 
diapatch. 

The re.ipmues of Secretary Plunk also to messages of 
syBipnihy from tbo Queen of England. tbo Pope, and ,.flu j„| 
«HMli.-s have been simple, dignified, and in thn test tnstc. 
indued, throughout tire whole melancholy period there bus 
been noth big ill alt the Infinite del ml ofaffeim at tho ITes- 
I'le Ill's kotlsu iui'UDHstent With the sum.' intelligent and 
ui.klcst propriety. Nothing has been more niarkoil throngh- 
uot than the sincerity of feeling. There has beeu nothing 
merely ofllcin] or perfnnctory. A shallow l.os lain aerems 
the threshold of every home iu the land, as if a beloved in- 
mate were mortally stricken, and nothing in our history is 
mure beautiful than tbo chastened tciid.-ni.-n* of the uni- 
versal feeling. An event which affects every Individual 
citizen so powerfully and beneficially onu not ho lost upon 
tbo country. 

BY BREVET ONLY. 

Tint Albany Argotanja that it is an error that Mr. Mr F.r.- 
Rot has suer ceded to tbo aditonhip in chief of the Albany 
Actwisg Journal But the correction leave* ns nothing to 
ckongo in our cownients upon the supposed fact. R only 
•diet* the Messina »r repeating and oonfixmiug tho opinion 
we hav v exjwewcd both of Mr. Dawson and of Sir. McEl- 
nor. 


PERSONAL. 


Jr, rid ITcxt. of the ITnitid Statu* Scrprr-oc Court, is so com. 
pkulr an hi *nl»] that he will never be ntor to tosum* his neat 
upon the baneh. Not baring bran there V.Qg enough (-> entitle 
him n> be found, ho will not rewign uutil Congrats pure* a rae- 
ciul act to mra-t hie care. 

— Fa*kci 8 A. and ixnnr J. Dnrxzz have presented to the 
Scolh I'srh Ci.niiuuiiua, nf Owregu, a mcim.rixl fountain, sur- 
nwoislr.1 by a tutor of their father, the late Fusers A. Dai.rai. 
The fountain osaniwa of a basin twentymo a s-1 a hnit to- 1 in .|i- 
‘""•*• 7 ' J ho CCDt,1B ot Hw holla focni a pe, Until fcAir f.sl Mrh 
awl nine fcet ». |«n, ..a which reus Use brease rtnrctwre; on tliis 
are Uwsnf Ql h**».rell..f4. The buln is uiglit free six inches in di- 
nmeter, and it w*y rirhly ormunennd. Awond Its walcr-line are 
thirteen An, with >t*. The centre of tbi> bsun sxtcmM wpwnrd 
into a pedestal, »U» very ndvlv OfMincsited. cooUkdi.g Sfu i*o 
Jtu, wtucb diaebavp; into the u|.|mt Ut-iiu Tbe water from these 
run* tbKMgh I he jets of U,e hi«™ into tlm grand homo. The 
whole fcrenxe structure will tie stout thirty f,»t i„ height, the 
granite- work stout h>c t«t cWiation. Thii coat of this uiactub. 
st aift U alsinl SUi.isMi. 

*-ilr. Bsamr titiBwwixz's appointment ns a toed of tho Trcn- 
pary roeaUa Ito fact that h.HV M .-n yenr* ago Ml fallirr held a 
•smllar appebiUorel. Tbe Prime Uinwlcr u«k that poet in the 
Bduurilitrnlhin of Sir Rooxiit Fbl. 

—Dr. SUum.rr. the new Drag of Wcstmimter. is indebted 
for the ai-rosutmcct to tho strong pcreosal friendship of Mr. 
liixtwnisK. He U cot widely known ns an author or preachrr, 
hut ho is iinilcrKood to lutvs gwl executive obttity, while n* to 
CbarcMMUhip be is c-sus-rvalfre, like tins Prime Minvtrr. mid al- 
trn{.-iUr unlike ibe Sato Doan NraXLxr. Indaod, as u> Orareh- 
niuiwhliA Hie late Dean Ignored the whcle thing. Am tody *iio 
“** anybody, as! decent, »a* always wcloca* to tho Dna. and if 
« *'»d anything dove* to any, could generally luivo a clumeo to 
*y h in the Abbey. 

—The venerable Anrraug ILlz. tho oldtst member of Cocgreas 
w living, will in a f«w cloths enter upon his ninetv-ninih year. 
H- Brea at Ifc-idg, -water, Maretch-ohCLs, and Ihongh ilightiy U:nl 
in figure, is souiul in mind and holy, aiiiie in habits, sod nruuitos 
reach his rahWiioctl, 

— Tho Out ilrix Memorial Fund Ginoert at Bergen, Norway, 

»* * e**“ »"«"«, Mm Birtt (a Winvomn woman ) and taniiiy 
:ru pnwont, ami Mi*a Eon* Turaimr was the prlnciiwl sur of 
the otxasus*. Tile retcipts wore g|0/<O. 

— Iau.lhg.nce noa from Itorlim that Mr. K mm Ton ScwLozm, 
at [-*•»■' in the Miniiur of Uvm.any at Wastilugloo, in stool to to 
tonwiol to Rome. Aniicalde rclMjons haio nvrnlly been rc- 
•tunii Ic(«mo the Erii|H-nir and Pope, six) the appointment of 
Dr. Kos* ■ as Ifishnp of Treves, and the approtal ttortof by tho 
Herman gorernment, are tlm rewalts. Tho loais of a couif.roa.un 
of ike iBOcwItiea that have ksig eafatod to* braw agreed upon. 
Ihe details of which un tlm port of Germany are to l.o ornu.<vd 
by Mr. Vos ScmdiszB, who was foenactly mutfccd to the German 
legal mil at thu Vatican. 

—Mr. torn Mnmav, II.P., who lisa jnrt arrived In this citv. is 
the bead of ano of Ibe largest dry-goal- !,»« in Lwdoti. thimgb 
nured from Ms active msMaemonL In {lolUioi bo U a Liberal, 
and from t,U wealth and high comawreial pcteixm hs» srapnred 
weight ui lb- ILra-e of iVonmnni oil rerausieroial affaire. Hi* wm 
is alto a number of tbe House, though comparatively a yuuug 

—Mr. Glamicixz toke.1 that rtgorooi amt tffereivo support tn 
t«h H oases of Parliament on the Land Dill which be had a r-.<lil 
to szpeot D.ih Mr. Forarzn, Chief toracUrv Un frrlml, ord Mr. 
iteaunr, liave failed to nor wp to the mark'nf tbrir high calling 
The As Jfeff OntMt, a (tocmgh and v.ry able Litoral iounwl, 
givra expreasion n. Uie general complaint, Guiomn hlmrelf 
wn* never grmtor than he has been through the whole Mruggle. 

At the critical Juncture an the bill ia ito Hoove of Pre-re, Lord 
«iu.vrat.t was disoivSed by tbe goal, are) ha.1 to be Utrecht into 
the Hire*.- in a chair. 

—Mr. ifeiMwar, the famous London pill mxnufarturer, is mid 
to hare gi ven over <S,7ai>,iss» for pliilir.tbropie purposes during • 
Urn Usl .it yuan. Indued, hu is oue of the pillars of British 
MDSTOHnOK 

— Mr. ihiocir xltxs, tho Dwnocrstic caadidau for GoreTnnr of 
Hhio. w entirely a telf iumie mra. One of libs firei sdnstwras was 
Hie esUhlmlinudit tho Mu Aoasrof .Wn, a reioiamuithly loursal 

at Springticld, and K is in a very tfoutuliing conditiuu t»4iy. It 
baa several cump»lvnt men on it* relimrinl ^alf, hut Mr. Ihum- 

wxi.tkx illrraca U* policy. He says, •• U require, much s«r 

to direct a yxtrnal of that charai-..v (ban a m-wjpapnr, fra tl 
son Hut nvrry siihpct otnst bo treated with the utnuwi esar 
ir it wooil out do to detect an emir in a roe.Jiu.irat Journal." 
—Ikun Ktanlkv had an amu-iug way of depredating himself. 
Him i lay be mid - 1 have always thought thu a dean should tore 
Ihree '|iuliftoatiou*. arete uf wl.icli I poesoao. Pirn, I think a dean 
aim old know something a»*«tl music ; I ano ato.luidy igre.rai.t of 
Ihe wiil.Jt-.-t. Seexauily, I Ihink a dran almul.i know auiiH«lwng 
ab.au nrcciilecturv; 1 know hotbing abeail M. Thirdlv, I think a 
de»n should know xa.u-il.iug aW ihe TnanagrawM of tomnra* : 

I sm always thankful when our audit is ,o cr , and wo tore. not 
imnc 1 » some grlwvon* uiiehap." 






HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


SEPTEMBER 10, 1881. 


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SEPTEMBER 10. Wit. 


IIAUPKU'S WEEKLY. 



THE .NEW YOKE STOCK EXC1UNGK-I>«*w* it Ciuljuh aid TlKUTMT.— {8 u PiOK 414.] 


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SEPTEMBER 10, IBM. 


NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. 

'Vues la 1806 tbe New York Slock Ex- 
change erected its building mi Broad anil 
Now street*, Just oat of Wall, the iiivuili-re 
thought that tliojr had made ample previ- 
hioiM for the future. They hod a five-story 
building, with « frontage an Broad Street 
of fort j- lire feet and a depth of rigbty-eight 
fret, with a T on New 8traal eighty hjr six- 
ly-eight feet. Thin building was divided 
into suitable room*, the incur important Us- 
ing (he Board Room, which «» lift} -three 
feet w ije and M-'veutyfuur feet lung. This 
secured a huge enough room. There were 
in the Exchange theu 400 members, mu! *1- 
lluiugh tins price of a real iu tiro Exchange 
uiui but flDUOO, it waa not expected that 
in sixteen years tho membership would be 
nearly three lime* u* great, lint to-day 
thens am HOD members a ( the Stock Ex- 
change, mul the prim of a neat lot* risen 
steadily, until $AU<*> ho* lucn recently paid. 
This increase in nmnibersbip, aud consequent 
ItlfTMH iu rsoouroea, led the niembeni to 
think of increasing their facilities for doing 
loisiucas. The ohl building was daily prov- 
ing inadequate- Not only waa it not large 
enough to im commodate the meuiU-r*, hut 
it wa» not large enough to accommodate the 
hundreds of telephones, telegraph instru- 
ments, onil “ticket*" that bav« no multiplied 
within the Inst ten year*. 

It was decided to enlarge their quarters. 
A building committee, ne m p en A of IKi.nalu 
Mai "SAY, President of the Stock Exchange, 
A.M. l'tinu_N We- President of the Stock Ex- , 
change Building Company, How aiu> Lai-*- 1 
I P V, and PiiaNK Sum its, took tha mailer 
in hand. The committee Ixmght ou Broad 
Street, adjoining the Stock Exchange Build • 
ing.a lot twenty-four feet wido aud eighty- 
six feet deep, and ou Now Street they bought 
n lot *>xt\ -eight hy oevetaty-two. This in- 
ervoaod the frontage on Broad Street ono- 
t turd, and doubled the New Street frontage. 
Then began the wurk of adding to the old 
building, aud making of both new aud old , 
one eymmetrical and uotttvuirut whole. It 
w as n work requiring onnoBUiiabB) Boro *r- 
rliitovturol skill than to build a now budd- 
ing. James Kkxwick waa the architect to 
whom the work waa given. An inspection 
of the building oa it stand* to- day show* 
just how successful he him been. Tlie old 
Bread Street front sue taken down, the lu- 
re ri.-rcliangtd iu many part iruUri, aud now 
the Exchange lift* a building that is appar- 
ently very complete. Work waa begun iu 
June, IrWI. To-day the painters are put- 
ting the flubbing touches mi the wall* tuul 
wood -wurk of the Interior. The Broad 
tsttvut front I* slxty-ulue feet In width, ami 
from tho aide walk to the top of the cornice 
of the fifth story the distance i* 101 feet, 
and to the top of the French roof ISO feet. 
The front is of marble, elaborately carvod 
in the French Itenaimmiro ntyle. The por- 
tico of the first ntory haa eight polish »d 
aud carved red granite eolnmns tlauking 
tlio tlireo window* and two doom. The 
key-atom to the windows and doors are 
richly carved, with tlie beads of Fortana 
and i’lutus in b*a*-r*U*f, surrounded by fo- 
liage, flowers, and fruit*. Tbo portico pro- 
jre-lA four fleet from the front, anil bear* in 
Largo letters tbc words “-New York htock 
Exchange,'' cut in the frieze. The central 
pediment ha* a very richly carnal tympa- 
num, The four sUiriea above the first lmve 
swell fivo windows, amt in the central tym- 
panum of tbo fifth story is a carved shield, 
with tlie monogmiu of the Exchange cut 
upon it. The work on the building has now 
cost $g7:.,i*m, and will reach nearer IMOyMO 
when everything 1* completed. 

Entering by the right-hand door, one pont- 
es into the Long Room -a deportment de- 
voted to telegraph desks, tncsoengers' desks, 
and swabs for eiilswrUieni, There hits lorn 
nn change made In tlie Long Boom, w hich 

forty feet wide by hixty-ninn feet long. 
Parallel with this, aud entered both from 
tire street by tlie hit- hand door and from 
tho Long Room, I* a large apartment, thirty- 
two feet wnlo and *ixty-six fuel long, rtc- 
gaiitly finished in Mock walnut, elaborately 
ircocciesl, and which will be very carefully 
furnished, for it is to be tlie amokiog and 
lounging room of tlve member* of tbo board, 
and none but a member wilt be admitted to 
it« plcaaaut precincts. Tbo attract ions of 
this room are two huge tin-places of yellow 
Ecbaillon mnrtde, carved in the most ap- 
proved Ueuaiwatnxi style. Prow tliwiri*li- 
ing foliage drop coin*, aud over tho head 
of Fortuim a bear aud a bull rampant earn 
tond in lutlle. 

Hack of tliote two mno* runs al right 
angle* a long passage to Wall Km-et. It is 
twenty four feet wide here, and gives am- 
ple room for stores of telephone* that hang 
ill rowt alomg the walls. Erma this passage 
ninny ■winging door* open into tbe great 
Uo»rtlRoosn,lhc room of tti* building. There 
is not such another in this city certainly. It 
1* 140 fact Wing, fifty-four fuel wide, awl front 
ilia floor to (lie lofty panel of the iron ceil- 


ing is fifty-five feet. Two tier* of windows 
open upon New Street, ami give abundant 
light. I'mlar them window* run railiugs, 
li-html which m«MK'tigcni wait in business 
hour*. At each end of the nrau is souther 
railing, behind which subscriber* can rent- 
gregotev and communicate with tha bro- 
kers upon tbe lloor. On each aide of the 
huge rouDk rise ten great red granite ptlos- 
teis, with marble bases aud broom capitals. 
These pillars are thirty-live fret high, und 
from the cornice over then the ceiling i» 
groined fur twenty fret, a* fur *4 tlm cvntro 
1**11*!. The rfl.-.-i i* good, for them I* tho 
appearance of strength and gTacufuLneiaf 
(omhiiM-d. At each end of the room is a 
gallery, from which visitors cun look down 
ui*>u the conflicts IkiIwiwu bulls and hears 
In the arena below. Tbo PnoBUntl* desk 
la on the east aids uf tho room. The hoard 
prefers to retain tlie old one, which i* mass- 
ive, and dark with age. The wulls and ceil- 
ing lire painted in the richest anil must elab- 
orate «t> of iCenaUwttiHw decoration. Blue 
and gold are tire predominating colors, hot 
by no means tbe only colon ; far iu painting 
the nrabesques of fiowera and foliage, and 
the fabulous beast* of tire Ueuaimum-c, all 
the colon* of the rainbow arc used, and mule 
nut in tire ordinary uveiy-day rainbow. 

Having paid hi* $U,UUU fur a “ neat" iu 
the Exchange, tho member Ibid* that Ire 
has no sent. The floor of the Board Boom 
l* destitute of soar*, nave a few hero aud 
there around the walls. There I* nothing 
to impede tbe course of tho number* iu 
tlieir struggle with fortune, save a row iu 
tbe centre of aix small iron posts seven feet 
Iu height .each (waring the name of some 
■toek which is dealt to. 1W Instance, one 
post bear* ou aire side the lianir, •• Western 
t'u ion"; on the other, “Wabash Common." 
Then at different points on the walls are 
i-nnls with the iisiik* of other stocks upon 
them. Thoae are guidnt for tho m> iiiImm-h. 
If one wishes to deal in Western l jilon, he 
aces on entering the room the card, and near 
be finds tire men who are iloating. lie hur- 
ries up to the group, which luay he idly 
talking at that ihmiimI, and shoot* tire 
figure that ho will give for 100 share*. In- 
stantly there is a cunimotiou. Half a dozen 
men yell ct him the figure that they will 
take ; others joiu in bid*. They shake llreir 
lists at each other; they reach after ouch 
other'* hand* ; they crowd and push, and 
yell ami vociferate, hneb a scene in such a 
group the artiat bos depicted in tbe illus- 
tration ii poll page 013. He give* the action 
well, but ha can not reproduce tire uuisn. 
Itut muluply Lilia group by t«m, fiflocn, ox 
twenty, and then imagino the noise that 
goes up among tlm blue and gold and fntita 
and dire «re of that gorged a* ceiling on a 
“lively day iu the tlntt 1 * Visitors Icaa 
over from the galleries and wonder at tbe 
tumult below. Tbi-y can not catch a ward 
that is aniil, nor cau they see a reason for 
tire tnmult. They see two men wire are 
gesticulating in a throng grasp each other's 
outstretched fingers, theu suddenly miiImMii, 
sup back, mark upon a small pad, tuck the 
mcmoraniU in tbeir pockets, aud theu per- 
haps rush over to uuother group, and go 
through similar operations. That simply 
urea u» that Mr. Ball ha* sold, say, SCO shares 
or Wabash Common to Mr. Bear for 4fif, of 
whatever tire price may be, anil that each 
has made a memorandum of the transac- 
tion. At such a time tbo flour of that big 
room presents a remark able sight. Crowd- 
«1 w itb struggling men, aome with blanched 
taco* a* tlrey sen their fortunes slipping 
from them, a hoarso tumult of ducoriUnt 
erica goes up with a cloud of dost raised hy 
the shuflliug foot. The floor is wbito with 
bits of paper — torn MMIIldl or notw of 
referenie or iasintoUoo. Mcmottgcr Ireys, 
gray-coAtml ai«l wbiUs-cappcd, durt bltlrer 
and thither through the throng. Anxious 
messenger* and SAibierihcra liaug over the 
railiugs endeavoring to catch the eyes of 
struggling brokers. There is nothing else- 
where like the scene. 

Formerly there was another elegreiit aild- 
rel to the confusion. A bnAer iMiiug want- 
re] hy a subscriber, a messenger walked 
through the n*>m, calling hi* name in a 
treruciidoiM voice. The effect was curious, 
this monotonous, steadily repented cry aris- 
ing amidst the tumult of the broker*. Now 
this i* done away with, la front of each 
visitors-' gallery are reels* of disks of Iron, 
painted black. They are on hinges, anil 
when tlrey fall on tbeir hinges they discluae 
under them numbers in white thut may be 
rood the length of tire room. To each lih Aer 
is aNiigrji.il • nnmbor ; this iiutnlsir corre- 
spond* to hi* noun’. Tim disks are worked 
by eleetrteity, by an operator outside of tbe 
roam. Kay that l ‘resident MaCKaY's num- 
ber is ID. A m««w.'Dger wishes to communi- 
cate with Inin. He g-we to the operator of 
tbo disks and Minto-s known hi* wishes. 
The operator touches a button, and in tho 
Board Boom a falling disk reveal* a big 
white 10 on a black ground. President 
i Macxay aeea it, and knows that be is want- 


oil at tire railing. This simpln arrangement 
will do sway with much of the noire uf the 

There is nothing shove the Beard Room 
hat tire roof. It occupies ull of the Nsw 
Ktrvet frontage. Thu remaining stories of 
the building ore iu tlie Brood Street build- 
ing proper. On tire second floor is the liov- 
crumenl Boom, a fine large apartment, forty 
by seventy feet, hung with crimton cloth, 
auiphithealricol in arrangement, furnished 
with mnaslve leather - rashimicd ehaire, 
where govcriiBieut bonds arc sold- Brovitcs 
thin, there are the President's and Secreta- 
ry’s rooms. Thu throe other stories are di- 
vided cadi into six committee rooms The 
hall* aud room* an finished in nab, Arwcoed 
finely, and well lighted. In tire Imwinent 
are sofe-ilepotit vaults, rooms for messenger 
boys, and complete steam and ventilating 
apparatus. 


Ilkguu to BoruV Wicslv Nn. lmt. VuL XXIV.] 

CH RISTOWELL. 

9 9artm«*t Exit. 

By B. 0. ltLACKMORE, 

Armoa or “Vast A raw,* “Losss Dooxs," 

•- CSUTS, THS CaDUXB," XTC. 


C1LVPTER XXXI. — < Coafi used.) 

THE MLVKU KEY. 

Accokiungly, when this faithful person, 
piuictusl b> her hour cm KutnUy, hail made 
a pro-eminent dinner, and odiulrrel tbo view 
of a crowd in tbe Park (who might lie taken 
thus for off fire Loudon trees walking off their 
woes), aud theu had refused more Fronti- 
giiac — a wtire that bo* gone tire way of all 
fnelibm — because aim was duU'iniiiwiI to con- 
sider slowly wlvat Mr. Knocks lissl said about 
investment, when she happened to coufiwa 
that she liad put by, in spite of hard times, 
just a little bit of money ; and when she had 
boett persuaded, a* a favor to every inly 
[•remit and ropecially her lu«t, to relent 
from that refusal, and touch flower-bells 
with Mr. Snacks (who an exceedingly 
pleasant man), really such a desire to please 
tlroi- who had ple.-wed her so lunch tweame 
eataldUhml la her kind Iresrt that Mr* Uib- 
Icts and Mis. Knacks, and even Mary — al- 
though she was ordered to run away three 
times, and *n Kmt three half-iuiuutos beflne 
sbo veutuied I nock again — one with aooth- 
cr, putting thing* tog. tlrer.cooUl enter into 
all the affairs of that interesting house al- 
most ns ch-arly as if they bad the piii ilege 
of living there. 

To put into * few word* a story which 
cost many, the pn-etrot Earl Ih-hipole, al- 
though by nature of haughty and InijH-rinuR 
veiu. ill his later years had fallen deeply un- 
der the influence of a man who had made lus 
way upward from post to post. From the 
petition of farm bailiff and rait-eoUMUtf* 
deputy upon a small part of tb* Earl'a es- 
tates he had risen to be tbs general agent, 
steward, manager, aud master. There still 
were times wh--n the rightful lord, who waa 
Of U YOFy aospiciiMis mind, would rebel, break 
out moot violently, ami ureter his enemy to 
qalt hi* sight ami hi* premise* forever. At 
such times Mr. Gaston used to fling out of 
the house aud baug the door ; but the next 
day he w-u* back again, having made him- 
self indispensable : alt that violence only 
tightened llin i»oofce,a» with a well-nut wire. 
Mrw-Tiibtai could not say whether she con- 
sidered him a rogue ar not; perhaps, if h* 
liad not been no boisterous anil to domineer- 
ing. she would have thought him dclUirnt 
in principle; but sin bad never known a 
rogue with a voice to Bind and a fsee rod. 

Tlie Eiirt, who was now in bis eightieth 
year, was Colling more and more completely 
into tlie power of this tyrant. No one ever 
came to Brighton his tliillneae or divert his 
mind toward any kiwi of charity, al though 
be mast have a mint of money, In land and 
bouses and leather bag*. Mr. Oaaton would 
take good care of that. Only his doctor, Sir 
John Tiekell, who always went abont with a 
trumpet - which iH-rlia|is waa make-believe, 
became he bated question* — and hi* lawyer, 
Mr. Latimer, though even he aoNiuMl to !»• 
shut mat now , and h k* shaver ( w bo could not 
t»e shut out), tlw»e were ail tlmt were lot in 
now with any sort of grace alsmt it. If any 
old gentleman who bail curried on highly in 
the tine old times with his lordship desired 
ro sbnke him by the band Mien more, and 
to lighten it up for him to hold on, anil to 
say things witty, M they used to bo, them 
nunc other message, when his card conic 
III, hut that his lonlsbip was in great pain 
to -day. And so the very brat of them 
dropped off — gentlemen who must have 
been the foremost of their day In carrying 
ou high « ickrdneso. Mrw.Tnlitw liked them, 
Inh-*im« they were gentleineu, Dot such soft- 
nnHiilis as you see uow. Bat although sbn 
liked them, and they liked her (mi thuircoen- 
plimcnt* on h« appearance proved), sbo 


durst not authorize man or m»id to show 
them up to his lordship’* room. And tin* 
bod grown sailly upon the Karl, quite ao- 
cordiug to Mr. (Jus ton's wishes, ever sinrei 
the grandson died, following that ]H»r lord 
his fnther, who bud never boon much to 
■peak oE Howuvur, it whs known aiinuig 
the older oure that there was another sun 
kiiiu* where, or at any rate there unn-d to he ; 
but the Earl had rcfnseil to have him tnru- 
tioned, becanse of some trouble that he hud 
lii'ii through. Ami altbougli he might for- 
give Mm now, for tbo sake of tho land and 
the title, Mm. TuIiIm was euro that Mr. Gas- 
ton would give him no chaucn of repentance. 

" That u how thing* always goes with our 
great families," said Mr. Kuackx, a liberal of 
th« largest order, who likc-d the world to go 
up aud iluwu — “men Who think that noth- 
ing Ires than u couch and four of tbolr own 
driving u lit to crniic through their proper- 
ty. Their time ia pretty well tip on this 
earth. But tlie son, if there is one, should 
lui looked up, to make a good title to the 
company." 

Through tlm caution of the timber mer- 
chant, none of thune present know a* yet 
that tlie iniasing mid could be found on 
Uartmoor, though some of them begun to 
siwpeet It. 

“ But If tlireo troubles go mi uiueh longer, 
wliat am I to ilor* staked the. good houw- 
keeper, who felt that sbe might have un- 
burdened her tuiud so us to bring worm 
burden afterward. “I can throw np my 
sttunllon of roiiTK, and good uow knows it 
ia a gloomy one." 

“No, ma'am, no," exclaimed Mr. Knack* ; 
“you must nut contemplate such a step. 
For tbe good of the family, you must not do 
that. Ym are *o placed that an immensity 
drjieniht u[Nin your iliimiUori and forU-sr- 
auce. To-morrow U Monday. I will fwl 
my way towanl getting you those share* 
we Spoke of. If I sneered, as 1 fully Inqii 
to do, your money will be doubled l*y Fri- 
day moraing. My investments are never 
speculative, but sound os the Bank of Eng- 
land. 1 will not say a syllable to disturb 
your mind. Cast off every thought about 
It. 1 shall act fur you with even more ili*- 
rretioa thun 1 should employ about my own 
affaire. And I think 1 etui promise v ou an- 
other thing. From my intimate acquaint- 
ance with the Dorks, 1 shall have the plea- 
sure of telling you next 8u inlay, if yon uinl 
kindly reiu-w your visit, the latitude ami 
longitude of Captain Tutilw, unit [w-rtisps 
the very day wlu-u lie must come hone-, 
after making all allowances for wind aud 
weather." 

This brought a very uico smile into tha 
eves of tlie hoiiaekoeping lady, who was 
not so very old ; aud if Mr. (iustun eonld 
have seen how warmly anil gratefully she 
wished her new friends good- night. [M-rhaps 
it would have wad* luingriud bis teeth, and 
hesitate about hi* noxt proccodiug. 


CHATTER XXX IL 
I NI«R THU ASH -THEE. 

THE evening of a ripe summer day waa 
slanting de» u the western heights, anil 
spreading wav re of peace and nil (too *.ft 
to lie called shadow* yet) along tin; fertile 
lowland and tbe villages, whe-ru people talk. 
The striped proceeding* of the harvest, and 
tbo w inding tree-girt winds, and mejuluw* 
coned with bay uncarted still (tre-auae of 
summer dncsls), patcltes also «treak«il nc- 
contiug to tbe coat they hail pat on (wheth- 
er of U-nns. or rape, or turnip*. or tlie hungry 
and baagrifying i«>lato, or brown vetches 
apnot ill pods), and the green leisure of reft 
pasture filled with aider* hy the brook - 
these aud a thousand other beauties, opreait- 
itig wide content to gaze at, lay in tbe mel- 
low summer vvu below tb* rampart of rough 
utoor. 

Uetnrohig from Cliriatowell in time to 
get her father's supper ready, ICooe, with 
one hand full of woodhine. blnu-rap, unit 
dark tiends of wort*, espied n lovely [tlaea 
to mat ia and enjoy the varied view. A 
bend of tho wandering lane lay open where 
a gate had one* kept guard ; for time bad 
dispersed the gate, and nun und hi* cattle 
hail done very well without it. Over tho 
mow- brewed granite posts, whose heads 
were antlered like a stag's, a maud old snh- 
Uve, hung with tOHM-ls, spread a cool awn- 
ing; to improve the siglil, ferus and fox- 
gloves and puce bruth flowers fringml the 
descent of the steep fnrvgrnnnd, while tho 
low laud distance n as beginning to acknow- 
ledge the cast of llieic great hill*. 

Here sill- sal to tliink a little of the Is-ixu- 
tics earth presents, and ]a.-rha[m (although 
sbo was so yonng) of the many iron bice it 
inflicts. She waa capable, as she thought, 
of putting two and two together; but this 
capability bait not brought the comfort of 
mi rare a gift. Nothing came of iiieditrA- 
tions, and |*-rh*p» the wisest plan would 
ho to stop them altogether. 

Tlie BWMtoM* of tbe hovering light aud 
calm of summer fragrance were enough to 


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make on* think n f nice thing* Imw. wmI 
•.-ora anxiety. P» in the di.tunco people 
Nearly were at work, Intt matin no noi 
ajxl nearer toward, at Um hil Hoot, oows 
„ 0 |*t u th» milky way) Jotted tli*s wilding 
mr-ulnv* with alow movement, seeking the 
prime ti f dew. There wa» nothing to dia- 
mrb uon'a mild oniler the dignity of that 
Ur*, unlet* the disturbed non brought it 
with him, or let hiuuM'If ho wtd, through 
MMM of Mnailiility, hy the lightly mended 
feature* which Un> Obristow mudu a mur- 
mur of. In spite of breakage the brook 
flowed on, and in spits of abadona the even- 
ing spread, and over the linen of rare and 
trnubla the yonng heart pareed into the 
like repooo. 

Tharv could not have been n bettor time 
for any one to look at her. with her bond 

reclined a galliot the granite pier, and her 

hut full oftoarn by her aide. The rugged 
face of the atone act off the delicate damask 
of her own. and the hoary lichens of a hun- 
dred yean made a foil lor the lirightoeia of 
ollky "young lurk*. It wna doubtful whether 
aho waa half asleep or thinking. hut in either 
ciwe u genii* amilo waa sweetly reeling with 
her Ami not to disturb kt« tieanty or ‘ ' 
own delight in watching it, a yonng in 
who hail c«li»* toftiy up this turfy slope, 


drew back, and pondered. 

Ity sooao strange- gift of time utid place, 
tliw happened to lie John Wauteombe, w ho 
hud long been in a condition of mind mar* 
eaejr to feel Ihw to describe. It had nei- 
ther lieeu detraction, anguish, transport, 
misery, temerity, abaaemeut, nor any of the 
many ‘lark profunditiea of despair. Hut her 
there had been, from Urn* to lime, some ele- 
ment of all tho** mood*, combining undcelra- 
hly, and confounding aelf lwipaetion. And 
now to are tb* canoe nf all this atir intensi- 
fied it. For wince that day at Flngle Bridge 
he had only aeen her far away, although he 
hail diligently fished the river to tire ut- 
b»i iif his leave. “Thl* U a fair chance 
now," thought ho, “on neutral ground— the 
Queen's highway, or, at any rn«e. a parish 
rood. Am 1 to go oil like this forever, until 
wane dishonorable fellow cut* me out 1 How 
sweetly lovely tin doe* look ! There never 
was any one liko her." For her simple 
drew*, U'lig-waistcd, flowing (and neither 
skewered m, nor skimped to show o foot 
•queered into a Mister’* claw, imr thatehid 
with atri|ie« of Uidmiue huee), followed tire 
elegance of her Cans, as nature'* self would 
have pnivldod If the human race were lmrn 
in husks, as a couscly lill-rrt is. The flnisli 
of every part was perfect, like a sculptor' a 
dream that happily quite unlike his deoils), 
from the topermg Huger ti|M and nuila, ro- 
•emMiiig tho ufoiiwuiit Albert, to the earven 
curves and tloxurod tracery of soft little 
ear* that hod never been bond. To these 
Jack Weatcombe thought it Dow good time 
to make bis love'a appeal." 

“You did not know that I waa here. ' I 
••HOrti up <|nlt« by accident. And 1 hope 
yon won’t bo angry with me for — far look- 
ing at you f“ 

"After all ymtr kindness, how could I 
be angry with you for — for looking at 
»uer 

'* lint I want to do a good deal more than 
that. I want to tell you, if I may, the con- 
tinual things I think of you. You cau not 
UDdvretimd them ; but 1 should like to make 
tbera clear to you.” 

" hut how cau yon do that, if they are 
beyond my understanding V 

"Not at all," said Jack, "If you will only 
try to put jcutwelf in my place, Suppose 
that you loved anybody with all your heart, 
and f«r ail your life. Tire tint thing you 
would want to do would Ire to make it clear 
to them." 


“ But they would bo rare to know it. 
Why should I tell them what they know 
already I They would feel that 1 was do- 
ing It." 

” Then do yon fnnl that I am doing It, 
doing it overwore, for you f And if you do, 
ore yon vexed oboat it f” 

Koe* luul risen, and was looking at him 
with maiden lre*hfulnees, and eoure grief. 
"You aro not thinking what you say," she 
said. 

" Yes, I am. I have thought about it for 
days, and night*, and weeks, nail months. 
Ever since I first saw you, nothing else has 
been really In my thoughts. I can not ex- 
pert you to can for inn yet; hut only nay 
that you will try. Fut it ku this way to 
yourself. Say, •Here is a fellow not worth 
ranch, and in no single way to Ire compared 
to atm; twit Ire loves me with all his heart 
and aoiil, ami lovely a* 1 am, I never shall 
get anybody elan to do It half so well/” 

" Ileal I v, Mr. Woatesdubo, if l am to talk 
to rayseiriike that, l must be a mam of self- 
conceit.” 

" you might in hr. And then go on 
like this : • Although I don't care about him 
now, and be doo* not com* up at all to my 
idea*, it is my duly t.. give him fair play, 
and not for a moment to entertain n single 
thought of any other person until 1 have 


tried ray very best to like him/ Now will 
yon promise to consider it like that f" 

" Sorely your ides* of fair play," she an- 
swered, with a smile of pleasure at his skill 
III putting things no us not to terrify her, 
" are fairet to yourself, supposing I hut — that 
you make a point of um>, than they am to 
any other person, auch a* 1 am not to think 
of.” 

“How can I argue with you, ” said Jack, 
contriving to get very near to her, without 
any perceptilih) nearing, “ uul.-ra you could 
spare uie your bund, that 1 might count my 
reason* on it T” 

" I am afraid that 1 ought hi go home,” 
said Hose. 

“ Thank you for being afraid," he. answer- 
cil, with much ability offering his hand, in 
the tuauuer of oao who soys “Good-by,” 
“ because it sccma almost to mean that you 
are nol afraid to be with me. It seems ut- 
most a* if you were beginning at last to Utt- 
dciHtuiul, just a little, bow 1 worship yon.* 

"Hush! You must not use snob words. 
It is moat sinful. You may say ‘ love’ me. 
But — ” 

“Oh! if you give hi* leave to say Move 
you,’ I ahull cam for nothing more. Ohio, 
you ran never call that Ime-k.” 

" (tut 1 hnvo giveu vim no leave at >11. 
You are taking the whole of it yourself,” 
•aid Rove. a* he began to count her fingers, 
in on« of the many brriarvau'Ule of love, as 
children count the baby'* torn, "tjoud- 
Ivight ami good-lsy wo* the leave yen were 
to take. And if you won’t do it, I must do 
it tor you." 

“ I im uff at once; or at least I shall be 
off before you ran count ten. Only, before 
I go, be so very kind a* to do am ■■■»« little 
favor. You know that I am not unreason- 
able r 

** I have always thought that of you un- 
til -till now.” 

“I will do my host for yon to think it 
Mill. I ask yen nothing more Chun this: to 
give tun both your bauds, and say, ‘John 
WeMminb*, 1 will think kindly of yon.’ " 

“Why those are the very word* Ksm 
Slow bury says that lii* wife used to him; 
and whenever they quaml ho remind* he* 
of t bent.” 

•' I ahull lie quite content to Im reminded 
of them lifty thousand times, if the remit is 
(he same iu oor case.” This wa» confusion 
of thought on Jack's part. But what bet- 
tor could bo expected I For Hose, with her 
gentle graceful manner, gave him both her 
Iial.iI*, and said, “ Mr. W i atitunfliB, I will 
thiuk kindly of yon." Tit* Mown of a bright 
blush deepened on her cheeks, a* her *y«* 
met his coimigoously ; and tlmu she turned 
her face aw ay, lost any tell-tale tears should 
K*y that her promise Lad been fulfilled al- 
ready. 

" I will nsk no more,'’ John WnImoIm 
mid, hinging to are her face again, but tike 
a mini forbearing; "you havo giveu me all 
tlixt I can aspect. There are many obsta- 
cle* between ns. Bat as sare as I lore you 
they shall vanish. Now, darling, give m* 
oue sweet flower from where the awontor 
head lias been.” 

A teal fell into her nosegay a* she stoop- 
ed to c house a pretty one; and without a 
wind she gave him > tm*a of woodbine, sev- 
en sweet rosy liells. Then a be took up her 
hat, and trembling finger* played aiming 
tho other flower*, because he might think 
her sudly stingy f-ur only giving hint that 

Bnt it wna the one on which til* tear had 
fallen, ns Jock’s sharp *J«" had parcel red 
with joy, “This flower shall i»* with iue 
all my life," h* aahl, a* be held it reverent- 
ly. " Now, Kcmc, lay Hose, I must sec yon 
home, Wcuuae there ore great rogues a limit. 
You shall go in front, and I will wulcb you, 
ns 1 uk an to do all my life.” 


u SO. 2i02. n 

•‘Cax I hare a room, sir I" asked an elder- 
ly mao, ill diffident nod tremulous voice, of 
the gentlemanly hotel clerk who beams be 
niguautly aud patronizingly nt tho counter 
of oaa of the great inns nt Coney Island. 

flhould like oo« facing the sea ; have tried 
a good many times to get a room facing tha 
sea, but oev er got one— in fact, have never 
seen a mao who did get a room facing the 
sea.” 

“ Impcwsilde, sir ; every one token." 

" Then I reckun I won’t register." 

The gentlemanly hotel clerk brusquely 
replied. " All right. sir," ami 1 niniuiriored. 

I bate an idea that tli* rooms facing the 
sea are, as a general thing, quietly reserved 
for railroad xm-u, cirrus people, folks who 
keep race- horse*, Kuights Tcmplar, fricrnl* 
of tho proprietor, SDd newly msrried hriugs 
who order nice quarters ill advance. Kmi.-- 
tiiues a broker, ur party w ith a good ileal of 
gold depending ffroiu v or ion* parts of his 
sppsrel, bikcuciU, hut not onliuorily. 

Meeting art old friend on the |•is*ta. who 
wo* stopping in the house with his family, 


ami enjoying hi* goat, I mentioned bow 
gracotully I bait bran convbed.itown by the 
gent Iciuauly hotel clerk. “ f ’neno witli too/' 
suid be; “I guess 1 can fix it.” 

We promenaded to the office, sod met the 
cold, stony -eyed gate of tho g. b. c. “ Look 
hero," said my friend — "can't yoa give thi* 
old gentleman a room t lb> like* to lie cixn- 
fortahle ; is fond of good thing* ; pay* ; I* of 
French descent, and drink* wine at diuuer." 

"Well, I can’t place him just now; per- 
haps I ran Inter." 

1 registered. Directly I bad done w>. in 
cam* u lot of breezy young follows, each of 
whom registered, and by tin g. k. e. were 
promptly roomed. Kix of them, I thiuk, 
were given result* facing the sea. The sym- 
pathies of youth will sumetime* work that 
way. 

Later I was blandly informed by tbs g. 
lu c. that he A ad managed ro secure me a 
*' comfortable res>m," and culling a minion, 
said, “Show tho gcutleiuau to £HU." 

Filtering the elevator, I was pulled to the 
top floor, and shown to an apartment, not 
facing the tea, but adjoining the elevator, 
and a few feet from tbe trunk lino of rail- 
way Hi.it mu* along shore. Tlio locomo- 
tive's straiu-wbUilo wna doing it* liveliest, 
fllsm went tho elevator door; down went 
the macliioc. A* 1 made my toilet, I was 
cheered by the shrillness of constantly re- 
curring whistles and by the Incessant slain- 
uiiugM of the elevator di*>r. 1 reckon it nm*t 
Imi [urt of tho regular fun of the •• guest*" 
to go up and down tn tlvo elevator. It cer- 
tainly wo* of tbe ynungi-r |ieopte and in- 
fantry, else why should they laugh no londly 
uod "carry on" when stepping out in front 
of No.!M0fff The elevator makes its trips 
iu IllIM minute*, up tc midnight. U U o 
sleep conics, it ia with bnmblo dream*, aud 
shun*, and accident* to the Infernal machine. 
Your repo** is fitful, unrestful, a satins on 
sleep. 

Promptly at seven Hi* dreadful apparatus 
again begins its fiendish work. Disgwstod, 
ami Inclinsd to utter word* not found in 
the Psalter, 1 ahlutc, lire**, descend to the 
break fast- room, get a cup of ten, a roll, mid 
one of tli* egg* t-f commerce, pay tbe shot, 
and take the first train for N*w York, tre- 
meudo-nsly refreshed by playing holiday at 
Coney Island. I have beard from {•ereon* 
of established veracity that a similar ex pe- 
riunoe bus bveu undvtguDo by othvrs. 


AX ANXIOUS NIGHT. 

Ix orrr front-page illustratUm Mr. Rrir.rici 
picturns nun of thn many anxious nightly 
m-mior* held by the meuilicni of the cabinet 
in the room adjoining that in which iho 
Presiilenl bw* lain for weary weeks. Tho 
nioelirvg represented oocanvd at a tinm 
wIm'Ii the Ufa nf thn heroic and ;>atlrnt suf- 
ferer seemed to be ebbing slowly but oer- 
taiuly nwnr, aud hope of a change for tho 
better had been almost abandoned. On tbe 
left is rieerv-tary Bi.xixr, se.ttrel at a table, 
in front of other member* of tho rahLnet, 
U*l*ning intnotljr to the report of I»r. Au- 
XCW, who Ima just entered froin the Presi- 
dent’s bedside. Over the door stands a bust 
of Aliks ll . v vt LIXCOI.X. It has been hum! Uiat 
the “ heart of the nation" was in the IW- 
dent's re*im ; and it may be said with equal 
truth that the cabinet, waiting with noxious 
hearts for the physician** reqiort, had the 
whole people an fello w-w atclier*. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS, 

A kivrs nf nil flowing throagh tbe heart of the 
city of Bradford, IVutcyhama, daring s tcremt 
niirtit, kept d-e r ssid sr. M In a state uf extreme 
anxiety. It* MMItve wus on nrcrdoviiiig unk nf 
,r»-i- petroleum. Along 111!* tlrvsm gusivt* were 
iuik»e<l to prevent in. b*-»ng srt t* fire, and no 
lights were pencilled wiiliir. forty fre* of thw oil, 
A man who built s dam in llie centra at the town, 
from which to Kill sp die erode oU. and who In- 
dated upon smoking his pipe, was pal andersrraM. 

Tim Corwril T nirerrity boat crew would hire 
found welcome on tbtir return from ihc Old 
Worid,<1««plte thetr recced of sucecsiire defrate, 
if it were known that nun man la their boil did 
his beat to win vloteriei for Aroericsn muscle sod 
•kill, But it i* eecrMmdy aisiriid that Urf- men 
d>J not *11 work with the i*mi- |Hir|uw, sVkI Utter 
complaints of tbe kn;k of barnaaay iu lliw crow 
aro im-!c by I Sore who lio|>cd to *** them return 
with a Wtter reoroL It is rogeret*.*! that their 
return i» s natter focroagratuistion ia that liny 
have quitted European waters, sad that this 
liKu/l.t might add sincerity to say wckumu that 
might Imi cxteiulud to them. 

The ilmtevtira nf a tlurk caught In tie waters 
srtnind tie ini-trepola* u a IWIWI si tended with 
ronsidcmldr curiswSty on Ui« part nf tbusn who 
are cncized in it. flurb srtkdes as iluw*, brtuw- 
h-tj, anil c-tiicr thing* in llie way of *|i|Ur*l or 
ailuriiujeut arc slmoit huirisblr (• <n>l iu the 

utvr, and lix- rmraanta found in hit pouewiioa 
Seem to jostlfr tbe name. A great many niyite- 
resit di«ap|»-sniaeri are repoetol to tbe police io 
the rerenw of a year, st.1 in oaly s few U ikere 
| cases *n lac suthurilit* iofvnnod of ihc tiud-n g 


of the teitrio* persem, The piJico account tor 
•hi" on the supnoslriaa that tbe friend* of the re- 
rtored do not tlirnk it worth tlievr while to romirt 
the return of threw who bm- (wen absent. Fid: - 
ing fur iliurlm Iu* of late U«:n very protflalib- l-i 
lueh as ha tit o-aglit those (Booster* aid put tbrtn 
on eikiliition, and there is no knowing bow ausr 
solitary tishermen Jure been pallid off lb* ilring- 
ptenu of Uie pset* by ux-. xpectnl sjul vieorou* 
yiuk" at tin- line. Itutenl, thera is room foe a 
gum dull of burribie coojorturv. 

Although MS lisrtvU, who shot Billy the 
Kid, my nut gel the reward width was offrewd 
for the pcsscwslon nf Uiat notorious young uulUw, 
lie i» alinsily fuiuiHia u> two omtlucnu. The 
,S*r«r,fuy A'mre derate* two column* to 1dm 
and tils nxpluit, anil etpreMd tho cq.iavm that ho 
wredU bn invaluable is an uBo-r uf the law in 
Ikosnty (islwsy, Ireland. 

For nine tmts a balsa's grave in Glasgow, 
Maryland, rewind thr mast careful stteuii..ii, 
flower* being frequently planted upces it, and th.- 
rod bring riwars kept ia perfect acdsr. Two 
persons, unknown to each ocher, Mr. Brown uxl 
Mr*. Ellison, were doiag this work of lota. Each 
had L>drWd a wliitif, and each tt-ooglit that this 
waa Ste grate, llecvntly Mrs. Elluxa va> i"ur. 
prism! to tind a touitoltoe creeled user h-r in- 
fanl’a reding plan. A dispute are**, Mr Brawn 
iimutiiiK that the hrail sti «iu was rightly plaod, 
ami Mm, Ellin:* dumaudUy[ tlial it fce nsntoi 
Tim ctiurrh vainly tried to Srtlln the dispaMc. 
Some one at length suggested that a oegkcted 
grate near by Im epeuwd, arel iw it Mr. Brown 
fraud the cotkn in which hi* uhil>! wu buritsl 

There la an etertric light on the top of tha wa- 
ter lower la Ft Laos. On s recent night an nf*. 
verver saw what formed to be a volume of wacAe 
issuing firm the Lower '« top, and etui. ding awtr 
•CHOC Itfiivii or twenty feet horjuntallv. Hu in’. 
ivstigatMu it waa found that ill* cloud was com 
M of BsUlm that bad been attrwctoj hy the 
blaring wonder. It was estimated tint there 
bhmI liate lawn a &<iT-tiarrrif ul of tliean. home 
tint* ago a brilliant elssetriu burner was ra|KCd- 
i'! m frrat of tbe open wiaduwa of the ttpe-srt- 
ting room of a &re»pap.r affine in this city. 
Sovran of iascct* were attracted into the rcim. 
anil the paper went to prma Seroral minute* Utn 
because of their proMnc* mi the impoiug sucei, 

Vo more ttmrhlng *v idenoe c-f sorrow over the 
rradilioQ of the I'lrwitem was shown than thai 
of the villagittsof f.Uia. nmr Iticbnr’od, Virginia. 
As though by esananrea agreeaswnt, all social path- 
e rings Wire postpunul, q-rirl rretol tipew the little 
villacc. the sound of a imiskval instninicnt was 
wcarcelv heard, and almost a flaldwth hUIIdcm 
reigned during the days of the sufferer's most 
critical iiiuiHs. 

Vantnckul te a place whore women aro wot en- 
tirely ignored- Ti«r mitnarabcr tho itmu tistswn 
U< cssw. Thn post of fligraan at the railway cressa- 
intc ia aivs-plahiy lilted by a wocun, as are many 
iiiIhw pwilite" which arc usually mx-oplsd by 
msm. On a rerviit Suoiiy three uf the sis pul- 
pita were filled l»y women ; the Kira. ilm. nw l* 
llanaford preached irt the I'n.tariaii ehureli, lint 
Rev, Mira Lmira Rskt-r in the Coagn-guluoal 
timrvh, and die Rer. Mrs_F. Elhafiukicul) lo tho 
Colored Baptist churclu 


Before the beginning of Steptrardier the small- 
er pork* la the mty pevsettnd an fk-iotier »p|imr- 
nnee. The grass tent Ua green ixdor. sn<i tha 
Wave* of the trerna tumid brawn sad curled up. 
tniteait of bring attneflvw, as they usually are at 
that tinm nf the nor, there- breathing piaoe* for 
th* city's papulation are mol to have been scorch- 
ed by fc*.« winds amt orre-rrel with duM. But 
th* weallirr had not l»wvi warm cncmgh to pro- 
duce nth n-suUx; they were* doe to the drought, 
which has hsf*«» felt eten more Mverdy In Other 
juris of (he country than been, where the moiss- 
wre lakeci up tram the sea and deposited at night 
cal I'-e lami conraltrab-ly mitigstrel it* senility 
In New Jersey the ground has been crocking 
oj>en. sod the barmen hare been in despair. 

FIVE POINTS EXCURSION. 

TllCHK wna n pleasant excursion no thn 
HikIwus River on Wt-dneedny, Angiut Ml, 
vs lien Mr. Jreux H. Staiux rn.nl.- a largo num- 
ber of poor mother* aud cliiklrvn from lb* 
Five Point* district very happy by seeding 
them op tbe North River. Threw barge* ami 
a Hteiuner MBVfjtd the fortnuate eumnion- 
W* op Ibo river. They were furnished with 
tastefully designed ticket*, representing on- 
g.-l* lifting the veil of dawn. 

Titer hoy* and girl* of the neighborhood 
«t the Five Point* njipcared at the MimIou- 
house early in the morning, with tlicir mo- 
there, all of them neatly washed aud drvwaed. 
They formed there in pretci-Jsd.ui, with the 
Rev. S. J. FtinlfMHI, superintendent of tin. 
mission, at the bead, and almas eight o'clock 
started for the foot of Franklin Street, where 
Mr.flrsmx'* burg™ am] tlse steamer Titem 
were waiting to taka the party on board. 
Mr.Tai'ax.of Mr. Staiux'* offim, and HTM- 
al gentlemen connected with the New York 
Petroleum Exchange, who had furnished 1 he 
refreshments for the occasion, received them 
Wbeu all wit* rt-s>]y, tho little fleet started 
np Hie river, and tbe 8vveiity-(lr*( Kegiux nt 
Baud alriick up a martial air. The party 
went up to lloblia Ferry, where Uiey landed, 
and spent the day under tbe tree* in Bei- 
gan's Park, returning to the city iu the 
u veiling. 



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NEW YORK CATTLE YARDS. 

Ix n recent number of a 1 Uasgow paper a 
very able amt well-lufertaed writer pointed 
out 1 U« furl* which tJm* (lint itn> British 
w nrkman lives very much bettor than ho 
diit ovirii twenty year* ag-i. Among the 
must notable of tliw fai-U »» Hi* Itt- 
creascd importation Into England of for- 
eign amt particularly of American beef. An 
the Iioiiip statistic* showed that the depot' 
its of savings-banks wore icii-rvssing, and 
that tbo cnuxoBsptlom of too, Luff™, amt mu g- 
ar «u advancing, it wna evident that the 
English consumer a a* licit cutting dowu his 
comfort* or mincing hia savings tiy tbU lu- 
dnlgoiK*. On thn contrary, in spite of re- 
cent outcry. Largely political, oa to the dis- 
tress of England, the purchasing power of 
tbe (HMiple of that nation la steadily grow- 
ing. 

Thia i* » fact of great importance to the 
Visited States, nine*' «nr principal export* 
an- in food material, since the Englishman 
is oar most lllieral and extensive customer, 
ami since »e are constantly urging him to 
•ntwtitatu the beef of Ohio and Kentucky 
lor tiie beef of Old England or of Ireland. 
To Uila invitation he is responding with 
very gratifj ing readiraws. In 111* year pre- 
ceding tin' l»t of December, 1IQ9, there 
WeW shipped from tbe port of New York, 
aliimid wholly l« English market*, 30,773 
live hens, for trhieli them wan two! veil 
88,706,187. At the same time, or nearly an, 
there wn* chipped lA.tsST.tWt pound* of fresh 
beef, valoisl at fWI8.77'». In all, here was 
a valao of nearly ffT.ntsi.nnO— m> small cori- 
trilmtion to the sustenance of our foreign 
cousins nod their famiiica. Hut in the car- 
responding period a year later, New York 
•out out 79.7UU cattle, valued at |7,41 L9U0, 
anil 70,1M^0 pound* of fresh beef, valued at 
IWWW. The total value in this twelvo- 

uionth had pml to nearly $14 ASK), 000 , or 

more than double what it had 1 ht.ii the 
previous year. When mo tvmenilier that 
our neighbor and (maols) rival port. Bou- 
ton, hail in tbo mean while bnilt up a very 
neat trade in tbe name direction, wo may 
well congratulate oanelves OU tli* fan* that 
I ho children of John Hull am abb* to buy 
all tin- while more and morn whnt may suit 
tbeir healthy palates, and build np their 
notedly robust frames. 

Our artist has illustrated a variety of 
wear* In the journey of the American liul- 
b>rk from the prairie* of the West to tbo 
hold of the vessel in which ha take* invol- 
untary pbMtngo far thn mother country. 
With some tin* journey is a long one. It 
wimetimo* bnpiH'iis that tbe cat lie of the 
T*xae plain* give Uiolr contiugnnt to the 
tide of what may bn called tbe return cut- 
gratinn from our shores. Bill these in- 
stances am relatively rare. Tbo Texan 
hoof is an animal whom energy and iudn- 
pendeniT of cliantcler arc out of all pro- 
portion to bis capacity to furnish odible nnd 
nutritious Wat, H« is tnoro picturesque 
than profitable, and it is gem-rally only 
when ho lias tarried in Kentucky or Ohio, 
and bis blood lias descended to children of 
a mixed and bettor race, that lie is repre- 
sented by hi* offspring in tbe foreign ship- 
ments. He comes to New York direct in 
considerable numbers, but hi* ibeal is a* 
poor as Id* frame is sturdy, and goes for the 
most part.rmi the smaller butcher's shops in 
tbe crowded quarters, to tbe toneuient-booso 
table, or the counters of the cheapest res- 
taurant*. Tbe greater number of cattle 
which find their way across the ocean are 
from Ohio and Kentucky, or mwi Am tbo 
fartns of our own Sure anil at Pennsylvania, 
with considerable but smaller contingent* 
fnwn Kansas, Missouri, ami Inn*. A* a rule 
It la tbn aristocratic members of the bovine 
n* of the bum. in race who “go abroad." 
Tliey are the well-fed, well -ra red - for , wvll- 
bousod creatures, w Ihmo chief diet i* wtml*- 
socae corn, n bane akin is soft and oily, and 
whoso linilst and frame* are relatively light. 

No* unlike the American Ban amt wo- 
man, our cattle, even the beat of them, hud 
many objections and prejudices to overcome 
before they were given tnirft M tbo circle* 
In England to which they were dlreeted- 
Duwuriglit merit did not at tint avail them 
inudi. They were niiMiDdcreUnl, under- 
rated, and, if the truth uniat bo told, Uioy 
were often inLsrcprcaoutcd, and there were 
rase* nnt a few in which they made tbeir 
way agniust this opposition midor UlO game 
Bail ( i tin of tnnmlarr* of tbo highest English 
daj.se*. Gradually, however, tbe necessity 
of concealment i* pinning away, and within 
tim past year Kentucky corn-fed bullocks 
have stood side by side iu the London mar- 
ket* with the choice tnrtiip-fnHrued Eog- 
liali cattle without fear cf tho cotuparieon. 

Much bos been slime within the post sev- 
en or eight yours to odd to the comfort snd 
—consoling thought ! — to the valuu of tbo 
cattle brought to tbo Eastern market*. A* 
they all traverse two or more Scales they 
cnsoii uniter tbe power cf (Jwg t tw U> regu- 
late) trade between tbo States, and Ecdural 


statutes were passed requiring that tliey 
should It taken fnnn tbo car*, fed, watered, 
and rested at loaet one* within every con- 
secutive period of twenty-fuur hours. An- 
other requirement now in force is that cattle 
trains shall lie given the right of way over 
trains bearing only dead freight, and this 
Us* very materially lemoned tbe futigue and 
consequent injury to which they are ex- 
posed, But Important a* are throe amellora- 
tmn* of tbo b>t of tbo travelling bullock, 
that ltd in not yet a happy one. It is not 
m> abominably cturl Mut Buffering a* it whs, 
but It I* atiJl so bard a* to acitmuty affect 
the quality of the meat offered in the sea- 
board markets. Two very simple and not 
very costly conditions *hould still bo im- 
puM-d on tbe transport u I ion coinpauie*— oi»o, 
that the rattle cure shuuld bo provided with 
springs, tbo other, that some form of spring 
" buffer” alimild bo provided to break tbo 
shock of tbe frequent bumping received. It 
is so much tbe more reasonable that these 
requirement* should bo made by law, that 
couiptiaiieo with them would really lx- a 
•aviug to tbe railway companies. Tbe 
greater durability of the cattle car* on con- 
structed would more than outweigh the cm4 
of the improvement*. In tbe absence of a 
law, any one of the great trunk linos would 
tindmabtodly 6 ml IU account in adopting 
thorn of its own motiou, and wu venture to 
urge it on tbe attention of their enterprising 
manager*. IiDprevcuwiil* are also both pus- 
*i bio nnd tiMOMaiy In tin- arrangi’K»>uU uf 
the yards for the core of tbo cattle, and for 
tbeir killing a* well, Tbe Sixtieth Street 
yard* are much belter, on the whole, than 
I buss* ill New Jersey, lire latter arc much 
cl.-nmir iu appearance tbnn in reality, and 
there are reservoir* of filth out of sight 
which are objectionable ami daugonm*. 
Probably the Huso wilt came before long 
when all the yards will bo on th-e western 
side of the river, to tbo groat advantage of 
all concerned. 

Among tbn minor tint Interesting features 
of the rattle trade of Xewr York city i» the 
disposition made of tbo oucalubte portions 
of tlie c*p- um. Every one understands, of 
r.rtitwc, that the liidr i* tanned, that tlic hoofs 
go into glue, sod that the bones are Imilcd 
up. But comparatively few know that tbu 
greater port of the blood {wild at about three 
resits fur nidi bollock) is used for it* albu- 
men in tbe manufacture of dye-slnlTs by oar 
shrewd Yankee Migbboro ; that tbn bort>* 
go mtstly to Prance, to cuter into “shell’* 
ooiuIm ami ornaments; that the “node," or 
ball of tbo foot, gi ves a peculiarly nurihl oil ; 
that Ih* vertebra- uf thn toil still make reul 
''ox-tail soup," which often follows the meat 
into foreign markets; and that thn tuft of 
hair at tire nml uf the tail, which lias waved 
defiance to it* owner'* rivals on the prairiew, 
llnally reposes in the heart of that most 
peaceful id all material objects, a “ lien*- 
itair” mattress. 


(&X-1B la IU sen's Wisxiv No. IM.) 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

Bt JANES FATX, 

A i tn-s Of " ft <m Kmi* “ I'toi Cl** Hoof," 
“Wsxvss . " W — *uv Wuosts" 

“ W*ST Ha Core Us*. - *re. 


CHAPTER in. 

AN INIiEtMEXDEVT OPINION. 

In Stokeville (lie volun of each member 
of the local aristocracy was expressed (or 
understood) in figure*, amt OOtM of them 
were under jCSO.ttX). Thane who I tail Ires 
than that sum might be “rising men.” who 
would eventually tnko tbeir place in tbe 
front rank of society, but in the uioau Ume 
wore <*i laddered what onr Atunruuui coosiu* 
call “small potatoes,” or “onc-boree ren- 
cerns.” Indeed, nnleas you bad at least a 
liamlrtvt rlnxisAiul |M>ufiiU yim were not en- 
titled to be terwind ~ warm" at all, lint were 
merely tepid. Bat about Sir 1'eter Fibbert'* 
wnrmlh there could lie no manner of doubt. 
He was a moicbani priore of tbe highest 
elfins, »od tlmegli his dominion*, superficial- 
ly speaking, were not extensive, counted hi* 
snbjccts by the t hoilsstwl- With such on 
amount of ealorin sbout him, it was of 
cciiirxc ini possible that hi* partner, Mr. Ly li- 
ter, should nnt sliaro in it. It is true the 
firm hud been Buffering for a long time from 
tbo ilcjircMlcui in trade, during which it 
might well have been that while tbs senior 
partner could live, like the bear, by sockiug 
his paw*— that I* to say, upon the interest 
of bis own saving* — tbe jnnlor partners 
might have been pat to strait* amt bail to 
rough it, though not exactly on lieiins and 
bacon ; but *n for a* Hr. Ljoter was con- 
cerned. a prudent man to all appearanue, 
who lived in ".-i bijlMi residence" (a* link 
Villa w a* termed by I bn auctioneer who wild 
it to him), and alloc ted comfort and elegance 
rather Ibiui grnnilenr. it was uiMlersliMH] 
that he would " cut up" when the Uluc cauiu 


(and the time was wuUmhtodly near) re- 
markably well. 

As to bow be would leave his money there 
were different opinions, but it whs certain 
t hat Clare would cam* in fur the lion’s share 
of it. Tills, it was considered by everybody, 
wna bnt Jiut, for it was with lie* fuel be Ps 
nmocy that her father hod Joined partner- 
ship with Sir Peter, then Mr. Fibbert, 
wluereaa ftuot Herald's mother, tho mill 
hamt, nothing of course had accrued to him 
but CJerulil. Moreover, it was probable 
(though not «•> certain as It would liave 
Ihx-ii. thank* to th* young gentleman'* own 
short coining* 7 tlnit tlie latter would himtelf 
in due time boon use a member of tbo firm, 
unit by that means bo amply provided for. 
It was tbe general opinion, therefore, re 
preinlly when tbo pnwent activity of tbo 
cotton trail* was taken into account, that 
Clare Ljstcr would be very wealthy - what 
was considered, even iu Stukeville ctrcleo, 
HJi licirem, 

•• It was no wonder, then,” said the- young 
ladies of the locality, “ that though she was 
so unfortunately ninoruliu* in lift uppear- 
auoe, iuid exprcMicd npiuioii* wbich, to say 
tin- least, w cro 'peculiar,' Clare had mutiy 
suitors.” 

Of tliese, Ftwnk P'arrcr, son of Sir John 
Farrer, tlie county messber, had bceu |*er. 
haps th* most eligible, and Herlwrt Newton 
the least- I am qiioUng what tho young 
ladies said, for certainty, so far a* Iierhert 
wus concerned, be h>vd never professed any- 
thing beyond respect and lullnirattou for 
his rousiu- llo had only ten thousand 
)HHimt* in “the tuuinesv’ placed there by 
favor of Mr. Lyvter, sod could bsntly (mso 
would bnpe'i, living, too, i»f a scientific turn, 
have given reins to bis Imagination to tbe 
extent he wo* credited with. But whoever 
had once aspired to the honor of Clare’s 
hand, they wore now, it was well under- 
stood, nil oat of thn routing; for the man 
that bail won it, or the promise of it, was 
l’eroy Fiblxrl. 

That it was a good match in a material 
sense, even for her, there wo* little <lonlit. 
for not only was Percy already a partner in 
the firm, but had great expectation* from 
hW uncle. 

Willi Lis daughter's fortune tbn.* awn red 
to ber, and with tlie cousciousunis of his 
own prosperity, imn ran or-xrerly imnglii* 
Mr. Lystei's tulnil could be troubled about 
money mutter*. Indeed, to wine folk* I who 
don't, bo wover, live in .Slnkovitle), t« might 
have »i -ennui strange bow. uniU-r present 
elrcuiastancei, with hi* h-ase of life admit- 
ted to be growing very short, ho should in- 
terest himteSf In them at all. Tlmy might 
have thought that tbe book of the record- 
ing angel, so soon to l>* offered to his atten- 
tion, would hsiooecnpied it III anticipation, 
rather limn tbe return*, however gratifying 
to those who might bap* to benefit by them, 
of tbe house uf Kibliert & Lyster. 

It is M llist* latter document*, bow ever, 
that Mr. Lyster is now pondering alone in 
hi* stmly.and it i* witli eager satisfaction 
that he poroses them. They reveal an un- 
precedented prosperity even as mat tern 
htuml ; and for tlie rest of th* ycur and tlie 
year to come, if only this revival of trade 
should t**t, promise a golden harvest— 
“wealth,” a* one who had no iTtvontsI ex- 
perience of its poMCMion cxprcMW* It with 
sotdo simplicity, “beyond the dreams of 
avarioo,” 

WUst avarice may dream, thank Heaven 
I know not; but tho expectations of riefa 
men, even when they are t»o misers, I hove 
noticed, are not easily saUtfied. l-'rocn one 
|mint of view — tbo clergyman's — tbo occu- 
pation in which oar invalid wna engaged 
wn* iindimbtedly deplorable. He is think- 
ing of tin' future, it U true, but by do mean* 
of eternity. Jnst fifteen amothn— not one- 
quarter of which he can roawvnaldy hope in 
see — is th* limit of his mental hnnxon. If 
th* t«l* of trsula is still at flow, his slixrc of 
profit* for that period will tie, lie rotkuns, n 
llundred Thocuond Pound a Th* Men of 
this huge fortune so postdates him that w ith 
trembling lingers lie makes a note of it in 
black and white — Ooo Hundred Thousand 
Pounds. 

"Tbe ruliDg poasiou strung in death,” is 
the remurk that naturally rise* to our lip*. 
"Tbi* man “ imn says, “ must certainly U> a 
miser." 

Par from it ; fliarlcs Lyei.r has been all 
his life a free-handed man. lt« Ha* not, it 
is true, been no tori on s, as his partner N«r 
Peter bas twoa, Tor philanthropic oaUirjirlae ; 
bo ha* founded no inuiwtitn, built no insti- 
tute, given on free library’, laid out do pub 
tic porks; but he has given, whenever lie 
bus been ask'd to do so. without stint, and 
has neither iteniod hiiwtelf nurthcao licking- 
ing to him whatever in tlw nay of comfort 
amt luxury li t* seemed saitsbln to tbeir jhv 
sitioa. liuU-ed, as bis second ibsrrlago bore 
witness, he Has lioeii ou the w hole an im- 
pulsive rather than a raluulating man. Nor 
U be now, though taking so much thought 
of money's worth, and luil of auticipatmn* 


of gain, calrnlaling for himself- To my 
mind, ut least, this goes for to excuse hi* 
present occupation and frame of mind. To 
».'ii an old mini wiih one leg In tbe grave, 
mb in this world's goo«L, yet with his 
eyes fixed on personal greed, is a spectacle 
so disgusting that it does not admit of 
pity ; but provided that wo Lavs tvot har- 
dened onr heart nor closed oar bund Against 
our fellow -crent lino at largo, there is uo 
harm in our taking pleasure, in tbo autumn 
of our years, in laying up store for those dear 
and near to tu. Indeed, to confcee tlie 
whole truth, in many cases there U Hilt* 
cite left for an old luuu in the way of plea- 
sure than the coutcmplution of bis own bon- 
us! gin i m. 

On Mr. Lyster 1 * face, tio wover, the plea- 
sure evoked by the sight of that unit and 
five naught* has punned away; |v* ha* plnred 
that little mcmoraiMluiu of future profit* in 
n drawer in Ilia desk, and devoted his atten- 
tion to tun d'H-unvciil* of another kind which 
bo find* iIm-ic, and which are by no ineniis 
of such nn exhilarating character. They 
are tho ciqiy of the deed of partnership be- 
twocn himself and Kir I'oter, and his will. 
Tho former he know* almost by heart, yet 
Hi- reeds it agniu. wont by word, very care- 
fully; til* kilter, l bough its deluils lire not 
so familiar to him, be perumw with less at- 
teatine. There iv nothing to be udtlrd to 
it lior removed from it; it still repn-sents, 
hh it did twelvo mouths ago, bis last wishes. 
Yet ho sighs, not us one who has relieved 
bis mind frotu earthly cares, but wearily, 
utmost bo]ic)ess])-, os Im put* them back in 
tlie drawer and lucks it. 

There t* a gentle knock nt the door, but 
though old age tins not vet dolled his beat- 
lug, lie hears it not. it Is repeated ; tbo 
handle of the door t* turned, but iu vain, 
fur It is locked; nnd a gentle voice, with 
*om« tremor of alarm in it,oays, “Tea. papa; 
will you have it hero ur in tbn drawing- 
room?" 

“In the drawing-room." lie replies, with 
an efiort that wets him coughing ; he does 
net move, however, but from the desk takes 
out a liatid-gloM, nnd CKiteniplaU* In It hi* 
own sharp am! liliindlrm features. 

“ Duntli is w title u lo'lo," he niammni. “ I 
can nut deceive myself, then bow much [res 
ntbersf Nor do I wish to deceive tbnn. 
<i'«l forbid th.»t iii my laid days I should bo- 
gin to take advantage of any tnun 1 I may 
Im taking too gloomy a now of tli* rase, 
however; lei tbose who should know best 
decide that. I w ill give myself tbe chance, 
at all event*, and I must do it at once,” 

As lio was about to put tbe mirror in bis 
desk, his ey«» lit iijmio a I'liotogrsph lying 
In K — tho portrait of * v#ry Hsodnomu 
young mau, apparently full of health and 
strength. 

"To look on Ibis picture soil on that T* 
l»e groatiml, with a giaitco at the reffeetioa 
uf bis own eountcnaiiiWL “To think that 
that rsi me, nnd this it me!" 

In it moment or two, however, be re cov- 
ens! himself. 

“Great Hen veu, how it all goes!” he ex- 
claimed, bitterly, a* be put tbn picture by. 

“ What would I give to look like that next 
Thursday! I'nliapplly I shall look like 
Mis,” and bu returned the mirror with a 
sigh. 

“ Papa, dear, the tea is getting cold." 

“ 1 hmi nwuing, darling.” 

The voice of lit* daughter sneined lo re- 
vive him ; perhaps it remimled him that 
though >11 and old. there was still something 
left to him, nnd that if his oan strength 
nml beauty were gone, be had tranwailUsl 
them to another. 

He uiovrd feebly t» the d>s>r, which, con- 
trary to bis Maul custom, lie bud secured, 
but when ou the other side of it affected 
something of activity. 

“ Your step is brisker, paps, this evening," 
observed C'iure, a* bo entered the drawing- 
room. 

Tli* invalid, however, is Dot sorry to tire! 
himself in his chair, whither Clare brings 

•• wiwre is Gerald f* 

“ He Is oat to-nigbt," sbn nnw, cheer- 
fully, os though it wus unusual fiw her 
balf-brother nut to be taking tea at borne. 

“ I dure say be ha* gone d" wn to tbe club,’’ 

By tbe expression of Mr. Litters face cue 
would hove said that lie bait grave doubt* 
of the young gentleman's having sought 
that sanctuary, but bo made no remark 
upon tbe isiliiL 

" It Is Just as well wo are alone, Clare, 
ns I wish to tiilk to you upon a private 
matter.” 

“ liuleed, dear papa : " list is it f 

Slie bad put lo-r work away la a moment, 
and <1 raw it bar chair close to his- 

" Well, it is net that 1 inn not perfectly sat- 
isfied with Dr. Dickson, but I think 1 ahull 
have furl tier advice.” 

•• I am delighted to Hear it ; It is tbe very 
thing, dear papa, which Dr. lHckaon himself 
hua always wished. He ha* no doubt, be 
asya, of the nature of your itlncaa, nor of tbo 


SEPTEMBER 10, 188L 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


619 


rorrertneau of hii treatment, but for all that 
It would bo more satinfoctory tliut wiki the 
very tons bo iuod — to have » second opin- 
ion." 

" Yea, in 7 door, but the opinion alionlit Ik> 
an independent one. 11 there in inch a con- 
imitation an Dickson would propone, it is 
*fl*T all only Dtckann over again, yds* MBO- 
iHnty eUo. No physician ever tlncla fault 
with another physician'* treatment. So 1 
shall have a man from London nil by him- 
»elf, UicluuMt is tint one to bo huffy.” 

“ The last man in the world, papa; though, 
if bo were, I should still any, plenee your- 
self. It is a mutter In which no one lias 
any right to interfere ; and for my part 1 atn 
trory glad." 

" Yon think folks are man sanguine in 
London thau in BUikei ille, do you, mjr 
child V bo answered, With a MtnU “ You 
must not think thru, tsH-ansn you will Im> 
disappointed. It u not possible, I am well 
awure, that I should be cured. but the tonn 
I have in mjr mind may do Mimetliing, per- 
hups, to prolong my life. I s lion Id dearly 
like. Clare, to be a little longer w ith yon." 

She often thought afterward of the tone 
in which her father «|iok« Uimm words. 
They were not merely earnest and affection- 
ate ; they expressed n yeaniilig so in tense 
that it thrilled thnwigh and through her. 
Win seemed uovnr to hate guesaed l-foMI 
how her father loved he*. “ And, Clare,” he 
continued, “ I don't wnut any one to know 
of this. I don't mi* so Dickson only, but 
aiiylssty. I am going to fix Thursday fur 
the man's visit — Dr. Hell his muua i» 1«- 
rmiMi that is Gerald's day fur going tn Mid- 
dlemen no that we shall 1 m quite aloii*.” 

Nothing morn wus said upon the matter, 
though mui'h was thought a! suit it by both 
of them, euch in their own fnsllinn. As to 
Mr. Lystor, we shall prramitly lie abb> to 
gui » at the nature of lit- reileetiona; but 
among those which occurred to Clare, dime, 
unbidden, the remembrance of what dear 
old Miss DwmMI, her im»tlier> friend otxl 
hen, bin! once nWrved to bur apropos of 
her father's second marriage. 

“Nothing, of course, mold lie mere nnex - 
peeled, my i tear; but it did not take me by 
s in prior ; nor did 1 blame him for the secre - 
cy with which the matter wus earned on, ns 
others did. My OMivictivsi is, your dear fa- 
tlmr ban never asked any human being fur 
natvins in his life; bis character is an un- 
usual combination of qualities; h« is at 
once impulsive and secretive. If ho ever 
tells yon of anything ho lias made up bis 
mind to do, it will be because he can’t help 
it." 

And somehow it struck Clare that her fa- 
ther would not have made her a conlUtunto 
of till* visit of Dr. Dell, of London, though it 
wu cm a matter that concerned licr so u cur- 
ly, if it could have tuhvn piano without licr 
knowledge. 

THE MAIhSTOXK. 


“ bun, the forts are 'iTcioabled : my statements 
ore fiucscalbla of proof." 

" \ celling is msceptiblc nf proof which Is im 
possible, dear friend Langley.” 

This cravcreatna look plscc on s day of ram- 
nwr, hi s country K->w (in the Dim Ksppa- 
luuiMck. in Virginia. The friend* mL-aging 
vlssrs with o»ch other were Henry Laugh y, s 
yniingcaontry cent'eman.and !*r Wolfgang, from 
tiiilUiigai, a rn.in of al-jol thirty. Eke birriNitf. 
Langley tod made hi- toqnamUno* sumo ysaia 
twfure Ml Europe. Did f-siad him a delightful 
compsiiluii, and Wolfgmg having visited Amur. 
• ra, cam* and made a long stay at Thu Kw-lt, 
Isitigley’a plare. He spoku English ffosiuly, 
wa* a great favorite with Mr*. Laogky, and the 
only ohjoctionsW* trad about him »u Lu ilog- 
n,ai».m On this morning after breakfast they 
were smoking in tb* drewing-roenn, and reading 
the paper* The s«.»aii-u of that moment *as 
the terrible prrvalvmv of hydrophobia in the city 
of Brooklyn, and (hit hsd brought on an obsti- 
nate discwssion. 

"Dear friend loegWy," continued Dr. Wolf- 
png, “the whole tiling is absurd— Incredible. 
What is it ytss tell inn! Y»i tell me that a 
peril hovin in this iwmety possesses a small green 
atone, which, applied to the wound infficMd by 
the bite of a d>g lal-irieg iink-e rallies, swks 
the Tinas from Uw Incision, and prevents the oc- 
cnrretMe of hydretdsAiis." 

“ Yn, threw l- no doubt of It,” said Lonpley, 
-wilioR Dr, Wolfgaag ran his finger* through 
tvs beard sad shrugged ids sbo.Uics 

“It is what your English writer Sir Tbumu 
Browne odb a vulgar error." 

“The fact has beta proud on a dozen occa 

- It has B*vtr bora proved. A doren occa- 
irions have never occurred. Do you know the 
pcnxwtaga of cases of hydrophobia in a popula- 
tion*” 

“ I do not" 

“Thtu t will ta-Tl you. I have Undid this 
apodal subject, sod can give you the figure*. In 
i'.ih.v, with a population « thirty six miltim*, 


“ tfrlf Ukimui !" cried Dr, Wi 4/gang, n-lap*. 
ing iota Ms nxlsvc tongue ; “ wsa ever ouch talk 1 
arid ton man uf ecirwce.a doctor of physiology ! 
Dear fritr-d, it is all what you rail AuaA in tour 
gocsl EegKsb. Describe uncc more' to m« this 
wonderful mad-alone." 

" I have told yoa all l know of it,” ssid Lang- 
ley, laughiac. “ It S- about two incite* tong, and 
perhaps .in inch thick, mundrel at tlm edges, ami 
«r a crreui ookw. resembling cetwm," 

" I’nCn-ulpissH' of iron," Nil Dr. Wolfgang ; 
" 00 fsr I urvVrstan.l," 

1 don't know," repfinl Langley, " as I'm not 
a great ctuunut like yrametf. Irak knuw Us 
properties, When the stone, or protosolpluLUi of 
Miliinllung, U spplieil to the ainilid made lit the 
bite of a mad ilog, It adhere-* closely tu tin- 9«sh 
fur alsout buff an bvir. During this (Dot Hie 
stuaw tuav bo scon turning greonrv and greener — * 
" trim Jin simJiAo* mutter ul Dr. Wv4fgaaf> 
with a gum smile. 

“ That U tlse pcisoa get ng Into it," condniial 
Langley, ukkig no nolxo of the luueraplko. 
“At the eud of an hour at the farthest, the stone 
drops off." 

“Ah! the stone— this famous mod - stuns — 
drops off, does KY" nid Wolfgang, wtirioillv 
“ Yc» . you see the work is dooo. The presca 
ia ail suckevl up, sal the wound Is completely 
clean sod of the toad dog's venom." 

“ And the patient n safe !" said Dr. Wolfgang, 
shrugging his shoulders. 

•' Entirely safe — die bite is no longer a thing 
of any consequence." 

“ And the nuinp, *Hit hocomr-i of ii f It rreati* 
to me (As Awie ia (niivmrd now, and, scoxvling tn 
sound re wKiung, ought itself lo potoatl the liext 

l *“Not at off ; U w easily cleansed.” 

“ In what imnncr’" 

“By plunging it into fnwh svilk. After re- 
nniniiig tin re an buur nr two, the milk turns 
green, and I lie -tone »• • —bed — it hie dlrditrgrel 
Uw venom into die milk," 

Dr Wolfgang g<4 up frees hi- acal, aad throw 
his uiK'rsrhaain oa the table, 

" Was cvit such m.Hin*ht»e *” h*> criid, and tv 
burnt forth Ulu (lerinan eaptclivr-, itww umf 
kiUsem, and other ssprwkM «f wrath and won- 
der, l^iiglna langluxl aiouil. 

' You ol-linai.- fidluw, there's no dimU of the 
troth nf wlist I tell you T he said. “ A rose oe- 
cumnl la*l fall ill this visrv aulgiiboehov-l. A 
nun who cats timlwr an tim river, natiKvl Car- 
|waM*r, was bit by a deg llint was ratttig mad, ami 
cured by the toji-ammi- He lost no time in hur- 
rying lu Mr. ffeetoseua and applying It. It acted 
like a china, aad he is t»w (-rfixllv wtll." 

Thu dog was mo mad I" cried Dr. Wolfgang. 
” You are wrong. He k«t a beewe and l *u «h- 
rr d^g* and they all died. Two diys afterward 
tLe dig vis dead himself.'" 

Dr. WolfflHg knit his brow* 

•• Yoa lisve an answer fur everything;” he oaiii 
“ Where does tills Carpreatcr »re*Y" 

“Do the river, near the higb rnul naming lo 
Tippthannock, about a mile from Mr. Forte* 
toe's." 

••Very good. I »i!l go and »>e him. He will 
be dead s»w ." 

" Wlm will b« dead f" sekid a laughing voice. 

IL 

The word* were utt.-ml by a young lady, wlm 
raw into the warn* at the msasent. She was 
al-iut twcflty.llircr, aid had one of thr-u faces 
«b>ih Sorm to bring the sinsiiine with them 
• hen tlicv appear. Hiw figurr wu slight, aid 
she was drrosrel in exquisite taste. In her arms 
she rarriid a lap-dog— -a mas* of ahaggy curls, 
with nothing but ha leng oais to indicate where 
his hesd was. 

This wu Mrs. Langley ; and it waa easy to ste 
from ter hwsband's expression that she wis the 
light of his eye* They had been married fur 
two or three yean, hut the ksmey.inocs) was irtiil 
shining. That was plain from the gtauors they 
exchanged os the young lady entered. It was 
dinaliy plain from the sudden softening *4 Dr. 
Wv'fgsng's satirical etpressinn that he l<o wss 
under the spell, and hod remceitoJ • wann af. 
fecthm for has friend's wife. 

Wh«t is the matter!" aaid Mn» Langley. cum- 
ing up to them, and showing lies pearly teeth. 
•‘ I am afraid you ares quarrelling, oa usual” 

Dr. Wolfgang made n courtly how and said, 
smiting, " Your g—ol liasbaisd w so U.»stisutc t dear 
Madams I^tnghy V 

•• Well, old fellow,” Mid Langley, laughing, 
"you are a pnttr jwresrn tn charge other p<«> 
pW with olatiimcy • Of oil th« hared headed, dig- 
malic, opinionated, p-rtlreu-ious— But I’ll spore 
)<u UiD Limit Alt 1 have tu say is trial Uw roia 
wiio trio* to urguc you labs anything — " 

"Wlial ill the WurW were yuu arguing about, 
my drort" iiilerrupuO Mr». Langb-y, 

'• Wolfgang alnl sayvwif soil dUmr-ing the 
nadolnne. ID refuwa to Ddier* In it.” 

“ I certainly do. Aiu I wrong, doae Mmkise 


gong, sfopi-ag all at iinui as hw Was applying n 
built, r to his noemhauiu. Langley torinil bis 
brad 

“ I did not notice what you refer tn," bn Mai 
“Why Is that lap-dog auarliu|[f'' 

Mm, Ismgtsy utl*n«l n liugtiij; Ungh, awi point- 
*d uruler the nvrtro table. Tier looLiil, and saw 
a largo black iwt, with l»» Suck «vxi and lwt yul- 
Jow eii * tiLring. Jilin »a« ic-tung with fievy eyes 
at Uw Dieting, and “ spitting." 

" It D tliut eat," Said Mrs. LlOgley, holding the 
laji-dog cb** to In* Isummu, and southing liinL 
“Kfar and ih my bat* wadi utlicr. It U a wild 
eat, as the servaats osy ; that a, it dues not be- 
long here." 

Dr. Wolfgang looked tboughtfoL 
•' 1 bo|ie tootluog Is the lmtce* with the 
be said, l-iktng at him keeolv. 

“ The idea !" excDimrel Mrs. Langley. “You 
grntleinta must litre talked yourselves into a 
nervoiu state; that ought to he left to the weak- 
er vessels. To fancy that anything was the nut- 
ter with ID my ! Even if he was ruing mod, he 
would never hurt me. He lores me too much. 
I'oo* iUtay, did t!wy go and abuse him!" 

iihe snuccln-l the due's carls, and lie ckwed his 
rye* nestling down, and apfurcully falling into a 

" Well, perhaps re*t are right, n-. tdnme," said 
Dr. Wnlfgtng. •* I bnve no dcubt it was iny fua- 
ey, ui nothing nils the animuL But }‘.*J must 
let me tay one tiling s I never ste one of your 
chinning «ex forrdlizg one of these c no tune 
withwit thicking two things— one, that be in not 
worth it; and the otlicr. that if ever lie h* al- 
tsckeil by mines, the hand fondling him will bo 
tile fieri he will bury hi- tenth la.” 

Having ottered ti-su wneila in • (olio of the 
Utmost graiily, Dr W nlfgulig hnd rooHirw lo bis 
tmi ke>». nfue tbu fariiiun id Ills cuuiitry ; and 
tin'll ntaindul bis friund l.angler that ho had 
premised to -bow his* the Aioi-r-.su system uf 
bwiJing iieacb trsus. Langley assented at mice, 
aiut th.-v went in tlic direettun of the pinch or- 
chard, Mr* Langley having reated loo self, with 
Hems un lief Dp>, and npracil the last magazine. 

As tbu fiK-nls went nr ere* the lawn towsre.1 tha 
inelMroee conuuiing the (wseh-tnea, Wolfgang 
sai.L In » thoughtful voice, “ Do you know, my dear 
friend, wlat 1 vseM do If I were ia your place t" 
“What in you rnron— whst you would do!" 

“ I would wring that Dp-i yr's c«ck." 

“Wring hit iwck’" 

“ Or, if that ss-wro* test violent a proreed mg. I 
would purchase fire or ten gruiM of strychnine, 
»od quietly administer it," 

Linger knltesl at hire friviui srith Karpri**', and 
sard, •• You ifco't mtsui — " 

•• I mean tlial I don't like the took* aad ways 
nf that charming animal. I do not my he h*u 
raliiro. re i- going tn hav* it ; toil I am prrfoctly 
familwr witli lb* •vmiibssm from my sUy In tin 
veterinary kIiikiI at Lynns, and I say — I don’t 
like bis appuaroqew ” 

" Hi* nns-araiKsi !" 

" I wit) captain - hat I nvan. Tim vulgar opin- 
ion is that li y dm p h fdda — th at te, liatn-1 uf w litre 
— is tlm main indication of Bindim rald.-s. That's 
alt a U under. Xridlcr a mad dug nor the ihwncsi 
U ltra by him bates water; he only can nut a « al- 
low >L luiuad of hating u, hu crams it ; hat tbu 


nul symplums are sleepiness, nith-'siitW, un.-a*- 
lu-ss, simpfuiig anil tnarhng at tnfica, or at uo- 
tblu*.” 

Langley looked a little uneasy, but made no re- 
ply. 

" To l-c plain, this dog which Madame IamgVy 
bob is In ber anus urd rarnuea may oe may r.< 
Dire hndplunt lut-H*. Watch him, and you wlil 
soon illarovcc. If he pire under sofas, oc Into 
e-jTwrr, as if to hide himself, and turns round 
frequently, or change* his piwitsc*, nr snorts at 
esxhlag. re look* up ia the air-^wring Ills neck I 
Tloit last syinptum indicator haiDciimtiun, and 
balluenutioa means inripieot mwlness. The 
brim sml nerves oisre first ; when they are fnlly 
affceteil. the tiikob foemr. It feeras oa lb* gums 
at the lose of the canine teeth, and neon pervades 
the saliva. 1>en a bite is rrcwtal. The teeth 
nuke tlic incision, ated the f»s»>n enter* Then, 
in ninety rasm in a humired, death fuik>iri, uind- 
s lone re no muLsUmr." 

“You frighten met” 

“ I mean to do so. Yuw are my friced, and 
your wife is an angel. I hare vast. Watch tills 
dug. and if you ulieerve the symptoms I have 
mittioncd, kocuk out his brain* Don't go nuir 
h " 

As Dr. Wolfgang spoke, a cry name from the 
house. 

“ Utif Bimmelt w hat is that f* he cried. “Can 
It be — ” 


A wrong hand thrust him bock withos« cere- 
musiy, and Dr. Wolfgang ixiofronted the young 
Mr. 1ID nuMiw w a— in rind contrast to tbwt 
of iii* friund Be ■** |M(f*e11y c**4, and spoke 
witJi tin' almost •DHbvratiuu and ealiniores, 

" Be |p— I cojsgb tu take your Mai in tills arm- 
chair, Ma da me Laa/b-y," he said. 

The yorng Udy feii late the (hair, arid Br. 
Wolfgang quietly sat 'low® twsido Iwr. 

“ I imderibiasl you te My llukt your Ujodng hit 
you f lie Mid. 

•• Y«* dortur — who would have beticiod it! — 
here, on my ana.” 


” It U nothing,” ha sail ; “ l.ut yon win permit 
ue, a* a more lu-ller of form." 

K> saving, Ur. Wolfgang placed hit lip* on th« 
wsmiid, and surked with all Ids foreii. 

“A novel Ur.«ti.' Ilf tilndihg,” he sakt, Sp'iltitlg 
out the blood. “ Now what has bapfwuu! ?' 

Mr*. Lsug'-v iufurmnd him in a few wont* 
A- soce as the friend* had left the rouoi, lthmy 
In - 1 Vrolvcd d'.'-ii freed her lap ; then he hwl goon 
tinder the sofa ; then he Imd come out again , bait 
turned ruind and round. looked wnc*>y and rrsl- 
U-m, gated up into the air, and snapped, allowing 
his teeth ; nnaliy, he atrj the " wild" <tu bai 


•• Is that ell!" said Dv Wolfgang, tranquilly. 

“ Tt-cii you don't think he is mad ?' ext-louiitd 

Ur.gU-y. ‘ 

“ t ortainh- not. 

•• Where is hc.dirling!" he cried 
“ I dun'l know ; be ran out of the roam," the 

“ Tour fellow ! be is very sorry, I h»vo iu> 
doubt," -I'd Tlr. Wolfgang. "It was increlr an 
arvi hs'i ; but if you wish, I will go for yemr mad 

" Oil, if vvm only Would !" criwl the young kit. 
in terror. 

“ 1st mo go!” cried Langley; bat Dr. Wolf- 
gang veered Ibis. He know Um read to Dr. Foetew 
cue’s, -ud Iim friemi ba-t I--! tor stay with bis Wife. 

'• it is aUuJcttcly nothing," be said ; “ but 1 
would bkc to fvlri've your mind. Hull 1 do tn Y” 
*' Oh, I with you would, doctor 1” die young Udy 


Wolfgang te lotugicy. It wa* brought in a uio- 
uicnt, and the doL'tuc poured a ua-tpeonf ul from 
tim du-k upon tlic wound. 

” Why, my mrsrrMtaium has grac out f he *aiiL 
And luliiiig a match be struck it oa lhuigt to 
hght bis pipe. In-told of doing ao. liowrecr, be 
turattl round quickly and toaclicd it to the pow- 
der. A puff of srankr and a sprit of flame rose ; 
the young lady ottered a cry of pain. 

"MW. even if ytwir dog was msd, there is no 
danger; but I will go for your famou* msd-steme," 
he nil. Langley was going te reifer hi- heew;. 

“ No," raid Dr. Wolfgang; “1 will altcnd to tbit.” 

He went rat te the MaMot, and mw the Dxllrr 
robbing down his favorite riding hone. There 
wu tliut r.<» delay, and in live miuutiw the horse 
wss -vkflcl. 

“Hav- you nstn your mitdmss's fkg, my 
frireal !" lie said te lit- luistWr. 

•• Yl". sir — uiwlsr the corn -house ; Msxe tiling 
Strang- ahsHil biiu.” 

Dr. Wolfgang took ii;i a short heavy -tick from 
tlm ground, and voiHT-ibsl it twhiad him Then 
ho quietly drew nrar Kiunv. wlm was lying on the 
grauod kjokiiig up iarimlly iribi the air. Tb" deg 
did not stir; be Ite rmri ummirirkius uf ui! anamd 
him. I>r Wolfgang tliortupoulLfUdlris dull sud- 
dtsalv ami beat rat hu ttfaJn* 

" At I'u-t tm won't bitu any om-uImI” list mut- 
tered ; and taking hi* Initio front tint ai-luiic.li.il 
servant, list mounted, rode quietly away, arid um 
lost slglit of the lioiuo. No Mvowr, laiweicr, haul 
lot ili-m to than he paslnd hu burse te a galkp. 


uni, fu. towing the river road, diuppsvuvd. 

Two hoer* afterward Ikr. Woif^ag retm 
li* horse Rclrig nearly at a walk. This wa 




arc, doctor," the bdy ti 


doubt to aiiuw him te cool off, as he had U.n 
going at full *|»oixl. Ur illsitounl'd. and cuteruf 
(lie liuuso, win-re Langley was scaloi by hit wlfa, 
Ddiikig her liand and kaikixg at her with tain te 
hi* eye* 

" Well, Tvc hroagiit your famous mad-Monr. 
as yoa lutDnd css hiring it,*’ said the doctor, 
-milliig. “ li-Ai;o. after all, there’s more vittuu 
ka it lion one tlitak*” 

Uc drew from hi* pocket a small prom stone 
about (•*» inches long, wtih niundoi edge* 

“Will you have it ap pined, madameY' 

“Oh, yes, yes,” cried the young lady. 

7hc dtoclor lookod ol the wound, arid sold, “ An 
eschar hm formed, I act A niumcu; r 

And with a quick nuncim-nt ho tore the shriv- 
elted skin, burccd by ihc powder, from the wrvend. 
Mrs. Ltagley cried o*« srith pain. 

“It is d'-sie, n-ad-mc ; and now for the mad- 
4 Wu«," said the doctor. 

lie plocvd the stone flat on the wcsrnd, and, 
stnnigc to say. it adhered fijn.lv. Dr. Wolfgang 


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l)i* Mom-. If an ordinary nalutanro, lauat have fallon off. It 

•till riling to l).< ■ iiulid.’anj llir durlof muttered, "TKll ia very 
aUW(« " 

Half an boar |>aarod, and nul a need t» uttered 

“ li Is dalUi grualaic unmri ! (Ian ll poacshty lie the potion V 
raid (hr doctor. 

Anolbtr half-honr paccnl, alinou In ecrapkM- ailnace, «hre the 
•I'MHir touched llir niail-ainuc a Ilk bit tliu.Tr. anil it foil (41. 

‘•Very elranpv indeed ! A tittle milk, if teuivraatut, aor frirtid. " 

The milk waa brought, the alette piling.*] into it, ami in Bre 
niiwuie- lb- milk turned green. 

" HA/ Ifimnwf r cried the doctor j "can that* he comrtlilac in 
tliia ruriowc mad •l»m». after all ? It Kami — It mud lie an tee, 
lliia a under »««•!•— arcing i» bettering There ia llir eery |hi1miii 
racked mat of your wound, madam** I confine 1 did not ballot* 
ia waa a real nice of hydrophobia. I ««a erini/ Hut Itxa you 
are aa nod aa waO, Ikaaka to tide onmtnful uiad aluna." 

Hw doctor aiaminul tin* aim carcfally. 

* ll ia lual aa w»U to adopt erere pmwutlun," bo aaid. “Hume 
of tbs time miy atiU kunr la the boltmn of tbs lodatan, and 
lulngls with the liaaiua. That b alsaya tbr danger in aura of 
tnbira. A asv ta farmed, nblib uinuthe afterward Danin, and 
ilcsehanra the rrnimi into tho Mood." 

“ What a io yoi pay to do, doctor F" aaM Mm Uanjlrr, nerr- 
nuilr. 

“Utt, don't bo afraid; f wifi only Icuch llic iuriehroe with tide 
•tab Of oilratr of miter," 

Hut lir. Wolfgang did not tourh them only, fir due down to 
lbs trey iVpIlir a«b Id* Mick of lunar tniietio, turned it about in 
llio im-itliMir, (wroteled in a IhoeuUgb npcealinn, and then raid - 
“ Now. my friend, offer mnieea* your inn, and ramrt hrr In bar 
chamber sir bail letter lir doun. la teo mir.alra I trill mi a an 
opiate, ahi. il it would lie 1 letter for bar Ur lake. - ' 

fern II tat put bir amt around hit a I fa, and tbry amt out uf lbs 
room. Yu dot tor fall Into a chair 

•• HA/ HvomAr hr muttered ; -la alia going to dlef I don't 
know, but I hata duoo my last to rata lire." 


l nxinlha after thetc 
n. Dr. Wolfgwg iff* bin 
friends to mum lu Europe, 
The parting ate a rail our. 
for he had greatly cmdmrad 
him-rlf to bulk Mr. and Mrs. 


■sfa— 


o rrrr lorry •" mid 
thr braittiful yonng woman . 
“as ckall miss tod to orach f* 
'* You are lure you will oot 
forget me t" raid Dr. Wolf- 

HCSoif?™-.., 

my life by bringing «ba mad- 

,l< Dr StSKfti not amilo 
thie lima ; he rburklnL 
'• I rryn*t to depart a I thou t 
er laying my eye* on that 
wonderful object," he raid. 
Langley kuked at him aith 


"I c 


t very 


much aaqiri-ni” 

" I certainly am. AMirau- 
|y you btoughl the rliuir ami 
it it in k , and mlond till' milk 
aith tbo grtvn ptiUon— lira 


Copperas," raid tbr doc- 
tor, with great enjoyment ; 
"gum-araUc and green paint 



•Tit. WOLTUANG PLACED lU-t UP* OX THE WOfSD." 



-THE YOUXO LADY UTTERED A CRT OP PAIR.* 


1 ampler and Ida wife looked at tic doctor with extreme uUa 

•• W hat oo earth do you mean, my dear Wolfgang ** raid hi* brat 

- I mean tbit, my dear f re-sid." raid the doctor. " i'rua tba 
mowant alien mailame tulil Ore line *>.r bail lieen liiltra. I »«. 
enlisted that llir lapd.g cat mail. I'nlece I artrrl nrxauptly, lire 
death aa* a. run- a* anything earthly rank! ba i m I did oca luce 
time Tile first thing wm» to tnaquIHiu Imr merer . aothing U 
more filial r>a Mull uaoaaioin than amu i i t tt ti L I toil bar a lit, 
a« all physhiaaa are juillflrd lu doing, namely , Ural tba dog aia (ret 
mail. and llurs war no danger. then I aeni for ywnr madatonr." 

“ I tlinuglit you raid — " 

" 1 A- tell. | nnlly dU go to your friend Mr furtraeue's hoaae, 
meaning to procure the 'lone Madame lettered In It, and that 
aac an important point.'' 

•• I airdieatand, of rerun*." 

" Mr. lorleccw in eluent, and the itaas waa baked up But 
a mad'Ctonc aaa n rc r ra iry. ao I want ott In the Tillage «f Ti|ipa. 
hannock, wherr I peircliaccd a lump of coppma,muo gniii arabic, 
grren paint, but *xr important than alt, nitrate of ailser." 

• niro the Uiadatmo — " 

“A few wordr a dl finich tbit Interratiag narratire," raid J>r. 
Wolfgang, mailing. * I ihaped the ceg^wrac into the funa of (lie 
mad alone aith my |wuknife. nnrarrd one cldc with Uw gum, cod 
the other aitb the paint, and alien applM tn madtiliea arm, it 
naturally adlierrd to that chnrmtiig obynt. anil afterward edorwl 
the milk a drop green " 

"Then, after all — •" 

“ I knro liner, aa t aaid. oren tlie famous madatnor. I rrally 
line no rwrioally a>awt it, dear laincley ,71m maa farpenOr, 
whom It ruied, you raid, dard laal atek, you know, in all Ike ago 
air* of lirdropholiia ; at-] your wife woald c- rarefy bare dteiL 
for eke aac ni»|U.»ti.*mt4i liillm liy a trad dog What rured 
her was ntnAniuinm . It aa» not tbe mid itooe Moral— cautrrim ! 
And noa, filraMk, farrwrfl." With »hkk word# Dr Wolfgang 
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TIIK HON SAMUEL B. RUGGLES. 

By the death of Mr. JUMi'BL BriKLKY 
Kt iii.it*. New York Inis L>»t n highly es- 
teemed anti Intlnoutial cilirca. n« wm 
lmra m I bo year let*', af u lonnecticnt fam- 
ily celebrated in enhmlal lime*. wl gradu- 
ated at Yale al the very earty ago of four- 
l#t<n. lie wna enikd to Ibo t*ar of New 
York in MM. mill soou attained to a suc- 
cessful practice- Hot tbo yuan* Intryer 
was not entirely buried In lua book* ; Ive 
fnretaw the inevitable extension «f tile illy, 
and invested largely in real oatato. lie 
purchased land in the neighborhood of whnl 
m now calleal I'ailon Square. He gsve In 
ibo eitjr mnrli of Ibe land of uhleb Ibat 
pleasant junk i* cona[»«wd, and laid out , 
Cramercy I'ark. Tha Clarendon Hotel, and 
Ibe collage* on Fnurtli Avenue which are 
noar giving place In gigantic apartment 
bonaea. were on bka properly. The prieea 
mneni when Mr. Itlin.LM began lila opera- 
tioua may be e»tiinnl»d froaa Ibe fuel Ibat | 
Mr. I'ema (VKirata bod in Ibe name tear an 
otter of eighteen ncres between Fifth and I 
Eighth avenues, sooth of Twenty -6ml 
Street, for lll.iwu. Yet tbe enterpHsn of 
Mr. BrcGUCs did not prove protl table, aud 
be untamed liens y losaes ill the powle of 
MU. 

In Ibat rear be made Uia first appearanca 
in piriitin, msd «>« illumed to tbe A win 
lily on Ibe Whig ticket. In Ibis budy lie 
became conspicuous for exact information, 
maud commercial view*, and real for devel- I 
oping Ibe resource* of Ibe Stole. Ho de- 
roled peat attention In Ibo canal question, 
owl oa cbaimtnn of ibe Cnnul Committee be I 
made on elubomte report on Hie proposed I 
enlargement thereof. In Ibla be strongly 
adTocalpil Ibo expeudilnre of large ■imis of 
money— a policy which was described as 
-sxtraTagnDt ami ruinous," and was mode 
a political inane In Hie rampaign of 1W8, 
alien Srw Altn defeat'd MaWV. Mr. Srw- 
Atm appointed Mr. KrtMUB Canal Commit- 
ainuer, and In liMI) be lierame President of 
llto Canal Board, an office bo bold for eight- 
een yearn. In I bran public otlkcea he dis- 
play-, 1 almost propbetir foresight. Ho pet- 
eelrcd that Now York wa» lo be Ibe com- 
mercial centra of ibe continent, and that it 


tion was treated with striking ability and 
profound knowledge. Ilia report na Cull- 
ed Slate* Commissioner In Ibo Paris Expnsi- 
llon of I MSI la rnniarfcable for Hie thorough 
and exhauative tcculmenl of tbe snhjcrt. 
It is impossible U> ttllWnM all the pam- 
phlet a. addreMtM, tuid reports which liavo 
proceeded from hia pru. They exceed n 
bnndrtd in number, and placed their author 
in the drat rank nf iiiithoritiea mi financial 
and economical atntiatlea. In let“ be wna 
one of the rnmmimiouera aent to the Inter- 
national Monetary CanferviM*, anil In IrtfX 
wna tbe delegate of Urn l ulled States to 
the International Statistical Conference at 
the Hague. At both of these important 
meeting* the extent, depth, and accuracy 
of Mr. RrotlLen'ti information excited tbe 
admiration of hla European rnllcagnes. A« 
a publicist bo belongs to the wot hi : as n 
citicen who nerved bis Slate during a long 
life with real, integrity, anal intelligence, lie 
to a Min of whom New Yoik moat lie proud. 

Mr. Iti'iiUL*:* died on Sunday, August Ifc*. 
at tbe Surf Hotel. Eire Inland, ill bin eighty- 
second tear. For Mime j earn bin residence 
was on t'nion Square, but on tbe death nflits 
wife be gave op hie old mansion, and chine 
the Wrntniinator Hotel aa bis residence. 
He rarely, after libs great ben-avemeut, en- 
tered into general society, tint loved to meet 
Ms old fhrndn ruin Conran and Tnrniciw 
WkkI>. He was a eouaplriiona tlgiirc at tbo 
recent birthday anniversary of nor vener- 
able philanthropist, and looked almost young 
agai n oa be walked to t lie boose of t he friend 
lie bud known since IKKI. lie retained id- 
moat to the lost lua active habits, always 
preferring walking to riding. In June lie 
went to spend tbe summer at Fire Island, 
but a few itays after bits arrival was pros- 
trnliil by a stroke of paralysis. At Ins ago 
recovery w*» Impelem. His imn. Mr. James 
F. Krr.ntx*, was constantly by bin Iwdaide, 
and bis daughter. Mm. fir.niMir: T. Srnnxx;, 
retnrneit from Eumpo t» give her loving 
care to ber venerable parent. Tbe funeral 
took place from the residence of bis son, 
Nil. !CM Boat Eighteenth Street. 

Mr. Rtimus Imd the merit of fore wring 
early the development both of live city ami 
of the State of New York When he began 
to bay laud. Futon Square, the very ventre 
of busineoa to-day, was on up town farm. When ho en- 
tered no hla functions at the Canal Board, onr system 
of internal commnnicatinn was in lls infancy, lie advo- 
cated at note a comprehensive scheme — the enlargement 


THE LATE HOY SAMl'KL & Kt'UCIUSL-Pnmnsmn m Hssnsv. 

was impossible to overestimate the importance of the canal I nf office. Retiring from the Canal Board iu 186H, Mr. Rto- I 
svstem to its future development. It may be said that tins I <lt.Ks continued to be a prominent member of tbs Now York 
cilj owns its position as tbe metropolis of America to tbe ] Cbnmber nf Commerce. Iu the teporta which be made to 
measures be advocated and carried through daring bis term | this eminently practical body, nearly every financial i|iies- | 



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Stale. and At building of three lines «« ] 
railroad tlirouRh flic northern, buddies and 
southern dHtri. M- The sUtiM iro^h kh 
Mr RVMOI.1W furnished were ewMinl iu 
Governor Sr.vrAlU»'« line meresge, nod to 
b» real >N! t™ ] T attributed all the 

im-URtiK* which bnve developed «ur internal 
sntm-o* awl the nii'mia of transportation, 
viitbotil which surli development wa* Im- 
rewrible. Yiriouaijr ns Hip ask*"* ««« 
hrld wheat first prep«>inided. exis-rlone* bn* 
ppn'Kil it* pcnclWablHty and ureereity. 

Kitnpbi in hi* lift, genin1, .•nnrt«"iH, Mid 
afftWo.tborenefeWo publicist w 11! hu tunned 
lit all who bud tho pleasure of lii* ftcquaint- 
niMP, and Ilia death lire-oks BBO«Urr link be- 
ta. -cu the old generation nail the present 
«,an which Ium tutored into tho frail oltlreir 
labor*- , 

AN* OLD NEW YORK LAND- 
MARK. 

Ko. 1 ! lei* "owt bb'B <«l*t file- lender 
cren of hnuaes, and bo Nmnh 
groat * “ 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


SEPTEMBER 10 . 1891 . 


ir One in (hat 

| of Nr * Turk city. Broadway, 

a bulhlitig of »pctial Hlguiffranro. 
IHd that particular member of tbe nnmiri- 
pality who wane time in IT?« goto this 
bmui> hi pnrth-cilar di-Mgrintioit ever think 

in iiinaieraP JiroBTePMon other bdlMM 

would 1 * built and baill along ilia! Mine 
street until Numlier 1810 should rewired f 
How long we may look at this particular 
struct ore a* a tiling of brink* and mortar 
no on* eon say, hut it is highly prebald.) 
that before leas il will be tom itown to 
give wav to a r.»w building. and no one or 
tli* old Innxlmnrlc* of the city will lie aaioag 
the remembrance* of the (art. Still, though 
tbe in* lomorjilnw* l*e complete and Kuott- 
Jiiic, what was old will heroine new, that 
a orient designation M Number Olie will 
have to be retained. 

Thin bonw, known for the la»t fifty year* 
aa tin- Washington Hotel. Mauds at tlio cor- 
u*r of lltiMulway and Ibittery Place, with 
tbe Bowling Green in front ol it, Caath- Gar- 
den on the other able at tho street, aiol waa 
c„eo one of tbe grande*! of tbe private real- 
itenee* in old N r* Yolk. If New York his- 
tory is to be boliered, one PirTM HOCKS of 
I bo Dutch iurviee, who had been a valiant 
fights* of Indians a* fnr hock n* the year 
lJisi, built a hostelry tin-re, which place of 
public resort, wlien Knew dred. was kept 
by his wire. 1'he position of wnc£ a house 
must have been admirable for business. f--e 
tl.o ground* extended down to the waters 
of the North hirer, and so ornny 1 hitch sol- 
dier* from the fort or hardy seamen mnst 
have pat up there. and innumerable mast 
liitvc been lire drams of wliuuppa ami jornms 
of punch absorbed In the loeaUty. Hot such 
a choice piece of ground, with Ita surround- 
1 tigs, must have been tempting to those aris- 
tocrats wins were looking toward settling 
permanently in tUerity of New York. What 
tnatations of fortnna befell Mr*. Keen, or 
bow she lost her tavern and ground*. I* not 
known. There ha* boon some diactualon ** 
to tbe first owner and laiililer of the house 
itself, that is, when it assumed its present 
proportion*. One authority Udle ua that 
Kir l’trtni W.MHirx, from whom Warren 
Hi reel was named, hnitt it. and that it wa* 
planned after a British anth-dO f** wal- 
denoe in Porta gal ; hnt than is nothing 
which tend* to authorize tlito story. The 


written word* of the period are tho only 
positive slain that hietoriaiM ought to o*o. 
Thi* letter, tlre-n.provzw two and oven three 
things : that No. 1 Brood way *« eompara- 
livuly a new lismse thru, poreihly built not 
more than lire or eight year* before, which 
would being ita date of erection to IrtW or 
1771. and that, known ns KK-NNinr's house, 
it was built hy KKXKKPT, t>nt what is more 
important lalaa for tradition I> « that Gen* 
cral WasillNtmiX never did occupy it. But 
if the Father of his Country did not thus 
honor No. I Broadway, auotlwr very grvnt 
m*o, dear to ns all, old lighting I Miarx PlT- 
N .,M. dill It 1» not likely that the com- 
mausler* in -chief of the American ftwa 
would be bulged in a bill id mg which the sol- 
diet* had rendered so untidy. Thon. again, 
li»tory tell* n» exactly where the coonnaiid- 
er s*ftlieAn*erin»u fonre slid live. There U 
inti rcst enimgli, however, centred around 
this old hoo>c. for it was tin* bead-quartere 
of the English during tbs* Revolution. Aft- 
er tho imrchnre hy Nathasifl Piumk at the 
Iwgliiniug of this century, it imssesl through 
sntuc two more hand*. It was made into a 
hotel some fifty years ago, and has had, so 
fur. four landlords. 

Ketnrniog to the old history of the lions.-, 

It is on record that tint more than twenty 
ys-ars »g" tlwre was an old latly living in 
New York who remembered a grand ball 
uhlrh was given in lit-r younger day* at 
the Kksxt.ux house, on which occiisi-Mi tl 
Watts house, which waa next door, had 
communicating door, and the fretirities 
tuok place in toth mansions. The owimr 
of the Ki vxkov house ha.1 mnrri-t.t a Mim 
Watts. This »an»e old lady hud pleasant 
BM-iuories of the plwuaure giound* which 
fctretthed down to I bo water’s brink, when 
Greeswlch Htreet bint uo existence, and how 
she Ashed from tho KcxsfJiY gulden in the 
North River. An examination of the boo*.', 
rondo a day or so ago, disclosed many ihtng* 
which were originally part and parrel of it. 
Here were elaborate tinting* over tboslunre, 
and prim oak -leaf earring* around tiro- , 
p] liras. Tlie door*, of tom dark » nod {yon 
could see the gT*ud old atuff under tho 
mints of recent paint), were three inebe* 
thick. The delicate umliognuy rail w hich 
I •-tolas up to ili« first Ureliog is certainly <-f 
tho period, l>nt Italian nmutel-piocvs <-f the 
time or the Empire have keen pnl iu Uter. 
Tlie walls of tho Ionise are road* of very 
small bricks, (aid, aeoonliug Ui trndition, to 
have been Imported , but such stories, ex. 
eept for very old bousoa in Now York, are 
hardly worthy of eredit. 

Amid tho noise null hustle of a great city, 
with Street car* jingling hy, while throng* 
or emigrants pass It from to* thi Garden, 
stand* this re-lie of old New York. 11 has 
been a landmark f <* * cwntnry and more, 
aud Just u* It Is, it recall* all the .tori** of 
the post. Leaving aside that natural seli- 
timcutality w hlch rim sight of *uch a boose 
■wakens, it look* a* it there would l>e nn 
awakening in thi* quarter of New York. 
Peatthly, in ennio few year* to come, tho 
whole ebametcriatics of tlik portion of old 
New York will ho ohaagad, and from In-iug 
of sei-oudnry importance, it will an*c ns a 
new bnmnes* centre, devoted to the *lii|»- 
ping interest* of tho city, for Jn»t around 
No, l Bread* ay «» centred the trausallujitio 
slewu-nbip lnuuncss of the American couti- 


the wreck, though her people were plainly 
visible to tbe men o« the latter. Tlio wind 
was still blowing a heavy gale, ami a tru- 
nietiiUma »ca wn» breaching over the ship. 
When it vu nearly d*ik tbe whole Mora 
frame broke, and wo* swept away with the 
sCrer-part of the main-d.sk, and tbe timber 
commenced coming out from 'tween-deehs- 
Ttie crew were then obliged to aliarolon 
their poriUoa aft, and after great risk got 
forward and into tbe for* top, where tbe 
night of the SJth was pmwed. 

Tho next day was hive, bnt the heavy *«n* 
completely deluged the ship. At lsdi> r.M. 
on KuniUy a treieel, which soon proved to 
be the Btcnm-ship // siboa. Captain Knn:- 
MA.v, was seen from the wreck. She WM 
ahh* to fi«t near, and the crew and oilireT* 
were taken off, after having Item seventy- 
eight hours on the wreck without food or 
water. Every kindure** wits shown the 
crew hy Captain FnrRWAJr. hi* olHcere, and 
tlie passengers, th« Utter making up a purso 
which greatly gUddimed the hearts of tbe 
destitute mariners. 

The gale, which lasted four days, was omo 
of tbe uirot revere, so the captain reports, 
that he over experienced. The wind reach- 
ed lire velocity of tho hurricane on the 
owning of the Mil, As tbe ship was fast 
breaking up, she ha* probably reared t 
a danger to navigation, tla-ngh slio 
Abatidoc, ml in the track of irortheru he 
v.-wels, latitude 33° «>' north, longitude 76° 
as' we 

HORS FORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE 

AN INVAl.t'AHLE KEMEUT. 

I ™»S IbufMV Art* Pt ns u A SI e Ifl ewllrot 
icrilus',1-- i.J’-rilon to cor Hit •< Kireon* 

Wa. C. 1 Ucm*s»*»», b. a 

gt Laaia, Ma.— lAdr.! 



GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, IB7B. 

BAKER’S 

BraKfasl Cocoa. 

Warrantoi at*oluU4y jwm 
C orea, from wtlch (As *>•*». 
of oil la* teso iwom*«l. It ts a 
ddrenu. drteX, loortMiis si,f 
■tiwQltbsolait; erelly dlrcreel; 
sAsinAly idsjted hr JavsUd* 
a* nl •• ]i«nata I* Intt, 

Holt by tiros* r* srerywtere. 
W. BAREB *CO„ 


THE LIFE 

or 

PRESIDENT GARFIELD. 

Tlie Life of Jure* A. GsrfitM, PresbiMt of 
the Teoted Hut**. With Batract* fn«» hi* 
9p«echre. By EnsTXO Ktssi. Ulmlnleit, 
ti-j. Piper, SO laoi*. Gerraxn Edilixx tto. 
Paper, 2t> cenU. 


ROSE OSBORN. 

Jfx Ricm; HUsihurl Tlirutre. 

/Var Nir^ — I fcsrc takrei tins' Hi testing yen- 
Attuirii-ae Pom Powder. *n-l find it magiuKtut 
lu future I .lull never lw without it. 

— [tW] Respectfully, «o*x Odoioi. 


VriUtAT A 1.ANMA7T* FTORIDA WATER, 
U'hrn :«U In U« isitl or at the 1nll»l. |iBrtdw, 

*i*l whiten* llir sktn ; rolrrtlir*, liivwi-ral—, »nd Im- 
M--I. a dwItcMfvl simdis -,C MOtlHM *nA hanmey, 
at (K- «m> Ira-' Hill ma* » etouHrg sod lasting Irv- 
grvreo c< rare esoUc Ai*o» It la greatly -rapt-nur 


n Tmk, «Wc 
. *n,l eVituii 


jTBM, Erep, » that tbe bomw i u ques- 
tion was constructed by AHCHIRAUk KOt- 
hKi'V. aflerwanl Earl of Cawiilin, mol tliat 
it w» built no* many y«ors Iser-nu the Dee- 
larntlon of Iisdvpcudcnre, That It was not 
a very old house in Revolutionary rimes 
si.-ttis quite certain when tlio enmwpoud- 
nu n of the time is examined, 

There is A letter written hy a stanch re- 
publican lady to her friend in England, un- 
der date of April 12, 1~«, iu which this 
brume is mentioned. That tbe writer * aa a 
tan- blue i* evident from tbU feet, that just 
at tbe dime of the epUtlc, wouiaii-liUn, tbrro 
com ns a sharp cxj-rowicni of feeling: “ 
think you want cocnmon-eense in England 
Very much or you wonld have found out 
some mean* of making pence with n* lie fine 
wo bad gone to mi v*»i on espcncefmr) mid 
put you t« a much greater.’ Now os to tho 
Loose, which had apparently Wn u*cd « 
quarter* for tlvn American eohUen immedl- 
ately In- fore the occupation of the city by 
the British, this lady w rite*: “Oh, the houses 
In Now York, if you coaUl n«. but tbe iuaidre 
of them t Occupied by the dirtiest people 
on the continent (for tlie empty bouse* are 
almost all taken up by ooldlsre). KkN- 
xi i.v'a now bonne, MiUlft, and the one 
r, r xt to It had lk*:.i men In It. If the owner* 
•vur get powNuUm again, I am sure they 
mnst he year* In cleaning thon, an lew they 
get n«w diMir* and new plaster tlie walls." 
Now tradition U good enough in ito way [ 
w| M -u nothing U tter can he hod, but tho ] 


"WRECK OF THE “ SANDUSKY " 
TUR ship Sdsiisst-y. of New Orleans, left 
Peumculo, August Hi, for Livennsd. Ail 
went well until the -ittli.nt which tuno she 
was in latitude 33* V aud l-.ngltndn TC S 15', 
w ben II commenced Mowing strong from tlio 
iiurlhoMt. The wind contiunrel Ibc next 
day, anti Increased to n heavy gal"- The 
vemet was hove to under main lower topsail 
ami fun- topmast stay-tall- She cummenewd 
leaking badly on theikltb, and thu wind in- 
creased to a burnt ane. Tho leak n o* gain- 
ing so fast that bulh pump* could not keep 
tire v smcl free. By U r.x. there w M ten feet 
of water in the lioliL The putiifw were coji- 
stantly going, Iwt to no jinrpom, 

At t> p.m. a w^uall of great violence threw 
tho ship op her beam cad*, when tire masts 
were m Bluntly cat away, and at tho same 
timO every thing was swept from tire deck*, 
including both hreio-s, with nil tho stores 
ai*l fresh- water. All tire cdBccre and crew 
renclnsl tbo weather roiireii-rlgglng except 
two Kiiiicn and tire rook, who were never 
•wen again, ami they must have been swept 
away whim tire deck load went. 

Afler the lew* of her tof-buspar the ship 
slowly righted, but sbo wa* a completely 
waterlogged wreck- The crew hung wi to 
tlio mbavu-riggtiig until daybreak, tho M-a 
breaking over them, nud threatening every 
moment to awoep tlisut off. At day light tin- 
men were ahlo to lietler their |io«i'.i-«i wiw- 
w hat ; but us the- ship was constantly break- 
ing up, it wo* a day of terror for them. 
At*. ul 4 l-.M. they MW a brig steering nearly 
fur them, hut *lii- posted hy wilbuut noticing 


BAUira or jtAtruEK. 

Wains thi-y ere*- «w*ll. 

,nd lbry *U- ilnfn oi|m *nA *1 
In Rwimre: 
is Itltkol sal ~|iiill— I, 

■» U*^ " 

Casurt*'* eairil tl 


T«* oMMCfBcacftos MbushM* mscetutlM wpttue 
r* Ansnt u Birr#**, j— vm.l to l*r. J. U. B. Hit- 
Iin t *»■ t*:»treuf f-mrlsft-Ms. AOtyiwrgiu- 
«r <s draireht ti* tbu gvoulas *ru«Js.-[Adr,] 


PURE SUGAR. 

By a recent lavcntioo, «arch or com wgw 
{more gerirrally known u elmctif), heretofore 
quite extent* rely ured by cwItoMrn, 
brewer*, etc., h»» been mvle wffictcoUydry 
and white to that U cun be powdered xsd 
mixed with yellow snexn. It rarar* the 
Handinl of rokir largely, but not living m 
tweet reduce* the taccharine strength, mik- 
ing it i»«c«*ry to ure more of the article to 
attain tbe owiil degree of awortne**. Latge 
quantities of thi* mixture are now being 
mode and told under various brand*, bot ail 


, _ a false 

poiilnn before the public, as the remits of 
analysis of rugar bought indiscriminately, 
wilt seem to confirm the false and nulirioat 
statements <■( IniereUed penoea, who alleged 
it was the rommon practice of the hading 
refiner* to mU glucose with thrir vegan. 
While- nut intimating that a mixture of ghi- 




ADVERTISEMENTS. 


1 ot gtu- 

_ , health, 

wc do maintain that it defraud* the innocent 
consumer uf juit to much sweetening power. 
In order, therefore, that the pulslic ran get 
sugar pure and in the condition It teavM 
our relinerlet, we now put it Up m lamb 
and Aa// i mv th. 

I nude each package will he found a guar- 
antenof the parity of the control* at follow*: 

f»V ktrth infirm tit fiMtc XA*I cur 
rfJtmtJ ISpin lentil! ivi/ij <■/ Ut fiaJuct ef 
*T»M tu^tirl ftfenrd. f>'/>thv Gliurtt, Afw- 
riotr ef Tin, Mnriatit And, mer any elirr 
fertijn mil tame uirtnrr it, nr nrr kat 
trrn, mil tJ with thim, Omr Snfart and 
5|/u*i art ah.'/utity nmadnUnaltd. 

' Affidavit to tbe atiove egret in New Yoek 
1 »: of November l8th, 1878. 

Contumera ihoahi order from thtrr grocer. 



Consider well the above 
| when pure hatting Mi*ar 
I Tor preserving purpose*. 

HAVtMEYIRS & ELDER, 
DECASTRO St DOHNER REFINING CO. 
117 Wall irtujrr. Naw Yock. 


POWDER 

Absolutely Pure. 

Ifohi Inn Qnpr Cnaifl Tirlar. —No flttsr prsp- 
■rmlloa miiii, Hirh L-KhL (Wk, hn trail,, or luinroo* 
iiulrr. Can In Ml.n l>, e,*p,i,Ue* wtilK.it bar at 
tho ill. nmMuc fmm b«vy, Ii.l^wclbi, taxL sMd 
‘ :i cm*, by *11 tfrown* 

Kuf.L lUatm. pu.ri.f t Ox, 5«w York. 

Fires I'rtrr Setel. Vlrns*. ISJB. 

r.WEisi.srsi 

vrtataat* uni ItewlL tknd for nr- 
W B-iNdw**. Fsrtortre, 
1 Ot U'aiAer StrreL X. T. 

SHAVING MADE EASY! 
VKooM^a fowikbv bii aviso Mi.tr 

0 . IL BOTiraHroHD. : 

PKXXKTI.VAMA XIL1TAST H AOtSt. 

CVreter. P* .-wo* MyWnW 1*. IVere** c»ntr*r«l 
C**. Ttlt'J. HYATT, PrreWriiL 


rial-re realty pre-vnt»,l by tlw PWullT. 

TAMA 
INDIEN 
GRILLON 


Prevail by R- 'IHILUIS, 
buW f-ropre-SM. 
Ptauaudca a* U* tttws* 



44 D OKB *^ 

thrir roiktrol yrm—^iM for thrir iiwwas 
m a uanMaL Dcw»™ at re-iotwr-.w u.4 li.si.- 

ga-sut wans 

US At-M. tl Xibn ML. N- Y. !'■ t- H°» 


NOTICE. 

n..li.( rtmvsw «*r PATTUKX DK^RT- 
MKWT.we hue uwlro.l m M* “ CltOTTY. rt 

me Jarert, Xrw York CSy. tb* *t* n*at u. nut- 
tl.h A pro* Ire, aa HI. wra umaiA. ft* On <m» -I -«* 
Cat 80 * Pirt.-oif tarmefuur thuBollwt **!'«■ 

I UAKPKlt A BROTUim 






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wtlh team, 

SHAKESPEARE'S THAOEOY 

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Wlltt E^paiJoga. How, eke 


THE NEW NOVELS 

HARPER A BROTHERS, New York. 

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BKPTEMIIER 10, 1861. 


EPPS’S COCOA. 

GRATEFUL— OOMFOBTIB G. 

“lly » Uorouf* kBoakdB^M^M^o^^Uwe 

W^kftiTunlSe , | 

mi^iiirtiin'iMy^^irrailiully reillt up mull wmif 


Jr aimyjy wllb tatlllnr walrr at »(lt 

tkdri Wily lu atkdtcrd tin*, a nd lib, tabalkad 

JAMES EPFS * CO., WfuaupofAw CArmiatt. 
Alan, Kn»'t CUraUfr Abanm, for iftmumn u». 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


“Your Lassie will be True," 

Krply W, aial Cuanlocal with, 

M SCOTCH LASSIE JEAN." 

Ikatb HaJUila. uulrr can- rmir, wllh liindmmc llUkrv 

Sja|h tuv. anJUil for |ft gciib LXvrrl tllxuuiil to 
tPaia AAdmr HlTTHroni'a m SIC STOIIK. 

Waa HolldlDc, IW .Sanaa Mml. *.T. 


kwrli.lWcra. 

Ota iffi SHOT AW 

it trrariy rrtu.*“4 falon. 
' Sn»aL‘ citySSkaiLIt 


GUNS 

E.WW tLLAGQy.MaMaJ 

$T2A 


PRICES 
TO M IT 
ALL POCKETS. 


IicailJl’i History of Kmlail 


Tim I fwMw/ of Ea^baJ from the Acroatlon of 
Jimm 11. llj l»hl Miranji. la ft re 
Vulomee, witli t'lilrjrtW lct!e>. 

I.1HUARV' EMTIOV. »««. Poowt Klpci, wiiE 
Pttfwf IjlIxU ami Gilt Topi, ClMh, 41U 00 ; 
Kitvp, $ir so; uuf Coif, fat in. 

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THE WEEKY 

If a. 13 












THAT SWAMP OK DBATCI. 

A CITT BALLAD. 

Vr*, it's xtralght unit true, good preacher, oven word ilial yon have .uiil: 
Do not think these tear* unmanly Ibey're the first that 1 Lave aliriL 
lint they kind of prensed anil pounded on lay uehing brarl and limin, 
Ami I boy would not In* let go of, and they gave mo aim pain. 

I'm an igiioniiit day-worker— work for fowl ami rag* ami sleep — 

Ami I linrtlly know (tin object of llio Hfo wo alavo In keep; 
lint I know whon day* arc clvcevy, or my heart u mado of lend; 

I know mirtow whon I arc it— ami I know my child i* dead. 

No. she isn't much to took at. jnat a plain itli bit of clay. 

Of the wirt of perish'd children yon are wring every day; 

And how »Ar routd break a life up, you'd be *low to nmleralaml: 
lint she held mtur, Mr. Preacher, iu Ikat little withered hand. 

I nm Jnat n laboring-man. Mr, of tbo kind I hot dig* and delve*, 
lint I've lenrue*! that human nature* rail not stay iu by therniwlvea ; 
Tboy will wander out for wnnelliing, lie it good or bo It lind, 

And m.v heart with Iveta bad settled, ami the girl wna all 1 Inul. 

There nre lot* of pretty children, with a form anil fare more fine— 
l.et their pnrrut* line and pet them— liwt Mis lillla one wn» sw'sc .' 

Tlaero naa mi non ehm to eliug to when wo two were cut apart. 

Ami it’* roagh — thu ampul lit ion of the atrong arm* of the heart? 


eoiiMiliug. Mr. I'teneber. nml it'* maylie a<* you've *nii! 
tiol loves children while Hi- s rw Irilng.and adopt* thorn whi n iliey'n* .1* 
won't «)ni l • .lotriving. do the very I wot 1 eon. 
not lind * men y took her, Imt the wiii*bnes* of man. 

Why, dm lay I* re. faint and gasping, moaning for a l»it of air. 

(linked ami strangled by I In- fool lureatb of the cbiltmey* «.- r Ibere; 
Tor it r Hm beil tbnwigli ever; window, ami il rrepl boneal’, Urn door. 
Ami I Irieil to Ivor again*! i.and ahe only cbokod the more. 



She wonlil lie here will* ibe old look that poor children aomehow gel : 

8 be bad learned In n*e Iver patience, awl *bo did Ml rry »r fret ; 

Hot would lift her pnlo pinrlied fiieo up, full of early grief nml rare. 

And wnwld whisper, " I am dying for a liltlo brealb of oir." 

If (lie'll gone out willi the rcpbyrv, 'Iwimldn'l hate aeeined *o hunl to me. 

Or aiming the cool fresh hreere* that rome rivalling from the aea ; 

Ilot it’* nothing lent than murder when my darling’* every breath 
Choke* nnd *trnnglc* with tlie poison from that curv'd swamp of ileal li. 

Oh, 'll* not enough that Mich men own the very ground we trend, 

And Ibe shelter that we rrmich in, nnd tbo took* Dial earn o*ir bread; 

They mn*t put their blotted mortgage on thn air and on the aky. 

Ami *hnt nut imr liltlo Iveaven, till otir children pine nnd dtp' 

Ye*, we wear live cheapest clothing, and our meal* nre scant nnd Iwief, 

And perhaps tliote fellow* fancy there'* a ebrnper grmle of grief; 
licit the people all arnoml here, losing children, friends, ami mate*, 

Can inform them that affliction hasn't any underrate*. 

Oh, the air U pure ami wholesome where some babiea crow ami rest, 

And they trim 'em ont with ribbons, ami tlvey feed 'em with Ibe heat ; 
lint the love they gel's an in*ult to the (lod of love on high. 

If to earn those rhiblren'a living anme one else'* child moat die. 

I'm no grumbler at I lio roler* of " this free anil happy Innd," 

And I don't go round explaining tliiug* I do not understand ; 

Hut there moat he vomething treacbcnwi* in tbo steering of the law 
Him we jrl u daw of yw*.**.* ovt of miy bmuh ire draw. 

I hare talked too much, good preacher, and I hope yon won't be vexed. 

But I'm going to make a wmion, witli Hut white face for a text: 

And I'll ptoarh It, and I'll preach it, till 1 set imr people wild 
'Uaiiut the brartlcM, reckless grasping of Me awn rA* MfM *>y MU, 

Will Csiumr. 


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New York, Satyrdat, Seitembek 17, 1881. 


HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

A» IU.t HTR.VTED WEEKLY— 16 PAGES. 

A>. 98 tf It asps*'* YoifMe I'con.R, iuurJ Sepbmhr 13. 
rfent «T.'* a tkanaiag itoiy 0/ Southern lift fy GsusCK Cm 
Eikhmioh, tutitled "A fit "tily,” HinrtrateJ fy a 

hr,ntlifnt front-fagr engraving. Tie numher 4/1* nwlini da fi- 
ler VU. of" 7 rm and Tif," ta rehuA tit fritnji are tuddrnly 
aud uuexfe.- 0 .Ur farted, Him ‘tested iy ROGXMf ; urn txfuiiitt futl- 
fagr future of hrdt and r.tfint, ty GlAOOMKLLI. i/lMttrutrnf 
“ Frittub in AW," ttory tviui will affeal to the lymfathtei of 
lit younger re ad er , ; a Urge future hy I'AI-MM COX. entitled 
" fleet in the /Vanir Crete" ; “faneuia't /emu f\trty,” « itory 
fee girl, ; " ffaiicara, tit A/rematd." aits a get it' Mary, illustrated 
iy F. 5» ClIllMTH ; a it,., fur ru tarlor Magit ; form,, fuultt, 
and other attrmtmu. 


THE PRESIDENT. 

T HE President was safely removed to Lonjr Branch, 
and the knowledge that be was out of Waohing- 
tan at once renewed hope in the public heart. The 
journey wua a touching spectacle. Every prepara- 
tion ana perfectly made. All that scimcn and skill 
and the tendereirt affection could do had been done. 
The risk was understood, and from the moment that 
he was lifted from his chamber in the White House 
to that iu which lie was borne into the rot tape nt 
Klberon the whole country was hushed in anxious 
expectation. Vast crowds were assembled every- 
where, coper to catch a fleeting glimpse of the suffer- 
er, but all were profoundly and pathetically silent, 
and often ns the swift train darted by, those who saw 
it stood with bared hoods until it was gone. Nothing 
went wrung. The completeness of the arranpernen ts, 
ao suddenly made for so novel a purpose, showed the 
ready wit and ability and organizing skill of the 
American, while the profound and universal feeling 
w as such aa would wait in such a journey upon no 
other living human lwing. 

The day was cruelly hot, but the President bore its 
fatigue and excitement with the same cheerful hero- 
tun which bus marked his conduct through tlio pro- 
longed ordeal. His sternly aud eveu playful courage 
has sustained the country as much as the affectionate 
solicitude of the country lui* supported him. He 
seemed during the journey, according to the reports, 
to have been entirely composed and intelligent, and 
the exhaustion was no morn than was to have t«een 
anticipated. In the story of the extraordinary day 
the quiet figure of the wife, who will be always amo- 
ciated in tender memory with this painful chapter in 
our nalioual history, constantly and characteristically 
appears, and the prayer that arose, “ uttered or unex- 
pressed." from the heart of a nation, joined her name 
with his in reverential sympathy, 

It is now felt that in his new homo upon the sea- 
shore, without further change of place, the long and 
marvellous contest must be decided; and there is no 
doubt that ns we write there is renewed confidence iu 
the President's recovery. But it is not the confidence 
of six and seven weeks ago. The public mind has 
been educated to understand the significance of symp- 
toms. There is a general consciousness of the ex- 
treme debility of that strong frame from which so 
long the life seems to have been ebbing away, and it 
is necessarily a chastened hope that contemplates 
sadly the possibility of its own disappointment. But 
it is impossible not to shure something of the Presi- 
dent's own undaunted spirit, which iu the midst of 
the general anxiety is a national benediction. 


PRESIDENTIAL 11 INABILITY.” 

W E have as yet seen nothing clearer or more co- 
gent in the discussion of the question of Presidential 
‘•inability” thuu the letter of Mr. George TlCKHOB 
Curtis, printed in IlAitrEB's Weekly for the week 
- ending August 27. The situation lias naturally elicit- , 
ed many opinions, the meat extraordinary of which I 
is that the Vice- President is to decide for himself 
when to assume the duties of the Presidential office, 
and, of course, by the rame remarkable reasoning, to 
decide when to relinquish them, or whether to retain 
them to the end of the term. If there were the re- 
motest possibility that the present Vice-President 
might arrive some morning at the White House, aud 
announce that in his opinion the President was con- 
stiluliunally disabled, and that he would proceed to 
exercise the duties of the Chief Magistracy, there 
would he no doubt that there was the utmost neces- 
sity of summoning Congress immediately. As Mr. 
George Ticks or Ccrtib truly says, there might be 
a great emergency, wlien the President was totally 
prostrated, mind and body, and when immediate ex- 
ecutive action was absolutely imperative, in which 
the Vice* President, upon hia own responsibility, 
might assume the duties of the office. But this ex- 
treme case of necessary action without warrant of 
law would suppose cither some subsequent condon- 


IIARPER’S WEEKLY. 


ing of such assumption of power, or some amend- 
ment to the Constitution to determine and regulate 
its exercise. 

The truth is, as wna discovered in the winter of 
1876-77, that there are grave exigencies for which no 
provision exists, atid this i* one of them. The situa- 
tion is shown by the radical differences of opinion. 
There is universal agreement that if the President 
should die, the Vice-President would at once succeed 
to tile unlimited power of the Presidency. There is 
equally universal disagreement of opinion ua to the 
meaning of " inability,” and the consequent course to 
lie taken. Death and resignation are positive terms. 
They are facts which require no interpretation. There 
can be no contest about them, and no question of the 
duty of the Vice-President. The method of notifica- 
tion to that officer in the case either of the death or 
resignation of the President is prescribed by custom, 
but it should be distinctly settled by law. ■‘Inabili- 
ty," however, i» a comparative term. There may be 
the utmost difference of opinion ahout it. Neither 
the Constitution nor the laws provide any method of 
ascertaining it. and the actual situation forcibly shows 
the imperative necessity of some legal method of de- 
termination while fortunately there is no immediate 
emergency. l)o«a any constitutional authority exist 
to make such a provision f Mr. CCHR iinda it in the 
clause which gives Congress power to make all laws 
necessary fnr carrying into execution all the consti- 
tutional power* of the government, and this ha holds 
to include all powers vested in any one of its depart- 
ment* or in any one of its officers. The President, 
therefore, could now call Congress together, and Con- 
gress could at once enact law* for determining the 
existence and the termination of inability, and pro- 
viding for notifying the Vice-President and for other 
contingencies. 

But even were this clause not comprehensive 
enough, even if there were a total lapse of the Con- 
atitutkui upon this point, Qtftigreas is the authority to 
which the country would naturally turn for action. 
The Beating i'o&t has considered the extreme case of 
the actual incapacity of any constitutional officer to 
summon Congress. In that event, to insure Uie con- 
tinuity of the government, the power must be exer- 
cised, and the i'oef hold* that the cabinet should ex- 
ercise it, and ask condonation of Congress. It is no 
answer to this ]>osition to say that the New York Al- 
dermen have tlie same legal right to summon Con- 
gress. There i* no question of legal right. It is 
agreed tliat there is none. The question is, in the 
confessed situation, what does the genius of the gov- 
ernment require, and what would the common -w one 
of the cohntry approve f Of three there can lie no 
doubt. The same general reasoning applies to the 
constitutional omission in regurtl to inubilily. It 
must be legally determined either by the Yice-Presi- ; 
dent or by some other authority. But every sound 
consideration prohibits the Vice President to decide 
the question, while the spirit of the Constitution and 
the nature of the government indicate Congress as 
the proper authority to provide the legal method. 
The question is becoming important, and it requires 
a satisfactory and authoritative division, because it 
involves the point whether the Presidential power 
cun be in any degree divided, and consequently 
whether, if called to the office even for a limited term, 
the Vice-President is vested with complete authority, 
including u change of the cabinet, and the removal : 
of every officer of the government. This i* obvious 
ly not a question for the cabinet itself to decide. But 
it is one which the country would willingly intrust 
to the decision of Congress. It may bo that in tbc 
present Instance the President's condition would not 
be pronounced to be one of inability, but it is obvious 
that there ought to be u legal and satisfactory method 
□f determining tho question. 


'‘FAIR TRADE." 

The defeat of tho Liberals in the Liberal agricul- 
tural region of North Lincolnshire, in England, and 
the election of a Tory, u jam a cry of " fair trade,” the 
issue by the Cobdcn Club of 50,000 copies of the 
speech of the President of the Board of Trade upon 
‘•Reciprocity" and 20,000 copies of a pamphlet upon 
"The Reciprocity Craze," with the sudden general 
discussion in newspupers and magazines and reviews 
of the value of free trade to England, justify the pri- 
vate remark of an English correspondent tliat the 
question will be very prominent In current English 
politics. An aggressive article upon " Isolated Free 
Trade" iu the Alndmifk CVn firry shows the general 
line of popular ap|>cal upon the subject, and os there 
is great agricultural depression in England and gen- 
eral "bud times," the appeal is not unlikely to bp an- 
swered elsewhere as it has been answered in North 
Lincolnshire. 

Apparently there will be a re-opening of the famous 
debate of thirty-five year* ago, The writer in the 
Nineteenth Century quotes Mr. ('oBI)EN'k exulting 
prophecy in 184-1, tliat In less than ten years from 
tho time when England establishes commercial free- 
dom, " every civilized commercial community would 
be free- traders to the backbone." The failure of the 
j prophecy he attributes to the umoundnesa of the ] 


SEPTEMBER 17, 189t. 


principle. The prosperity of the United Stair* and 
France, the two great republic* in which the protec- 
tion policy prevails, and in which, according to this 
writer, wealth is daily more generally distributed, 
contrasts strangely with that of England, where, 
of a population of «M, (100,000, there are 14.800,000 per- 
sons li ring upon less than 10s. M. a week each. Eng- 
land grows lens corn to feed 34.000,000 of people tlmu 
it grew forty years ago to feed 17,000,000. During 
the last ten years a million acres of wheat have gone 
out of cultivation, so that while the population lias 
increased nrartr .1,000,000 during that lime, the coun- 
try is in a position to feed nearly 6.500,000 lea*. These 
are the statements which are addressed to those who 
reason literally from hand to mouth, nnd the result 
is seen in the Tory success in North Lincolnshire. 
To the argument that it is the true policy of England 
to buy grain of America, since that can be done more 
cheaply than to grow it, and that tlie money to pay 
for it is to come from the increased produce of Eng- 
lish manufactures, which America will buy, the 
"fair trader" replies that America does not invert 
her profits from the sale of corn in buying English 
manufactures, but in extending her own; and that 
while she exports more than she imports, free-trade 
England annually imports £130,000,01X1 sterling mure 
than she exports. 

But this uMramplion tliat excess of exports over 
Imports indicates national wealth is vigorously as- 
sailed by the Cobden Club, which shows tliat this 
kind of statistical argument is fallacious, because it is 
a limited view bused merely upon trade return*. Tha 
larger and truer view includes insurance risk*, loan* 
of capital, freight and transportation receipts, and 
other sources of income, so tliat the foreigner pays 
England more than $600,000,000 annually before the 
calculation of the exchange of produce begins. The 
debate is Inevitable, aud it has, in fact, already be- 
gun. But a third party upon the subject is likely to 
arise, taking a moderate conservative view. This u 
indicated iu Lord DfKRAVKS 8 paper upon "The Rev- 
olutionary Party." The moderate doctrine is that 
England should have free trade with alt her own col- 
onie*, and put a duty upon imports from other na- 
tion* large enough to give her colonics a perceptible 
advantage, without materially enhancing the home 
price. Tlie interest of the pending discussion for the 
United State* will be tliat the friends of free trade 
have now the opportunity of justifying tbcmmlvw by 
experience instead of alMtmct renaon, and of showing 
that tha general welfare has keen promoted and nut 
injured by tlie commercial policy of the last thirty 
years. 


NEW YORK POLITICS. 

The Republican campaign in New York does not 
open auspiciously. Tlie selection of Mr. Platt for 
temporary chairman of the Stale Committee, the to- 
tal omission of all allusion ul the meeting of the 
committee to a Republican President lying in mortal 
peril, and the call of the Convention at the most in- 
convenient point for auch a purpose in the State, and 
for the sole reason that it would be more readily 
manipulated there by the machine, show clearly, a* 
we have not doubted, that the machine propose* to 
make a desperate struggle to retain control of tlie 
party organization. There is undoubtedly, however, 
profound disgust among tho great mas* of Now York 
Republicans with a control which kept the party 
in opposition to tlie late Republican Administration, 
and which attempted to array it aguinst that of Gen- 
eral GaBEIEU). Mr. Platt politically represent* 
nothing whatever but tlii* opposition. Mr. C’osx- 
UXQ put him forward us chairman of the Conven- 
tion iu which he insulted President Hayks in 1877, 
aud he was elected Senator ln*t January os a squire 
to Mr. ComCMWO in hi* probable onslaughts upon the 
G ARETE! -D administration, and he resigned with Mr. 
Coxkuko iu May when tlwee attack* failed. They 
both appealed to the Legislature which had elected 
Mr. Pi, ATT four month* before, but iu obedience to 
the. indignant demand of the Republican party of 
New York and of the country, their appcul wa* re- 
jected. There was, however, one card left them to 
play. They might, perhaps, still control the State 
Committee and the party organization in the State, 
and tliat ia ziow their ' ' little game." We believe 
that there were thorn who saw " hartnnny" as the 
probable result of the defeat of the machine in the 
Senatorial contest. Perhaps they see also in the ac- 
tion of the committee the first fruits of harmony. 

This, we say. is an inauspicious beginning of the 
campaign, There is great tuid universal respoet anil 
affection for the President. There is the profoimd- 
p*t sympathy with his prolonged suffering. Thorn 
is a deep cun viction that in the event of his recovery 
his opportunity for wise and patriotic administration 
is unprecedented, and that he is the man of all men 
to improve it. At such a time aud under such cir- 
cumstances. honorable and reasonable Republicans 
see with extreme repugnance the attempt of a faction 
distinguished only by baffled hostility to the Presi- 
dent to take nnmnuud of the party. The firat duty 
of New York Republicans in the present painful situ- 
ation is to show tbc strongest aud most unmistakable 



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sympathy with the Prudent, ami the most deter- English notions The LonJ-LisoteoAney is of itself friradsdid not orris* to time to ore Kswpovt 1 . its **, 
rc-olalion to assist luiu in making h>s admin- a sign that there n not national union, and if the dory. Mat,, ,,f , ho moat i D temci»K **<1 ' 

Istratinn what the country justly expects of it. The I/irri- Lieutenancy was indinpeiiKahlo, tho time for Newport traditions date from the presence nf the Fivinh 
parly in New York should emphatically refuse longer union had not amvrd. The history of Scotland. Mr. •»} ,Wt - «he French antral of this year would 

to lie made the tool of the wretched quarrels of any Dicky thinks, shows conclusively the folly of the " ave reTlv ” 11 ,lle ® ptaaeantljr. 

mhn or clique of politicians with the national Admin- English policy in Ireland. Foe a century from 1608 Tl "' °? ly reHl °P°" the happy centennial (moment- 
i stratum. It would he ludicrous, if it were not too to I 7 i», England trieil U» govern Northern Scotland how erer, will 1* tho litem* of tlte President. This 

serious, to think of the character, intelligence, and on English principles, and the consequence was end- felicity would hlJKt*l !***** ** K™ 0 ® 

trr -U*. «>“ P"J 8W. Irebh. CTo mneu. did mwTbal- (or Soot- S Li ’<£S?£ZL 

then to remark those who direct Ito organised force, land than England has dune for Ireland, but his pol- esmatanea, (be c«npe,m^ 10D ft*. nfhrih writ aT 

Yet the party must be judged by those whom it per- icy, however abstractly wise and good, was opposed “« bo P (, j «he rousriouancM, of his convalescence. * 


mils to repreeeut it. It ia in 


to every Scotch sentiment and prejudice, and “ it fell 


party history is inspiring, and the party principles of itself ami. Id the delirious joy of the whole oout, 
noble, if the party representatives are political petti- try/' The failureof English policy in Ireland is due. 


PERSONAL. 

loggers and small place-mongers. Those who sup- not to the character of the people^ h'utVo th* nttbet „ ] Z V* *“« ll '° honorable aal patriode art* of tbe Ui* Juin 
port a party because of ita history and principles can of English slalom,™ to make their policy conform to ‘If' J* * ia •»* the » - 

no« long s<* in such representative* any ray of the the nature of things. ~.7”r !***?. *” *** «*. jpflms «ouM hare bw fatal u, tbe 

glojy of the one, or any hope of the triumph of the fl- SSgii Sto 

The Convention is called for the Stli of October, in TERRIBLE TAMMANY. ITaioo toe Un~ «imoi mumm* 


not long son in such representatives any ray of the the nature of things, 
glory of the one, or uny hope of the triumph of the 

The Convention is called for the 5 th of October, in TERRI, 

the city of New York, and the party will be properly T"* Bnff * ,<1 r wrirr r 

judged by the Convention. If tliat assembly is con- “ * oy *° .^"d <H,t w **« 


the city of New York, and the party will be properly T,,,! Bnff * ,<1 r esrire remarks that " this is as g«»il a time 
judged by the Convention. If tliat aaocmblv is COli- M * ny *° oce whether the great party of the Itemoe- r™, r 
trolled by those who are known to ho at heart hostile ^- v 8,ntc . ell ‘ lt4 by perm b* fin of Mr. Join* 

to the Administration, and who would he resigned to u ‘‘.‘ y * * •"*!* ,lu "’ to fl "'* '* ® n * {uT th * — Tl» I 

Uie President-'* death because it would nlaco lira VI JZ ' H "T K '. trl >' domonsttatod .!«, Tbe 


rcwu-J or rtpsTmcei. «tcept oikiu Ik* triumph of dm 
imo nw, tee fargv *um of # 6441,000 It *u U,l. ihu I 


on row, tbe Isrg* «nm of ( 
Ouvenaoc to wuilain the 
to btr f«M. Nor iliil the tr 


t of litt Slate, anil dvfv sa.| 

•r fail to rwinl liin emtiUofe 
to the In.al begiaUtuoi of 


to the Administration, and who would he resigned to 
Uie Presidents death because it would place the Vlcw- 
Presidtiul in bis chair, it would be a moat unfortunate 
event. It could bo easily prevented except for the 


r (In'ii bolted, and a I wot 60,000 


rat* followwl him, and his party was defeated. ' If a quur- 
-r of that niiuilwr 111(111111 follow bin now, “ ibn great party 


f»n>ilr are alt uwrojilUhrd. »qKcUllr in rav. 
Premier blmself his a &oe Uiriuiin tojix, stij u»-i it 


Dhiimi- Ilk* s trained rooilmu Rsih mealier of hia famiij 


of fhu jiriaeiplcs of v«-»l a 


.... • f , except lor tlie ter ol tiiat number ■lumld felli.w bitn now. ••[!,« great psrty Mr. W. H. ulasstosc. It p cti« Plvsaier's (tieiK mui hsa emulilui' 

peculiar rvslrictum upon the Republican primary »t tbc Dcnic^racy <.f ibis State” would .him more feel the sbt> ufent u a oan>pi«r, ■wh.Um caiolOer. 

vote in the city of New York. The city will send ** wMty of bto permUdon fur ita existsnns — Tim London Lttm try \Vt*U, in renewing Witt. Ciu.no* - . 


vote ill the city of New York, The city will send »o«a»lly of bis perm laden for ita adatom*, 
about nn e-sixth of the whole number of delegatee. In a Htufe »hrru jinrtu-a are wi equally divided as n 
and only some right or nine thousund of the te-Tentv electlona show tbwn to he lu New York, the result 1 
or eighty thousand Republican voters of the city are * «• dete r mln* , l l»y a aomll uumlwr of iMUpen 

authorised to vote for them. Tins is the system that T, "" 1 "dv.nta*,*, ..f our eon 

„ai» » T r in 

however, where there is not this kind of ingenious fm-t should make tire parly in every Stale exceed, 
disfranchisement, the expression of the real party prudent. 

feeling may 1 st nuulo very itnpremive. There is no "> do Dot any that it would he wise for the Democi 
doubt what that feeling is. There is no doubt what- I' orr > New York to buy Mr. Krur't support ii|«.n bis 
ever tliat the Republicans of New York by an im- Wl ,1! ' r,iu *- Bal If It rImhiM deride not to do so, It* only 
memw majority condemn the conduct of lire faction f ? r ■"*?•** "‘'"'d 1Lo **> *" apjieal to independent 

*, w ”' 1 ; ««i— “i"". Ma. ISSZ^VitSSfJSSST USSS SSL-Jt*" 


In a Sluts where parties are so equally divided as recent w * lu, "*v y “ n " AW.Vof. (poblbicl tw Howsa A BtoxacMlL 
election. sIk.w them to be in New York, Uie result of an “-” 1 " Caatxres has a aucnWrf.il f.„ut, for rbvn.«a< 
•lection is deterailued by a small number of ibileiHUHlent V*** ^ . °* ‘"J Au " ,r >™n fannaf, « u to pet veo into iium. • 

voter*. This is one of tfo. great advantage, of oar eumraw- _ fc 1 r * U “ d ’•* ««rcuic an.l pkuag 

itc national and Mate system. Tbo national .fotuioonce of ** '77 


ingly rtriking, and thoroughly entertaining book." 


ft tlie Ih'fDoiTntie 1 *Un »nom tint camps ont and eooks her rsikevc in the TmMr.n l 
rupport Upon bis wliisher it* »m.i u ton** pond net of tl.e Umi ifureiso /w! 
to do so, Its only lon 8 * 8 ® » B "f »[•“ mads Urge boasts of his still with t}« 
1 to independent ™ f^Mregw! by be* to a trial of skill. Tl.e Doer stmt wilh 
1 m and with «u. *. Msrtun-Hmr, nlle. Lady Yumas.;. -III. a Winchester, ut U.t- 

on then it wa.U ot to ° U- dclicht ot .It tb" 


utiveof the party, it will allow that New York Rcpuh- 
ItcaoH desire honestly and heartily, not by mere per- 
funrtorv doclaratloD, to uphold the Administration 
of President CtAKiTKLP, not merely becauan it is the 
Administration, but because it promisea to do mi much 


SAMUEL B. RCCJOLE3. 


Kngli-hwcawn can. 

—The nun »bo first rare cmplnvroent In Kentucky to ffliir 
7 “ '* Mr- I'ni-wsosn It COT, of Laiiigtoa. now eighty. *eren yrwis 
of sge. and ablo to nonage his farm. Aboat forty ream ago Me. 


bl promote Republican principles, and to iuatifv tho [ n,<lll l5® n,e pwblio apirlt ; of taste* and capacities 
cuntinucd di.minaruw nfil.c 1 ® ten.|H.r«(n*nt wliieh sliignlarly fitted him for iMil.Ijn 


Tin: 1 st* SaMl'KL a Recount wsa s mao of the highest “ B ” k T‘ » bvery-sul.l.. One day' a T^nMOTlXniin' 

telligenee amt publio spirit ; of taste* and capacities „„l •“ h * •"“"'ll »*uog at Ida back, applied to bim for work. II r. 


cuutinued dominance uf'the Rapublican party. ' , wluch * ,i,| K»lai | .v fitted him for poldio life. 5 — hia ■‘rsi^ib.cwardw,, th-i be 

* *" 3 and yot at»o daring hi* long career was very seldom in of- Fi lTIIu , 041 10 k " Urai ' I'kvo"* hn» la « barer . 

" ' »“ » member of tb.i AsMBbly many yean ago, J T*"' " l ' HkinK . *'"• mo-t 

T1VO ACTS OF UNION'. S™ ^ " *► 

As article in the Fortnightly Renew, by Mr. Ate He was especially the fiind oHbo canal system of the mSo^ot^th^b S'«‘ P*»"- 

'.kKT Dicky , rente very intelligently and clearly a .nd ^a«W *f tbo -nbjrot S 35&S 

question which IS peculiarly timely m England, tho Tbore w ** 1 * c " t1 * ln P 01 ' 1 ® •tlthasiaam hi his treatment of of rspnufeoo. It u maowiod tbit Mr. Ben whose term esnlrv* 
CuntraNl betWM-n tho Scotch and the Irish ucU of union " h,rh ,lflcn “ -‘K” «f H»o tciuiwra.nent of th« March 3 , 18 M, wi.ll reoo.e ihe uaaxdu.nul ...rc«t uf Uie 

with England. The fact is most significant tiiat Eng- "«»t«mai*sblp, and hu almeuco from oWcial puldie {•• rt J r f " r re-riei-tlon. 

land has made a cmnlrtelv Mioceaaful union will, ’ 7 M,e 1 6 — ttt w ki* h * e •“??«*« bim to have been no U*a in- w “”* 1 * JwB «™ «™l»K t" the front a, tamkers. Mn. N.C. 
the aria of union must bo therefore a mr«t inalroct daring the last forty yearn, when probably U might bar* 4 Ncrw. WtocOJ«,|, 


■UI in- Tb ‘' "re eoniing to the front a, (Milkers. Mr*. N. C. 

prae- ,, ,u -‘ ±la « ITw-tent of the Stele National B.nk, ItaMgh, Nor 
ixrouna ; Mm Jsaatr Ohomw is casbl.-r «.f Bows A 


the acts of union must lx* therefore a most instruct I during the ia*i lorsy year* wuen proJ.at.lv U might bare I e.m» u - — ' " — : — — - 

ive study, and this is what Mr. Dicky has nreomplmh- >*r Ktooixi. for th* asking, to we that our politacal b^'nl 4 u“v!« SSHSlfo™^ “ * b " i "‘“ * 


banking buuMi uf .‘ieiuNura A Norm, Wlutc 4 'teu.t. 


cd. He njgorila tlw un ion uf Scotland and England oa Is Mill susceptible of great improrement. Ths 


not only the groulest triumph of English policy, but os I,i * m,y S,r Rvoouts, his yoatbfohiMS of feeling, the tl....i K h very few rserired neb sums as are paid i» liwdlajc awora 
the most brilliant act of conservalivo itatesmanabio C ““S , T * r *f d “* r ‘'«»''‘'ion t bis kindly gen*roMty and *"‘ l *ctre*«* in our .fay. and none awioired soeh fwtunwi a* Vdu- 
in hiaturr. This is exlruoniiuary praise but everv u » u- ***’i. WlU not ^ ft "»'>ttcn by tte.se who regret ?***' Jsm aioit. Ckaess, Kumsnix, Onaaioirs Cranaix, 

that it is largely deaorvod. Our own Constitution is 1 ^ psefonner* : Dann OasatM, fat s* : Mr. .a. itl»ki and wiftfio? 

floubtlass tbo greatest and most important bond of THE PLAQUE SPOTS. ’ <l8 ^jMwta R*” 1 . Hw* and Jirrsaowr, is 


a tioie as double (be am. Hint 


made between two independent states, au<l as its main 1,1 ll ‘ * >'"1 tbo nanwe, nitb those of the perecos cmera- HSil’ ■ ^ ^ The - mum band,” 14 'J. These 

object was political identity, to Wend two nations Un * **•»■ ri^Tdav “ " l thal ib* mm 

into one, everything essential to this end wua ten*- • coord ““ , wUh th *' peremptovy proelama- — Gmmal Kona was a rery popular minister to Fnuw* both 

cicmsly maintained, and everything not essential to it ‘ • nel ' ?* c3 '*« *hrir an.far the McMahon sad 0 m? sdn.fai.tmu^a M^bri 


was conceded. All suspicion of what we call State " hi ^ h h “« Uk*d him jo wj of his fo'm^mlMury awriw* 

sovereignty, or of federation instead of national it v P r f ""“'"V dn ? d !'***• 0ov- ' ^ **** ri ibe «aw»l «reer of (feosml Noria *.* to 

w« rigidtv discarded Nn •. , cuw Oojucku. hso u«l shown bltaself to b# rlsslltutu of ul fw Vw pkoaogTapb foe the famoos French *rti*t Bscsm, who it 

_r 1 N J <> V^tltyr of separate Scotch onfe^al o„irage. os hi. .fonit rolrtm* of vet-w* .how* Every t<» ‘hi French p.v<mo-n( a lar^o pi.-mre of ltw £,iri 

ftrewromeftt WM tolerated^ but from a merely inrr veto atfeelli.g individual interests andiwtitedlr prod acre 0,0 rt *** u " h, = » rl »v «■" die 1 Ufa of Jutr. 1HS0. Tl.e 

camite point of view, the Scotch had the advantage. Individual bmlitily to tho (toveruor, hot u rertunlv It c,l T M 'bpK'mMl | | Hj will iHcapy a |.n..minciit |.lsre ia tiw pleturu. 
I/ird SOMEIiaatld «OtM..LPHlX, who lliauagrd the union P""!'**-* gene-rat j.utdio Conflitene*. Politically Ibe Got- “ '* TJ* ““ 0Wwro ®".“ 1- * JjJ d'wisl Nona's fine fscc and fig- 

^swi^.a».^.teia.«ewi*wswrea -S. "Zresgt*. 'Zsn^r^-. 


>."111 vommaot vvtoeasbowa. Every S ln “ rre«-:n puv«rtuo. n ( a larvt: pirtHire c 

rt.i altretl.ig individual interests andouhtedly predace* l " ,l,so ,hc V*** ^ ""“f <>» die 1 Ufa of Jutr, 

idividual tewtitity to tho (toveruor. hat m rertninlv it **•]#• wfll orcn|jy a promincm plsre hi 

tinl lures general uul.lio owuflitcne* I’ohtirell* 11.- “ '* csrenmniat. sod Otweral Nona's Soe f 


smtewnantbip, and conlidcd In the wisdom of shrewd “ " 

observation rather than in mere theory. They did not r** i„ 


produces general pwt.lio ooiifldeiiee. Politically Ibe Gov- 
ernor f* stronger, and not weaker, for hi* vetoes. They 
bare been generally wise, and they show a diligent and in- 


U si Hi* Lwornmniat. and Ureal Nona's fine face and t/ 
* "ill form an adnctir* point In the greup. 

—The rrincere Btamcx, ihu y.mngrit ot Queen Yirvonu's 


r.irriS^L'Si.s.r * •*- ~ i^is-232: 


believe that nations could he made bv adroit ennati- n..V.-.u V. • . pestuentml nuisances at 1* slwat to pi 

tutions but tliat .-..nvUi.iii, . - . * , COJlx 1 ITuntrir • I oinlare both strung sod eontnautcioea But tbe drop windows 

Tft mUS * htJrU1? I rnrn the in, " rr " t is much ,1 merer, »...| *«W« her h. 

cuaractor and tnidriKius of the nation. Therefore "» insat that tbo Ifoveruor will siawdily cuforv.i fate order **« tbe Gsimo 
they d.d not touch the local law and the local insti- ° { HWMin. prowl s« she b 

tutious of Scotland, and carefully respected and pro- ~ -Unmt.,, King 

tori*d th« Scottish 'Church. Scotland bea, mo an in- OUR FRENCH VIS mm 

-cparablo part of Oreut Britain, but Scotch affaire re- T .. U ,, “ ' *? n ? Ra ihnfo.k^ 


ifereol* in tbo pestilentiol nuisstKen at 1 * shout to puteah s lank of <k*tdM* fw Chrislmia LceA- 
oth strong nod eontnuuiciua*. Bl.t tbe window* am full ,,f ph.*e*rapte of her. Kh« slron -lv ir- 

lieir snppo-reum ia much rfmoger, and “-ol'les her hrotter •• Waks," and hw roembtanoe «. her aiHv». 
overuor will sjieodUy onfotve bis order 11 ■" th r Gsi.nata U markoi. Sfa ha> a breuuf.,1 figure and U ,.» 

I.rrol a, *|ie b pmuy It is known that sbe could lam marrb-d 
' » Aarowso, King of fipuin, hot ibe prvfemd be* Crcstl and Litany to 

Hpuo and tbe Breriarv. 

FRENCH VISITORS. -dir UwK-ounK. in Lowfon 7 UM. My* that, on the wMe, 

f civil, tea In- tw««n th* two imolillr. ‘ ,w 


maioed completely under tho control nf Scotchmen T "* »' c " ,,r M,r Frcnth ‘llisnce will witness efc wret of tho DrtUeli duke* Oaly 

agavisBSBSjyBstacs 

Zss . “ “* w ^X^zr^tTss.rsss.tts 

IH dvl^J 1 TO followed the letter of the Scotch IBrf “- "f who** oaroe* recall «M patnntic and Rev id 11- ®"‘ * P°° r J^ko can al*ay« marry Ida .fa.igbtera salt. Sir Jems 


“7 "»"W ru»p of dim.-ult pintili-iia in religion 

politu* 11 * fa nut wealthy for a duke; ifaegli the ked of 
SKOurt OTre* rat a mtial of £ 3 M.(Sai a year would >0 ocreridmd 
toon) tlan rich In any (Mutiny t.*l England or tlio Cuited Htele*. 


precedent, and outraged its spirit. The Church 
non, rea hi.i >1 a .l • ... ... 


tinnary families, to recrive them and to provide for tbrir we of tea Onus's aoua-in-law. u 


goterned since U»c union by tho inusppUcntkm of [ U i, mafortucate that il. U R Kmchajumd and his ^ 1 ‘ ^ auJ1 ' ono -«H* 


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F101 VIIUMVH TO ELBEI0.1. 

Tux Journey of thn President from the 
malarial aliimphTWi nf Washington to tb* 
pure air of ElWren firms tlie nutijwt of 
our lllimtratiucn on |mgc» (ite and IWJ. In 
tbe tint nnr Art ist pictures the removal of 
tbe invalid fmin the White tlmme to Ilia 
express wagon, winch look place at half 
post six on the morning of September ft. 
The I*re»id»nt, lying on a stretcher, «m 
Imtm carefully awl slowly to Urn wagon, In 
which tbe bed vraa placed. Tbe attendant* 
t lien tanged themselves about tbe htskbst, 
three on eaveh aide, and thn wagon vriui soon 
in motion toward the railway atatlan. 

An the wagon approached the end of the 
drive, tbe gates were thrown open, nnd tb« 
loan* of jieiipl* who bad collected to wlt- 
licaa tbe drpurtnrc obtained a momentary 
glimpse of tbe President. Hu was lying, 
says the r»rn>»|Hiailent at the Now York 
Tribua*, “ nearly npon bia bock, with his 
face tunw-d to tbe left. Ife bud been care- 
fully covered with a sheet and a light white 
blanket or spread, which taw cleat Up to 
hia chill. A wet cloth lind also lawn placed 
over bis fravlieod and temples to mitigate 
iu sooiH degree the stilling beat, which even 
at that rally hour began to mauifeat itself. 
As lie paaaed out the gate his eyes were 
r limed, and that poll nf Uls fane w hich could 
)>e arm looked pinched aud pallid with suf- 
fering. lu the general contour there was 
something to suggest th« face of PrwiUleiil 
tiARrigl-D to those who have known tiiiu 
long and Intimately, bnt there bud been a 
great change. It was not the face »f a dy- 
i ig man, but there was something intense- 
ly pitiful in the wasted features and (|niet 
I'ludte manner of tbe nation's Chief Kiev- 
mi vc as be was thus driven out of hia ott- 
cia) home.” 

At the alatiot) the President's Imd was 
Manfully lilted from tbe wagon to tbe ear 
which had been expressly fitted up for bis 
joaruey, and in n few iramisnts the special 
t ruin, preceded by a pilot-engine, procred- 
cd on its way. The trip was accomplished 
without incident of any kind. During the 
first part of tbe rid* tlur Ereaiitent w on close- 
ly watched by bia physic inns, iu order to lie- 
teet the find* symptom* of danger from tire 
excitement of tlie o ccasio n. To their relief 
and great satisfaction, the patient seemed 
actually to anjuj lbs experience, aud to lie 
improving. His pulse, which readied 11)1 
early in tbe morning, fell to 110, and ereti 
lower. He did tod talk lunch, ami, in fart, 
could not. Hia voice was too feeble to make 
bia words distinguishable amel lbs noise of 
lbs running train without tem much effort 
on tbs part of the patient. Several time* 
be asked wliat time it w as, and once or t w ice 
inquired tbs names of stopping -placM. 
Href tea was the sole nutriment given him 
during the journey. 

In all the towns amt cities through which 
the train passed, crowds nf people assembled 
ill silent sympathy. Nowhere was there tbe 
slightest approach to noise. Iu many places 
wire re great multitude, of working-men nnd 
rooeliauloa bad awcmliled, hats were silent- 
ly removed, aud their owners stood unumcr- 
ed a* the train passed by. Trains npon aide 
trucks, whatever they were encountered, 
w ere crowded with people desirous of get- 
ting a glimpse of tbs Tnwldsnt, hut not ob- 
trusive not demonstrative. Some people 
w avod Hags, bnt nuos cheered, 

The train reached El heron a few minutes 
post oms o’clock. The train imived over the 
nock which hod been laid during the night 
soil morning from Ibn tuuta ronil to Eranek- 
lyn Cottage, which had been prepared for 
iho President's reception; tlie 1-ed was ten- 
derly lifted by strong men, and tbs Invalid, 
wh« hail ton thn long Journey so well, 
was soon resting in the large airy mum in 
the second stray, where th« Invigorating air 
from the ojotn m-a must have lieen Indeed 
refreshing after all the long confinement in 
tlie sultry air of Washington. 

The cottage which hud been plsced at 
the President's disposal at Elberuu is very 
favorably situated. It is separated frem 
tlie beach by only a few rods of green lawn, 
and there is no regiuu In tlie neighborhood 
from which mnJnriul odors can rise. A more 
healthful situation could hardly have been 
r. leetinl. The cottage itself is large sod 
airy, and tbe room occupied by tire 1’nwi- 
dent looks directly out upon thn sea. 

Devoid of incident os the Journey was, it 
will bold a prominent place in American 
history. Tbe spectacle was dramatic. The 
1'reaideat of tbe republic lying helpless in 
a railway car that > u flying over the tracks 
ut nearly the rale of a mil* a minute, bear- 
ing him over two hundred miic* away from 
tire Capitol aa a U»t resort to save bis life; 
tlie engineer putting speed to bia locomo- 
tive lu response to the acreage of the suf- 
ferer, “Tell bim to go ahead — 1 waut to get 
there"; the attendants In thn <Ar writing 
bulletins telling of tbe patient's brave en- 
durance of the journey, and letting them 
flutter ftvtu tire car windows a* tire tram 


flew past telegraph stations ; these scrape 
of paper caught up and telegraphed to al- 
most every city in the republic, where they 
are eagerly read iu newspapers while yet 
tho train Is rushing toward ica destination ; 
the natinu drawing a long breath of relief, 
ns though in aympotliy with the fooling of 
tha patient, npon hearing, almost simulta- 
noon sly with ita accomplishment, that the 
President bus been safely taken to tire room 
by the **», In which It la hoped that strength 
may cocoa to him! The history of tho re- 
public contains few such dramatic passage*. 


[Pcfno Id IDssn's Wranv No 1WL| 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

Dr JAMES FAYN, 

Atvout or “ Pure Kvcis,” “I'sies Oas Itoor," 
“trssT°Ba fore U^'erc.""”'' 


CTIAFTER IT. 

Tllg DOCTUU rkox LUSHUN. 

Hr. Mku, of London, was a most rsspset- 
alilo pliyUL'ian. tilling a highly resjiocinLlc 
mrdjcnl peat, and pcaueased of a fair prac- 
tice, but among other l»r. IW1U Ire was not 
the chief. Hu was not a specialist — oue of 
tluMC who have made the upper Joint of the 
thumb or the lube of tbe left »ar their pecul- 
iar study — bnt a mare general praotiUooer. 
He was conscious, of counsr, of merit, like 
other members of hi* learned profession, and 
had a vague notirai, unto ruined by meat of 
■is, that the biimI merit bad not been fully 
appreciated; but that summon* to Stoke 
ville, two or Hire* band rod milra from Lon- 
don, took him consulcrably by sorprls*. Ten 
miles out nf town hud hitherto beco tbe lim- 
it nf li>« pnvfrwniMiial nidi us, and *v*u in such 
riHM In- bod nniy hecu scut for to old ]sa- 
tleuta who hail migrate.] to the anburba. 
He was almost afraid that there was sons* 
mistake when Ire Teoeived that letter from 
Oak Villa from Mr. Lyater. marked “private 
and confidential.” Tli« erai touts were very 
brief, ami merely informed him that the 
writer was desirous of obtaining his profes- 
sional opinion about Uls vaa*,on* of incipient 
consumption ; and that if bo could Make It 
convenient to come by the morning express 
to Stokeville on Til c reday, tlie writer’s car- 
riago would meet him at the station, and 
convey blui thither lu time for hia return 
by the six-o'clock np-train. 

It was a very huaiiwsa-llks letter, which 
gave bim confidence in ita genuineness^ but 
Jiuit at first lie was inclined to think that tbe 
patient'* complaint might have been Incipi- 
ent niaducsa instead of incipient consump- 
tion. ItalaoHtravkbinilliat th* letter might 
have br»u miMuut to bint, and bo >at*ml«d 
fur I>r. Bell in the nrxt square, who had 
been sent for to Scot Ural before now, to the 
great disgust of the physicians of the modern 
Albeits- Not one word of these suspicions, 
however, did he breath* even to the w ife of 
hi* bosemi, but oat down at ones to Inform 
hia correspondent that he had little donbt , 
he could *o arrange his prnfmaiuna] engage- I 
menta aa to admit of hi* coming to bloke- 1 
ville on Hie day appointed. The interval 
he spent mainly in gleaning the opinion of 
his professional brethren — Urn bran kt casu- 
ally mentioned bn had an Important case iu 
blugsMre— aa to bow much it would be ad- 
visable to charge per mil*. 11* w m a tall, 
stout gentleman, w Ith an oqulUu* iiu** be- 
stridden by gold spectaclea. and with an air 
of rbrerfal sagacity calculated to inspire 
confidence In any patient not abaolurely 
moribund — a sort of doctor, iu short, whom, 
for my port, I like. 

As ire hu<l never been to Blagnliire on busl- 
ntvMi, w»> may be anre it was new to him, lor 
ln> one in hia right mind (except foreign 
princes who are esnortwl thither to b* in- 
structed in British commercial eotorjirw.!, 
and come back exceedingly dared and be- 
wildered) ever goea there for pleasure. 

“Why, bins* my *oul,w* shall Lave mint* 
thunder," was tbe observation he made to 
liiossclf many time* on hr* journey, a* he 
looked up at ill* leaden and murky air; aral 
when liu poepod down from the tram into 
tire dark and crowded town*, he thought to 
himself, “ What mraiey jssiple must Iw mak- 
ing who find it wurth tbeir while to lire 
here!" and secretly resolved to pnt an extra 
threepence on Ids rat* nf mileage. This d«- 
ti-nniiiatioii was strengthened by the sight of 
Mr. l.ystcr's carringe, which was in waiting 
for bim, a* premised — a very well appointed 
oi|nipage,with aomploof dark liais,wlMi:b, 
when they left their viable, bad been light 
liayw — while Oak Villa, with ita statues uud 
picture*, wo ini praised him with a bmiss of 
superfluity that be felt, in Jostice to hi* wife 
uud family, he miMt make that threepence 
sixpeucs. 

Clare met hint in tbe hall, and by her 
father 1 * direction* insisted on bin having 
luncheon before he mw the invalid. 

" It la ItBpouublu, m; dear, - he had said, 


with a smile, “ that a doctor can take a 
rbncrfnl view of any patient on an empty 
stnoinch, and I don't want him to take a 
dolorous view. If he asks you any ques- 
tions abwnt mo, you must ho a* sanguine u 
you ran, became draptinilency reacts, yon 
know, npon everybody." 

Acting ojioii this hint, Clare »|x.ke a* 
cheerfully aa oh* conld in answer to her 
visitor's question*, which were very few. 
She said that her father waa 111, awl very 
ill, but that of lai* lie luot wanned iu lmttor 
apliita; and nieutinbod hi* having gouc oat 
every day that week in hi* garden chair. 

“Come, that Usiks well, my dear young 
lady," said tlm doctor, kirally (ho ws* bold- 
ing, however, a glass of Madeira op to the 
light at the same lime); “but the weather 
i* a li I tie winterly AtlM ifdlMk *» it Mil 
1 snp|MM* bn ha* tin) sanction of bis medical 
attendant fur such an experiment f' 

“ Why. no, That is. I am not quit* *nre." 
MUM Clare; fur sl>« had an Improuluii 
that Iri. Dukaoe bad out altogether ap- 
proved of it. 

“ Well, well, I shall hare the opportunity 
of conferring wllb Dr. — IHckonu, I think 
yon said I — upon that little point." 

“ l>r. Dicknon will Dot be here to-day.* 
said Clare; “he ha* already paid lii* visit." 

“ But, dear me, that’s strange. I* there 
to be no eonanltatiiiD t How sid 1 to bear 
what treatment lia* km hitherto pursu'd f" 

“ Oh, pupa ha* all that at his Huger*' cud*, 
and tho prencriptiraiB, aud so on," aaawered 
Clare, a little coiifuwdly. “It is not that 
he I* but quite satisfied with hi* ordinary 
medical attendant, bnt be wishes to have ' 
the very Ml advice (aa of course lie will j 
get in yo«r c aao,), uud independent of any 
other.” 

“ The doctor bowed ; he thought Clare 
not only iMiautiful, bnt endowed with great 
perspicacity. “I never met with a young 
woman,” bo aflerwunl remarked, “so con- 
splroiwis for her InteUlgcnc*." In Hi* pre- 
senee of such a hostess, the considerations 
even of profauiunal etiquette loot tbeir im- 

*' Well, it U not certainly quit* usual, my 
dear young lady, bnt under tbe cireuui' 
atannre— and slur* you say my «honld-b* 
coLftCre baa paid bU visit, and In ]hmuI of 
fact gone— there i» nothing for it Imt to 
gi vii way. No tf Mr. Lyater i* quite ready, 
and aa my time is limited— thunk yon, I Dili 
take Just oue more glam of that exquisite 
Madeira; it is unwholesome b a d fir tbe 
coats of the -I mean for everything — blit 
it i» irreeislilde. Very good. Ill follow you." 
And the doctor row, with* smack of hi* lipa, 
ssi gentle and yet aa full of apptcclation 
that if he bad Iseu a clergyman you would 
bnvn pronounced it to b* u private grace. 

Mr. Lyater. who was sitting in hu study 
by a small fire, rose to receive hia visitor, in 
spit* of the Utter's entreaties. 

“ I am not so had a* that, doctor," he ob- 
served, smiling, “ Clare, my dear, 1 noi 
afraid you must hate modi) the wont of 
me." 

Then, aa anon as doctor and patient were 
atou* together, the former proceeded after 
a few questions to business. 

It i* needless to devicrihe it. Few of ns, 
ala*! are unfamiliar In our person*, or in 
t bus* dear to ua, of the knocking and thn 
thumping at our creaking doore that take 
pliicn undue such *a«l ciH iiinslanco* — the 
" 1 Hies this hurt you f and “Itoca that hurt 
jou I" and tbe “ Now draw a deep breath." 

Tu any student or human nature the fen- 
t tires of Dr. Bull would hav* boon a eurioo* 
study, an dialinctly conld tbe serioiiBur** 
with which til* cnao speedily inspired bim 
bn aecij stealing under that pn>fi-*slt»i*l 
Millie of e swnnt WI— l which never left hi* 
face. When bn had qnitn completed his in- 
vcatlgatmu*, bn talil, “ Yos." A tt>o*t signi- 
ficant monosyllable, which seemed to imply 
that at one limn Certain Indications had pox 
i led him, but that now all waa clear, aud 
< the case wo* at his finger e mis. 

“Tlie left lung l» gone, ua I understand,” 
a* Id Mr. Lystar, quietly. 

“ Wdl, really, gone is a strong wont ; it is 
very seriously affected, uo doubt. Bnt then 
mi* lung ta of in* great cnciMH|iieuro. Mon 
have lived for half a century with o«n lung.” 

“But the other I Tb»t is in a hod way 
too, i» It not r 

“ W ell, it is far from aonnd. There Is auri- 
cula damage ; i n fart, if I hud been called ear- 
lier, wy six Irani tha ago, I •limitd have re- 
commended Madeira— tb* island, of course," 
added Dr. Bell, moved by a recent reminis- 
cence. 

“ But, n* it I*, Hungs hav* gone too far!" 
inquired the patient, calmly. 

“ Why. yew. When raie considers the voy- 
age, and thn braving bora*, and the worrira." 

“ 1 should din before 1 left the St osier, " 
interrupted Mr. Lyater, finishing tbe aen- 
Imicn fur him. “ No I imagined,” 

“ Nay. luileed, I did not say that,” said thn 
doctor, soothingly. “ You have a good deal 
of vitality, I should *uy ; even the power of 
will goes for something in th(*o cares, aud 


vr* take things quietly while looking them 
in Hi* turn, I am glad to sou." 

“1 know that 1 am dying, doctor.” Thu 
patient waited for a moment, jicrlinp* in 
imp** that tbe other might say Mum-tbing, 
give even a sign of negation, but there was 
un ominous ailmeo, “ Yea, I am quite pre- 
pared for that.” he. cautlnn*d ; “it is not a 
■inewtUm nf eternity, there for o” (here there 
w a* a flicker uf a smile), “Imt of tins*. It is 
cooeeming that matter, indeed, that 1 sent 
f»r vim. 1 know it is not pratmtile, bat is it 
] meal hl« that I shall live a year I” 

"Well, really, in the elnuiiea. you know, 
acme one say*, I forgot who, hut perhaps you 
can remember- " 

Mr. I.vsUr sliraik lii* head. It wa* ImUmt 
very unlikely that he should remember, aa 
he iiad never read th* cluwins. 

" Well, wane one says, ‘No man Uw»M 
hut lie thinks be may live a year. 1 ” 

“No old, yea, Imt not no 111,” put in tho 
patient, bluntly. “Now in toy paitJoular 
caaot” 

“ 1 •» afratil, considering tlie stale of tb* 
left long—" 

“Very good, doctor: 1 want to know th* 
truth, and I have got it. Now, instead of a 
year, let us *ay * 1 * loontb*. I* it ■— ihla 
--again, you oWrve, 1 don't nay iirelnlit* — 
that I shall be here six months hence; 1 
mean, of 001111 *, alms (.-ground f” 

“ It is pwuiMr.” 

“Ab, I see; it la os had as that, then. 
Now iiiu-u mure, I»r. Bell, if you are not tired 
of these childish quretUuis ; they remind raie 
of a luimvter with bi* victim Iu the witnot*- 
Irax,' Will you swear it wasn’t ten minute* f 
will you swear It wasn't live minute* I will 
yon swear it wasn't four minute* sod a quar- 
ter Y and so oil.” 

“Not at all," said tli* doctra, politely. 

“ Y’ou wish to elicit th* truth by the Soersti* 
method, that is all. Wliy not I" 

The Boeratlo nictliuri might have lieen 
trepanning for all Sir. Lystar ku*w about it, 
but be understood nt least that penuissauu 
hod been given to him to procerel. 

"Now, doctor, tell mo truly, shall 1 live 
three month* f™ 

“ I can't any, of conrae, for certain, my dear 
Mr. I.vater; but I honestly tdl you — bn- 
manly speaking that 1 think It very likely 
yiM will.” 

“ Thank yvni. Yuo have taken a great 
load from my mind; nr rather you have 
given Bio hope, which is strength, to bear 
thn load. As I iindcretaiid yon, I may or 
may not be alive this day three month*, bat 
the probabilities are that I shall be." 

"'rise imilmldllthw are," said Hi* fluetor, 
firmly. “ that you will bo.” 

** V'ery gvnd. And now what am I iu- 
delited to you for thia weloom* and *atla- 
fucton visit I" 

Tbe doctor named a som, which included 
thn exit* *lx|HTiic>- for mileage, withnet hrs- 
itutirai. The wonl “satisfactory* had pnt 
that question Ireyond a doubt, and Mr. Ly»- 
trr drew him a «-h**k far it 

*■ Yon have still ten minute* before rba 
carriage comes round for you i oblige me by 
taking a cigar.” 

" It will make yon congli.” urged the oth- 
er.kiudly ; though, to say the troth.it waa 
tin- very thing hi* ti|>* Inn! (wen yearning 
far ever since hi* Inncheou. 

“ Not at all ; 1 samkc myself, though, 
alas! It la no longer lulmeo — these medi- 
cated cigarette*." 

“Ay, ay," said the doctor, lighting the 
riiiignifirou! lutimirind hia vumpaiiiuD nffer- 
rd him, the value of which (net to mention 
ita length) fM-rhap* suggested, though too 
lain, Hire mileage. “1 have heard them 
*l*.ken wull of In asthmatic on*™." 

“You are the consulting physician. I 
believe, for the * Italy am Insurance Com- 
pany’ I” 

The doctor started, a* well he might. A 
terrible anspicirai lwgan to dawn upon him. 
Hi-rhup* It would be oreemary to uxpre** 
himself to this excellent gentleman, for 
whom be Wt a sincere regard, in leas hno- 
ryrel tocnw than ha had hllllrrto lined. Hn 
wo* sore be hod not committed himself by 
the ex premimv of a too sanguine opinion, 
but bu full that he might have done so, anil 
that, if so. such opinion would hav* been 
obtained from him t** some degree under 
false pretense*. He* fair* grew grave. 

• Yc*. Mr. Lyater, I am.” 

“ In view of His frets of which yosi have 
poMMCtsod yoarerlf, Dr. Kell, It would, of 
course, le idle to apply to the 1 Ifalycon Of- 
fice' in Hie ordinary way. My life is like nn 
empty puree, not wurth their taking. But 
lor six months " 

Dr. Beil Shook Ills head. 

“Well, Ui»«i, let mv say for three. You 
said that It wan very likely I should live 
for three months.” 

“ I said ' hoimuity speaking,* " replied tho 
doctor, evasively. •• The prohaluUnni uo 
doubt are in yrair favor. But the * Italy - 
con’ lias always set It* face against extraor- 
dinary risks." 

“But tf the proposed premium ahonld be 



SEPTEMBER 17, 1M1- 


i» proportion to tb" risk r' urged Mr. Lywter, I 
'■ l am prepared to pay any pre- 
mium in re awn."’ ... 

“T» be »ure. that altera the «*»>. May I 1 
nidi - not that 1 am rnriona, bnt 1 conclude 
from a tut you any that yon prop.*.' to 
tunke me in on** amt your ioterei>*llary — , 
may 1 ask Urn ion lor which yon propose 
to inure ynar life for tire three months I" 

“ Certainly you mny. Indeed, I wish yon 
to act for mo In this matter. The. awn u 
one hundred thousand ponaila." 

*■ HIcm my aoul and body V exclaimed til* 
ilnrtor. That question of mileage, po*t and 
|ton* I bough it wan, Iwgiui to aseunie iu bia 
eye* <|uite gigantic proportion*. “That ia 
a very large «m-* 

“And the premium will ho a]«o largo, no 
doubt," observed Mr. Lyater. “ What I want 
to know i* simply how naireli it will he. I 
will M«d a form of application to the com. 
p»nv, anil then can only trust to your gold 

office*.'* 

Tliooe. Mr. Lyater," return oil the other, 
gravely, "will l»* at your diapoeal. Bat I 
have no authority, no influeoiw whatever, 
remember." 

*• I did not sup poor yon had, my dear six. 
Ton will, of eouree. aimply do your duly, I 
aball say that yon have m-sm me, and there'a 
an end. My nantivn in acndiog for yon waa 
to make von acquainted, an the consulting 
physie iau tor the anriety, with my atato of 
health ; and if possible I ahould like to keep 
the malter a private anil confidential one. 
If it shoe Id be neceeaary to place j ourself 
in communication with Dr. Ddckion, my or- 
dinary medical attendant — " 

•• It will be absolutely troreoeaxy,” inter- 
[*wd the other. 

“Then he ao good a* t» enjoin him In 
keep the matter eerret. I think 1 have 
nothing more to nay." 

No* had tbo dorter either. Indeed, he 
had a vogue iraipreesiun tliut In hi* charac- 
ter aa physician he had already said a little 
too mm li na regarded hi* other ratling, that 
of remuhing ad» irer to the " Halyoon." He 
<nq|d not diveet himself of the idea tbnt lie 
bad been indoreil to take a too cheerful 
view nuder eometbiug like falae prelemrea. 
It waa not that, however (though bethought 
it waa), which gave hU mind a twiat prvju- 
dif ial to bis late patient, »<» much aa that 
unfortunate odmkaarion of Mr. Lyater’a that 
Ilia motive in eeuding (dr him waa the (act 
that he waa connected with the insurance 
company. Hitherto bn hnd persuaded him- 
•elf that the rcaaon of his having been sent 
fur hwt been a much more obvious and nat- 
ural one. namely, because he atuod ao high 
on the medical tree. 

“A hundred thonaetid pound*. atnl only 
fur three months.” he mnnnnred to liimielf 
at begot into Mr. Lyster's carriage. “There's 
something fishy abont that, or I'm uaie- 
taken." 


PRESIDENTIAL INABILITY. 

kiiwnnn buiw. .VnUr «. tmi. 
7b Ht Editor of Ilarprr, ir«tfy : 

8m,— By tln> blaming of Provldsace it la 
now probable that the life of I 'resident Oar- 
field w ill be spared. Two renauna, however, 
•*Ut which render it desirable to mutiiiao 
the duemnion concerning the constitutional 
meaning of “ inability," and the mode of 
meeting tliat condition. It may Ire a hmg 
time before the I'nalitciit ta rvetoted to full 
health ; temporary abstinence from all busi- 
ness and a ho. tun from ilia real of govern- 
ment may bn eaacntlal to hta complete re- 
covery, or to snefa recovery as may be posei- 
Me. Hat, again, whether Hus inter* al shall 
ho longer or shorter, and assuming, as wo 
may fervently hope, that his recovery will 
be, at no very distant peri™!, sufficient to 
allow of hia discharge of the dull** of lila 
office, it is yet eminently desirable that 
there should Ire a standing law providing 
for a mode of ascertaining tbs “ inability" 
of a President, and determining the qnu*. 
tion whether such inability is to have the 
Mme effect aa death or resignation, nr whet li- 
ar Ike President is to resnmo his official 
functions when be is able to discharge them. 
The necessity for Mich legislation has been 
made only too apparent by wbat ha* oc- 
curred. l*m1o«bu<dly tbo legialation on this 
subject rnnst ha »h»pi-d with the utmost 
care ; bat there can Ire uo iiuiiperabhi ijlffi- 
culty lit shaping it iu accordnnco with both 
the letteT and spirit of the Constitution. 

By referring to tha tetter which, at year 
suggestion, I addressed to yon on the 12th 
ultimo, published in your paper of the 27th 
ultimo, yo«rreadrr*w ill understand the basis 
on wbSoh I rested a full aalbority in Con- 
gress to regalatn this whole subject by law, 
•Object only to tha restraint that the pow. 
era and duties of the office, iu the cnee of 
the- President's “ inability," can Ire devolved 
on no une but the Vice-President. The ba- 
sis of this authority I* that clause sf the 
Constitution which enables Congress to pare 
all laws necessary sad proper far carrying 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


631 


into execution tho powers rested by the 
Constitution Iu the whole government, or 
in any owe of Its department*, or in any une 
of it* officer*. A practical suspension of 
tbn Krocutlve Power arising (torn the** Ina- 
bility" of the Pre sident, whether that sus- 
pension is total or part ml, makes legislation 
“ ne e t ernary," and what Congress has to do 
is to select the “ prop**" —that la, the np- 
propriate— mean* of moating the necessity, 
In tire selection of the rneaus apprnpriale to 
live end, there is comprehended a power to 
deride whether the condition of “ inability" 
shall ltnvn the some effect as the death or 
resignation of the incumbent; for Inasmuch 
aa thu Constitution doe* not of it*elf de- 
clare that it shall have this effect, it is ue- 
cemarily left to Congrew, iu tho excreta® 
of it* Legislative authority, to provide the 
means fur perpetuating the execution of 
the Executive power, to determine whether 
'• inability* when once legally ascertained, 
shall operate in tho same way aa the dentil 
or resignation of the President. After full 
reflection, it aceius to me entirely clear that 
Congress has ample authority to provide by 
law for relieving the President for a fixed 
period »f rime from the perf-rmaiw* of the 
duties of hia office, and for hta resumption 
of the duties at Urn expiration of that pe- 
riod. I am led to this conclusion by the 
following considerations ■ 
j The language of Hi* Constitution la not 
iiecreimrily to lie interpreted to menu that 
j the “inability" of the Freer dent, when aw- 
' cert ai tied, is to sliapliu-o him from tho nfllce 
for the whole remainder of tbo term for 
which he waa chosen. Congress ran not 
by any legislation devolve the performance 
of Hie duties upon any bnt tbn Vioe-Preoi- 
drnt when there is a Vii-e-Preniilent aide to 
perform them. But it iloe* not follow that 
** Inability* 1» to work the same effect as 
death or resignation. “ Inability" may bo 
teinjiorary; death or resignation produce* 
a total and cimDcm incapacity. To illus- 
trate the nature of this condition of “ in- 
ability" let me suppoM a case. The Presi- 
dent III a wine »( war might be in n tovru 
closely besieged by the enemy. During the 
war of if 1U-15 President MadlKin iianin 
pretty near to being in this predicament. 
There i*. of eonree, very little probability 
that such a hazard will ever be incurred 
agulti, but the illustration is none the l*re 
important for that reaarm. riup|Kuiug tho 
| President to be Amt up in a besieger] place, 

| no order that bo oonld issue or ps;>er that 
lie might sign could ojioratn beyond tho 
lines of th» besieging force. Again, tho 
President might be taken prisoner by an 
invading enemy, m:mL although remaining 
in perfectly good condition of mind and 
body, the whole Executive Power, mi far aa 
its personal Olltrriw by the Prreideut waa 
required, would be paraiyzeil through"'! t 
the country. In eitlier of there cares, ta it 
to ho sup] toned that the Vice - President 
would nut only have to dischnrge the dit- 
ties while the temporary restraint of tbn 
President's persow eoattnuxl, but that bit 
ought to reuinkn tlie rcul Executive after 
tho restraint liad lw-ei» removed 1 There i* 
nothing in the language of tho Constitu- 
tion, or in Its pnrpnor. Hint would lead to 
this result. It speak* of “ inability to <ho- 
ctorye the powers ami duties of the said 
office," This Inability may lie permanent 
nr temporary ; it may be a capacity to per- 
form the duties in oil* place, and an inca- 
pacity to perform thorn la any other place ; 
It muy bo a partial incapacity in all plan**, 
or a total incapacity in all place*. The 
langviago of tire C.VmatitatMia, applicable 
alike to there various predicaments, is tliat 
" the same" -tb* power* soil dull.'*, o» tho 
office — “shall dovolva on tho Vice • I'reat- 
i lout." It is left to legislation to determine 
for how long they shall ao devolve. Th* 
terms “dUchargu" and "devolve" throw 
light upon eueh other, became they both 
relate to th* same thing. It i« in order 
that th* powers atnl dullisa of the office 
may Ire exMlltad that they are to devolve 
on the Vice-President when the President 
is nnahle to discharge them, and the term 
“ dsvolva" neenuckrily re«|ulres legislative 
ihlluiUou a* to the period for which they 
urn to devolve. Front the nature of tha 
constitutional mandat* Hie legislative pro- 
vision may lie Jaat os extensive iu point 
of time os Congress may see fit in maim it, 
always keeping within th* oi. expired por- 
ti»u of the term for which the President 
was elected. And this is true, whether tbo 
“ offtoe" or “ the powers and duties" ta to bo 
regarded oa tbn antecedent referred to by 
the words “ the tame" ; for whether it w tbo 
one or the other, it i» tbo exereiire of tbn 
Executive Power that is to devolve on tlia 
Vim-Presldent In the care of the President's 
Inability to jwrfomi the Executive func- 
tions, ami the Constitution ba* wisely and 
|Mir|Miecly refralaml from declaring or im 
plying that such inability, once existing 
and ascertained, shall work tbn satire effect 
an death, resignation, nr removal from of- 
Oce. It ha* not Mid this even in the dou- 


ble ease of inability of both tbn President 
soil Vice President, but, on Hre contrary , it I 
lias pn»vtd«i Hint tlie officer who shall lie 
designated by Congress to act »" President 
shall so act until lb" disability of cither the 
Fmldmtt or tbn Vice-President shall ire re- \ 
moved or a new President shall t* rhown. 

So long im Presiileut Hatfield shaft con- 
tinn* to draw the breath of life, during the 
remainder of hia term, the following things 
will remain true; >W, that bia capacity to 
diacharge lit* power* and duties of hre of- 
fice, if doubtful, must lie legally ascertained 
liy Milan form of inquiry provided by an act 
of Congress, which will iuclnd" the defini- 
tion of what constitutes " Inabtlity." Ans 
nmf, that Cotignuo, in Ua wnulom and dis- 
errtion, will hare perfect authority to give 
time, if need lie, for bis coinplete restoration 
to health, by providing that tire power* and 
duties of tire oflftoe shall be exercised by the 
Vico-I’rMidrnt for a fixed period of time, at 
the end of ■ liich th» President shall resume 
his ftinoUna*. on it* being ascertained, in 
tlie uiod" which the law will provide, that 
he i* able to discharge them. Third, that 
no person Iml the President himself can per- 
form tho exeeativn act of summoning Coo- 
grea* in an extra session, if it aball kecnnxi 
necessary or expedient to have one; and no 
persnn nr body other than rnagre**, artlng 
by li’gUlation, can ascertai n amt ileclore that 
a co«o of the President'* “inability" baa 
arisen ; nor can Congrew* or any oilier de- 
partment of tbo government take jadicial 
notlreof tlie President's " inabili ty,” howev- 
er notorious it may lie to all tnaiikiiMl.Ma all 
magislmtew ami public liodlea cau and do 
take Judicial notice of lna death, resigna- 
tion, or removal from office, Fourth, that 
there can Ins no pcruon bnt lit# President to 
whom Congress can send a bill on this *nb- 
ject for the purpose of having it IteovM a 
law. Bent to him, ft would twoome a law 
cither by hu signature, nr by being passed 
over hi* “ veto,” or by the effect of his de- 
taining it for mure than ten daya. The iilea 
that tii* Vice-Pimfldeat could aign atteh a 
bill is not to he admitted for a moment. I 
allods to it only because I have «se«i onme- 
thiug liko It mi ggeated tn the public prints, 
and not liecnuite I suppose that any person 
itt any official station tmagio** that it would 
bn jHMMlbtei. 

Upon the wholo matter. I sat convinced 
that if tb* President continues to live, even 
if he should be nnnble intelligently and eon- 
•ciovisly to aigti a bill prnvisling for the de- 
termination of rbc qncstion of hia “ Inabili- 
ty,” nnd relieving him from Hie performance 
of his official duties for a fi*«d period of 
time, if (.'ougrcM should see tit and deem It 
best to make that provision, there will be 
no jtisnpcrnblo difficulty in reaching a safe 
result in accordance with both tlie Language 
and the intent of the Constitution. The 
President and his friemls ought tn have no 
arriiplew In regard to hia becoming a eon- 
•Hiooa party to such legislation ; for tender- 
ly as the whole nation most fee] toward his 
personal welfare, their representative* must 
and w ill act, if they act at all, upon high 
consideration* of Hie public welfare in fram- 
ing such ail important precedent. Iu sign- 
ing *nch a hill, or in aooepting its benefit*, 
tho President would be hut a representa- 
tive of the pit Idle will, wIiomi official signa- 
ture to a bill i* une of tbo constitutional 
modes in which it can become a law. 

Of al) tilings, 1 hope that 1 "hall not L* 
understood a* presuming to urge upon those 
who are around Hie President that his mind 
lie now directed to ono or another step. 1 
have lmd mi object in what I have written 
but to contribute Hie little that I might ten 
ward a I run ntsderetandkiig of what will be 
practical. to when the time comes for tho 
coaioideratioa of what is beat to be done. 

Your* most rrepeetfhlly, 

Gkoiiuk TicKxcm Cum*. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

It is to be inferred that Arisim* crimiaat" who 
desire to lie ppihf do M Knl Ikwkvk The 
crime of . primmer now La >U in tliat Territory 
m ailwtol to by tb* loral nce«p*p*r as " th* very 
unpupulsr offense of hucse-iUaltog." 

IV bra the Georgia negroes begin to move their 
mei'jtis and pumpkins in high ground, tbo <a- 
tbar sharps predict hard runs and flood*. 

A* late u the 1st o( beptemter there was a 
•now-hank a h'Uidrtil feet lung iu Twckcrmsn's 
Karine, in the White Mountains. 

Aronng the tirvwpectori for precinns metals ia 
i'ok.r«ito who h*»e recewtly mmle theie fortune* 
are two colored men. who sold their claim* is 
the llonc-shoo Mountain for over a hundred tbcat- 
ssmd dollar*. 

Among the remit spplii.wnu *1 lb* Mayor's 
office in St. Louis, Mi-soori. for pwnuisska bi 
carry s pistol was s rbrgyman. In Uw sliseoni 
of the Mayor, tho d reared parfuisstoa was refused 
by sn impevtinwil polio* sergeant, who told the 
seioister that to ought to rely an Proriitoe* for 
protecuuu. A w til- known authority says that 


any Is* forblddirg a cituea to carry wr«foo« 
fur hi* prntccUcsi in imcrweitllutiontl, that tho 
law can to valid oohr acitx.-t tto rarre in g of 
roocralcd wctpm". and that the fssarewUy dis- 
posed msn who carries a post'd with which to 
protect himself 'lore fni il i* Ids pneket to 
■wsunral U, but beranre lie foil elml the most 
iTmietiienl place in wliiih la carry it. The law 
against pisloi earning drew f* deter tbe lawless 
sod i binge runs i-Uss from going sniosl. while it 
prevral* Bust Uw-slajing {■ersons from protkl- 
ts.g thriusalna with preptr JwfetM* against tires 
law lias. 

A Peteesbarg f VirgSnis) Bs-wnpapsir venture* tn 
say that whiw “two vatustil" cilitens” go forth 
for tho purpose of kUlIng eoeh oilier, thrir ruo- 
dtot I* “ coalsary to good ouiral* and the Uw of 
tbs Bute." 

One of the Plymouth Brethren— a religious Met 
of which there I* a congregation Iu Muntreal — 
ws* * sknl why they never spoke of the Plymouth 
Kilter*. "Oh!" wss tbs reply, "the Brethren 
embrace the sister*." 

The word “guilty" was (pelted correctly on 
cadr ooe of the twelve ballots of a Jury wbish ro- 
omily QcsiTirted s pekstaier in U range County. 

Ckudi of film were seen the other evraing 
pass w* over the town of Windsor, Jsovs Beotia, 
In a soutlirvly direction. Thcv flew Just slxiva 
the roof* of the houses, u>i the itmcls were so 
numcruuf that they otwcured the sky. A few of 
the Inner** were rnjeured, nud it as said that they 
looked "very hke large mrssquitoc*." 


The cry of "Hot wheat" recently oo:**mm-t 
a ffwrry in tto Cliiiwgo grain tearkrt. Tbo*e 
timid perwui* slwohi tosr Ue cry of “ Hot rorn.'* 
a* it it shouted is the Bowery oo a Saturdsy 
night. 


The text nf a Toledo (Ohio) preacher'* nermort 
w*«. " Hu glvwlh Hi* Iwlnvnl sleep" In tbe 
muht of Id* disraunw be broke off and said, * I 
ssw. tliat there ore a few atloreU awake «*=. iKr 
took seals, sod the remaiuhsg half-hour I ■hall 
ilovesto to them." 

Tlio eheapfare Hurdle enseh b** apprarssj al 
Niagara Pali*, and lb* autocrat* wbo control tin 
path* and bridge* are thinking of Disking * gen- 
eral raise in tbe price of the luxury of walking. 

A Mankind w.in agreed last spring to give bia 
neighbor a horse and sleigh, valued at one bun- 
liwil and fifty dollar*, for one half of bia neigh- 
t Kir's praeh crop. At Ito horrent, a few weak* 
ago, two ptarhci were found, ewe of which •■> 
promptly delivered to partaant for tlie liuroi and 
sleigh, aa per agreement. 

A writer in Lcodcm wbo toi eonveraed with 
Willinm Ire Howard, irandy returned frren an 
exploring expeditkwi to Iceland, report* that ho 
wow told that tbe general open ton there is that 
Jam** third"!! BemutC* yacht, the Joammrtu, ha* 
horn caught in Lba ire ami rvudHsi. ami tint bar 
crew cuuld not bare aartived tin. snseritirw of th* 
past winter In tbe polar region*. Tliat tlie crew 
may bare taken to wintcr-quarlur* cl savnt 
cIipiiiss-Iivb is eonsulerol sluiort tha only ren-y 
tlngciuy on which to tore hope for their tafety. 


The brigand* of Thready have at length torn 
out wiiud by * cwpeivr. Ilia nunc .1 Janut Bo- 
yardjt, twit be is a British subject nrrcrihclrwi. 
He made no tdijection to p»ying the ransom do- 
osanded, and offered to take two of tbe brigibl* 
with hint in a small boat to a village where he 
weld fit the rowset, On the «»y he managed 
to iipwrt ilia Ixiat, and swam ashore, liwring the 
brigand* to drown. 


Richmond, Virginia, i* tunlergoicg an expert- 
•nee such aa will tmw to N«w York within a few 
rear* onlcsa the water supply «# tlii* city ia great, 
ly increoaol Tbe wotee famine in RMratood has 
reached an alarming stage. A ateoch from tbe 
unwashed sewer* pciiadr* tb* city, anil Many 
faioiiln have been dnren to the country. In tha 
houses of tbe poor the lack of water is most se- 
verely felt. Physicians lay that tht moeteiity 
among this class will be rety great unless relief 
in the shape of heavy showers sum ecim«. So 
greet i* tbe scarcity of w*tcr that crowds galher 
arowod the spring* and fight for opportunity to 
AU direr borkrts, rrotrrir-g the presence of police- 
men at such |H>inCe werweaary. 8peeuktlve ne- 
grore cart water through tbe streets and roll it 
fur five erot* a liucikct. Water broight from tbe 
country bring* a iluilar * Wrei Rrenlems have 
buss* re«|ws*te«l by the Fire Committee to enroll 
ihnmnilve* aa totunuwv tinmen, and the •supply 
of au-a at tbe oiigine-huuawa ha* lwvn increared. 
A trends In New York city sunw of tbe woral rv- 
vJu of a rearritv of water am sppwnmL Tlu.-re 
are targe erettoue in eliieh Ut» smell from drying 
waste pipes through which no clean wabv nins 
1* linnet sk-ketung to pcrauin walking through 
(he street*, and in the upper acorlee of the unu- 
tw no houses throughout tie eity all the pipe* are 
dry during tho greater part of die day. The wop. 
ply of water ran not he greatly increased »:• long 
as tbe city depend* ujkm tbe old iqiiednce. 
Where the aqneduct w»* bsiilt on yielding ground 
the a trod arc has wUh-d, *■■ that when the other 
part* ire filled with water to the tine marking 
the limit of the strain that may safely be pot 
“I"* ib*h* strain Iu such xvtions as liar" aettkaJ 
is far grealor than waa lumkvd to be lasts when 
the structure was new. Time, even whiie fur- 
nishing an insufficient aappty, tlie old aqteduit 
is in great danger of a bevoJt that would result iu 
tbe utmost peril to the health of the dty. and 
would leave the lire Department almost destitute 
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Sr.PTEMHER 17, 1881. 


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AN* AUTUMN SONG. 

Br IHBillT KTTlXGt 
Tw*s la the fprinc w* met, my drar. 

Otic abowcry April liny; 

Tim gram •«» fell of lioUu 
Anil pretty bed* of May. 

1 kukri I at you, you Unit'd at m», 

The bint* l«y*n In *le/. 

. Ami <» eatk bu*h nun-)r«r«k hue* 

When we (act In the epring- 

T»*» la the fragrant ►■unmrr, dear; 

Tim iu*e» everywhere 
Wet* blaihiog with a proud delight 
To And them stiver *n fair, 

When 1 your *wc« red life, toy dear, 

No laager ooiild resist. 

Ami you ranlcued you loved me. dear, 
la summer when we kissed. 

Twin in the lovely autumn, dear; 

TSe field* were rii-fc in grain. 

Bright banian dimmed on vay-nde Tines, 
And glowed along the lane. 

And all the It* "ere gayly drested 
In direct, gold, and red— 

In autumn, when the grape* were ripe. 
And wo, ate il*ar, were wed. 

Then hlnued be spring. for It brat showed 
Your sonny face to me; 

And Im summer, for U heard 

Y"u eww aae loro to be; 

And doubly hkseed be inlumn for 
Tim cnisulog of any hf*: 

It u» Dial tippy day, my dear, 

Whan you became my wife. 


(Begun to Hrarrab Vnu N«- im, Vet. XXTT.J 

CHR1STOWELL. 

9 Dirtmoax Cal*. 

Br B. D. BLACKMOBE, 

Aitbok or "Star AxmtT," "Lmim Itaiai," 
‘Cairn, nt Caaaint,” gtc. 


CHAPTER XXXIIL 
AMONG TDK COBB. 

Wilts big regno* are shunt, which hap- 
pou* seven days in the week at least, hon- 
est men and women feel the deepest inter- 
est in them ; not from fear akin* — oh no, 
avert the women are nut afraid but part- 
ly from pore joy at having one's neighbor 
rubbed, mid not one's self, and partly from 
jxaluuay of beholding enterprise beyond 
out* 1 * own. Any play (hat has a fine thief 
in it make* us livaruly thump the door, amt 
tlm tale of hi* Life holds u* suspended until 
the dear hero is » per ml!. 

Any •orb romantic doing* of tho night 
are doubly refreshing to the human *y*tcm 
in the glare of tiny, anil the social glow and 
the radiant «'iic»urag*aui>nL of a largo beer 
rim. And when the men hare worked hard 
amt earned their talk, and have women 
among them at MM to enliven and r hasten 
the tenor of their dleoamaa, the troth of 
tlmir tale* receive* a flash of fhscy.at which 
they will ahndder when they go home ill the 
dark. 

“Farmer Wiliam" In* Mr. William Bird 
wna railed, to distingnish him from hi* bm- 
tlier John) was renting, beside* hi* iniH.r- 
IhiiiI form, on which he would never think 
of trying to grow wheat, a snng little piece, 
of about thirty acre*, down in tho lowlands 
b ln* Cbrtstoweil. Here there was rich al- 
luvial noil, stolen by the river from ita ear- 
lier stag*, and spread out well above tbs 
resrb of flood*, fur loan to stick hi* staff of 
life m. And Farmer Willow had stuck it in 
well, with Stahl* support nod the increment 
of cow*, ore over the farmer* began to Im 
rlneatod with staff they now te»t in tbrir 
tobacco pipes. But not l«> say a word that 
might aff»nl ground of action tu any arti- 
ficial company, it would lie a libel to deny 
that Farmer Wiliam bad gut a very prism 
piece of » heat Jnst here. Ho waa us promt 
ns I’unrli about if. althnugh bo only said 
“Middling— well, middling, I hare seen 
worse, and I liav* seen bettor. In Umwo 
tied times ns mn*t be thaukfn! for anght 
that it pleases the lewd to send. But a' 
never would have been like that without 
sixty load of mack as I dm wed in.’* 

Now tho day w»s come far reaping this, 
after Farmer Wiliam had been ill and felt 
It, anil found the kern gone out of milk, and 
looked fifty times at his weatherglass, and 
tapped it with hie knuckles every time Ui 
detect any wavering of ita baud, and llst- 
obnl fur it to tick, for he never could nil* 
deiHt.tnd howr it coilbl go withowt ticking; 
and after a long council with hta wife, who 
ikwpised a clock that never told the time 
of day. down be went to the “Three Horae- 
shoes," on a Saturday night, when all the 
wteful men were there, and h« said, through 
n lii'srd that would Is* renpvd t * f O r T ow : 
“Drat the weather! 1 can't make bead «r 
tail of'un. Ami John Sage never couirth 
here now. But rein, hail, or shine, I’ve 
u inode up my ml ml to cut they three Ox- 
Lauil* Monday morning. Any of yon lads 
us has woiktxl for me afore, come into the 


I travellers' room, and speak yonr minds con- 
cerning it." 

And n>»w boro they were, and had been 
ban! at It up to eleven o'clock of day. no- 
cording to the stroke from the high rlinrch 
tower, which came down the valley acul re- 
joiced tb*»r hearts. Then they flung down 
their sickle*, and they left their binds: and 
the children, who hnd king been eoilaugiT- 
ing their spotty fat legs among the flash of 
stool, raced down tho ditch for their fathers’ 
knotted kerchiefs, or hats, according ns tb* 
rase might he, aod hmugfat them, w Ith a du- 
t i fill sniff at the ofiutniita, to the spot where 
tbe elder barrel stood upon ita wheel*. 

The sun wns very strong, and it wo* time 
to call a halt. Brawny mew wiped their 
reeking brew*, and untied the fillet flint 
kept their shaggy hair bnck. soil sume, w ith 
»1iff legs bowed by straddling, went down 
to the brook to mol arm* and fares. The 
rest made straightway for the cider barrel, 
w here Mr*. Wiliam sat npon a milking-stool 
to temper tibrrulity w ith jnMien. Anil thk 
• um thing Tuqniri&g earn and quirk mem- 
ory, os well ns strength of mind, no many 
waiw the trick* »f crafty men — mining wirli 
a hat on, mining with it off, coming with 
tlieir nelghboF* hot, meanly vending their 
neighbor's wife wbeu their own liasl hail it, 
ami, worst of ail, turning their coat, like 
Liberals, for the sake of another pint out of 
tho spigot. Bat tho farmer's wife waa tol- 
erably sharp, and the sharpest of them cheat- 
ed her no more than twice, and that wns tho | 
Mn|»il Ham Slow burr. 

For tkia wss a man of each deliberation. ' 
ami ao many children, that a very eool mind 
w a* needed to take a sinister view of him. 
Ills countenance alone. and his stylo of 
thinking — which could lie seen in his fore- 
head when be did It — and thn gentln kin- 
dling of his ryes when lie began to begin 
to understand a thing, and, above all, the 
slow and steadfast wrinkle* of hi* smile, 
which came like a summer greundswel] ns 
soon as it was impossible fur him not to uu- 
■lerataoil — three amt many other gifts, to lie 
cuvird rather than naderatootl, proved be- 
yond donbt tbnt if natare can lio trueted, 
Bam was tho last inau who conld ever he a 
regn*. 

It is nut within the present limit to enter 
into, far lew to settle — as every one duo* to 
his own enutout — points of extreme and ex- 
tremely vague delicacy. Bnt for the sake 
of human uatnra (which. In spite of lu own 
convictions, duos nut always know exactly 
what it is about) it is wily fsir to say that 
if Sam Plow bo ry waa a rogue at all, it waa 
entirely beyond his knowledge, and purely 
for the sake of bis fsmily. 

“ Mima*," lie said, when lie had done ►rune 
of bU dinner, Inst kept some more to be done 
yet, and a horn of cider tu go after it, “if *' 
ran fuind t« spare a minulo, covuu and git 
upon this hero *took i>«t o' the ren, and tell 
up a bit." 

Betty Sage — for Sum su speaking with 
this freedom of oddrve* to no lets n person 
— looked at Sam. a* mnrh as tu aay. “ Toeing 
man. yon are making ten hold with year 
I*- tiers.- Hat It came to her miml tbot the 
harvest field might level for the moment 
even the distinction between the head gar- 
dener of a Colonel and a mere Captain's «ra- 
dervtrap|ier ; therefore abe smiled, as Sam 
showed his licrn of ciiler, and letting down 
h*r linsey-woolsey, followed to hear wlmt 
this Laborer might have to tell her. Blow, 
bnry’a wits were at their liest, became be 
bail been working hard, being cumpulled to 
keep pace with the rest, unless bo were pre- 
pared to taste reaping-hook, and tbe more- 
inant of his lusty hail worked like mind ap. 
Moreover, he was conscious of some cash in 
pocket, and hi* conscionnncM wav brisker to 
rejoice therein than hi* eoiMi-loiisucnt to 
grieve over It. And who shall blame the 
parrot of so many small bread bnnket* 1 
" Why. 8 am ! I never kemwed '* look so 
peart," Mr*.Nng« lmgan, almost before they 
had settled their quarters npon the two 
•look*, in a comer the sun liad dun* with; 
" whativer hath coruo to 'o now, haiu Slow- 
bury I Too much rider, I reckon. Hand me 
over. I ba’n'l had a drop to count on,” 

Hut thia eolntlon of hi* " psychical phe- 
nomena" by a disinterested obiervcr was 
not satisfactory to Sam. “ Saw, naw," said 
he; "plait* to haide a lot. Tho lliius of 
the wonien-volk brginneth when tho men 
Vie dune with." To illustrate this he sloped 
hie bum, displaying a throat well adapted 
for its datlM, aod intent npon them now, 
nceofdiiig to tbe evidence of » sliding lump 
in Trent. This was observed by Hetty Sago 
with a large and liberal contempt. " Hid 'e 
111 ink os I wanted th.v rider f aim aakrd, as 
Mam laid down lire empty bora. 

“Ywnr maisteT be getting on bravely, 
they tell, over ynntier to Orkiitgtou." said 
Mlowbnry, w ich hi* tunes refreshed ; “ | 
have a beeml ray, putting wan thing with 
■mother, and allowing of what a' bringeth 
home on Ztuduy, fowo-aml-iwnaty ■hillin' 
a week be not a brass forden below the 
rally P 


“What heed of thaine, Sam Slnwbnry ?" 
Inquired Ur*. Mage, leaning forward on hrr 
atook, and with sternly *et wrinkle* regard- 
ing him ; “'tie the brniov a* dneth it; and 
if (ho Lord in Hi* wisdom hath not gifted 
thro with many. He Lath made it thy dooty 
not to grumble." 

"And I l» not a-grit milling," answered 
Mam, humbly fingering hi* Mg head ; " 1 bo 
quite rati-sHed wish my allowance, though 
a’ don't vetch their vally out »f hMVWt- 
tline. lint I cmwn hi re to do ’* a good turn, 
Muthrr Muge, aod all I gets for it is to fniud 
V> n-xitting in tbe reals of tbe eenroful," 

“Not the worst of my hesiemiea ran *ay 
that of me," Betty Mage answered, with pa 
litcnris. ns Main liegan to till bis pipe, with 
a ned of superior indifference. " If tliou bust 
aaglit to say. Mam, aay it. Thy mother wav 
n **• visible woman before thee, and many's 
the good turn I’ve n-doed her. And her 
alway* said, • My son M»m will repay thee.' 
(.'an V call to mmil the red briek taybeggin P 

"Ay. and the Intber then* waa when I 
bmk 'on, liecann* her were a cnoniagw pre- 
sent. Mi> be, nitosna, l'U be toonl, and Ull 
'e. rion't V let yonr minster ever goo to 
Wrist Tor of a Friday night. H* b* getting 
■oi in year*, hot the life of him win gives! to 
him fur m> tong as bo can count it," 

“ And why, if you plaire, 8am Sluwbnry. 
in John Huge to be ileiiMsI of goiug to Wrist 
Tor nf a Friday night t Hath a' dootl any 
sin for Obi Niek to grab 'an f" 

“No more nor the main of u*, to ray know- 
ledge, roUsiis. Amt old John lio pretty wull 
a match for Old Kirk, with hi* general *in 
to help ’un. Bat thongh a' was a fvst-fly 
wrastler on a time, aiid could show a good 
full yet w T alcb a chap a* I be, what could 
a’ do, misaia, what could a 1 do, wP a score of 
big men n- tup of ’on 1" 

" A' msigbt crapo out. A’ can tnm win- 
derfal,” the old lady answered, with a smilo 
at thinking of aomr id her liuvliaiid* stories; 
“ twit who be they tliat Ive lie bound to ware 
ofr 

“ I’ve n-told ’eenongh,” Blaster Mlowbnry 
answered, shaking all the abeav»e of the 
ktisik as ha gut up. " Kippers he to mark 
agin ; time for me to vail in, or vurret drop- 
pence " 

" Reckon UlM » lit spake again batnbal. 
U» shall Itave to wail upon ’e, xuppcr-tiuie." 

“ BlinMi*. it goa'th agiu my o’ u science, 
and nort licit old timea wild 'a made me *ay 
the wurds a* 1 have ml. ]>ou't ‘e tell no 
one. For good now, don't ’a." 

“Fll pay tbe drep pence, 8am, for half an 
hour of l bee. For good now, atop a hit, and 
unfold thy maning." 

"If I w«r to spake snither word," said 
Mlowbury, Inackhng np hi* hreecho*' stra]i to 
goto work again, “'twod be *nre then the 
pmading of tliin lieaetin by tlw» gale." 

Farmer Wiliam's donkey hail rome down 
the bill with a bosket of refreshment for 
Mist rum Wiliam anil the mnids of the farm, 
who were hungry ; and perceiving i*n sign 
of the like for himself, was unburdening hi* 
grirvsaora in a loud hee-haw, 

“ You get along ; I don’t attach no im- 
portance to 'e,* Mr*. Mage exclaimed, a* Kam 
ntrod* away, willi his rip-hoop awingiog. 
"Thy mother wore a fsle Iwfure thee; and I 
doubt w hether thon be biggnr foie or rogue, 
flam Mlowbnry," 

Although her mind im eared by this dis- 
charge, In a minute or two It bucsino again 
unensy. as she saw Mom swaying In the 
reapers' rank. He >m the biggest man 
there aavo onn, and he reome.1 to make the 
cleanest *weep of all ; and be lingbrd bc- 
jrmul the pciwerof the rest at jokes, without 
taking any puin* tu make hi* own, the which 
is the wi*e*tof oil human wit. Betty Maga 
watched him, and went reasoning with her- 
self that lie must have something in him to 
behave like that. And when the reaper* 
halted in the bottom by the hedge, and non 
of them sought counsel of Burn, ami he 
scolded a follow of sonm clevcrnewi for set- 
ting up the stonks. Sirs. Mage was glnd in- 
deed to see Belly Cork com* up the rig*. 

•• I hojic I sen you well, ma'am. How hot 
the son be! But ber mnketh no difference 
to yonr complexion. All, Mrs, Cork, with 
my John away w\ I can hardly protioonce 
the word* inside me." 

Bln. Cork, who was the mother of floli>- 
■non I now earning lit* keep anil a year 
under my lady at Touch wood Fork ), and her- 
self kept tbe chief shop in Christowcll, waa 
nnl coon* to work, of cunrer, twit to look at 
the work, anil deliver her opinion, and jot 
down tbo name* of the tern who were corn- 
ing corn - wages, anil must lie looked up 
next Saturday night to pay their debts, ere 
ever they spent them. But though Mi*. 
Cork bail an eye to bnsinens, aa every one 
must have to livo thereby, sins was not 
above enjoyment of herself sonsctimea, ami 
of pleasurable doing* aronml her. More- 
over, Mrs. Sag* paid ready money, though 
she might have had credit np to thirty shil- 
ling* if she hooked her orders; and Blr*. 
Cork, being of liberal mind, refused to be 
irretau-d by the Lies that cuaio to her shop 


ahont old John spending all the loom of hia 
money at Ockingtoa. Her faith in him w»» 
that i ui kept It all tight, amt could nut even 
Ireir to run a bill up, because of the pain 
si-rninnlating at the time of settlement. 
There medir at loti* mode Mrs. Cork, although 
with her holiday gown on. speak quite as if 
Betty Hag* were her equal. 

" Anil I hope I see Ton well, ma'nm, also." 
*bc replied, with a sweet noil of ber bonnet ; 
“ If yon are aa good as yonr look*, Mrs. Sage, 
we never ni«l tremble about 'n. *Tia tho 
spernt a* keepeth our hcoda up. tus'aui ; 
and I wi»h I war like ’*, wsiietimcs, that I 
do. Tie a down-heartftl thing to contend, 
a* I do, without ever a husband to go on at. 
He bath been in chitreh yard eeven rear 
now ; and though he took hia pleasure 111- 
ciMivcnlrat •ottmlimr*, when It cucnetb to 
the slating work I do mis* 'un sadly. What 
a gift a’ bad of the ratlimetick I" 

A person sea ui of reverence for Ilia better* 
(when gon« beyond expostulation) might 
have hern low ronugh almoet to say that 
tb« late Mr. Cork's arithmetical gifts were 
mainly elected III ilouMlug t ha object* with- 
Iu his field of vision. Hut Mr*. Sage knew 
wlmt mankind is, aud never blamed any 
man seven years too lale. 

“ HI* gifts of direotirae toil ‘un into falne 
mciety," she replied, a* ilie made a soft 
pluco fur Mrs. Cork; ‘'I've a' often feared 
(liesaiunof my good man ; but John atkketh 
fn*t by Uia uirwinga. I have beerrd any, 
ma'nm, that yonr Master Cork conld hold 
his own with the bentof they aa write* Uito 
papiwr." 

" Ho were tho front of them, the foremost 
on the rank." Mr- Cork's widow mad* an- 
swer, ns die struck a celebrated Journal 
with ber knuckle*; “ I've a-srru him many 
time* correct they printers, tboagh a' never 
rood a printer's prvm him fell. kVuulsrful to 
■uy mind how ever a* conld contrniro it. I 
take* in the papprrotill lor the sake of my 
Harry, hot a’ never xim'tli to bn worth rail- 
ing now. Half the long word* i* gone, mix* 
they lost liis vain* lamin’. Here’* a hit of 
stuff! Tu think what Harry would r a made 
of It!" 

Mr*. Cork, although alie talked like thia, 
was prowl enough, as every body knew inside 
tbe shop, of taking, and tuanaglug tu makn 
out muiuly, ail adndrnbto Journal of the 
west of England, which combined all the 
d.vsb of the brightest London aryl* with a 
sborpiicM of wit which U not la be got 
where nobody knows his next-door neigh- 
bor. And now *hn bad brought thl* paper, 
not only to Jut down npon it tho name* of 
her debtor*, bat also to a/itnnud aay wide- 
«-sred friend uitb an article la It concern- 
lug Chrlatowrll. "You put on yuor opera, 
ma'aiu, aud rend that," ahe rant. 

This wm nut a nice thing for her to ear, 
but rather In the sarcastic vein of l be pa|irr 
*he indulged in. Fur ahe knew that no 
•]m<s of (be very highest powcT would en- 
able Mr*. Mage to make out a single word. 
“ Deary me! I've a- been and left my spec* 
at home,” raid tbe old lady, after a »ham 
uiureh Mining hrr pockets ; "but von do 
reud ao bontiful, ma’am ; would you platie 
put your voice tu it for me V 

Mrs. Curk Hiuileil, Iwcaura she loved hrr 
edaeutliMi ; and then, without even putting 
any gLasaca on, which made tbe feat more 
wonderful to any one who heard her — which 
half a dorr it women auil a man began to do 
- -she read, with such disdain of oil difflcttt- 
tic* that dm skipped them, the follow ing re- 
markaldn paragraph : 

“ 4 When a matter It beyond nor explana- 
tion, we have always considered it the meet 
judicious plan |fl lM4ff in Mt MtiOM un- 
lit tho inexplicable grailaally tiring* about 
ita own aolutinii. With a certain exalted 
Prelate, exalted almve the highest arope nf 
huiiian rearan, we liav* felt miwliw driven 
to mlopt this sysrcin, because lie wna ame- 
nable to bo other.' Why, they're gut three 
ridnnin ngin tlm poor Hisliup in ibi* very 
popper," Mr*. Cork stopped to »oy, with a 
breath of surprise, which proved that »bedid 
tmt unilereland the sweet niatmera of jonr- 
nallat* ; “ bat periisp* tbn man who wrote 
this forgot all about It. 4 But though,'" 
i-iKitiniin] this etoqmmt writer, 4 "we have 
liqiacd into the allunce of despair concern - 
ing a Churchman, a* he laves to style him- 
self, who ie all Church and no man, we did 
indulge a hope tbnt In our peaceful comity 
there was nobody else we tired shudder to 
tiieotUut. Far. very far, be it from tie to in- 
stitute a parallel, however well suggested, 
between hia lordship of Exeter nnd a poor 
umu who baa not had lm advantage*, aoy 
iiiiwc than his alltwrure (o batten on. 

“'Thia poor man appears to be compara- 
tively buiMwt, ami to have some very ebari- 
t Slide furling*, Hilch aa we would gladly flail 
elsewhere. When driven by straitened oir- 
niDistanrca to commit a rubbery, bo dnee it 
lik* a aisti, and with a lomlvrnciw for wo- 
men which might niTonl a Icsmu to oar ad- 
mirable B p. And unlras wo are mis- 

informed, a certain amotiut of good feeling 
cliaractcrirca thia felon, which ha* not yet 


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SEPTEMBER 17. 1091, 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


633 


been found, though with many leant sought 
fi>r, in the prerincLof our vrni'tubl* pile. 

" ' Hot not to overplus* this extraordina- 
ry analogy — for we hear l lint liin lordabip 
did weep Iasi week when lie hint * fine ap- 
pointment fur a mcmlw-r of In* family - 
nor duty in simply to point ont that mea- 
sures are about to b* applied to thi* Minor 
IhxTtnionc evil, wltieh a vigorous govern- 
moiit should rather have exerted upon the 
loo re crying nil we bare feebly indicated. 
We nre informed, U|m*ii thn Tory brat au- 
thority, that an tbone lioltle dunderheads, 
oar great J. P.'a, only wring their fat lmnd*. 
when they can ktiare them Ikwu ilurir kith. ■« 
and fitch* and botlli* of ancient port, at 
the lawlena proceedings of the riDinitrrd 
felon, a Terr famous General, with a name 
anggcwtive of tinder, hae bren tntani to 
encamp om against him. Wo have one 
great wnrrior already, in the Went, qualified 
for the Communion of the Peace by » bole, 
eale slaughter of French patriot* ; hot the 
remnant of hu energies has been n I worried 
in the production of grouse and some other 
French gnatc. Wo can assure our reader* 
that we aliall observe with deepest inter- 
rat the result of Ibis twofold experiment, 
this attempt to kill two turds with one 
atone, premising only two things -that If 
the poor outlaw mold have limited his ap- 
petite to farmer’s produce, instead of de- 
vouring the nnniptuiiua dinner of a sybarite 
Hlgh-t'hurch ureter, he might have enjoyed 
tho line mountain air for many year* unmo- 
lested; also that, in onr very baialsl* opin- 
ion, that British Commander, of tbe tire- 
eating name, might have received more ap- 
propriate instniriMius — to tsunhonl the 

p re of onr tin -eating I) p. Wo 

trust that when be has caught the inferior 
felon, be may gird up his loin* to the larger, 
more glorious, and infinitely mure neodful 


All tbe good people who heard this read 
I as it was mail by Betty Cotk, with many 
sagacious iiwU at the words that went be- 
yond three syllables', said, “Thank you, 
ma'am; yoo have iloorel it windrrfiil, and 
wiiMlrrful fillin' the writing he. - Nl flint 
Imlecsl waa it -though rather below than 
above this paper* standard — that none of 
the listener* could make out any more than 
that the wmer waa a elorcr man oa need 
be. hnt an fit to have any faith laid in him, 
without bis right name to the rout of It. 

But Sir*. Bo gn was of keener intelligence, 
at tbe wife of tbe seer of the pnrish should 
be. 81ie took in a great lUal of the meaning 
of the paper, nuit to that she milled a great 
quantity of her own. By this double process 
her mind became nuMt active, combining 
ranceptiiin nod general mu. “ Never you 
tell hit,” ahe screamed to Mrs. Cork (who 
was off, amid a runnier of “Thank V, 
ma’am ; thank ’• ; plaits to rotnn again, and 
tell us") — “never ynm tell me that tbo holy 
gentleman, with window-blind sleeves, who 
hath laid liis hand dree linn* iipuit nil head, 
and liettered me continual, he pnt alongside 
of a shape staling villain, by tbe biggest 
thief as ever wrat upside do* n. I d scratt 
’un if I ooriM across 'un, that I wnd, anil gie 
'nn the tail of \t own big talk." 

(tv am mntntivl 


TERRIBLE FOREST FIRES 

TUB long -continued summer drought, 
which prevailed for week* without being 
hrukee by a single shower, marie the woods 
and Held* in runny parts of tho Country a* 
dry as tinder. This ha* I men especially nb- 
wr table In New Jersey and some portion* 
of the West, where the foreeUwere recently 
devastated by extensive fire*. 

Tho imiat destructive fires have taken 
place in jthe forest* of Eastern Michigan, 
w here numerous " flashings," or partly dear- 
oil tract* of land, covered with brush, de- 
cayed tiinlier. and other inflammable mate- 
rials, gave the Ithlism, fanned by the High 
wind*, nppe*tnuiiy to spread with a mating 
rapidity. Sanilac and Huron coontiea, ly- 
ing on tbe sbure of take llumn, between 
I'ort Huron and Ptagtnaw Bay, and Tuscola 
County, lying un that hay. wc-tb the scenes 
of the greatest destruction. Hundred* of 
farm* were twdocad to klaekeiw*) nsl 
Stock, crop*, (aria buildings, and fen 
were swept away. Men. women, and chil- I 
dron won* overtake* iiy tbo thuim*. and tbe 
number of lives lest is alicady rslimalcd 
at more than five hundred. At least f 
thousand people have been rendered lion 
lew*. The l<«s» of property in Taoeola Coi 
ty alone u mtiiuatod at two hundred thou- | 
•and dollar*. 

An earneat ap|>eal for assistance ho* been 
issued by a committee of the eitizenaof Port 
Huron. The committee wty that in one sec- 
tion of the burned region many th<«n*aud 
recent settler* hare Inst everything, m 
left destitute and belpltw* All of these I 
people, say the committee, “ require Immo- | 
dial* assistance, and most of them mu 
{wnd on charity for mouth* to n 

Such nppcala arc never b 


the American people. Contributions may 
he scut to i he Mayor, E. C. Cam *!•■*, 
chairman of the relief committee appoint- 
ed by the .-ili/ctis of Port Huron, who have 
sent agents through the burnt-il district to 
ascertain the wants of the sufferers, and dis- 
tribute supplies. 

These dost motive conflagrations spread 
terror over t lie whole region. In mime place* 
the atmosphere wo* so full of oroohe that It 
was niu-nuary to keep lamps l turning In the 
daytime in order to ublain a little relief 
from the obscurity, anil at tiroes people 
fon ml it almost impowiihln to breathe. The 
titmoat vigilauri- was required to pteeerve 
village* in the vicinity of the burning for- 
ests. and many a panic like tbe scene de- 
picted liy onr artist nil page 837 was occa- 
sioned by the fiery clouds uf cinder* carried 
Iiy the winds to places that were considered 
free from danger. 


HUNTER’S POINT. 

The nuisances at Hunter’s Point are wot 

yet abated, bat there i* reason to believe 
that something >s likely to he done very 
komi by the titate authorities m the inter- 
esta of the people un both aide* uf tbe 
river who an* suffering front the pestilen- 
tiiU imIoi* emanating from that vilu rvgiou. 
The htaie Board of Health within a lew 
day* bn* unde a personal inspect miu of all 
Ihs work* in tbe vicinity of Newtown Cre*k, 
and tbe result will lie cnmiuiinirated to 
Qovensar Cornell, with fooomtttecdstioas 
that will prohahly meet his a|iprwtal, and 
(hi apeedlly enforced. 

It is of no iiw to deny, nn some have 
done, ami nre still lining, that the sickening 
aleucbc* that afflict New York wbi,u the oast 
wind blows particularly that of sludge soil 
— come from Hunter’* Point. The expert* 
employed by the New York Honrd of Health 
kavo traced them directly there, and tho 
fact is established beyond all cavil. 

Every pttwngur » ho travel* by the I sing 
Island lCiulmud from Hunter's Point knoa* 
that the evils complained of exist at that 
place, and that oo far from baviog Wen ex- 
aggerated in the public prints, the aLnnina- 
hlo condition of things nttrrly defies ade- 
quate description with either pen or pencil. 
Haring Urn year ending KoptemLir INI, IHHI, 
about six and a quarter mil linn* of pasarii- 
ger* were carried over this line, and in July 
and August last nearly sixteen hundred 
IhiMiwuid. A large majority of throe were 
compelled to go and cods by way of Huut- 
eri* Point, and twice a day to endure Its 
vllo stenches. There are *Imi many thou- 
sands of excursionist* daily to Kockawny 
Beach, who an* also ..objected to tho same 
sickening smell*. Taking the year round, 
it is safe to say that twenty tboaroud pas- 
senger* nre daily affecloil by tbo «dum. 

There » Mild bo HO dlltti ulty 111 proving 
the ease. The offleer* of the railroad and 
thnmuiiMUof these indignant ptuwcngrr* nre 
willing to como forward and testify to the 
facts. We have in our po**c>*ioii a number 
of written statements, of which the follow- 
ing are fair sample*: 

Major Br.NJatriK 8. Hkxxixcj *ny*: 

" I sin Vioi-Pnwhkwt uf iiie Long l»u*d RsiU 
ra*il t'liiiipany, ami Irard frcqumUy enter the 
linn nuuiing fmiu HunUr’s fVstt aldfig Neuluva 
fowk. For stHist half a mile sbog the cn*k, 
just bepmd Ilwnn-r’s Piunt, tbrr* li in iauilrr- 
sbto stench, which la the subject of constant 
complaint from pairengcn.’’ 

Mr. Ihaoc D. IUrrtuN say* ; 

“ I uo Snperuitcmlcnt of the hog Llaml Rail- 
i-:wd LVeopan c, and bare any oOk-e at llunue's 
Point. The factories along Newtown Creek are 
s rerlmu nauaTuc. At timer the sir !» so bad 
that It reema almost impassible to bnathe." 

Mr.CllARLBS A. TlluMltsix says: 

" 1 am Busier lleeliaaiic of llie Lung Irlsad 
Railnsol, ami am i-iigagml ia the ahnpa at II Slit 
era Point almml all lliu film*. When die wind 
is from the SOM or aostk, ths sir is alnuiet alvsy* 
very had. Them la so ,!ouU whatever that the 
a tench lomis from the nr^titiurliuul of Newiuwn 

OmL" 

Ex-Mayor Wuxiaw H. Wicxitaat, of New 
York, says: 

*' I have town tiring on the sooth role of Long 
Llaml during thu present rutunwr, and tm veiling 
!■> and (ton Uuntar’e PuiM almrot every -lay. 
For a lulls or more jn-t osl of Huater'a Puint 
tlw air it alarav* had, and soturiiimM almnat 
nsuaaating" 

Mr. iUBtRL D. Lukd, of the firm of Lord, 
Hay, & Lord, lawyer*, of this city, nays; 

"Tim tti-nriw* t roing from die fsrtnrira at 

llimue's P«*c-t, nfarriallv (nmi Uiroe fur the man- 
ufacture of kecuM-iir, are an ialalerah. 1 * nuilanne, 
and form a seffeus oLp-vlkn lu inntl hy Urn 
Long Island Railroad " 

Mr. J Hih.im;* Maxwell, of the firm of 
MttxwnU A <j naves, bankers, of this city, 
aays: 

“ I have a mnuncr ressdenoe st Babylon. Long 
Island, and travel twice daily between Ilnnter’a 
Poin and Babylon, The ride slang Newtown 
Creek is a I most unendurable, laalou the car win- 


dow* are all rhwed. oe acenunc nf the tlckenlng 
odors from the factories slung tbe reset’' 

Mr. IlKNKY Grave*, of the same firm. sari : 

"!«»» daily panenger upon the Lwg bland 
Kailniwd, and travel along the line which run* 
from Hunter's Print along Newtown Creek. 1 
hardly ever p*«» over tlie rend without noticing 
a auunuaiiHi of A|Wlag BtnHli at that pednt'* 

Mr, James H. Wore, of the law firm of 
DavUw, Work, McN«aww<, A Hilton, aays: 

" I hare h*»n * pai« |g i r on tbe l/wig Island 
Railroad vary fnwpuwlly ■taring the prowl *«- 
but. Tlii-rv Is half a mile nr morw of the line 
along Newtown Cnwk when* thu air ia s boost at 
wsts very foal The passengers enniphtiia bit- 
lorly about it." 

Mr. Jnnx K. Dos Pimo«, lawyer, nf this 
city, nays : 

“ I travel frequently on the lemg Island Rail 
road along Newtown Crock. The smvlli which 
ill tbe c*rv «s the train rune aleaig tho ciwk are 
bad bejoed all dreeription." 

Tbe Brooklyn Board of Health, lit a long 
letter signed by IU si'cri'tory, take* exc. p- 
llou to Homo alleged "eriotnsuua statcnicut*" 
ill the articles in our ianite* of Angnst fi anil 
13. We have nut space for III* w Itole let- 
ter, but will ntatei It* lesiling points fairly, 
and endeavor to answer them. First, it is 
charged that the map furnished 1m Iiy Pro- 
femur Chandler, PnsklMt of thn Now York 
Hoard uf Health, was “ wrong in the follow- 
ing particulars; Blork* 3, 4, mid S, marked 
aa covered with oil NdlnariA*, have I Mil «ure 
refinery, that at No. 5; No. 4*. labelled Now 
York garbage dump, not in existence. The 
spot indicated is a clean Meadow, covered 
a ilb gras* and woods. No*. It* and 19, fer- 
tilUer factories, have been out of rxi*t«iw« 
for year*. No*. V7, 9*1, 2!', fat-lmiling and 
scrap iwtabl islnnen ta, are likewise Mythical. 
At »*, pressed scrap is me (tod st a low 
heat, giv log off no odor." Dr. Goldschmidt, 
who mad* thn map, insUr* ilmi it U correct 
in all eesevitial particulars. No. fi, Ire nays, 
u a refinery, and Nos. 3 and 4, pracm-olly 
one establishment, hut iu t wo separate build- 
ing*. Srkila trot a refinery, is imod for pock- 
iiiE, canning, barrelling nml sbijiplng theoll. 
No. 44 is plainly referred to iu the directory 
aeooMpanying t hs map ns "/nrwerfy known as 
Now York Garbage Damp." Non. Halid lit, 
fertilizer factories, the Brooklyn authorities 
say “have ImM* unt of mlslolive for prarv.” 
No. H is Coe’s factory, ltr. Irolilsctiroldt 
aoyn that us late a* March. I**!, l>r. Kny- 
Moad.fiupsrlntMident uftliu tlruohlyn Board 
of Health, testified before tire State t'om- 
Mittee that the works were in operation lip 
to March J. Wn have the same mithority 
for laying of No. 19, Ki-ml’s factory, that Dr. 
Uaynwmd told the -State Ciuutniltic, at the 
same tune, that this place wu* also in exbt4- 
oace when he toslifimL A lew weoka ago. 
Dr. Goldschmidt say*, tbe building waa torn 
duwu to rookn room fi*r a nsw oil refinery, 
now building. Tire old hiwmeM ( the recov- 
ery of sludge acid by dilution with water) 
was simply removed a few hundred feet fur- 
llrer up tire creek, where it la now in full 
blast. An inspection made by tire State 
Board ns lata a* August fill established this 
fact, and nire made still later by the New 
York city authorities discover'd til* old- 
fashioned sludge • acid odor unmistakably 
indicated at those works. No. 37 woe for- 
merly uood as a fat-melting establishment- 
It »» now Is-iug torn down to be replaced 
by an oil refinery. The “mythical" N.w. 3* 
ansi fi!» are said by Dr. Goldschmidt to have 
been In full operation aa scrap-inciting es- 
tablishments os late a* August 30. 

Tire Brooklyn lu-alth authoTitirn admit 
that they opiKwed the law giving tire power 
to any l.roard iu the State to go into court 
•ltd ask for an injunction against n nut- 
sonno outside of ita jurlsdieliou which af- 
fected the health of persons within its juris- 
diction. Tbo secretary of the Brooklyn 
huard aaxa Ire " aponl much of hr* time and 
money in Allaany in the work of *ncti »]i|mi- 
sitiou ” This action he jnstilie* on the 
ground that Professor Chandler waa simply 
seeking to divert public attention from 
“precinely similar factories under hi* none 
Upon tire New York shore of the river." 
Other people spent money In defeating the 
bill too, for Coe liimsi-lf. after hi* convic- 
tion, ciniferorol b» Dr, Chandler (»o we nre 
Informed) that It hod nmt hint a groat deal 
to fight the New York Itoord of Hnaith tst 
Albany; that Ire bad had enough of it, 
wished he hadn't dune it, and would never 
do it again. The ofllcel* or the New York 
Board of Health indignantly deny that there 
were "precisely similar fnctoriea iu New 
York city." There never wire at any time 
nmre than one oil refinery iu this ettjr, and 
that wn* on the North River near rilxty- 
tiluth street. It won cloned up and driven 
away by the New Y'ork board. Tire sludge 
acid nteurh, the predominant odor above all 
other odor* that ha* aMirtcd thi* city for 
years, is to be charged exctiudvnty to limit- 
era Point and Newtown Creek. The smell 
is unm i sta k able, and has been identified hy 


experts iu New York street* time without 
n*iiul*-r n lieu tire wind blew from tbe east. 
It omild in»t have liven created here, fur not 
a pound of tbe stuff bo* ever been u«m| in 
New York, except for a short tuire and ex- 
periraesi tally. 

To prove that bad mirll* do originate in 
this city, all statonaeiil* by our iiutlmritieu 
to the contrary ii-.-t withstanding, tbe ltn*ik- 
lyn boanl quotes from a pamphlet waned 
by a citUeiiH' ouuimiUee in April, W78. But 
even if all that tlmse cstlmnble gi-ulletnen 
MV of New York were true (and ltr. Chan- 
dler iuaisl* that the cumin it lc* U largely mi*- 
tukcu). thin would no* disprove the charge 
against Hunter's Point. To raise Itro rty 
of “You're another” is hardly the fair war 
of meeting a* imue like Ibis. If New York 
factories are breeding Mckenlng stcncli,.*, 
HaM’zk's WkRRLY is reaily to do all in iu 
power to abolish them. 

Hut tbo weaken! point In tho Brooklyn 
letter is where the writer attempts to break 
the fore* of the indictment and conviction of 
three of tbo Newtown Creek offender* — Coe, 
Preston, and Clink— to thu city three year* 
ago. “ Clark’s factory.’* be says, “ hod been 
aUilnbod by onlcr of I hi* (Br>*<k!yn) board 
long previous to Hub lime, nliile Cue’* fac- 
tory was bring operated under restriction* 
which made it iutpiMsihle for it to give off 
any odor* that should travel l»uurd New 

Y'ork city, or to create any nuisance 

TV ■*■/<* Ai»I» rrw ihmiwIrI •/ os njfrevc ikeg 
were net ysif.'y a/, ilsrf f»t prnriifisy jnriiir, 
mil t*oi nag Hi*, rr/us erf to srt^M (ins." 

This M»'V| ion istrot home out by the facta. 
Tbo roeorel in the District Attorney's elfin* 
shows that the accused were nrraigiiud for 
Inal in th* Court of General tensions in May, 
IW8. Coo's case won aetoelod a* a loot one. 
lie was defended by two of tbe ablest law- 
yer* in New Y’ork tit y. The trial lasted five 
day*, aud resulted, May 21. in Co*’* convic- 
tion. The Judge, so far from not believing 
him guilty, charged strongly against him. 
Within a week afterward, Prestov and Clark 
pboifad guilty. Judge UihlcraWv* did not 
“ refuse" to aentence them. Counsel for the 
defense begged I he croirt to mercifully ms- 
|ieud route tire on III* preiiniro of their cli- 
ents to abate the lialaaurr lumsedintely, ami 
th* judge gntu Irel th* petition. Clark broke 
hi* wont, and in l«m tbun two month* after- 
ward was again in the hanita of thn court for 

Them ho begged again for mercy, thi* 
“ wrongfully convicted man." This ia what 
he said to tlie court tbe second time : 

“On May tfi 1 pleaded guilty lo maintaining 
a P ' as su re »t Jtcwloarn Creek. It wsv with die 
■mdrratau Jlng that th* raivsnee should be abed 
at unco, a*J that meaiiviliil* aetitcnre -V.J M he 
(sMtpsud until such tlnm as I »li<iulil 'bv some 
act in-Latling that 1 su larking in gnot fsilb, 
ami waa voatliabing to uiaiutuia tho troiasore. 
Yuu no* arraign ns- fur sraitcntw on lie gnnad 
that I have teca uufaltliful to an oral prom he. 
Mr own understanding uf that prearise was tluit 
1 shoald ccasc inainta.miip s auisaare, but 1 J»d 
not or- J-rvrand that I pledged D'self lo sbstsUi 
entirely fern the use of sludge acid. I hire to- 
conlingty usofl that suhraanre to amt citcnt in 
man ii fact ii ring since I plradrd pui ly. I now 
prom is* that after this day I will utterly erase 
matiuf.w-twring manures or fertiliser* at Ncwtrrwti 
Crrak, l-ong Llaml, whothrr with or wii limit 
sludge acid; aad I further prorniro to remove 
my lK>imvM, with all tbs materials, to Barren 

Iwai" 

The Judgn gav* blsn another chance, hat, 
required him to furnish a bond of fcV.’Uri 
against any farther offense, 

Tim Brooklyn autborirint deny that they 
ever asserted that pernicious odor* do not 
prorewd from HantePi Point. On tbe can- 
triri , they say, they have namptained of 
them freqncrstly. and endeavored to hav* 
them ulmled. We print this statement 
with pleasure, and phulg* our heartiest co- 
operation with them iu tlie endeavor to put 
down the evil* that- exist on their neigh- 
bors’ territory. A» for tbe imisancra on tlio 
Brooklyn aid* of Newtown Creek, every on* 
of them, siay they. “ not including, of course, 
tbiuss whime odor* are confined to tbe pre- 
mise* or tlietr immediate surroundings, hat 
been closed by onlcr of this (Brooklyn] 
Liard, except thn oil rellnerie*. u herein th* 
racape of oflensive gimre lias l»»n rwlmwl 
a Lml to tbe minimum. ’’ Clark Is on the 
Brooklyn siile. Isn’t be panning sludge 
acid tis-day, with none th hlmLr him t Th* 
New York acitLmi.es aay he is, ami that 
one such place ue Ins is capable of giving 
off Finsugh vile allots to aluiuwl siifr.srat* 
the people nn the east aiiteof'New York city. 

Besides, tbe State Liard flatly <«nlradict 
the Brooklyn Liard a* t<> nuisaoora said to 
exist net the Brooklyn aitle. Iu u renulutfon 
odo]i|ed April 10, IMfl, hy a uniuiimoiii vote, 
they distinctly stale that iu tbeir opinion 
the re|*art of tbe special counulttee upon 
the stench itoLsozices complained of In the 
city of Nww Y’ork clearly retahlisbra tbe fact 
that- the coatplainl* ore well founded, that 
tbe tulora emanate chiefly from tho |tomima 
of Kings and xonntio* bordering 

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lloWC.STl: bw Bnlsnp- 
pruprintcd fund* intrusted to 
' ' i by n clerk In lire IMgnnl 
(m fur tire purchase of lulu- 
I UK atoek. 

•VImhii the sumo time that the**- 
charge* against Captain ll> iw - 
K won* made. public, ii mw 
rv|i<irtc*l that iJriitriunl Fl.ip- 
rr.*, tire only colored officer iu 


LOKKSZO 1MCLMOXICU -fiioToou.miw ay 

I'UPm lift* wndn good ihn deficit in It to accounts, m 


CAPTAIN HO WO ATE AND LIEUTENANT 
FLIPPElt 

A tkw week* ago die country won hImUM by the 
rharge ofeinWrilemati* brought by General lltus ag»in«l 
Cnptain II. W. llown«ra, who lind been fur five Team run- 
neetrd wllli tlm tMgnnl Berrien C'oqxt, fur n large port of 
(bill lit . ip as disbursing officer. Aa tlio /W re- 

marked n« tlio time, tbo charge wan " ropcciftlly startling 
fnini 1 lie fact thnt it affurt* a branch of tbo service nlio»n 
rity it •» eualumary aa to he taken almost f»r granted, 
time* of wule-sprend corrupt ion. when the l«ww«« ami 
»it» of a apecnUlive ago produced their efleeta upon eltil 
ailiuiumlrnlioei, n lien gross aeaudiila of whiskey ring* and 
other swindling combination* Imfkl reproach upon tlm 
country, the army was twit convicted of mtwouillict of this 
kind. Genet ill Hr.tJtXAf's crime Wing ensured.-.! with lire 
ppTlorniaiKC of a civil duly. While |«dtllehi<is, nud even 
sum who pawl'd for statesmen, were holier oil to Imvr grown 
rielt in the putrlotic service of llielr country at ootupani- 
tl.ely until ■sialic*. Ilto army secured to cahll.U loudest 
hut proud eimtent with tins moderate support itf tlreir reg- 
ular |iay." 

The amount of emWxalcaaent charged against Captain 
Iluwnan: was at lint stated to lie fnini lift jr tbnasuud to 
eighty thousand dullnra, S.iWi|iirrit investigation* swell- 
ed the twin wliirlt bo t» charged with stealing from the 
government to more than lour hundred tbiiavnnd dollar*; 
and aa the amount appropriated for the Signal Service hint 
year ainoautcd to almat fifty tboiunud dollar* morn thuii 
that anui.it would appenr tluit, if the charges are true, lie 
must lm«e mode away " it Ii aliout Olie-<piar1er or Hie money 
which pound through his handa during the fire years of 
bia connection with lire eorpa. t'uplsin How 0 AIK nml lii» 
fr ii' tills amerled tliuf tie hail a pcrf.i t defense. He did not. | 
however, ell-. -we to await a tliat. It ia al*o charged that | 


the t lilted States army, station- 
ed at I '..it IhiKTrui. hod l.iv-n 
detected in dcfroiidiiig the gov- 
eminent. Fur several mouth* he 
bad Wen Acting (‘nsninlasnry of HnUstelciiec. nml lire charge 
w as tlml since the 1'ib of July last Ire had uni Iranunille.l 
1.1* funds in tlm Chief Com>iii».*»ry at San Antonio. On an 
caplnnuilou being ilemaudcd no reply wna reccircd, hot on 
further liupiines Wing mule Mr, IT.lrpf;R stated thnt Ire 
hud sent tire fund* by mail, but had kept no record of tire 
fact, and poiv«ct|uently coaid not prove it. 1'lre funds which 
be reported In have bren aent by mail contiislnil in purl of 
rlieek* on illITVrc'iit hanks, given him by the i.rHi-cr* of lire 
fort in payment of tbrir monthly bills. A description of 
them was forwarded to the hank*, nml it iris learned tbut 
they had licit Wen prci*-iiled for payment. Lieutenant 
l'utTttn was now placed under arrest, and a scorch set 
on foot, which resulted ill tire discovery of what ore said 
to lin tbo mlaslug clrerla upon the person of a woniau- 
aervant. 

Lieutenant Fl.lfprit ia to Ire tried by court-martial on tire 
charges made against him. His side of the story has yet to 
he Hindi- peddle, and it is naclras to speculate on tlie proba- 
bility of bis guilt or iniincenee. With the nssmtauco of 
saure friends, pending tbo result of tire tnal, Lieutenant 


lug to a few hundred dollar*; and it In to lie hoped that tire 
drat impression of his brother officers, that tire seeming 
rriitre may be n Cose of caivliwmieiM iimlead of deiiWntlr 
illahoiieaty, may prove to lie coirect. 


LORENZO DELMONICO 
I.onr.xxi. DicuioxK-n.wItn tired on lire Hd inst at Aharon 
Spring*, waa personally known to ami cstr-cmeil by tire 
larger portion of tire nelt-lo-do people of this rily, while 
to the Wtter clam tbioughoiit Ilia railed Slide* of those 
wbo have visited New York hi* name is familiar aa "bu«se> 
hold sunk" To tire intelligent comfort-loving foreigner 
Ida establishment was one of the lir*l and nml eagerly 
anoght, ami its culinary enjoyments were seldom forgotten, 
for in no part of tire gb.lre could Ire found its c«|anl. In 
no other great rcatnaraut was there a cuisine so perfect, n 
service so prompt, courteous, liberal, and intelligent, and, 
nlnive all, nne otic In which a high and irreproachable lone 
hail characterized it IYvjbi ita Wginnlug. It waa llie fust 



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of our rrstinmnt.', and hn* «o continued to 
«lii» boar (there are otheta non ), whither 
■aeii'ii wives tun! (laughter* rsutlii go unat- 
tended., and rewire the uaw respectful at- 
tention and service ae they aim Id rewire 
Id their it* n home*. There were no ooarne 
or noisy revel* in adjoining room*. MO din- 
ner or supper “ fur twn" in |>rivele apart- 
ment*. I luli'i'il , this Utter nan not obtain- 
able at any |irioe, on any pretext, by any 
one. high »r low. in any of tbr lULMOXMXi 
ratuhiiNlitnentH. often **■ the effort mode; 
a* often ru it politely l-ut Inexorably re- 
fiiard. Nn temptation of manor, no impor- 
tunity of nli I acipiaiutatier, roulil break «r 
relax the rule; unit there run he un doubt 
that thta well- audentond and thoroughly 
retabliabrd fact aided to make DsutOXIOtfa 
an *v»rngr*e«'de plow of rrenrt, wlmre tlm 
Tory air of Ita nalmm «oa that of purity, 
good-breeding, and refluetoent. 

We do not enter into detail* re*poetiug 
M r. DtUOnafl |>*r»i»iral hlHtory. The dal- 
ly journal* hare due barged that duty with 
a kindlinem and grnee that must he very 
coimdiitiiry to Uie rnssttbor* of lika family. 
It remains fur u* simply to add an exprr*- 
aioa of retipeel for the memory of a nmn 
who, olmt-e «[| other*, lot* ■•tovaled and 
adomtil bin vocation, who In tlie rarioua re- 
latioua of life w«» t '*1 imuhle and irrcproarti. 
aide— a man of lartcei vhnritiea, of aretluat 
deportment, free uf orientation, and at all 
peiiita a useful and valued citirrn. 


NEW LONDON. 

SEtTKJtRtnt (, VT*1. 

tUTUorrr I* Jn*t breaking over the rocky 
lull* to the eastward on Orderly Sergeant 
Kl'Pt'a Avery, of the Connecticut State 
Militia, make* hi* round, to «*« that oil i* 
well. Si mu Ming acrua* I lie dark parade, Iw 
liMika acre** the river to the sleeping town. 
All i|iiiet tlrere. Thou lie walk* round to (he ' 
eviithwckti'iu hastloii, and gtanrea dun u the i 
harbor. Thu aea-hreerc bn* died out early | 
thU tuntii hi j-.and It i« a laad-brcrae that rip- I 
pie* t Iw .Iiemth Mirfaro stretching over to- I 
ward Plum Inland. He ciui hardly bo Mire 
a* yet whether or no any thing uunaual i* in 
eight, but he a ait* a few moia»-ut*,aud *c»n» 
the idling carefully. Surely there arc patch- 
es of white beyond the chops of the bathor! 
Yw*, bo can count three, six, at lewd n do*- 
en aall -enough to Justify giving Ibn alarm 
even if no more are behind them, fur a dor- 
«u sail on tlie Sound in wor-tiuie are not to 
txi accounted for by any theory uf mackerel 
fleet*. 

Wide awake now, the sergeant turn* out 
the guard, a* he runs to Captain Latvian'* 
quarter*. “There is a fleet in the offing, 
beating np to ties hurlstr, captain." 

I'p jumps the captain, and la on the par- 
apet with the sergeant in !«-*• time than it 
takes to write it. The light has stnwiglh- 
ened now, mill they count no Ire* than thir- 
ty-two sail, brig*, schooners, anil sloops, all 
of them cbue-l>aule«l on the wind, and wink- 
ing the Is-st of their way toward Now Lon- 
don. “ Fire two gun* at ou-ce, sergeant, mid 
moke them ■peak.” 

Of gore Sergeant Amr.ud presently 
a puff of white *mokc roll* up fawn a shure- 
wnrd umlrranure. and then another, and the 
two reports go rattling from sole to aide up 
the broad nrer and over the hills, *tar(llng 
the Kew-Londoiien in tbeir bed* and the 
inland farmers at their tnoruing chores. 

It i» yet early in the forenoon, and tho 
fleet lias noebured in two division* off the 
bnrliur mouth, ami well out of range from 
the Yankee gun*. 

Br.NElMCt Altxol.n. a native of Norwich, 
tlie wear neighbor nml rival of New Lon- 
don, l« in command of tho hostile expedi- 
tion, hi* treason having occurred a year be- 
for«. He lands oil the eastern ride of tbo 
lioitxT with tho Thirty-eighth Regiment of 
the Line, the Loyal Americans, tho Ameri- 
can Legion Refugees, and a detachment of 
lli'wlaiis. Tho task before him »* compara- 
tively easy. A march of thrre miles, two 
feebly manned liattcrieo. and then New 
London with its booty 1 III* programme is 
carried nnt with scarcely a halt. The to la 
a skirmish at Fort Trumbull, noil another 
at Fort Nonsense, A few men are killed 
and wounded, and a running fight is kept 
up by the garrison of 1 ort XotiurnM iu It* 
»• treat, while that of Fort Trumbull, under 
Captain A ns it Siiapi.KT, spike* it* guns, ro- 
utes in gooil order to lu boat*, and crewsr* 
the harbor to join the forte on Groton ! 
Heights. T hen follow the Ixirniog of scores 
of hnatcM, tlie plunder of warehouse*, and 
all the hceune that war makes possible at 
such a time. 

Then Anxnrji saw a sight acre** the har- 
bor that he did not expect — a strong 
earthwork crowning the height*, and the 
inoxjtlra of sundry cannon leering over tho 
parapaO. He has been ted by hi* Tory in- 
foniianls to expect something very differ- 
ent. and forthwith he sends off iucw.er.gers 
to countermand tLo order for attack. 


It i* too late! Already Colonel ETUI U 
forming hi* command, and in a fuw minute* 
puffs of smoke and the rattle of small -erma 
proclaim lint flu light has begun. BTM 
landed without opposition at Groton Point, 
with the Fortieth srul Fifty-fourth regi- 
incuts «.r 1 redcoats," the third battalion of 
New Jersey (loyal ) volautecr*, and a foroo of 
IlreriuD* uud artillery. Marching Li* men 
to a |swit i.wi aa near the fort ax was j ennoble, 
kerpiug them under shelter, ho wmls out a 
ting of truce, which is loot in duo form, and 
» demand »s niada for sjirrendcr. 

t’olonol LkdtabD call* a council of wtir, 

“ There are eight hundred of them,”’ he. nays ; 

“ we ate but a hundred and fifty. Khali wo 
surrender f “Na!" replies Captain bii.il*- 
ucY, m old privalecnman. “No I" say* 
Captain William Ayrky, who luul fought 
at Hunker Hill. "No!" votes lug Captain 
Amo* Htaxtox ; and when the ooancil 
l.renks op, uud word i* passed to tbo rank 
and file, the Avert*. Viuanna, Wan us, 
Lkiiyaiumi, Hr itnuw-sr-s Mixmra. Perkins- 
es. Hauutrn, Cbai-maxu, Lcvmw, and tbo 
rest bsik to the priming of tlielr dint-luck 
muskets, ami vote “ No" loo, though they 
wero never aakeiL 

“The fort will not be gl»fO op to Ibn 
British," is the tureuige relumed to tlie flag, 
winl when Kvux m-uiI* n wreond time, inti- 
mating that if be i* obliged to carry the 
fort by aswiiilt, be will “put martial law in 
full farrs - — that I* to nay, he will spare 
dodo whom be may find alive* — “Wo shall 
Dot give up the fort,” Lw>Taki» replies, 

** let Hie OOM«|U»MOM be what they may." 

lUck goes tbo Hog. and the hundred nmi 
fifty stand ready behind the parapet. For 
five hours have they a waited rc-enfurcc- 
laent*, bat only a few straggler* have cotne 
in. Tliereare stories of re<reaiil*,ofdriiiik- 
etinctw.uf cowardiosbwl whatever the truth 
mar he, no help has come, aud the half- 
drilled, half-armed farmers prepare tu die 
as they stand. 

They have not long to wait- Very soon 
the “ thin red line” make* itn appearin'* on 
two different rides at none. Cokmul Eriir.'s 
drtaclum-ht d Akims ae-roM tho tovel enat of 
the fort, Major U<)MTiwwi:uV'a presses up j 
the steep hill from the south wort. 

" Walt till they aru cLoo to, hoy a,” Is tha 
word In tha fart, and wait they do till can- 
uister and miuket-bill* are certain to do 
execution. Then with » roar ami rattto 
Isigo and small umis out. Down go 

Colonel Eyilk and Major Moviuowr.ur.bolb 
tnorlaily wound ed, and time after timo ths 
redeiiais ara harloil Into tho ditch, where 
the mue-ponuder* on the bastions make 
fearful gapu in their ranks. Hikes ore 
ctimmsI with bayonet*, and face* are singed 
with powder, so clou* iv the struggle. The 
“thin rod line" climlm np tha parapet. It 
mixe* with and overpowers the thinner 
hoiucapan line. The fort is surrounded j 
Redcoats swnrm Into tha outwork*, and are 
drlvim ant only to rush back again arid re- | 
new the baud to baud fight with the ex- 
hausted and ovorpowernl drfetnlcrw. 

Nearly two hundred of the uMuilanta lie 
on the slope* of Fort Griswold, however, 
t>e fore the rampart is won, and for a f«w 
miuntee " martial law 1* put Id full force,” 
a* Kyke had promisoiL 

Major BKoMriKU', on whom tho teoilef- 
ahip of the Britodi has devolved, call* for 
the commander of the fort, and Colonel Lr.n 
YAKb tomes forwanL tendering bis sword. 
“I did eowuanil it, but JH do no*," ho 
courteously sais, and tho next instant be 
fait* deoil, thrust through the heart by the 
burnl of a brutal Englishman. 

Eighty id tbo garrison are slain nfter tho 
capture of tlm fort, and the remainder, ninny 
of them woo wiled, are harried mi board tbo 
ahipn, and In the eoul of tlm evening the 
fleet draw* over to I'lnm Island, leaving tbo 
i license of smoking min* to rise up through 
the quiet evening air. 


It 

REPTEMBBB A 1WL 

New l,ondou 1* all alive before daylight. 
Kteauiboata and trains are hurrying fiur- 
ward re-enforeeiimnU tor Hiom alrundr on 
the ground. Alarm gun* have been fired 
from llm ruined bastion* of FHt Grisirobl, 
and a third gun froni IHJ /rosiidrs, anchor- 
ed iu tiro barlsir. repeats the sounds of a 
century before. Hut the rights — ail sight*, 
indeed -are a blauV, for a fog boa bung its 
curtain over everything, and the tloaht* of 
the gun* eon hardly be seen. No matter ; 

I tin programme must lie carried out; so tlie 
North Atlantic Squudrosi oeiid* it* suiLoni > 
a nil marito* »»lnirc. and the fog around the i 
ancient aim of Fort Nonsense and under tho 
stone u all* of nwslern Fort Trunitmll la rout 
by the flushes of brnre h -loader* aa the op- 
posing ■b'tnehuienta blase away at one an- 
other with blank cartridge. Over the old 
ground they go, and by hood the defender! 


• Mulls! aw vetAlnal In mt more <4 U» hrunlitr 
rleoi h gHwmitr lollrwi. sot U'li—’i la 

ilosXC (c-i |>Mi(wd !» m»»’- ■{ • qoul ipt-> CT tor the 
iuaasacjc wUlch toAiwui. 


of tlie town havo been thooreticolly put to 
flight. 

Bnt what spell la upon the airT Surely 
Dot enough powder bos Iso-n burned to 
eaiMS Hus total t-rliiwo of thu snn. For 
whatever cause, a densrly lurid yellow light 
overhangs city and hnrls>r. Tartly fog it 
certainly la, and w holly uupn-reduntint is it 
in tlie memory of man. New England bad 
lier “ dark day" of old, nml now *ho may 
register September C aa her "yellow day." 

At noon the big giro* of the fleet thunder 
out tbrongh thu yellow gloom a national 
salute, and scarcely has it ended, when tha 
parapet of Fort Griswold Is manned even os 
it was a century ago: b.il this time thu 
garriwm ooMiata of fruited flmtoa artfllovy- 
i n» ii ami volunteer*, while a brigade of Co®, 
nscticat State troops furnu in two diviaious, 
and rhargoa with clieon and maoy fulls 
over tlia ramparU where such suriuos work 
waa dune a hundred year* before. Instead 
of bayoneting the garrison, thu storming 
party are brushing thu dost from their uni- 
forms. mopping tbo dro|M from tlieir brows, 
and fraterouirig with them over tha lemon- 
ade stand* in the most friendly way. 

Of General Hawt.KY'* adinimbte oration 
it iici-il only 1m said that It was a careful, 
finished nddreso, .Low log study of lus sub- 
ject, aud the careful preparation which was 
dm* to Ida Huilieocs ami tbs oncaaiou. Ho 
too of Rose Tkbuy Ccmskx'n piMiia, which 
merits amt has secured a wide circulation 
(bro-ngli thu daily prow, 

Tbo ptueomliugs uf tli* second day. COlli- 
memorat.ve of Nani ax Kaix, the “martyr 
spy,” were of • civic character, and drew un 
inrereM'd crowd of auditors fur Mr. Et<waiit> 
Evmurrr 1 Iai.ii'* addivsu un tbo career of 
hi* |>Atriotic muucukr. Altogether New 
Ixuidon has aci|uitted heTsetf bravely on 
th» ooiuuu-noirativo evnteiiarr, and may 
now contentedly rose on lust Uurol* for an- 
other handled years of peace, broken ouly, 
let ns hope, by the animal festivity and 
bustle uf the Yuhi-Harvard boat-race, uud 
by such development* of peaceful adven- 
ture in art and commerce ns hare heretofore 
maritoil hnr among tier sister town* of Con- 
necticut. 

HORSFORIFS ACID PHOSPHATE 
ix uxs or AM-rnr* 

riourcwti'B AcU rvwphde Is out with r*e*C 
JrtA**-a3v7 W " r ‘ 1 ”** •od hjrochuo- 

Rial.V* Anwricwn fore lksfit v is without a 
rind. SJJ everywhere At 85 Mt* How who 
prefer a Input will fiml Biker's Cream 

of Hiima du mint ulisfai.-tur 7 article thrv can 
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MIRR.VY * LA Nil AM'S PLOIUUA WATKR, 
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so* wt-l.ii- 1hr»Xi»; nSreelwA tnt| V miee, en] llo- 
reus ■ 0-Jujill-.il Aoisjtwn nlraaliMi .i.l^unjim 

1U“" at r»e. «i-=slr Oss.-rs. It M k 'rrerl, ,ui" l,.r 

!e PrsgrlH-ira 


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now Jtisr U. 5 I.W tty, Dkk red Vl-Certu. 

*!• aiASiiUA> hoik, tod rioi’l 5s* e Crelurl*. 

“ Yuu’ie Oglit, llK) flirty »dl. - Than* Loci* <Y: 
Cussrii Frauk haw Care url*. tu dunX cry — iA4t. I 


P-cv-isul Wit Kru:*o. — KitUIng, tnisnxlnp, 
hsSrre-Uvc Iffiuuoi.-IIA »>ld Vy sll sew. t k ,uis; 
suly reeuha Yearly awherrlpll.in, (V Ms-IAdr | 


Maos tram tiartnljaw naliriila, amt xUptret to the 
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Ti APACHE COUNTRY. 


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PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in tho Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &o. 

Sold by all Druggist* ; or send 25 «nU for satnjile box by tnnil, lo 

B. HORNER, 60 Haidon Lane. Now York, D. 8. A. 


STPHER & OO. 

Antique Furniture. Clocks. 
Bronzes. China. &c.. &c. 

A 741 HHOADtVAY. 




Admiration 


M! 


OF TIIM | 'oppf»u« 

WORLD. £Sf52 

Mrs. S. A. Allen's |3f 

WORLD'S 

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IS PERFECTIOXI 
For RESTORING GRAY, WHITE 
or FADED ll.MR to its youthful 
C OLOR, GLOSS and BEAUTY. It 
renews its life, arenpth and growth. 

Dandruff quickly removed. A mateb- 
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and rare. Sold br all Druggists. 

Fp>nl>l.>S~doTPr4D yours. 

Enormous and lnxrxaNio«»utx« 

Thnuuthout Koropo and Amrrlna. 

ZYLO BALSaHUH ®uiu» 

A lovely tonic and Hair Dressing. It 
removes D and raff, allays all iUhing. 
stops felling Hair and promotes a 
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clots, and is delightfully IVagrant. 

Trice Seventy-five Cents in largo 
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Kisi niiui ion : 

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FOR THE WEEK EXIMNtr SEPTEMBER 24. 1881. 


AT THE WINDOW. 

On Tnraday of last week tbe President was permitted to 
i«liM for a short tim» lit an easy-chair at tbe window of 
llU room, w hence he could look out upon the ocean. He 
bad suffered but little pain during tbo morning, bad wot 
ham restlese, nor had lie enniplitiued of wcuriucaa. It uat 
thought that a ohauge of iKwilioii wmibl not b* attended 
\rj unfavorable remit*. mid tbo coinfortablu InvalUl chair 
waa placed by tbo window and prepared for bin. Iltn. 
lifted from tbo bed on the sbeel, and «> easily norod I Uat 

■ be pnUe was accelerated only two or tliroe Unite. Even 

■ bit flight inrreoao Boon disappeared. lie did Hot really 


alt up; tbe clnsir waa inclined at an angle of a little more 
Ibait twenty degree*, ami llie Prvwidrnt lay upon it with 
lii» bowl iJIglilly more elevated titan It U n|Mii> bu pillow. 
Uut tbe chungc ace mod to lie refreshing 

The Tesaills of this experiment were so favorable that il 
waa repratud npou tbe following day. On I be Uili.im- 
mediatrly after breakfasting, the President remind. d tier 
doctor* of tUelr promise to lei bim ait in tbe recliuiug-chuir 
ogain If b* were able. TUry suo'iiled. but thought li» 
>• mild I Kilter give lit* uieal u chance to settle first. It na- 
t lien after eleven o'clock. He a*ked when be might expect 
Ml* baa tad. Ttoy imwwad. It m bow, and In i 


t.dem’» aon'nnt appeared at tbe door of Mr BnuWN'a cob 
tnge, u here tbe doctor* were waiting, and said, significant 
Iv , that it na* 14 IS The Pmaiilent bad kept track of the 
paasn.g minutes. aud bad aout him over. 

On Uing placed in the chair aud wheeled over to the 
window, uliero Ihi could look out npcm tbo ocean, the Pro 
aidonc nxcUlmird: "Tin* la good. I like tbla. I think I 
ongbt to luive been taken be tv three weeka ago." Tbe doc 
turn asked bitu In inform them ns soon as be was tired, and 
loft tbo room, Hitt* puMi-d without a lueungo. The doc 
lora went to lunch, aud couse out again, anil at 1 11 there was 
no word frnoi tbe pntient. On going to bi« mow, they 












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fiF.PT EMBER M, 1861. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 

Nr.w York, Satykpat, September 24, 1881. 


HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

AX ILLUSTRATED WlUKLT— W FADE*. 


A\ 99 </IlAirr»'s Youxtt Front, i>iW Mfrfn- an, rm- 

/.nil it nunftr of ft, -turn, itarirt, aW farm! t ff rrfrhltt It tki 
tint tftxuttu a ttuJ Hr Arfi'wAinvf »/ iwir xiitti fttf. It aim 
rntti'w m hUrmfimg atlulr w “ /‘ijivhij a*/ Iw /* 

rax am/ <a<v /.v Him ; an rxfttliitr 3nrw «'qr *y F. S. Cnu»cn, 

tnmuj “ A Ifittay Day" ; W «*> nrlimt. 


A Snwimur. rrfrrmfmf F»r«in»vr G< rnn.nl 
aftrr JfOlU, ii iumi fratuitmAj ttt-'i till numbtr tf II > BI-RR'll 



PRESIDENT GARFIELD. 


V T Inst the blow ki long apprehended hus fallen, 
mu) the President in dead. Hi* illustrious posi- 
tion and hiii tranquil courage liave drawn to hi* 
stricken family the tender sympathy of the world ; 
hut for himself, as was said of LINCOLN, he is in no- 
thing happier than in the moment of his death. He 
had but just entered upon his great duties, amid 
high and happy anticipations, and with the con- 
fidence of Ills country. Before any hopo could he 
disappointed, a sudden Mow has made disappoint- 
ment in him personally nupo^ible by revealing n 
pure and lender heroism of character; a manhood 
nt once gentle, noble, and perfectly srlf-pnaaresed; a 
courage which, os it hiul not fouled in the storm of 
battle, did not quail before sharji suffering and cer 
tain death. He dies amid universal and lender re 
sport, which even a long and happy conduct of the 
government could not deepen, and after suffering 
which, it seems, was not needful fnr his own disci- 
pline. hut the spectacle of which has chustcned and 
elevated a whole nation. For many week* it* hand 
lias been upon hi* pulse, its car at his breast, it* heart 
Imping and pmying fur his restoration. But during 
all those weeks it bus detected no Hut ter of fear, it has 
heard no word which urns not thoughtful and gener- 
ous and cheering. He t* dead, and the prayer of hn 
fellow-citizens, although not answered according to 
their hope, has yet been answered with a benrdirtion. 

The career of General GARFIELD was made familiar 
to the country last year, and its truly American cluu-- 
acter, his steady advance from obscure poverty to 
distinction gained wholly by line qualities, his ro 
ntuntic bravery in war, his intelligent diligence and 
great ability in peace, bia public hpirit in the brat 
sense, aroused a peculiar personal interest, which the 
events of hi* illness have dccpa-ncd into personal af 
fection. His strong political convictions, and the dif- 
ficult condition* of public life, which no man could 
more fully appreciate, never mode him a mere parti- 
san politician, but in every exigency he showed the 
high spirit of a statesman. His intellect, singularly 
acute and robust as well as comprehensive, lit* schol- 
arly habits and instincts, a* well a* his political con- 
science and true public spirit, made him a thorough 
and candid student of public questions, so that his own 
strong thought wa* enriched with the wisdom of other 
men and times, and his step was sure because it was 
planted upou principle* which li« understood. If 
in familiarity with public law and in that knowledge 
which is gained by long and arduous experience the 
elder aiul younger Adam* surpassed him, and J KT- 
PKRBOX outstripped him in speculative political fancy, 
no President 1ms excelled him in general cultivation 
and accomplishment, and in the EaMamn'i tempera- 
ment and sagacity. The kind of apprehension which 
is always suggested by men of his disposition, that 
there might be a want of heroic fibre and moral te- 
nacity. was entirely dissipated by the serene cous- 
age of tlie last days. There are men so just that 
they seem to see the reason of both sides too clearly 
for positive decision and action. Blit General Gar- 
field showed that it was strength, not weakness, 
which bred the gentleness of his character. He was 
naturally the leader of his party in thn House of 
Repmcntatives not only by hi* personal rectitude 
and mental ability, but by hi* more comprehensive 
knowledge, hi* sincere and effective oratory, his per- 
fect self-command and urbanity. His Congressional 
leadership was not dashing like CLAY'S, nor imperi- 
ous like ThaDDKCS Htevexb's. but it was persuasive 
and conciliatory, and left him the friend of the foe 
whom he foiled. There is no Republican whom 
Democrats would both more sincerely respect and re- 
gret than President Garfield. 

There are ccrtaiu touching incident* in hi* career 
which wilt become cherished traditions. Bung and 
atory, as the Springfield Republican suggest*, will 
long fondly recount the love of the mother and the 
son, the kiss at the inauguration, the letter written 
from his bed of pain and death, the swift journey of 
hts wife to hi* side, her untiring devotion, and their 
deep mutual affection. These are slight things, hut 
they will not be forgotten. President Garfield's 
death is more than n personal loss, mure than the van- 
ishing of an interesting and characteristic figure from 
the public scene : it is the bitter disappointment of rea- 


sonable hope* founded upon his singular fitness for 
his great office, and upon the auspicious opening of hi* 
adtni nitration. It wna a happy fortune that brought 
him to the Chief Magistracy— bow happy we see more 
clearly in the revealing light of three last weeks, 
Hi* death in a calamity not now to be measured. 
Doubt]*** for him to die is gain, but for his mother, 
and for the brave woman who lias shown herself 
worthy to bo the wife of a hero, there remain only 
the prayers and sympathy of a nation which share 
their bereavement. 


THE VICE-PRESIDENT. 

The chief Executive power |mrus to the Vice-Pres- 
ident with constitutional tranquillity. There will be 
no Lapse or inlMTVptkm of the government, no appre- 
hension of undue excitement, nothing but profound 
sorrow and patriotic expectation. It is. of course, 
impossible not to remember that every Vico-IVcsi 
dent who ha* heretofore sucrondcd to the I’remdrncy 
has not carried out the general policy of his predeces- 
sor Mr. TviJat and Mr. Johnson abandoned their 
parties; Mr. Fillmore broke up his party, But the 
country has so plainly approved the beginnings of 
the Garfield administration, and the sorrow not 
only at liis death, hut at the possible disturbance of 
his probable course, is ho general and so manifest that 
hi* sureeasor, even if he wished, would hardly dare to 
oppose the strong public opinion which would insist 
upon no serious changes of purpose* or methods, 

Mr. ARTHUR'* political associations and proclivities 
are well known, and wa must expect no miracles. 
Summoned to the Presidency by a deplorable crime 
and calamity, his own consciousness of the depth and 
nature of the public feeling can not fail profoundly 
to impreu and influence, him. The duties of the 
Presidency constitutionally devolve upon him. with 
*11 their responsibilities. Hut the knowledge that 
they have fallen to him. not because of his election 
by the people to tlie office, but by the assassination 
of hb predecessor, must persuade * well-meaning and 
patriotic man tluit he can best satisfy public ex|K-cta- 
tion by carefully carrying out the intentions of the 
President who was elected. 

There will be. we are sure, a universal disposition 
to judge him gpnprously, to expect from him no fta 
grant defiance of the evident desire of hi* party and 
of liis country, and to support him warmly in every 
measure designed to promote the public welfare. 


THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE 

CUSTOMHOUSE 

CMACCTOK Robert*/!* received very courteously 
a committee of the Chamber of C’ummeree which 
came to present to him the resolution* of the Cliam- 
ber in favor of retaining tlie system of examination 
for appointment at the Custom house, which they dc 
dare to have been of sulntantiul value to the mercan- 
tile community. Mr. Klwell, chairman of the com- 
mittee. mode a pleasant little speech, and the Collect- 
or replied a* pleasantly, Baying that he should pursue 
the policy of hi* predecessor, and that the competi- 
tive examinations would be continued. Thu* is so far 
very good. W-auae it shows that the Treasury Depart 
ment i* not disposed to relax the rule* which were 
enforced by the late Administration. But under the 
circumstances there will be naturally a very close 
scrutiny of the new order of things at the Custom- 
house, lievause the efficacy of the reformed system 
depends upon the spirit in which it ia enforced . Good 
faith is the soul of the reform. The value of the 
rules tics in their honest administration. Doubtful- 
ly or unfairly applied, they would merely strengthen 
the abuses which they are designed to remedy. 

The first thing to he considered in an honest ad 
mimstrulion of tlie new system is the character of 
the board of examiners, and in this the Cuntom-huuse 
has been very fortunate. The office* of the Collect- 
or, the Xiiml Officer, and the Surveyor liare been 
well represented upon the hoanl. General Will- 
iamb. a Deputy Collector, has been the member for 
the Collector's office; Mr. Comstock for the Naval 
Office; and Mr. Kaxe for the Surveyor'* office, who 
has been latterly replaced, however, by another gen- 
tleman. The first two gentlemen Are peculiarly fitted 
by cordial sympathy with the new method ond by 
the experience which is invaluable for the conduct of 
the examinations; and Naval Officer Bckt, who prac- 
tically organized the system, and who superintend* 
the examination*, is one of *tho soundest and most 
efficient friend* of reform in the country. Tlie great 
success of the experiment in the Custom-house indue 
first to the resolute purpose of President Hatkb. and 
second to the loyal acquiescence of Collector Mer- 
ritt, and the intelligent, energetic, and honorable 
service of the board of examiner*. For the reason 
that we have already mentioned, and which no one 
will ajiprecmie more truly than the Collector, any 
change in the board of examiners would bo watched 
with great solicitude, because confidence in the good 
faith with which the reformed method is enforced 
mu»t depend mainly upon the known sympathies and 
view* of thtne who practically apply it. When Mr. 
Arthur was Collector, and Mr. Ly decker wo* the 


presiding genius of the examining hoard, it might 
have been said tluit the child was not sent to its 
friends to nurse. Under those circumstances the 
friends of the experiment “couldn't take no kind of 
interest in it.” We know of no intention to make 
any change in the hoanl. But wo speak of it be- 
cause it is nt this very point that tlie friends of re- 
form would expect a sinister purpose to man if rat itself. 

There is another point upon which undoubtedly 
Collector RoBKRTRON and the Secretary of the Trea- 
sury will come to an understanding It is that of 
temporary appointments. The resolutions of inquiry 
which Mr. CoxKLixa offered in the Senate were pre- 
pared in New York, and tltey were intended to show 
that Secretary Sherman had winked at grow disre- 
gard of the rules, Tlie reply of Collector Merritt 
ha tiled this purpose by showing that the observance 
af the rules hud been almost complete. It showed 
also, however, that there WR 8 opportunity of great 
abuse in making temporary appointment*, which are 
not included in the rule*. Such appointments are 
made for three month* whenever an increased fore* 
may be required for a short time, and they may be 
renewed for three months more. Now it would be a 
plausible plea at the rrtd of six months that having 
proved his capacity by the best of ull tests, that of 
actual experience in the duties of the office, the in- 
cumlicnt should he permanently appointed without 
further examination. This would be a very sly but 
a very effective overthrow of the whole system. For 
a Collector unfriendly to reform would have only to 
appoint everybody at pleasure temporarily, and at 
the end of the temporary term to make tlie appoint- 
ment permanent. There i* no valid reuson for not 
including such temporary appointments in the re- 
formed scheme, and far making them from the eligi- 
ble list of competitors. The present system of making 
such appointments at pleasure offer* on opportunity 
for practical evasion of the rules, which an unfnend- 
lv Collector would certainly improve, and so bring 
the whole reformed method into discredit, It is the 
gn at surer** of this method in the office* in the Cus- 
tom hutue to which it has been applied that encour- 
age* tlie hope that the Secretary of the Treasury and 
the Collector will show still further the earnestness 
of their purpu» by including the whole system of 
temporary appointment* in the competitive scheme. 


TOE METHODIST COUNCIL. 

The great Methodist Council which is now sitting 
in London is a very interesting and important as- 
sembly. and in the truest sense uvumeuical. as repre- 
senting every part of a great Christian Church, The 
universal character of the Council was illustrated 
ut tlie opening of the deliberations when u sermon 
was preached by the American Bishop Simpson. 
This wa* becoming, not only because of the eminence 
of the bishop a* a preacher, but because of the extent, 
the vigor, and the importance of the Methodist de- 
nomination in the United States. Indeed, ita rise in 
this country was almost simultaneous with the be- 
ginning in England. The Wesleys invited the flrrt 
Conference in London in 1774. while the first in Amer- 
ica was held in Philadelphia in 1773. The Wesleys, 
indeed, bail been in Georgia forty years before, but 
John wo* then a High -Churchman, receiving Roman 
Catholics to the sacrament, and rigidly excluding Dis- 
senters. But about 1740. when “the philosopher of 
the age was BouxtiHROKE, the moralist was Addison, 
the minstrel was Pope, and the preacher was ATTER- 
BtJBY,'" and when, “ like rocket stick* and the singed 
paper from last night's squibs, the spent jokes of 
Charles and Rociiebter lay all about, and people 
yawned to look at them, 1 ' suddenly JoHX WESLEY 
wa* the miBnionory, and C Charles Wesley the singer, 
and Gkoritk Whjtefikld the preacher, and all tho 
poor in England. to whom the Gospel had not been 
preuched, heard in ham* and fields and streets, and 
with sobs and tear* and shouto, tlie glad tiding* of 
great joy. 

Methodism bos never loet this original character. 

It has preached the Gospel to the poor. When John 
Wesley died in 1791, the number of declared Meth- 
odist* iu England, Europe, America, and thfc West 
Indies wa* 80,000, but only in the United State* worn 
they organized os a distiuct denomination. The or- 
ganization was effected in 1784 by Dr, GOES, who was 
ordained a* its superintendent, and was scut out by 
Mr. WebLEY. The story of no other denomination 
of Christians is more familiar or more romantic. It 
ha* adapted it* teaching with singular sympathy and 
skill to the popular heart, and it counts its adherent* 
by million*. Although refusing tlie name of a 
Church, and claiming to be only an aggregation of 
classes and societies and conferences, it* essential 
unity of faith and spirit and purpose, it* simple and 
comprehensive organization, carried with supremo 
skill into the least detail, constantly recall the com- 
pleteness and efficiency of tlie Jesuit ecclesiastical 
system. The itineracy and the allotment by cunfesr- 
rnco imply that absolute subordination and religious 
consecration which led the obedient Jesuits to pene- 
trate Thibet, and to perish unknown by savage tor- 
ture in Canada To the itinerant system there in no 
doubt that much of the peculiarly vigorous character 




SEPTEMBER 


1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


aiul singular mkww of the denomination is du*. I 
Iunrrsnoy. in a word, m a ST*t«n for swnnm 
right man in tho right place, for keeping the square 
bmi out of the round holrs. It atlnu to every anci 
rtv. upon careful considerution of its condition, the 
kind of guidance that it needs. Where discretion t* 
wanted it does tint send fervor ; to babes it sends milk, 
Kiid strong meut to men. 

The whole polity and the entire situation of the 
Methodist denomination are passed in review at these 
great councils. Its faith and doetrlnea are thoac of 
the givul body of evangelical Christians, hut ito meth- 
ods are its own. Jtaclnaaca and circuit* and districts 
and conference* are peculiar to itself. How effective 
they are, the history of Methodism shows, and in the 
Council of 1S«1 there are no indications of a decline 
in the fervor or Urn vigor of the denomination. 

THE DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA. 

Tim proceedings of the Democratic Convention in 
Xew York will be watched with a great deal of tnler- 
est. because some Democrats in the city of New York, 
disgusted with the ascendency of Tammany Hall, 
have essayed a reorganisation of the party. Thi* 
movement is au endeavor to break the yoke imposed 
upon the party by Mr. Joint KKU.Y and liis land of 
bolters, and this fact is not at all hidden by the propo- 
sition that he and his men should acquiesce in the 
new arrangement. When the house of a horse thief 
on the frontier is surrounded at night, and he is po 
litely invited to Often the door and come out, he knows 
that it means, 

• Wtor Galbraith, 

Gnaw forth to thy ffratb 1" 

Mr. Jons Kei.lv probably has his own views upon 
the wisdom of accepting the invitation. He has re 
twrted with an invitation of hi* own, and it is not 
easy to see what the new lights, in the words of Mr. 
Kelly's predecessor, are going to do about it. Two 
yearn ago. Mr. John KOlY't threat to bolt if he 
could not hare hi* way wa* snecml at as a mere bid 
for a high price for Uie Tammany vote. Very few 
observers -supposed that he would hold nut until elec- 
tion day, and then defeat hi* party. But that is what 
he did. He led the largest and moot effective holt 
ever made from the Democratic party in New York, 
and on the eve of a Presidential election he placed 
the State government, with all its power, in the hand* 
of bis political opponents for throe year*. Such a 
man really command* the Democratic situation in 
the Slate. If he ia “left out," he will leave out the 
party. 

The question of hi* recognition will he apparently 
unavoidable by the Democratic Convention, because 
it is plain, as we write, that the new organization will 
elect delegate*, and the old organization, known n* 
Tammany Hall, will elect delegate*, and the Conven- 
tion must choose between them. The question will 
be wholly practical, for it will be. How can most 
votes be secured f As for " regularity," the new or- 
ganisation is. as we understand, spontaneous, and not 
in pursuance of un order of the State Convention, 
which is the final tribunal of the party; and os for 
the events of two years ago. a Presidential election 
ha* intervened, in which Tammany loyally supported 
the ticket, so that previous offenses are condoned. 
Forced to decide between the contestant*, the Con- 
vention will know from experience that if Tammany 
be cxclndrd, it will beat the ticket. But while this is 
certain, it ia not at all certain that if Tammany be 
admitted, the new lights will bolt. On the contrary, 
it will be aanimcd that such good and honorable 
Democrat* will bold to the regular nominations un- 
der the most advene circumstances, and this consid- 
eration will undoubtedly admit Mr, JOHN Kelly and 
his Tammany braves. The Democratic party will 
never be reorganized until the Democrats who wish 
to shake off the dominance of Mr. Kklly are os hold 
a* he, and os willing as he U* *ee their party defeated 
in order to accomplish their purpose. He is not a 
bud to be taken in a net set in hi* sight The Demo- 
cratic situation is what it was under Tweed. Mr. 
Tildem did not like Tweed. but he did not dislike him 
enough to break with him at the risk of injury to the 
Democratic party, and therefore TwMtlkm would 
never hare been suppressed by Mr. Tilden. The 
present situation is probably not different, Mr. KEL- 
LY commands the position, and bis opponent* ore not 
willing to see him overthrown at serious cost to the 
purtv. We dull be very much surprised if he ia ex- 
cluded from the Convention. 

The situation, however, is suggrstivo. It is an ac- 
cepted theory that popular government can be ear- 
ned on only by party. If that be true, it is obvious 
tlial those who are honestly devoted to the objects of 
s party will wish tn keep that party in good order 
a* the means of obtaining those object*. But that is 
impossible if it becomes an end in itself, because then 
personal and factional quarrel* arise which necessa- 
rily weaken the party. Those who wish to keep a 
party efficient for its purposes, therefore, must pre- 
vent it from becoming an end instead of u means, 
and to do this they must destroy the root of faction 
and af personal quarrelling. The feud* in both of 
the great parties in New York are due to tl»e personal 


643 


rivalries which spring from patronage, and parties 
will fail more and more to secure the object* for 
which they ostensibly exist in the degree that this 
disturbing and destroying element increase*. Sup- 
pose a New-Yorker honestly interested in the Demo- 
cratic party aa a means of securing some public ob- 
ject, although under the circiiui&tancco we can not 
imagine whnt the object might Is?. In 1879, such a 
man saw that party baffled by Mr. JotlX KeiJ.Y be- 
cause he won afraid of losing hi* control of patron- 
age. To secure that, he was ready to defeat hi* party 
and to give the victory to the opposition. The Dem- 
ocrat whom we suppose thus sees the mean* upon 
which he relies for a public object wholly perverted 
to a private and seltish purpoec. He must resolve to 
restore the party to its proper aim at the price of pre- 
sent defeat, or be must surrender to Mr. JoHX Kelly. 
After the experience of 1879 and of 1880, we have lit- 
tle doubt tbul he will surrender. 


BURNSIDE 

ONLY three vrhn personally knew General Bi'HXSII>F could 
know tbn manly simplicity of his character, hi* uprightness, 
siul single- lieartetlnea*. liml nt Wert Point, he had taken 
no part whatever in politics, and dnatiltrws shared the feel- 
ing "f SR any army affluent of the old regime that the sections] 
diltercme was unnecessary. Bat when the war began he 
was instantly sod unreservedly at the post «f patriotic 
duly. He led the first Mbmle Island regiment that weal to 
the Held, sod there was none of the hrst levy which more 
folly snd truly represented Urn Sower of tbo youth of Ita 
at ate, Ht’RN-ainr.'* conduct throughout that campaign and 
through the war was so devoted and absolutely unselfish 
that, although Rhode 1-datxl at Urge had known little of 
him, be retnalaml from tbo haft la of Hull Bun to his doalb 
the moot popular man in the htnte. 

At the end of the war lie was elected Governor, and then 
.Senator of the United States, and tn every pewilion and re- 
lation ho tiore tilinaelf with the same honest frankness soil 
simple dignity. He was known personally to almost every- 
body in Rhode Island, and ho was held every w here in the 
highest reteem. Hi* Midden death wa* a shock to the State 
aud to tha host* of his friends everywhere, who will always 
cherish tenderly the memory of the large-hearted, geoereas, 
ami noble man- 


OU. FLANAGAN I 

In his interview with the President, lbs Postmaster- 
General Is reported to have said to blm : •• Mr. President, 
wr have advanced on the Chicago platform in the Port- 
office Departaaent, for we have pat civil service reform in 
fens. No appointment* of any note are being made now. 
Wo only All vacancies raimisl by death and resignation, anil 
I don't see that the service u suffering in ron**i|iiem‘e.'' 

The Postmaster- General, in fact, is aetlng upon that 
emcntial part of the Chicago reaedntion which FLanxuan 
and his friends cut oat, Ihuuumo it made Uio resolution 
moan something. 

The Postmaster -General's action also illustrates how 
mnrh may lie done by the Executive power to develop the 
demand fur reform by allowing how simple amt practicable 
and effective a sensible system ia It sill Iw very Both 
harder for futare Collector* and Poet master* of New York, 
for inetaoce. to return to the spoil* system after the refonn 
which has been Introdneed in their offices ; amt thn convic- 
tion that tho heads of the Treasury and PnstoBJce and of 
the departments «f Justice and of War lire really favorable 
tn reform will make It vrry much more difficult fur their 
sneer *»nni to march with FLDUCUf, liecsnse it will arouse 
a public opinion which will sustain ami strengthen the re- 
form, and finally embody tt in law. 


A nERO REMEMBERED, 

CoNNECncrr enenmemoraled a tew day* sinew the cen- 
tennial of thn most important Bevolntinnsry battle within 
her Imreler*- AnNriLIi'n massacre at Fort Griswold, on Gro- 
ton Height*, opposite New London. Th* iteath of Colonel 
LkiiY-skh i* non of tho Revolutionary stories that stir llin 
blood of all American hoys, and which deepen the deep 
damnation of BENEDICT Arnold Ill a brilliant and com- 
prehensive narrative Senator Hawley set the day and the 
event vividly before hi* State ami the country, and with 
tbn bold, manly frankness which is characteristic of him 
he renewed the curve upon the traitor. 

Hot with thn same manlitiewi ami true American spirit 
lie said of England that wo ehenth “no mouldy enmities" ; 
not, as a wit *a»d, beenttse sncli enmities Dover moulder, 
Hut hernnse a noble nature gives them no mntrishment. 
There is nothing in all the various discourses ami endlrm 
article* which the centennial season of the last six years 
has produced more striking than the total freedom from 
•ny kind of hostile feeling toward the ancient foe. The 
old war Is treated as a family fend long since become a 
tradition. The sw«nls are crossed upon tbo wall in peace 
that were then mooed upon the field in Mortal strife, The 
win* and daughter* of common foe* marry, and only the 
erwiimnn pride af a master race and of a great civilization 
remains. 


WILLIAM OF ORANGE AND GARFIELD, 

lx an eloquent anil striking speech before the Cumber- 
land Valley Editorial Asawintiou in Pennsylvania. Mr. 
Chskuc* E- Snrrat. editor of the Philadelphia /’me, and 
formerly of the Albany frwuusy Journal, draws a graphic 
parallel between WILLIAM of Orange, “ the Washington of 
his earlier age,” and President Garfield At the moment 
in which be spoke the President lay almost beyond hope, 
and tbe public mind was bushed in expectation of tbo fatal 
inure. We ran imagine the drop effect, at inch a time, of 
tbn orator's opening w->nU, which were i|itote<I, as be raid, 
from Motley's “ matchless history" of the Kite of tir l hi!r* 
JUjnMtc ; - A* long a* be lived he wa a the gniding star of a 


whole brave nsthwi, and when he died tbn little children 
cried in the streets.*’ 

Mr. 8Mmi with great felicity pursues the comparison, 
quoting from MnTt.KY upon WllUAM wont* whirfa have n 
singular applicability to General OaIIJTKLD. There wen. 
many doubtless who thought a few months ago that tbo 
PrroMletit's perfect suavity might indicate want of firm- 
i*c*s; and Mmucr say* of William, in weird* that might 
be written of Gtsrn.u>, “Whether originally of a timid 
temperament or net, he was certainly puntciwed of perfect 
courage at last.* 

*pruktitg to men of tbe proto, tbn orator quoted General 
Gakfiki4>’h awn word* upon a similar ©ecaoiou: •• If Inde- 
pendent Journalism means freedom from tbe domination of 
listronage, wealth, or eorruptinii, rree.li on front party diet*, 
tinn, all good men will applaud it Lot the Jsiiirualist de- 

fend tbe dortriiww of the party which he approves, let him 
rrilkdse and rondemn th* party which he dOM not approve, 
reorn ing always hi* right to applaud his opysments or rati- 
sure hit fricDd*. a* tbe truth luay require, and bo will bo 
independent riwngli for * free country.* That ** omiud 
doctrine, sml tt is doctrine as profitable for all meat bent of 
a party aa for tbe editor* of party Journal*. 


PERSONAL. 

AcwOkPlNn to Mr. Krnrnv, who for thirty year* has been nffirial 
reporter ot tbe Senate, the Isle Willis* Pitt f kwvsol'i. of lisine. 
was »t the head of Cbo g res ei onsl debaters. “ There was," ssra 
be, " • elmrees" snd e»enne*« sml ability in his quick snd rapid 
•fwerhre snd interchange* that nude him one of l be great chsrsc- 
tees of the Kngiwh speaking rape in legUlstVa " 

— Mmi.ter Whit* *sys that the etertric railway in Berlin, hid 
hr the KltKUM krathwrt, who »n- now laying the row Atlantia 
aside, is s lorfert •Harms, snd will before long creole s rerelolwn, 
•wptrisIlT on etrvsted mods, si It dues sway with the wi-«r and 
tear uf heavy engine*. T1i« ooly a|-f*mln* the tmr carries w r» 
camel in a box underneath the Ituur, iloil three fees long, t*o 
tort broad and eighteen Inches high. The car Unfit aiul Marts ** 
easily u a honwear, and run* at the rate of about fifteen or twen- 
ty mile* aa hour. 

—Mr. A. C mnu Tsxsru. of London, a ho arrived In V«w 
York a few day* agn, on hit second volt to (he United filatna, 
find* a hearty welcome from the numerous friend* vheoa hie esti- 
mable toctal qualities have won lor him <® this fide c-f lire Atlan- 
tic. Mr. Tsrvcn but been foe several year* a meiuls-r of the rod- 
nent publishing bouse known as C. Kzos.v Psri k Co., the *lyle 
of whwh ha* been recently changed to lbil of Ktr.o x Part, Tnisi u, 
k Co. Mr. Tsssru having sn equal interest in the bu^ncas with 
the K-nior member. 

— NaTEAN Ihremow Bx*n», fnr many rears, nnd until IHifi, pub- 
lisher of the HorW. died on the 1-tth inat at hi* residence In tins 
eitr. after a long sad dirtrewiog illness, which hid ciHirirxd h_m to 
the house for msny Booths Mr B*.tns,wbo was in the prime of 
life *T,3 unmavriwl. was an artive men: Her of the Manhattan Clubl 

— Br. Qvtss, of Ca* tors is, is one of the few men who are “ some 
pnmphin*” oo land as wvll as on •■**, He keeps twesty ship# 
busy ir«n*portisg Lie shrsl in Ksglanil He lymvr na.is.si spree 
• f riib grain kh^tffMO of which were in wbrsl this MMMh 
«no rooiinwou* furrow t* tcrentrem raffm la length. — Another 
fairly well-to-do farmre It Joox II. kaTttoxn, of Ibikuxa, sbo ha* 
liarvcrtisf this ve*r fffiO.OOU worth of wheat from a farm which a 
year ago cost him <®ly Wetu-ra folk say that Dakota 

promlre* to eteeed all other Bute* In the quantity of lu wtowL 

— Mr. Casseoix, s ficotehmas kmg retnlcnt tn lltlfliurgh. Trim- 
srhwBii. where h* ha* scenmulstrel » fortooe in the Iron trade, hat 
recently made s tour of Britain with hi* own four-in-hand- At 
hi* native town, Dunfermline, to which he he* been a munificent 
benefactor, he wa* repe<ri«t by the Previa l aud 1000 pecfde. end 
Mr. CsssBois'e mother laid the firet slime of a public library to lie 
erected by bee win at * curt of 840,000. 

— General Gosons, of Georgia, who left the United State* iv-ntte 
two year* ago because He could n*H w»p|srrt hi* family oo the fieri, 
atnrial pay. h*» *iare tlieu been mi fortunate as »o have acquired s 
fortune through the *»U of trail lauds in Alabama, for which he 
aiul his two brother* and Governor l'<*.qi!rrr rereived |7<m.<s»i. 
together with # 1 ,( 010,000 aUa-h of the Kirhmcmd and Datirille £i 
tenrinn Ceanpany. 

— (jdimei Da* Mrtrttr, nf California, it the largest individual 
land hulib-r in th« wocVL Its list 4,1**1,1100 screw in one body ia 
Meaioci, 40,000 lu Nriada, and 2R,l**l in California, Ilia Mexiraa 
had Us bought four yosra ago for 8S0QJXM, or fire ewnls aa 
aers. It rt mity miles long, snd cover* s Isautifal cram try of hill 
and rsllcy, pine timbre, and m endow land. It cotmw withiw twelvir 
Bile* of ibo city of Durango, which la to be a sutinn cm the Mrxa- 
ena CeutraL Mr. MrnrwT raises wheat oo his tihUfceui* land, aa-t 
canie ou that in Nevada. Ue got UflCO sai-kt hut year, sml 
■hip* 8000 head of cattle s year eight along. 

—The Rev. DiEPSint Willuu has jutt nuignnl the pattorvhip 
of the Reformed German church at KsrrfM, New Turk, after «i«tr 
year* of aecrpcahle terrace He a oim of the oldott w-ininere e.f 
that Church, and w»* s witaera of iho haul* of Waterloo. 

— Coksirl Fousit, writing of fienitoe Antioer. who is tnggret. 
ed st President pro hm. of the Senate, aayt iw is rcill cnmjut*. 
lively • young man— wixrr-rti — on-1 list U-ev» a Senator twrwty. 
two yrart. Hi* term will expire Ln I8H3. Of tranquil ipirit, be 
is ccmsntctiqaally foil of cm rage. He 1 * sn txcwllMiit speaker, 
and rather izrjolent, bnt tlwiys dulirer* himw-lf with ess« sml 
dignity, *nme of bit o-idreeww toing remxrkahle for force ami urigi- 
nsl rhetoric. In hi* conversation and writings he «• liku t'asKi vn 
La*b. Hi* manner it alwavi itrsightfcrwtnL He was eh*rte*| 
President yss> fe m. of the Senate March 13, Ix-SP, aiul re-elwlod 
March 10, I8T1. lie was elected Governor of Khndo Island ax the 
otrly sge of thirty f-our, aad reelected the yrar fullowing. 

— Ctobtxstiss Axtoh. the oldest tnhtliicant of Ciuu, ho* itiwl, 
aged one hundred a»i eighteen years. Hr married a rich miller* a 
daughter one hundred year* ago He freight against fix uf the ten 
Turkish fiultane *U hare rwirel the island, ha* buried five wires, 
and survived neurit all nor relatives, inetodiug eleven of hit chil- 
dren. Last year be fsithWIy rerre-d at Mayor of bit rallaga. 

—Sr Dtmn Maxooibzvk*, who hn* just turn made a peer by 
Mr CLitwniss, iw tbe wn of s former partner In Cocrra’a bank, 
who went to Isindon, eu m«fe tn Iisjia. with a letter of introdwe- 
tinn and credit in nld Hr, CorrnL The latter took a liklrg to 
the lad. and said, after sewing him a few timet, “ What woold vou 
say to coming into bt cxrautmg.rncim instead of going into banlsb- 
m-.-nt wtxsw the neu*" Tbe brer, who thought the bank* of tbe 
Thames would bw ple**»nter than tlnoe of the Qooghlr. rose to 
bo senior partner, and left M.WO.OOO. Foe hti ton Dcolxt, bit 
favorite, he bought a Urge interest many yrara tro in Mirz'a 
brewery, raw of the half dram largest roniwrus Lu Englibi, from 
which tbe new pewr — the first English leer lord, by-the- way— hat 
drawn sewne ffisi.iskl a rewr. He has nerer been prominent in 
polillsvil fife, ami prohably owes hit eleretiun to plcaaing pcnwnal 
qoalilisW, fur rveryboily liket him. His ehlewt »«a in married to a 
daughter of tbe Duke of Marlborough, aud hxx daughter it (Jount- 
eat of Alierdwm. 




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(IWcm, In guml v.iui Hft 1«t. Vot XXIV.] 

CHRISTO WELL. 

a Dartmoor €»U. 

Dr R D. ULACKNORE, 

Arran* or " Muir Avatar," “ Lou* Doaxa," 
•'Cum, iui L'xxaixa," xrc. 


CHAPTER XXXIV. 

OSNF1U1. PCKK. 

Ynrjco ftqoire Touch wood had boron u 
well as could reoaounhly W expected tbo 
liliiclit — ■ or own worse than that, tlm blasting 
— of hiaaretont lnq»-«. When Mr. Arthur iu 
the kindest manner set before liiiu the state 
of the fix. mill denied him all hope of hi* 
daughter, Dicky replied with am* dignity 
that lie *n old enough to uuderetond hi* 
own tuwiui'M, and could not allow even 
Captain Arthur to lay dim u t he law for him 
uhoiit hi* own guml. With onlera to clear 
oat, bn miMt do mi, although lie miut any 
that it waa very hard upon him, particu- 
larly when h* would he having to to off in 
aliwiit »tx u«*k* to Cambridge. Fur ho 
must krep next October term, anil glad he 
would be to dit it ; for li« found the people 
of this neighborhood Tory hard upon him, 
aud h» had left three dog*, at a ahillltig a 
wrrk apiece, iu the mew* uenr !<iiluey Hot. 
•ex. Upon the whole, he thought that dog* 
were letter, to toi kind to a follow, than hu- 
man |uuipte. However, he would atick up 
to Mian Arthur Htill. benanmi be had never 
seen anybody like her, lUitil bo «u kicked 
oil the premium. 

Captain Lark* could not help smiling at 
Hie natural mixture of hi* Idoaa, anil the ; 
dismal downfall or bl* short totok fore, and 
the e laMtcal coat, which hi* dear mother hail 
liecn assured wa* the imago of an ancient 
coin. *’ Don't you be too bard, air," Ire Haiti ; 

“ I a hall have to liauk in next to no tiiire,aiwl 
if 1 could go away without being Backed, it 
woald keep me to the mark, and eel toe up 
mi. I know that Mhu Arthur U a million 
t Liu alio ve me. Out anil I might think, ami 
it keeps me thinking. Old Jakes, or at least 
I mean our orator tutor, aaya that nothing 
ha* ever been proved against me, axoript 
wvrnc want of thought nod a leaning toward 
trivial amusements. Hut Ibis ia no Beltons 
aud so enduring that I aui mm he would 
approve of it." 

“ You pot these matter* in a light qnite 
new to me, hilt pnlha|>* a vary oxeulleat 
one,” Hold Mr. Arthur. “ Of oar groat uni- 
versities I know nothing. If it wilt help 1 
you in ycmrenmcafins, a* I believe you term 
it, to call tiiam mo wheu yon come home for 
the ImUdayo — •" 

“ lint we never coma home for tli» boll- 1 
day*, air. We go down for varatton." 

" Well, when you are vacant, or whatever 
it may be, we shall be very glad to see you 
again. Your mind is a very candid one, mill 
open to good iinprareton*." 

" | tell you, air, w hate ver you inay think, 
that nothing can over compare with the one 
iiupressKin I an* suffering from. Hut aa 
facts are against mo, 1 must go. No gentle- 
man could do otherwise. Only I would liku 
to have two things aettled. First, that 
» dreadfully alurk-up yuung fellow, of the 
MOU ot'Wcateomhe, shall not he allowed to 
take advantage of my sboracs, uud jockey 
me (as we say at Cambridge), by trick* 
ai*rb aa wo can not stoop to; aud again 
that 1 may lie allowed to route a in I say 
‘good-by' liefore I go lawk to Trinity.'' 

“ Certainly, If 1 am at borne, we shall be 
very glad to aay ‘good-by.’ though there 
must be nearly two months yet to run. Hot 
as to Mr. Windrow to;," said the Captaiu, 
•.lulling, " I can not undertake to warn him 
off the premises, any more than has been 
done already. He is a good young man, aud 
yon slioald do hlru Justice fairly." 

“Well, be may be good enough,” Squire 
Dicky confessed, in his line candid maimer ; 
“but for all that t call him exceeding!) 
nasty. I tike a man to be honest aod up- 
right, and come to the front door, ae I al- 
ways do, instead of going fisliiug round the 
corner. Now, air, please to make a mem. 
of what I aay. I have seen a goes! deal 
of the world in my limn, ami I never knew 
auy good come of thorn fellows w ho atick 
up to be everything wonderful. If any- 
thing happens t» your house vnn* than 
our reverend friend hail to put up with, yon 
will find that tire blame lies upon that young 
W esteem be. lie ra*hea all over the moor 
like a u*oor-man, ancl he must fall Into bait 
company. And you know aa well a* 1 do 
wlmt comes of that." 

“Hut, Mr Touchwood," Captain lurk* 
could not help Maying, “surely it m not Mr. 
WcMtcumbe, but aoniebody elre, wlm in a 
youthful manner seeks the satiety of sport- 
ing men. Yua called him a 'stork-lip young 
fellow’ Just now, though lie must be four or 
live years your lenior, Aud if that means 
anything, it wfiim to mean that he would 
hold MMtf above — " 


“ Begging your pardon, sir. fur interrupt- 
ing you, it seems to no-sn that, to a certain 
extent. Hot 1 have had more experience 
than yua might supiRwe. to look at nic- 
And I know what men of that character 
always prove to be at Cambridge. Till you 
roson to know them, you would fancy that 
butter would not melt — " 

“If I may interrupt voo, In my turn, I 
would say that such things might be apokcu 
more fairly in the presence of the person 
they concern. Or at least that some in- 
stance should he givrli." 

“That is the very thing: they take good 
earn that there never shall lie any iastance 
to give. I have nothing particular In My 
against Man. I gtve yum my general oon- 
eiuaion*, founded upon his behavior to rue, 
which has not been that of n geuttoamn. 1 
thought that he was after my sister Julia, 
which would have Wen a vary proper tiling. 
And poor Judy thought no too. aa 1 way tell 
you - of course, in the strictcwt confidence. 

I offered him a shake-down at our place, 
and the mu of my toot Imperials; but lie 
preferred to have a crib nt 1'urnoD Bbort'a." 

“We had better quit tins subject. He 1 
behaved quit* rtghtl) in declining your boa- i 
pltality muter the circumataocea. Wbcn | 
yon arc older, you will look at things more . 
fairly. Take thv wont of a man who bus 
seen something of the world, which you 
fondly imagine yon hare duue. Hold your 
own course resolutely when it is a worthy 
one; say nothing ngniuat those who cress 
. it niiU-M you say it in their preacnco, and 
mike more allowance for their view of the 
I question than you expect Uium to make for 
yours." 

I “ 1 hare a great deal to tliauk yon fur." 

I replied Dicky, who waa not uugratefnl ; 

I “ but I'm IiUwmmI if I ran mala much allow- 
ance fur that fellow. You bear in miud nay 
wonting about him. I always stick fast to 
what 1 bare said. Right or wrong, I stick 
to It, though many people call me change- 
able. Good-by, sir ; you may Irual uie to 
cumo again tof.,ro 1 go up." 

It was all tbo more unfair on the part of 
flqnire Dicky to go on in that style uliout 
Jack Westootnbe, ls-cai**« ho knew not a 
syllable aa yet of whnt Jack bod t until sat- 
ing in the gateway. The knowledge of that 
might bate hart bis feeling) beyotid ali re- 
serve of judgment, as a Man who tiiiuhics 
into a water-butt when meditating nu the 
lie not mw of the night must Im pardoned for 
lots of ph itoaophy. Hut the y tiling Htjalir, 
hnuitde though he waa in matiy way*, could 
not help thinking, from hi* knowledge of 
the fair sex, that lie ought to get oti with 
them nt least as well os Jack Wratcombe 
did Jack bad Mt half ns lunch to say as 
Dicky, neither did bn nudcrstaiid tbo atyle 
of drease*. or tlie turn of tlionght shaped to 
same half a down types, wliicb tbo young 
lady chouio*, aod cliauges very proparljr. 
IHeky'a knowledge of there subject* made 
him always mm* ag re ea b le, if lie only got a 
fairi'haiK* of display lug it. w hile II enabled 
him to tie, when butted, nicely disugreeable 
to all of them. 

On the other hand, Mr. John Westeomto 
now waa full of magnanlmons ideas, lie 
felt an extremely contemptuous charity, 
which conld not in such a care he- rendered 
into'* bi*e," toward the versatile and light- 
hearted Lucky. No provcirsttuu would have 
mode him punch tbe head of hi* rival in ih« 
present fill* state of things. Ho bora with 
him well, as tbe mao who lias got into the 
right Ikix sympathires with the outsider — 
a sitting-down sympathy, which abldo* in 
its breeches. No* thut John Westriuabe 
was at all cock-sure of winning lii* beloved 
Rose for a long Ulna to MM; only that it 
tociujie a Joy to him to flail that the other 
fellow’s inning* were cut abort. And rea- 
son aa we may upon such a statu of tilings, 
they tarn out to Im both above unit brluu 
reason. 

-I am going to tell you some thing. fa- 
ther,” said tbo youth to the Colon* I at a 
genial time, when a ijuiet and aulid repast 
had been dealt with, or, in plainer English, 
after a good dinner; “we shall have visit- 
ors to-morrow, nnd I dare say, aa lung as 
there Is anything to aboot, General I’unk 
will atick here." 

“ My dear boy, your tons ia Inhospitable," 
llui father replied, with mild reproof. ** My 
util friend i* coming In enjoy himself, and 
■lw to afford iis pleasure. He has boon a 
highly dtotmguUhid soldier, and mast not 
be made light of because no longer wanted. 
Under I’rovHlenoe, be ha* ennlrihatott great- 
ly to tlio diacoanfltnre of our to na He de- 
serves our best welcome, aud lie shall have 
it," 

" Yuu may trust me, sir, to be at his aerv- 
ti« m holly, even if lie shoot* me. us he part- 
ly did lust time. All 1 mean is that I shall 
linvs little chance of a quiet talk with you 
when bo liegins bombarding." 

."lie certainly uses hit gnn very freely," 
Colonel Wealcucnbs answered, with some 
grave thought; "liut It t* dnlightful to see 
how he arailea when he seems to have 


brought down Bomelhing. Hi* eyes are not 
capable of flue discrimination afler all tire 
powder smoke they have breu through. 1 
sliall observ e him very carefully, my Imy ; 
aod if I liod him »mw tlusu Ire was lust 
tune, we can simply load him with blank 
cartridge. You are a good shot, hire when 
he i lore, and bring him whatever you knock 

" It ks the only safe plan, I behove," Jock 
Wrstcnmbe replied, a* be rubbed liis left leg, 
where ho slill hail a pellet of the Go •end's 
imbedded. "And If «• put in II tit drama 
of powder, he would never ilnd it out, 
through want of kick. However, let him 
have some alio* tire first day, ami see how 
he goes on with It. There la ou* great com- 
fort, tliat, us be eau not walk, be nearly al- 
ways fires over other people's besd.i But 
tbo great danger is wliou a lure get* up. 
Keep behind him, father, 1 entreat you. Let 
him shout Nous, or Mr. Short, or me, if be 
must hit something." 

" He seen is t« have » gift of hitting some- 
thing, though not ut all the thing bo a-.uied 
at. But we will hope for the best, my boy, 
Whnt was it you were going to say In lire V 

" Wol I, sir, I us* thinking that you ought 
to know that I bad the good lack to meet 
Mia* Arthur, two or threw evenings ago, a* I 
ramn up from fishing in the valley j and 1 
said t« her — " 

"You promised to have out hi ng to do w itb 
that young lady until 1 hod soils* osplnua- 
tioii With Iwx fittlrer." 

•• I kuow I did, but npon the understand 
ing that you should have ii speedily. Well, 
that must kavs boon nearly six wooka ago, 
sir." 

“Well, snp|HMv it ia. I don’t call that 
ninuh,"ssid th* Colour], with hi* brorsl gray 
eyebrow* moving. "1 tell you that is no 
time, and yon have behaved badly." 

“ 1 call it a very tong time." answered 
Jack, looking at Ills father with the very 
some glance which the latter would have 
given live- iiuil-tli irly years ago; “ and, beg- 
giug your pardon, I have not toliavrd badly. 
Hut I should hare behaved very badly In- 
deed, aod in my own opinion sitesklugiy. if 
I bad pussml to r liku a stranger, simply l«- 
eaiise you lisug flic so long." 

•'Yon express yourself in a most disre- 
spectful rammer ; slid until you bog my par- 
don for using such language, I shall nut re- 
gsril yon a* a gentleman.’' 

Tbe Colunol. in this most treuioiidous, and 
a* tli« satire time almost tremulous, slate— 
for be never hail such a quarrel w It Ii his awn 
lie fere -doubled up hi* napkin, and cracked 
an early fllbswt (uf tin- Ihio-alrelhd (.Word 
kiud) with the uapkiu instead of lire crack- 
er*. uud crunched up the nut without a hit 
of salt, to prove tlm tranquillity of bis mind. 
And Instead uf looking any more at hi* ana, 
he directed his gii/e nt the decanter stop- 
pers first, and I lien higher aud higher, un- 
til bn took Iu all the roiling. 

" hlr,” said Jack Wrstcmilie, though lus 
fc-eliug* too were hurt, “ I confess that 1 
ujHikv d nxvwpeet lolly , and deserve to Ire well 
thrashed for it. 1 beg your pardon with all 
my heart, anil will promise to do nothing of 
the kind again." Then the gsse of tire ft 
thin- came l»ek from the coiling and fell 
ujmmi the blight eye* of his sou ; and if tlis 
two 1ml been of any race 1ml ours, there 
must have Ireuu a little m*iie bntwmeu them. 
Hut rv|Uslly fust s u ng that uuat perdue* 
birthright, aelf-onnlrol uml diulniu of oat- 
bursts, they were »utixlled 1a know, fro*u 
each other's look and mauuur, that the tem- 
per between them was put quietly away. 



AMERICAN OPIUM-SMOKERS. 

Hr U. II- RANK, M U 

It wa* supposed at thu time when TA« 
Afysliry a/ Ad iris Itrood first maile its appear- 
ance that tbe character of an English opium- 
smoker whs purely the outcome of DirkeiM's 
fnrtlto imagination, lie who would thru 
have predicted that in a few years' time tire 
number of white men indulging iu this East- 
urn lien would be counted by thousands 
woald have been pronounced insane. Much, 
however, ia the cane, At a low rslimale 
there are iu tkla country, to-day, froni three 
to five thonaanil Americans, male and fe- 
male, smoking opium once or twice daily, 
having formed * liablt from which they find 
it tuiponsihlo to free themselves. The opi- 
nm smoker find* his chains ns binding sod 
galling as iUmw the opium-eater or inorphiire- 
taker. 

The standing army of hahitulis ia. fort tor- 
more. Ireing frmu day to day recruited from 
the rank* of tho ova-retiirions, ludotout, or 
willfully vicious. In this city, to my cer- 
tain knowledge, thirteen person* bare coib- 
muaisNl to use the pip* n illiitt the past seven 
dura. Four of these are iu- tresses. 

Newspaper lucu have at Tarioaa time* at- 
tempted to investigate the matter, but III 
must casus wholly falloil, tlietr failure being 
due to the fact that they hare hosed their 
article* upon a single tour of a few Chinese 


dens in the company of detectives, where tire 
liiforutattou to bo olrtaincd was meagre aud 
iiiorenrate. In writing they drew largely 
upon their imagination, endeavoring to 
throw shout the practice a romantic mysti- 
cism suppiMod to bo pttinrlrable only by the 
true Oneii tal. In srvcral instance* I have 
know ii a bile smokers, who were acquainted 
with the brad new of tire visitor, tell him tbo 
most sillyaud most outrageously false storiea 
atomt the practice, and then laugh Irearlily 
at tbs article when it appeared in print. 
This applies more particularly to our Boat- 
era papers. Hence it ia that tins** people 
who suppose they kuow a great deal about 
opium-smoking really know nothing. 

Iu order to make my Investigation o t tho 
tnvtler thorough nnd truthful, 1 made my- 
self acquainted with some fifty male aud fe- 
male Aiuriiean smoker* In this city, becaure 
a daily visitor, staying for hours at lb* prin- 
cipal Mtioking house or “joint,” hail huhitutki 
Hooking nt tny own bo mm, where 1 could 
more frisily questlou uml experiment tt|>nn 
them, Mtiiikcd myself, in small qtiantlllea 
and to exes**, ami had two of my mala itnrees 
siiioking at various Umes. Furthermore, I 
have hud tiro *nmkcni under treulnreut tor 
the bahit. In llti* way. Hiid by meaita of 
toilers aiblroosal to physician*, chi* ts of |sv- 
llor.atid public men in various ports of tit* 
country. 1 have liecn etiahtod to get at tbo 
whole tmlh iu llte matter. 

Tire principal plums iu this city where 
opium ia smoked are iu Molt, I’ell, anil 1'atk 
slreeta. There ivoneitt Chrystie Ktrest, one 
itiTwenl j -third Ktreet, and several Iu Fourth 
aud Knetiud avenues. Beside* these, there 
are private room* where a few frioods, Lav- 
ing provided thl'liaselves with a full outfit, 
•moke ill scerevy, aud a number of Chiosse 
Uiimlrira where n few American* smoke. 
All "f these places, except tbs cure III Twsu- 
t> -Hurd Street, which Is pn-snlnl over by a 
white wroanui and her two daughters, and 
the private nmom. are kept by Ghinamau. 
These place* are, as a min, ill tficv Uaremeut, 
and <uimUt of a small, tow-ceilingsd room, 
guiltless of oil furniture save long wmslen 
bunks, about four feet in width, muda of 
Imurel and covered with mutUng. There i* 
usually but uua tier, raised about two feel 
from the floor. A tong narrow board, annre- 
t ooo* Imv sited. ruiining along the wall Just 
ulmve tbo bunk, ox unaU stools covered 
with cloth, serve as pillows, nr, more pro|a>r- 
ly. bead-lwst*, for the southern. Iu the priu- 
i-tpal American Joint, Iu tbe centre of China- 
town, where all nationalities seem ind Hcriiat- 
nolely mixed, you go down a short flight 
of stops into th* iKuouaent, when you find 
yourself in a somll room. Near lbs en- 
tnuice ■* a small tabic, where the prop* into* 
may In faiiml every morning cleaning and 
tilling tlie little glare lamps used in smok- 
iug. On the toft of the centre l» * small 
i-miiparlmeiit (four by fifteen feet), a large 
table occupy lug UkmI of tbe space. Tin* is 
where gomes of chance ore played by tire 
Chinese. To tire right is auothor hoarded 
compartment u-f atomt tbo same aire, in 
which the proprietor keep* hit pipe*, iipinm, 
and ncalt'), ami one small bunk fur smoking. 
Going through a ixarrow posaxgc lietwcen 
the two, we come to an image of some licit j, 
before which a light is constantly Imrulug. 
To tbo right i>r (hi* Is a ibHir which lead* 
into tbe " Joint," or smokmg-rtMiiu. U|ion 
three sides of this place are arranged Ireuka, 
In the roar there being two tirr* of them, 
tire upper one, however, being seldom used. 
Light - or nemi-gloom -and air are furiitoh- 
**1 by ana small window clous up to tho coil- 
ing, and so placed that prn(«r ventilolioc 
is iui iutpomilrility. In tliit place may lie 
found, from 10 a.w. until « *.n. the follow- 
ing morning, from one to thirty Amcncaa 
siuokera They usually come aod go in par- 
ties of two or three. 

In Chicago, H*a Fntucisno, and otheT 
place* Iu the Went aoute of the joints sro 
fitted up magniKci-ntly. all the surrotrod- 
ings Wing in Into Oriental style. 

Tire siiraker entering a joint usually re- 
move* bis coat, collar, and shoes, hangs tb«ui 
upon a peg, aud. stretching Hinwlf trana- 
vcrsoly acnire tbo Wink beside a tray con- 
taining the ueceasury apparatus, rail* tor a 
pipe and smite opium, Tlie usual quantity 
rekial for ia twonly-flro routs' worth. For 
this moony the Chinaman given from six to 
ten "fnii" (thirty-two to sixty-four grains) 
of No. I, or flrat-olasn, ur donlito th* quantity 
of Nix V, or sm-oiid- rlua*,npi um. 

Opinoi for stnokiug jraqmsre is made in 
China from the crude opinoi imported from 
India. It U muds by repeated boiling, fil- 
tenug. and evaporntion. until it Wcouis* of 
a bhickuh color and irrarle-liko rondsteoee. 
It has a rich creamy odor, and is very ex- 
penaive- It is weak in morphia, the India 
opium from which It is maito containing but 
about threw pH vent, of morphia aa against 
fruaa twelve to acvcuteeu per cent- in the 
Turkey opium used for mediciual purposes 
iu this country. 

No aqueous extract of opium mad* in 
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cooking" qualities o f Chitw ausohlog 
opium From Chiu* It rearliee n* llnungh 
8»u Francisco. It euwies in small tiu l«n« 
holding about four ounces, and worth froai 
|7 7& to 30 per con. 

Hating tbo necessary article* ami opium 
brought to him by the keeper of the joint, 
tbe smoker wiltlm himself comfortably *|*Ml 
hi* wit, lake* up a little of the Irewelo-llke 
opium. wbirh in brought to him in » small 
olnm shell, iipost a Umg stool needlo.nr ye* 
based, aint holding it above the Haiti* of the 
lamp, watches it babble and awe! I to eight 
or lea lime* it* original size. Iu doing no 
it loan* It* inky hue. becomes of a bright 
golden brown color, and give* oft a creamy 
odnr, luach adaiiicd by old Hiiokrra. Poof 
opliuu dot* not yield so pleiitwiil an *doe, la 
liable to drop from th» l i ea d la into tlie lamp, 
at"! randy glvua no handsome a color, the 
golden brown bring streaked hen* and theca 
Willi black. This process ia known a* 
“ rooking" the opium. Having brought it 
to a proper eonsUtcriee. the operator, with 
a rapid, twirling motion of the fingers, roll* 
the msas. still upon the yea AoarA, n|ion the 
broad surface of the howl. submitting it oc- 
eaaionally to tbe flame, catching it nnn and 
liven np*>n the align of the howl and pulling 
It out into strings, tu order to cook it through 
more thoroughly. Tbit is called c*yi«p the 
mans, Rolling it again apun thn bowl until 
furniad Into a pea -shaped iimaa, with tbe 
secdlc as a centre, the needle is forced down 
Into tbe small hole il» live bowl, thus level- 
ling off the bottom of tbe pea (dumtM- 
tsrJMnrfa i. Thru grasping the stem of tbe 
pipe near tin* bowl In thn Inft hand, tb« 
bowl ia held ae.rosa the dame nf tbe lamp to 
warm it, the bottom oft he opium miss being 
at the same time heated, the needle is thrust 
Into the a|«rtuT« in the centre of the bowl, 
and withdrawn with a twisting motion, 
leaving tbe opium, with a bole In Its centre, 
upon tbe nr fact of the bowl. Inclining the 
body slightly forward, tbe smoker lips the 
pipe bowl arrow tbe lamp until tbe opium 
la Joet above the flnue. Inhaling strongly 
and steadily, tbe smoke pease* into the lung* 
of the operator, and is returned through the 
mouth and none. This smoke la bsuvy, | 
white, and haa a not unplcnaant fruity odor. . 
It ia hardly neccesary to say, a* is aweTted 
by some, that tlila *mokn escape* from tbe 
ears and eyes also. 

Having finished (hit twins, which requires 

hut title long or a few abort inhalations, the 
bahihiA cools the howl of the pipe with a 
damp sponge, and repeats the operation of 
cooking, rolling, awl amokiug until tbe de- 
sired effects ato obtained. Smokers are as id 
to take Uie~longdraw''or the'* abort draw 4 
according to whether they consume a pill in 
one long or several abort Inspirations. The 
king ilia w. or single inspiration, by means of 
which tbe smoke passes directly into the 
lung*, il intending I belli to tlmir full rapaci- 
ty, I* unquestionably the moat Injurious, and 
thooe who smoke in this way form the habit 
the wainest, asnl are ill* hardest to break. 

As much mlaconeepttun Mini to exist re- 
garding the kind of pipe and other appara- 
tus need in smoking opium as with other 
details of the subject. Thus a writer in 
Mackro od's .Vayanar, otherwise accurate, 
makes the following curiously false state- 
ment:* "Tbe (’blouse extract from Indian 
opium all that water will dissolve — gen- 
erally from one-half to there fourths of Its 
weight — dry tlie ilimulved extract, and make 
it into pills of tbe size of a pea. On* of these 
pills they pill ia(* a start, hay pipt, often wsilr 
of Meet [il-illr* mine}, inbale ii few pufta at 
a time, or nun single long puff, and return 
tbe smoke through the nostrils awl cars,” 
etc., eta. (italic* mine). The same author 
states iu another place that adepts in tbe 
practice return tbo smoke through the eyre, 

Hire, and warr. 

Ko far on can he learned, opium baa always 
been smoked iu the kind of pipa now iu use. 
Tbe large amount of ash. the necessity for 
holding ovor a Ihiw during th* smoking, 
and the adraotogo of a flat linnilh-piece for 
kmg inhalation, make the one style of opium 
pipe the only asm that call bo need with any 
aalisfactuiD. This ptpa, the origin and an- 
tiquity of wbicb are unknown, though sup- 
posed to have originated in AreUa, consist* 
of two parts, a stem and a bowl, The stem 
is of bamboo, ao cat that it includes tbe 
space Imlmecn (wo joints and on* -quarter 
of the next. Thn heel measure twenty-four 
inrhia in length awl about four inches in 
elrcitinforeiice. Those that are rruoi six- 
teen to twenty iucbrw in length and from 
one and a bnlf to throe inches in cirenmfcr- 
enos are imperfect, the baiuhoo having been 
cut when too vimng. They do wit wht 
well, and are not so convenient to hawlln. 
When now they are of a straw -color, hut 
with long smoking become black awl glossy, 
tbe coloring matter of tbe opium having 
thoroughly permeated the wood. In poor 
pipes tbia color la Imitated by staining with 

Mj* 

■ ^TWXanaw We totals* to,* Ms M are i , ia 


The value «f a good pipe Increase* with 
iu age, it acquiring a strength awl odor 
much prized by okl smoker*. Ah King, the 
keeper of a joint in this city, ho* a pipe said 
to 1 m a hundred year* old. Ivorj stem*, 
w bile very handsome, are objected tu on the 
gtuaud of excessive weight, lack of flavor, 
nznl tbe length of time it take* to color thesu. 

There is a pipe known as "the letooti 
pipe." the stem and enoveliiiie* the howl of 
w hioh an* mule of rings of lemon-peel ce- 
mented togs tiler, layer over layer, When 
thoroughly dried they are smoothed off, and 
are much liked by tom* on account of tbo 
peculiar lemon flavor that ia given off when 
opium is smoked in them. They are worth 
flifo An ordinary pipe cools 8 s . a good one 
from $lf> to 8^ 

The Chi MW, in preparing tbe liest stems, 
coat live inside with "cooked" t'liluum 
opium, iu order to givti them a rich flavor 
aud hasten tlieir coloring. 

At the Junction of the middle and lower 
third nf tbe stem, aud just bach of tit* joint, 
which i* usually marked by soma oddly 
carved image niudu from the stump there 
protruding, a place ia hollowed out of tbo 
■Ido of the stem, aud cnnimilnicHte* with thn 
longitudinal perforation. About this hollow 
fit* < lowly a uni Ul lie shield, usual ly of lira**, 
aometiaiaa of guUl or silver, having a raised 
rim. Into this is filled tha bowl. 

Tbe stems are plain, carved, or ornament- 
ed with bawls of silver, gold, or ivory. 
Good pipta are always ivory-tippwd. That 
part of tbe stem from thn bowl down la for 
ornament, to equalize tbe weight of tbe 
whole, and for convenience of holding and 
guiding while smoking. 

The bowl, which Is usually of a hard red 
clay aud hollow, may be hell-abaped. ovate, 
or hexagonal. On the under surf ace i« a 
metal flange or neck, by which it is tilted 
into the sieni. It Is usually wrapped with 
cloth to make it fit more accurately. Tbe 
upper surface of the howl is either flat or 
slightly rounded, lit Its centre is an open- 
ing of about eufHcirnt sire to admit an or- 
dinary knitting-needle. The opium pipe i* 
called by the Chlucue the yea iri**y, or 
nplnm pistol. 

Tbe other articles necemary to complete 
a "looker’s outfit are : a ten of lieiffalo horn 
(top toy I to hold tbo opium ; a long nuodlo 
t yre ta«ci|, on the end of which the opium 
is taken up, 11 cooked." and fixed upon (he 
howl ; a smalt glass lamp, with a perforated 
bell -shaped glare cover, and iu which sweet 
or out oil Is horned j a pair of armor* for 
trimming tha wick; straight and curved 
knives fur cleaning the ueedte and bowl ; a 
sponge to clean and cool tbe wirfare of the 
howl ; a box for tha ash, at* y>* !■*■; ami two 
trays, the odb smaller than the other, on 
which all these articles rest. 


THE HOP FIELDS OF CENTRAL 
NEW YORK. 

Ttte first crop of hops raised in America 
was grown liy J*x» I>. Cih.leiwir in the 
town of Maillmiu, Now Vink, in 1W, who 
collected for his hop hold what root* could 
he spared from single hills in bis neighbor*' 
garden*. With three homa-grown hup* he 
supplied local breweries; aud in telfi Mr. 
CocuxbOK had progressed so far and so 
profitably Mint lie look a crop In New York 
city for sale. Ills neighbor Soizkwox Root 
in 1817 followed him in tlie enterprise, and 
•old hi* first crop of two tons for fllOIM per 
ton. Then every fanner thereabouts that 
could get a few root* *» ambition* to have 
a bop field ; and from this heginuing ilia 
sarroiiiidlng sect Intis iu Mari tom, Oneida, 
and Otsego counties have drv rlopi-d the In- 
dustry, till this section of New York has 
come to iNt koowii a* tha ** Kent of Amer- 
ica," tiecunse of it* flourishing hop ganleos. 
Though hop* are now raised in a semen, list 
fitful manner iu other conn tire of the Mate, 
and in all hut three of the Stales ami Terri- 
tories of the I'nioa, yet the New York ccou- 
ties mentioned have in recent year* raised 
itMir* than all tha re*t of the I'niteil States; 
and New York may fairly Iw called tin* hop- 
growing Mate ; for In 1S7U, when the entire 
crop of the country was 2S r 4M,0D8 |*»iuds. 
sho raised 17,328,1181 pumnU wit Inn her own 
limits. 

Ifopa are used in domeatic hreail-miikiiig. 
by druggist*, and by !>akere aud distiller* 
for yea* i ; but their chief ilia rivet is awning 
brewers of beer. Thu brewers use frusu one 
atiil a quarter Co three pounds of hop* to a 
barrel of beer, according n* a" light” or 
"heavy" beer Is sought. Kogliali brewers 
“ hop" their beer more heavily than Ameri- 
can. Every hale of hop* will on tbe average 
“ bop" a hand ml barrel* of leer. Tbo offi- 
cial records of the lutornal Revenue Dcpart- 
nietil declare that in the year previous to 
Jitua 1, Iris), 18,347,110 harm Is of beer were 
consumed in the Exited htatm. Tins bunt* 
consumption of a beverage requiring anim- 
ally over 133,000 bales of bop* in it« maun- 
fast ore, eouplotl with th* usual dumandaof 


tbo English market, shows that American 
hop-culture ninv now be fairly rated among 
tbe reluldieltcd industrire of the country. 

In late year* tbe hup harvest iu Central 
New York iwgu.s about IhcftUlh of August, 
and tbe prublem of harvesting ia uuo of th* 
moot wtimn Hint cmifrenls tbe extensive 
bop-growet. Every available man, wosnau. 
and child that ran pall a duster of hup* 
from a vine is summoned from the eitioa 
niul villages surrounding the hop district* ; 
benco for many of tbo working dame s iu 
thn iulaud cities of Naw York the annual 
hup harvest becomes tbclr vacatiuu-limn, 
the £nratogn of their recreation*, lor the 
aroma rising from the b»p i* a health-giving 
tonic to the human system, that for the 
health -seeker will compare lavoiuldy with 
tbe tome water* of our popular American 
■pa. Til* average price now paid iu the 
MTtlon about Waters ilia. New York, is fifty 
cents per box of seven bnslids, or thirty- 
five rent* mid hoard. The National Hank 
of WatervilU in 1 Hrttl paid out a hundred 
llioiisaml dollars to bop-pleker* at tbe end 
of the bop horrent. One man and wifo who 
picked eleven boxew per day stood at the 
bead iu last year's harvest- Tbe average is 
!«-tha|n throe Uixea per day for each pick- 
er. and the harvest lasts nearly a nvoiitU. 
One diligent old wnsnan of Brmikfield, New 
York, OIM* earned uIikhi a huu<lze-l dollars 
hi hop harvest, and tlie name - Old Hun- 
dred” still cling* to her as a memorial of the 
work of her d*fl finger*. 

Watery ill* — a village of soma two tbou- 
aand inhabitants, situated in tbe extreme 
southern part of Oneida County — is from its 
! position lb* Imp centre of Central New York. 
Tliither flock the agents of the great brew- 
eries nf the country ; here swarui. soon after 
bup harvest, tlie hop exporters aud com mis- 
sion men of tbe metropolis; slid hero live a 
vast nnmbtir of extensive hop-gruaer* — 
fanners wlioac capital, acquired in hop-enl- 
ture. haa nosed them t» a plane in lbe basi- 
ik« where they can Wtli aowtrol large 
farms and act as conmiuauKi dealers In tlie 
commodity. 

The runh for meals is always a notable 
feature of • day in the Imp fields, for bop- 
hunger la proverbial. What the MOM of 
the sea air te to the inhabitant of the ratal 
district*, or the bracing siinn*phcre of the 
mirth wood* is to the dweller in tbo me- 
tropolis, the appetizing bnp fields are to 
nonoy a dyspeptic among the hop-pickers. 
Ota the large farms breakfast is niton served 
by cafidle-ligbt, before tbe dot peep of day. 
Tlie call to dinner comn* ill eleven o’clock, 
aud supper at five, and in sumo lUlil* the 
hungry Immunity waits till after dark for 
tbe evening meal. Barrels of drinlung wa- 
ter nre constantly kept in (lie large fields 
for the couvenlcoL-o of the picker*. 

Not only tbe catering but tbe sleeping 
arrangements for »i> many h'qv-pickers are 
parts of tbe annas] problem of bop harvest. 
In one farm visited forty -four beds were 
crowded into the “ women's room," aud an 
equal number iu (he *l«*ptng-rouin for the 

Tlie hup urethra* of Central New York, as 
tbe harvest near* it# close, look like a limit- 
l*m Indian encampment, aa the twenty foet 
ln>p-polew are stacked altar picking in a man- 
ner closely resembling tbe frame of an nlio- 
riginal wigwam, and it ia a singular coinci- 
dence that these wigwam-studded bop 11*1,1* 
are the Tery gn>nnd» which tlie Oueidoa of 
olden time frequented as th*y raineil their 
t o m ahapad I ia hi tat ions of thoM Parly daye. 

Kouve hop- growers, instead of ruing tau 
long poles to every bill of bops, train their 
liojw upon etring*, thus ninding fewer pole*, 
t-'iehl* of hops that liave been trained iu tba 
“tent method" with striug* mid the wire- 
strung yards present a truly lieaalifol wight 
when heavily l**len with gyarefolly bowing 
vine* that arc luxuriant with fat greca 
cone*. Wring yards are increasing in popu- 
larity in (he New York bnp gurvlsws, and 
KngliNli growers favorably *|ieuk of this 
method a* the "American plan." There ia 
in it a cotinhlrruhle saving of ex lieu** in the 
item of pnlre, which are imported from Can- 
ada for tbo New York grower* at au average 
cost of eleven cents each. 

Front the Imx to (be bole is a critical 
IranMilion fur tire hop, and tin- uiimI snrnesa- 
fnl growers have now learned to pay tho 
beat attention to the enring processes. A 
box-tsmleT, re*|*n»iling to Hie cry of " Hup 
sack" from tlie picker, carefully rolls tho 
green pirkeil hops into nacks, and hop wag- 
ons at the close of the day transport them 
to the curiug-buiiM*. The hop sacks, on ar- 
rival ftnci the fluid, are emptied tuto the 
lattice floored chamlier of the bop kiln, aud 
spread to the depth of ten inches, A w,»*d 
or coal stove In the apartment Iwlow create* 
a Ntrougly heatod current of air. that rises 
through the hops, drying out (lie moisture 
in its pasnage to the cowl. Fillin'* of sul- 
phur are iiitrotlncod at the *nma lime from 
iwlow to bleach the hop, that it may.better 
suit the eye of a purchaser, aud sulphur 
duos wot iujuis the acuvo principle of the I 


hop, oxcwpt when used in exccas. The bop- 
drier cure." at night III* hops that have lieen 
picked during thn day. Oh some farm* ** 
many as five kiln* are in service routempo- 
ranmnisly during a night. 

When Hie luqm bare Iwen spread m tbo 
drying chaniUrs, tlie bop-drior light* bin 
Urn below, and wjreUrw tlw lucreaaiug teiu- 
peratutv uml all t heravonveter changes, the 
draughts Iwlow alid tbe twcupes above, with 
l b« vigilance of an engineer of an cxprwu* 
train w ith hand on the lever, for a "scorch" 
or •“ amndge" will utterly ruin the hop sam- 
ple. Iu some ] Hitts of Germany hop* are 
• holly "Mi>-dried, hut such curing would not 
do in American bop-culture. After being 
kiln- dried, bops are spread in tbe stare- 
rooms, w here natmul current * of air tliiuugli 
opposite windows complete tho drying pro- 
cess, when th* holing begin*. A hale of 
ho|Hi is 1 1 fret high. Vi feel bread, and 4i 
feet long, weighing from tell ia JlSl pounds. 
They are now commonly pressed into this 
huh, by a lever pres*, though formerly tii*y 
were stumped In by two men. The old 
method ueiMsaanly Injured somewhat the 
hoji* by its rlainsy grinding prootMt. 

Hops may safoly ho clamed a* one of tha 
most peculiar nod lulrrewling of Amrnraii 
crojw. and withal meet prolllahLe. where 

they coll h* tateed ho a* to sreurv largo 

) icld*. as in (SHMl tiM Y-rk. Thrift cul- 
ture call* for tbe most intelligent atudy on 
tbo pai t of Aniemao growers. 


VICTORIOUS IROQUOia 

I Mb. Fikiihx fo.iut.i.vnn run rongTatulato 
liiDMelf upon (wing the owner of such a cult 
•a Iroquois, the winner of the Derby ami of 
the Nt. Lcger of lWl. There is a fumnu* 
equine trio, West Australia, (Jlodistear, and 
laird l.jon, that won ecuisocu lively the 
three groat rucing events of England, tbo 
Two Thousand (iinueu, the Derby, and the 
8t. Lcger. Tlie Yankee cull just escaped 
making the trio a quartette, for ho ran see- 
Olid iu the flint of thes* event* on the till 
of May at Newmarket, won the nemnd on 
June I at K|mom flown*, and luxt Wmloeo- 
day plucml liitnwlf at tbe Ivead of the four- 
teen nicer* that starteai with him, 

Iroqnoi* h by imported lueamiogton, dam 
Maggie II. B., and wa* lired on tlie slock 
farm of Mr. AiiLvrnrr.* Wkuui, at Chesttmt 
Hill, near Philadelphia. In 1-Ti. Mr. lovw- 
nJAJto iMiught all of Mr, Wxtcu's Lcan>- 
lbgtoii yearlings, good, had, and indiffer- 
ent, paying handsomely for tbe lot, and in 
th* fall a number of the yearling*, Iro- 
quois among them, wore ahipjiod to Eng- 
land. Hn endured the ocean voyage Writ, 
anil was put into early training, aud on the 
12lh of Mar, UMO, maile his lint appenr- 
aoce on a raco-coaree. ami won tbe New- 
market Two-year-old Plate. Ova furlongs, 
value £447. On the SSth of May he ran iu 
the Woodcote Make* at Kjiwmu, and did not 
get a place ; but tbe next day. on the sum* 
course, lie won tho Two-jear-old 8 lakes, live 
forking*, rains £t7fo At AhouI, June 10, be 
was unplaced lor the New Ktsko*; amt at 
Newmarket. July fl, bo took second place for 
the July Hlakre, value £h0, Twnday* later, 
at tho sumo place, ha won tho Chesterfield 
Stake*, value £1100. At Sundown. July aa, 
hn did not get » pine* for the (treat Kings- 
ton Two-year -old Plate- At Good wood, July 
*7, be won tbe Levant Stake*, value £H0D, 
mooing nocolid fi«r tbo Find on Stakes on 
tho sujumi day. He cIihmhI hi* career a* a 
two-year-old under a cloud, fur at Doncaster, 
September 1 1, and nt Newmarket, September 
an and Octolwr II, lie wa* unplaced for the 
rhampugtin Stake*, tho llupcful Stake*, and 
the Clcarwell Stoke*. 

NidwitlMtandiug these defeats, tbe oolt 
had dona well, and Ibo amonnl of hard work 
that he u«oinipli*lied sbowed thn stuff that 
was in him. lie retired in good condition, 
wintered welt, and lust spring began the 
victorious seu*nn of 1*1 by running second 
at Newmarket for the Two Thounand Gui- 
nea*, value £200,011 the 4th of May. Two 
days later ho won the New market Slake*, 
value £273, and on tho 17th of the sums 
month walked over for tbe Ilurwell Stakes, 
value £180. at Newmarket. Thou eaum ibe 
great Derby, on J uuo 1, w hen he l*<al four- 
teen threc-yeiir old*, aud won £ Grill. June 
14 he won the Prince of Wales Stake*, rai- 
ned at £*»>, uml on June ll» lie woo l be St. 
James Polfice Stakes, value about £1200. 
The money value of the SI . Leger, which he 
won Hoptcmlwr 14, l* £ Ninth 
Tills fortunate and splendid colt, of which 
we give a picture on |*xge DM, is n hand- 
aomr brown, with a while stripe io the face, 
and white around tbe coronet of tho loft 
fore-foot, lie has powerful shoulder*, and 
great sweep and strength iu his hind-qoar- 
tore. He Isas a had temper, It Is suid, (ml 
that ia the result of the spirit Ihut makes 
biin such a great rare-borne. He is the 
tenth Derby winner that ho* followed up 
his success by winning tho St. I-egcr at 
Doncastur. 


SEPTEMBER W, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


651 


“Well, ifl thought I'd any ehanec of ulier- 
irag fam utiuil toward ine, that would l*e au- 
ollier tlirog," loused Gerald, lifting tire re- 
iiuiiiw »f a gto*" of wiire to lih Hp*- 

It would bare lawn clear to a lews intelli- 
gent oluwrvsf than hie present ouiu|Mnioii 
tlial tli la young man's GumghU woro taking 
a uwit practical direction Ihati that «*f litor- 
al duty , hut Clan charitably ignored that 
circitjnatMKe. 

•• It ia never too late to mend. Gerald. 
Consider how diftercutly every other young 
mau in your jKwiliou raudurls liiuMclf. 
Look at your cousin Herbert." 

“ R« U tmt my ooiwiu. to begin with," 
answered Gerald, cnrlly. " Aim I :w to the 
mill, lie bate* it, and haw cut the w hole cou- 
Mni.* 

“ That ia because bis t«ste* lie is auolbur 
direction.' 

*• Just my rase," said Gerald, coolly. Ailing 
bis glass with the last of the Madeira. 

* Nay, it is not your case. Herbert ia de- 
votr.l to wreulific panama." 

“I can give bim tweuty out of fifty at 
billiards, anyway." 

“He ia only exchanging one hind of 
work." continued Clare, tpking no notice of 
this vaunt, "for Mother, fur whhdi he line 
n particular bent. Idlem-ra is ahhuireiit to 
b.ui- Then, again, there in Perry ; he boa a 
position much uiorr umiitrd than you have, 
yet see bow diligent he ia.* 

* la lie f That "bows haw much you know 
about It. But never mind thill." lie added, 
abruptly. “ Ho you aappaoe if Percy were 
aa aura of getting hit inietoa money m I'ran k 
Fairer, for luslaiuv, ia oi getting bia father's, 
that be would go down to that mill every 
day to L» poisoned with oil mid grease f 
No, no! Of course you're apooucy on him, 
and will believe anything, hut Master lYrcv 
kuowsou which aide hi* broad is buttered, 
I premia* you." 

"Thera ia nothing room contemptible, 
Gerald, l ban tbe liii|inlHliiKl of a bad motive 
to good conduct.* 

“ I said uetliing alxxit a bod nioilvo," re- 
turned tb* young mats, Ouolly ; "it's only 
human nature. Do you suppusi. Percy would 
have onme courting you if he could haw got 
hia cousin Stilly f Not a ldl of it. When 
one can't get tbe brat, one must put up with 
the secuod brat," 

This speech woo delivered witb such ex- 
ceeding gravity, and with a confidence ao 
very marked, that Clare could out re prose a 
audio. 

" It u onosethlug. at all •vonta,”she said, 
g»-"l -nat-aredly ■, “ to he even second larat." 

"No doubt it ia something," answered 
Gerald, who had now finished the bottle, 
nod woe ill that malevolent and grudging 
condition of mind which too milch nine oft- 
en induces m low natures ; " hut It isn't jus- 
tice. You're a gal, and I'm a man. It lsu*t 
l ight that gala bImiiiM have money ; they 
don't want it. Ain't I my father’ a only sun f 
When he is gone, shall uot I ba his rapra — " 
(a long word »n by this time a conaidcre- 
lite olwtucte to his biiigae) — 11 representa- 
tive T Ami sbouldu't I have the money to 
keep up tbe position !" 

He accoiu|iiuded this nniliroeut in favor 
of hereditary rights with a thump mi the 
table that mad* the gloves ring. 

"Gerald! Gerald! pray 1i> quiet, "tnrphired 
tlse girl, alarmed at hia vehemence ; “ re- 
member bus 11] papa is," 

"Quiet! Ysa, uf rauireo you wi*b to I* 
quiet aud keep good friends. When we have 
got all wm want, and it ought to go to Mlmr 
people, there is uiithilig we bate so much aa 
a row.” 

"1 don't know what yon mean. Gerald ; I 
haw nothing of yours that I nm awaru of." 

“Nu. bnt you're going to get it, Mini Iu- 
n ncen<e ; at least you hope an, anal Percy 
hopes an too. Yah !" 

Thia revelation of thn young gentleman’* 
aecrat sentimenta -being, too, her own kith 
and kin, though only on one ante— no* cer- 
tainly very anplcautiit to Ilia comiHUimn ; it 
was like being shown, under a very power- 
ful mlcroar»|H-, the creatures in Him water 
we drink, or in tbe air we brratbe. Hut 
what »» mast drcadlnl lo Clare was the 
impossibility of getting rnl of tho joitng 
man Wore the time when the . smogs was 
ontervd In take Ur. Bell to Gw station, of 
whose pmuenw in the houre ho still knew 
nothing, and of which, as she gm-aard, her 
father would wish his mai, of all nicu. Dot to 
know. With Gerald's drinking habits nbc 
was, anfortnuats-ly, already acquainted ; but 
In hia own home -though he bad once or 
twico hems brought thither In » quiescent 
state he hod hitherto put acme restraint 
on himself. It was ram clear tbac hn wm 
growing i|iinrralsonve nod noisy. Clare was 
almost at her wit*' end, when them came a 
ring at the fronc-door hell. She ran out to 
reiterate bar father’s orders to say he was 
particularly engaged, w ben, to her great re- 
lief, abe found the visitor to ho her cousin 

Herbert. 

Without a ward of question, or even of 
greeting, she whispered: "Ob. Bertie, Or- 


ta kefr. and in each a slate — 1 
| humored, and Inclined fur iniarhlof" I for 
a then aim did not like to aay her bra- 
I tber luid taken tun milch wine). "Pray 
| lake him away before my father sees biui." 
Horliert n isld.il, and vreut into tha dln- 
ing ronm at once. Gerald lurtied round in 

bia chair and confronted him sulkily. 

"Oh, it’s you, is Uf I thought you wore 
| at the Junction." 

“And I thought yon were at Middleton. 
We are loiih, it we ms. playing truant." 

Gerald gra I* MoptelouB at ikboo. Mnditlml 
though I sc van, lm had sense enough to per- 
ceive that tbe other wished to conciliate 
him, which naturally re n d e red him niitago- 
nutie. Tbe tdna, too, of Herbert playing 
i mint was incredible. 

" If you are coming after what you can 
I got, Maetcr Herbert, I imp.. It ain't the Mb- 
I dcira, because it's gone." 

“So I see," return*.! the Other, in a tone 
which iniplinl, in syiito of hiuirelf, " aud also 
who ha* take u it." 

“There was very little, to begin with; 

I Glare and the governor h-wl been at it be- 
fore I cause," otmci red Gerald, cunningly. 

Clare forced a smile, aud Herbert, trying 
to fall into tbe young man'* humor (not 
w itb much smv*s«, us ww not to be won- 
dered at, considering that he yearned to 
throsli the humorist la within au inch af 
i life), tvmurhcd I list, every one knew 
| what great n inn -drinkers bis uncle and 
Mussin were, 

Gerald liodded defiantly; lie felt that I 
there wo* a scheBtn for bis overthrew, 
though he did not associate it with wishing 
to get rid of his company. He held himself 
ready to object to every preposilio 

“ I smell tobacco," said Isc ; *• Jet's smoke." 

"We can't smoke here." nuswered Her- 
| bert. " We will go nut and have a atroll." 
“I bate strolls," said Gerald, M'liloutioun- 

I ly; " « bon I walk I must always have 
oiujock — an object ," 

If bn could have Bern a bnibing-gli 

I lbs-re would have been no ncisl fur his 
walking; tbe speaker wm an object him- 
self, and a very repulsive .me, Flushed, 

I sulky, und suspicions, be glanced Train one 
to the other of hia two companions like a 
| hailed bull. 

“If Clare were not here," thought Her- 
| bert, " I would knock you down, stuff a nap- 
uto your mouth, soil carry you o" 
your own fly"- which be lisd noticed 
still waiting at the dour for him. 

“If you two want to he alone." said Ger- 
1 aid, pompously, “you will be disappointed. 

I don’t think it'* right ; I won't permit it, in 
Justice to IVrey." 

Herbert mechanically aelrod a napkin; 
h« frit liko a Thug. 

' '■>! uulcsa I call get Mtnebodjr to play 
billmrda witb me, here 1 stick till my train 
la line." 

“ I »ball bo vary happy to piny billiards 
with you." observed Herbert, mldly, 

“Yah! you can't play billiard*.* 

“ PH play job, at nil event*, for wbat you 
like* 

or wbut I like f" The wild Iwast of 
greml that lived within the soul of Gerald 
began to show iloelf. “Do you mean for 
soapy f Then I’m your man !" 

He rose, dipped hi* napkin in a finger- 
glass, ami mopped hia forehead. “Now I'm 
reudy for you.” 

They went out together at once, hut a* 
Gerald got into the lly his aitspiciuns began 
to re-awaken; bo stood up in it, swaying 
fram nde to aide a* he did so. " I aay, do 
lark*! I i sn't afford to waste my time. I 
im not going to play fur hi (pence*." 

“Go on r cried Herbert to the Hyman, 
Mid at the Mine time jerked at bia compan- 
ion'* coat tails, so that he fell backward iu 
tbe seat all of a heap. 

" / ray .’"exclaimed Gerald, complain! ugly, 
but not with the ill temper he bod shown a 
few minute* ago; there was something in 
tbe other's face that awed hiiu. “That 
shook me like the deuce. You want to shat- 
ter my nerve* to pet me off roy play. Hut 
it won’t do ; I'm aa fit aa mu be. I’ll pluy 
you at py murals for half a crown a ball." 

" Very good." 

The ill aumrted pair drove on till they 
were in the outskirts of tbe tow o. Then, 

" How much iln you count upon to win of 
me !*' inquired Herbert, coolly. 

“ Why. hang me, how did you gurm I was 
thinking alxinl that f* returned the other, 
naively. " Well, I raleiilate the uext throe- 
qniirtoni of an boor — fur we have fully that 
’ll spare— you will be worth two pound ten 
to ynara truly," 

“Well, I'll give you throe pounds to lot 
me off," 

" Wbat T You’ll pay forfeit, will you? 

By all means." 

Ilcrlwrt prod need the money at once, and 
paid it over to bim. 

one, that's a good stroke of busiuem," 
■aid Gerald, triumphantly. 

“ But it'* understood that you go to Mid- 
dleton, or, at nil events, not homo again." 


“ You didn't aay t*ul," M id Gerald, cun- 
ningly . •' Why, it's flat bribery. You want 
to see Clare shine, which in very unfair t« 
Perry, I real!) eoahl net |ienuit it— at 
leael lint for three pounds." 

Herbert turned very white. “I have no 
wish to lie aluixi with Clare, but you ore rail 
in a fit state to go houio at present, aud you 
alia) I not do it.” 

" But *up|Hme 1 ito do it f" 

" 1^ y° u d«h" raid Herbert, giving him » 
look (which, to any tire truth, was wot • 
pretty nut.) from which the other shrunk iu 
alarm, “as sure ns your name’s Gerald, I'll 
break every bone iu your akin." 

(TO at mum] 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

TBtax I* a wild remur in tbe aeightorhood oi 
Beat-til IliO to the effect that a party nf Jfc 
young laiiu* have been miking u imir of 
u'kii., u, i — — - hay-rack. 


who dilic at that reran are not, geaerally .prak 
lug. mtdr up of those who would d.i.xi t vidtunw 
of fstnlDarity with the d«»«<s aud hiclier „iaUie 
mats-. IC the Mwemr of bringing on the Aoup, 
H.Vand oti-r dtihe*. I. Uh- ns.ui.u.n resort* 
ol New Kngbad the stibbrit-waiter* find emplot 
mret the onrai congtalil, and it U aaid that to. 

I .IiIin tbe embryo prracber.. des-toc*, tad lawyer*, 
miny iprlgraduatat and Yankee acbaolnxW 
•re engaged iu ihe MuiipalaluB of the china .ml 


AFTER the journey. 

AN INVOCATION. 

o Wm* of Mswra that »m lbs Is-.) m 


Wluiu MoiUiUie* in a 

Tim Orel paMcngtr car that >u crer ran t roa. 
•be 1 ,'nUed Sul** into Mcriran terrii-wv crooMvl 
the busodary a few days ago nnu- Kl Paso. 

Bra. year* tgo. when tup two Foetcr. tlrf- 
stamdl oil slNilUioni-t and gcceral rafonnor, who 
dkol nut long ag» at Ids plcuam h™, i^sr 
WurtVNtNc, Moasachilsetts, *V. nuking one of btf 
moat samral Aprecbe* io a mccUiig of ag'rtatura, 
a ytiong woman anra- fnen cate nf tb* fro, l scats 
— ra tin: story goo. — **i ehaking her list ia (be 
•peak re's face, •iu.otol, “It’s k be, HUfjbai 

Fanre— It's • lie !" Tim interruption came from 
Abhy Kelly. » lm net long afterward beaune Abby 
Kell r Foster. " SVluGier (hi. «a* the tigiaiiing 
of l heir lore-making ur noi," rays the writ** 
“ * c t,in nr,t rat- ^' lu •'ocv only second hand 
from one wb> »** an • •r and ..we wiine** uf the 
•miming iuridcuc." 

By way of apology fur allowiog a woman paa- 
•enger » r train her money, one of tb* perpetra- 
tors of the revvnt train rahliery m Miiraori raid. 
“ Tbe next lime wu utdreiakc a jsb of this kind 
we will have a lady to search the ladv pa«e<». 
gerv." Tlic wemnn was not too Mgbtanad to ex- 
prera * dc*itt whelber the robbers uouH wcure 
tbe rarvicra of a lady in that capacity. 

The secretaries of tin. Chinese Irfralioa iu 

WarlwnglMi oeeopied a hot at a iron.Uri enter 
tainaoiit the o<ber evening, and binghed at the 
joke*. Ctiiorae hiMnry tau-k to .V veer rartt 
day. and Ikora gentlemen arc undouhitedlv eon- 
terrain with It; hut ii should U- eaplaised that 
the oorliar tkwnial triim did not knairporato in 
their works thn current joke* of tbs period. 

An Idaho newspaper started out with the psr- 
pose of being arcuraio. and it .tc« not pn.pow, 
at this early day. o> G-gln making roreorthon 
Thus when it was askn! lo print a rtalemrat from 
» man whose death It bail aanowonsf with a glow- 
ing ckdntary, Ibr commmtacatnn wu Iio»,JmI. '• 
Oird from a Corpse." 

A own >n the garb of a laborer stopped 

read as follows frooa the physwisnt' aUVriork 
evening bulletin, pasted la frost of * acwjiapsr 
ofli.v : "The President ha* *«p*rienred lint* tbe 
iMuaiHW of the roaming bulletin further amelii. 
ration of aynptoraeL" “Faith, he’ll d> now, 
rare." *»id the lew ildered working mao. “ Hu 
wo* never lock Eke that before." 

The icioe of esurepresenUtlon alwar* follow* 
the grrar, and simieiiwes it get* aloud of thtan 
King Kalaksua i> slmrlly to arrive in this cwtn- 


Or. We* wild, U Ihoa How. then 
O'* -Sir green piilus uni neoll 
TUI Men may I.Oi.g will, Ihro * , 
Aid e*Ule lowing in IU mil) m 
Hot, U-wrh Wild, come across the 




dtnyp 


lolls» 7 Si 


Altod/wlkist.' Thank Cud, «j Ur 


THE FATHER. 
iTranslated from li. Norweetsi, * Biamrimra, B>ira- 
M hy M, L. Borleud. J 

Trk man w e are going to toll you tha fol- 
lowing story about um the moat influential 
and wealthy farmer iu the pariah ; hi* name 
as Thord Ovrrnsa. 

One i lay he came into tha idndy of ||m 
minister of tbe parish, looking very impor- 
tant aud solemn. 

“1 have g,.t a son," Im said, “ oad I waut 
to have him chrialwned." 

" What are yon going to call bim P* 

“ Finn, »n*t tny father.” 

**Al»d bia giMlfuthen aud godnmtlien f* 
Thord utenliwued suinei of tbe most re- 
•peered luim and women in (be pariah- 


of M general*, two colonels, thirUro field nth 
ceca. twcnty.four tine i(trner«, sixty pritaUw, and 
a dog." 

Bearing that tbe F ra e M . n t cwi« get bo «q«r. 
rel of which to rovke the broth that he erased, 
two little girla In Painsylvania arat tlieir pet 
aqairred to Elbcroo by eapeesa. 

The Fanoera' Club of tide city has raloM the 
qticalku whether weather prophets are or am- 
use That ia a quraLion which terra* nmsr to 
luire Iwen intre-krd for oreioos treatment, ami 
~r*w the grave sod practical agrkukurisU made 

fiasco of (be atleioptod dfentmioa. 

Th# brevity of the Kcv Dr, Leonard Bacon'* 
prar.1 at the Groeon cvntsDuial lias been made 
a subject of OHoraent by tb* New England presu, 
Tim IlsrtfaH Cnnmnl captains : "The fact i« 
that wkrn Um> dortor'* purse win stolen, hi* cash 
am! tlm miles for hit prayer dUapiHwred at the 
tiare,” This would *«am to lie a r**o of 
" p»p«-r« of do value except to tbe vwocr"— ccr- 
tokdy of no value to tbe thief. 


Religim 


training in Michigan snmr-tia-es takes 
a A father offered his daughter ten 
'he would climb the church stecj.lv, 

* ■ vul hurrah for Boh IngcraolL 
abe obuioed the reward. 


Tha first atndentwa 

Ail ■.ml lo llir White Mouiiiains «<w tmr 
suw ago from Bates Collegv. Threw were thirty 
■ forty of them, and it Is ml that they proved 
. numerteaa that the properetor Iras never since 
takira arara than eight or rune frmu a single col- 
lege. Since thia hegiaaiug, very maciv stwkmts 
have ffsiui their varatiuns in that manaer in New 
Engl ami A year ago a party of 1 Dartmouth boy* 
caine u waiters t» Coocy Island, bat returned 
after au caparieoc* of a few wecki. Tha throoga 


.„ nil 

rolaiiiiM of hia. 

"Is lira re anything otae V inquired tbe 
minister, and looked up. 

The famier healui.il * little. “I would 
ItU* to have him rhriatotMil by btnmrlr." 

“On u week-day. do you Incan f" 

"On batnrday nest, at noon.” 

" >* ‘hero anything clan f” naked the miu- 
later. 

“No, I think rail." Tbe fanner was 
twisting bia rap iu bia bauds as if he was 

gOSDg. 

The minister rare. “ Only this," said Ire, 
and wru I toward Thant, took lire haiwle, and 
liM>ked into hi* eyra: “G»l grant that the 
child Duty Ira a blraaiog to you!" 

One day. sixteen y ean Inter, Thorel via 
standing in I be minister's raum. 

“Yon carry ymir nge well," raid Ihe niiu- 
i*rer- He raw scarcely auy change In him. 

" Dll, Well, 1 have uo t rouble*." reulteil 
Thord. 

The minhtrer was silent ; bnt after a while 
he inquired. “What la your pleasure tra 
night, Timed T" 

“ I hove come about that non of mine ; ha 
is going to be COB firmed tomorrow." 

“ Vea; ha is a clever 1 juL~ 

“ 1 dwlu't like to pay (Ire ji«rw*n Wfi.rc I 
know what number lie ia going to hav« 
amongst Ihe boys in ehoreb to-morrow,"* 

“ He is going to hove Number Odb." 

“ Well, Tto licarel aay so. Here are ten 
dollar* for (he parson." 

“ l* there anything elre I can do for you r 
said the suluisler. 

“No, nothing aloe,” answered Thord, and 
left- 

12igb( ynara have pained, and (lie minister 
was sitting in hi* study one day, when he 
heard a noire of some people outside tire 
dnor. Several men walked iu ; Thord was 
the first to enter. 

Tb* minister looked up and recognised 
him. *’ You come witb a whole company 
to-night,” he sowl. 

** I want yon to publish tire Iirdm 

fur my son; be as going lo lie married to 
Karen Storliden, daughter of Gudmand, who 
is now here witb me." 

“Ah, she is the nelieat giri in the parish." 

“Bo they say," auawarnl the farmer, push- 
ing hack his hair witb one band. 

The minuter rat mtno time a* If in 
thought ; he said nothing, tmt entered lire 
ireuMW In bis book, and the lawn signed It. 

Tboni pot throe dollar* on tire table. 

" My fee isouly ana dollar," sold ll»> miu- 

" Tra, I know ; but he ia my only child. 

* N V r ” y ' “" 1 «*P«<lwJr i».ra.a<r. lire on)** 
of piccnlniffi uinopi Ihecfillrira on tie iac ul can- 
firatMl"" .•* » trailer at rrau lnpi>ntacn. sot M 1* 
Itv ■ hoy to bats “aloud 


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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


SEPTEMBER 24. 1881. 


r.52 


I » ialt to doit band- 

Mlttioly.” 

The minister tools 
l he money. 

“ Tbia ia the third 
tiuie, Thord, 50 a 
have been bare ou 
behalf of your son." 

" Ye* ; but now I 
am ready with him.” 
Tlionl folded Ilia 
pocket-book togeth- 
er. an Ml “good-even- 
ing," and weut oat; 
the oilier* followed 
him klonly. 

Fourteen day* aft- 
er tbia the father 
and eon were row- 
ing arrow tbn lake 
to Starllden to talk 
over Ibv wedding. 

" Title thwart doe* 
not He steady," aniil 
the aou, and got u|> 
off Ilia aeat to pat 
it right. At thi* 
moment the lonxe 
board in the bottom 
of (he liont on which 
he wna atauding 
aiipped. and in try- 
ing to balance liim- 
aelf, be fall over- 
board with a load 
ehriek. 

“ Catch hold of 
the oar,” alion teiltbo 
father, and atretch- 
ed it oat lo him. 
Bait the aon mode 
only a coaple of 
strokes toward it, 
w hen be wo* Mixed 
with cramp. 

'* Walt a hit," cried 
the father, and row- 
ed nearer. 

'Hie aon fell back, 
gave the father it 
Kmg look, and e*nk. 

Tliiwd woald not 
be lie to It; bo kept 
the boat on the 
amoe apol, and Used 
hi* uyea where the 
•no tank, na if ho 
ekjiacted him to 
eitine up again, 
simr bnbblea n»i> 
lo Ilia surface; at ill 
a few more, and 
then a large one ; it 
bnral, and tbn lako 
lay aa amoolh oa a 
uiirnir. 

For three days 
and threw nkghta 
they law the father 
rowing round that 
»pot, without taking 
focal or real. lie 
w oa dragging the 
lake fur tb« body of 
hia aon. 

On the morning 
of Ilia third day hn 
found it, and carried 



FARM.* HEJ'UKU TIIURD. 


it up over the hilla 
to hia farm. 

A year had scarce- 
ly puoacd, when the 
mi mater, late one 

heard aome one oat- 
aide the door of bia 
nans trying to find 
the latch. The min- 
uter opened Iho 
door, and a tall maw, 
with gray hair, and 
•omcwhat boned 
down, entered Ilia 
room. Tl»e tnlnl»t«r 
looked a long time 
nt him before ho 
tvcogwlxed him : it 
wna Timid. 

“Arc you ao Late 
oat !" a* id the min- 
uter, and etued still 
befon- him. 

•‘Yea, I am late 
oat." wi id Tbonl, 

mid aut down. 

The nnulater oat 
down nine, waiting 
f«r Tlionl to apeak; 
1 here waa a long ai- 

" I have got some- 
thlug Willi mu which 
I niah to give to the 
poor," aawl Tbonl at 
Inal. " I ahoilld like 
it inreated oa a leg- 
acy- «» ®y ami'a 

Halin'." He rime, 
put tome money on 
the table, and ant 
down again. 

The good miniater 
counted Ibu money. 
“ Tbia la a great deal 
of money,” be aaid. 

"II Is half the 
price of my farm. 
I hare aold it to- 
day." 

'Hie minuter aat 
long in ailcnce ; at 
U«l hn aniil, quite 
gently, In him, "And 
w hat will you do 
now , Tlii-nl r 

"Something I let- 
ter." 

They aat uleut 
again for Home time, 
i liord with hia iij ew 
ii|iou the door, the 
miniater with hia 
eyca died Dpvii 
Tbiird. 

Gently and slow- 
ly Ibu ininialeT aaid, 
“ 1 bcliera your »on 
line 1 income a b!n*»- 
litg to yon at 
laat." 

“ Tea. I think to 
myself," aniil Timed, 
and two big tear* 
rolled vlowly down 
hi* c hawks. 




BEPTEMBKIt 24. IHSI 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 



THE LATE OEM 
ERAL BURNSIDE 

Gl.VtHAl AMBHOSB 

Evmurrr BrKXSibr, 
ilia tbinl commander 
of the Army of the Fo- 
Imhik itnniig the war, 
n-Gvrrtwir of BUode 
lain ml, ami United 
Slain Senator ft ninths 
inn* SUM, died »t liU 
home in Bristol 8op- 
lember 13, aged fifty- 
an veu gran. lie was 
one of tlie central fig- 
ures in the history of 
the eirll war, and «m 
iu aliuowt continuous 
active service from the 
day when tli* first call 
for volunteers wna made 
by President LlXCOUf. 

General HrnxstDK 
waa a native of Indi- 
ana. having been born 
in tbe little town of 
Liberty, in that Stale, 

May 23. 1-21- Min fa- 
thci and mother were 
born in 8oolb Carolina, 

•aid wont to Indiana in I 
1-13, where they went 
afterward married. Mr. 

LDOKIIILt- UVH.KMIIK 
waa a successful law- 
yer. AvaaiiaK Evan- 
ktt waa the fifth child, 
and be received a good 
eomiaail-sebool educa- 
tion; but just aa tbi* 
waa completed, ami the boy v. 
enurae. bit father's buaineM fililed. Mr. lit 
property, nml the boy» net themedves to work In kelp him 
out of bit troubles. Ambkimc rutcreil Into arrrlcii aa a 
clerk in a little country store, lie did not remain in this 1 
uncoiigeninl bintioew lc»i|r. botrever. Hi* father had en- 1 
tul tamed a di-t.tr for a long time to liuvu one of ku non* cd- 
ucated at a soldier, ami us Amiucum: up|iean.-d lit hate a 
(greater iiivlinnl Inn fur o usllitntv life Ilian vilber one of Ibu I 
oilier boy». it waa decided to endeavor to aernre liu np- 
pniutmeiit m a cadet at We* I Point. Tbe popularity of , 
tin- boy oven at thU early age la aliowo by tbe fart that tin* 
entire (..'ougrcmionnl delegation of tbe State of liollaiui 
united in the petition in bit favor to the meni'or having 
the apiHitotou-uI.au,! bo entered tliu Mtlituiy Arudotny at 
West Point Jnly l, 1S43, bating jatt patted bit eighteenth 
year. He woo graduated in tbo cta*o of 1-17, Inn milk lie- 
lug lit lu a class of thirty -eight. 

lie nerved for a time with credit it an oiHeer of artillery | 
oil the frontier. In 1*03 lio resigned bin mtiitniiMioii, and 
turned bis atteution to tbe Diunufui-tiire id gun*, ami In- 
vented tbe ritfe which bear* hit name. He wa» for a lime 
aaaorinlttl with General <ii:**tr,r. It MrlT.n.i.ax in luadue** 
in Chicago, bnt was a citizen of New York io letil. 1 luting 
the war be participated in i.mny battles, became greatly 
•lUlinguitfat -d, and attained tbo lilglust Unworn ami title* 
of the 


o/ Eiut/uh Perse, which 
waa highly and deserv- 
edly p railed both for 
tea vigor and its ori- 
ginality. lie was 
ficieut also in unite, 
sort a member of the 
“ Peabody Orchestra" 
— an aasociation for the 
cultivation of classical 
music, maintained in 
cosinertioii with tbn 
Pcal-o.lv Institute 
Mr. l_iMr.it died on 
tlie eth iuat.. at Lynn, 
Polk County. North 
Catalina, where be had 
gone to seek relief from 
the disease — cotitatnp- 
tmn— from which he 
had been many yeara n 
anfercr. He was well 
known and ealnomed in 
New York, and eosml- 
ed among bis intimala 
trlemla umi»I of the lit- 
i-niry uku of this city. 


preparing for a collegiate I Island, aud in 18fi7and iwfi* wns re-elected In |H?!iliewa« ! of prnnanenre 
lost Ilia I elected to tile United States Rennie fn-ui Rhode Island, hi* 


pirlng, 

luat winter Jo! 


n tin* 4tb nf last March, Init lie waa re-elected 
i expiring in 1-87. Uts wife died 


SIDNEY LANIER. 


Itv the dentil of Sminkv l.axirn the eiinutry lisa Jnat a 
man of real genius, »ln«e work, excellent iis te wua, gave 
promt** of greater performances in the future. He was 
linrii nt Macon, Georgia, In 1*42, unit wua tlx- eon nf a lead- 
ing lawyer of that city. Ilia health wns never robust, and 
lit* week was always nccnmpli-bcil umler the disadvan- 
tage* ol |,Uysleul weiiknew. 

lu 1-72 Mr. Lavir.R n -tinned to Baltimore, where be be- 
came Ic lnicr on Kngliali literal uro iu Ilia .IoIiiih llopkila* 
University, lu Idl be published a prooe volume. Florida, 
and in the following >c*r be rami* (imminently l«f„ir the 
country a* the author nf tbo eautnta auiig nt tbe opening 
of the Centennial Exposition. May lO.-From this hundred- 
tetraeed lieiglil." In the snnie year a volume or Ilia pneiiM 
wna pnldlalied by tbo Messrs. I.trnvcvirr, of Philadelphia, 
to whose iiiagnrine he was a frequent contributor. Last 
year. lwsideu editing a Boys" f luismrt and a lh ijt" Mug .tr- 
io 1-06 he was elected lintertior of KUode f*«r, Mr. La Mr It gate to tile worUI a volume ou The .Vi met 


LAWN TEN XI ft. 

Wltrs SIMBO seven 
yean ago Mnjnr \\ tvo- 
FIRUi iutrudnerd tbe 
game of lao ii tennis, 
be found n jaded pub- 
lic hungry fnr a new 
out-door post ima. Cru- 
ft Oumsas. quet had cocue and con- 
quered, but it bnd not 
iu Itself the, el, -instil* 
a game, aud it was already in its decs- 
It owed unicli of its p*-l sucres* to iu MefnlucM 
in bringing peopls together for aiailew* out-dour sneial en- 
joyment rutlier than to any iutriusie excellence a* a game. 
Milking tin demand on physical strength and enduraoee, 
and an at first played calling fur bnt little skill. It was pre- 
eminently a gaiiic lot garden purist*. No special costume 
wus necessity to its perfect enjoyment. Tlie suit, whether 
of iiiiisruliiie of feminine* ntlirc, which wna boat adapted 
fot sitting ou gsidt-u arata under tree*, listening to onuair 
diluted with small talk, nud ruling ice-cream, was equally 
well ndii|itci| to the lent pntcliro of Croqisel iis lit first un- 
dcislond. (tut croquet, recognizing the fact that it waa, 
after nil, but a vapid giuni*. felt culled upon Io take thought 
for it* itcveloplm ul if it would hold its own. And mi it 
grew into a game requiring a talent for grasping roiulwnn- 
lioiiN nltntul ns great ns that ici{iiir*d In chesa, ami a skill- 
ful union ol build amt eye but little inferior to that de- 
manded by billinnls, 

Its ilcYvlojnrx ul ssi its downfall, ft waa no longer a 
gniue f**r lawn parlies Experts required a five-inch wick- 
et. which only exceeded the diameter of the ball by half 
an Inch. Of course croquet, as a aortal force, eonld not go 
to this extreme. Again, even when other things were fa- 
vorable, experts weir unwilling Io jeopardise Ibeir reputa- 
tions by playing with mullet- of diverse weights aud uuace 
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with them whenever they strange 

lawns. This «» ton uiorli ilka business, 
and anything aavatlug of rarnrotNMa <»r 
purpoau (wvf, perliap*. in affairs or the 
tn-nrt) «» quite nnl nf plai-e at a lawn 
party. Hence it came about that croquet 
uua moribund when lawn tennis started 
into being. 

It ia not p required to net forth In thin ar- 
ticle Hut rule* aiul principle* of the nport, 
nor to teach the whole duty of the tenon 
player, bat merely to glance at wm* of the 
a»]H-ri* of tit# gaum. A rerent article in 
an Englinh magazine. written by one who 
■bow* a thorough familiarity with hi* snlr- 
Jecl, null ha ml lee it with innrb nkitl nml 
humor, open" our oyen to Ilia fart that the 
beat lawn tennis player* in England have 
arrived at a high elate of excellence, no 
bigb, indeed, that il would *eem Hint the 
time will coma w hen t ho ritlcn mutt be made 
narrower and morn rigorous than at preaent, 
to prevent the game fnwn ilegeueniting iuto 
one of tbo exact eclencm. Tim " serv iim," 
or tint ntortlug nf the ball, wan formerly — 
that i*. two or three year* ago whit most 
player* mainly relied upon, It hr n stroke 
which may lai nlwnya played under the 
same conditions, olid so nor It mg Is needed 
hut In discover what ia the beat service, aud 
when f<m ud, to prnctieo that eorvioe oaiidn- 
oualy outil tbc requisite skill la acquired. 
But what ia mire for the aerver is equally 
aauee for the nerved. If the former strike# 
the halls with uniform precision, Ibe latter 
receives them under conditions which vary 
only with the inability of the server to do 
his brwt. Under any circumstances the ne- 
cessity for tbc ball, when served, to fall 
within a certain limited arm. comprising 
only ahoot tine-fourth of bis court, obviate* 
any real difficulty In lira rase of a brat rate 
player. 

And it Is right that it should he no. The 
service Is merely the •Inrling of a round, or 
“ rally," and it would ho ntwarri in the ex- 
treme if the rules were such that a served 
ball could be killed with certainty time 
and agaiu by a player wlooe skill in serv- 
ice was not superior to that of his opponent 
In general play. Tbe correctness of this 
'trlui-iplu is rwugnirxd in the rule which 
for Imls “ volleying” the service, that is, 
striking it before it has touched tbe ground 
— a practice which would enable an Inferior 
player to kill oven llm I met service, anil 
would, lu eUccl. reduce tbe game to service 
and nothing bessdea. 

Among players, however, who arc not brat 
rale tbc service sttll holds its own as an im- 
portant part of the game, and one which it 
i« well worth while to cnllivate. I'rrlia]is 
the most cited I VII of the mveretl styles is 
the swift overhand service, In which the 
bull limes none of its force by rising and 
tbcu falling, but linos it all by maintaining 
a declining trajectory during llm whole of 
its course. Tlic object too to this nrrvleo ia 
that it is a great strain on tbe fore-arm — so 
great, indeed, as sometimes to incapacitate 
a player from using bin ana for day* togeth- 
er. Next to the iiTerbaml comes tbe swift 
side-stroke service, when' the hall ntartn 
from so elevation about oqnal to that of 
the set, aud falls clone np to the huuiMlary 
linn of the service court, Tbe underhand 
services are ull cony, w hether they lie "cut'’ 
— that is. made to twist oo touching the 
ground, by n-nenn of the “side effect" put 
0 |>an them — oc merely Inmed over the net. 
bat of all kinds of service by far the most 
effective is that sometimes known on a 
*• teaser," or a “ daisy-cutter," which refuses 
to ns# even a bum's- breadth from tbe 
ground, and defeats the most skillful playeT. 
Whatever be the stylo of sen ice In ibis 
case, thn credit of tli* mult must, four times 
out of ffve, be swart ted to the Inequality of 
tbe ground. 

From the article to which allusion hna 
been mails uhnvn we Iram that the game 
ns practiced by the brat players demands 
excellence in volleying to the exclusion of 
almost everything else, After the service 
tbe rraclc player take* hia position in tbe 
centra nf his court on tbo service line. Emm 
this point be corrals upon reaching every 
hall which is returned to him; anil as rim 
court is only twenty -seven feet wide, a good 
Isnglli of arm, aided by a quick step side- 
ways o* forward, should Justify bis confi- 
dence, since every loll that le heyond ble 
reach is almost certain to fall out of court. 
It I* unwise, however, for an indifferent vol- 
lejer to put his whole trust la this kind or 
ptsy. for nothing Is more uncertain than the 
ultimate destination of a volley when tbe 
ball hua been returned so quickly as to leave 
tlm player no time to guuge cither force or 
direct ion. 

Though, oa we bnve said, lawn tennis ia 
trot a not ml game in the same arose as waa 
croquet, it is uot wllbont the elements of a 
social force. In its caw, however, since the 
aim is to bring together persona devoted to 
it lor its own ukr. ami not merely to imfiii- 
bte a miscellaneous party la whom tbe game 
la only a pretext for their coming together, 


instead of encouraging lawn parties and 
such like desultory opportunities for prac- 
tising their favorite game, tlie tennis play- 
er* of a ncigtitiurhood hasten to form them- 
selves into clnlm. Tbe principal clubs to 
which Sew York rily la tributary fleaviog 
out of omialdr rat km summer sojourner* at 
Newport and other popular resorts) are the 
Htateu Inland, tbe St, George's, whose ground 
is at Hoboken, Hie Orange Club, ami those 
at Jersey City. Newark, Morristown, aud 
Short llllls. The drat two ore large and 
important club*. hot they owe tlieir nrgani- 
rntion ill Ibe first Instance to cricket rather 
than to law u lennia. Tbe largest and moat 
important of tbe clubs devoted to lawn ten- 
m< exelraively is tbe Orange Club, which, 
though in its first arawvn, iiimilior* a hun- 
dred members, aud possesses a very pretty 
ground at Montrose, New Jersey. Tlie 
scene of mir illustration W Hie tesoiifol 
ground at New Brighton. Stolen Island, 
which, running down to tbe water’s edge 
on one side, commands n glorious Tiew of 
the upper bay, while Ibe background ia 
formed by the terraced hill, unit its nmtiv 
tasteful villas embosomed in rnasacw of fo- 
liage. 

But New York Has by no means a monop- 
oly of lawn tennis cliilw. The Beacon Turk 
(Tub la the chief among Severn 1 at Boston ; 
and Philadelphia, the stronghold nf rricket. 
is likew ise a warm admirer of the new game. 
Inasmuch, Indeed, as a good rricket ground 
is also a good lawn tennis ground, Philadel- 
phians should, and perhaps do, take the lead 
itaiong the devotee* of Hie game. 

Tbo first tournament held iimlrr the au- 
spices of tbe National Lawn Truuia Asao- 
eiation has recently I wen conclmled at New- 
port. Tbs exhibition of line play on Hi* 
part of Mr. Brans, Ilia winner of tbo cham- 
pionship, ami of those who pressed him 
most dowdy, was n revelation to most of tho 
apertutora, ami tbo association la t» be con- 
gratulated on its success in bringing togeth- 
er such a number of finil-rate players. A 
national SMnrlalinn, indeed, was all that 
was wanting to advance the interests of Ilia 
sport. Its sterling merits as a game have 
been shown by ibe popularity which it has 
so qnickly won, ami iu admirers, w bile they 
do uot regard lawn teams as tbe whole duty 
of man, and Hie single etui and aim of ex- 
istence, are sufficiently devoted to it to wish 
to ar« it take rank with other sport* ami 
pastimes which have their national asmi- 
ciatkm* and their annual re-uuious. 


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Trite second day (September El) of Hi# 
fall meeting of tbe National Rifle Amorla- 
tlon at Creodaioor was opcriall; interest- 
ing on arooniit nf the Military Team Mulch 
at 90b yards, open to teams of five meu from 
any rompany, troop, or battery of tbe Na- 



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at Item, * hit’ll will have to lie won tlireo 
times tiefiiiv it tiecomes the property of any 
organization. It waa won by tbe Twenti- 
eth Separate Company of Binghamton by a 
score of 141. Tim Armf and .Vary Jomraal 
trophy was won by a team of twelve mco 
frem tbe battalion of tbe United Slate* En- 
gineers, with a score of 3411 not of a pncnl hie 
410. Tbo team reprenrutlng tbs Thirteenth 
Regiment of tbe TennsylvanU National 
Guard won the second place aud silver meil- 
ols by a m ore of AIR. 

In the New York flat* National flaard 
Match there were twelve teams of twelve 
uieli each entered to compete for Hie trophy 
prearnted by Senator W. W. Asti.il The 
distances were 9Ub and MW yards : positions, 
standing at 901 yards, and any with brad 
toward tbe target at DUO; live abota at each 




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AFTER ALL. 

DESPITE the prayers and tears and earnest pleading. 
And piteous protest o'er a hero's fall, 

Despite the hopeful sign* our hearts misleading. 
Death cometh after all! 


Over the brightest scenes arc cloud* descending; 

The flame soars highest ere its deepest fall; 
The glorious day ha* all too swift an ending; 
Night cometh after all ! 


O'er bloom or beauty now in our possession 
Is seen the shadow of the funeral pall ; 

Though Love and Life make tearful intercession. 
Death cometh after all! 





HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


OCTOBER I, 1891, 


058 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 

New York, Saturday, Optobbr 1, 1881. 


HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

Ax 1 LLt sT hated Weekly— 10 Pages. 
NEW KEKIAI, STOKY BY W. 0. STODDARD. 


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A SrrfMjirin {tntatmag a JeaUt-fagt fietnn, 

THE DEATH BED OF PRESIDENT GARFIR1.D. 
it utunf gratutternfy i ViVi till rturtSrr ef lluptl's WEKKLV. 


THK LATE PRESIDENT. 

T HE President* <1 phi ilk U ait event which suddenly 
clouds bright pro«|teclA for ihe country, nol be- 
cause there will be any interruption of the peaceful 
order of the government, but because a man n-nmrku- 
bly Riled for the Presidency by character, ability, ex- 
perience, teiujierament. and training, in whom all sec- 
tions and all parties hod come to have profound confi- 
dence, U removed from hi* high place. In niaii)ine*a 
and gentleness of nature, ill Joftiuda of public spirit 
aud disciplined intelligence for public attaint; in 
strength of potilicu! conviction, blended with singular 
moderation of lernper and urbanity of exprewnuti ; iu 
steady self-command, modesty of bearing, and sim- 
plicity of life— the President was the typo of the 
American ritixon, and the kind of man to whom 
American heart* are instinctively loyal. His moder- 
ation. which was sometimes interpreted by liot purty 
spiril as weakness, is now seen in tin* revealing light 
of the lust ten weeks to have been that courage of the 
finest temper which dates to be just, and w hich alone 
ootojiom* angry State*. Uuder bis mild and saga 
cion* «way sectional feeling would hare been still 
further assuaged, and by hi* intelligent energy and 
large experience administrative methods wuuld have 
been radically improved. Doubtless his perilous ill- 
nna, with hi* full consciousness of the affectionate 
sympathy of the whole country, would have offered 
him an opportunity which no President has ever had. 
and which no President has been better fitted to im- 
prove. lie was. indeed, a man of very strung politi- 
cal conviction*. Confessedly and conspicuously a 
Republican of Republican*, he was. however, before 
all. an American, and no man held Republican prin- 
ciples with more intelligent patriotism. Actually 
and officially the meat representative Republican in 
the country, wliat LlECOUt wan to the Republicanism 
of his day. Garfield wa* to llie Republicanism of 
ours, No man *uw the drift of political thought 
more clearly, aud while no one could advocate hi* 
uwn view* more cogently and eloquently, no one also 
could do it with a more honorable mine of fair play 
toward bis opponent*. 

A* hi* diameter and personality became more ev- 
ident, they made the purty of which he wa* the repre- 
sentative stronger in the public confidence. Buell a 
personality foretold a policy which would show a par 
ty patriotically alive to vital questions, not carefully 
iiur*ing old wrong*, hut bravely securing new rights. 
The dauntleM cheerfulness, not reckless bravodu. the 
sweet and steady heroism of the sick -chain her, which 
lux-ante a man in a great place suddenly confronted 
with mortal peril, were the earnest of the high official 
fidelity which we bad the right to anticipate. His 
career, from the canal-boot tn the White House— M a 
young hoy earning hi* bring, ** a student and teach- 
er and local legislator, u» a soldier and member of 
Conger**— was marked throughout by conscience, the 
quality which is so great in Ot.AtmTOXE. He was in- 
defaligably industrious. No American iu public life 
ever hod a higher sense of it* rrsponsibil it i<*. among 
which be counted ran-ful and tliorougll preparation. 
While others vapored aud perorated, GARF1RLD stud- 
ied and reflected, and so to the practical sagacity he 
lidded the ample knowledge and disciplined mind 
which no statesman can span*. Thi* wus especially 
the ground of hope in hi* Presidency. Ho wu* a 
stutesnum much more fhun a partisan or a party lead- 
er. His mental grasp «u calm and comprehensive; 
h» perception* exceedingly acute; his impulses hon- 
orable ; his love of truth and justice supreme ; his tem- 
per conciliatory, so lliut, without unmanly concc* 
(dun, lie hud no real enemies; bis purpose pure; hi* 
method* frank : and carried into the 1‘nwiilcncy with- 
out real bitterness of opposition, it is Fair to supfsoe 
that, emerging from the dark valley, hud Heave 11 so 
willed, he would have ushered iu a truer era of good- 
will than that which wa* called so sixty year* sgn. 
Hut it is not to be. The bowl is broken at the fount- 
ain. The hopes (hat anticipated such results, as the 
duwn herald* the sun, have vanished. The brave, pa- 
tient, high hearted man upon whose fluttering breath 


hung the prayerful anxiety of the world, din* amid a 
grief such as would attend thedeutb of no living man. 
For Garfield himself it is not to lie doubted Hint he 
die* at a fortunate moment, with the love of all hi* 
countrymen like brother* lamenting him. and their 
faith firm in the great and humane work that be wus 
sure to do. "My Captain! O my Captain!'' in the 
glowing prime of his pure aud vigorous manhood, 
with his bright face to the future, and hi* strong hand 
upon the helm, he fall*— but rises again and forever 
in the ufTrvl innate remembrance of his country. 


PRESIDENT ARTHUR. 

With profound pity aud sympathy the country 
turn* to llie successor of President GaSOTRLD, because 
■l kuowa him to be painfully aware of the circum- 
stances under which hr niter* upon his high office. 
These cireumstance*. Ivowever, do not affect the con- 
stitutional right by which all the duties and respon- 
sibilities of the Presidency now devolve upon him. 
Under llie Constitution he is the )*re*idrnt. and hi* 
title is as indisputable as that of President Garfield. 
Hut hr knows— and it is thi* knowledge which pains 
him probably more deeply than any of his fellow- 
citiaen*— that he come* to hi* constitutional right by 
a monstrous crime, and a crime designed to make 
him President. Certainly if ever an American citi- 
xen needed the sympathy and the support of the coun- 
try, it is Mr. Arthur. and the very pilnuneu of 
llie situation will secure him both until he shall do 
something to forfeit them. 

Mr. ARTHUR is known a* an amiable gentleman 
long engaged in the " practical politics’* of New York, 
but with no administrative experience except such as 
he acquired a* Col Ire tor of the Port. Hi* ossneiatr* 
in the parly burr been known as "Stalwart*,” and 
llie circumstance* of his nomination at Chicago are 
familiar. In the contests of New York politics, al- 
though formerly a friend of ex Governor and Sena- 
tor Morgan, since that gentleman's retirement Mr. 
AUTHOR has been a devoted friend of ex-Henator 
CoXKLIXO, Thi* friendship ha* rxpored the country 
to some peril; for when Senator CuXKUXii and his 
colleague resigned, at the close of the late session, 
they surrendered the Senate In the Democrats, amt 
the Vice- President retained the chair lest a Democrat 
should Is* elected President jwo femjwire. and stand 
next in succession to the Pn-tidenov Thu* one of 
the consequence* of llie CoRKLtNct surrender is that, 
until the Senate elects a presiding officer, then* is no 
successor to the Chief Magistrate. 

A* wc write, it is of com-M- imprenibtr to speak of 
the policy of tire new Administration. Prolwhly no 
change of any kind will lie made immediately . Know- 
ing that he would not have been circled to llie great 
office that lie fills, and equally aware of the universal 
and peculiar sorrow for the death of his pmlcronnr. 
President ARTHUR* own feeling* will doubtless per 
suade him to show liis participation in that sorrow by 
continuing fur some lime, as it were, the administra- 
tion of his predecessor. President Garfield hud not 
hud time to develop n plan of administration. He 
hail been in office hut four month* when he was shot, 
and his policy was not nnnnunctxl it was only an 
antiri|mtion of the country founded upon hi* charter- 
ter and his known convictions and sympathies. It 
is not to lie expected tluit Mr. ARTHUR will outrage 
public sentiment by any sudden and flagrant reversal 
of his predecessor's arts. The welfare of the Repub- 
lican purty is involved in his administration. If his 
interpretation of the party desire should lead him to 
discard the general views with which President Gar- 
field was known to sympathize, if he should suppose 
thut the party can successfully fight new battles upon 
old issues, and contemptuously disregard p ro gm m 
and reform. Republican regret for the great calamity 
which now overshadows the country would he more 
poignant than ever. Meanwhile there is a general 
recognition of the perfect propriety of President Ar- 
thur's conduct since the fatal shot of the ltd of July, 
and an equally general disposition not to embtUTam 
his mint difficult position. He know* what course* 
and what men the country and hi* party have im- 
pressively and overwhelmingly condemned, and he 
must know tluit to adopt them now would lie to dis- 
appoint the country, and to rein both hi* administra- 
tion aud the Republican party. The tone and spirit 
of his modest, sympathetic, and judicious inaugural 
address, indicate* a determination to pursue the wise 
policy. 


THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OIJITR AIT’S CRIME 
The violent death of the President is due to the 
spirit of fuctinn mail* furious by the spoils system. 
Except for the practice which wo have tolerated in 
this country for a half century, and which has become 
constantly more threatening and perilous, GUITKAO 
would not huvo felt that working for a party os a 
speech -maker or a runner of caucuses and bul lut-boxe* 
gave him a claim to reward in the salary of a place, 
or a right to demand such reward os his due. and to 
feel wronged if he did not receive it Thi* dire ca- 
lamity is part of the penalty that wo pay for permit- 
ting u practice for which as a public Win- lit not a sol- 


itary word cun he urged, and which, while stimula- 
ting the deadliest passions, degrades our politic* and 
corru)da our character. 

There are thousand* of men in every part of the 
country, who. because like OCTTBAC they made cam- 
paign speeches, nr busied themselvr* in campaign 
cl ill**, or gave money, or time, or labor in some way 
to promote the election of President Garfield, feel", 
a* Gi'itkac felt that they are entitled to he paid for 
it by a place in a custom -house, or a prat -office, or a 
department in Washington, or in some oilier uf the 
myriad public office* aud employments, and that 
those who now occupy such place* liave hod their 
share, and ought to he turned out to make room for 
new men. If in the opinion of such men their 
"claims'' are not " recognized, “ like GnTEAt: they 
helieve them selves to be outrageously wronged. If 
with this feeling they hear the President stigmatized 
us false to his party and treacherous tn his supporters, 
any one of them, morbidly and angrily brooding over 
hi* disappointment, may at any moment be stung into 
a resolution to revenge both himself and his party by 
11 deadly blow. Such a man see* that a new Presi- 
dent is u new chance for him, and thus the spoils sys- 
tem to a weak brain instigate* fuiaasaiualiuu. 

It will not lie denied tliat if there had been a rea- 
sonable regulation of appointments in the civil serv- 
ice which secured them to proved merit instead of 
party “ work,” GrtTEAV would not have omasainaled 
President Garfield. A madman, of course, may 
shoot nt anybody But except for the doctrine tliat 
the whole civil service is the spoils and plunder of a 
victorious purtv. the President would not have been 
iwsasMi nated by Outsat. Is it not time for an intel- 
ligent and self respecting i»cople to abolish an evil for 
which nothing is to he said but that it is an alarming 
abuse mistakenly thought to be essential to party 
organisation and efficiency f At every memorial 
meeting in the country could there be a more signifi- 
cant and impressive lemon drawn from the national 
sorrow than tluit the spoils Kyxtem stimulates such 
crimes, and that the brave and beloved President lias 
fallen a victim to a vast public evil, whose nature 
and tendency no man ha* more clearly described 
than lie I We trust that there will be such an un- 
mistakable expression of the popular feeling upon 
this subject tliat the new Administration and Con- 
gress may hear and heed. 


THE NEWSPAPER. 

No pnper read nt the late meeting of the Social 8ei- 
nice Association luis attracted so much general at- 
tention in the press oh Unit of Mr. Charles Dudley 
WarxeR upon the newspaper. Thi* i* due not only 
to the fact of Mr W ABNER'S distinction ns a literary 
man. but to his long experience as a successful editor. 
He in at the head of one of the chief daily journals in 
New England, and liis word* are those of practical 
knowledge Mr. Warner puts more clearly than it 
has ever horn put before n point which is of vital im- 
portance in considering the question of newspaper* 
It i* I hat a newspaper is n wholly private enterprise 
for the pecuniary advantage of the proprietor. The 
relation of the public to the proprietor is precisely 
that of the buyer to any other merchant. He pays a 
certain »um for a certain commodity. But he ha* no 
more right to undertake to manage the proprietor's 
bunueaa for him than to manage that of any other 
me reliant. To oak a newspnj*-r for an advertise- 
ment or for a notice of a private interest is as imperti- 
nent as tn ask the grocer to give his sugar and butter 
instead of selling them, to ask the baker to give his 
bread, or to aik the lawyer to plead a cause for no- 
thing. Tlie linker, the grocer, and the lawyer make 
their living hy selling their wan*, not by giving 
them away, and the newnpuper is not a public char- 
ity, of which the benefits may be enjoyed without 
price. but it is a private bnsiuoM, carried on for pro- 
fit, not for pleasure. Those who think tliat llie pub- 
licity which it offers to un advertiser is not suffi- 
cient return for the cost of advertising will go else- 
where. But if they are sat idled to advertise, it is 
l»-cau*o they think tlie return is an equivalent. They 
pay for that, nnd they receive it. But they liave no 
further claim. They have no more right to demand 
"a notice 1 ' because they advertise than to demand of 
their hatter a pair of glove* because they have bought 
a hat that suit* them. 

The newspaper, indeed, from its nature, necessarily 
establishes a moral and intellectual relation with its 
buyer which the grocer and the baker do not. It 
maintains opinions, it arguni and uppculs; it advo- 
cates or oppew* public policies and measure*; and as 
its buyers are naturally those who agree with it, thn 
laws of trade make it seek to agree with them. Thus 
Uie newspaper is very much wliat its public wialies it 
to lie. If tlie opiuioiis of the paper are such aa to 
rejiel advertisers and buyers, the opinions will b« 
suppressed, because the proprietor will hardly care 
to publish his opinions at u great and constant Iran. 
Thi* seems, indeed, to imply that public opinion 
guides the press, rather than the press public opinion. 
But the truth is tliat the influence is reciprocal. In 
[ every great community the general tendencies of po- 
, litieal opinion, for instance, ore already determined. 



*i»d l *' l4 | truly L° r ^fcSth kAmIi any on« of them 
«bl>* a«i<U. hv menus of publicity and 

n rit* >r *| |dmliib - ability, u natural leadership. 
Tl«t*. ,e -« r tai«»t- ,t C|M * ***rci“® to tin; Inwt result* 
with*** p .. Thus, if the jotirnal be Ifo- 

inibl' < ‘* n i 1 ;„i i . “K'rmic, it can educate and advance 


publ* 1 '"** w hj c |j V*** cp i»Uc 1 it can educate and aslYajvre 
opin' 00 ?, .1: 1 **I>pruvea. mi tony a* it is done with 

out fa 1 * 1 l ‘*| n g Republic-tin or Democratic gyjti 

pothy- . arp r . l ‘° Rcpubtkun journal should sud- 
denly ® pnocrutic views, or rice rwraa, it* 

prn*P*' rl * . _ ** Instantly checked. No editor 

in tb* c< ^ 1 put »t , ^ ri4 *’ ^ ,SM I a greater influence than Mr. 
GM* 8 *^,' , ,H Understood that his diantre in 1872 

from 0 ***’• * u ’ ai * adrocato to a Democratic candi- 
date *“* * *' r y serious blow to the wdfaro of tin* 
Tribun*- 

lUlitorla 'Uty, profraaionally viewed, is the fac- 
ulty 0*1“ " w n»ch, in the first place, tUaoerns what 

is realty * lt ‘ *• and condense* ami prorate it accu- 
rately »*‘ d enusr *-mningly. Obviously what is news 
in one P** c *» “*»«l tinder certain circumstances, m»v 
not bo nows la another. What is desirable in a 
weekly pap*‘ r “ttty bo out of place iu a daily paper. 
The f*c M, ty or aiatlnjfuishing in Mich case*, and of 
adaptiveness to the situation, ia a le-.it of editorial 
ability- *“ -fl Second place, that ability is shown 
in lb" , 11 ^ ,t ‘* w liich the circulation of (he paper 
If maintains and increased without compromise in 
the cspccs*i"n of c-rf j torial d •nvictiou. ] t is. of course. 

to the Woi K l,t and influence of such exprra- 
sions that they 1** kiiown to he perfectly 1 tones t. 
There i* no leader«hi|) in echoes and iuiilatiuu*. 
When, therefore, the opinions of a great and prosper- 
ous palter an* ateadily maintained, it t* a just in- 
ference that they nrv widely shared. Papers that 
“wobble" infallibly betray either want of ability to 
discern opinion, or want of skill to maintain their 
own view. Thin is the reason that clever journals 
value consistency no highly that rather than appear 
to be inconslatent they ora sometime* willing to lie 
unjust. Mr . W arnkk'h paper is certainly a very val- 
uable contribution to a very interesting and continu- 
ous discu&ion. 

THE LAST LIVING FRIEND OF SHELLEY. 

TorL.iW.vrY. the friend i»f Snr.i.ixv anil Brow, lias jn«l 
died at the ate*' of eight y-niivc, simI it was naturally sup- 
posed that there wi*h no longer a living link with the re- 
markable group nf English 1 >0*4* who w*r* in Italy sixty 
yean ago, and tin* story uf wlicsm life Is so ever ftwv.li in the 
lives of BvHoS, hnmxKV, and I.kihii Hl'VT. Kr tii wn» 
of the some lime, but. uut of (lie same company, Hill it ap- 
pear* that the widow of Captain Williams, «Ih> wa» but 
with Sheixty. married, long afterword. Huru.r.v’s first and 
most intimate friend, Thomas JKmwaoM lloou, vbiw n- 
markable Life of Shtilrg stopped with Urn second volume. 

Tills lady l* tin* “Jain- with a Guitar," aud "Jane, the 
KeeuUectii.nl,'' to whom fttlKLlxr oddiesaed both bcuntiful 
pvirms in the last year of bis life. She is sllll living near 
Loudon in a retired villa, an old lady, *' tall, upright, fair; 
with aqnfHoe (Vatnrra ami dear, bright bine rye*." In the 
library of her liouae bang* the guitar of which flHKU.KY 
sang, and upon l|« wall is tbr only nntbentv" portrait of 
tMiKLLKV, pisintral by CtJtVT. It i* >tesc rllied by the Amer- 
ican who knew TKKLAarxxr in Charleston in 1839 a* of lil'e 
•it* and of moderate merit, “bat I lie fine fen-brad, large, 
thoughtful eyes, delicate ill-mill, ntnl and, yearning rx|»rew- 
siu-n of the whole fnce ween to justify Taw.!* nicy's saying 
that them ia the man *s be was In those last days in IWW." 

It is •■* interesting filial glimpse of one of the mint iuter- 
rslisig group* in English literary history. In that history 
gUKLLxr in perhaps the nsiwt pst belie figure, nnd in no- 
thing mure than ill lii* relation with BYSuv, when* genius 
he foil extinguishing hi* own like thr situ a fin-. Am them 
any other accessible retninweinro of Tnrixwvav's visit to 
(til* country than this allusion by "a young Northerner" 
who happcni*! to dine with bitn nt Charleston in 1KB, ami 
who attracted TtUtLaWNSY’it attention by mying licit 
Waterloo was not the wily battle of Importance in the 
century up to that time, bee nose Navorino would count for 
something f 

TI1E RUINS OF CAMBODIA. 

A mew edition of IV La ml 9 / lit While Klrykaul, by Frank 
T iNCurr,Jnn.,hsajnwt lieen Issued bj Haiu-ih A Bmuthcibi, 
with nn important anpp lenient containing the moult* of 
the latent Investigation* in Biirmali, Viiiui, (.'atabrotia, and 
Cochin China. I‘erlia|*i the moat lateiwetlng part of tl*e 
supplement is the chapter on Cambodia. Not even tbo es- 
cavntioas which hair ahnwn to ns tbo buried cities and 
Cyprus have thrown more light upon the perfection attain- 
ed by Eastern nrt than have thr splendid aud stupendous 
ruins found iu tbo interior of Indo-Cluna. But though the 
degree of Oriental art has thus been mode plain, absnluli'- 
ly nothing la known concerning tko people to whom the 
original structures are due. 

j-evun year* ag>* the author of this work had the gin* I 
fortune and tile honor of bring the first to make tlm world 
ucquainb*l with the mysterious and wooiWrful rains of 
Cauitaodta, and he still rvniums tlie only authority on tbo 
•alijrrt. Since thru ho Ills bestowed much time au<l study 
nti the general subject of ('ambodiau antiqnitiex, with spe- 
cial nAmm to tlie sola I inn of tacll enigtna* a* tile pro- 
bable date whru tbr clllso were built, aud by wbat races, 
tbc peesrnt faiucr of tbs descendanta of tlie builder*, anil 
the miigiotl to which tlie-ir temples were dcslicated. Tbo 
manic* of his rears rr be*, greatly condensed but clearly 
stated, are set forth ill the supplement to his work. 

Mr. VlVCiWT bos endeavored to do for t'aniliodla what 
BlBPMKSa did for Yucatan, nnd hgUB for Petu. It sretus 
probable that the ruin* of Farther India may yet prove to 
S bs of os great interest and importance to the arc biologist 


ns thore of Central and Southern America. Meanwhile the 
author snlistilr* Ida descriptions, farts, and »]*-cnlatie-tis in 
the hope that they may inspire other travellers to examine 
these wundrtms relies, and make them speak aa eloquently 
of a post age ns thr laoimnienta of Egypt do of the day* of 
Urn most ancient of her kings. 

MRS. GARFIELD. 

TtlK wife of tbn late President has shared with him thn 
tender solicit nde of the country, and in this hour of uni- 
versal sorrow she i« lmrne In millious of hearts ami house- 
bobla lo-tvaved by tl>« hloir whieh has wutowrd her. 
Tlireugh the long martynlom of brr husband there bus 
tiecri no glitn|w of her which has not shown her to lw 
worthy of tits man to whom she ministered ; ami all that 
public gratllndn and private feeling ran do to show the re- 
spect o<f the country for thn widow of its Chief Magistrate 
will unquestionably be dime. 


A NEW SATIRIST. 

Mil W. R-fllLftErr. the writer of the flu* Bali*4», and of 
the libretto of Mr, SvujvaN's /'iso/orv and Tike 1‘iram of 
fatsanrr, has not liei'ti taken anrtotuly us a force or pbenoio- 
rnoa in lltoratuie until the London .SpoCstnr lately treat* 
him a* sneh. Mr. (ilLnxtrr hns Just pnblislied a second ae- 
ries nr Origiaai /Toy*, in which the critic dr tecta signs of 
for higher 1 towers tbuii bad Iwoil siiN|M-<-te<l — a genuine |iu- 
tliM, a line and genial irony, anil a new. peculiar, and origi- 
nal huiuor. Plsqforv nod tbe Pirwlrv are avowed and lim- 
it teas nonsense, b»t they have, tin- critic is sure. a slight 
but definite satire upon “the braggadocio-pat riotie tnitnp- 
tiouBueaa of the liLAi nNsriKLli era." 

Tims Sir Joseph Porter’s accontit of his rise to be ruler 
of *• tlie (juwin'a nave*’’ was a mild satiric eltullitinu, yet 
"It rea< -lied a wider circle than ha* been tvoelo-d by auy 
st ago satire of onr generation," and in tbe sor-g of tlm 
Englishman who in spite of all temptation* to ts-lnug to 
other natlaiis remain* inflexibly an Eiiglnhnaaa, “ the linesl 

rssriiee of Jiugoiswi is sntirin-d y ami wo can not csili- 

ccive it satirired with more pungent efficiency or a more 
thorough *•»«»* of fua." 

Tlie poUceman'a song in the Plorfre teems to the $p**ta>nr 
to show the originality of inventive buiuor. with “satire of 
a really high nnd subtle kind." and -‘delicious and most 
laughter-moving fttn." TiiACKr-M*v,it is sure, and Cain, vlt, 
wmild have delighted in anch roasting uf maudlin acuti- 
mentallty. The .'pertatec conclndtw that whila Mr.tlllJUtRT 
hns produced a* yet no important work, it ia not impossible 
that In- may jot do something whieh will stand to i’iao/sre 
Mill tbe I’M* ns l itsi'v IWr and the .Yrirroau* stand to 
Jeatwer'* It utrn ami tlie Hvk 1 /Snobs. 


BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. 

Vl have already mentioned the interesting exhibition 
nf wood engravings which is to ojhmv in Huston on the 4th 
of October, aud which cm not fait to be singularly at- 
tractive and instructive. But to those who ran not me 
the works which will bo collected there, we commend the 
lirst paper in tlie October Dumfetr of /foejor* ifeysrise a* 
a gallery of Illustrations of the present extraonlinnry ex- 
rrlle-lice of that art iu America. Tbo paper is one of klr. 
Gurnet’s works with pen and pencil, railed “A Berkshire 
Road," and tlie delicacy, soft nr**, luiumoasams, ami clear* 
news of tbc illustrations are incomparable. 

Nothing is more striking iu Mr. (ii re-ox's work than its 
imaginative quality. Iiletiilnl with it* keen fidelity to tbe 
artsinl fuel. This is. of coarse, an iucammiinfeabb- secret, 
but it is mark ml in all the best contemporary art of this 
kind. Hie vignette of this nnmlwr of the Jfapar t»», hy Mr. 
Ahuhv, coitipared with Mr. Otnsox’s drawings, i* nil inter- 
esting illustration of the diffwenro of styles in this srl, 
which is almost a new art within the lost generatbiu. 
There is the same exquisite retltiuno-ut in tbe touch of both 
artists, and Iu the work of Mr. Aiibly a sriitiuiCBt of quaint 
romance which is unique. 

lint wood engraving in a composite nrt. The beautiful 
effects which are enjoyed by the reader of Harper, for in- 
n Inner, are due to tbc perfect co-oporntlon of live artist, the 
cutter, and the printer. Tlie cutter conld easily ruin the 
best effect of tbo artist, atxl tbe printer baffle both artUl 
aud cutler. Huch result* as the liner illustrations of the 
.Ifajturisc ure due to an ortutic foe-ling sr>d sympathy aiming 
all wl»o take part in producing thr werk. Tlie apprecia- 
tion of ssirb happy haraoMiy iu hitmr is shewn in the cou- 
stantly iocreaslng prosperity of tbe Stapanne. 


BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. 

BxMaTrm Van Wvcx, of Xrhrnaka, who la well known in 
New York polities, having been a Keprewentative to Coo- 
grtws front this Dial*, hn* made a s]ietM-b apoti “ linsncr, 
traiMportatioD, civil service, anil the Indian queatiou,” at 
the Illinois .Stole Fair. According to the report, “bo op- 
posed the prep-ct of modern civil service rcfonners. and ex- 
pn-snnl the opinion that bnsliirm r|iial ibralions should Is? 
pri-frrvrd to compclitire examinations." W» suspect that 
the trouble with the .‘k-Diitor in discnuwng thu snhjnt 
would l>r a wont of knnwlcslge- Hie studies have bceD in 
another direction. Mud he taken rare to inform himietf, 
be would not have mode the remark attributed to him. 
For it ia the spoils system, of which Mr. Vox Wrcx dot* 
know Mmirtliiug, which ilppoinl* to business places in the 
public service vtithoot tbe slightest rvgsnl In tmsiiiesa 
quulidt-atious. ami it is tbe re formed or merit system which 
insists ti|Kni them. If the Heuntor will take pains to ascer- 
tain tbc fart*, be will ienru that a competitive examination 
1* favored by tlie most intelligent mol sarnrwtfaf huaiiien 
men in New York as the roust feasible method of nvtloring 
the tralMiu.-tioti of Urn public busincm to boMtiess principles. 

Tbe Troy JitM*. which cm twit *|H>ak of reform without 
impatience, praise, I'ostnuuU-r-Cicnetsl Jambs'* system of 
promotion u* tire buahww reform of n true huaine** man. 
It* pnuse Is merited. But thn promotion which tbe Troy 
TIism commemla U only a part of a method introduced by 


be IbmtmaateMH*"’ * ■ ' York offire. and which 

1-gins with a r"B»P»* . '. x n‘ n * ,, "u- “Civil servioo 

S 5- wSSs 5^ “ “^2 

Qt I— m, -t. ..1— - ,a -o- -rill a { , u( ,r,r. 

PEIi-Kix,, 

mi.’Si- - r .Kf“ 52K- •VttSTS.'S S t 

ocrtmpL ».l by Mr. and Mm '«”•«*» Wim 'ttteJSr one Id 

the rolehtan-il beauties i of Kngfatwl, * brilbsat aiul ,ts..I,iiiir Irish 
...m.n, nlsre ol Hradfotd. Ure hti.l«ml is a 

Mr. \\ iilisu K Vs. York, who died a fo. 

■ky* ag-s at rarsunrA Sl'rmx , was « , ^ 

sorau, and an inveotoe •ticks have bivn .4 

He Inretibsl the tna*M««J ^ the ir.x Atlantic cable as* 
Soil, and s.prefo«ende.« i» down. ||„ , at( | 

otlo-r c*».lre He *a* •"«* n“rmgo reUte.1 to tbe family 

of tin- Ute Ocwrsl J / 4 ,°* V“**, who from lsvi lo |u-- 8 
omo.MsVr.is, ski, -f of tbo Hutre army. Voc m.nyy^ 

L- w*A SO sugtoare m »• 1 Sutra o»,y, and .nbre-trentlr, 
do- war, manager ^ »faflty Iron Works in this ,-.1,. 
»ur s l.wr p«,t be h»*l , ’* C “"“ , . PC, T ''Iasi He ,„».«**«! s ,v«. 
tiiforstils fiiruitir. atwl w*» eery chariuble. 

—Tlie rsnrh of cx-Sen»t«e Uottncv, at Chico, Colfax Counlr, New 
Mexirn, is dm targral ^'JV^fh in this country, embracing 
&si.«iO area* of l*iul. well sati rod. and sirli bulUinra ample ss-l 
adafilad ciprvrelr «*> tbe pnq»ra-. There are no* on lire pUre 
3 1 ,0«0 h-sd of cattle at»d 1200 heroes, worth, at! lohl, sb*tt 
lljtno.onn, 

—Mr, Umnwra gsnrrt. »h® baa lierai spokr* of is Ukelr to sue. 
re.,! «'• 1| »' Mistcreliip o t >/’iversi t;r (Moot, .trains that 

three 1s any probability of h*» doing m, and declare* that Csnsda 
ia p-riitAiiic.il! lus home. 

— Wstr WnrniAS, who has bore, stone ti„„ hi lfostoa, looking 
•ft" l '“> pbntlnc nr hts p*w«L, prods a ds, accosioAaHy with 
Mr. Ehibmis, at ttocaw. » ll, i whom bs ditiui nn e.isdat L«l 

— The ex-Enipro- K' oixre is will i n n«re,a.t,lr at lire km 0 f 
her am. Mre lire* olmm tlmo, doc. mo of politic*, snd 

ttliB no Inurat m * lw« »* going *, n ln ih t . » uf |j 0 ut*ld», She 
has an Inoeow of g'JSO.iWM, « roar. 

-Mr. l>AL«Ty»t.s, whose farm at Eoepi. BsknU Trerilorr. it 
forty-fire mile* Song, me redo wide, amt „„ wbi.i, h* l,a* thi rear 
reire-J 60U.WW Umbria of wheat, ,, UBrided into A™ divisions of 
6.MSI .r-rcs each. Each «• «""<• Is opsin dSisfed into lattdion*. 
with a fnrvama or major, who has thargo at *sst *m-* I'ndrr 
him are throe ■••fag • rapuin. and nmivsting . 

r.vtxB, which is WUtM of lrere-i Each svperin«cu-b ! . 1 t pianta 
hi* crop and b»rrcsfo it, reporting f rion u* 1|nf| ^ || r 
Brian. x. wbj direrte and orenroa the whole, tsit sprn-t* tire greater 
part of bis time st the office, planning and cakwhuinc for (Ire best 
rosnlu from the "mallrat outlay, The superintendents arc rrepon- 
vible fur tlw g.s-1 order of tl«{, no n, st, K -k, and marf.lre.rv, *„d 
there ia a deodril rivalry bctswii tb*m s» Co which can prtdore 
die Mggeat crop. When tbe ploughing ouninran-s in the sprirgl 
the men go mu Hi gangs, each taking Oil) seres, mofor the lirinilma 
of a foreman, wlio 1M0 along on h-irrotuek tn see thst the wurk 
is iloos preqierir. Kvcrythtng i» in the mllitarv *itV. 

— Frof.resu Km »i;rii. nn renini-m surgicon of Kiel, ia tlm first 
man who hs* broken thremgh tlm Innluiona uf (iertuan ro«»Hr, 

1 Not indy has he married the Prim-re* of SrhlMwfg Holiubi, bit 
bis nrermge bat bee* cordially tecwptni by thr liuiw-rial family of 
liermanT, sliooi tber often entertain. Wh.-n the iWi-oor lately 
aliendui tlm Mntlc* I Coocross in London, the Crown Princess took 
psrtk-uUr pride in preventing Mo to hre asuher tbc tfoviui. Thu* 
sluwlv but anrwlr ability oT.-rramrs thr tnulitirool siwial rentren. 
liuvuiitUia of emart*, and intellect is gnuvfullr awanieil Lliu firei- 
Uea it vorrits. 

— Mr. Me* sirs, an opulent brewer of Ctarinnati, a few daya ago 
rnmumnre-d to administer upon his own by nuking a dona- 

tkas of fiSMjOOO to his cluldren — to lii* too Jon*. |Au,iNM>j to 
OaotoK. ♦30.w»>; to Jsrow, fan.iHW, to Li»rer.*j.i,.»s); to hia 
111*1 ru-l dwnghtcr. Las* Bam, fit 11,000, and |||>,I»0 to bet hu«- 
band, I'ostin Una* 

— Kim In Pirlisment the tedium of IrgUUtiTr preiccedisgs is 
relirred liy a little honest lidvror. fo.rnu tlm recent iliH-asaion 
of the l.and lk.ll a cynical frictiJ of the MmUlrr was no lied vhAt 
ha tlssighi of it. Ho replioL “ It ia like the Atiisuasinn Creed — 
we all believe II though we do not understand iL~ 

— Jsaxx Joax*.tbr roVwed brslTwemat of Jarntttsov Psv is 
when he was captwreil. is now a jailer in Kalrlgh. North Carolina, 
Ttnmph a Hepsblirvn, ho is always ready to say a kind woo] for 
hia old master, lie »«■ not, however, Nr. Dsvta'a slave, 

— There is no male deecrwiitat of Daxikl Wcitnxa now bring 
who b-srv hit n-vove. Tlie <rily dosce-n lints living arv grandchil- 
dren of Gaira H'aisrrsa, who mirrird 8 a - am Amnin, hy whom 
she Usd four children— •aMM*. Dasiil, Csaiux. And Jrtii. Dss- 
1KL died childless: Nswrnk nitl M a dsngliUr of General Ant*. 
cnuniF, and now litre in NaMScfimseK*; Caeub married Ntw- 
sotn Eimiab, of New York, and after hi* death Cufoinrf J u»wa 
UoxAraxTx; Jli.ia marri.H Mr. AawirrrAU, of Nuw York. As 
these children, eictydiBg Pistki.. mill lire.it will ti* seen tbit 
there are two gnuakbvghtern and one gnuulsoa of IIkih Wib- 
mn alive at the pre-mt time. Tliej are Mrs. ltovirmt. Mrs. 
Aaatatxan, and SiNt at ArounoN. 

—11 ax»T Tonp.of Ibro-n, is the rieliMt colored man la (leorgia. 
Wln-n a wib. his mW4«r iln«l. nml left bim hi* freedom fur fsith. 
fill attention during the slt«i- luililrr's la*t sickness. The family 
kept him on »t a liAndsunr salary as swiriant nveroerr. lie feng 
Ih-ucIiI land, s*d aftmranl skvviw, and nt tlm fill of the Oonfvd- 

c-racy loti twenty tii-gn-ro mil aihiiu immry m < 011 fide r»lo bonds 
But this he road* guml by veiling at fifty rent* s pound a crop of 
cotton he bad oared. He Is no* worth shoot iv oi*f- 

riM, rod bvv fire children, well i<forstid ; own* s coontry place la 
the itKOTitsio*, whither In- hire iu t** weather; sod lie ia highly 
nwpcelevl by everylwidy wlio knuws bim. 

—A few ditH sine* s Udy «1 mi Iuas ukro »» setive interest ia 
tbc “ Sw shore Cnltopf at Lmg Breach iN-ppul nt the rottage 
of Mr. Gsoreir W, Cnil-iw for a brief roll, Afn-r a little chat, Mr. 

C. a*htd. “ How p*« the ’CsWtagt' f— doe* i* meet yc*ir wxpacta- 
lk*x* f " " Ab. vr," u'ldiivl the Wily, " if y<«i could ace bow tbry 
enjoy the lmlidsy wliidb yon b*ve Iwlpeil to proronr for them, you 
would think it did, ami mo?*, Otic |nrr wuinin rime up to mu 
tbe other day, ant] said, with troro In hur ryn*,'l have not bad ■ 
rent before in twioty yewre.' " “ Well," said llr. 1 'mins. who hti 
proricsasly contrilMiUvl gem-rourlr U> U* fond*, ’* yo* oaust bare 
sorae more a s o we y ." “I did not ivsmi fur thu purpose," amwer- 
nl the Indy, “but simply In aukc a call." “ Yes," continued Mr, 

C , " but here fat something more fre you," nnd lismlid hrv a crisp 
bank. note, the valor of which tav ImU-At.d by thrre tgnrr- 
" Give yuur mom y whllo you baro U ; don't Wave it for otbero to 
do." wu elm rfareelrtivciL- remark whli-li Mr. I' Wliilnally mvkrw 
at such tinuu. Tlie lady thought It vary gnu! [ireawksug and very 
£<>al prartice. So will wurybuly rise- 


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PRESIDENT ARTHUR TAKING THE OATII AT HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE.- Dun nm Lm it J W. Alciiskul 


TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE. 

A* thp re*nlt of communications with members of the 
Cabinet, it had turn understood (lint ill Hip event of rresi- 
dent fiAiirirMi‘n death fail wecrmor •bimM take the until 
of office w iclioat delay. An anno, therefore, nn fir nr ml AR- 
THUR received tbe telegram from A )(• -racy -General Mac- 
Vnr.ii announcing tb© President* decease, several of the 
Vice President'* friend*, wbn were with him at Die time, 
went out iu search of a Judge. Shortly after one o'clock 
in the morning Mr.Euao Hoot and Dr. P. C. Van Wtc* 
retnnird with Judge Hu »i»y. and noon afterward Judge 
DnxoHt'K came in with District Attorney Romn and Po- 
lice Contmlmioner Fur mu. A» Ju.ike Bmt-v came flret, 
be was naked to administer the oath. Then were then 


present in General AtrntrR’s parlor*, beside* himself and 
ilia aim and thooe nnmed above, only General AliTHlK'S 
private secretary, J. C. RrKI». making nine in all. Gen- 
eral Aniill It ami Jusliea Husky stood tit the centre of the 
front parlor, anil the others were standing closely around. 
It wits a very striking scene . I be time of the night intensify- 
ing the impTCMirruem (hot all the other circuuutauee* gave 
to it. At iu conclusion there was some quiet conversation 
Iwfore the visitors started for home. 

This scene took place no Tuesday morning about half 
post one o’clock. On his arrival at Washington on Thurs- 
day it was deciitesl, nn coiuralutkm with members of the 
cabinet, tlial as he had takeu Hie oath in New York l>efure a 
Slate magistrate, and as nn national record of the fact ei- 
iated, it would he better to have the oath administered again 


by the Chief Justice of the Flitted stales, so that the 
official evidence that tbe Vice-President had taken the 
oath of office as President would appear iu the record* of 
the Supreme Conn nf the Failed Slates at the notional 
Capitol. 

The ceremony was brief aud impressive. There were 
present Chief Justice Wajtt, va-PresHlenls Guam and 
Hayes, General riiir.iixiv, ike cabinet, si-justice Strong, 
and e few Senators and Representatives. Tbe Chief Justice 
read the oath to President Astii i a. and tbe latter, after 
having assented to it, reed a brief nddrees. assuming the 
office. During tbe reading he was deeply sOeCtod, and bis 
mice trembled perceptibly. Thoee preacut then pniil their 
respects t» him as President, and after some informal con- 
versation tbe assembly dispersed. 


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THE HWKJUI. TRAIN AT KLBERO.Y— Pbstomumuu st P*cil 


list whom- 

Tint ®o»mf ,l| y * m " 

pjm" C ».d •o*™ 

L.,,. ■!■*' *“'"52 

llv<. removal «f *“« 

Uto Preside" 1 * tv 
Mini) from Elborem 
to WMbingt®"* * Dd 
«,„r. 1» «* 
resting-plne* *" *“• 
beautiful 

un til* shore "t ***"• 
Bris, h»vo been - 
fully described i“ the 
dully papers tli* 1 VB 
need nut recount 
them b>r*. Nothing 
mor* touching l'-** 
been witnessed in 

tlii» country Biiieo tbc 

dentil of Prcnideut 
Llvcols. The 

crowds of people wbo 

stood with bowed 
ao.1 uncovered beads 
along tlx' routa over 
which tbc train pass- 
ed— the unis root© 
by which tb* living 
President wn* borne 
to the seu-sid* ouly 
two weeks before— 
tbc draped »nd low- 
er<-l dag*, tbe public 
building* end privet* 
bouses decked witb 
tbo emblem* of 
monruing. ell show- 
ed the intensity end 
eomiirelioiul vcoesa of 
tb* nation's grief 
A* one of the many 
incident* dm wing tbo 
Intense feeling of tbo 
Sontb. wc pro n pic- 
tote raft be Richmond 
(Virginia) Howitzers, 
under Lientenent 
BaRRETT. which fired 
n mourning salute of 
minute • nun*, by or- 
der of the Governor 
of Virginia, when tbe 
new* of the Prret- 
d*ol'« death we* re- 
ceiied. Tb* view is 



twite worthy fact that 
•hi* linden fire. I tho 
llrat cm) „„ n,,. Con- 
[edcrale Me at I ho 
betlle n f Tiii, Bethel, 


guil nt Appomattox. 

On page OM wo 
give a view of thn 
■oimdain the Cnpi- 
•<d at Washington, 
where the remain* of 
•lie dead President 
•ay in slat*. Thou- 
sands of people pas*. 
Fd m onlerly and sol- 
emn piiH-essinn on ei- 
t her side of t be cask e-t 
“u Wednesday night 
and Thursday, pans- 
■ ng a mo cxi, t r.i 
•nke a lust look at 
the fae* of tbo dead. 
Anwing them were 
hnn dimU of colored 
fanner* fn.cn tbo 
country, who dram 
to the clljr in their 
Poor earls to tnlcc 
part in thn last hon- 
or* paid to the deoil 
President at the na- 
tional capital. Their 
sorry-loi.kirig wagon* 
atnl animal* stood be- 
side handsome car- 
riages and richly ca- 
parisoned horses; and 
the rugged and toil- 
stained farm hand* 
front Virginia nnd 
Mary land and the 
culon-d lalroren of 
Washington moved 
•ids by side with i lie 
representative* of 
nealtb and fsnhion 
past tbe unpreten- 
tious casket tbst in- 
closed the remains. 

A few policemen iron' 
present outside, lint 
their service* were 
not required. 



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IHayun In n.imi Wuu> Su ISM. V*L XXIV.) 

CHRISTO WELL. 

9 Darltnssr C*U. 

By K. 1) BLACKHOltt; 

At TIUNI <0 "UiM AKKklCY." " IziMN* Doo>»,'* 
“ t'airr*, tu Cinii*,” m, 

CHAPTER XXXI V.— < C»* Jiaunf. ) 

OKSKIUI. Pl’XK. 

“ Vkjiv well ; m*w yon nay go an," raid 
Colonel Weatoombe ; “ami I will make all 
allow surra fur ten, Jack." 

“Wall, air, 1 want up to Him Altlmr, tut 
any <hic but u sneak tiiii.it have done. Ami 
I told Iter exactly what my «nkh wen'." 

" That you nu'iint to many lair, I *uppnM>, 
without anybody '« lea to except lier own 
a tu! the parwm'* 

“ How could I put It in mi cuaiwr u way T" 
the young nun naked, with an under-cut at 
liii ailmirahln father. 11 No, «<r, whnt 1 said 
•> an very mild Imbed, anil I am sorry to any 
that there uti nothing IrtlM * 

*• llo yon mean to nay. Jock, that yon were 
*o afraid of me that yon done not apeak out 
in a straightforward manner ?" 

"No, it wna nut quite that au uinch. 
Though Ilf noir*e you are very hard upon 
me. Hut I fell thnt I could not press a 
young lady - very young nil), and without 
any mother — to engage beraelf to me, even 
if *liu liked mo, again. t her father’* wi»he* 
and my own fatlier’a too.* 

•-Then, after all, uuthiug came of your 
procmLing*.” Them won mane contempt 
iu Colonel Wratcnmhc'a voice, na well a» n 
little toiirh id" diwippuiatuient, for lie hud 
taken a very great liking to Knee, and pitied 
her peculiar position. “ Yon young fellow* 
never know your own mind* now." 

“What tin vir to do, with all llw other 
muni* again. t mi P the young fellow nakoil, 
aa if hi* will were only wax. “ Iu arich a 
Hint* of thuigH, what would you have done, 
•IrP 

"Well, air." an >il the Colouel, "I would 
have done j»»t this : 1 «mU have taken the 
young lady iu my arm*, very tenderly, tout 
without any warmth to alum, her, and 1 
would have amil. * My dear, they am all 
against us; hut if you stick !■> use, I will 
■lick to you, ami the fond will carry ua 
through with it.’ and possibly then I might 
have kiitscil her " 

,, 5ir,”au»u«nil Jack, with u vmilu and a 
Idush, lie hi* mind n as very delicate. " y on 
have taught uie the proper thing to do next 
lime, and 1 am very niiii-li obliged to you. 
and If I ever huic kui U luck 1 shall ail.l, ' 1 
nui nctiug on my dear lather a orders.' " 

"You will add untiling of the kind." *md 
the Colonel, trying not t>> .mile at till* bail 
i in a o 4 the « ; '• 1 authorize no such ex- 
treme proceeding. 1 have nut to coueider 
my own « i«h»* only, uor even yours, wbiib 
ore ye* itearor to n*-. I have to camtdur 
vrlutt is right uud upright. Anil the matter 
is full of grave difhrultiee. And the worst 
of It 1* that 1 con mil tell you whut they 
are. However, I thiuk that we ciui do no 
great harm by drinking the health of that 
swuet girl. Kill your glam, my hoy ; and 
hero u my love to Mr» Kush. I will tan- 
dully owu that I like her dearly. I would 
not desire a liottor wlfu fiar you, if things 
cui only la; brought round." 

“I don't care whether things are niuud 
nr square," cried Jack, after standing op <a» 
dorancy used to require w lien a lady * health 
was given) ; •* hut if you arc with me, air, as 
you now have pledged yuurwelf, the only 
t rouble for Ills In to make her lui'o tile." 

Having a very high opinion of the ex- 
traordinary merits of his mm, Colonel We*t- 
comlie would not say u wold of any sort 
upon that particiilur poiut, upon which Jack 
was hoping for something tu strengthen 
him. But h»s father scciroil afraid of mak- 
iug him conceited. At any rate, ha only 
shook hia head, and looked nngnciuas. Anil 
thru they went to see John Huge. 

Then- mum nothing on the turn pike-road* 
of England to be compared now with the 
"Quicksilver" mail, which ran al the foil 
sjmhsI of holMi, whip, and man, right away 
from Exeter to Loudon and hack in the du- 
plicate, crossing one another, with acarcely 
time for Jehu* to llftelhotr. Although the 
Hail wu« open now considerably westward, 
the "Quicksilver" held her own - from her 
haste she was a female — and swallowed up 
the plains, and the bills u* well, at the rate 
of fourteen mile* an hour, from the General 
Peel -office to the London Inn, at Exeter. 
Then with a modified lmt Mill rapid spend — 
far greater than that of our siiloirliaii trains 
— she went on to Ply niunth. sod even to Pal- 
mouth, with some tons of vehemence among 
the quiet Coruishuieu. 

General Punk was nut the tuau to travel 
inside tliu lomt coach that ever hrealheit, or 
pouted-- hy m«-ni>» of its horses; moreover, 
he liked to nave hie ttwuey, whenever bn 
eouLd do ao without arlt-cxpeuae. He rode 
upon the roof, nuU let nobody kuow what 


his ioi|H>Ttuiicr vu. because he must have 
hud to give half n crown where a .hilling 
anawered notdy. Two coachmen retired tu 
the boMiiua of their families -one at Balia- 
liwty, anil oue at Exeter— without gwmsing 
what u I aero, IhMIi of fume and cash, hail 
Ihtu sitting hrhlml them, and watching 
I bent keenly, uud giving them a shilling to 
I*- iliunbfiil for. If tin'} liad known, tliey 
would have looked each oue xt hi* shilling 
.arithmetically, u* the time -hallowed man- 
ni'f of the cwImiiiiii i*. w ho nikIii* to say, 
" There ore twelve pence in it, and I sit.rn 
)«u for every one of them.” 

Hoi when (he Quicksilver began to lone 
Miiim of It* too uu-rvutial jieopertle*, we»t- 
w.iril of the faithful city, and u coucbiuau 
sal upon the box who hnal almost linse 
1‘IHMlgll Iu »-h:uX without pvilliog out his 
wnteh, Goucial Punk ciuue forward well, 
with some very shrewd renmrka about the 
i» rather, every one of which would have 
coat Jinn twnpeure if offered In the earlier 
stage*. They would stand him in thnt 
11111110111 even now; hut ho knew that he 
must eunae out Itaiidaomely wlarn lie ahimld 
»tu|> at ColMiel Wrsfoambo's gate ; anil hav- 
ing brought up his courage to a full crown- 
phi*, for Hie coachman and g«ar<! (•> ap- 
portion, hu might oa well have has talk uiat 
of it. 

“Five initiate* after time already,” he 
Bald. pulling out « vast gold watch, n* they 
trotted past (tooth Taw ton; “liot 1 sup- 
paaa you don't taro about time down here." 

“No, sir, uo* very much," the ranchman 
aimnrml; “we get* a lot of gentlemen, 
with heap* of tnggage. thnt we oaglit to 
have left belli ud, of raglits. When lie yoe 
going to get down, sir f" 

"At L'oloud Wcwteombe’*, Westcombc 
Hall, a little way beyond Okvharnptou. My 
luggage need nut cent you tome than thirty 
sc-cond*, if you liuve arranged it properly." 

“Colonel Went com lie is n very uiw geu- 
tl.-aian, sir. Likewise a liberal ouo In nil 
hia way*. We shall uot grudge a minute or 
two at hi* gate.*’ 

"My thing* must be Unmtlrd with care," 
said tbe General: “arid it takra me a little 
lime to get down. Throe coaches are made 
w confoundedly natrow. 1 have got the 
ctwinp iu both itiy tegs, and a Frenchman's 
bullet iu oue of them. 1 pans* nut he hur- 
ried, if it takes teu miuuteo." 

"Right, air; you shall uot lie hurl nil." 
the coachman lanswered, cltecrfUlly. “The 
tikes of ns must make allowance for the 
gentlemen oa have fought for us." 

“This fellow will tlTfllt at least halt 
a guinea," thought the General, regretting 
lus patriotism, uud relapsing into silence to 
save gold. He hero was tana of thaw rich 
men who look after their tuoucy sharply, 
linviug enough to make it worth tbvir while. 
Neither iki they vnlae it a»n« loalfpeiiuy the 
laws fur the very weak reason that they soon 
must say ** good-by”; hut rather, with the 
loyalty of friends who soon most port, ding 
heartily ami faithfully to every token of It. 

This wns not the uuly thing that made 
him so respectable. For General Punk hod 
a hundred virtual* emu more iiuldn Ilian 
pimiinouy. He was brave, determined. 
straigLlforwani, conlcmptuoun, candid, lo- 
quacious, teuder - hearted, llery, and ron- 
Hervallvc. AimI iwuple who Iwgan with 
luukiug sail month* nt him (from the salt 
of bis crust) very often went on (when they 
were cotnprHnd to ito so) deeper into him, 
with a nicely growing relish. Far he did 
not laneteud to be n eHjtorier liian- 


CHAPTER XXXV. 

Titr. sagaciaiia Jack had brought down 
a pair of slept, for ho knew that General 
Hunk wo* slinky tu bUa lower tnemliera. 
Thnt dialiuguiabcd ofttecr lnid never been 
at Weal com be Hull before, ami wiui now de- 
termined to have n good time of it. When 
lost bo ronio to about Mimething or *o*uu- 
lsidy iu the croupany of Ilia ancient friend. 
Colonel Wrotcotube was a poor man, living 
iu a little, limit* near Fronre, and only tide 
to procure, from we id th lor neighbor*, u ilay 
nr two of kjiort, just to keep bis hand iu. 
Bui the General hud enjoyed hie visit rare- 
ly, and nhstaliiud from •limiting anything, 
exiept a littla piece of Jock. Now when, 
with the help of tbut yoang inan, he was 
safely lam ted ut the Colonel's gate, and ren- 
ilcrod Into tbu owner’* uriim, the General 
counted all his boxes, blew up hia man be- 
came one of them was uncorded, and tbeu 
shook liMtnlx with everybody, iirrluilmg 
Juba Ksge, who had a red wnistroal on. 
“Magnifii-ent," be said- " magnificniit ! I 
hu.1 ii« Idea there were such hills iu Eng- 
land." 

Iu honor of this special guest. Mr*. West- 
rcdiibe cusui dow n that day to dinner, which 
she very seldom did; hot from nuy small 
reserve, but because the could not take foml 
like tins rest, and feared to make her viait- 
ure uncomforublc. And lire Colonel was 


iu the very best of spirits, anal prepared to 
light III* way through anything. "U*« 
hoped to have hail n very llrcly young Indy, 
and a very hnndsome one oj well." he said. 
'■ who would put even General Funk upon 
his met tin — my fotr godchild, Julia Touch- 
wood. lint site can uot coma until to-mor- 
row, Prepare yourself to capitulnto -for 
the (lmt lime In your life — my friend." 

"Mrs-Wndcinolir, 1 Iihvo brought my two 
slant with me, ns big a* tlnwe on tbe panels 
of tliu' Quicksilver.' Would von reroiiiani'iMl 
use to wear them 1 Or will they only 1m my 
death, like my old friend Nelson's f" 

Mn-Wrali iwiiImi Innglied, nod they got iwi 
well together, for the. General had always 
a gmnl word among the ladies, lie looked 
down upon them, and yet up to them, which 
make* thorn foci pleased with ihoiu*ctv#e 
and their admirer*. 

“Jack, you be off now. We want to talk 
alxuil you," Colonel Wratrnmtie aaid, when 
the drsM-rt wna don* with, Mid the upaliot 
I'f sun vet on the brow n uuk beams wo* 
quivering like woler-weetbi. "Tnke 1 'level 
sod Kell fur a roil, or go ond rnfoli im lialfa 
dozen trout for breakfast." 

“ A very extraonlinary young man,” tbe 
General olwrved to |hw Colonel, a* Jock 
with a bow, but without n wont, wllhiltew. 
“I never could bear the idea of having a 
son. Iwvnaw* they are so envious, lint if 1 
could have bud u boy of Mich dlaciplih* a* 
your*. 1 do believe 1 coaid have got on with 
him." 

*• Y'mo most mil suppih*- that I have grown 
Muster Jack is* 1 grow- n cabbage or a e»- 
cumlier. He is tbe result of a quantity of 
care, am) discipline, and good example. But 
in spite of all that," said the Colonel, com- 
ing nearer. “ ho falls out of the i link* aotuo- 
tones, He is a very steady -going yoang 
fellow ; hut h« him a confoundedly strong 
will of hi* own.” 

“No soldier is lunch good without that, 
whan It- rallies to clos* quarter* uud the 

“That in true cm nigh, ns we have often 
proved. But this iniwt lie taken in a differ- 
ent light. It 1* a roost extraordinary tiling 
altogether, and I can not tell whnt to make 
of it. You n'liieitihe* young Pole, of the 
' Never mind What*.’ it* wn nted to call 
them, and the mysterious an rape he got 
into T” 

“ I • lion Id rather think I did," replied 
General Pnnk, shaking off tit* draw •lure* 
of bis long jnurnry. “ Wcotoainbe, that wo* 
■Mil) of the tiling* wliieli I never roilhl muke 
bead or tail of, iuol never ln>|w to do ms." 

"You woald have soul that be wna the 
very last man in the whole British unity to 

act u* hu did !" 

"Jtir," said the General, with a strong ex- 
pn-ssion. “ I would as soon have believed it 

•• So would I — ait would I," exclaimed 
Colonel WtstoMiln' ; “ I hod reason to love 
and admire that yunog follow, a* I have oft- 
oit told you, for tint very torewt pluck anil 
self-ptMoesaiitu. But wlrat ran you say, iu 
the teeth of a man's owu statement and 
raufetwloii r 

“6tr, I would tell him that be was a liar ; 
that a tuau may speak falsely for reasons of 
his own, but can not act falsely to his whole 

“ I know that yon have sometimes looked 
•t it in that way, ami my own mind goes 
with you Hut the man live* o inter a ban 
for his life, whether he has earned it by bu 
■bails or by bis words. And yon would not 
Ilka your .oily son to marry that man's 
daughter." 

" Certainly not, while the father lived uu- 
cleared. Bnt he is deist long ago. Aud his 
daughter may lie paidoned." 

" You are a generous man. aa well n* a 
man of tbs world," Colonel W cat oo lube nn 
aweimt, with a Had look al hia Tit*- ml. « lint 
Pole i* not dead, lie is living here on Dart- 
moor, and my son Jock is in love with ilia 
daughter. Ami, woree than that, lie low en- 
gaged liliumilf * u far that he <au not honor- 
ably draw back." 

“What a kettfo or fish, to lie sure! It 
serve* yosi qnlt* right for cdroaiing him. 
We never wanted any education. 1 can 
spell ‘Officer,' but I can't sjh'II ‘Military.’ 
And 1 don't Im'Uov* tliu «liar|*wt fellow »u 
the staff could do it -or at any rate out with- 
out three tries. Whnt did yon send him to 
Oxford fort” 

“ HecuBte h* wo* such a dab at Latin, 
anil there wasn't any lighting to be got. 
However, it is too late to talk about that. 
Tbe question i*. what am 1 to do t And be- 
fore you ran any a ward npon that point 
you must listen to all that I have got tu foil 
yon." 

“ A yoang follow is generally at hi* woret 
from two to four and twenty." General Punk, 
with good reason, •lei-lan.il, having Niiffored 
lately from oua uf Ibeiis. He looks toirk 
with cauforopt upon boys, who are a thou- 
sand times more amusing than himself, aud 
he is stupid msuugh Co hold his tongue when 
he might make pleasant hliuiders." 


“ Jack is a sensible follow,” said the Col- 
onel, " although It* may not bp amusing. 
But he say* clever things sometimes, mo- 
(xmiing to my weak joilgiurnt. But he has 
not done a clever thing in this, I must con- 
fo**— according la the views of tire world, at 
least, lint, my dear friend, we most not be 
too worldly: and when you bear the facta, 
yon will bs able to excuse him." 

After ilia little preface, I.* foil to aud re» 
eonntcl (so far as he knew It) all the story 
roni-crtiing his Mm and Rose Arthur. Tim 
Geocrnl Iwtriicd m a judge due* to a junior 
coansel, with a patronizing *mit« and c*o- 
fiwtable uods, to show tbut he was atfoud- 
lug. 

"One thing you must re mem tier," said 
the Colonel at the lluuh, not being wholly 
pteoMil to have it taken coolly — “tbe young 
lady la a girl after my own hear I. innocent, 
lodydikr, gentle, and affectionate ; careful 
and thrill}, an admirable rook, highly ar- 
■*ii»plUh<«l, iront elegant, ami nnMl««t; not 
at all a eltat4«ror, not at all a gaiUlxoit, not 
rant nidir tory, uot full of her owti beauty — '' 
“ A model of every female virtne except 
cash, and a fo titer who ran lw pnalueml " 
"Well, I must expect you to look hardly 
at it. Bat iw for the cosh, that is no obata- 
do at alt. Cpoii ibo whole, I prefer that 
■be *hn old not have it. Jack will have 
plenty to rub on with," 

“Then you would not like her to lie ooo 
of tbe greatest lu-lriwm In England T I snp- 
]*mo that would be another obstacle, Wi*l- 
rauitie f" As be spoke, the General watched 
hi* friend, to foal hi* aiucerity, as Use best 
ftieiiiU do. 

“Tliat would lie a very great obstacle iaa- 
dei«l, aiol a fatal one altogether, liecsuse - 
Hat, Punk, you are joking. Her father Is a 
po»r mun, tuaiiiCaiuing himself by hi* oun 
work.” 

"1 did not even know that lie »ss liv- 
iog." the Gtoiriul answered, with a Moil* of 
one who has the clew to an astouishment. 
" It was aitid tlmt ho hail shot himself, and 
it aremed qoifo natural. But If he la living, 
and run prove hia identity, he is now Lout 
Pul* by riMirlray, tbe only surviving son of 
that ruktsfa obi hermit the old Karl Dela- 

" But there is a grandson, Lord Pole’s 
noli, who stand* between Uii* man and the 
ancersaiou. Tbe son of that man who tried 
to arroeii his poor brother. I know that b* 
a dead, but his son it living," 

"Not be,” cried the (hurra!; “bo e» ss 
drjwL ns this nutshell. He was carried utf 
by *ntall-pox some months ago. The poor 
old Earl was mad ul*nit It, aisd would not 
even let tli* isews get Into the papers." 

"Oil why. aud oh woe— aa old Dnda feted 
to any — what a difference a little thing 
I Its kns! You reillrlnbrr I Is* Msrqnis uf 

C and threo bullets thnt h* carnul on 

hi* wulch chain, for intercepting his three 
iiiforer]iSor* f But Hoi* live* such a lonely 
life, anil is severed from all hi* friend* *n 
wholly, (hat I dare say he has not beaut a 
word of alt (hu. Alld, fnwn wliaf I am told 
of him, he will not want to bear It. I» It 
gem-raHy kuowu in London V 

- Probably, among all who ears to know 
it. I hcaid it. hwt It did not runrem me 
nnsi-li. and I Dcver thought about It from 
dial time (ii this. Bat what a fine cbauce 
for M**t*r Jack !” 

“ 1 am miy for the poor follow, and dta- 
aplHiiutn] on my own arruant. But per hap* 
It U all for the l»«t, " *a>d the Colonel. “He 
mny fret a little, and be unset not walk no 
much." 

"What do yon meanf" asked General 
Punk. " Your conrsn in clear, nmpped out. 
aa we used to *ay, by the man h or tbe ene- 
my, You nali the young heirem at once, of 
rouiM, and your «uu la a made man, gets in 
for the county where 111* old Kail s property 
lies, and invitee me to shoot oTer Afty square 
mil**. I have earned that by bringing jou 
thi* great news." 

' No," said Colonel Westcombc, looking 
Btedlly, belt speaking iw mildly a* he coaid 
hi* Miclcnt friend mm! ]>reoent guest j “ my 
hoy’s course is the opposite to that, unlc** 
lie cut* loooe from bis father, and from hia 
father'* idimH or* — honor he was go- 
to say, but for fear of wounding hi* 
friend aaid— -‘justice. Jack must with- 
draw i ai m ed lately.” 

Kn bblab I" quoth th* General. " Qui xot- 
ic nibbtsb! Westcombc, yon are joking. 
Clinch tbe nail af once. AU is fair in lovo 
d war. Who n ill ever know that you had 
beard of this V* 

1 shall know,” replied hia host, with tlio 
relf-ooiitrol wliirh age had taught him. 
“And that 1* the firet thing a man must 
consoler. My dear fnouiL when you coma 
to think, you will see that I coaid not act 

[ am sorry if I hare given had advice, n 
the Os acral answered, warmly. "That 
comas of ratMidcring the interest of one's 
friends. Hot really your acrwples are quite 
childish.” 

WleO or unwise, they are not to be got 


~ If )'"' 1 * e lt> i h __ 
or**- * Nowy, * >ny pl*re. ynsi would 

bav« 1 , , l to do y ;!*?« •ooordiiin to theta, 
wb** “ „t one.” L u « lKJeition in ■ moat 

n "?v£*iu a,y V ° lat of vi • , . 

••^,10 po*’*'°n !„ w, “ cb 5 ,M » ** 

jec», «rr«-at deal ,1 14 "MMnandiag our. 

!“.* £ *»*“ ;■> ■^u'l.'Zrr 

"1ST to •*> i‘«w \. can ¥**•%. 

.i p«:‘ '““r '■ ii - i*» - '< I. *t« 

C«p*d» c “ b#d , itl-t-hiif) -“.llo. 

r" ,[ •» "J. *•>* »i<™» "( tto u- 

diee— ‘* ,el ° r Inter sbn will have 

bit*. wU * ' I . u, “y ■!«». my friend, or 
cl«e U *. tru «-I»«.ni Pole. WUM i* 
rtieUUe* ““^SOfctfcoircbinr , 

1 particularly. and I 

did no* ku °" Wl ”» hIjo was. Kerry.-* 

f»k Wy h “ 'verv Let too are- 

?'*'•** HM “ « r > KO ;,, 1 cbi„, pointed, With. 
<Mit l^ing know.” 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


. „ -n. you no*y ue- .. 

T-oJ «I’ on 1 «*>»■ always have their 

«« «y »»- It i» , 1<)t „„ jt , lwl lo („ l 

AH yon h*'® ** <*? >* t«, ,|„ ookhli*, if yoa 

will not “* ke • *»14 *tn>Ue tor It." 

- 1 mnrt ro..e.«U, r . , « |tb 

my » lfc „ *''* * ,w *y* Iliu up.* the proper 
r*iutwR. ““***£*’ * »«n negWrttoc »'J July 
to }“■• , * ,M1 “ W *> " *•»'« one giro* ,,r Bnr- 
gilltdy, I 1 **«rw i. n „ (j^ut j„ vo«r 

ayetetn. Ibry l.nv*, kstockv.1 lt>»t pretty 
- ell ont of w U.tl, . There u a ^ ^ 
to everything. 

111 believoit when I find one to my Had 
leg.-anKl Hi" Cton«r«|, who wa* not nu op- 

tlDtift*. 


THE FRENCH DOCTOR. 

Ever *i»« MoK^ro ridiculed doctors, 
Frenehmeii buva beau rod? to jbUosr kt* 
example ; tint doctor* are in more geoernl 
re<ineet In Inntce thou eUewhere, For the 
French nte not noMiduoos cultivator* of 
hygiene. Tlietr well-off people fall f„ r 
■hurt in thin reapert of the KojfJl.h. They 
ar* not bo nddicte<| t«» ••xrrein- ; tlniy take 
more »l.mnl»nu in tlia form of black coO.-e, 
nipa of ahaiolhe. utn| lu 1 ii, or»| and their 
dw«tbnga iu t b.wws tall mx-ltorlad Iowimth. 
where faroilio* live i u email flat* redolent 
all day of kitchen fmuea, are «Mnm healthy. 
The lower clainca, » K aiu. are f..r the most 
part 111 fed nu'l ovcrworkcl. They kin.w 
n» isnnday reel, and whether they W atruily 
or diiaipaled, they are eqaally prone to 
weaken tlmir coaalitati«ia«| f»r in the for- 
mer c«*» they live with excetuavo frugality 
in ortler that they may anve money, anil lii 
the Utter raao they drink adulterated wine 
and apirita of the clienpeal and nx»t perni- 
ciona (Ofta. Aftalunt tlicae evila, routed in 
the toeul «yateiii of France, ami wliiub pio- 
dur» an eueremue nmount ul'aiMruiia, tveuro- 
■ia, anddyapepnia among the w«U-lo-do, arid 
a conslaut im-reatae of drunkcnricm, liiaau- 
lly.and acrv.fnla MtiH.ing the poor, doctor* 
bate a diffleult tuak in nonrvnding; lint 
thry have done wonder* of late til coping 
with aiirh evila tut they can cure. Foul 
Hlntua hav« lwen aliiwwl entirely awept away 
from large citiea. In Faria the <|nnrti-rH oc- 
cupied by tbo poor are oa apaciou* and haiul- 
acune m thnae where the rich live. Iu viait- 
ing the new at reel* Halil by the Municipal 
Council, tlie new achooU. HoapliaU, and «*y- 
lania, one ia atrnck by the care that Hum 
been Iwmlonrvd upon » viililatimi utid on the 
apptliuirea fur pruper liglitlug, drainage, ami 
r IcanlincM. A great deal yet rttna.ua to be 
dune in vine of I Ho old priaun*. arlioola, a«) - 
luma, Mid hmiara of charity, where the iu 
veterate fondnt-M «,f tbo Fiench for doing 
thing* iu n niggardly way when they luokn 
no allow lend* to lice perpetuation of dirt in 
hole* and corner*, overcrowding, and die- 
eoae ; but on the wbola the French, uniter 
the impulne of their medical rater* and In- 
gialatora, am lo-ginuiog to under* land aani- 
tary pttuciplna much Iwltor lliau they once 
did. 

In the way of canaing food to be inapeet- 
Wl, ami onndeiiiio-d when taufii for vale, the 
olHeiul doctor* have ul«o ibove giawl aervioe ; 
and they deaerve thanka fur tbla, aa they 
have ouuverted a great many induentiol 
pnhllcaMaml tnuleamen iutoenemiew. Luat 
Miueh a laHoratoiv wan u|«-iumI at the Pre- 
fecture de Police, where anybody can havo 
article* of food analyzed fur a aruall fee. 
Kctini* uf people may Iw ewu going there 
daily with buttlmuf wine and milk, and the 
effect of thia haa been to bring a great many 
iliMioaeat trader* into the police court* fur 
adiillenttiini. Cutiahleringbuw wvert-ly uia- 
gvttrntea puuiah thia oflcuac, one might im- 
agine that the public could aouu force natt- 
er* In deal bouaetly if Un-y were in corneat 
about it. A publican ounvlcud ofaduUer- 
atum not only haahia bod wine poured tutu 
the gutter in front of lua bou*c to raw popw- 


lo. lwit he rxuui exhibit a notice of In* eon- 
v id ion on the dm>r-|Hmt of hi* *li»|> fi* a 
fortnight ; and it la thumuM with ilialionrat 
milkmen. How greatly the pul, He. need to 
iw prelected, however, ia proved by the fact 
that whenever wine ia jHiurcd uat at a 
publican '* door*, tbo poll.-., lmvn taWMMM 
difficulty In preventing Itugal UoiiMiwivca 
fn*m r.Mhiug Howard and tilling tlieir Jags 
with tbn waaisd lii|uor. Wbeu lutlkcd in 
the attempt to |ioi»>n tlirinselvee gntti*. 
they cxr lailn, n-gtetfnlly, "tine I doiinuage T" 
The lute Ni-Mor ltuqueplua, "te ptua Pariaieu 
dee Pari«cn»," uae<l to any thul he never ate 
OMUtllVUMB under a n-pnhCiciui goTcraiuent. 
fur then the markce* were never properly 
looked after, mid he wo* llaldu to get Coad- 
atmlii. Sntli Hue not been tlw raao uiwli-r 
the rule of the ptemut Municipal Council 
of Purl*, lor the number uf market inapeet- 
ora ha* br*u inureaaed, amt they perform 
tlieir duliea apparently with, nit ’four or fa- 
vor. During the recent nprll of hot wea- 
ther they covuleuiued nu-ut iiiid linh by the 
ton without exciting any of the clamor 
which often Herat out iu old time* — not m> 
very remote wlien die “ iUbhu de la Halle" 
would rise in aeilitiiiu agalunt incorruptible 
Iuajwctd*, and drive them out. 


are iloually olwrvaldn in the aky are re- 
fern* l to in tbe following iwaiailile rliy nan : 

“ H 'e« wnalwr ~IOot bnrl* ttw meM anal*. 

tbi ] 4 aJn tlx algw. melt p«vHcU in lie ■Ure.'* 
Many of tire cliiuum dill tue-d lay chihlren 
t«. avert ruin are enrioua. and tin- one cur- 
rent iu Nort Haiti bet laud U aa follow* : 

“ Rain, min. go away, 

S** apdii tuoiliu A*y. 

Whco 1 hr**, mil iri-i | Mlie. 

IM glc jo* ■ Hula eak*.- 
In Scolland, aaya Mr. Chamber*, In hia 
/‘ojiu/nr A' turner, •• youagatera are often heard 
in a faotrwh village apoatrojihiring tuiu: 

" I t*in, ran., gn to Spain. 

Aul never v.uiu tack *r»in.‘ 

Once Bare, n charm prevalent iu Dnrhaui 
to inouru n tlem day ronaint* iu layiug two 
alrawa ia the form uf a crua*,and repeating 




RAIN LORE. 

To the farmer an* of the must imjiortaiit 
circauistaiicca ia tbo weal Hit, aa on it do- 
PviuIh tbe miccow uf ha* ugrimltiind opera 
tlaaia. But acta new, to quote. Mr. Buckle’* 
»oid*. “not having jetemreednliudUMov- 
ering the law»of nun, ux-ii are at prerent nu- 
»ld« i‘» tell it for any cutMxIciablc |-rtli*l,” 
anil heiiL-o we Mill II mi iu aw ii boat of piece* 
of weather window fur au-orlaiiiiiig the rule* 
which regulate it. Tb»wc, too, Have been 
gutlx'icd I'iobi a variety of amnvca. and al- 
l Lough many of tlwin are highly fanciful, 
yet they are largely behoved and acted 
upon. Thu*, according to a well-known 
nut lou, “ tlio Caatrr the rain, the quicker the 
bold up," a piece of weather lore which date* 
a* far buck a* ^hnk*i>eati-'* day, for in liicA- 
aivf It. (Act Ii., 8 ceu« 1 ) John of (Jaunt ia 
repreacutvd a* auyiug, 


In tlie Shepherd of llaiibiiry'a Oluerva- 
tioo* wo are t.dil that “ sodden ram* never 
last long; lint when tbo air grow* thick by 
degree*, and the MB, moon, anil Mara shine 
.Ii nmx-r and dimmer, then it ia liku to min 
aix hour* usually." A further adage nu the 
subject reminds iia how 

“ Tlie *H*r|ier tlx hiwl. 

Tlx muucr Vi* (wan.* 

A good many item* of w eather lore have 
from limn immemorial Ixen aasoctalod with 
wliat k» generally tenmul" a aiiiiabiny ■bow- 
er." Thun, although it U *ahl never lo lost 
long, yet it ia an indication, on Hi* other 
hand, that It will rniu oil the following day 
about t lie Mine hour. Aiming 1 lie namerinu 
rhyme*, we may quote ana current in some 
of the midland conn lie* : 


ENGLISH GOSSIP. 

[Float Ufa Qw* i/uuxsroAMxr ) 

A WiM-IItm* pumrvv- -Mutter* t'analtallm.- Xe|- 

oiopw ‘..'I-'C -A lit,.. I rniiirx. Tinned sn„. 

•e-te Bwlxiret taw — Wives udWuO* U, ciai,. 

Tu* uaiun of IbHirfunael is ro-amuHng. if It 
doe* nut Caere |Moiiire cvmvictwa »ill> it; b<Jt ,( 
any oclicr nadmaa had offered me t«u moatha* 
tiger^nt •Hooling in Algeria let £B\ I M»ibl 
Have lire deabla Nor ■nubl thnu lx auilijp'ed 
liv the downy terms iu which they were cuawrivl 
"Being aaviou* to r«o.Uir sonic sere Ice ton.* 

colic* goes in *L IfaHrrt s project tux oc 

uuntd to me . . ,«f fouMiug in Algeria a vywe- 
gvt>? CMlabruhiDent for affueilang *purt tu kiivrt 
of all kind" of game, but dkirffy f <ir tlx hunting 
of I km* and p*sih..-r»." Tlii* enterpridug gun 
lb tun h«e “ "in rod a labta-land" — he *]x*k* of 
it u colly a* iJcmgb ha had *eni«*l a lahlr ia 
a volfae it.iiii— in the heart uf certain funwte, 
"haw, " iw a *pe«ially conitrinvol |wn" (but not 
tbo MybgrapliM one I, he intend, to keep a nun. 
brr of tdd awl broken -dr , *d animal*, sut-h a* 
Boat*. Hoivre.and mule*, wbicli wgl one u tuic 
(or linn-. M Wliy tile king of HeaKs. Hut ti- 
K>v>, l wi<li.r., ji..k*k I, rue., *n,l tiger ,. mu »UI 
Ukr «|I ilicir aliode ill Itx it.ljvn ni ravine*, ai,J 
rooi* ait Hiu gmxlint nf Mr. liu.iii.innrl', ISO- 

•'vi-tx i ►. saxn.g *h..i.i will ha w l kfca “who 
have already aw.lt »|^i*rat«ei tu him.” Ail the 
pleamres of *Ud-la«M Kioiing will U provided 
without exposing a Emil lathe claw* of the cro» 
tnrw in qurstkoL On tbu table in .1 wilt fa. 
crtvted a (Msino, *ltl. dining tnoin, falllaril ne.m, 
cwd roecus a gwxl at liar, and » gro.1 took. Tltfa 


ground, »n that tpoct may be eon, booed iritb «(,. 
t». aapacially for tlx ladlsa. For our muir famly 
cnlVagnm in Sit. Hubert, “ open *mfaiaeadM will 
fa. prcwiilrel." It aecxni l-j are that the wliofa 
|iro|K*al Ixwr* railicra rtwemidauev to thi* l*tn-r 
|ir«na*|<in. Mr, lionrbonnel a**uro* ns, in.R-.vJ, 
tkwt Hi* lion inclosure will Iw “ uaiqur," and that 
w* du not doubt for a moment ; lot How <an lie 
guanthlt" Hull* f Ncehing wrlil [H-n.iu.fa nc that 
a laaimi 1 * a bhdy wrl of thing Ui attract this 
clu* of ciiM.iiiK* The only *«fc plan for Mr. 
Ikat.lsHirxl ia n> lake Mr. Wombarcti, of caravan 
wUrbrity, into partfxn.hip — cju the Muoo jxioriple 
a* »poct u areured by a bog fat 


Buiulunj rein wtu was go (Way." 
According to Fltzroy, that* ia naiially fair 
weather fa-fore a settled cuiirw. of rain ; and 
in Bent land wo are told, with rr*[wct tv wet 
weatbor, that 

" Lang foul, fang fair." 

There ia a popular fancy that rain oil Fri- 
day insure* a wot .“oiiiUy, a aciporetitiou 
which has fa-eu ombudkd in tin- familiar 

“ A relay Fraley, a rainy r-omUy • 

A fair rrMnj, a fair 8 uul*j.~ 

Am.ther voraiou of thia rbyzuo »• thu fol- 
lowing : 

“ Aa Ibe FrMay, to Uw Bantay; 

Aa ike Sud*], *u Uio »wl - 
Sunday'# rain is in many plaenu regarded a* 
sjxcialiy unlucky. Iu Norfolk, fur instance. 
It la cs.ir.iii. -illy aaiil, 

" Rail, lien ekstcti [rliorok), 

Riili Ut the vori. 

Utile or ataefa." 

Thia tuition extends an fur oa Scotland, and 
ill Flfeahire tbo peasantry k*to a rhyme, 


Out of the further extenai vo weather loro 
naaoeiatod with rain wo tuay iirirlly nolo 
the following, which ih m-atlerod here and 
there throughout Great Britain. Tbua tbn 
agricultural pcawtulry, when Hpcaking of 
tbe advantage# of ruin, tell as that 

Fine wrsllvr Imi'i alwsy* kra*.- 
Rain in spring time ia ccmaUfared a good 
cnii.'s, if wo may placo any relianca oa the- 
aulijaliied adage : 

"A are eyeing, a dry barveat," 

The iadicaitnmo of approaching ratu which 


d i at ba A-yA/r. Unc of the praulcvs luirralesl 
in that atlrai-iini volume fa now, It uvu,*, being 
r.sthtt .1 iu Hard — that of eating frv»!i corpse*. 
Kvcry one retmoufare die young lady, *u diaraa. 
ing In social circle*, tint will,. in private and after 
dark, boiaiue a ghoul. In Hayti— to Juitgn l,y a 
jUitiUKiit iu PaeuV Air tliie week— a Urg« u. 
w.rily of the populatiiiii are gbwri-, oral no |mw- 
urn of tcm&r jiwca and chufa.y prcqKWtUiiia fa 
ufe from them. WIihu onm wiv has acquln.l 
a Uric for Huiuan lhv.li, it fa a* dHHi-alt to Hrvuk 
one'* »iif of the Hufat a* it fa lo give up dnuw- 
.Iriukug or opiuui-uitlug. Jt fa raid, indeed, dial 
tlie nslue* of ferjw Havetxsw nvlaimcd fitnii till* 
practice ; let u* tojw it fa Uih caxe. Mr. Cum- 
miTg*’* recent book upon that fafarvdf.U f/.wo, m 
ArejeeJ describe* the fo»l of iu people in color* of 
eclipse indeed. Ill* dtwcripckm of the great thief, 
wbn had Ilia cnraii hewn gradually, limb by limb, 
while be cooked slid cal thorn fa, fore hia dying 
rye*, fa omainly a [iHturo of do nutal o life which, 
to use tbe c«ul»is language of thu reviewer, hor- 
dec* on the reciuoa of rotutuvr, ami even of s<m- 


canx o»er the loniiuiiiu fa-fore they rcjiaratoi 
wax f<And in it* r i rrp ttia of the groat beetle that 
made its appreranre un the ttuu- of die Home, 
and, at Fergus O'Cawunr ure-d truly fc> pronrfae to 
do, died there. Its dcvknu rout** urw. the nut- 
ting was watched by crowded bunch** with *b- 
xirliing ix, tercel. At ffm It uiiu.M a* inclina- 
tion •" join the fourth jortv, fatt afterward "rat- 
fail" to the ministerial N-ie erf the IIuum.. lowhicli 
it wa* only prevented from attaching iUwlf by a 
skillful rnovenirot of the bonorahln iwiaber for 
Ihudalk. As it bad no vote, it war no aoj-vid. 
ikia, and was evetitoilly Inxlden ea, a* might 
hav* faen expected, by a Ilcr&e Ruler, aiuidrt in 
dlgiiant crire orf “ Oh 1 oh !" 

t don't wonder that the Meloingen Compnny 
slinuhl implsin that, “ wbtlc toadod with enthit- 
aualK applanie from princes and tba iirlt nf the 
Ux*l foe their perforttwnco ua ihu augr," lliey 
were lialgr .1 hi -drven IKals, “ amid gin-p*laou, 
sbeep't- trot ter shop*, and rotting wyrtahlns." 
But it is not wu English who arc to blame, but a 


mu a* ■*««*» th^, * I U , A, ‘ , ‘ sh "J r 

know that they would t l 1 P* ,ro ® dld ,K, ‘ 
. VM , Tbe Ukin- i • trameiadou* roc 
.V wa. » Lsae for a foreign 

othwr Haiid.il tbo av ’ k ' ‘F*"«l*«luro Ob tlx 
in the proftfa whlei ^,re«l,od no sb.™ 
tlte in..*iuvemei,cv ln »r >nriy set off npiiMt 

» 1 "° aW D °i ** 

Imre. I wrel'l 'UK Itv* MarreJ. i?** “I 7 “ fi 
this profc^cm h», A g MlIeqstc u f 

c*U!H)d » precroa of |,fa fa,^ 11 ^fT , !o ' 

»lvc effluvia, vapor, -nVre^.. “ wh ’ ch 

fa. cairicM on l„ auoh - ^ g g , oerat4d ’ ** 
iu ,o ,l,«.,'*U-r,„|. u " IhaMtoT «BBp* 

. topbetnfam f-r ti,,kfa J ir '’ ot 
ir on,, k.u- 

infinitely vroreo fa wcmM^ ^ 
blood -drying may • ll , 1 kaam ' 

growing (tbougf, lt 

mvaviom I, strike* 

, , ^“''HalMryer’s Daughter" would rau 
only Ire a good name, but would suggest a fine 
uioft/. for a novel. Suppo.,, h« in Se .,ih an 
fMher'* 2 * nd <"n«*ltng hre 

to Sfil fra “ Uoa «* be bad wrote 

fro^Yiaueh t^'frightfar^I^“ r ~w^ 2 ^ 
that the MMger ,A * slaughutW' compant fa 

asrss sa fstyr£Saj£K 
a*ier : 3sa55pa:=B 

« S wfario™ tfa. d"r a T e * :"*“»<«•; 'Link Of 

A r.rlSe h*« d | 8 ? U,,, ’- V ^PPl' ! 

wfa‘h T r^bod i» tbe mrtr 
at Bucharest which, .f ailmrtud in really rivitiud 

STr^lrsyi 

.sxrs , r,'s,'s 

nal *prlnga. To thu the fcrobaml decimrrd 
wlwreupoo *h* took legal prorrodiug* to coinpJl 
! ooiincul, and -Lr jmtge | IL , o. (7 

.airs - 

end one . wife t„ go „he ro -he wWMR but 
,f hia auggrefun* an, to have due r urve 0 7 fa* 
where are wc. <x ralfar wl„r,. BUS we not tlrei 
ourwrivc* any sunirrxrf It A ill r ,c fa, M.— 
or Bawbend that will fa 4 etau*d faneBri.l?bnt 
Harrowgnte or BU|M« :he m w„ 

may ihtok ourrelvo, lucky if |, UnT Etna or Chris- 

The late Lord OMMg, who, however, car. 
ntd rtiivairy to k.r*-» a very km* w.y, uiol U] 
.M-ntoad that where the honor of a woman wa. 
-Mttn-med, a nan wan not even to stop at rerinry 
in tlcfcwdnag it from InputaikNi. Alas, Imw tinieu 
have changed for o*r fair rnafavrra! Mr. Jus. 
tire Cave has aerially (MtatafUml a Udy u , pri*. 

<iii for awrrying a ward In cfaroorrv. For mv 
own part, I dao't baiirvv in --dw.igniiig women " 
ami « lion men Ulk of them. I alw.y. Hunk -d tbo 
" " lf bewailing the craft and sufaletv of tb« 

I reroli, Itul it seeui* that in tfa vvw of the taw 
ifa y<Miig g*mlem»n who had bun' made a hu*. 

IxikI won " an infant," and tbit tlo. offense ro- 
■olvol itowlf more or l, M into one orf child -te,’.. 
dig. Agiw a* well as narmoi arc roppnoowl, hot 
I coactute liu was rorocwhtnv? Iietwctu awrentreu 

and twenty-one, Whal a male Imogen, or rather 

what a nialu Cm I tor if he was « n inuucwiit, lie 
was unii, rat. F«r myrolf, I oaa always tfa, lnr , t 
wcttre m dilriw d of yunng nxu— 'aa gr.*l na g„h|,'* 
a* my aunt and guardian urod i« <*U mo— hut 
lien at tint early *ge, dear me ! I would not hava 
* napped up like a ibkkett ; while of tnv own 
rox generally at that epoch l ua wril convinced 
that they are iiim-h nnirc bka young hawks l 
un very curious to kaow what w.ra Un- relative 
»ge« erf the parties fa tfa present care. Tfa lady 
I read, wa* “an adult”; if tfa was over forty' 
lltcre may be rotnething to fa said for the judge's 
Wfiao, but a* fix tfa sous I led " victim ” my 
experience Is that nu son *elli»h are! cgocis- 
ti< crew Rare brealfa., or one le-a likely to sarri- 
lid. himttlf b a kin affair, than a yowng man 
lietwer-n veientccn and twenty cue. Kvcry cro. 
tml hi* iDother i* aware of it, “ Xo lad know* 
faw his tnolfar love* him; no mother kirows 
faw a lad knew himrolf," Ami even if Uw poor 
girl Mwr a hawk, what Is tfa use uf putting her 
ia a rage after *fa lias caught her chicken t It 
ia lory cruel. She mwsi fa let out rooncr oc later, 
and wliat a nroevstrou* advantagu it will give to 
tbn wrdd.vd chick tu be idila la say, '• i marricl a 
JaO-hinl r 

A vwy interesting apfJkatko of the telephone 
is faing aliown at the Klrelrical Kxhibickm in P*. 
ri* Tric|faro-* are laid un to tfa gaUme. every 
night front tlx Opera and tfa ThCklre Fraaqaii; 
and yea are gronpo 0 f prepW standing itmwt hold, 
tttg tu Uleir brads what luuk liku eupplenii-bUry 
ears. Tlimi is an expression now of sadness, 
now of appro! is linn, now of rapture, on their 
face* ; tfay look at cue aoesher, asst express sis 
proxsl with tlieir eye* ; and when tfa md of thu 
■do haa fatal reached, aid tfay tor the clappotf 
uf hands ami •• hre roe ' uf tfa auiliuiHV, tfa lay 
ilown tfair supplementary war* and clap a *4 
bravo Ikowlse. Could not titepfaaro fa attach- 
ed tu bouks, that [■cfrelar author* might hear tbo 
laughter and sofa of their runlet* f ( mly tfay 
roust fa so ooauired that yaw as a*d impeefwr 
wool*, noth a* •• stopid,'* and " rutfadi," should, 
kkv railway tickets, fa ” not Lrensfsrelita.'* 

1 L Kckjlx, of London. 


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BEL.Vi’Kl). 

A uwu twUmnp I Imsri, 

A tut upon mjr weary way, 

A« summer clow-1 bw heated round. 

Aw] uilicrcil in the autumn day 

A little au-ionr? U Mur, 

Thu Urf 4 u:o late, a* I hare done. 
And m> uuluu«lng ynoc astray. 

And now aloud luncly in ibe tun. 

It M*mrd with anxious kok to ask, 

Aic all ut bright eunipaniuiis dead? 
llr ham I slept, fuirettmg task. 

I'nul i bo Urn I y Hay liu >|iui! 

Thom wares around ino autumn grain I 
I are the ripened apple* (fiduw ; 
IMlb palter o t the milt; 

I tie the grape* ltu* Matib «jlh nine. 
Ay, y**- I ‘bp 4 , • •»*Uly drraiacd 
or halddhix linnA and axurc «i). 

And in my Iwbli (turf ilivmid 

Tliat ffenran hku tut would wvn ilk. 
Pram aurh a dream why tlmuM I wake. 
Afar and in another »or — 

Wake only that tire beau may break 
To find inyaeli alone, alum * 

Ami tbit it U to lire loo lung, 

To orarpaat nur proper time, 

Ami bear, mitrwd of merry t erf. 

Vie bcila of death in solemn chime. 

So loo with man : youth slept away, 

Ue «nk« tv find a u*eli»s age. 

And wearily from day Co dir 
Dragi out an ainikw pilgrimage: 


THE PRESIDENTS MOTHER. 

A NOINtlV love is one of those priceless 
pnannuUiba for which Ik earlli liae nothing 
to give in exchange. We ate it while we 
have it aa a boundiras Irea-ury from which 
we can draw without fear of ita exhaustion, 
and we Loae it nt I ant with a pang of eoato- 
leaa Borrow. It hue I wen Hu- good fortune 
of our suffering Presldcat ifaut ho has hail 
the support in hi* Borrow of a mother’* lore 
and a wife’s tender cure. He baa lecu *ur- 
UMindeil by the f.mdiwt aaao-’kaliiHis of 
bom*, family, and friends, ami bus nut lawn 
left alone to meet the puma of airkneaa awl 
of death- To hie mol hr r bo hud alwaya 
lean a kiwi awl faithful wall, iirul to her lit 
the flnt apparent symptom of rmm ry he 
wrote a few lines of cniuolatioii. Veuera- 
ble nbore nil is the agnl and tender mother, 
respected for bar virtue* unit tier mviilal 
strength, her aimplicitjr nod truth. Iler 
example, crowned by sorrow, teaches what 
woman ulmnld be, and elm lias walelaed friun 
afar oil llie tick bed of her •uffrnug ami, 
attended by a nation's aynipnthy and lore. 

Mia. Eua fUUAHr lUiinrin is now 
eighty yeatw of age. She la aioall. delicate 
in figure, yet still acute, intelligent, and 
mentally vigorous, Him knew in her ear- 
lier years difficulties mid privations, hut 
aha has paused through them all successful- 
ly, aaw her ton rite to honorable positions 
in the aeeriee of biu country, awl at last 
tx-come il* FmUnl. KtW met hen harei 
lawn ao fort unate aa to bare such a boh ; 
few aona to hare kept an long to fond » mo- 
ther. Yet l»ow ninny of tkoair 1 enviable and 
aged women do we meet as year* pus* on, 
■lei irate, worn w it h time, Iwt still sagacious, 
wine, beneroleiil ! Their drew is always 
arranged with a precision and uratuCM that 
nhow launniual rare. Their language is al- 
ways well cboaei), they nay untiring heed- 
lessly. They are cbearful, with au aulana- 
t lun that U never forced, unit a wisdom that 
bmii* Derer to denpuiid. If pour, they am 
charitable with bo|H<fal words awl wmo 
enuntaU; they give what they pease**. If 
weaithy,the,v mid material benefactions. All 
of us have known these amiable, nagauioiis 
Ainrricau reuUmra, to * bum nge bruoghtoiilr 
now charm*, and the clow of life 11 peaceful 
Joy. Much a woman i* Mr*. Kura Gah- 
m:U) ; such, perhaps, were tbs wnirwn uf 
history, a CoK.NKt.lA rejoining over her lost 
soils, and happy in their nieiaonea, on Oc- 
tavio, and the mothers uf many awful men ; 
such were lbs niuthera of Wasiiinotos, 
Franki.sk, awl A traits ; and sack is many 
auulber around us abuse useful virtue* am 
loaf in the obscurity of private life. Hie 
reotlwro uf America have given tbeir chil- 
dren to their country, anil made it what it i*. 

The country offer* to tho President's mo- 
ther iu her deep aMlrtlmi Ita ay mputhy awl 
love. In her it area the syrmbol of all other 
mothers watching the nick -beds uf their 
children with iDocuM nt care. It revCMUaon 
the virtues uf venerable nge. It shan-it her 
Iiojh's, It know her fear*, it yoin» iu her grief 
and lamentation. I sire dtwevuds upon iwsii 
nl thi* spectacle of afflict toll- In the sight 
uf hula so woe party dies anil pansiou fade*. 
We feel uur common weakaess. and wiwlom 
*— alveus in adversity. Awl waver all this 
hrinid unit bnay land, from Maine tu Texas. 
Uie President's mother lwoumes the general 
mother uf iik all, tvaefaiug a Icomni nf hu- 
manity and peace. Aa otiu great runted 
family the people watched around the Presi- 


dent'* sick- lied, praying for his restoration, 
awl now os one afflicted family they gather 
arucinit liU grave. 

l-'or death him snatched fruau us tho e>l»- 
ject of a nation's, a wife's, a mother's cate. 
The blow is irreparable to all. The pure, 
amiable, devoted sun. husband, citircn, ha* 
I is u-csl away, an mist the tears uf nlumst half 
mankind. Tu the aged mother, w hat con- 
notations shall we offer t Perhaps the purest 
and highest w III he tumid in her own ui*wdf- 
tsh nature. Once before she drriirwtod him 
to mankind. "Do, my son,* khe s*id I n 1861 ; 
“your life belongs to your rnuntry." It 
ass the lofty spirit of the lionmu matron 
who rejoicod in the meumvy of her dead 
mu. It wim the aplitt of tlie Christinn mo- 
ther who cuiiAdea in hi* imninrtnlity. 

Amu ml the grave uf President (iAiuirj.t> 
all parties, Bt-rtiiwiNdlffereiieii*, fade into no- 
thing. The country la united in one com- 
mon sympathy. The petty impulses that 
have aiiroctinics purled naewona lost forever 
iu lha pmiHM of death. Never ha* tho 
Irswin nf a virtuous life and its t remind 
elooe lieen more effectively presented to 
umtikind, Mid never will tho Jieuple cease 
to cherish the memory of Preaulent GaK- 
v ieni EtUKXK 1.A W HKNCX. 


fB-vnn In B Sana's Wtnvv Na l**-l 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

ItT JAM El PAY.V. 

ArtOMi «r •• Ttn* toMt" “Vm** Oss Roue,'' 
"»«« Us Core lisa,' arc. 


CHAPTER VI. 

AT TUB IIALU 

RrnKFVtl tx Him. waa to Oak Ustgn oa 
nu ople ia to a sonnet. The latter residence, 
ns wn have said, was perfect in ita way, lint 
it had no pTnleOMitn* to grandeur, whereon 
the fo truer >«■ |>«latial Its atjlo waa un- 
derstuod la lie Italian, and )H-rliiips ureter 
an Italian sky it might have hail ita merits. 
Aa It ara*. the vast (should Wt white porti- 
co, with ita pillar* of (iMg-fllbBl swiw, 
suggested neither pnrity ini ]KMtry, but 
only the pressing nri euwty fur soap nud wa- 
ter. On the browl forehead of this struc- 
ture was written, a* on a phylactery, in M- 
t« r* of gold, the family motto, “ fa merlin In 
Madina* this," tbf incxililig of wllirb pill* led 
a good tunny local visitors. Thu nujnrily 

imagined that is medio hwl rrlclelicc tu the 
circulating medium, and freely translale<l 
the aenterew, “ fur t'awt On If." < Hlier* lisik 
it to signify “No risks and luuderate pro- 
fits" — a sentiment, however, which years 
ngo WOW Id bate lieen more upprupriair tu 
git Peter's case tlian at pivoeut. Others, 
agalu, thought that the apknnuu hail some 
reference to the ijnalily uf the good* ilcalt 
in by lire* wertby knight, and a lew even 
ventured to bint that it Lada moral aigr.ill- 

cwtion, nnd suggested llnst honesty alone 

Hike coffee without chlceoryt wo* uot to 
lw> so much return mended aa when a little 

It waa ami to tliink that a man like- Sir 
Peter could have swell detractors ; hut, on 
tho other hand, It wan a consolation to re- 
duct that he would leave n Bionuiiient nf 
beuaffcence ls-hiud hiui — Ibn Klbtiert Mu- 
reoio, bnilt at his own sole ex|icro--, of a 
material which would survive all tbeir 

malic*. 

The hall ItMtlf was aluioat a inuscaui, so 
well tilted It was with ubyecta of art and 
virtu; awd thuugh new iu itself, its cou- 
lents were so carefully mImM from an- 
cient non rues that, once insnlo it, yon might 
almost fancy yourself inside a pyramid, or 
underneath the lava nf Poiii|wii. Not a 
picture graced tho walls that was nut cen- 
mrira old, or at least claimed to lie MX If 
there were uot eleven thonaand Ulcssrd 
Virgins, as at Cologne, there was a very 
largo niinibor, and all mure or h-as authen- 
tic ; at all events, they were exceedingly 
alike. Virgiu sod Child, by G«sslii»i ; Vir- 
gin awl Child, by Bulletiul; Virgin and 
Child, by Boatiai; the Holy Kauilly, by 
CMhariui, etc., ete. The picture- gallrry wu 
crowded with them, but wo* oaoloaimly ; 
tlwy hung twsldn aome vary different »peci- 
i uciia of ancient art, awl which cunht hardly 
be called companion pictures — Nymphs who 
had obv ioutly flourutosl at a tlnm when 
tliero was nu Fibber* A Lystrr to supply 
them with cotton good*, and ItTyads who 
would have found Stoke* ill- much too open 
a country. There wore Claudoa. too, or 
what pusM.il fur Claudes, with every object 
included on their ciuivusrs thnt the four of 
nature affords; awl caves, by Halvator Rosa, 
with robbers taiunamg in them. 

In any oLd-fnahiuwed country house of the 
same sire as Htokoville Hall these wowhl 
have chorused every artistic eye. beesuar 
they would have been alausit invisible; hut 
heir, where vast plate-glass windows let in 
dmsla of light, it waa realty very try tog for 
them. Tbry seemed to feel Uicmselvea tu a 


fnlw position ; on Sundays, » lieu the Htoko- 
t ills sun could noik its will, the poor rub- 
ber* especially, though there was only a 
smudge of lamp-hlnrk and a dab of ararlet 
to establish their idtotity, fairly cowered 
before it. 

The ITbhert ancestor*, who were redlect- 
eil iu the dining-room, in very noble frames, 
expressed » line contempt for thoso sur- 
rounding*- No expense hail been spare-1 in 
pnwanug them, hut onfurtimntely no pains 
had been taken to secure iinifurwdty ; so far 
from looking like one family, they bnd not 
a feature in rnuimou; I lie only sign of rela- 
tionship abmit them, as Percy was wont to 
nliserve, was that they scowled at one an- 
other as tf their inten-sta were antagoni*' 
tie: but It might have been that, lwing old- 
fnahiutied folks, they re-wnted the attempt 
that had been iiuale by tho itphuUteier and 
tire -abiw-t-maker to impose tijain them. 
They knew that “/a medio lulmimiu " on the 
ceiling never I'amu fnmi I lie Heralds* (HUre, 
and that tha worni-ludos tu the ouk that 
lined the room s|iokc lew* of the effect of 
yearn than of unull abut. 

The archiU'ct whom Hit Peter had cm- 
jdoyrel, after Ins bouse « aa built, to give 
what flavor of antU|nity to it was juseihlc. 
hail done his lied, no doubt, and III* uphol- 
sterer hud aseuoilrd his nffurta ; but (lie re- 
sult waa lbcoiigniiwi*. It suggested the 
device uf sumo eminent receiver of atolrn 
goods who amM have folks bnllcve tliat 
(hay were bis own fnnuture. Why the 
*|ioils of the chase should have ndiirncil the 
hull «f a man who luid never fired a gun In 
bU life "in anger" (os he called the practice 
of partridge sh-Hitiug) was a ipicatimi not 
easily answered ; hut it sank into insiguili- 
entice hrsliln tha lni|iilry," Why uu aniunj C 
Yet in Htokcv die Hull there was a pnasuge 
(leading to tho hath-rvum) wlurne-l by wea- 
|u>na of all ages, guareled by ineii in armor, 
who (their existence m nidi a »|»>t lieing 
tiataralljr unexpected) hail frightened many 
a new mnid-wTvanl into fits. 

rill Peter biiuM'lf passed moat of his time 
in a little rucwii like a puntry at the buck of 
Hie house, in company with (lie picture of 
hu own mill us it apiwared in infanry— u 
harnilews edifice fcith one chimney ; *u old 
map of the county, wherein fftekeviUs »« 
repnus'nte-1 by six dots, the uumlwr of 
hc'uacw it thru contained; aud t lie certificate 
of hia knighthood, framed anil glared. Iu 
»pit« of his revenue* for auti<|>uiy, it wim 
n liihpered by cynical persons I Mat In his se- 
cret heart he hail doubts whether anything 
brel taken (dace of inijxirluive anterior to 
fifty year* ago, when the Klliberts began !»• 
rise in the world; and it *-as certuin that 
such uot-dnoc dignities as had lieen earned, 
for example, at Crvcy ami Puttier*, seeoieil 
very small to him by cimipanaou with Iris 
owu rank, which bait bon conferred upon 
him hy hi* Mnjn»t_v Geurgu the Fourth iu 
peiaoti, fur distiugulsh<sl services in ceHitieo- 
tiou with n deputatiun, the preiise nature 
uf wbirh hail twon lust in tho mists uf timr. 

Ill addition tu theae decorations on the 
u alls uf this sanctum, them stood un the ta- 
ble. altar -sbujoii f..-r that especial paqanw-, 
a complete modi'] of the plliliert Sfmeam in 
cork, with a plat* in Hunt of it like a metal 
mat, ou which was inscribed the data of 
erection of the building and the name of 
the doaur. 

•' JU montmeMltm rr^uiiit,” tlio knight was 
w out tu ul nerve, |Kiiiiting to this edifice (far 
lie was it wsg ill bis way, though hr stole 
bU Jokes), "sir -rotor — spy — ter.” Ills mu- 
seum wm to him w bat the Pyramid* were to 
the Egyptian kings; Ire would have been 
burled ill It tf hr could, bat In dnfsalt of 
tliat, he wished it to lie a wiUicmi to his 
grentuews throaghoiit all nge* Tire great- 
est lioimr that could lie conferred ou you ns 
a visitor at ritokrville Hull was to ha ad- 
mitted tu thi* bow er to smoko a cigar with 
your host, who would narrate to you at some 
length buw be hail bunt ones a little buy 
living tXrre (here be pointed to ocie of the 
six dot* on the map }. ami working I Herr I here 
he pointed to the infant mill) for wage, but 
tliat thank* to good luck, ami pribs|n a 
rough sort of merit (here hr would siuilu 
nud smooth himself), I have become (hern 
hr glanced comprehensively ut the certifi- 
cate and tho cork model) what I am. Oe 
other occasions, and even the snino evening 
if tin; visitor was a whiskey-drinker, he 
would serve up tho sumo narrative, us the 
cooks aay, “ another way.” lie would treat 
himself as though he were some body else, 
and his biography ss a sort «f parable, the 
object of w liirli waa to allow tho advautag— 
ol diligence aod perseverance, and when he 
had painted the dixrv height* to which the 
|MM«r lint houewt lad bail risen by Iris own 
exertion*, he would anddeuly Mirprlse hl» 
companion (if a judicious perwnn) with the 
unexpected revelation," I am that hoy." 

Ikwidea Hlr Peter's sanctum, there was an- 
other apartaicnt at the Hall that was an 
exception to its gvneraJ style — the boudoir 
of hia daughter. Mini Mildred, or, a* she 
wna rolled hy her intimatoa, Milly J'lblssrt, 


hod a horror of all “ autUjuated robhaih." 
Hhe was young berwelf (barely mx-utd-lwen- 
tj), ami disliked any thing about her to 
smack uf age. Tim furniture of her npan- 
meut was of lire latest design ; it* oma- 
ments. constantly recruited from Paris or Ks- 
gent Street. even to the “old blue china," 
looked alwaya bright and new, aud the 
novel* that crowded Irer pretty buhl table 
(Percy called it, from its surrounding, "the 
bull in the china shop"j were alwaya “ jual 

Milly waa more particular In getting her 
liit ion fresh and hut (like muffins) than iu 
ita wholesociirne#*. Her pap* was not lit- 
erary, deajdto that Lotiu ipiotatioo about 
his monument, and hbe wa* left to her own 
taste, which wna fur pickles aud much, nr 
nt all events fur culr&w, rather than the 
joint. 

1 am afraid alie endeavored in some mea- 
sure tu reproduce in her own proper person 
the fast ami fashionable heroines of wham 
she read. *• Curiously enough, Mtlly's favor- 
iu> writer,' 1 oaid Pervy, uuinting the liap of 
ynnug Frank Furrer, “ i» W eader." With 
women aud old gentlatken (iiuleae they were 
*n|srriur tu hemdr >n rank. In which cnae 
sho wo* alwaya on her be*t behaviur) the 
was languid, buy, and indifferent ; with 
young gentleraeo, -in the other band, ahe 
was no longer a Itu-du Ithia waa Percy 
again), nor yet a Don't -don't. She gave 
them a helping hnud if they Dinted rocoiir- 
agcinriit ; aod if, un th» other hand, thayr 
were •* great fun," allowed them aud herself 
considerable liceuse. 

To took a* her now. yon w ould thiuk that 
butter would not uiclt in her mflaih. *o In- 
animate aud e*lm la her beautiful fore, so 
indolent i» her nttilmle, ss she lies <m the 
sofa with a boob held sslant tu her languid 
hand. After a enlogiatic description of ou« 
of Uiscliiiractcrs. Lavater add*. "But hr dues 
not hold hia lss»k well,” nnd lie would cer- 
tainly have said the Mime uf Milly Fibbert. 
Hut then ahe could hold it better if tbo 
would. Hhe ho* learned from her pet au- 
thor* tliat to l* negligent >« to he (harm- 
ing, aod also that you should never trouble 
yuuiself tu exhibit interest ur,leot it is worth 
year w liilv, to a lonl, far ii**t»n«», or a lover. 
Iu tire preaetit case lirr only companion was 
her tatiu-r. to that, of -ourae, there wa* no 
necessity tu pot herself out of the way. 
However, as she had nut uni hint lie fi ire 
this morning, ha he always hreak/nated at 
eight in urder to be at busmen early, ami 
sl»e generally at ten, she scknowledged, by 
* grac ious louvemunt uf bur eyelid*, ftir Pe- 
ter's entrance into the room. 

He was a ninn of advanced age, but look- 
ed much ynanger than his years. Hu hair 
w,ia plentiful, lit* figure plump, and out of 
1-u si near Knurs ho wore a roguioh smile, tho 
iialun' of which was dUpul-il- His ftiends 
uud it wiis only tho aly humor rharaeteri*- 
t»o of the man; his enemies, while admit- 
ting the sadlr, sflirmrd (hat it wa* put on 
to nincral his roguery, iu which it did nut 
succeed. They oven mistrusted the twinkle 
of his eyes, which they averred was loo io- 
siaulatiooia* tu |>reviMit their losing sight 
uf tho main chain* even fur a moment -a 
fact they further instanced by tho fact that 
when he smiled he alwaysjingbil lire money 
in his |HM'kcU. Ilia eye* wars blue, tike bla 
ilaughtcr 1 *, ami though they never yearned 
and languished »» she had taught herself to 
i to, they warn caps Ida of other axpresamua 
than that of e**v good- nature, which they 
wore at present Mis too, aa we have Mid, 
n a* plump ; and there all iiwnihlaiwa, ex- 
cept tliat tbeir years _a.it lightly on them 
teith, between father aud daughter ended. 
Nut even ths ciast-sUan of hi* ow u museum 
mold have railed Htr Peter beautiful ; hot 
Milly w us in her way splendid; her com- 
plexion soft os cream, with w subdued cubic 
in it, like light through egg shell chin*: her 
well-rounded limb* in exquisite proportion ; 
her brown hair finer than silk, Hint willi a 
shimmer on it, oa though il were tha play- 
ground of the suuheaiua. Percy called her 
the Princes* Bl»ndivaitna— a name he pre- 
tended to have found in m fairy tale ; hut if 
alia wrus a fairy, her weight was over tha 
average 

"So, Mi*s Milly, you havw gut a (ire, have 
you r* suiil her father, at the same lime tak- 
ing advantage of it to warm bis back ; “that 
is beginning early. 1 supp<we you remmi- 
tsjr that coals sic cheap Iu tilokiiville." 

Milly smiled the very faintest smile im- 
aginable ; her pretty mouth parted perhaps 
a liuiEs- breadth, lull slm mails up for that 
riuxlrnoraisluli by almost clualiig her already 

bulf-shut eye* Who hnt Sir Peter could 
have dreamt of oasurialiug her thought* 
with thw priew of oasis? 

" Fortunately cottons are looking up,” 
mnt amed .Sir Peter, ooiaaolingly. 

Milly, uuliks Ilia cotton, did nut look up; 
her cj—i sought her tasik a lltt.r impatient- 
ly. tihe had been iiiterrupted at u critical 
point, where tire guardsman with the lawny 
tiiisslache and tlfloou thousaxul a year was 
cnitcavoriiig tu perauade the Lady Adeliza 



HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


l ' 1861 • 
i i« fly i 

-A lHWlHUVu - 1. 

6o'H b - ...I shat * ,,n 

i« '”“ 1 " toa'y 

» U *. you may „“ y fr,Hai - 
-H*»* -V, 1 " ’* Oak Lmlg*, 

MHIy. ,h |* mooUu., Slr “»» had 

l * _i_n| u , . bantering and airy • 

n °>|illy. *h? y k r^ “ , " M ‘ UHM,nw 
»W»P ( ' «,,u, ih., tr- K "*"' *“»» ***7 swift 

w ltli W“ between jocn- 

.UeelbH'S •Vlff, 4 h «Bwm »b* lusirw of 
Ivor n«' vel ** ^ »>l«*«vr. resigned hrrecif 

cfluvet** 1 ' . 

••Su, p® 1 ^ | 0 “ v ® *>«•«.! nothing frnm 
CUre; l® 1 "■* * *“at imi ucwa U good 

“*TUe which.be 

nltrrrd «* , '*.*?!* t " " -«l'l have been ltd- 

•iiable u, keep her M- 

<•>«• “"I'^rlSl. into 1 ?* tlM » f -*‘ w “ *b«y 
wen* " fll in the aubjcet. 

The iUn*ee of km- fallier »»» » mat- 

tar that ouly tooetieol h„ r i„ w lhat u 
made CU»® • uf, "' c ‘*oly f Ull) , rotted lor tbo 
n (lire, of fneuiMl.p. 

-It i. b'.V oirtuion. Ml hired, and, what ie 
of more cMnWM“*'iee, it j„ Diekeou*. oalo- 
,o«. that Lyrt« WUI uot over it.” 

*• poor mao . 

The word* »f «be apeaker were appropri- 
ate ei««"|{b. onttympethy could -carvi-ly a 
haw d»wuc« S' 1 thau it dUl in the tone cx- 
j,rc-*et' 1 in- 

«• You are wMlQK the very rjomliiHi I am 
■•king niveelf, »atd Kir Peter, gravely. ~U 
John Ly.wr a poor man »" 

“ Mr. LyeWr poor P* Milly raised bereelf 
<,uii« naturally* without (Making (for once) 
of ho" eho <li«l it, or of her pom- aftcrwiml. 
- Why, i» b" y°«r imrtoor T" 

“Till Ui» death, yea ; but (hat tau uot be 
far oir.” 

•-That will make iu> di (Terence to us, how- 
ever, will It— that in, materially !" 

Her concent for tbo Ua.lv Adolixa Mont- 
biiuon had hteu coo aid Arable, hut them a a* 
another y»“8 woman in whom, nlthoagli 
n n tilled, it waa tuanifeat she took a still 
warmer interest, 

** I should hope not ; no, indeed, “ sanl Sir 
peter, straightening Hi* waistcoat; - hot it 
would he a »ad thin*; for Clare — a dreadful 
com* down In the world.” 

"It would l»o shocking, inexpressibly 
shocking. 1 ’ HMlWI Hilly , arranging a brace- 
let that had alippod too far over her wrist. 

•- Then llx-re’* Perry.” Time three uonta 
dropped with groat signiticaiirc from Bir 
Peter'. Iipa, but his daughter only acknow- 
ledged them by an inrluinlioa of tier bead. 
Her aniwer k*lt that form lor two renauiiM. 
Fin*, she conld not trust bereelf to spenk ; 
•reoii'l, l bo action coiu raM her face frocn 
her father. She had llmduel from chlu to 
brow, and her heart— for she Aad a heart— 
was healing against her light laced stays, 
like a hint in a cage too small for it. 


THE MICHIGAN FOREST FIRES. 

Tub great peninsula nf Michigan lies on 
the map lika a clumsy left hand. Stretch- 
ing np from Detroit between Lakes St. Clair 
aud Huron on the cast and Saginaw flay «u 
th* northwest is what Mm people of Iho 
State, with Ibvir rails: figures of speech, call 
the "Thumb of the Mitten." Tire up]icr 
part of this smaller peuiisuda is occupied 
by the county of Huron, and below that, to 
the east, thn county of flnaUne, to the west 
Tuscola. Theae couiilies originally fortnt-d 
a considerable ]>art of tbu grvat whit* piue 
region of Mirtilgsu, which furnishes such 
eiiornioua lyaantitu-s of valuable timber to 
tbn C'bicago nuirkel, the greatest distrib- 
uting centre for lumber III thn world- Ten 
yearn ago tills section was very sparsely 
inhabited, only 'JtfiQO inhabitants being re- 
ported for the three count ies in the census 
of 1970. These were tax wily Poles, JViuuli- 
nav iaus, and Oaiiatbaus, with a sprinkling 
of Now - Knglaiidcre. They were engaged 
almost wholly iu lamberbig, with such want 
and scattered attempts at tunning a* went 
n*r*«*ury to raise the winter's supply of 
food lor man and hensl ou the clcariugH 
from which the lumber bad Is-nn eat. 

On the tetri bln day that Chicago was 
hn nx»l afire started among the jaue forts tu, 
and in a few hours rendered several hun- 
dred families houu-hwe, and drove thoin iu 
dm|>*rat« flight to thn shores of tho take, 
leaving behind them, in the ruins of tbrir 
little bodies or ou the blackened ground of 
their now barton tarns, scores of dead hmt- 
I**, and tho cwrcoiwes of nearly all their hie 
stock. The calamity was justly deemed a 
fearful one, and iu tho heart* «if a whole na- 
tion stirred to pity by the sufferings of tire 
people of Chicago there waa still room fur 
a generous outburst toward these stricken 
wmlsinen. Aid was writ them ten De- 
troit, Toledo, Milwaukee, from tho cities of 
tho East, and -signal proof of the wonder- 
ful energy of that remarkable city — from 


Chicago itself. With Ibat patient industry 
aud that courage which often mark tbo pi- 
oneer* of the Old World iu the forests of Ibe 
New, tbe survivor* of tire Urea of 1H71 set to 
work t» wrest a living from the m-oreliml 
■oil. Nature with its kindly hruliug sec- 
onded tbeir offori*. Gradnslly modest farms 
lM-gan (ospirud through tire region di.uudnd 
of its pine-trees. Corn was found tu prua- 
p»r w Ire re Iw fore it had failed. Orchards 
of eousidulwUle value stretched along the 
hill-sidus, and gi»d pasture cow-red tbe 
clearings so suddenly and fearfully made. 
Ill acrofdiMir* with the mysterious principle 
of variety wbkli governs in such raws, hard - 
w o<«l tree* sprang into healthy growth from 
the ashes of the ptuew. 

The tide of emigration turned onn of ita 
currents along the shown of Luke Huron. 
When, a year ugo, tbu misiis-taheni again 
pasatd through tho threw comities tu fhu 
" Thumb of tbe Mittcu,” they fowud TifiOO 
I ulinhli silts, aud an eslimnted wealth of over 
(17,tM>/«X>. Tho gallant anil sturdy immi- 
grants, with tbrir recruits, liad doubted tin: 
population, ami more than dunbleit the re- 
soiirivs of the region which, at tbu opening 
of the decade, had Wu so tcnrilily dm are 
tated. 

During Ibe past sammer tbe work of farm- 
ing ami of clearing the forewts IiwI gone 
steaddv and hopefully on. A tong drought, 
l»ail for tho crops, bad offered to the fanners 
sown faimpenealioii in the ease with which 
tbo standing stumps ami thn hruidi-uood 
could be removed by fire. Time hud dimmed 
tbo memory of the awful disaster of tea 
yrwn> ago. uiul on a thousand fallows th* 
fanners lighted their brush tires, and count- 
ed tho harvests that would next year he 
n-npod where tbo farilo fian»wwere merrily 
doing th* work of the axn ami tire brush 
hook. It wo* a fatal device. Suddenly ou 
Monday, the 5th of September, the villagers 
In tire northwest part of Sanilac County 
found the sun blotted out by gathcliug 
■moke. By noon it waa as dark as evening ; 
by thro* o'clock a hlackuews worse than 
night hast settled over the coon try. Oil ev- 
ery side, beyond tho pall of siuokc, Ilia roar 
»r flame* wae licurd, and the terrified people 
realiKod that llie firestiflHTl hail been again 
started on their cruel way. Tliry spread at 
first north and cast toward Luke Huron 
wnni ten or a down township*. Follow- 
ing them, other Iwd** of fire, starling far- 
ther west, swept tbo lower part of Huron 
L'ounty.and turned south ward into Tuscola, 
and slung ilia western edgs of SumUr. It 
is idle to try to Imagine tbe stceic. The 
vast mass of bested air and burning gives 
fnrun-d roi-iwuts of ilwwlculablii forev, wlacli 
whirled in every dircctluu. Ssui- villages 
seennsl to have been fimml surrounded in 
nil instant on every side. The people tied 
through tire Uiu'pvnliig darkiKns toward th* 
nearest water, most of them toward Lakr 
Hurna. For three days line tires worked 

tlreir way. 

As ucnrly a m can 1st gathered from a com- 
panion of tbe scuttcred report*, the belt 
devastated is sixty miles in length north 
ami south, mid frnsn tea to thirty nilles In 
width. It rmhraiw nearly the whole of 
the eastern half of Huron County, the east- 
ern half of Tw a c ola, ami lire greater ]mrt of 
Kinder eouutie*. The area uf the Is-lt Is 
approximately twelve liuinlrod wjiisre miles, 
nr tlirne-qnsrteni of a iiiillisiii of wire*, on 
which nearly avery thing is destroy ml. Tlitr- 
ty villages ore re|iorted to hare been burned, 
moat of them completely. Estimates of the 
number of lives lost vary. N»im of them 
fixes it at lent than five hundred, burn* of 
them place it as high ns one thousand. The 
Daintier of fnaillH* driven from their home* 
Is not lore than fifteen huiHtred. It msy 
cusily he two thousanil. Hun- can they be 
cowntcd I In mauy a lonely farm • house, 
built of lug*, etMiding in lire centre, nr on 
tho edge of s xuall clearing, with tin: wools 
stretching far iu every direct iou about it, 
a hardy pioneer with his family lias been 
burned to dualli- <’onv« pond nil* wilt uat 
from Detroit and Chicago recount that they 
came screws procesaintis in which six, eight, 
ten, lifeless and blackened forms, loaded on 
a single w-agou, were followml by on* luouru- 
er, the sole survivor of a family, condor ling 
to burial the Isxlies of his wife and children. 
How Many oilier caws there must liuvn been 
where liuue survived, and the ashes of tbo 
home betaine the common uuuiarkud grave 
of alii 

Again, nothing euo convey an adei|iiato 
notion uf the euo fusion that must have pre- 
vailed. We have account* nf meu and wo- 
men, blind kiwi rrsred w ith fnir, led t*y their 
relatives or neighbor* from the path of the 
fiatues into which they- were bent ou plun- 
ging, Futon crealures wero picked up 
I iuiu the pool* by tbo riuul-*ule in which 
they wero rolling, imagining that they were 
banting. Baruo to a place uf safety and 
cared for, stun* of them *» uhuixsl from tbu 
sleep of exliaustUiu raving manlaui, with 
the awful hulluciustiuu that they were 
being commuted by the Dames Ooo poor 


woman, whitoe little fortune was In tw 
three rattle, roslietl nil. r them a* they lied 
into the tangled tied of a dried swamp, and 
perished miserably by their side. Thu p-ipn 
laliuu L-f entire township*, numbering many 
hundreds, were foutul huddled upon thn 
shore* of the Dkr, w lien the turn* w li ids fell 
on Wednesday night hail w> far checked tbo 
iDmc* that the burned districts cimld be 
reach'd. Shcltcilew, with si-ant clutbiag 
or nearly naked, without trad, aud shiver- 
ing in th* slurnt, which hud barely saved 
their liven, Dinny- died from hunger *uJ 
duties* before slier ttf ntuid marli (hem. 

Amid such aecoos on accuiitn detail* i-sn 
lu* ex|iected. flu* tbe fact of th* ioraleu- 
labt* sum of naioery which lias fallen upon 
the devoted enantDiuiily U only too clear. 
Tbe lives lost are vary many, Including ue- 
cusHarily those of nieu and women who leave 
ht-lplo«* faiuilirs beUad them. Of tho sur- 
vivusw liter* are thousand* wbue* w hole fur- 
tunc small at host, and valuable only be- 
t-auso it aided their labor - -i» swept away. 
11m ujipesl which Ihewo farts make to geit- 
ernciK hearts U lnexpres*ibly strung. Al- 
ready many thousand* of dollar* and largo 
<|Uantities of supplies of food and clothing 
have been sent out frosn Hi* Western cities, 
nod more moderate one* from th* Kiel. Bn I 
large oa it seems, ran only satisfy 
* and premiug want*. There innst 
bo so extruded, careful, and syetemalir pro- 
visina made tu set the unfiir lunate vicUma 
on their feel ngnim to enable them once more 
t« apply their liiduinltstdw energies to tbo 
tniiug of tbo toil. SihmI grain, form itnple- 
nientM, live Minch, and. lu-jond all, fmsi and 
clothing for th* winter which will soon be 
upon them, will have to be supplied to lliuci- 
siuiii*. Hie country ran not unit wilt nut 
»i*i thiwu noon and women with their fomi- 
lie* either reduced t» paaperi«in nr driven 
from their laud. A grout numlier uf them 
*ro tlwwc who, when the Bros of ld71 du- 
strwyed th* hruilivr which they were em- 
ployed In cutting, turned to forming, iu 
hopiw to get a livelihood flom the mill. Oth- 
ers have responded to the invitation of the 
Anmrtrwn government to beoowse the owner* 
of Imnn-strads on tbn simple hut lalmrinu* 
rnsulitind of recnleriiig them tillable and till- 
ing thru*. Even before this last calamity 
they were nearly all poor, barely (H|iiipped 
for a hard tbungh Uo(iefiil aud bravo strug- 
gle with lb* land on which lb*y bud settled. 
Years of iuirtuo toil anil of self-denial and 
privation which happily are unknown to 
must of our readers had given then* what 
iu tbeir graphic Idiom they call “ a start.” 
If evwr the brotherhood of the human race 
shoidd be reogiiired, it is in the presence 
of such iniiiu-Hsurabte *ulf*iiiig and misfor- 
tune. A whole cimimaurty of hard-working 
people, the very fibre and sinew of the great 
region ia which lire noliim is extending th* 
fuiiiuUuou* of ita wonderful ptvsiperity and 
ita splendid rhsrarter. hna been stricken hy 
a sadden and overwhelming blow, Sob- 
*r:iiptluiiN may be addivunrel lo Wltuix 
Down, president of the Bonk of North Amer- 
ica, New York, or to other agruU whuwe 
ii uuiu» will b* fonnsl iu tha doily papers. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Etis siare the little yacht Hadf*, the famous 
Engl uh racing caller, srrired in this country on 
tlic deck of a steam-ship, American yaehtmn 
have been casting <liy glanoea at her. They hes- 
itated fur a mini, bralile time to (Mings her, 
iliungh they were ODXiooa re we her qulaie* 
UHaI ni com petit km with Ameriean rmft. At 
length the S*»»aiih*k» Yacht Clu'i mailo sr- 
rangtcarul* for s sro* nf three msletie* with 
the stranger — iuit m> murk in »ho hope of defeat- 
ing her, as an ufltrer uf tbe rinb rtpUincd. a* 
fr.aa a ArMn, lo ms her sosiuastsUd in the 
wi«b nliii-h browghl her bWv. But U U lieliernd 
that tbi* «x|ttwdun w*s tisrdly (anevre, and dial 
llu Aiurriiwo ysriiUaum have great faith iu (lie 
ability of craft uf the Americas llglit .lrauglil |.»1- 


Tbf Hare and the .ViAourr 
the MmJyt for two of tha rare*, aad in thu third 
Jwr ii|i|kiui-s1 aaa lo tic the imu of thuto two 
which » mouid to bo the Iwttur op|Kiorut. Tim 
first uf dm rwocs was lo luivs boeu Milled on Srp- 
li -anlirv SO, bat I tin *<*Ves was postponed oo Si- 
uouiil of tho President's death The Jfsdrr ia 
furti-wlx fe«< olsie lochia In length over all. tlUili- 
oiglit hit six iacbr* on the w xb-r-liae, scu-n fivl 
tuoe Unhc-S lo width of brem, slid sis fivt two 
lochia dkvyi. Tbe lf'aiv Is one inch ihomr than 
dm Mmtf t oa the wstcr-lloc, aid die icAntur 
tscnuaix inches shorerr. each of thrao hosts Is 
nearly infos as bnwd as die English collar, snd 
she is nearly two feet deeper thsa cither uf them. 

When tha recent corner in Hannibal aud St 
Joseph common stock had ran tbe pace lip from 
•cieiwl pot ills below par to two hundred points 
alKivc, the Wad Street fnends uf a ycixg broker 
were seeking hint— -with several guides sml s 
pac-k of hootidj, it wu said in (lie A.iirotuhu-ks, 
where be had gone bunting before die existence 
of tbe corner was suspected in tbe strerC. Tlie 
profit cq tbe honlsmu's bolding* at the time his 
f Holds were securing the woods for him amount- 
ed lo sumo forty thousand dollars. At the lime 
of this writing, this chapter ia tbe story of the 


corner ** *“’ *®*”i aotnnkiiad. Fee ail that is 

kiwi *rn K» llle Wfitrarv ,r7i L , j 

tM-riuK over im,tcrl, n ,.i. ' br " h »» >• -t»ll 
ilw. sagacious guiilo, ' 1 ', ? " r K * ro *’- "‘ !h 

™7iSfr ■»£:, “t;:, a sjs*.;:;' 

mw hi* tup- noots *Ud surted for the wild-mess. 

sISS'SKas'a 

i h i it - 


^pr 1 h^ M ‘ 

it, tho air throb. The sound fell 

re of all who hnxnl 


with and Mgsiflouico 


iL Next to loriki 


•- - v „ji i. ,v_ m f u * wo disof.iho hearing 

•* r ' mi 'Hlrr of the real- 

“7 ,S ® ban killing ia 

cliorv be* farther up Uie isUnd it- news 

Jf *' w ' would no« tore 

| U hsS?.k R - Wl * 4 * w » were tlirnwn 
open, an* 1 thrust out, and U.m tbu «d 

new- imparted by the lolifog bull, , u iai p ri „| ^ 

w|, ° *“* atospiag, 

Never before wu ,h. n „ Bof t „„ onl vllieb WM 

m* taoi«i«<i in the necropolis nil „ hoar I- 
f»n. midnight so gencmi lv dislribuwd at night 
throogbowt the city. »" 

to 'I 1 "'.*’ "f tbs chy flags ,t hstf-msw 
snd dr.r-ff Work ssH whim V e ,e di.pl.vw 
“« the President's death. 

Tlute ar ximre t of u>rtvm with « ninwurou- in 
Motion. Kiiph.h tongue Is llui* simkcn 

as they wnro where f„ bat Mtivr-hora, ro-i 
liclits live. They tndirated that, dospito (ho 
many natronal^e. brought togvtf-T under rim 
lUg of tbo republic, ,U „ { MtlonaI inli[ . 


Follow ing tbe “ yellow Tuesday" of alia* Melon 
, strange jd.«mm.,, o0 nfanai to h*wo tore,' 
n messed 'I it I-« orange, Indiana At about half 
.sot SIS o Cluck oci » edurodty morning there sp 
,*»,«! In the brawn, a shower of mauy-cofored 
glulms which seeoar.1 u. descend from the awn. 
They disappeared on toueliing tiw huriron Thu 
|dmliota<BOB. it ui averrol. was area hy man, rwi 
dam is. 

When the congrvdwm gsihreiyf |„ ((„ Fk,,„. 
till* |Tcxss)cHiircli iu wclrotiiH the pastor ihi h,« 
return from his sunuoer •atwiiow, User found th* 
vli-mh so mfeeaod with hwi« thul it wa* utiiHitsi- 
hlc to go on With tha rervire. Ths little ere*, 
lures had ccror through a broken window pane 
It wos o well. known c-M-tia* New Yorit |wlitg- 
cian who rbrlsroi that tlmre shswM be ragnlsr 
presenting — "u> bring sinners into tbe dum b, 
and to keep bate onl." 

A man b» C'sremi, Nerada, alluitol to another 
as *n ilMlIiu-tir- thief and au #x road-agret , 
wkwroupow th* heal paper rwmo lo th* aid erf the 
d-fsiwMl resident, and said tfot his sooner was 

to bo sued fur "definition of charsekv." 


A man in Hartford, f'ownrctxut, answered a 
«WI 'torwik* In a **• >1 manner, bus the- reply 
cost him six saotuha' tiiiprisnnmcnL Ho had 
from asking aims on tbs pretense uf being draf 
sod dumb. 

A clorgynwa in Alabama is the recipient nf 
oc» of tiw higlowt ivsnplimfwt* ever paid lo a 
prvai-W in warm wwathrr A Southern new»;u- 

t wr says of hint : " His aefmice ran listen to him 
se ! xiurs, awl Uwn express regret when he Iim 
finished." 

A for flag uf inwriwrily has come over all of the 
priMMim in Hi* jail at Tittle Rock, Arkansas; 
Miiro on* of the prisem rfikcislr ■«» srrrwud on 
tli* charge of passing raunierfeit money which he 
Mole from one of thoir number. 

llotwroii tlm moolli nf the Mireistipni River 
snd I Kill os ua ID.-huc. It ftini iwilr* swsv fora 
land. U a listen foe which the -mall craft that 
pit Iu llu— 1 waters sturc wtb.li iwnght out in a 
gale. Thu place Is known as ilia " Mil Funds." 
UU, which Is bcllovd to eumn frtnu the bed of 
tbe Gulf, fifteen feet bcnostli the eurfscc uf th* 
waUf, cureiw the wster with a thick reuiu. In 
the hmvicst gale* tbe force uf the »oa i- broken 
when It strike* I lie oily surf sre, aad tiw akippera 
drop am Kir there, and arc secure frees harm. 

The tclrpiionr has been playing a ceeupic-ixrss 
part In the electrical cthibitinn in lVris. Con. 
nrctiuns were mute with tlm Thf-ltro Fnuiqau 
and wilh tbe Gram) Opera- 1 1 ■:■*«. Each llsum-r 
was furnished with two tclrpb»cs — uw foi (wch 
car— connected wilh microphones, one on the right 
and one «i the left of the stage, so that, which- 
ever vray the porforener fared, the sonnd would 
l>* caugliL A writer in Um Inn don Times says: 

“ It is KflMwfasX ouvms to wwlrh the iliffercnt 
tislenurs, if we hare wot a telephone in hso-i 
ooraclvc* Furfrc-l -ihwirvi reigns; ten people 
stand round, with their bawbi holding to their 
1 things which kwh like largo rare. You 
m expression of aalnfaidkm, of aadorro, of 
nurture, on their fares ; they look at sscb other, 
snd enures approval with tlnir swr ; sml whrw 
nil of th" aoki has twso rearhud, and they 
Ibe ' lapping uf hands and bravus of the 
sudiinire, ilo • lav down tbrir U-li-phniira sad fro 
■l<»tnlly join lluar applsusn unbend lo that of 
th* stidiswe* at thu Ojwra, onable to restrain 
thonuciiss from Uio espresstea uf their dcilgliL." 



HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


OCTOBER l. mi. 


GGS 



THE LAST RESTING-PLACE. 

In accordance wiilt » wish often expressed uf lata yean, Presi- 
dent OAlirirtK will bo twrinl In I .ike View Cemetery, at Cleve- 
land, Olito. Tbio cemetery In * (I|miu u In u t« WOodod ridge Ui llin 
outskirts of that cMy, overlooking Dm water* of Lake Lnc. It 
iMiMnunl peculiar attract um* fur Prrsideat Gaiimuj*. Hoy* • 

n titer III the Kin York I'ribvnr : " Willilit sight of the highest 
crnu li ry In Die place where the larau-r liny wham 
rkcil fur great achievements and great suffering 
le while chopping vrnul t» earn Money U> educate 
sight of it* resiles* shilling wove* 
world and mingle in 
Daunt ten mil** to the 
f the log -robin where 
tar re ia still standing 
the |i1niu little frnnie Ikhisc which be and 
liU brother tmilt with limit own hands 
for tlirlt widowed mother when tbrlr 
stunly toil had lifted the family out 
of (he pinching • trait* lit which it was 


left by the death of their father. Twenty miles to the east, on 
the same ridge upon which the cemetery Ilea (an old shore of 
III* lake In prehistoric I lines), la the Mrutor farm he lovrd ao 
well, and lunged to ecu unoo nsore lm tofu death closed bla eyes 
forever.” 

The catafalque erected in Mononacut Square. ia CleTcUr.il, white 
the remains of the President lay In slata until their twiwn at Intlie 
cemetery, was a beautiful structure, ft consisted of a platform 
five feet all inches high, a square pavilion, coveted by a eniiopy, 
on the apus of which rested a large globe, upon which stood 
the figure of an angel nrptwaeutMl in the attitude of blaming, the 
hands outspread. The wtuga were extended, the Ups approaching 
above the head. 

The dimensions of the pavilion were ns follow* : The main parts 
were forty-fire feel square : no each of the four sides was an «paa 
ut*h twenty feet wide and thirty feet blgb; I he canopy tuperad 
to an apex seventy-two feet above the ground, and tbc glob* was 
nearly live fret in diameter. Tim slatun above was Iwenly-fkuu 
fret in height, its wing. tips thns being at ao altitude of about ooo 
hundred feet above tit* ground 


THE CATAPALQPE AX’D LAKE VIEW UEMETBRY, CLEVELAND, OHIO— Pamvwasiwf* ax Tmmas S. Swixar. 



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HARPERS WEEKLY 


OCTOBER I, 1891 . 


070 


ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT 
GARFIELD. 

(A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH.) 

I mb the Xslton, ob In •ntlqov i|M, 

Cnraclnd wllb rsnl min, »nil atore on bet head; 
ll<t Mournful <7** d«p with d*rk f w a f re . 
Hr ml to hattolad l.y • (om.lrsr M! 

“O (tad I' the rrln, why Uart Thun Mt to* hired- 
!•*. 

Woaudol nil unit'll i^ to Ibr heart'# liM contT 
Can tin ul IbJ.Hi, v>iug>-d prayrr, and augohhod pbari- 

Wk» baJm tod pity (tom Tty braid* no roweT 
“ I hialt. t ytarssil, In « gonial u* jkoSmi, 

llesamlrse to oal ct Tliy •allil mwH >nW (mi (or; 
Now Thou A#d imroH. M In awful ChMo*, 
Aftl Kfippai out inUnlibi of Ha i*»l paiu Mar. 

41 Wliil Inn are flttti oi* in nltmwtinni nmtfr, 
V mm fathuwtoa. dotal* nf Mini, darkly five, 
WliOa that port Mr 1 litld my aobkan ((rente 
I* -|dsag*rt (orsvur la dealt. V lldciaaa Ml 
44 Hirk tn them hallow mail* rd laairatalhwi. 

Tiff atnflnl rrt-lr. (Iff ball ; 

Fnna fir rad <*l«lr on vine* M deanlsIMfl 
Hhi situ uid wailful (ultra fares..-*. 

" Tbr NertkJand nnuru bn gr*rf In full liballna. 

Ot'ixnftd fot MR who ilM «l VlrinryV. gnat ; 
And tba great Wal, In roWrrn anettralhtti, 

May mil mall uu huh alillilne puuI. 

— Tr*. the Xorlb tomirta ; lb* W*R, a aenrksn vanlkur. 
Aid abil «H atnfca, wkal waldl* kutt, cut 
The yanttetj* brart-ihmle oC tb* pltytag Hoad, T 
'•DM ilonM ranaln I— Ah# eroahnl la* liml rtnUtr 
At Ibai Hem tnuanl vibaw «l>t tVllaih tiil 

I'tltd by (ha hit* of Uaiwaot mqnjrmoa tall 
"Tbnt by flat rpell of nnr vael gyWI xstird 
(VbH* capes*# bomb* lludr ilmili-rcdal shadows- 

My KM. I iro*t, a twin falih lata JillfhO-d, 

All] atafad Ibt rampatl by A is tscml (irava" 


GEORGE BORROW AND THE 
GYPSIES. 

Ft* raen without liaring matte n gnat 
reputation have exvrci»r.l a more remark- 
able jqlluetico upon Ihi'ir contemporaries 
than (ieoTg* llonow. lln »n |hn non of 
an otBcer in the army, ami began life aa an 
articled dork to a aatidloriii Norwich. Eng- 
hunt; hut I ho Ilk Hr had litrtei atIHrliMI fur 
him. nnil Ilia time waa rhiofly spent in fie- 
qtienf tni; the society of the gypsy wander- 

hera in the eastern counties. The ruuteni- 
fdalivn of their wild life atimnlated that 
props willy for wing ami iidve-utnre which 
he displayed at nu early ng«, ami which 
subsequently led him into aorh a clteekered 
and eventful nrwi. In l*Kl lie rnilirored 
tba apportanltioH for tmvnt which the HHt- 
>»h and Foreign llkhlc Soorly offered to it* 
agents almiad, and went to 8t. Frtershnrx 
So that capacity. Having a wonderful apA- 
ittnte for acquiring language*., amt an n»,ie- 
cial liking for the leut-knnwc dialects, he 
wo* able while in itoaaia tn edit the New 
Tretainont in MfUitrlm, He u*kt MUMl 
to Spain, wliere the Z.neall, or gypsies of 
that country, attrurlesl his attention ; and 
finding t lut- grent afBuitie* existed between 
their jwk-i* and that of hi* Noer.dk frinirtla, 
he applied lilmarlf earnestly to the study 
of the dialect, collecting a large vocabulary 
of their word*, amt a i.iimlier of their pnpu- 
Ur song* and legends, aa well n* translating 
the Gospel of 8t. Luke into the dinlert. 
Ppaiti ia tint a pleasant working ground for 
a Ptotestant uiiumun 1 ami distributer of 
the Scripture*, and Borrow constantly found 
htnioelf erjMowd to ineuovetlietice. and oven 
at times to imminent |Nirw*iia1 Hunger, He 
was twice put ntnler arrest, and on oihi oc- 
casion was obliged to seek shelter in the 
wvKHia, in diafpilae, ftvtn the fury of the fa- 
natical popul.vr* Returning to England, 
he published an account of bis work aud 
adreutnrw* mulrr the title of 7>c //life i» 
NjHiie, a bunk whirh attracted great alien- 
tion, especially from the llghc which it 
thmw upon the language and life of an iu- 
lerosting ami hilbnrtn iv)irHi*4 nuktiown 
race. Ills next Jonruey waa to the smith 
of Europe, where he devoted himself almost 
exclusively t<> Hie investigation of gypsy 
dUlwrta and manners, fht bis return Iw 
published a hook railed iorrspro, " tlic hu- 
fraaor,'’ a romance fur the Luciduuts of which 
h* Iks# drown largely hipwtt hi* own person- 
al advunturoa, ra]ieulaily nmotig thn Knm- 
niauy chnl*. or - gypsy IniU,'' iu whom be 
trsvk so deep an interest. In tin* Israk Bor- 
row iiuri'iiiw iousli iKtiids h>Bi**’If ill coluni 
which am alooluteiy true to natnre; and 
If Iw appears inise«h»l pedantic and vain, 
ills iBU4i.lv €|Mn]ilU«. Ii.s rtilliOMitam nnd iu- 
t tepid courage, mure- than nuU up lor thraw 
falhugs. Jsrvsyru is emioeutly a romance 
of the roods ; not of ordinary travel, or of 


coaching, nr nf railways, as the expression 
might imply, hut of "the roads" in thster-h- 
nicul sense given t™ them by the B*|)kk 
“ Irnveller," or tramp, awl dctwril.uig the 
atrnnge life n# the folk who live, net be- 
yond. hnt outside of the pale i‘f eonvvntlau- 
Kl society. 

Until IU*m»w s-mlc, tlic grpalra, in Lng- 
Iniid ill least, wet" cotuparativcly nnkaown, 
Ttwdr taugiingr was suppoerd to Is* mere 
cant ur thieves' *bing».-»|id the constitution 
of their s.s-iety «w IM-Iteved to be akin tw 
if not a survival of tbs lagging and llnevlng 
fratemitkH aud " Alvueinn" king.U.uis with 
which tiie older novelists have fuuiilinrtxcd 
ns, and wbiL-U M. Victor Hugo has «o pietnr- 
CM|nnly rehabilitated, ltamfylde M»'le C** 
row, the gentleman vnguhood who dubbed 
himiMdf “King of the Gypsies," waa lung 
luokrd upon as the model of a gypsy hero, 
aud the doing# of hi* " l ramps,'' " inuuipers," 
44 thieves," 41 beggars. - and "Abrohum's mi-ir 
wore regarded os nernrmte aecunot# of gypsy 
habits. George llotrow's books M once dis- 
petled all th*M«' false Ideas. The gypsies s» 
im palutnl them wore perhaps hardly more 
respect shle, when jodgml fn>m tlm ordinary 
slttml |i»int, than llioaa »if thn popular con- 
ception, hut limy were shown to ls> u na- 
tional rouuMuuiry with n real language, and 
not a mere motley Imidn nf vagnlKunl* 
«| making tlm Jargon of the prisnus and the 
loti lininits of towns. 

Tlic later reaearehea of Pott*, Midnsleh, 
ami ollter* Irate no donht as to Hie Indian 
origin of tlm gyjeWw, although the exact- 
tri Iw from whiL-li they sprung has mil Irwii 
as yet definitely Mcert sined. Many of the 
individual wools, such ns pgsi (water), are 
Idetitical lit 1 lyp*y aud HindnstNui; hut the 

ginnunsr of the iirit.mrn tinned language, 

ns shown iu the mutilated form which re- 
main* in English Koiniimuy awl the more 
perfect system o( the Turkish TchtitgianAi, 
is quite difleront from rood of the tiiislctn 
veruarnlatn «if India, ami has but few points 
of eoutaei w iili the older dialect#. Tbi-re 
are in ladtn several trilsw wli.»»t' character- 
istic habit* are very similar to those of the 
gypsies of England. The Juts, Naths, and 
llniijaris, fur cxatnple, singularly rewtnbln 
thcBi, awl a very gi-t*l ca**> has Irc-ii ntadn 
nut in favor of the Arsl-nsentioned aa the 
original gypsy stem. It in a historical foci 
that sum.: wliere about the year MM AJI. A 
nuuils'r of strolling minstrels i)Ul dud l heir 
wav into Persia; they were called “Lori,” 
and are described by Fmluuriiu teriro which 
inlglit equally well apply t» a lnii*l «f Eng- 
lish lintmnuuiea. Tin' ward " l.ftri” is sttll 
used in Persia for strolling minstrel 4 and 
vagabonds, while under the form "Miri 'lt is 
the generic aiqs'IInt iuii of gypsies iu Syria 
nod Egypt. Arab historians spunk of three 
|teopie under the alternative Halite of /.Mil, 
which is, with much reason, Is.liovrd to Ira 
u enmipliou of JiM. The gypMe* call Iheoi- 
ivlves everywhere ** Roiu” or “Reuiuminy,” 
» hick would point- to the “ ll.wn" or “ Roan" 
tribe os their original stock, the Initial let- 
ter of tlm wool luting equivalent to either 
lJ or k. That people, who are principal- 
ly fuoud iu Brhar, are I'meHtlsIly « roving 
trils.'. Amongst other things whieli ilistiu- 
irn.shlhoui from other IliuiUsi rastreid their 
ludittcreuee to eercmouinl impurity, sneli 
ns tbnt which arises frosn touching a dead 
| body, awl their liking for swlue-liesh. Now 
gypsins in Europe arc retry pcrnliar iu their 
eating, and arc perhaps the only w* who 
will eat sniuuils I list have din! a natural 
■loath. Mulla hasla, nr 11 dead pig.” » their 
favorite delicacy ; and one of the inoat typ- 
ical and amnniug of the RnmwiMuy l*allu*l« 
which Borrow ]ma enlleetoil celebrates the 
trick formerly so roinmno amongst them of 
]MMM>aing a pig iu urdur the next day to bug 
Its canine* for food. 


HORS FORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE 

IN DYaPCFftlA. 

I srro«T wwy Uvoohlc mulls In tan InwtiosM nf 
dyqffpSs >Mt kw »7 InsVIn, bj lh. ui uf Hum. 
1'ilkT* Acid rbasiilut*. 

— Idfe.l hMOwi. F, M BuiMXTf. M. D 


Annsn the Iboussnd uJ one Fare IsMioni in 
the narket Hiker's llrreui uf Ko*vw suusl* pro 
eminent, — { C«m.,J 


Nssv wAswaric propie drae tacsiMve* kJvrot vrirfc 
filllns IssJlV md cto-sglv. whs h> ngng Pnrk.e'* 
<y|i>XF* Took, they »..uki Ot>l a core oson>es.-ioc 
trim It*.- Anl Oust, sih] .Uilltj sot elscnpb Mrely 
CiRliug tatk LoLka-fiAJ 




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111 V* *11 L"»«-ol>t* Bid ucrlftff.r* WtlulrekV 
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M.nv (ram hinntns nalrrlila tsU *d*pmt to itw 

nnil*.! IvUob Jt UJIIlif **i (. r*rk«r'*H*libskB*U) hi* 

uktu Him reac si u drgim hair mtursUrt.— I ASr.J 


Rr lb* paled prwwM edlsd Ibr •’ IQchnoiM ClMV 

rat tmth Wllluioi I«||| or rxlrectloa of Us roil*, awl 
slikuui tin- few ut * pale ur prtul Iruh Bvery »**r 

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Ira, Paper, 40 onti. Alan, an oktlun printed 
cn liurr paper, bound in Ctalli, til 1 * 1 . 

TUe will he a wt-lornra adjunct In miny • Anna* 
rirrW. (iiblallll’ip. M ll ilnra, aid* by sole. I be fmatllar 
sM brain law and batlub abxs an Ihr erry hre ath 
of mrralf- Tti* *■*» anil pirtguylia m, nvrt, pigt 
•n a m; mluahte ndieida lu euib a week— paili, 
drerrlpllre «d fbr am. It, and irarally nf a mn-.-.l 
a.-.tnro, very rakealil* in — Vre wlio ter mmKlint 
or IKA- PlfftAuryA TVleiraj,*. 

There la a>* end of Iserv, aleriiaf old aaip In Ihla 
odlcnloa, wkfcb "HI make tta pnbllratlnB n mini 
yo|ialar nne. • • • U»t» of tajya »M flrta will rnclit 
•brie drat mnalTAl pleoraae and bmtncllua frim tkla 
polilltnlliill.— A. K. Pine*. 

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Id the rnlllrMlon and ilorHnptMiil of lb* 1st* nf 
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HOPE-DEAF 

Dr. Peck's Artifici a l Ear Drums 

anl peaiorn ora »«« «f »!"• MaaaaaoU Mrwwa. 
Alwar' m position. Ml laildMe W> Warn. 

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MlatUoiKf, Is MasJiauii Si., Cliiufo 


THE LIFE 

OF 

JAMES A. GARFIELD, 

LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 

By EDMUND KIRKE, 

Al'TflOH or "AMONG Till I'tNEa." lu 

W i tli Illustration*, ito. Paper, 40 cent*. 

ALto. an Edstica is Germu. 4t«, Paper, 20 onsta. 


Tbe Innk i» written in pooil (trio, and wiib 
rnibw.ia.alir affeefkm. ae .,1 k.tiu lira rvmler all 
andnil lo ila (tor, A- Presidml Hopkir., tug. 
gnu, ll w<aaU do a *oa«l amice to pm Ibia t.if* 
into lira lunula of fiery Ttraug man III tlra cum- 
in. \otbiii|; raaibl kra I "Her adapted to ilianire 
a \vmg matt u> m*kc liinieelf a man, to net ibe 
hik’hiwi a»d tlw la-al. * • * W> would coinlui-nd 
lhn MograpliT fur iva-IiiiK in wry family, u 
etiowlnn arliat a bmcIiot may ai-ruun-lidi fui her 
cliltdrm, and what a youxiy man umlcr adverar 
cirmaatalii-r* may nrhinrp in tide (Treat land of 
mira. — A'lunWTaf, Jf, V. 

One niuv .4 nil Mr Kirka'a Innk without 
being rtni’k wllh lira utmdy "leli-rielinj; march 
Junes A. liaitiidd haiila- Inmatlm lowly condition 
nf hi* boyhood to Uer ix*£uOit»diliK puaitiun lie 
K» imd aiiiurii; men. — TVajr yiuira 

The miry <d Irirfldil'i life, npratly of bin 
KMtb. early ninnhc.el, and lullltan ui|ieri.’in>-, |. 
i "’! »itli auifc abihly that It baa all Ora fnMbneaa 
aud aLncclmic UUrriral of Ora nu»( alirwrtWe 
nnnel. • • • The Mnr* of the lulllu of Miiklle 
Ikirak hue nowhere eta* been told with aueh brill 
taner.and ihi* 
of narration ir 


Tlic homely Ineidrata of Ida life on th* cam!, 
kia boriab Uate fur Luo La uf adruapare, Kir early 
and am cnreil panluu for ih* am, ar* Krapldcally 
related, and llu- rradcr U bid In ayu|iathr Ui follow 
the* fortnne" of the amtlcloua boy »)kj buuyerH 
afler knowlnlgc and was not afoul in »<n-L, 
Tbningb liisri|ranrnma*tMelivr, l’mfi*-i.r,a^i 
Stale Senator, be bring* the reader lu liar&rbi the 
Hilili.T Ui« military exploit* are downhill a III, a 
■lailiiaf pen. and an- illuatmteii with a wmlih uf 
ton-dole. * • • ll will command wide nru-miun, 
and Ira nwd wllh drop interert .— X 7\mra. 

Mr. Kirko liar a rind and picturc*i|Uo ante, 
ateJ lie baa laborid u|miii lliia work with an rt- 
Ihriflaiiu Imrn of a d.»p and genuine admiration 
of lira rhaiii-Uf Which be portrays • • • It nuM 
Ira a ;jo«d thing If tbit lotsnra ronld find let way 
into the kaibla nf m-ry young man in the coun- 
try, — fiuloa lA-wmof. 

Tbe strngclo of the widowed mother a&3 tlra 
yoiinit eWer biutber went kerxiir; and Mr. Kirk* 
las dealt with them iu a dygniKeJ at»i simpke 
war. It met Ira a hard limrt that can nwd of 
tli—e Irble irilhoRt etnutra*i — f'Airuyn 7ViA»ne. 

A rirad picture of a worthy and brilliaot bfe.— 
Humalrr .Syiy. 


Prajeom by HARPER Ac BROTHERS, New Yoke. 

IF~ w *V nsr-r, yrafejw prtfani, la my pari of Mr foitrj NMf,«, era rnript of tkt p 


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PATRIOT AND PACIFICATOR 
"VrOTHINO wa» more striking in the outburst of 
1 1 sorrow over the death of President Oaktieij/ 
than the universality ami sincerity of sympathy in 
the Southern States and in Europe. The courts of 
kings and queens were dad in mounting, the hells of 
English rural churches tolled, memorial services 
were held in great cathedrals, aud European newspa- 
pers. with every sign of grief, disci luted w ith sympa- 
thy and intelligence the jraDietic event. The demon- 
strations in England, as wui imturnl, were peculiarly 
touching. England is ‘‘our old home," and to many 
Englishmen the American republic is a proplratic 
vision of the political tendency of England. Com- 
mon blood, language, religion, history, and literature 
bind the two countries very closely, and despite nil 
occasional jealousy ami bumptiousness, they Watch 
each other narrowly, ond their hearts beat together. 
On this occasion all England seemed to mourn. The 
ineswigrs of the Queen to Mrs. Garfieiai were most 
tender and sincere. Titer spoke the true sympathy 
of one bereaved Woman's heart with Another, arid the 
irrepressible enthusiasm of the American meeting in 
IxHidim, which burst into prolonged acclamations 
when Mr. Lowell and Bishop SontON alluded to 
the Queen, was but an expression of the deep and 
wide-spread feeling of good-will in this country. It 
was doubtless remembered in England, although we 
have sen no allusion to it there, Uiat the late Presi- 
dent died in un Englishman's bouse, which had keen 
generously given fur his use. That, at least, is some- j 
tiling which Americans will not forget. The Hug- | 
gealion in the New York Tunes, that the English flag 1 
be raised during the centennial ceremonies at York 1 
town, and saluted and cheered n* a sign of the utter 
extinction of old difference*, and of appreciation of 
the generous sympathy of Ktigland during our recent 
national sorrow, is so just and becoming that we trust 
to see it carried out. 

Not low striking and beautiful was the outpouring 
of Southern feeding in this country. The illness and 
death of the President, with the impressive spectacle 
of his manly dignity and modest heroism through all 
the tremendous ordeal, seemed to furnish an occasion 
fur expression to a feeling in the Southern States 
which has been suspected, but not often revealed. 
There lute been no more unreserved, patriotic, intelli- 
gent, nnd generous manifestation of Borrow in the 
national calamity tlian that which liaa come from 
those State*, and it is plain that it will have the hap- 
piest results in the development and promotion of the 
moral union upon which the political union finally 
rests. One of the expressions of the Southern press 
we print elsewhere. Let thnt be read with the fol- 
lowing resolutions, passed at a maw-meeting of mem 
here of all parties, in Charleston, Booth Carolina. 

- AVsnA-n/. Tlist, as Amrriran ritiwii*. ** ftfplore, in the drattt 
of President liiDiun, ihe lor* to the cnstilrj of nne »bo lured 
tr^nbliiwti sn<lit*tion««i*.h lihtslude limrt nml hhiI *ml •irtnctli, 
*od whose pdiry *» CW If agittrelw, lUerefnre. Kks lint of hie 
I adllial j>r*slem-snr, fulluaed ilu- Atfe *rd timid jaili* tenHrol «nrt 
I it I lie f.i|V^r» Ilf thr republic, in foutdiliR pfrwxinl hn«V*a uymn 
the bed-mck of jiulifc liberty TImm slwsu na(iun*l Aftlirlwn ha» 
Juised nuetlirr, lei no |>uliLit*l differsnns |iul A*u *dtr. 

fitatittJ, That, is Sooth CoruUouai, living in the so ca Tied 
* Cradle uf the RchelUui,' we linnor tfco nienKiM of J uu A On- 
mm, herSUM A* P«*l*J«lll Ui puipo«e« And his pdiev J«n-»nl lie 
ymul the line* of party And of section. iod knew no c«ll«r limit 
itua tin- iMiondAriis cd'tlic republic And the welfare of the whole 
|m>pt«. t'aixcopmadilng »ln*y* in tils devc«iun to the Lams ami 
1 -> the Rupubllcin pirty, he irmciiiU-reil ns Prceidi-nt only Ibr 
7 : rir.tr- if of an nidi Wu't.W Cnlun of mdralructihle Sutra, retting 
as li now doe*, and tbrnnfh his tragic* I drath.oa the aAc-cika slid 
cuuH.lencc of the people .' 1 

This U a feeling which is heartily reciprocated in 
this part of the country, ond which it in the obvious 
duty of patriotic citizens in all sections to encourage . 
It is to be regretted, although the reasons are obvious, 
that it should find exprwwion only under the pressure 
of a great nnd common calamity. Yet it is another 
wreath upon the brow of the dead President. He hns 
brought Europe and America, theNorth Aiid tbcHoulh. 
climcr tngctlicr in fraternal amity. Patriot and Pa- 
cificator are Die words that should Ira engraved upon 
his nKuiiinieut, os Dray are written upon the Ameri 
can and European heart. 

TI1E PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE 

A* was generally expected, the President lias sum- 
moned the Senate to meet on the 10th of October. 
Its liret business is organization, which will supply a 
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of Die President's death or disability. It is curioa* 
that there should have been any discussion of the 
order to be ohscrveU at the meeting of the Senate, be- 
cause Die twenty-eighth section of Die Revised Stat- 
utes provides that “ the oath of office shall be admin- 
istered by the President of the Senate to each Sena- 
tor who shall hereafter bo elected, previous to his 
taking his Beat." No Senator newly elected can take 
his seat until he is duly sworn, und he can bo duly 
sworn only by the President of the Senate. If there 
be nu President of the Senate, no newly elected Sena- 
tor can be sworn. It would seem, Uicrefore, to be 
demonstrated, as clearly os anything can bn demon 
•tatted, that the Senators who Lave been duly sworn 
are alone authorized to organize the Senate, and 
should at once perform that duty. Nothing else can 
Ira done until that is done. 

The argument against this course drawn from the 
fact that newly elected Senators when sworn may 
change the party majority of Die Senate may influ- 
ence the vote of some Senators of the organizing ma- 
jority, but if not, it certainly ought not tu delay or- 
ganization. If, however, such a fact be a reason that 
Senators should disregard their party feeling, it would 
follow by similar reasoning that where the elections 
of an intermediate year sliow a popular majority 
aguiust the party majority in Congress, that majori- 
ty should renounce its party action. This seems to 
us a fundamental misconception of republican repre- 
sentative government 

Moreover, in tin; present care, when Republicans 
complain that the Democrats will organize the Sen- 
ate. they must remember that such a mishap is among 
the rnnsctpienre* of the surrender made by Mr. Cojtk- 
uxo and Mr. Platt when they resigned because they 
could nrilhi-r control the President nor the Senate in 
the discharge of their respective constitutional diitirs. 
If Mews, Coxeuxu and Platt bad not betrayed 
their trust, President G,\«riKl.H would probably not 
have been assassinated, nnd the Republicans, with 
Senator Davis's vote, could hare elected a President 
of Die Senate. It is not becoming in a party which 
lias lost an advantage because of the recreancy of its 
own choaen representative* to appeal to the oDrar 
party not to two the power which that recreoncy has 
placed in ita lunch 

The Democratic gain will be the temporary Execu- 
tive headship of the gurernnrent pending an election 
in Die rvrnt of the President'll death or inubilily. 
This might last for some mouth*. and it would raise 
questions which recent experience has shown to be 
undecided. But there can be little doubt, we think, 
Duit if upon the ft***- milling of the Senate lira Repub- 
lican Senator* entitled to vote were in a majority, 
they would elect a Republican President even if they 
knew that his first duty would lie to swear in newly 
elected Senators who would give Die majority to the 
Democrats. We can hardly expect our political op- 
ponent* to he more forbearing, und Dray will un- 
doubtedly elect r Democratic President of the Senate. 
Such an officer, however, would not be permanent if 
a changed majority of Die Senate should subsequently 
decide to elect another President. But, as We write, it 
ix reported that in an informal conversation between 
Republican und Democratic Senators upon the funeral 
train of the late President, it vros agreed that a senior 
Rcpubl ican Senator— probably Mr. Axthoxt, of Rhode 
Island — should be elected President of the Senate pro 
tern , und that Die Democrats should name Die Secre- 
tary, and retain their Sergeant-at- Arms. This is an 
arrangement which, if accepted by the caucuses of 
both parties, will be a friendly disposition of the ques- 
tion. and one which well becomes this hour of soft- 
ened partisan asperities. 


A SION OF THE TIMES. 

Ix Itia brief and admirable speech at the lost Har- 
vard Commencement, Governor Lotto said with just 
pride that in Die bright lexicon of Massachusetts poli- 
tics there waa no such word as boss. General Butler 
tried to be the Republican boss, hut failing, he aban- 
doned the party, One good result of this situation 
is that the Republicans of Massachusetts are always 
in the van. They deliver the soundest Republican 
doctrine, and help to save the party from the dry-rut 
thnt won i Is every party which lias been long in power. 
It wax the Msueachuaett* delegation at the Chicago 
Convention that offered the resolution upon reform 
in the civil service which appears, shorn of much of 
it* force, in the national platform. But the resolu- 
tion upon Dmt subject in the late Republican Conven- 
tion of the Buy State is a remnrkahle sign of the 
times. No political party Convention ha* ever mode 
so detailed and intelligent a declaration upon the 
subject. 

The Republicans of M*u*arUusrtl* demand that 
clerkship* in Die public service h)uU 1 be opened to the 
free competition of all citizens, irrespective of party, 
und thut removal* shall Ira mode only for legitimate 
cause. The president of the Convention liad already 
made the same declaration in his opening speech, and 
the Governor, whom the Convention renominated by 
acclamation, hold* the same views. Massachusetts 
Republican ism therefore means reform of the rivil 
service by definite and stated meDiod*. The evils of 


OCTOBER 8, 1881. 


the spoils system are undoubtedly much leas familiar 
in that State than in some oDter Status, and the Bos- 
ton Custom-house and Fost-ofllc* are managed, we 
are informed, upon sound principles. But the good 
method, as the resolution states, should have the per- 
manence of law. The impulse of President Hayes 
did a great deal, but a reform so necessary should not 
depend upon the personal pleasure of any officer. 

Is there any good reason why Republicans every- 
where should not adopt Die Massachusetts dectara- 
I ion T The question can not be bowed out nor sneered 
down. It must be met or avoided by every Conven- 
tion. If it be avoided, the avoidance is a loud decla- 
ration of indifference and opposition. If it be met, 
it must be met fairly. Generalization and equivoca- 
tion will not suffice. The party must decide whether 
it is a spoils party or an anti-spoil* party. The sig- 
nificance of Die word spoils is perfectly understood; 
and if there be a disposition to admit that places 
should be given only to fit person*, and that removals 
should be made only for cause, it will be necessary to 
define further how fitneRs is to be ascertained, wheth- 
er there shall be an equal chance for all honest and 
capable citizens, and whether political opinion shall 
be a cause for removal. There are Republicans ev- 
erywhere who are mist firmly persuaded that upon 
these points Urarr must be reform, and in Massachu- 
setts, in a Convention of a thousand delegates, there 
was nnt a vote against such reform. It is one of the 
must cheering of political portents. 


MR MACVEAGH. 

Mb. MacYeaOB has resigned, and has requested 
(hat his resignation shall bo accepted, He retires 
with perfectly kind feeling for the President, and in 
obedience to a conviction that if the President, as Mr. 
Ma/'Veaok believes, intends to prosecute the work of 
reform, including Dio Star Route frauds, he can do it 
more satisfactorily with some closer political friend 
and sympathizer. If such is not the President's in- 
tention, Mr. MacVRaok, of course, could not remain. 
Hi* relation to the Prmidrnt is very different from 
tluit of Poatnmster General James, who is an old per- 
sonal friend and party comrade of lira President, and 
who could become much more naturally aud rosily 
one of liia political family and advisers. 

While tlte decision of Mr. MacVeaqh is nnt sur- 
prising, his retirement from the cabinet is a very great 
public haw. Not only his profession*] ability and ex- 
perience. but his pruclicul sagacity and sound judg- 
ment, with lies frank political independence, hi* cour- 
age and rnergy nnd conciliatory tact, make him a moot 
valuable counsellor in ndrainistraDon.and a powerful 
ally of reform. 

His brief and, from the Inteulneas of his devotion 
to the late 1 “resident, his painful career as Attorney- 
General, hu* made him univenudly known and re- 
spected, and there will he very sincere regret that a 
public service so auspiciously begun as Dint of the 
Star Route prosecutions should pass to other bauds. 
No member of Die late President's cabinet was more 
fully equipped for his duly, and hi* close relations 
and deep sympathy with Preeideut Garfield will al- 
ways associate Mr. MaoVEauii'* name most intimate- 
ly with Die brilliant and patriotic promise of lira late 
administration. 


THE NEW YORK REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. 

The Convention will meet on the day that thi* 
paper is issued. Its chief general interest wilt lie in 
showing whether the party will reverse the verdict 
pronounced against Mr. Cosncuxo by the Legislature 
which refused to re-elect him. There cau hardly be 
said to be a principle at issue, because CoXKLDfO poli- 
tics are merely personal politic*, and his suppurtem 
sustain him because he is Coxelixo. and not because 
they care about the significance of his conduct. Lo- 
gically, however, to sustain him is to declare that if Die 
President and the Senate will not surrender their eon 
stitutkmal powers to a Senator, the Senator muy pro- 
perly resign, and ask his party friends to commission 
him to renew his quarrel with a Pre*ident and Senate 
of hi* own party. A sillier proposition was never 
submitted tu a party council, yet that is really, *0 fur 
as anything beyond Mr. Coxkuxu's personality is 
concerned, the sole question, 

Mr. CoMKUNO has been defeated as a delegate to 
the Convention, but a false contest of xnst* has been 
made in order to enable him to try for admission. 
In this attempt, n* in his general plan to put the old 
machine upon the track ugain, he has three great ad 
vantages, which, in the event of his hucconi, ought to 
be kuown in explanation of it to those in other State* 
who are not familiar with New York politics. First, 
he has the organization of Die party, that is, a major- 
ity of Die State Committee. Mr. Platt is chairman 
of the committee, and Mr. Coxkuso'b name will be 
entered upon the roll oc a delegate, compelling Die 
rightfully elected delegates to contest his sent. This 
control will Ira decided by a committee to be appoint- 
ed by the temporary chairman whom Mr. Plait will 
nominate. The question who shall take part in the 
election of this chairman may easily lead to great 
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national admiiuMlrntion. which will be noceptwl by 
many drltfalM prtsbably a* a virtual restoration of 
the Ookium «u primary iri<ire absolute than ever. 
The third advantage is the rotten borough system of 
delegate election in the city of New York, where not 
more than 7000 or EOOOuf the 80,000 Republican rulers 
are allowed to vote fur delegates, and then only under 
tlie surveillance of the Ring. It I* upon these farci- 
cal rotten borough elections that M r. O'XKUNO de- 
pends for his success. Were the city elections as 
fair and honest us they are in the country. Mr. Co«nt- 
Loro’s downfall In the Convention would ho as sig- 
nificant a* it was in the Legislature. 

Observers out of the Stale will see. therefore, that 
Mr. OotncLcra'a apparent auccvw iii the Convention 
would not signify approval and support by the lb*, 
publicans of New York. It would show only that 
by such means as we have mentioned. Iiy rotten bor- 
ough ruling and by tricks of management, he had 
been able to secure the appearance of party support. 
Tlie real Republican verdict of New York has been 
rendered by the legislature. There is no more doubt 
that Dr. Bellows, in calling him “ the fact Ionia* par 
fminetiee of the Republican purty," spoke for the true 
Republican opinion of New York, than that he ex- 
pressed the true Republican opinion of the country. 

IRISH INDEPENDENCE. 

The recent national Convention of the Irish Land 
League is thought by many critics to have been an 
event of the highest significance. Tlie conservative 
press* in England regards its declaration* as essen- 
tially revolutionary, while the radical press, of which 
the Fall Mall Gazette is the ablest representative, 
thinks that when the irreconcilable element which is 
now iu the mustery is suppressed, the League will be- 
come a steadying and conservative iutluem-e ujm.ii 
the union. By this it means, we presume, that the 
league witl serve as a constant and powerful indi- 
cator of the true state of Irish opinion and feeling. 
But this bt to admit that the Parliamentary repre- 
sentation of Ireland is not such an indication, which 
is the strongest argument for reform. If tho Con- 
vention was an expression of reul Irish opinion, that 
opinion rejects the Land Bill and the Irish policy of 
the GLAMTOHB administration as base and malig- 
nant, and declares that Ireland will never be content- 
ed until it is independent, and until “landlordism" Li 
abolished. Mr. Pah fell huttml that they “aliould 
press forward to the abolition of landlordism, and 
legislative independence.'' 

In reply to the last point the London Times says, 
what is undoubtedly the universal sentiment of Eng- 
land, that " Great Britain will no room tolerate scces 
sum than the United States tnternted it in I860." But 
the Time* has not forgotten, we suppose, that in 1860 
it laughed at the United States for attempting to pre- 
vent it. We shall not retort it* sneer, because wo 
know in thin country, very much better ihnn tho 
Times, the nature and the force of tho union senti- 
ment. Tlie sentiment of union that binds the Amer- 
ican Staten, however, can not vitalim the bond be- 
tween England and Ireland, hut tlie peaceful exist- 
ence of England is SO identified with the maintenance 
of political union with Ireland that the question of 
Irish independence is a question as vital to England 
ns to Ireland, It is significant thut at this moment 
of wise and humane English legislation for Ireland, 
when Mr. Parxelu the leader of the present move- 
ment. declares for independence, Sir Chari J» Gavasi 
DOfn, tho brilliant lender of the Young Ireland agi- 
tation for indejs-iideuce thirty-five years ago, Bays 
that the Tenant League of 1BS0 would have received 
the Laud Bill with “joy and gratitude." While Mr. 
Pakxkll “hurls foul scorn" upon the bill. Sir 
Charles Ditftt says: “ If I were a bishop. I would 
write a pastoral ; if I were a priest. I would deliver a 
discourse: if I were a journalist, I would make my- 
self heard from that rostrum ; if I could do no better, 
1 would beat a drum on the highway, in order to fix 
the attention of the Irish people on the splendid op 
portunity they poeeore of becoming prosperous and 
powerful.” 

Sir Charles considers the bill to be " the first great 
agency lor restoring Ireland to tlie Irish.” But he 
means by thiB nut nsewrily separation from Eng- 
land. Indeed, the wiser sentiment nf Ireland — the 
nrntiment which the Full Mull Gazette believes will 
at last control the League — is reconcilable, not ir 
reconcilable. Accepting union as inevitable, it will 
uim at a truly national union — » union which, leav- 
ing the internal control of Ireland, on of tkutland, to 
itself, will bind it to Englund for common defense 
and common glory. Tin* national character ami wel • 
fare of Scotland have not been lost by the union. 
There i* no people in the world of a more positive or 
more distinctive nationality than the Scotch ; and 
there is no reuwin that, with wise action upon the part 
of England. Ireland may not he as happily united as 
Scotland in the British Empire. Sir Ch.uU-E* Drrrv, 
who seems to us hr far the ablest of the IrUll lenders, 
although since the failure of the Young Ireland en- 
terprise he lias lived iti Australia, nay* of the Glad- 
HTiiJOC land Bill, with the instinct of a statesman, 
that when lie notes the spirit in which this measure 


is framed, and the progress mnde in agrarian reform 
during Lhn last doxrn years, he is sure that the pre- 
sent tenure will presently lie replaced by one under 
which the tenant, while paying a fair rent, “ will be 
as immovable as the rock of Cashel,'' It is to such 
Irishmen a* Sir CBARLCfi Dl'rVY, and to such Eng- 
lishmen os Mr. Gl-UUrtoXE uud Mr. BRiailT, that we 
must look for the happy solution of the long and an- 
gry contest. Agitation there will be, and there ought 
to be, but the object of agitation will be more and 
more Irish independence within the union. 

PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS. 

The Pennsylvania Republicans, under the control 
of Senator CaMKROX, have nominated a candidate for 
the State TreiiHurendiip who distinctively represents 
the “ ring" in thut State. The personal character of 
the candidate, however, is unimpeoched, and there is 
no fear that the public interests will sulFer in his 
hands. Under three circumstances, Mr. Charles 8. 
Woi.ri has announced himself aa an independent 
candidate for the Treasurership. But some of the 
other independent Republican lnulrrs, nnd the press 
in sympathy with them, pretest that Mr. Woin'a 
action tends to throw the juirty wholly into the hands 
of the bosses, while a little longer vigorous con tret, 
with the advances made during the lost two years, 
will dethrone them. They beg Mr. WuLFE to with- 
draw. and not to help the Democrats to cany the elec- 
tion, because they are confident tliat the ring can be 
overthrown by action "within the party,” 

Mr. Wolfe's position is plain, lie is nf opinion 
that “bore rule” is fatal to the party by substituting 
mere jw-rsoual and comipt politics for contests of 
principln nnd policy, but that so lung as it insures 
party success it can not be overthrown. Consequent- 
ly he holds tliat the defeat of the party is the only way 
to destroy “ boMiain." This Is undoubtedly, from tlie 
strict jxirty point nf view, revolution. But if a man 
is convinosi that "bow rule" is a greater evil than 
Democratic miccem. he will act and rote accordingly, 
and the responsibility must lie with those who. know- 
ing hi* conviction*, thrust upon him the alternative 
of “bouiinm’' or Democracy. It is obvious that if 
there are u few thousand Republicans in Pennsylva- 
nia who agree w ith Mr. Wolfe, it will be useless to 
denounce and vilify him. It i* only tho voice of an 
honest majority which is entitled to respect, and it is 
the objection to “boreiam” that its majority is usual- 
ly not an honest but a bribed majority, which mis- 
represents instead of representing the actual feeling 
und opinion of the party. 

There are many Republicans who heartily condemn 
such action as tliat of Mr. WoLM as fatal to tlie or- 
ganization, without which party is impossible. But 
without reference to Mr. WoLFE, do such Republicans 
hold that the action of the regular organization, how- 
ever corruptly or improperly influenced, ought to bind 
every member of the party ? or do they mippnHi tliat a 
party made up like tlie Republican will ever acqui- 
esce in such a doctrine? We shall all agree that 
government i* indispensable to well-ordered human 
society. But does it follow that tlie government of 
Dahomey or of Nero is therefore to be sustained 1 
Organization is essential to party, but does it follow 
that an organization which stifles difference of opin- 
ion, and obtains votes by terror and bribery, is the 
kind of organization which is essential to ]»rty ? In- 
dependent Republicans know the necessity of organ- 
ization quite 08 well a* “boas” Republicans, but they 
will not support a venal despotism nn the ground that 
government is indispensable. It is “boasUm,"' not 
opposition to it, which eudangera the Republican 
party, and while the queetion of fighting it within 
the party is one to 1* carefully considered, it must 
not tie forgotten that to play politics with a boss is 
to throw with a gambler whose dice are louded. It 
may be amusing to try conclusions even against such 
odds. But every sensible player knows that it ia only 
honest playing which really binds. 

A TRUE WORD. 

lx hit brief inaugural address, President ARTtU'R said: 
“ The Constitution defines the funrtions nnd powers of the 
Executive »e rlesrijr as llires" of either of tbs oilier two de- 
lisrimefit* of the emigre**, and tie mint answer fur the just 
i-ierelse of the dincri-lmis it permits, and tho performance 
of tlie duties it imposes.' 

This Is a famUmeelal truth well stated. Hat It was tie- 
eauas President u*urrrjj> vii-mud that discretion upon 
hi* responsibility, and because the rSenste sustained him. 
that Mr C'OMiUXO quarrelled with him. We trust Hint 
under tho pressure of rill iiitlnnnres President Almira's 
administration will llliutrsto the Executive itMU-jmndvucc 
which he so clearly describes. 

APPLES OF OOLD. 

Tnr. fnllo* lug article from the I'fcnmlrfr and Cmlilmlianal- 
M, pntdished at Atlsuta,C^<o(gia, is exceedingly significant 
snd interesting, While such feeling exists, " Ibe gus|H*l of 
hale" ran hardly tw preached or peart toed with xnur.li rffncl: 

“ With anp<i*h sc sunaunce that the saevt fears tare liecn 
oinfirwml, slid JxNes A. liiuiiui, PrtreJrni of the I’oiwd Stales, 
I* dead. II) the hand of a fanatic of ae»l disrepaUlJe surround- 
ings. shoos it would he * suvlch of charity to tall s uJmii. this 
grtwt ind good PrcsldiSit, this fund hatband, this loving fnlhre. 


this indite gentleman, has been slain. Strange tliat the bullets of 
brave fm-twit ahonld have. In fair fight, spared him for such a 
f*U'! Ksd infirm) is h tbit such a glorious bang, so ■ireful, so 
powerful, so lustily. no excellent, should become the victim of so 
vile a rcjAlU- ! We Ikiw to the diifernstVea of God, snd question 
Dkoi ru.L To lliin »e les«-e the vindication sod the ends cl jus- 
tice. Ibe heart of <he South Weeds for the stricken mctln-r suit 
«ife and children nf the Trereieot. Upon his dead body we Uy 
an inwcetcJlc wr-vsth uf true*! sums snd regret- Innocent of 


fliarm.M, the South, frarkre «f It* future nnd forgetful of tlie 
JUKI, sisnd* tesrfully l**»ie the relics nf the President, and penis 
that the rtonn-tamd spirit ►»**! have the res* of the righteous^ snd 
a sanituary in that^ eternal haven where, 'Med to slumber,, grit f 

PERSONAL 

I* this country it is nut enmantry foe cabinet officers u* gi» 
alsiut with diWKSri) loacvo led uu their pwrum* wnreh s *illion. 
At leant it any be assumed that Hr. ilLarxx sml Mr, F.i *»T« did 


sas-tuuiit, rhi»( adviser of the Bey of Tunis, and s*rey nf thsl 
l**i*wtr to Franco. When in Tarts lately a jswaUer nslied nn ilm 
exreUrtit IfnrsVHa to ehnw s migTilBiviu hnillsiil he had fee 
*sle. The Tonisisn looked at the stone, axe] rewarkul that be 
lisfi far Is-iire ilaiarods in hi* possesslen. lie tnriHii up Ida 
alrave, ami mIkiwkI Csh enertnuus srm-rlugs rlvitul atiure Ids «l- 
Imw, and set with nicndel >rwel» worth uarly a esilliun aud a 
hair of dollars. The > • viler naturally impured why a |en>n to 
f-*d uf dlanMArts should »<**r them where they ccuU b< be awn. 
“ Oh, yon do not uieU-relamA" nid Mrrrrsi'iu. “We tlrketul 


Oh, yon do not umlenUivt." raid Mrersrnx. “We Ml 
princes can be drsfoilnl uf ererythir.g in one dsv, nnd the n 
vh-mctUrr Mm of pnidcnru <imi|H'U us always to srcrtlc si 
poruca of oar ralualdra slmut our perwun." 


— Emctnd Yaren la *a elahurale article In that brightest of 
English psnere, IL Hvrfd, uu hotels “on the Anerican plan.'' 
spvsks of the phcziceunal dulUesa nf eswtain tenUan in Engbslt 
hotels, contractu! sith these who are conspicuous figure* in our 
large e*tit.)ithrwiu«. He ss>s: “ What cuukl aurpwro ihr well- 


tract id be to the charming young lady Uuuk kerprr in (mi-led 
fringe, or the Indy hrasekecywr Ui MMmapiWDWiig silk, of ii«- 
Euglieh hotel, who knu«a noUuiig ciewpl bow in make nut a ball 
of astnundirg length I The hotel elerk of lint l.'ultnl Ktalre Unows 
Ibe txsrt state of the slock mukrt, has sera all the llHulrlial mi. 
tertainmentr, knows, widiont reference to tliua-talilci, the luuiwnl 
at whkh train and koat start for CfWfWhstw. lie will act as 
lunkcr and paymaster, and a hen the nmmiM of sunRiig arrives, 
there is s grace in the manner in which he says. * 1 guess, gnorral, 
it's just a hnn-tml and fifty-five doJlars,' anj s iUi a mur* or less 


• BHiistn*' sml • rgg-ixi^ss' with an sir uf cuiiliilcul y expected \ i 





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LAFAYETTE. 

A umii'Lii jirecocity, a remarkable real 
f»r liberty. nmd« I bo Marquis do I-afay- 
olta «n-,r ut tin* moat influential ui*n of a 
period of pre-grew. Hot for bla |K>wcrful 
aul in tbr ilavra of youth, th* Aurericazi Kev- 
olntion might have culled in disastrous itn- 
foat, and without bis later »clf-»ucrtHcr* 
and the fume nf his example, tin- Frvnrli 
Kovolullota rul^ht have lim a (becked at it* 
beginning. Tbe too revolution* w«ro In- 
separably connected, ami ill both Lam- 
i:ttk jriayed lib m«*l important part with 
turn mingy mid anal. Ill* precocity nw 
o underfill. He taa born in DR. At four- 
tuen be wrote well ; at sixteen be mnrtiid ; 
ut niiwdoeli, stirti-d by a "irons lute fur free- 
dom, bn hr.vnl of the "ting* I* in Atunu-*, 
anil resolved to gu to the aid of the oppress. 
mL A noble nf the kUMt tank, wealthy, 
|"owrrful, the friend of princes, he gate bis 
fortune, life, example, to the cause- of free- 
dom. 

l-AFAYmr*a flight from France to the 
Kew World i* one of tint Hurst iu*taiwe« of 
nolf-doTolion. Hi* parent* were both dead. 
Hut bo parted from bis fair young wife, to 
whom lie wo* timidly alliubid, and who. 
witli bin eliilil, was seldom absent Hum bis 
t bought* in all bis wandering*, with deep 
regret. He loved and was fondly cherished 
bv a largo circle of relatiou*. Vet lie alum- 
d usual alL His income was great; he rx- 
pended it in titling oat a »hip to carry him 
«|| America. He was a noble of the highest 
rank, yet, weary of his decaying caste, he 
fled at nineteen to trek repose iu freedom. 
The King ordered hia arrest. I.avavetie 
by v ariosi* artifice* escaped hi* panama. 
He fled in dinguua olw France, slept on 
straw, wn* once recegoiied by a young girl, 
wlio refused to betrny him, reached his ves- 
sel, anil set ail. He Lad beard of tbe ile- 
f’cat «*f tin Americana, tbe lore of New York 
and New Jersey , amt was only tbe more flux- 
ion* to hasten to their relief. 

Tanslcd by two French cruiser* that 
were sent to intercept liitn, and tlireatened 
by rbe English war sliij» ou the rouat, La- 
FAYEITK escaped them all, soil in the ardor 
of youthful aval landed Joyfully front a boat 
on the South Cuxoliu* shore. Here every- 
thing delighted him. The people were aiiu- 
plo, republican, happy, he wrote U« hi* wifo, 
noil tllo foUie* of the Old World were bun- I 
idled from the New. Next he met WaMI- 
J SOTO 51, and was forever enchained by Ubt 
•'•iniUHiiiling virtue*. Tbe young kVeuch- 
iuaii of nineteen became tile nuswerving 
and trusted friend of the mat lire gvusral of 
forty -live Whenever WasHUtoiu* wn* 
assailed, Lara v kite defended him. When 
In was half drapondiiig and dea]iur»t«, the 
aid that Urirmr. bnMight frum France 
relieved him. Nothing could exceed L.v- 
vatettk’h t tr j irin when be firet *»w tbe 
ruggixl, half-clad, Imperfectly armed forces 
of America arrayed before him at Fhiladel- 
phi*. But he was hopeful, and saw ill tbs 
future only mimtmi. His youthful zeal and 
ardor often stirred perhaps tbe mure slug- 
gish nature of bin heroic frimul. 

Amidst the pains and perllsof war, Lafat- 
i.ttic soon ripened into a man of rare jwu- 
dence uud energy. At twenty be was mad* 
M msjur - general. Hi* suite rings in the 
cause of freedom were severe, his labors ter- 
rible. He was wounded at Brandywine, and 
lay for *ix weeks at Bethlehem among the 
kind Moravians. They strove to win him 
from bis warlike tastes, but be was busy all 
the time writing hitter* to the ataUsinen uf 
France, pressing them to attack England in 
India ami the West Indies. Before bo could 
wear u shoe be rejoined the army. He rude 
iu w niter fear hundred miles to Albany; he 
wnn in command at Rhode Island : be fought 
bravely, and Imre all the hardships of war. 
Tbeu a violent fever seized him, and for 
many week* he seemed near death, lie re- 
covered, uud act mil from Ikwton in 1780 to 
let urn to his native Lsud. He was received 
with unlwuuded applause - a young boro re- 
nowned In both world", Tbe young treble* 
of Ftauce who shared hi* lilKitid opinion* 
followed him as a guide. Tim king paldnu- 
eil him. He was n-nl back to America, with 
the prcaiiuo of aiitpw, men, clothe*. and mon- 
ey. and once urere rejoined hi* beloved 
IVtfUtOlINt. Tbe tender frictulahlp of 
tbeao smlueut character* seemed to grow 
with year*. Lafayette «M tbe man whom, 
of all oUieia, W asmikivtox moat tFustod. Ho 
enmununtod iu Virginia, with great akillaud 
courage, against lire veteran CdRJfW At. Lie. 
When the English commander occupied 
Vorktown, Lafayette, with WJMltmniMr, 
idauned hia eaptnre. Th» campaign was 
no doubt the joint labor of the two iliustri- 
oiu frlu imI*. 

Around Yorktowu in the autumn of 1781 
was witnessed the lasting duliust of Euro- 
pean tyranny. The gay French officers and 
nobles; their due army, tbe nphmdiil fleet 
under 1 >e Gll.vAoE ; tin- ragged liut remdnts 
Americans; \Vamiix<itus, Hamilton, L* 
Fayette— are brought hefure u* b> the an- 


niversary nf a hundred yoar*. Once more 
we aee HaMILTuN and LaFaVKTTI, young 
herein* and nlataamr-u, storm together tbo 
English redoubt, and WasHlxuiviN receive 
with dignity tbo subunireson of the foe. 
Lafayette went back to Franco crowned 
with tin* laurel* of ffwdocn. He revisited 
America in 1784. The French began to labor 
for reform ; tlm Kevolntiou, founds*! upon 
Aim-man thought and experience, began it* 
career iu France. All at first reetned to 
promise a peaceful progress. lannm 
; Visa tlm favorite of tbe people, the i-uiuuiaud- 
er of the nriu.v, the master ami leader of 
France. Ho aspired to Ire ita W MIUKU1UX. 
Hut tietiiisd him wore tire Mahaiw, Daxtox*, 
and Kouesr-ixnuK.-i of the Jaeohia Club, be- 
fi>re him the invading inn** of Europe. 
He was a republican at the brail of the 
l-'ronth farces on the frontier when all hope 
of freedom sociued lust to France. Lava y 
K lTt lied from his etiewlro nt borne to find 
a duller, bo hoped, in some neutral coun- 
try; bo fuuiid five year* of imprisonment 
withiu the rfMQ w*IU uf Olmiilz. A 
Strange, lu-ruie, startling life No hero of 
retniuieo at so early au ago hod kuowu such 
varit-d adventure-*. Ho had founded n re- 
public in either world, and one still fluur- 
Isbret. Ho hatl livrnl with the savage triUra 
in the American wilileraews, and been adopt- 
til iiiunng them a* a brother ; be hail fought 
at Htniidv wine, Newport, Ynrktnwit ; Ire waa 
the friend ot WasUinuiux, J i J i r.iiw iM, 11am • 
ILIUM, and JaV. Tbeu he lind led otl n-fnrm 
In Fraisc«saiMl found nd a period of pregrew* 
in Europe that waa never to cense. But 
uow all bis rare power* Mremed hart forever, 
ami the gliwsny prison shut up tlm busy in- 
tellect of the B>Mt ardent republican of hia 
time. Tbe story of bis imprisonment and his 
n-leomi I* vxcmwliugly iuU<nwtiug. W.v*ii- 
ixuiux and all America interceded far buiL 
Tlie Kurupean antoerats were obdurate, and 
many plans wore* formed to nwrtso tbo rv- 
furuier from the atroug castle iu vain. 

For three year* he was cut off frum all in- 
tercotuae with tha world, and did not evott 
kuuw that his wife and children were alive. 
Tbe autocrats saw Iu him the gunius of revo- 
latiun, and wosibl suppresa it. At length 
his wife joined him to share hia imprison- 
ment : she liad eocnped by it rare chance frum 
tire guillotine. Tbnlr snsi was soul to Amer- 
ica to tbe hospitable care of Wasmimitvix, 
frum whom he was named, mud Madame 
UUTBtn, with her two danghtera, Ian- 
giusbed in tbo strict confinement of 01- 
uilltx Her letter* to the emperor* and 
|iriiin<e of Oeruianv alwund in proof* of her 
tiitollignui-o ami taato. They reail them 
with disdain. But when the victories of 
the FTMOb armies began to shake old 
throne* anil dynaaliea Uie rigor of the Jail- 
er* waa plainly softened, and when Xai*u- 
LXOtc broke tbe jsiwerof Aaatria iu Italy tbo 
prlsuborsof Olmliu wore re-teased. But I-a- 
vayktti: was forced to prosnbte that be, the 
gen in* of disorder, tbe GahibaXJ>I of his day, 
w viild ueviw «itwr tbe Itwits of tbo Austrian 
despotism. 

Only half bis life waa over, and he waa 
yet to have bla Bill share iu political adven- 
tures. Ho thauked tbe young con-qncror 
NaPuLXuX fur his aervicca, admired his tal- 
ents, diecerued Lie vice*, and saw hi* full. 
Ho wo* an active leader iu every change. 
Ho cultivated hia large farm at La Grange, 
near Paris; wept over the lews of Washing- 
ton; and Iw IWt-iBV, with hia son, vMled 
Ansnrita after an ulieeaice of forty year*. 
The country be bnd helped to found still 
charmed uml delighted him ; lie waa au 
abolitionist, and iworei than over a repub- 
lican. New York gave him a grand ball at 
Caalle Garden, speeches and addressee, and 
III* travelled to Yorktowu, Charli-Mlnn, and 
New Orleans. Ho i-nrreopouded with Buu- 
v ah ; the veteran agitator w a* never to be 
ut rest. Revolaliou punned him. In tire 
rl*lng uf ]830 he iMiiuinandi-d tin- National 
Guaid of Paris, n* in 1781 be hail leil the- first 
oniiie* uf tbe republic. Bat tlie MaRATS, 
blURMHh "Dll KuBBiiMSRJiKs nf the first 
revalutiun came no more. I-af a tiuie saw 
a constitutional king rule in F'rance. and 
died at La Grange in Jane, IcCM, still hu|H»- 
ful and cmifidciit uf the success <>r freed urn. 
Ilia mental power and hi* rare influence iu 
modern politic* hare never been properly 
acknowledged, and tbe character of Laz aV- 
m* is jc.t to l*i wrlttno. 

lie left one eon, GKomic WasuinuTON, 
and two daughter*, EDMVKB L-AFArBlTB, 
a flettalOT of Franue, who will visit Ameri- 
ca thi* fall, is the last of his name, the aan 
of Gromit: WaMUNOTOOT. There are other 
grandchihirem. La Grange, the luicleut 
home of the Lava vkttkh, was once a forti- 
lied iMirouial castle, seated iu a wide domain 
uisittt thirty-six mile* east or Fori*, flume 
trace of its feudal character still remains. 
It is about one hundred feet in length, with 
two wings; two Gothic towers are it* utdy 
iTiisiuent. But Uurrni bream* a suc- 
cessful farmer, like hia friend Was MIN Cl ION, 
and tbe hunU near Paris are singularly val- 
uable aud productive. Tbe plain chateau 


is ml*> rui-il with pictures nf Washington, 
F'zam:ux, Adams, of {'ouiaiiMltiro Moiiku, 
and others, and a fine painting of the 
•ftp of Tarklowa. it is filled with retni- 
alsMincoa of Auretiea. Amsrtoaufi » lw> travel 
have naturally sought La Grange, aud noted 
name* fnwn every part nf the world ure min- 
gled with its history. CHAWI.k* F‘uX plant- 
od the ivy that creep* over tbe valla It 
is a republican shrine. 

It » well that we revive tbo nrennwy of 
our lieiw-factoni In tire post, and the strong 
and loetiog friendahip of W A stUNCiTiiN and 
Lafayette I* one of tbo impnrtaut facta iu 
tbn woilal's liiflurr. TYitbiiut uneb ntlw-r, 
they might easily have failed to set Amer- 
ica and Enroi-e free. Together they have 
traii"f. iniii-d mankind. At eight years nf 
age. Lafayette tell* on, bn luiuiml on In- 
vincible disgust for oppreaaiou and cruelty : 
his iHiwcrful Inipiilnc »ms cwiumauicated to 
hw gc.uersuoo and oil later ugi-s- 

EtUKNE LaWIUUIC-E. 


t Bex la u Dunu'i Wlx.it Nil 1*11, VnL XXIV.] 

CHRISTO WELL 

ft Dtrlmrci Citr. 

BT R D. BLACK MORE, 

AtTUoa or "Nsar AsraiOT.’* “Lmsa Dotsx,“ 
“ Cam*, nu CajuuiuC arc. 


CHAPTER XXXVI, 

KOV INO BHOTS. 

Meanwhile “Captain Lurks," a* he likoil 
to Is- called by his neighbors, waa going on 
steadily. Of nil tlw busy yoar which Mir- 
roumts the gardener with a Zudtac of clus- 
tering tasks there i» no busier time lliau 
when he oxpevl* OOM nmre to eee tbe Ple- 
iads. 'fhe dry beat* of summer ure inanity 
gone then, sml lire nights of muttering thun- 
der, and the drowsy weight of the air lu-gius 
to tuaue its track with gowsamcr. ' For the 
gentle dew, which has fulled tbe short weak 
night, Is spread ulnwul again, and a new 
bloom mantle* on the seasoned leave*, and 
the morning, getting up when men cun aee 
It, glhtUim at its leisure do* u lung avenue* 
of frealmeaa. 

A gardener ought to be a short man fair- 
ly, so that bia fruit may nut knock him on 
th* bead. That Ire, with amazonient at liis 
own akill— which, after all.haanot miscdi to 
do with it — may stand with his bat on, and 
liMik up ami thank Providence fur its buun- 
ty, BDd hope to anro some of it from lelunl- 
ikt* boy*. For tbero is no other work of all 
tbo ]K»ar exile* of jiaradire Iswet with so 
many expulsive plagues aa this ot their ori- 
gin*] breakdown. Man seems to know it, 
amt to modify hi* hope*, or, when exp«ri- 
ciree baa killed tlrezu, to OMMlaft^e his grum- 
bling to tbe utuswt. Wlio ever heard a 
gardener gtumhlc t Farnrers do no, because 
it is their nature, and in hotter days it kept 
the prices up. Moreover, they And in their 
work loss Aobicc. How can they identify 
thenuelvea, over three or four hondrcal 
sprawling acres, with every object of their 
caret Their coiumnci plan is to attend to 
tbe good, and let tbo bad go homo to its au- 
thor. Mr. Arthur (who was born a garden- 
er, mid a warrior only by afL-r-birth> often 
bewailed Ills own size ami *iatuni, winch 
cumbered him in tire leafy walks of peace, 
twpucinlly at pot- work. "Ob, Short, my 
gtaal fire lid,” Ire ■•xi-lalnH*l oire day, when 
he hod knocked half the bloom uff a flue 
bunch of gni|ie«. "what would I give for 
six iuchre uff.aiMl to have my bead where 
my shoulder* are r* 

"And what would I give for aix ilicbo* 
on," tbe vicar answered, plcseao lly, " aud to 
have my sbosldurs nhoru my hi-.ad ia!" 

This proves nothing but the discontent of 
man - a mutter which requires no proving. 
But the Captain, on tbe whole, wax not dia- 
oiiitonti'd uow, if only he eould have hia own 
way. F’or liis pear* were growing ruddy 
from tbr- pnwoigi- uf tlm wind — which ouban 
fruit infinitely mure than any sun — and hu 
apple* were clustering against each other'* 
cheeks, and his grapes were swelling, like 
that bunchy apparatus of a cow which a*>- 
oiety love*, hat never mentions. “I never 
had snrh a grand crop in all my life, in spite 
of all the maggots and the earwigs and th* 
drought," tlm Captain declared candidly to 
his pipe in conlldeDoe. “ But the wasps are 
miming ont, and the rabbit* getting trouble- 
some, and » lot of faluetit* have ouine down 
from the furze. To go away now would be 
simple murder, Aud thirty new iwars from 
Leroy cow Into bearing that muat be watch- 
ed rvury day at least, and tbo big ones fast- 
ened to their spurs with bast- All of Vim 
Mona's or Fajairon'* raising, of that other obi 
officer — \Vbata<]Deerthiiigiti*thAt since 
tire peace set in so many French ami Bel- 
gian officer* of cavalry have beuu groat pcor- 
grownra ! Tbe one pursuit aceiua to lend up 
to the other. But here cocncs How 1 What 
now, niv jictT Hun palu you luvk ! Audit 


take* a good dual to make my little girl look 
pule." 

“No. Sometimes I become *o stu|nd that 
it Biaku* live nnhained w Iren I begin to Uiink .* 
A* Uikki pulled her hat off, ami tried to look 
hock through tbe twinkling maze of leaves, 
her fatlrer set off at a very rapid juice for a 
permiu of his age ami substance, lie scat- 
tered a score of pear* right a ml left, even 
from bisbert-uuroed pyramid*, ami he rush- 
ed to the river-coiiTMi (areadml now with lil- 
berta, which daueed above the stream, for 
the trout to jump at I, but neither there nor 
any w hero rould be descry a rubber, lie hs>! 
given cli am- according to hu daughter'* 
frightened glance, and in sequence of hia 
own uiiHiisiucva. 

"There i* nolHMty'he said, aa he cjram 
bnck, short of hmsth. “ What naade you 
think there waa anybody f 

'• Because I saw him,'' answered Bore, 
with vivid rvuMiu. " I saw him aa clearly 
a* I ure yon now. A tall dark man with a 
rough coat oD,staudtiig In tire hushes, and 

“Allow me tbe spot where you fancy that 
ho stood. You have been a little nervous 
tor some day*, my darling. If a man bus 
been there, we shall find some trarea.* 

Some c learn u»* is rcquin-il, re iu marking 
down a woodcock, to show snxukg a crowd 
of trees precisely tbe position of the some- 
thing that has caught tbo eye. But Rime, 
who worked lovingly aiming lier father'* 
treat, uud knew them nil re thoroughly as 
her own stitch-work, led tbe way at once to 
a quick turn of the Cliristow, where a errot 
of fern hung over It. " He was iu this fern, 
for 1 saw a broken frond hanging down be- 
tween me and hia sandy-colored legs.” 

“ Well done, my door," said Mr. Arthur, 
with n laugh, to restore her to a lighter mood. 
" Hi* sandy-colored trorecra, I suppose you 
uuiau, or lirrecbus, or wlratever Tis that 
mloru* the rat-catcher 1 * nether man. No 
doubt it wnn a rat-catclier, or some oilier 
]HKicln>r. IKcky Touchwood pays sixpence 
a head for lire rata, to keep fal» new pack uf 
little terriers in training. No place iaaarred 
where a rat livaa now.” 

lie knew aa well a a Ilore that It was no 
rat catcher, but he oould not hear to son her 
frightened in her own bome-qaartere. “ 1 
thought that tlierat-natcberoalaa}* brought 
their duga,"she answered, “aud at leasi one 
boy, fur roinjniiiy. I told yon what Mika 
Smith said to uio: ‘If you was to give me 
threescore pun', miss,! would uot go a-rat- 
tiu' up tbe river by myselV And Mike is 
eoosiileroil, a* you are «u«r*, lb* bravest 
man iu Christowcll, except John Sags." 

“The fault of those executively brave 
men la their tendency to noilrrrste their 
own courage. But certain ly tbero has lawn 
some one or otlier here, jirohably iutcmlliig 
ill to Illy |M*ir |H<ars. Ah, uow I see ; hew 
stupid of wu ! That man near Exeter — 
whatever is hia name! The one who waa 
so terribly put ont because he hod nothing 
fit to bold a candle to my lAon Lecture, slid 
could not And oat the usumi of tlrezu, al- 
though it was ujiou them. Depend upon it, 
lie hu* bwanl of Ibis new hatch in bearing, 
exempli f) :ng all the recent gains. And I, 
like u fool, have left the label* still on some 
of them. I am thniikfal that be hsa uot put 
hu sun through every non of tlrezn. Of all 
j p*lui*» mortals, 1 am sorry to coofra* that a 
gardener Is ilia mart jealous, narrow, and 
secretive. HU uiatu point U to keep his 
wretched scraji* of knowledge to himarlf 
most slrictly. Whereas a liberal-minded 
man should Lnipazt to s very body every thing 
hu know 

“ And leave nil tbe labels on hia tree*," 
said Kim, which nimbi her father *mi!«, 
white he tuld her t list she oould uot am the 
projier force of any clear reawmiug. “But 
what u«* tld* Jroloua follow like, my dear!" 
lie contiiiui-d. os he *aw that hU tier Hide 
scan* was over. “To rob me of my mouey 
U a ciiaritsbl* theft, hut to rob me of uiy 
know leilgc Is the rapac ity of * cnr.” 

“Haw cad 1 tell what ho waa like, dear 
fatlrel, when lire mere sight of him »o fright- 
ened tuof Bui be did not look like a gar- 
dening man, for they generally get into a 
buy kind of slaro.” 

" Like mine, for instance, or Sam fllow- 
bury'o, who l* off so disloyally harvesting, 
just w hen his boo is wanted iuo*t. Hu will 
moke a pound ertra, anil lie three iwontlM 
ont of work when F'araii-r Wtlloan baa done 
with him. But I told yira what he said to 
inn: ‘Tire Lord road., the farm, hut lb* la- 
diea make* tha ganlenlng,' with a contempt- 
uous reference to yon, Mire Hose." 

u 1 am Mire that he never menu! me, be- 
caiimi ho told lire that I lire! very good ideas, 
sounder atrfl more solid, ten tltm.* over, than 
any of iny father's. Be believed it thor- 
oughly. And w bo was I to correct him V’ 

“Not at all the proper our to ilu it. It 
would have horn mo*t niigraclon*. But I 
will uk« a walk with you by-and-by. my 
dear. We will go as far as Btunl-Fuxa ixir- 
n*r, Mr*. Slowbnxy has a awe throat, you 
say ; w« will take her book medlar jelly. 



OCTOBER 8, tMl. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


679 


And there may be something left there for 
a» by Master P«g*l*-y. Let u« work all the 
*U) . aud have a walk this evening." 

The Captain wa a ns free Aon small per- 
sonal fear us any mao in E’uglaud. Htia Ilia 
bravest man la troubled hy a prowling f'>» 
• hen lie has a precious home to guaivi. To 
think that bin daughter cnuld nut walk iu 
bia o«n garden, without hoitig skulked upon 
anil scared, arouaed not Ins anger only, but a 
stinging sense of insecurity. He watched 
her as far aa lb* porrk, and thou relumed 
to examine ilia track of Uin enemy. Hut of 
tliU bo tuodo nothing, fur tlio ground was 
very dry. and the man who bad been there 
was cunning enough. So live only rotielu- 
«mo be arrived at waa tliat lie durst not 
leave borne for the present without baring 
settled bis daughter in safety elsewhere. 

Neither did bis visit to Brent- Kurt comer 
tanil to r*>-awMiiw Ida mind. Bum Mowbury 
waa not at home, hut bard at work at a bar. 
Teat supper about a mile away; and aa he 
took lead in the choral roar, tb« broom 
brought hi* vote* up the valley, much Im- 
proved by the softening influence of travel. 

“He do sing bootifulP Mm. Blowbarjr 
whispered, wiping away an unbidden tear, 
whoso source sw morn in tbe distance. per- 
haps, tbsu the deep inner meaning of her 
husband's words, which were, us you could 
make, out If you went to the barn door, half 
a mile uiglier to hia longs : 

'* *ns Cb* slrnks a* Uw Clark la hs jrOj, hoys ; 

It* s crack >1 plsu ».«|. lor lls ItOj, boy.; 

71» s biwlkmbcT til I Italy, boys, 

Mould tlrhle lbs prickles of lia slskl (aft. 

WWt, « Ml) bslh beett swIbkIik Vm Imtft. hojs. 

He dorurth bint Ihsn ■ took, bay*. 

Ant s’ unit give lilt leg sn u nt rook. boys; 

»J Urn will of tv U.nl who Uts male tolk. 

With a kip, tip, hip bssrsh, Inys :* 

—and a clinking of all cairn in chorus. 

“ He do sing so bootifuL, it maketh mn 
feet sad, when I looks on all they little ones, 
if his bivath waa to go from him. And tbe 
man as snug second to my Sum tost your 
have got the gram gone to seed over him." 

lor lh» «ke or your family. Mrs. Slow- 
bury ," us d this Captain, console ring tbo 
baby, who was gazing through banks of 
dirt at him, “you must not tuke the mt-lau- 
clsoty auto of thing*. Think of your bus- 
band, with good wages now, and work for 
the winter before him, whatever the wea- 
ther inuy Kir bo keeps straight." 

“Ah! if be only kupelb straight,” she an- 
swered. “ flam never had a belter maistcr 
over biiu. But I toll you, *ir, though I cut 
away the broad from uuy children'* lip« by 
saying It, he he not kapiug straight, down 
to your place.” 

•‘Whatever lie may lie doing. Mrs. ttnvr- 
bnry (and I liar* hail grouioU for suspicion 
lately y. I will not hear a word of it fnius you. 
It is bonret and very good of you to wish to 
tell roe, twit I ran not liav* It mi." 

•*8*r, yaw are a gentleman," the poor wo- 
man answered, wiping more tears away 
with her nursing-cloth ; 11 and you can make 1 
allow Aucn for a pour man ss is tempted. My 
Mam is so honest os tbe duy, hy temper ; line 
what con lie ilo again they golden guineas T” 
With a deep nub, she Wont to a little rop- 
iMiard by the fire-place, aud with anguish in- 
terlaced with pride bnwght out a Mae jar 
of coarse Bovoy ware. It waa half fhll of 
brawn sugar, which she turned oat on a 
plate, anil at the bottom of the sugar were 
throe now sovereigns. 

“Take (bans, sir." she said; " they bo all 
foul named- 1 bad them oat of my Barn's 
waistcoat pocket when be were a- la Ikin' in 
his sleep one niglil — a thing aa ! never 
knowed him do in fifteen year of mamed 
life, by reason of the curse of Acban. When 
lie come to feel for ’no 1 said, ‘ Bant, Bulau 
hath 'a sent ’uu, and ftstau hath taken ‘uu 
away/ Aud he Inrned ns white as this hero 
plate. And a’ hat hut had llie face to SI tvo 
more about ’UD. A score of times 1'vo yoam- 
ed togoaDilsoeyoa.UT.conuamingit. But 
my mind was so upset that I hided sad I 
hided.” 

“ Bide no kingor,” said the Captain, cbeer- 
fully , " In an anxious stale of miaiL Put 
hy those tempters, for an et II day. I shall 
not be hard iijhid your husbnud, Mrs. (flow- 
Imry. A mao who lias an biiDcst wife, and 
conscience so load as to whisjier in hi* sleep, 
when be sleeps sn hard as Kuaa does, will 
come straight by-aad-by, if he U well look- 
ed after." 

** Well, sir, them'* tho very words, though 
n»t so gTBtntnary, aa I laid to my Itaxtnm 
when my Bom were drank last night. But 
a' tuu*t come home sober to-night, for s' 
hath to lay down tho time to their volet* 
with the nock of whose, same us tint fiddler 
doth with lies bow in Parson's gallery. Ah, 
the voice of ’an is foluc with m> mum nor 
half a galloo, aixl him gold 1 on for mao lit- 
tle ’an* now. You've took a girt lump off 
my miud, sir. And tho Iz»nl will lihwo 'a 
for doing of it, and tlio booUful young leddy 
likewise.” 

Howcvar, there waa no great lamp taken 
off the Captain’s own mind as lie walkod 
home with Rose, who hod formed her own 


rnmsibi* conclusions. Neither was bis relief 
increased when bo nut Hetty Bogo going 
home to tho village, with a big sbeaf of 
gleaning on her buck, which poked her old 
lion net down over her eyes, and dialed her 
with stings of ingrantmle. '• That's Uls way 
we poor volk zwets," cried Betty, instead of 
“UiMMl-evetiiug, sir,” while she stretched at 
some fly in the irajm of Iter neck. " And tho 
young leddies goo’th ahont in zilks and rat- 
ios, with zuD-kivura ap when the ran bo 
gone dun I..” 

“ Don't ho so crows, Mr*. Bage," said tho 
Captain - tbe want advice that con be giv- 
en to a virtuously indignant letnale. “ Turn 
in at my gale and have a draught of chirr," 

'• 1 don't wont noun o’ your niter, nor the 
’toxicating stuff aa you makes of harmless 
apples. HaiuTtour — bai n't ronr enough In 
ret my teeth up. Hilt I’ll give e’ a bit of 
advice, Cappcu. You look to your house 
more shiiriier. You knows no mure of what 
be going ou than • marly -ecmrly." 

'* Hun on, Rooc, my dear, and see whet her 
Moggy has peppered the mush rooms. Now 
what is it you want to t«y, Mrs. Bags r 

" Nurt, sir. I never nays mart of my think- 
ing*. Bat they all comes true, without 
word* to them. You’ve got a bad man 
aUMit your place, <.'*p|-*n. A vule to look 
at, and a tulo to talk to; hat a' may make 
voles of them as holds theiraelvea more 
cleverer.” 

“I suppose vim mean Bum Slowbury, 
thonf* 

“1 aba'n't aay who I mane, nr who I don't 
mane. A' looketh as straight as a crow- 
bar. Hut a' hath as many ins and oats as 
the pocket of a crab-fish.” 

‘‘There are times of everything,'’ thought 
Mr. Arthur, on old Bolty trudged sway; for 
he by dint of lonely work was bocmiM a 
meditative man : “ times of trouble, times of 
psril, times of poverty, and. worst of all, 
times of pcrjictua] advice. What will my 
next time lie, I wonder t Probably one of 
pseplsiity,” 

Ho could scarcely have made a better 
guess, wha* though — as every prise poet 
always puta it- -he bad added to the wis- 
dom of tliv snakes of Wiseman's wood Ilia 
rapid am iiu'ii of tlio moot laud fox, that 
Kryuard who dwells in the ceutre of a Tor, 
and will not be dug out by tho toughest 
omhasiUigtst. 

|ra ss eravisitch) 


THE BALTIMORE WATER 
SUPPLY. 

Tub purl of Maryland lying north aud 
northi-Ml of the city of Hulliniure n ren- 
dered varied and pietoreaquu by hold hills 
risiug many hundred feet above mean tide. 
Throe hilla aro IlktMCN by rapid n( reams. 
The North Branch of tho l'atupwu, Jo tow 
Palls, and Uw inn's Falls run down by llic 
city, but Ibo G ti u powder River is, at il* 
ueurnst point, nine miles distant. WUIw 
and furtilu valleys, rich in paatutv-iami, re- 
ceive these streams, or at times close aud 
precipitous hilla ilicluaa them. They How 
peacefully through a sottlixl country, by 
railroads, turn pikes, canals, und country 
vil logo*. Mid are seldom disturbed cxrepl 
by the slow, sleepy swish-swash of tins iLsrk 
water-wheel of some rural grist-mill. 

Jones Fall* alone really flow* into tho 
city- Wo w hisper It only, but Jo.vbjs It 
is claimed, waa really the pioneer of the 
olden settlement at the tnoulb of the falls 
named after him, aflerwaid OSOre fashiona- 
bly christened after ite patron, the Lord Pro- 
prietary. Tbs Falls— still so called because 
there are no falls on it, perhaps — if it duos 
not fall, at least otteu rises very unexpect- 
edly, anil several times lias taken possession 
of adjacent Stree ts , which are largely ilo- 
volisl to second- hand gnmls, old cliitlics. and 
old iron, causing a rapid exodus of their in- 
habitants. It lioa, in fact, a way of sup- 
plying suddenly more water than la con- 
venient, and ogam of uot giving enough for 
dally household use. For Jones Falls has 
furnished hitherto tho entire consumption 
of tho city. Ou It, near the town, the util 
Baltimore Water-Works were built by a pri- 
vate corporation iu days wherein the mem- 
ory of living man runneth uot, amt ou an 
adjacent bill In a thick groin was the 
“ Reservoir,” around whose margin prome- 
naded belles ill high-heeled shore anil bal- 
loon petticoat*, with gallants In kuco- 
breccbcs, embroidered coats, aud lace rut- 
fire, and where walked also in more suber 
gui*a tbrlr grandchildren 'flic Falla thuu 
was a fresh, pare stream, aud carried into 
tbe city tho memory and the bus ol it* pris- 
tine spring*. Hat a* population crowded 
above tbe source of supply to tbe old water- 
works. it became evident that Isilli iu qmri- 
ity and quantity there wo* a iiseumity for 
a change for tbe hotter. This was aa late 
as IKAI. Tho works of the Baltimore com- 
pany were bought by tho city, Mid a con- 
flict of opinion began iu tho usual fashion 
between citizens with crotchets, civil en- 
gineers with or without axes to grind, and 


the |m|mts, as to tbe liest source of imma- 
nent supply. Jovm* Falls, six miles distant, 
at the Relay, now Hollins Htation, Northern 
Central Railroad, where laxkw Roland now 
is; tire I'atnpwo, nt the North Brunch, by 
pnm]iing J (••inn’s Fulls, al»> by [Miniping ; 
aii'l the Gunpowder Kiver, nine miles from 
the city — nere all thoroughly c.invuwit. 
It wa» MM to take Joues Falls at tbe 
Relay, •here a narrow gorge gave an ad- 
mirable plane for a dam, and Uivsl open 
meadows beyond scorned formed expressly 
for a natural Ivviiu. Work wua commenced 
In IbM. Jones Falls, turning from large 
spring* only seven nnlre above, awl Ku- 
la ltd's Kan, coming from a direction mare to 
the north, horn units, and together, it waa 
thought, tho daily flow wonhl average sev- 
enteen million gallons of water. 

ll) supplying our American cities, how- 
ever (a fact Baltimore was soon to find out), 
it is always brat to make thn amph *1 cal- 
culations— and then double them. Within 
eight year* after the completion of tho New 
York Croton Aqueduct, |ln> Now York Wa- 
ter Department wrote: “This Hoard worn* 
tho City Council, and through it every citi- 
zen, that every drop of water which tbe 
worka in their present state can supply la 
now being delivered in the city." Wo lived 
uot cl to waruiDga of later date, nor tha ex- 
ample of other cities. Halliinore found iu 
a few year* that tha supply from Jr, lies 
Full* and from the connecting storage lakes 
at Druhl Hill Park was iusufhcient, aud that 
the Gunpowder River would have to be 
turned on much sooner than was antici- 
pated- Tho failure of June* Falls was dun 
to three cau*M,all operative in our cities — 
tint. Americans make more lavish urn of wa- 
ter than any other people; second, tho In- 
crease of ciMisuniptlon has Woo found to lie 
far greater annually in pro parti Oft than tho 
iiK-rosae of population ; third, when tha 
supply is In* ret the demand is greatest - aa 
in times of prolongMl drought. 

Daring the drought of IBM) thn daily sup- 
ply of Hallimore tan up from sixteen mill- 
ion galluUH to between twenty- five and 
thirty million gallons. The dafleienoy w as 
made ap from storage, and largely from Ilia 
“temporary supply" from tbe Gunpowder. 
This t«-iu]MH*rv supply hail Won milled by 
erecting pumping works, aud forctug the 
water over tutori euing hills into Lake Ro- 
land. Ita necessity was seen many year* 
ago, hut fur some lime there waa a vigorous 
oppusiliou by Uis clone eoououiist* of tbe 
city, who contended that the fnll supply 
from Loch Raven would be available in a 
few your*, and there «n no need of thus 
wasting some five hundred tboiauiliit dollar* 
of the city's money ; it was folly to go to 
such an oxfMftM for fear of a contingency 
which was so unlikely to happen iu surli n 
short period. But happily the Water Hoard 
■ as prevailed upon to think differently, anil 
twice till* supply has saved the city from 
u water famine, auil perhaps incalculable 

It wa* cot, tempi aled Irani the Wginuing 
to bring on. as tbe population lurreanmt, I lie 
waters of the Gunpowder, which ia dignified 
hy the name of a river, wlii!« Jones Falls 
and HoUimI’n Run are only Urge streams. It 
was not expected, however, that tbe full sup- 
ply of tho river would be needed before near- 
ly tlio owl of the cunlnry. As it has happen- 
ed, tbe Jones Falls work* were completed 
in lH6l,and in October, DM, the waters of 
Ilia Ganpowdor will W tnrurel into the city 
mains, owl Baltimore will pnsnro* as per- 
manent, as complete, as economical, and as 
abondaut a flow of pure water as auy city 
in tha world. 

Lake Roland, the first of the serves of 
lakes and reservoirs on tbe north and east 
of tli* city to ba constructed, is Mnounded 
hy high hills, on which are many private 
resideuces, anil winds like a river, with 
abrupt eurvaa above thn dam, thou ex pawls 
into a long aud brood sheet of water, ami 
after uuotlier abrupt curve divides, one 
branch going northwest, up the valley of 
Joint* Fall*; the other north, up tho valley 
of Roland's Run. 

Tbroogli all its coarse it lie* deep among 
the hill*, and reflect* sharply their shadow* 
in ita clear waters. There are distant and 
beautiful views, where tha landscape at 
times counterfoil* in miniature a mount- 
ainous country, Md* by Mile with tha uin«t 
cultivated awl gently rolling valleys The 
former begins iu a singular pjeky geological 
formation known a* the” Hare Hilla," where- 
in are f no ixl copper, chrome, garnets, and 
other minerals in small quantities. 

Tbe water* of lxtko Roland are conveyed 
to Hampden Reservoir by a conduit, awl 
from Uienco to Druid Lake, in Druid UiU 
Pork. Hie latter give* tbe Park what at 
first it no much locked -a water view; not 
Urge or varied, but, taken In connection 
with the sight of Hi* oily, (hs ucirtliwertem 
portion of which tt overlooks, vary attract- 
ive. 

On (he Gunpowder River there is a differ' 
«ot scenery — uo extensive view or fertile 


: valley, hut prtM-ipitoa* hill*, rnggisl and at- 
; moat laaccio«ili|e at Raven’s Rock, where 
Loch Ruren begin*, awl clothed with hem- 
lock aud pine, cloning in a narrow nvcr-lwd, 
and gradually drareasiug m wtldne**, until 
they end at Mcn-itith Ford, five intlea dis- 
tant, in u pastoral country, where iu sntn- 
mcr row* wade deliberately out Into lire 
shallow river, in Right of huge white -can- 
vased wagnn* oontlng down from the up. 
country ami Pennsylvania. 

A will* road ha* been made on each aid* 
of the lake, swl ail the at ream* are spanned 
hy strong uud tasteful bridges of Maryland 
marble. The data is cared with tire **nre 
stone, and both here avid at the other lakes 
it ia largely uw,!. Thus* who have seen 
lire public buildiDgs of VYiwhltiglnn city v« ill 
appreciate lb# fiue effect of the matotUl 
eniplnyml in thoaa ootistrnrtion* 

From tlie first the suinc f^iftf, Mr. 
KonKMr K. MaKlt.v, has been iu clL*if;i', sail 
he probably regards the tunnel from Loth 
Raven to Lake Motitiilrello aa his umet diffi- 
cult taok. It is tbo longest, we believe, in 
tlm wurid, lieing seven miles iu length, and 
with a depth of from aixty-five fvcl at ita 
minimum to on* hundred arid sixty-three 
feet at its maximum, where it )*>»■ uudi-r 
SateFs Ridge. The fit*l mile sn through 
lituratone rook j*' net rated by innumerable 
springs, mil the last live through Irani blue 
gneiaa. It was divided into mile drifts, awl 
thu in I tings all cii Km* true. This tunnel (sat 
nearly two million duthil*. It empire* the 
water* of Loch Raven into the great storage 
lake of Montebello, nnincd afler the adjoin- 
ing country -aeat of Mr. Jrinx W. GattKKTT ; 
und just striss tbe Horfnrd Road is Ixke 
Clifton, OU the estate left- by Johns H or- 
ients tor a public park, ami for the site of 
huildtug* for tbe John* Hopkins Uuivoreity. 

Bo that the city of Baltimore now Ira* 
Lake Roland, with the ator.igp capacity of 
Droid Luke and llunipdvu awl Mount Royal 
reservoirs, and, from the Gunpowder, Irevti 
Raven and the large storage lakes of Monte- 
bello and Clifton. Hut Baltimore is a city 
built, os to its northwestern position, on wry 
high hill*, and even the highest of throe 
source* of supply, t wo hundred owl twenty- 
five feet above tide, cun not be used whim, 
as in many instances, the level o-f the curb 
of the streets Is (uiuid to bo from one hun- 
dred anil seventy to two hundred and tweuty 
feet ataive tide. Bo a high-service reservoir 
was added, supplied by pucups, and trow wa- 
ter can be sent to the top of Wasntxinn*.''* 
urouiiumnL if irevoteary, and (lie water serv- 
ice of tho city x rumplute. Moreover, Ilia 
whole supply, with the exception of the 
high servli'o, comes rushing down hy nat- 
ural flaw, and, thanks to Mr. Rxrnx, Mr. 
lla.XM.VO. and tboir oaaistaut engineers, the 
work Iim Iren ooonomicatly sixl permanent 
ly done, auiplo fur tbia gciMiiatlon and (be 
next -one liuixlred and fifty thousand gal- 
lons daily, fur a population which at present 
dura not muaumo thirty thousand gallon*. 
Baltimore does not know what to do w ith It. 
Tbe talk •« of fonn tains awl public bath*, 
and of flashing Urn Inner bnrW. ll* u*e 
wtll certainly be permit till fur manufactur- 
ing parposea; and taken ill counection with 
a recent law exempting plant so used front 
taxation. It la cxpeeleJ to grout!)- benefit 
the city'a tnnrlc. This i* a matter for eou- 
grstolatimi ; Inn l another source of gratiti- 
catlOft romalua, and that is, that, iuczvslitda 
aa it may seem to some of Iter sister cities, 
tbo whul« interest im ten millions of bowl* 
IhmmmI for tliu Irak* Kidsuil and Gunpowder 
•apply ha* born met by tbu revenue* of Ilia 
Water Lh-partuient. aud the wc-tk was done 
within (b« estimate*, sml it is wall dour. 
Tbr*a revenues are ih rived from a *y*teni 
of easy water rates, and are over six hun- 
dred lininvaml dollar* annually, which may 
be largely incivaaod when tiro Gunpowder 
supply is in fnll operation, if desired ; but it 
is prolssldo the n»b* will lie reduced, ns the 
Water Department has never boon looked 
to for surplus revenue. The rates axe, ou 
private limi *»«, five In fourteen dollars au- 
rurally; warehouses, trout six to ten dollar*. 
There ore also special supplies, and supplies 
by tun ter where water is desired in largo 
quautDicw. Much credit due to the Water 
Uuord for aide management, and tha fact 
that the im-niber* serve without pay, and 
that thews pUc«* are no political siueenre*. 
imran: sought after by pnltticrana. lias a groat 
deal to do with it. C'itileD* of Baltimore 
of high standing and tried howum capacity 
have an excelloiit way of thru serving tlm 
city, at much personal inconvenience. It 
i* to the credit of the Water Bunrd that 
nearly all tho sulmriliiratv ufllctirs have what 
may bo coninlcrod pcnmuiout place*, and 
ita IsnioMs has been (nunacted quietly, 
skillfully, without frequent change* to suit 
party managers, aootudiiUudly, and effective- 
ly. It i* more like a well-managed private 
corporation than a public one, aud with au 
ox|M-»iliture of so ninny million dollar*, and 
with heavy contracts to give out, tt stands 
without a complaint against it of partiality 
or corrupt! oft. 




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SEPTEMBER 19, 1881. 

In tM* Mark ileusc <d Du«i| 

7ti* tines wetfd Ml till time feu sped. 


Clotho. 

How Urn*, O Wt»r. bow long 
Err Ih* weary tank i» dowe I 
How long. O sister, bow lung 
Skull Ike fragile thread W spun t 
Laotuiul 

*T» mercy Oml slay* her hand, 
Else sbo bad eat the thread ; 

She In * women too, 

Like her who kneel* hy hi* bod! 
AnOMM. 

Patience! the end i* come; 

II* shall no more endure : 

See! with a single touch! — 

My baud I* swift *nil aura! 

IL 

First Axon. 

Liston I wknt wo* it f«ll 
An instant siow on tny war — 

A sound like the throb of a Imll 
From yonder darkling sphere ! 
Hscovp Axocu 

The planet where mortals dwell! 

I hear It not . . . . n»y. I hear!— 

A sound of sorrow arid dole! 

Finer Axgkl. 

Listen! It 1* the knell 
Of a pausing Mini! — 

Tbs midnight lauM-nUtioa 
Of a stricken Nation 
For its Cbieftain'a soul! 

TiioMab Bailey Au>ujch. 


(Begun to Hum! Wcult So. ISW.1 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

llr JAMfci PAV.V, 

Anars or “ r»*« Bxn.i." “Comb Ohs 
"WsLTsaY Wnan.* •' Won— a-» »'o«i«.’ 

- Yin Its Osse llsi." no 


CHAPTER m 

FATHER AXI> DAI'OIITML 

•• | Know," continued Sir Peter, eonflden- 
Hally, “ though you tie in your skirts BO 
tight, and limp on jour torn, that yon hava 
g'rt a head on your shoulders, Milly. and are 
n«t given to hUb. or else 1 should not he 
talking to von almot what is. after all, more 
or less »f « hualneas mutter ; but the fact is. 

I uaul to get all the lufenuatiou 1 can about 
Lyster. A lilll* bird, aa you women aay, j 
has hinted to me that his affuirx are not as 
tkoy should be. It's a dead secret, iniud. 
But have you aay reason for suspecting 
this!" 

Mildred was silent, but it Wan cleur she 
was deep in thought. She »*e Out treating 
the matter with that graceful iadHtervuro 
which aha had read srua the pro|s-r attitmle 
to aasume with respect to everything human 
and divine, etoept flirting and fasbum. 

" It In not likely, of tonne," coutinucd Sir 
Peter, 44 that Clsre should have told you in 
so many words that her father Is la dlttenl- 
tiea; Itulend, he Is so precious close in all be 
dons that she probably doe* not know it 
herself But she may have her auspicious." 

" She sorry prudent about expenditure," 
said Milly, slowly — “ very prudent. She 
gives a good deal away, 1 hear, but one can 
gel a great reputation that way at mi great, 
cost. Percy says it even pays in the cud." 

Hir Peter frowned heavily. " Percy lets 
his tongue run a great deal too tost, and 
often knows very little of what he's talking 
about. I'm asking about Clsre." 

“ Well, Clare, 1 have always thought, noit- 
siitnriiig her puaition, spends very littlo mon- 
ey. Of vow me, if they are really poor, that 
explains it-" 

" Tush ! Tiaft not it,* Mid Hir Peter, Im- 
patiently ; "that only shows she’s a sensible 
girl, and doesn't waste her fathers money 
no gliucraek* and rubbish." And he looked 
round his daughters highly decorated bou- 
doir in a manner that implied a personal ap- 
plication. 

** Yea, Clare is very sensible." said Mildred, 
the bow of her Cnpidoa lips drawn a little 
tighter than usual, 41 and vary practical. I 
always thought - though you didn't agree 
with rue — that she rather laid hereclf out 
for Percy." 

** No* a bit of it. That's mere woman's 
Jealousy." fMr Peter, while making this gen- 
eral re daction, addresred himself to the o|i- 
|Hmkto wall; If he had been looking at his 
daughter be would bare seen her start uud 
tremble, amt tlien, mm if irritated at Iw r own 
iinlincretiuu, frown and Into her lips. 41 You 
thought, I know. that your remain might 
Ire Vo looked higher than my junior partner’s 
daughter. On tbo other Land, sks might 
have looked higher loo. Frank Forrer has 
now brought his pigs to a Latter market. 
There! you nredu't sniff; every on* knows 


that If Clare had held up her littlo Huger, 
she could have had hint." 

“You are delicately suggesting, in short, 
that in encouraging Mr. Farrer's attentions 
I am tuking up with Clare Lyster* li'avlngs." 

44 1'pou my life," exclaimed Sir Peter, ve- 
hemently, 4 ' I am sometimes inclined to think 
that all women are alike, and born fools! 
Here mu I talking about business — really 
important matter* — aud you fly into a pos- 
sum hmmiiac I drop a word that wonnils your 
vanity' What vsahf you have? Didn't 1 say 
that Ferrer’s wrond thoughts were bestf If 
ucd, I meant to My it. HccihhI thoughts ure 
often best, and the tbnagbls that people 
think for us. I may add— people who have a 
right to do to. of course — are better than 
those we tin uk for ourselves. No, I don't 

tbiuk Clare's economics bs» e anything to do 
with ibis malivr on* way or another. Hut 
have you swan no change in her of late 
innothsF Hus she seemed despondent, down 
in the month 1" 

" How C*old she, having Just accarod her 
puts I" olmerved Mildred, sarcastically. 

“To be sure; though that’s not so certain, 
mind you: indued, tlmt was what I was cunn- 
ing to- My dissent to Percy's marriage was, 
of <«unc, only conditional. I should never 
permit him to marry an unsuitable person 
— one, 1 mean, unsuitable oa regards posi- 
tion-" 

“ 1 am afraid you would find it ratberdif- 
bruit to atop him now," said Mildred, shrug- 
ging !wr plump shoulitora. 

•• Difficult ' Where's the difficulty, I should 
like to know F” returned Sir IVter, angrily. 
44 If Purey chooses to consoler himself his 
own luastor, well and good; lent if 1 know 
him. he will think twice about that." 

"Still, tbo mailer lias been quit* ar- 
ranged," continued Mildred, looking at her 
father keenly, as he rhafnd and frowned un- 
der her gar* j '• you have pamtsl your word 
to Percy, remember." 

" Tbm, if w liat I suspect is the case,*' said 
hir Peter, bluntly, " lie'll Just liaxo to pure 
it lack again. As long as there'* nothing 
iu writing, nun can always get out of a bad 
bargain; beside*," Ire added, confidently, 
like one who is fortified by religion as Bell 
as morality, “Clare is the last person to 
think of bringing an action against a man. 
for breach of promise of marriage." 

Mildred ubook her head j not that *bn 
meant U> dissent from ibis opinion, bat only 
to Imply tllut it would not lie so rosy to 
chauge front in the faoa of the enemy as 
her father appeared to imagine. 

11 Tlreu there's that fellow Gerald," oiu»- 
ui.ned Hir Peter, pursuing, as it appeared, 
aouie relUelHin of hi* own. “ I dare say lie 
may hava sown-thing to do with it in (taws 
things are as bad us I hear. He baa cost 
his father, no doubt, a pretty peuny. They 
tell nre ha tint only drinks, but gambles. If 
I had a son who gambled, he should never 
see one penny of my money." 

Again Mildred besil bar head; perhaps iu 
Baaeut to this virtuous observation, only It 
waa olsvrvable that that flush came into 
her face agai n, for which, in this case, there 
surely seemed no need. 

44 What can one expect of Gerald F" aha 
said, disdainfully. 

" Wall, common decency, for one thing, 
and that he does not exhibit. There is 
something wrong with him, 1 bear, and Ra 
chat Warder, a girl at our mill." 

" I say again, wlial can yon expect !” said 
Mildred, coldly. “ lie has the example of 
bis awn father Wore him." 

"That's Uue, begad!" 

“And in his rase ha even went to the 
length of marriage.” 

"Yea; hut thru I.vster l» Quixotic. Hi* 
view was that, having begun by making a 
fool of himself, li« was bound in honor " 

"Honor!" exclaimed Mildred, disdainful- 
ly. MLe could hate hem eloquent on this 
point, fur the arguments of the (inurdauiau 
with the tawny mustache were fresh in her 
lumd. blit her toua was equal to a folio. 

“ Well, of couree.it was most ridiculous," 
M HB ti d 8ir Peter- “ If Gerald wa* to do 
anything of tbs sort, It would he all over 
with hint ; though, so far ns we are concerned 
— 1 Incan Uie firm — we should not be alto- 
gether sorry for it. It would gi vs us an ex- 
cuse for abutting the door against him. 
Hilt hit father's cure was altogether differ- 
ent." 

"Iu what reaped F” Inquired the young 
lady, dtsdaiu fully. “The woman he mar- 
ited was of the same clam a* Ibis Rachel 
What's- hcr-numc, wan she not f 

44 Well, yea j but she was a superior per- 
toil for bur station ; aod when ho w as caught 
by the devil— a precious narrow squeak It 
was, I can tell you- -it waa her presence of 
mind that saved him." 

Her Peter's allusion, of coarse, wm not to 
our ghostly enemy, but to a certain piece of 
uuH-luiMiiy in tire mill, railed after him— a 
cktnl dc-fritt of true teeth, making IH> rev- 
olutions or no per minute, with which Mr. 
Lyster hail once made loo near auamjuaiat- 


" Indeed, the girl herself was vary re- 
spectable, and oven presentable," rontmacd 
the knight, whewe mother hereclf had l«r*u 
a null baud, and, to Judge by the rare with 
winch her portrait kw kept strictly under 
lork and key, hail not been very present- 
able. “It was the relations — that Cliig- 
wrll lot — that rendered tbs match so un- 
suitable." 

“ I’tMoi table!" echoed Mildred. “My dear 
papa, it is very nice and generous of yon to 
stick up for your old friend, hilt tbs wlodu 
alfair was most disgraceful and discredita- 
«•-" 

Hit Pnler, whom- excuses bail really bad a 
persoual source (for though on* can igiiom 
one’s gnuidnsotber, on* can hardly burke 
tuie’s mother), did uol reoeut the imputatiou 
of the aeore nobit motive. 

"Well, well, let by gones Iw by -giibm. I 
have never cost the matter up against him, 
except as regards the secrecy with which it 
WM brought about ; and it is tire reoolleo- 
ticni of how dencod elme Lyster was rbrough- 
ont that business which makes me suspicious 
of him now, I have been his friend and 
partner tlxue twenty years, aod yet I know 
no more Ilian the dead where he ha* invest- 
ed hismooej; whether he is lulling in wealth, 
in short, or as l«»»r as I-aranm." 

“ Percy thought, no doubt, h* was as rich 
as Dives.” observed Mildred, decisively. 

" Well, yes, I dare say he thought Lyster 
would cut up for a pretty penny, as indeed 
did I; blit beside* Percy was tukvu lip aith 
the girl herself, there's no doubt of that, 
which made him precipitate." 

“He waa not given much lime, perhaps, 
to make op his mind," remarked Mildred, 
dryly. 

" You think she snap|ied al him. do you f" 
Mid Hir Peter, dubiously. " Well, I cmifnsa 
that never struck lue. White, as to Lyster 
himself, I am bound to say he discouraged 
the engagement from the first. And that 
has to l*e considered, mind you," added the 
knight, with tlie air of one to whiaxi, fur the 
first time. some new and powerful moral nr- 
gurneat fans presented itself. "I* it right 
tlmt a young man should marry a girt con- 
trary to the wishes of tier sole surviving 
parent!" Ilia Majesty Henry VIII. could 
Hut have looked more conscience stricken 
upon dlmsi wring that be- had married a 
wife within the forbidden degrees of r*lo- 
tioiMhip — and wanted to get rid of liar— 
than did Hir Peter. 

“On the other hand," Its continued, ■ my 
informant may have been altogether on a 
wrong scent. And Lyster, os yon were ssy 
iug. may be a Dives iusu-a.1 of a Ltwariw. 
I wonder now whether Herbert Nowton's 
leaving Cha mill hod anything to do with 
this F It is passible It* imsciu a rat." 

" I should thiuk it very likely,” said Mil- 
dred : she wa* going to add, “ because the 
mill is overrun with rate," hut fortunately 
for her— for Hir Peter did not like Jokre 
(that in, other i-eople'n Jokcsl when busmen* 
waa being talked — bur father interrupted 
her. 

“Yon do, do youT Now that’s what I 
wanted to got at,” exclaimed Sir Peter, ex- 
citedly ; “ you women have a certain quick- 
new, and that is why 1 consulted you. To 
an outsider, of course, Herbert’s leaving the 
null is unaccountable. Ho is the Vet usan 
we have, and he knows it. Perry is a clev- 
er fellow, I rut that is all. I am much mis- 
taken if HcrlmH dons not turn out an Aik- 
wright. Yea, or, as yon say, mi* be has 
token to this new line, a Watt." 

Mildred had s*wl nothing of tlie Vlad; 
she had said, "Wbatt" not knowing what 
an Arkwright was. Hut Hir Peter, full of 
Ilia subject, liad credited her with riiiial 
knowledge. The truth was, Mildred knew 
very little of anything except what was to 
h* picked up from society novels; of iu*i»- 
ufaetiirus in a general way ah* was abso- 
lutely ignorant ; and even us respected her 
fatlmr'a mill. she was acquainted with little 
more than the fact that it ;>mliioed, in good 
times, a great deal of money . 

She was, however, naturally quiek-wlt- 

tod, mill on the preoenl occasion perceive,! 
that her best way of bonumiug acquainted 
with certain facta that might eoncorti her 
was to pmleoil that they were already al 
her flugvre'-enit*. 

"It U quite certain, you s*o," continued 
Sir Peter, “ that in a year or two, ox lets, if 
Herbert had stopped al- the mill, he would 
hare been made a partner. Hut at prewout, 
though his money is in it in a certain sense, 
It is only M a part of Lyater's shore. If he 
smells a rat — think* his unrlu'n affairs are 
in a bad way — it Is only natural lie should 
wish to reulire, which lie can do just now 
at a proltt. If Lyster ran not buy hiui out, 
be knows that I shall lie glad to do so. 
And when one own** to think of it, for what 
other reason css lie waul to got As to his 
devotinn for science, aud wishing for a more 
prarliral development of his talents - wLU li 
M what I* given out— that's all ilamucd non 
sense. Don't you think so f* 

Though accustomed to fast exprcHuon* 


and slaog terms, Mildred could hardly in- 
dorse Hir Peters statement as it stood, hut 
| ronfireil bem-lf to Buying that ahe thought 
such muUvn, for Her twit's retirement were 
highly improbable. 

" Very rimhI ; you taka the same view of 
the ofTalr that I do." 

“But, papa. If hikslnem is so brisk, aud 
matters are going on so well, and Mr. Lya- 
l*r is your partner, he must lie making mou- 
cy in proportion If the revival of trade 
lasts only for a few months— *o Psrvy told 
Use — the gain* will be enormous." 

"Wall, well, they will he pretty large, tin 
doubt," admitted tlie knight. In* teif-eom- 
plarency for tbo uanmeiit getting tlm hatter 
of him ; “ bnt os to Lyster, that depends." 

And Hir IVter pulled up hia stiff cravat 
with tho air of on* who lias something to 
ouncaa] beside* his shirt collar. 

44 Dapovils ou what, pops f" 

"Oh!— well, you uuuld scarcely under- 
stand it; stocks xml sliares. If, for exam- 
ple, Lyster bos been speculating — aud 
there's really u« knowing — largely, bis pre- 
sent looses may have swallowed up his uuti- 
tiagsat gains." 

Mildred, it is true, understood littlo of 
stocks ami shares, but she knew when peo- 
ple, or at least some people, were dsraiving 
her, and she felt that her father's reply was 
not altogether ingenuous, 

"And what is It you want me to do, 
papal" 

** Why, to keep your eye* open. You are 
not often at Oak Lodge, but tbsre'* now an 
excuse in Lyater’s illness foe your making 
more frequent visits, and girls can dud out 
things freon girls. I shouldn’t wooiler if 
Gerald knew something about this, for lie 
li*« a certain aort of cunning — purup Aisx. 
You sea It's l«n)Mirt«at to get at the truth 
for Percy 1 # sake.” 

“Well, it may be infatuation — Indued, 
people say it is — but iu my opinion, how- 
ever matters turn out to be, you will out 
easily induce Percy to give up Clan.” 

"1 Ildar* him! Gad! if it should turn out 
that Clare'a a beggar — for that's what it 
may run to I sha'iit talk about indm-n- 
Iiinnt*. I shall aay. ‘Yuuug man, you will 
marry at your peril.’ " 

"Blit that will b« very harsh, papa, will 
it not!" said Mildred, looking down |o con- 
ceal a glance it was difficult to decipher, liut 
which had something of ninlire or triumph 
iu it that belied bar plaliitlvu tames; "and 
vary, very #ad." 

"Never yon mind almut its bsrnhnesa or 
sail liras," replied Hit Fetor, curl Iv ; “that's 
Percy’s took out ami not yours; hut I thiuk 
ha is too wire to quarrel with me. There's 
the diHir-hell. Did I not hsar hoofs ou the 
gravel sweep f* 

" Yus, paps; it is Mr. Farrer; he sold he 
would ride over this morning," 

“ Very good. You mustn't keep him wait- 
ing, so I’ll not detain you any longer. Hut 
you qnito uud* island the jmsilioa m re- 
ganlt Percy F" 

“ Perfectly." 

“And the nerewity fit caution in tho 
way of going to work F That's well. You 
may rely on'e. I sha'n't Join yon in tb* draw- 
ing- mow for the next twenty miantsa, 
miiay," he added, with a sly nod. "I ui 
not one to spoil spore" 



AMERICAN OPIUM-SMOKERS. 

Bv h. h rank, m.ix 
IL 

Tar.itr- U prolntbly no subject in tho world 
upon which pooplo entertain such erreueous 
ideas as that of the effect upuu the wind 
of smoking opium. The generally received 
opinion, and one to ho feu nit in in<«t of I he 
works wf travel in Chino, is that tbs smoker, 
liaviug linislietl a few pi|ie*, falls bock in a 
heavy dcath-llko sloop that knows no wak- 
ing until the effects have pnmml away, and 
that is peopled with the most fascinating 
suit pleasing <1 reams. Even Dii kcaa errs 
in bis idea of tbe effects of tho drug wbea 
inhaled. It is extremely rare to find an 
opimii-Miiukvr sleeping. Indeed, the opium 
keep* him awake many times, and it i* of 
this inability to sloop that lie complain*. 
Tho offiiH't of ib« pi|K< is to produce a plea- 
sant condition of dtuaniy wakefulnem, in 
which the smoker feels perfectly happy, at 
pt-nro with hitiMelfand all tbe world, really 
to forgive Ills cociiiy, aud do great things 
for his friend. It is a state that approaches 
as dowdy as an American can ever tome to 
the do tat far utrxtr of the Italian. A feeling 
of |ierfect rewt aud contcnunoiil steals over 
him. ho|H! is lirighfened, and ho revels in 
enlarged and plrosiog anticipation. When 
he ritea, if he liaa not smoked to great «x- 
e*«*, h» feels exhilarated, and walk* with 
elasticity anil rapidity. Upon the bard bank 
the things of to-day, the squalid surround- 
ings, all fudii away. This waking dream, 
this silken garwnuil of the nnsgiimtiun, will 
take its shape and cubwing from the most 
brilliant and cherished strand* that are run- 



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uing through the web and woof of his life's 
story. At one and the aame time it pots oat 
of light hinta realiliew, and replaces them 
T>y a imhUli wboae play of color* and muiy 
outline* are born of the pipe alone. 

Tint the ainoker imagine* bimaelf im- 
mensely wealthy or |hmwmh*I at magultl- 
t»nt fame, that he thinks he baa l»«i in 
the company of kings and prince*, and that 
the world is a foot-lull at bin feet, in the 
tenet complete absurdity. I have tulk.il 
with many habitude, both Americana and 
Chinese, have aeon them smoke, and have 
smoked with them, and have never yet found 
one who had hod nurli eipeilei.cn. A* the 
smoker's hopes, ambitions, aspirations, and 
longings are, so will be the figure* and inci- 
dent* of hi# opium reverie. 

Tlie pleaaurabls sensation* that fellow 
ths drat stage, or that of moderate rxliila- 
ratiou or talkativeness, vary in duration 
according to the temperament of thw indi- 
vidual and the aiamunt of tbn drug moil. 
Following it there may or may not be Bleep, 
but it ia never filled with drawn*, and rarely 
comet until the pernnu goes u> lml. Hlsvp- 
*n are rarely aceit In a '-Joint." I’urtie* 
of two or three will he foitud gTonped about 
each tray, either listlessly thinking, cook- 
ing, and snacking, ur rbattlug i|iiistl) and lu- 
doleutl; with one another. !u mum. places 
there is load talking from gToup to group, 
singing, and occasional w ino-drinking. This, 
how mer, is foreign to the practice, and will 
heartily disgust s true arnoker. Tbn dark- 
ened room, the subdued voices, the kiaeiiig 
and bubbling nf the pips. Has annua of tl.n 
cooking optuui, and tlie different faces half 
lit by the dim light of the little opium lamp, 
serve to impress a visitor with a sense of 
aw* and astonishment. 

Smoking to decided exits* will sometime* 
produce deep sleep— a sleep, however, de- 
void of pleasing dreams, but pregnant with 
horrid phantasmagoria and nui-Jtiiuy acmes 
that terrify and diagost the victim. Such 
effects ofteu cuuae to the noviie who pushes 
th» indulgence lo*i far. Halluidunllous, ds- 
liislcnis, labored action of thv heart, intense 
nausea and vomiting, and great prostration 
follow. This happened to two of my iiurww 
and myself. Sum* smokers are uaiaacatod 
every time they indulgn for from three to 
six months, and still they persist ; others 
am trover Iwithd by It. 

The smoker finds after a time that the 
pleasurable sensations of the find few 
months disappear, and bn only siunkne to 
avoid the triribls suffering that usually 
accompanies the effort to abandon the pram 
tire. The good spirit of lb« magical pipe 
has diMtp]Mii>rvd, giving place to a demon 
w ho binds his victim baud and foot. The 
shackles that lie has laxily aud indolently 
riveted upon himself now refuse to lie na- 
loused, and he Hilda himself no longer drawn 
to bis idol with silken cords, but driven to 
continue a practice bo 1 oat Iron by the suffer - 
lug a a suro to folio ir Its abandonment. Pit- 
ialile indeed ia such a one in his weakness. 

The physical aud uaeutal ill offset* of 
opium-smoking luauifflat themselves In dis- 
inclination for continued mental effort, 
weakening of the will-power, w avering in 
decision, lues of ineiiiury, emaciation, aoio- 
neaa of the cjrt, obstinate constipation, 
hemorrhoids, dyspepsia, catarrhal inflamma- 
tion of the throat and taowsls, Uaslludr, lua- 
potoiici*, aud partial paralyoia of the bladder. 

The effect financially is very bad i wired, 
The process of cooking and smoking taking, 
for full satisfaction, a uumlier nf bom ca. li 
day, biiainosa is almost invariably negln led. 
and the devotee, if lie continues, bemtnsa 
twined Tlie opium pipe, with the accom- 
panying indolence, is ouo of tbc greatest 
thieves of tinae. A hard •conker will spend 
most of the day aud night In a Joint. 

A curious point in tbu connection ia that 
those smokers who have opinm and a full 
outfit at hums prefer to smoke In the luw 
juinla, partly from the companion* to bo 
found them, partly liecanse they seem to 
get a mare decided effect from ties constant- 
ly used pipes ansi in tbs anw.kc -loaded nt- 
liMwpliere of these place*. An hnbitu* who 
smokes to extern is called a "fiend." 

Tbc Chineoo have an idea Unit w hen a 
woman ha* 6SC0 smoked from a pipe it bc- 
ninvrs worthless, failing to color, uni being 
llablo to split. For this reason female 
smokers are always given tho poorest pipe* 
In tho place. 

An ordinary arnoker will consume about 
three drachm* of smoking opium (<h|ii»I tu 
strength to six drachms ol crude opium) in 
a day. This will cost him from fifty to sev- 
enty, five cents. “ KieD.l*" liav* Imho known 
to smoke as touch os a pound and a quarter 
a day. 

S,nic idea of the exteut to which opium 
ia smoked by while men In thi* country 
maybe gained from the fact that actor* and 
Iravolltiig saiiwmcu who have 1 mi.ii in every 
town of any importance say that they bars 
never found a city yet. Knot or Wort, whore 
smoking places were nut to lie found, and 
when from one to twenty whites, male aud 


female, were smoking. Dr. Hranondtno, of 
Sen Francisco, Dr. Sliurtleff. of Stockton, 
California, Dr. t’opiu, of 8t. lamia, sod Dr. 
Homs, of Virginia City, Nevada, assure us 
that the practice is rapidly spreading in 
spite of the moot slringsot Isa *, impaling 
heavy flues aud liiipnwismii.ut, having been 
passed. Id Ban FraDcIsco so great did tho 
evil become, so many women aud yuong 
girts were Iwl to Uinta oplm-hnsm and 
taught smokiug aud otliur evil practice*, 
that iu ltd) it waa found necessary to pass 
• city ordinance, under which arrests are 
constantly being mail*. Tlia only effect has 
been to Matter the smokers, and cJnwe tho 
more public place*. Smoking, however, ia 
going on just the same. 

Tbn following table, obtained through 
the great kin Jams of Joseph Nliumo, Ks<|., 
Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury 
Departnaenl, Washington, show* bow large 
ore tbn quantities of smoking opium that 
have entered this country in tho past ton 
year*. Smoking opium is readily distin- 
guished, in tbc returns, from gum opium 
fiom tbn fact that the duty on the former in 
|fi, while that on the latter it but |1 per 
pound. 



It will thus he seen what an imnieow! amount 
of smoking opium, none of whicb leaves this 
country f<>« other port*. I* luring used here. 
Au inriraso of over 17,010 pound* in tlie last 
year of a drug intended solely to pander to 
a vice is indeed startling. That this increase 
la not due to an Increase ill tho number of 
Cbinomen id the United (States may be seen 
by the following figure*!* According to the 
census of ltd) there was in this country a 
Chinese popaUtinn of 414,736. According 
to Mr. Alfred Wheeler, who testified before 
the C'nugrwMiioual committee, the (TiinsMl 
arrivals iuul doparture* wees as follows from 
1*70 to October I, 1076: 


Yar. 

1**>. 

1871. 

IMS. 

1873. 

IMS, 

, IMS,..., 

j |_ 


U,77B 

17,076 

ia,nH6 

16,021 


t,t« 

MM 

4S*1 

MO* 

7,710 

6.406 

*.sal 

z*,«*4 


4,888 

10,270 
8,376 
11,716 
10, *86 
64,606 


Tho Cliiisw population st tlie end of 1078 
wosibl have been, then. «,73B plw. or 

a total of 117,331. A deduction of two pnr 
cent, for the death rate leaves 104,7111, Tlie 
Alla Cali/oraM newspaper carries tlie fig- 
ures on from 1*741, as follows: 


T.wr. 

1877.. 

1870- - - 

Cidvsle. 

ti.po* 

7.416 

n.M4 

Puirtww*. 

TfiSi 

6,512 

6,006 

3“M 

“ 

le*S I 

802 


2S, 808 

21. 270 _ 

T06U 

802 


Dnilh* i ■inuuii'd al two prr cent, oa popa- 


Utioo of lOtyXW) 4000 

Gain, 2900, Ins* 363 2M6 


Hot 

This give* us an artaal falling off in popu- 
laiion to the number of 34ntf. 

Oar census of lwjt) gives us a Chinese 
population of 1(16,140. With an actual fall- 
ing off ill population, nr a condition of stand- 
still, how can we account for the mormons 
increase in the amount of smoking epinm 
reaching us in the past few tears, and nun 
sspselally thr last y cor I In 1879, with • 
falling off nf 3M8 in tho number of China- 
men in this rutin try. there whs an increase 
of ret W pounds In tbn smoking opium im- 
ported, an increase of 7377 pound* in 1878 
over that imported in 1*77. Thus, with a 
falling off of :t4«9 in Chinnsa population 
from October, 1874!, to 1*0, there was an In- 
crease of 7466 pounds of smoking opium. 
The increase in teu years time (1690-1890) 
smnunta to X>JX72 pmiii t*. 

At a low ratiruste wo hare 4000 Ameri- 
cana smoking this drug. As an average we 
may safely say that each smoker consume* 
ion grain* of opinm dally. Multiplying Ibis 
by the nnmlier of smokers, we have 4Ut>,M)0 
grains daily, and this by the number nf day* 
in a year gives us 1W.,IX*),.SX) gratia*, at aUmt 
19.000 pound*. 

At a low estimate we may soy that ten 
per cent, of Urn adult Chinamen in America 
stnoke regularly. This would give oa 10,644 
Chinamen smoking; and snpjHwing each to 
consume daily 100 grains, we have a total 
fur tho ynsr of 6C.240 pound*. We hnvs 
here probably underestimated the number 


* 8«*>nL Caissw Immifratlrm Is in Atrial ant 

fosi s w l AtpatUL NawYMklini. 


of Amsrlcosis and Chinamen smoking, aud 
the amount snacked. In any event, taking 
Americana and Chinese Hookers together, 
wo gvt • yearly total of 00,240 pounds of 
smoking opium ciiusaoaod. 

Besides the opium Imported for smoking, 
some is smuggled by Chinamen coming to 
this country, some is modn bore freon crude 
opium by tlie k*e|H<r* of tbs lowor-rlam 
decs ; aud No. I ?. a mixture of tbe ash left 
after smoking No, I and ensile opium, boiled 
together and filtered, is also used. Ordi- 
nary smoking opium leaves thirty-three per 
cent of ash, which is very powerful, six 
grains anftriug U> paralyze a rabbit when 
injected under Its akin. 

A lover of his kind must needs view with 
no little apprehension the spread nf so »o- 
dnetive a vlca, ami one that, despite the 
meet stringeut measures for its suppression, 
is spreading rapidly in all pacta of this 
country. Wfcilfi it is true that thi* manner 
of narcotic Intoxication is neither sn inju- 
rious nor so rapid iu its effects as tbe aeo of 
the drug by the mouth or hypodermically, 
still it is sufficiently injurinos to demand 
careful study and attcntuMi. Thine fright- 
ful picture* of thin, cadaverous, sallow-faced 
Chinamen, just un the brink of the grave, 
a* drptclod by many as the result of excret- 
ive opium smoking, 1 have never yet area 
amongst American*. lodeed, ss s ctsas, 
l boy are stout stnl Ivoalthy, all bough having 
smoked Um drug fur from two to ten years. 

Between opium smoking and ebromc aleo- 
lioliwi there can be no comparison what- 
ever, tbn latter working by far tbe greater 
physical, moral, and financial ruiu in a short- 
er lime. Moreover, those ill effects that re- 
salt from iivonlluato smoking are felt by the 
Individual alone. lie never heats hU wlfo 
iu hi* freury, destroy a furniture, shouts his 
frinml, or stabs hi* eaiemy ; he does Dot go 
reeling throogli tbe street to fall at last an 
inert mass in tbe gutter, there to sleep off 
tho debauch, uutee* disturbed aud locked up 
by a policeman. 

It must be rameni bored, however, that. Ilka 
tbe alcoholic inebriate, and unlike the mor- 
phia injector, be has not tbs excase of Bleep- 
Us* nights at agonizing pain to drive him 
to the practice, but deliberately aud will- 
fully walks into a bondage simply to satisfy 
a morbid appetite. Opium, however used, 
ia a drag that can Dot be trifled with, and 
one that brads firmer than any bauds that 


WAIK8 AND STRAY& 

Faza concerning perron* I wifely is betnmisg 
M summon amosg monarebc in die 0M World ss 
hay. fever i< among cli-rgjm.-n in lb" New. The 
.‘iiUsn of Turkov is rvpirted as glowing nvirbid 
in hi* fiar lb»X MUtntliUig "ill explode and iwrry 
him off Tint r^wlinh auilreuadue had lo wait 
forty i lays for sa inUrvinw with bit lusjiiciisis 
Higbims, Slid liunora) Wallace asa kept Malting 


Saco Virginia U styled tbc Mother of Prrel 
da-ms. It aught not be inappropnsie to designate 
the north of Ireland u the tiraadmtther at Pre- 
#>lcnu. The fstbet* of Jarkson and Arthur coruo 
from County Antrim, Buchanan's father mara- 
ud from Ccrttily fxoocgal, and Polk's ancestor* 
were of north of Ireland stock. 

A woman in rhirsgo h»" two divorce suits an 
bawl 14 m art* forth that she took a roan's word 
for il that brr first liusliaod was ilcnd, and lur- 
ried the isfoemsnt, film afterwanl losnacd that 
her first Imlianil hsif nol died, but hsd married 
another woman, Slie now etwlts a divorce from 
him <wi the ground of viulaUun of the marriage 
iv«nlr*i-|, anj fore iarr M>nmit bualwnd on the 
|drs that her uiarriags with him wo* illegal 

The 00 bIous Mortnou luiseiisiariiw liare invodrd 
oti'ii cold liulii IcvTaod, Mill have pccUTed the 
laud of lh« Lett Unlay -Sainu in eiirli glowing od- 
or* that many uf the eliivcriog inhabitants have 
<uiinaiUd to be peusdylod. 

A Ihiinncratic Juillco of the peace in ladians 
i» lint lo to *wi»J hy the SSpcriov posdtinn of a 
mere Sstretary of fitati'. a» the foriawing com 
imiiucailoii (run a Fort Wains jretire to tbe 
Stole official above mu nod Mupty penvm; "You 
are a lire when you told the paper there that I 
•aid the law# were mode fur me. I am a justis, 
and 1 know whiz my rights are. Ywa are a fulr 
1 un the worst liea-ucr»l kn tlila town, and ail I 
wsnz Is my rights 1 bo(io you won't nil **> 
mute hot shout ms." 

A farmer In the Wert tujk HrvctiBfaur, and 
thra ahot hunM-lf. Thu hall pierced the Mouisrh, 
and that organ emptied Itself of the pores* Wore 
it was absurtxid tun the ayrtoa. Tbe bullet 
would Is not Muriaartly fatal 

"In Swedco the smallest town pswucs an 
open-air hood." Perhaps that la why It remains 

A famewa lkm hunter in Algeria ha* a plan 
for bringing the pleasure of gunning for tag 
game within tbe reach of tbe most timid. He 
propose* to convert a tabir-land in the fewest of 
Bordj- Bream, not far from s railroad, into an im- 
mense psrfc. into' which be wilt entire li«*u.«. |*ti- 
then, and the like, by turning out broken down 


horeoe and uUwr ilounwlic zeiniaU lo graze. Tbe 
aiulxasb** fur huoteni will range from Severn* 
■if huih.14 foe tlni fiwrhws ijouani up to soli, I 
fnrtr u MS from the ramparts nf which ladies stun 
may draw lbv Usd un hyenas, jackals, lynzrs, 
and ligsc-cate. 

A Chicago iin>K|iz|ier Tiiirtl the plsiat of ths 
birenle travulW* fnmi that city, who aver tbu 
the red upholrtery of tlie pxrker-car* does MU 
m» thru remplrtintl. The |MSi]iiin ia made that 
••> long as Mcretrs are in rogue there be blue 
uphotilered oars run In nu-li train. 

The only death that has jot occurred freaa nal- 
nrsl rallies in Asywii, Wycsnmg, I* that of a toon 
who went ihcra from Texas after liaving been cm 
trial for hi* Ufa. 

A newspaper in Kentucky ii ratilad by a man 
nsmrd Ditto*, and when h* hiatnuaLra that tlie 
rewponribie man of an esteemed ,va, lempira ry is 
hy nature fitted to he a left-handul regicide, lie 
h*i his name abontod hack to him with great- 
peixoe r eovpliasit. 

A negro was crossing * Teas* bayou with a 
ipcarier of beef in a kmII skiff. Alligators 
•wxraml around h>m in enrli nizmbere that lie 
t«A to a tree. The next day men with guns 
drove the imilsi away, 

Tli* srriiol of a kingly viwlor in tki« city in 
tlm see* following Prevalent Garfield'* death 
wax budly re.liml, so chip and atreutiing w« 
the sorrow of tbs poIJir. King Kslaksus, lk 
Host immediately on Lta arrival, mo,i a lureisg* 
of cuuduliMee to Mrs. (ixrflrVd He apont hi« 
time In till* riiy qcrietly ilecuug pbuva of iatsr- 
ewt, and devlinnf all inih*i>cc.i u> foeoul Srs-ial 
oicetingv lie made a few mill U> friend* wlmiu 
lie had known i« hit irland rralm. Tlie uucupa- 
tinn of the public mind with the soil thought* 
that were «ppern»rot wu a sufficient excuro fee 
•h* o*u«ion to give him a public reecpuco. and 
if rach reception bad hren tendered, he would 
bave niidiHihtnlly ark cl that it be omitted. Tbe 
King viwlod Oner ■•land, where his tali figure 
linwawl III black, sad hi* swsrtliy face, ret off by 
a largo whit* fair hst, mads him an ci.j.vt of it- 
tostinu. which wm inertwaed when it w*a MiH 
slaMit lliat a King w*« Miking rocroatinn on the 
•sods. fl» paid s Sunday ■’•••ning ii*jt to tbe 
U«4i|Uftrnri of Mr lUlisuo ia Fifth Anwnr, 
wlure tbe young Inrmitur eip'olnid to him hie 
iinntiple of viortric lUumluatiou. Chin of the 
King's siiilii made thu suggeeliur, that KJiiuu - 
toloi be placed over thu < eater of nna ut (ho 
□awauszi volcanuce, w here tufik-lcnt best was go- 
ing to waste to fwrniih power for the llghtieg of 
the world if tho electno current could be d.«- 
Iriliutn! three* gb eiibmsrine rabid The King 
apprveriatnd lli« joke Hy tbrvwar, lioie crcdiled 
with having made a y&n liimndf while in Spain 
nut long ajpji Th. train ran off tbe track, ami 
hr asked thu guard if railroail aciideiiu were fre- 
rpirzit ia that ivuntri. “ Very rare,” was ths re- 
ply; “thi« is only In honor of your Majcvtv “ 
"Thro I think 1 bad beater travel intogmtu 
sail ths King. 


THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. 

Tnx remtiinn of tbe Artsy of tbo Comber- 
loud, on tbe fflst aud ulu at Cbatta- 
nrwiga. Teuneoree, wns a nicmorablo minting. 
It tuvliaderl tbousuiuU of raprascDtativc* of 
the In ion and L'oubduratu am lire which 
lusl takeu port iu tlvr aacguinory earn tl iris 
of (Tiattsmwiga and Cbickiinninga, and tbo 
feolxag of fraternity ilieplayewl w us uuaisrml 
by a single inetdout. 

On tbo lilil oecnrresl the scene depicted in 
our llliutrutloei (Ml peg* f«H|, At nie<D of 
that day all tbu belts in tlie city were tolled, 
business was srt»]iendcil by proclamattoii uf 
tbs Mayor, and reveral thousand ea-Uuiou 
and ex -C'on federate soldiers formed In lino 
aod marched to Cuiurron Hill, where ths re- 
quiem nxerriors of the day were lo lake plate. 
An immense flag-staff had been orertml ou 
tbo summit of tbs hill, aud around this thw 
ux-wolilicrs furtnnl. 

.1* tho t 'on federate dit Won of thr prairoa- 
sion reached the crown nf tbe bill, thru band 
played “ Diire,” stxl Uicy nopondeit with 
obsers, which were lustily rns|Minded to by 
their I'niou comrade*. The marabsta of tho 
two divisions of the procession, each with 
four aides, Kiluted and marched lo tbr staff, 
and tbn flag, draped in mourning, was buttl- 
ed to tbe breeze hy Mnjnr M. IjIuvt. late of 
the ITtrino army, and Major J. L. McCm/ut, 
late of tbo (.'outVsleratn sarvkia. As thr flag 
was being raised the baiul played tlie " Ktsr- 
epsnglcd Bonner," stnl the crowd, estimated 
at ten thousand, loudly cheered. Tlie flag 
was then lowered to half-mast, the band 
playing “ Nearer, my Oud. to Thee," and all 
priwont standing with uncovered heads. 

Major 8. A. Kxr, of t.'hsttsuionga, them 
delivered a atimug and must patriotic sd- 
drees on ImHalf uf the Society of ex-Confed- 
orala Huhlinrw, which wa* tws|H>udid tu by 
General Kr.itT.ic. of Ohio, oo behalf of ilia 
Society nf tbo Army of tbe Cumberland. 
Rrliginua exoreire* fiilliiwesl. In the after 
iimiii Joint narinoriol service* worn hold in 
tbe Coart- bowse Park. Rcwolntions of sym- 
pathy and condolence on the death of Pre- 
sident Gxrkikld were adopted, soil a com- 
mittee was appointed to attend ths rimers) 
st (Tsvefaiwl, and preaent a oupy of tho rc- 

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SERGEANT MASON. 

Ox 111* evening of September 10 » squad of United Slates 
aoldlcit, under command of Captain Mdiil.ruar, went to 
tbe jail when? Gl'ntui is confined, to change guard. The 
•quad was driven up in three wagons, and the Captaiu and 
Sergeant .Mamin arm tu tlwi llref- A» auou o» Hie wagon 
■topped in front of tbr jail, Mamin got ont, walked a fnw 
licet away to a |ilai'n tbut Commanded tbo window of Get* 


ntAP'a roll, raised Ilia title, and fired at tbe window. The 
bullet entered tbe cell, and glanced ImnnlcKtly from tbe 
wall. Captaiu McGili-rai rau np to tbe Sergeant, who 
atom! with hia ride prevented after tbe abut, and Ma*oN 
■aid to ldm.exctlodl.v: "1 Ami llio abut, Captain, and I in- 
tended to kilt tbe aeoundrel. I did not culUt to guard an 

Ho wai illaarmed, put under armat, and wut to tbe ar- 
senal. He aaid tbat before leaving tbe arsenal be bad 


loaded hi* gun wltli a 4A-ealihne ball for tbe purpose of 
killing OliTUl'. He said be had been tbinhing aliout do- 
ing it for aeTcml days, and bud concludes! that it woa Ida 
duty to do an. 

Maaox ks 1*1 rat Sergeant of Company D, Second Artillery, 
and is a tall and liueluoViug mnu of thirty-eight. Ills of- 
ficers and comrades suy that be was nil elBnlvnt soldier, aud 
' la not a drtuklng mail. Some of tbeiu think that be i* ec- 
centric. He is a native of Virginia. Ilia (is brother* 




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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


OCTOBER «, IMt. 


wn wt In tbo Coo federate array ; lm| be 
joined tbo L'nimi army iniiel*vii yuan ago, 
niul wyvrtl rmll lalilv tn 111* war There la 
no n<u>ii to mippnar that aoy »f Ilia coni' 
r»dea knew of hi* ilenign. Til* a#i»tl of 
t Ur Jail, after liavine iumW as cxnmitintliMi, 
are of opinion that (ivtrraf »M not at til* 
window of hla Ml, aa bo told tlirin, bet was 
lying upon the bod at tbo tlm* the ubut »u 
ft ml, 

Ttie Sergeant ia a fine marksman, ami 
General A Viter, who coniaiaoda the Second 
Artillery, to whieb be bel'Mig*, »*>« be ni>- 
iloulrtodl) wow Id have bit Ovtixair bad the 
latter been at the window. Aa it wa 
waa driven into an agony of fe«r by tbo 
atnd. He was found cruor.liod in »do cor- 
ner of hi* cell, crying lonillv for protection, 
utid begged to be removed to a cell where ' 
weald not be expound, lie waa removed. 


THE « MADGE.” 

Tire Drat of the rare* in American waters 
with the Kngllah-built Scotch cutter i/.tdje 
waa tailed no September JT7 over the Sea- 
wnnliAka Yacht Clttb ernirae. Under tie* 
club ole*, the ArArener gave I be .Vaifgr twelve 


ih allot 


; but, aj 


the Jfodye might lmve given thr American 
the little that the latter won Id have hcei 
entitled to nniler the rule* iwnally govern 
iug time allowance, and otill have won tb' 
race. There waa a Miff breeze from mart 
to Anioh.aud the tide waa agaiuat Hie yacbta 
both way a lb. low the Narrow* there waa 
a considerable aco- Each carried a broad 
apread of canvas and there waa not much 
tlllTrmioa W« weeti the methoda of handling 
the two bunt*. After they had jiaaoe.l the 
Nnmwn niol laid their entirse, the Uadgt 
began to tak* tbe lead, and aim held it to 
the flnmli. hli* wont over the eouiwe near- 
ly aix miiinlea quicker I bon the Scktmtr. 
The Condi lloiw for a fair teat of nailing qnal- 
tlii« aeeiued to be all that could have Ihh'U 
duaired, to for aa water aod triad were oon- 
ceroed ; blit tbe vi oiling yacht wo* III bettor 
condition throughout for nailing In a match 
thud waa tlm American boat. 

On tbe following day the JtfW-w defeated 
the yacht Woe* by u|>aanl of lunity-Uve 
minutes, and on the BHIi wa* vtctorlnwa a 
1 bird tiro. In a match with tbe Mittral. The 
JIM (Mich la iUattrsted on page BUS. 


AT REST. 

TTr give thi* work a aerie* of illreatMr- 
thma tliat floyict tbe final luwinra paid to 
the memory of the dead President and tbe 
funeral **r> ice* held over tl»e remain* at tbo 
rnnnlvlug vault. Our front-page illuatro- 
lion ehowa tbe interior of tbe catafalque, 
illuminated by ebwtrie light, where tbo 
body mated through the night n# Snnilay, 
Septamker 25. when tbiramnda of people, 
frvtu all parte of the United Slut**, pouted 
by tn aolrmn proaMlon. Among I bom who 
lingered long by tbe aide of the dead waa 
Secretary BijU.vk, wbo remained an hour. 
The beautiful wreath iMiforwl hy fjneen 
Yurmtu Ut on the caekct, and on either 
aide, leaving apace for people to puzw bo- 
tween them and tha body, were arranged 
Aural dteortuau tn great profiiaian. 

Tbe scene at night in the square waa 
exceedingly |MCtwre*«|ne and impreuive, 
Klgbt.wa oleclrle light*, two powerful eal- 
ci urn light*. and over one hundred gu lamp* 
threw their bright ra)« the towering 
pat lllou from all atdea. All night long tho 
line of people paaaing through the pavilion 
w a* an broken. Hundred* who went through 
by day took tholr place* at tbe end of the 
line, at times over a mile long, to obtain an 
opportunity to view the catafalque aa it waa 
brilliantly lllnmluated o/ler dark, Them- 
aanda of at range re wandered about tbo 
streets, wailing for the daylight, and many 
alvpt in railway cantor country wagon*. 

The tomb in which (he body or the Pre- 
sident wm placed temporarily >• a brown 
•wttdirioaio MPH turo of Gothic design, stand- 
ing about fifteen foot back fnim tbe drive- 
way. and wine distance from tfas entrance 
gates. Acat*fali|ne waa placed in tbo cen- 
tre of the vault, ami <lr*|»rd (tag* were hang 
at each side. At the head wav suspended a 
beautiful wreath sent to Mrs. (iARiiriJi by 
1140 lad ins of Dubuque, and another tent by 
the Brazilian Embassy at the instance of 
the Emperor. Tbe floor waa eovured with 
spriga of evergreen, upon which were strewn 
flow cm iu great profusion. Oiltalde, a car- 
pet bud been laid to the carriageway, which 
waa oovored with* black eauopy. The car- 
pet was also strew u vrilh flower*, while the 
gTOiiud for u eotMMUralrio space on each 
aide of the carpet and in the care logo way 
waa covered with green twiga, interspersed 
-with iuiniurtellm and other dowers. It waa 
niton! un when the funeral car tame down 
a little hill to lliti south of tbe vault, and 
wuo bolted just beyond 1C Mrs. GsRVIKi.i/8 
carriage stopped jiMt in front of the vault, 
and a moment or two later IIajixv and 
J AJcm* got out- Neither Bn. GacriSLP nor 


the President’* mother left the carriage, bet 
both of them threw back tholr veil* and 
gazed long at U>o sight within tbe vunlt* 
General Kwuu, Colonel ColtHIM, Colonel 
ROCKWELL. a ail a few othere «>f the clove 
family friends loft tholr carriages, tut most 
of (ho nthora retained tbeir place*. Secre- 
taries Hlaisk and Wixpom were the only 
members of the cabioot visible, Ex-Priud- 
deol HsYKd and Mr. Kvanrre stood together 
almost In ftront of the tomb. About 3. 45 
tbe cofUn woe borne from t * funeral car 
sod placed on tbe catafalque In the vault, 
while tbe Marine Hand again played the fa- 
miliar strain* of “ Nearer, my God, to Thee." 
The dosing services were then performed. 
Mrs. Ga&FLKIJ* and her tuolbor-tti-law sat 
opposite each oilier In their carriage, anil 
tbe old lady kept her face at th* window 
nearly all tbe time, so that she heard every- 
thing that wm Mill. Tbe Proredenl'* wife 
also looked ont of tbo window frequently. 
Both of them retained tbeir composure. Tbo 
younger children remained ia their ear- 
riagra, but HARRY and James aloud near the 
epeakevw. 

A brief and touching addrea* waa dcliv- 
ered by Rev. J. H. Jones, chaplain of the 
K»Tly-*ecnmd Ohio, General OaRTHtl.n> uhl 
regiment. A anng was followed by prayer 
offered by l>r. Hj.nbdaj.e. and nil wua over. 
Many persons stepped l« tbe door of Mrs, 
<Iakfiku>'o carriage, and eh* »|wik« with 
them, showing a sweet and competed face 
to those that paid thedr ree peels. Her car- 
riegv wm whig driven away. TIis other enr- 
riagaa tn th* proocseine fuilowvd, and, [uuau 
ing the tomb, wore driven around the circle, 
and passed through the loug linn* of sol- 
dier* on tholr return to the city. 


HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE 

A URA IN RBttURERi 

lluwipnsna Add Pho*r***» muar t the brain 
■Iwn wear i.-.d tear of an ictl«« 


ELIZABETH VON 8 TAMWTEZ- 

Grand Open Uoui*. 
kunt Wa. B. Rich A Son - 

fAwJfonm, — 1 uKrtaiult consider rcmr American 

Face l*owder far fuperinr to any I hare ever weed. 

— [ tW] Yrtj siaewoly, 

EuxsaanfoN Siarwitt. 


riwrrr mud ilrnvp*l fnr t 
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Breakfast Cocos. 

WsrraeMd Naenlwler*' j hm 
Cbeea, from which dw »«i 
«d oil ha* t>««* meored. It la m 
ddkloua detai, murlifahif tn* 
atianfiYmlmc; aaiily dlfieceJj 
adalrahly wUprod &w trallda 


W. BAKER A COn 


REVISED VERSION 

OP TUB 

ENGLISH NEW TESTAMENT. 

The Retired Vmion of the New TotuaenI of 
oar Uinl aed Enriour Jr*n* Omit, Translucd 
out of the Greek : being the Tenon* act forth 
A. I) INI 1, compared with tbe moat dnclcwi 
AuUiorllww and Berieed AD. 1(H1. 

HARPER'S AMERICAN EDITIONS. 

Brevier, len, Paper. •) cent" Brevier, lias, 
t'liilh, Id rents; Bcrrier, 1 Bmo, F'iD Liathor, 
Gilt Kdgt«, tw rents, Brener, I Ann, Cloth, 
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New Terlilueul. un Bfadlni;* and Rrnifrrluf* pro- 

abroad to an Append I « by (hr Kuril- K C-iwunlUiwi ala 
pUred M fiMt-nirir*. Ibul ii(lllurll|K rttoimtwm u 4 
romptrlMA. ad ihuptra itdltks* tar* roarplu>( 


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TAMAR „ 

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wlr medlrlnil propertli*. aud lur Ihror dofiuai 
aa • cmdlel. IWare of eoanlitfcil* aid Imlla- , 
rime alwUartT po< *P> Fv* *«W lir droerau, I 
error™. IIqbo* mere toll!*, and I. Ft'NRF, Jr I 
Nok A cent, TS Jafrn flt. N. T. P.O. Iloa lota. 


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ESTABMSHRENT IN HEW YORK. 
Always an btad the Itrjewi Stock, rornplele In every 
droartmeut. u ■md u aJc prteaa. Thirty y*ara mu> 
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HAIVANISM anil ELECTRIC IT Y 

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OFFICES i iIo’wXu^iPL.'h'" 




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Of th* arar daturat* rlyk*. deaanj or dyad >* 
toll- MlAmf ruyVao 
UMrtktna, . fkmxet*, rkuf re iytd alnlr, 
^ ■rta l oaW u4n»- Shrdro, Table ■ t'crrnt tArpefr, 
ktaptnytig the l»*t altalniMf *ktd aofl noet lat- 
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orp.rtm.nt nf our biHne**,ueern e-lldil rally promt** 
the te.t n-nita, and muratlly prompt returwtd rwala. 
Good* rerelred awl ret era wl by vxpnwi ** by malL 
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I and 7 Jah* 04.. M. Y. 

ripe* A C lear Holder*. WWs 

**>e and reuifT i*e*4 he ClrcalM and 
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Vein avardvd at tbaMunUI, IMA 

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S4IPBEIEK l ata. Dry. Fruity, he., Ac. 

H4KKK. tS-irfautire, Clurta, ttaawrne*. Ac. Ac 
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FBI ITU «U(JA, ala* Preaarr**, ITuoro wlO-rot 


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Dabaryh. 


TUB Lira 


JAMES A. GARFIELD, 

Late Fmldcnt of tbe UaitEfl State*. Wl*.h Et- 
trucX* from bit Spec* he*. By KroirxD Ktcox. 
Hluicratod. 4 to, Paper, SU ceou. Gennao 
EJilroo, 4to, Paper, 20 reuu. 

Tbe t»Hik U written In good tfyta, and with aa-.bn- 
•I ae.lt alfreake, and bold*, tb* reader aMy-tbrd In Ira 
el ore. A* I'realdent BnpklM mcxetu. It weald do a 
girtd resvlee to pat thi* Udo into tbe bnd* U errry 
ymng mu In tb* cannier. XetMng maid tn toiler 
adaptM tn tnc|hre a ynug mu to mak* tlairelt a 
mat, b> reek shr higher! aud the be*L * • • We »*M 
tinaaci>l Ibl* Uogrepby Aw rending la mry fa/edy. 
an .hnwlnc wbil a DAhw «aay aecmaplM to' her 
children, aod what a ynang man under olicrtr tic 
tore. ivayaokWT* la thi* great Imdvfoura — 
M!U', 

booirty Inrldenta of kb, hi* on ibr eanil. bta 
Caere fre bonln of adventure. ki> nclj aud 
anil paarfu* Air lire m, are crapbieaJIycelated, 
» reader I* led In *,lli|*lby r« f-lto* the for* 
•f lfe« amhltka* b-y who fcini,-*rui aftrr htowl- 
rdro and are hot afraid to rack- Tbroic* hi* n*. 
y ni rere w * re trneber. Profcreor. atel Elate tojator. be 
trrtngi ibr rendtl to GarAeld tb* artdier. HI* military 
expkdu are deaerttod wteb a dufalng pro, and are 
llliu leal ad with a wraith «f aneednte. * • • It will 
i red wide auemloo, ant be read with deep la- 


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OCTOBER 8 > 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 


687 



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BOYMTON'S 

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1 i> Buy umI^uml nwir. 1 »W »r ■ K rctltr (lank- 

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end mete., really rnniHO. Hcoil tu» (Vnelaaa. 

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tat WilnM., >*» Tart. 4 MWt Ml., Ibbeeu, Ml 


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Whalraalr Ikpti tireal. tad Ihfad floort. 

WESTCOTT 4 HURT S 

CM iff TESTAMENT. 


Thr St* Tcatanumt la the Origjul Greek. The 
Tot Hnlitd by Harau I’m Whhwt. D.D., 
KcgSna Prafr—tor of IHtlailt, Cnium of Peter- 
borough; and I'. J. A. Most. D D., Halecan 
Professor of IlWInliy, lale Felk>« of Trinity 
Ladlrgc, CamUVlp. Ami-rican Edition. With 
an IntroductluD by Pmur S'lurr, D O, LL.D-, 
Preaitiiaii of the Amriircm Ull.lc K*-ii»lon Can- 
nutta Crown Sta, Cluih, to. 


Till* —art,, fnraa*d writNTefy n* d<*nna*n 1 «py 
eildcae*. -It Ih>j( tafcreure u> any (afi.ud iriv hat 

t— eti Ire— esy— clad by — bnlare. Jr ta yr i i i a ftiy 

l W mm! wpyimt Mii/nJaiMi r# fhAiiiiai l*Mruln§ 

lilt advantage uf cca-iliaa* 1 , i)nri( Hi progreea o f 

The revtelrei M (be Greek Ttlt by Dr. Wretenu md 
Dr. IJnrt baa eslini u> ISta character >rf omimulty aail 
CmplMencea which thu U lha a aw tlihird and Cam* 

bridge taste hardly preload t* la**.*-rA» r«efaii«. 


rekllehed by HARPER A BSD THE HN, **» Teak. 


PRESIDENT 

aaHlaaltd Jalytd.lliMl IMpLIIUi.lSll. 

A SPLtllDIO LH-a RAVING. Hit ITXJ 4 . 
lief, from a iibofluRiah ann after lb taaajreiatlim, 
■dabrelaet portrait «d i.ar MAHTVUMJ I'HKN- 
IIKVr, — P.h ai.mr.mo lmi.r aim ■pruimnat* ha* 
fl|rtiure lirrir RllliOk* or nSm* -«nm 


lO Barelay street, Saw ¥*rfc. 

7* «5tnirnV(J tffii. a.ilwraoSl' l—oja 



v ' i -— fteiK. 


Aiutr exhibits bh sbcext fu bchaak to a homey wit cakdid fkibmd. 

'Aiuiv (-M f^idry ■" Tborc, my boy I what do rau think of that? hot dear at furt* 
pulnea*, * 4 ?" 

FaiKM>. “ Drnr at foM* » hilling* ! Why, ha muM ha’ boon tried fto sawuirca and wnt b*iA 1" 


THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN 

AXD TUB 

SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS, 178L 

By IIENRY P. JOUXSTON. 

lllnatrMad. ®ro, Cloth. SC OO. 


if ill nf Ant —mArt:., aa.t adilad In ban-immr dupe 

fblMb^id iJVer » plriMui Win, ant. hrlnu • pwny 
in luma, will remain m a nmhur.it I— Ike library Ural 
haa at— uahlny laaldre u» patrkair tnarlla in reown- 

ia«i 4 M. ' * ' The plot rail* «r WaridMgton aad bla 

lianeraia.of Taticdan auk H.nrl.(iubrM,areiur|.Mcaa 

II li a w-«k <.f mrl.ria rw wrrt pnreia"*irt 

taiau. It la lultmLew ■••d m.ly twaaaaa 1 II la the 
A-Il maipWla aad o.iretuUTt umll.r «f Ibe npara* 
Uni- wh^-k rnlra.ruh-d In Ilia -Itm.drt uf Cheuhinl- 

11(41 Ikt.i-n tpon R fcy fraahly f.uml and rare, 
frilly atIMil matrrlnl >1 lilt ?<*y tMAbl* wl— ft kttttha 
f.*u Ike imuinla ht*e Wn dUippulnllnaly iniipr. 
• * * Tlx dalnll* of Ibe »l-t* eurrewdor are p'- 

1 —pied, n entire chapter befup dth>riad in tub. 
Th* (ti«y may will ha left in tell liaalf to the read- 


tallnn pn.pcrty hrtyadad. Aa iw each nailer eauia, 
W mn« Vaee beam yl«u«d artth ynnl labor hue ntd 
■>M*tly bojha ami like woerra. • * * The raerrd la 

The 'irentu'iua ad Uau C.mUaealal army hie nr.ee 
been lb.enp.jhly nnlWrelnml, a.-t lb- kn.i»lnl<« lm. 
h-nr-l la uf (.ren tali* In halplbf «* t» apJeretand 
a .4 apptaclait ikt ian*errxnia 1 * cl.la ami .-ilitr Bc«- 

ftwd. »»d an are really lllnyliMIre of Ik* t««i. while 
aro-hig rlx ngrtvlntpi art aucu of puruaite ai gta- 
alia * nitre. Tire appendla ileel&wlth lie rare ntllm- 
tlua at irltrra, JiurtmK n— nru, e«e— maay of them 
Beat* bekrr palibteJ — euad aufflec a. aatlA any 
urdlntry hlrCurlcai iraa.i(n|.b, and It kreaaa a tilu^ 
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•OOD REIGNS. AN'D THE GOVERNMENT AT WASHINGTON STILL LIVES." — Garctem>. 


" I do commit Into trow bond 
The unstained (word Hint vou have uwd to br*r; 
With this remembrance, — Tint you gw th*> Mine 
With the like bohl. Just, and Impartial spirit 
As you hare door gainst me. Then- la mv hand: 
My voice •hull sound ua yon do prompt mine car ; 
And I will stoop and humble my intenta 


To your well practiced, wise dlrocilott*,— 

And with hi* tplrit sadly I survive. 

To mock the capectatlnn of the world; 

To fru -trail- propheew* : and to rase nut 
Rut ten opinion. wlio hath writ roc down 
After my teeming. The tide of blood in me 
Hath proudly flow'd in vanity, till now. 


Now doth It turn, and ebb hack to the «■«; 
When* It Khali mingle with the (tale of flood*, 
And flow henceforth in formal majesty 
Now rail we nar high court of parliament; 
And ht us ebon* sacll liiul* of noble counsel. 
That the great Iwaly of oar atate may go 
III <ijual rank with the beat govern'd nation." 
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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 

New York, Satvkdat, October 15, 1831. 


HARPER-8 YOUNG PEOPLE. 

An iLunrrsATBD Weekly— 18 Paorn. 

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PRESIDENT OARFIELD. 

SPECIAL ANROOWCSjmrT. 


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THE SURRENDER OP' CORNWALLIS, 
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T1IK NEW YORK REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. 

I ^HE significant fact of the late Republican Gon- 
. vention w that the venl ict of the Legislature u pon 
Mr. CoNKlJXa turn been overwhelmingly unstained 
by the party. When lie wm defeated at A I tony, be 
unuouuoed that in "the near future" the few who 
had voted for him would be sustained, and the ma- 
jority would be rebuked. He and his henchmen de- 
voted themselves, with all the great advantage that 
the death of President Gaiikield and the poasearion 
of the party organization gnve them, to puck the Con- 
vention. A more reckless and unscrupulous course 
was never taken by more desperate politicians than 
that which the OoKKUNO* Platt combination look to 
carry the preliminary organization of the State Con- 
vention. In one case, acting under " How" instrue 
tions, nineteen members of a County Convention of 
sixty-six, without even a plausible pretext, marched 
out of the hall, and " contested'' the seats which more 
than two-thirds of the members of the Convention 
attested by their signature* to have been regularly 
and properly filled. The oos» was so shameless that 
even the COWKLIXO State Committee put the regular 
names upon the roll without delude. But the "con 
test" was renewed in the Committee upon Credentials, 
and that committee, after a question or two, with 
unanimous contempt dismissed the pretense. This 
is but an illustration of the frantic efforts made by 
the Cojncujra machine to prevent an honest and fair 
expression of Republican sentiment. The machine 
put upon the rull those who had no more right to 
their places than the “contestants" in this case, and 
votes were cast for the machine in the decisive strug- 
gle of the Convention which were rejected by u large 
majority of the Committee upon Credentials, and 
upon the plainest showing. But all the dv*]K>rate 
swindling was in vain. By the imposing majority 
of 108 in a Convention of 49fi. the de«puti.*m which 
luix so long cursed the Republican party lu New York 
was shaken off. 

The result has an interest for the whole country. 
If the machine, by manna of the Now York city rot- 
ten boroughs and wholesale Republican disfranchise- 
ment, hod succeeded ill Blitting the voice of the party, 
and had won an apparent victory for ap]iareiit only 
could it have been- the claim would have been instant- 
ly made that the Convention, fresh from the people, 
had reversed the verdict of the Legislature upon Mr 
CoNKLtffu. and that the New York Republicans jus- 
tified his quarrel with President GARFIELD, and sup- 
ported his amuiult upon the constitutional powers of 
the Executive, and liis alniiidonmeut of the Semite to 
a Democratic majority. In view of such appirent 
approbation of New York Republicans, the President 
might properly have invited Mr. CuXKUNU, as a vic- 
tim of cruel injustice from the Legislature, into the 
cabinet That is now itnpoatibUj, politically speak- 
ing; and not lesa difficult and perilous would be an 
obvious submission to unufiicial dictation from him. 
No public inuu in the political history of New York 
has been more emphatically rejected as a leader by 
his own party, and no lesson is more impressive fur 
aspiring politicians who depend upon mu unscrupu- 
lous “ machine" and a corrupt apoils-of-oftlce system 
to maintain their ascendency. 

The great error of the Convention was the cureleas- 
u«m by which the resolution for reorganualtoii of the 


party in the city wus lost. This was due to the sty 
motion of Mr. Bubs to postpone the consideration of 
the question until after the nominations had been 
made The Convention was then tired out. But 
while the rural anti-machine delegates had left the 
hall in huge numbers, the machine forces from the 
city und Brooklyn had been kejrt well iu hand. The 
resolution of reorganization was lost by ftvn majority 
only; and thus by sheer negligence the Convention 
has left a formidable nucleus fur the reconstruction 
of the uuirhiue which had been overthrown. The 
nominations aro acceptable, and the Convention will 
be ulways memorable as that which emancipated the 
party. Had the elections been fair in the citios of 
New York and Brooklyti, had the greut mass of the 
party in tlioee cities been allowed to vote, the crum- 
bling machine would scarcely have squeaked in the 
Convention. We regret all the more the failure to 
complete its downfall. 


THE NEW YORK PLATFORM. 

Thk declarations made by the Convention, both in 
the manly and positive uddre&teB of tin* chairmen and 
in the platform, were sound and excellent. The trib- 
ute to the late President did not omit among his claims 
to respect his vindication of the constitutional rights 
of the Executive, thus specifying the very point of dif- 
ference between Republicans of the QARriKl.li and 
the spoils schools. Confidence was professed in Presi- 
dent ARTHVK and support promised, " believing that 
1 ms will carry oat the views exp reused by him in his 
inaugural ucUlrtwa, atid tluit his administration will bn 
in line with that of his lamented predecessor." Tim 
denunciation of fraud as the worst offense of a Repub- 
lican against his party, and the hearty approval of 
the prosecution of the Star Route robberies, were 
pointed and admirable. The platform approved the 
submission of the question of the freedom of the canuli 
to a popular vote, and commended “the wisdom, pru- 
dence, and economy" of Governor Cornell's admin- 
istration. The reform declaration was as follow*: 

•* y\pi — Tim »n pMg* Preside*! Aanica nr niw»l support 
la every effort for the caforcruwnt of civil sorvke reform, nseug- 
niting ki va do the fort tbsl abuses in coanielm ollh the dU- 
pcnsattuci of official patronage may be largely dUulnaird, If not 
wl tolly rcasuToi, by wuc sn4 prscticabdr uiolktxls of tdainiitrs- 
llon. , ‘ 

Tire remarks of the temporary chairman, Senator 
Waiikkk Mi i jack, upon this subject were as follows - 

*• AhiiUirr qurMiun bas apluud l)» Amriiu |mu(A(, sad has 
iKvfl cauiirly dlenwed, sud tbsl Is tli« Ijurttiaa uf civil Mrrico r» 
form. lAppUuM. | Hy ilia lujic of i<naiU dial i|a#atiiui Las pusaal 
out of the cstagory of discussion. It I a no tongur a i|-u(*rlon vhctbtr 
vc shall Lire s reformed service which shall see 10 ll liat minor 
odEk-c* are properly filled by competent sen, and In sorb a war u 
to embamws neither tbe cxrcutire or the legistaZivo branches. I 
nay that that quntka hu passed out of the realm of ducaufon. 
It m now a qaettloo of how it shall be beat dooe. [Applause ] 
That is the only qoevtion. The Republican party has made tbe 
only record upew that that baa been made. We owe il to the old 
Drw.ecr«tic party under Jacancts that ‘to ll>c victor bdoog the 
sjksIs,* and whatever of advance baa heea made yet opoa tkii 
qimsinti has lietm mate by the Republican party. It is for the 
K< publican twriy to take up this question, and properly settle and 
adjust it. It may require lime l» do it ; it may require experi- 
msiital lepslalioB ; bat the pocqde require that aMDetliinc shall 
Iwwvuly bn ihm*. no lhat wlwn we m»y number Ksi.no.ixx* of 
Jmiplu, a* wu sliall do by the eml of ibis cewlurr. the people shall 
still bo frvo, and that this sliall not drRravraU into a nation of 
urtiv-hoUm and udWsniwsAvea." (Apf>la<ase. J 
And tlic permanent chairman, Mr. I>KJ‘KW, saul : 

“While the [lemocraiio party, In a ms hlnh of reform, pro- 
fesses today that civil service should be rectified wbure It it uot 
in power, and prictica to its best aballtr the old spoils inuu. trtarti 
it is in power, tbe Repubbeao party hu profrued, and in spite of 
obloquy and ridicule, in spite of difficulties which earno from msnly, 
educateii opinions among the practical pohticians, H lias cartful 
into effect for the first time in our Lourr tfie practical and abso- 
lute principle of civil service reform. [Applanse.) As the chair- 
man said this niominp— and that idea will not be denied — it Las 
premed wpea us no* only tiy necessity, but it draooda our liiwrtog 
by the very ewence of murder, that we must take cot of war lull 
tntuuis the incvoiivea of ansassinatian. We mutt bar* the Presl- 
dr lit of the 1‘iiitrsl Statw the constitutional ruler of the rrpablir, 
and rt'iuit Ui business twivn-iplea the adminirtralKm of the xorem- 
mrisA [ Appiaiire. | There ia no political difficulty whatever m *0 
tiarmnnijJnz |wtitw» that »e can oecure thr beet, the most inlrlU- 
gsM, the iuimI hiuuva, serrke for the republic at tbe aarac time 
that tin- office- bidder shall nut be deprived of h>w manhood or hu 
stably Lu mmiw hi* |N>lltii>sl futKtious." (Applause.) 

Ttieae frank and strong cixprwtsinns w«>rc only be- 
connng iu a Convention which had triumphed over 
the spoils machine; and to thoue who know the es- 
sential and us e s— try timidity of a party Convention 
in dealing with this question, the three declaration* 
together show what greut and suboluntta] progress 
the good cause has made. 


THE ARMS OF NEW YORK. 

Thkrk are probably very few New-Yorkers who 
could at once describe tbe arms of the State. But 
the curious ignorance and indifference iu regard to 
them are shown by the fart that the arms were im- 
properly represented in Independence Hall at the 
Centennial of Ib78. and upon the stone contributed 
in 1BA1 by New York to the National Washington 
Monument, and even upon volume* of it* own laws 
iwblished by the State. The uncertainty concerning 
the correct device Was so manifest that the Senate of 
the State in the spring 0 / 1880 appointed the Governor, 
the Secretary of State, und the Comptroller a com- 


mission to report to the Legislature an exact descrip- 
tion of the arm*, with suggration of measure* to se- 
cure the invoriahility of the device. Hie commission 
made an exceedingly interesting report, which has 
boen supplemented by a paper by Dr. H. A. Hokes, 
the State Librarian, who knows more of the subject 
than any other man in the State. It was Dr. IIomks 
who in a previous paper called public attention to the 
singular and shameful indiffenenoe by which the zeal 
device was disappearing. 

The arm* of the State are intended to supply a de- 
vice for its official seals. Those of Now York were 
dratgind under u statute of March 18. 1778. Various 
law* suheequenlly referred to a description of the de- 
sign ilrjiositod in the office of tW Secretary of State. 
But it luts »ot born discovered, and the commission 
have hud to depend upon three different representa- 
tions — engraved military commissions issued by the 
State in 1778. the ling of the New York regiment of 
Colonel Gaxsevcmimt in 1778 or 1778, and the paint- 
ing hung over the pew of Governor GKoRiiR CLINTON 
in St. Paul's Chapel, in New York, in 1788. The two 
former have been discovered only within the last live 
years. The three differ in *ome points, but the re- 
tM-'iiiblunce* are obvious, and the commission wisely 
decided to retain nothing of importance that does not 
ap|»ear in two of the designs, unlees it should be evi- 
dently significant, and its rejection a lo*s. Tbe arms, 
therefore, are a shield, with a shore at its base-, be- 
yond, a smooth stream, with a ship and a sloop ap 
preaching each other; and beyond thia. three mount- 
ains, of which the middle is the highest, and above it 
wren-eighths of the full face of the sun. The crest 
is an eagle turned to the right of the shield, and 
standing upon two-thirds of a globe, upon which tbe 
coasts of Europe and America are outlined; and the 
supporters are a figure of liberty on the right of the 
shield, holding with her right hand a staff resting 
upon the ground and beariug a Liberty cap. her left 
hand supporting tbe shield, and close to her left foot 
a royal crown overturned. On the left of tbe shield 
a figure of Justice blindfolded, holding in tho left 
hand a balance poised, and in her right a sword with 
the point upward. The motto is the word "Excel- 
sior," upon the scroll on which the supporters stand. 

Dr. Hokes, in an interesting historical inquiry, 
identifying the sun with the cognizance of Edwahd 
D uke of York, afterward E»wahi> IV., and holding 
that four of the fire men who were appointed to de- 
sign the arms, J AT, Li vtNOOTON, Morris, and Hobart, 
were educated men. interprets the arms with great 
felicity. The shield symbolizes in the full sun the 
name and idea of old York and the Old World; the 
mountains, nver, and meadow, with the ships, convey 
the name and idea of New York and the New World, 
supported by Justice and Liberty, and discarding mon- 
archy. The eastern and western coast lines bring ths 
two continents together, while the eagle proclaims 
that “westward the course of empire takes it* way." 
The commission hopes tlmt the publication and cir- 
culation of the report will stimulate public interest 
und discussion, which will lead to wise legislation do 
term tiling finally and perpetually what the arms shall 
be, how the derive shall be preserved, that the author- 
ity of the Slate should bn given to none but the stand- 
ard arms, which sliall appear without variation upon 
all official seals, excepting those of notaries, which 
shall have a modification, and upon all letter head* 
and enr elopes in the public offices, and upon regi- 
mental Hugs. 


NEW YORK AND NIAGARA FA LI A 
It is a matter of prime importance to the Htatc of 
New York that the n»o*l sublime and renowned nat- 
ural object within its domain, the Falls of Niagara, is 
in imminent danger of being so hideously disfigured 
as to lose its own character, and to involve the State 
in n lasting disgrace. The cataract is treated both as 
a water power and as a circus show. A late graphic 
and admirable letter to the Boston Daily Advnrtiaer, 
evidently written with ample knowledge and upon 
careful observation, says: 

- From thr couitnraciflwiit of the raped* to s quarter of a mile 
below Lilt fall the American than ia enured elth ■IrorLcree at 
t-artou* kinds. There are urlr aloue dam*, a (riit-miH. the jeuru- 
ctiadc of vot of tbe hotel*, the lauudr} with lu lint* hoagltg INI 
to dry, and the ‘ Mammoth Bazar.’ The* cornea (Rat Island 
bridge. Beyond this Is a stable, alth k» walla covtswl a 1th ad- 
rertmns jiltardi. then a lumber- Yard ; then arvrral sbanuis 
where rocallcd Indian Roods arc offered for sale; tlxa a pulp- 
mill. with it* ereat heaps of sawdust , then Prosport Park, with 
it* fancy eiMkien stnii-mres and electric hghta. Below the 8«s- 
pm»ik«> Bridge the position of the gas- weeks ii marked by a broad 
stream of tar ninoinj; down the buk. Below tins there arc half 
a down mills built to the nitre of the cliff. Bath Island is tbe 
little island Iwtwtwn (real Island a»i the mainland. On it ax* 
•crural notURaa and the liumed mine of a paper *>ill A tall 
lirirk rhhnniy ruw* amidst limpa of blackened stones and roc; 
machinery. This mill i* bs-iiiR rebuilt, awl new dam* are bring 
thro* n uat into lb* rapid*. In il* centre of tbe rapids slot' the 
bridit* a Uryti ugrn nailed to a bqt liewrt the inscription, ' (so East 

by Use K- K.’ Wandlli* uli (scat Island ami lonk'.nj; am** 

lire rapids, ee« asws thin aiutirr crowd of buildings uf all sisrn and 
cniura, awl bearing all *urt* of aniiuunixtnmil*. This la wbat exists 
already. Al the present Unae the niasutacicrfug ini* rents uf the 
plate are making great stridea ; land ia being purchased along thr 
banks for the erection nf new mill*, and everybody ia talking about 
*sin p. »-.-r and canals. The railway companies are giving spe- 
cks] rates; I am Udd that unc sat gets his fbor taken to New 
York for fifteen erats a barrel. To-dar the almost incredible state- 
ment was made to me that some factories are to be built at the 




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foot of (bo cliff, by tbe * star's edge. To do tfctt. th* wreaking 
trews will be mnorisj, aud part of the cliff dag away. Of enu&* 
a mini would then »w secured by bedding <Ura» in the Herr. T»ni 
wo* Id be the wew»t blow whiih the scenery has roosted. Srar 
treat 1*1 mhI there > uuiiiIk.t of little Meta, nothin* hut gmm 
•peek* ts the water. There will be token nett: » <luo wacko* 
olreody to within twenty yard* of one of them. The late Jia Fi*x 
did hie best to purchase Gnat l'Uhd for o kite fur alt euuriuout 
•nm liter hMcfi, aud hi* plan i» being revived again." 

All these things have been d lmm d, anti they have 
excited apprehension, hut they have never been more 
forcibly rMOfrcgultHl uud iiDjirwiMxl upon public atten- 
tion. Mr. Caraou, the artist, whose picture of Niag- 
ara is Ute moat f anions of all the pictures, called tlie 
attention of Lord Dvmux to the dpffratLtion of ao 
great a natural wonder. This degradation lias gone 
ao far that Niagara hot* ceased to be a desirable rwirt 
Ita natural sublimity, indeed, is unique. “ Tis true," 
says Father liunrcruf, who lirut discovered it, two 
hundred years ago, “Italy and Suede land boast of 
Bonne such things: but wo may weJl *»y they are but 
Sorry Patterns, when compar'd to this of which we 
now spook. " It has been a bourne of universal trav- 
el, like the Alps. But to suffer ita natural sublimity 
to be destroyed is to repel the pilgrimage of the world, 
and to sl>ow ourwlve* unworthy to be the guardians 
of so supreme a treasure of grandeur and beauty. It 
U to expose ourselves justly to general contempt If 
OrcAt Britain should permit even the little Koh t noor 
to be mounted in tin and pinchbeck, she would point 
against herself the ridicule of the world. But w hat 
if we suffer Niagara tu be set in an environment so 
vulgarly repulsive that ita solemn charm be lost I 

Lord DtlNruu appreciated the suggestion of Mr. 
Church, and he proposed to Governor Bosuraox, of 
New York, that the immediate neighborhood of the 
cataract should lie made an international park. 
Governor Korinbox submitted the proposition to the 
Legislature. A memorial fallowed to the Governor 
and tli*? Govern or- General, signed by many of the 
moot distinguished Englishmen and Americana, ask- 
ing that legislative action be taken. The omnium 
atonere of the New York survey were instructed to 
report on the character and tendency of the deface- 
ments of the scenery around the cataract, and the 
propriety of State action. They made a comprehen- 
sive report in 1880, expressing the opinion that the 
State alone can preserve Niagara and recommending 
the reservation of a strip of laud a mile in length 
upon the hank, widening from a hundred feet at the 
head of the rapids to eight hundred feet at the falls. 
From this strip all unsightly objects should be re- 
moved. and the ground laid out simply with trees and 
walk*. The commission suggested that the State 
should buy the land, for which #1,000,000 would 
doubtless be a fair price. An act to this general ef 
feet has been introduced twice. On the first occasion 
it paused the Assembly, but did not reach a vote in 
the Senate . upon the second, it did not reach a vote 
in either House. Shall the effort not be renewed I 
It ia not proposed to sacrifice the water power, but 
only to lead tlie canals through which it lias to puss I 
now to a greater distance. There is no lows |im;.»«* 1 
of any kind to anybody, but simply an outlay of 
$ 1 , 000,000 to preserve unimpaired forever a marvel 
of natural sublimity and lieauty, and an outlay which 
will have enormous returns, pecuniary as well as 
other. The project appeals powerfully in every way 
to a great and proud and prosperous State, and wo 
trust that the renewed interest in the subject, to 
which attention has hern called by Mr. Fkkiikku k 
Law Oi.msteij, Mr. Howard Penmen, and Professor 
Charles Eliot NortoH, will result in prompt legis- 
lative action. 

PRESIDENT GARFIELD AND REFORM. 

Tsi writer of the following letter, although not of the 
late President's political party, baa cbown to honor bis 
memory la a non appropriate manner by a gatMrtMM gift 
r»f money to pablitb and diffuse GsMtal (lAMltufs Tiew* 
of tbe necessity of reform in the method* of minor appoint- 
ment* and rvniovida in the civil service. Wide ami general 
circulation of information of every kind upon thi* subject 
would be of the highest public advantage, especially at this 
time, sod for that parpnan any sum from those disposed to 
follow the non n > It cent and patriotic example of Mr. Pomtn 
will be gladly received by eitlwr of the gentlemen to whom 
b la letter is addressed : 

*' 0*0 ry RAUlws* rvm*. gay., and InMI P. mutter, JC*f. .- 

** GtSTuanv,— Imtead of eontribatia* to swell a fund already 
targe. I venture to prewsme iipoo year public ipirtt and wcll-kuuwn 
devotion to the reform of *>*ir civil sertaea in ioaUiutlng * tnerto 
rLal of the Isle President wbiih may d*> something toward giving 
effect to Ilia rireri»faw<l purpore* for tin* nullin'* welfare, now that 
be can no k^prr do this in iIh- high ulthv (nan which he has keen 
stricken down. Pen men in llir nation acre mere rariy or more 
deeply io*j*i»»**st with the rotivkliuii iliat ibocouch reform in (he 
mettiod of a|i|miiit>nrt*t* and removal* to the riitl service of (he 
country was a bsresiary prerwjuiilte to this government's bream 
log and cuiitiiniing a gorernuttnl of reason and opinion, instead of 
one of interest ur force, than Hr. Gannm*. His opinion*, arg». 
menu, anJ ulUrrsnc-* a|>un Iku w'jjovt, if heeded sol *• Incited, 
may prorc the most raluahlc of all the legarire he Use left to the 
country which be loved more than life. The tnitb of three ofia 
Iona and tbe wisdom of these utterance* rtastd forever atl»(**l by 
Ida death at the hands of an ofHiv -writer from among tbe dwtort 
who elevated him but s few months before to the high*-*i ofllos in 
the nation’s gifL It has been well sail. • A reformed dell atri ice 
w ould be the 'most fitting am n omen t over bis grave,' »udi a luumi- 
iDioil, more luting than hrare* or marhle— a fit manKifisl of his (•- 
Iriotlsn and wisdom — would Uanwret there* in mwr-lacreadiig bees- 
fit and bleating* to ra c cw sii** pnsnUas a* long sa out national 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


Union shall and ute. I hand yoa herewith # 2000 , which I hope 
• ill become a nucleus (or ether contributions to the hum end, to 
be eiptttaM by eon to publishing for nrculation, in form suited 
to the uceailun, the late 1‘resldciit* opinions and utterance* upon 
the Importance and necessity of reform to the civil service of the 
country, with inch fae«a in roonecUoa with his death a* now eni- 
plo. ori anil tufoece them ; to be published either alone or acrem 

C lued by the opinions of other wise sad patriotic men by wbkb 
•u liiMaloed sird guided, is you may think beet. 

“ Ver* respectfully and obediently yoorj, O. B. PriTTtot 
“ New Ye**. SiptmAsv It, ML" 


“THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN." 

MR. IlK.VKV P. JoUXSTOX. author of Tie CaajMiipn 0/1776 
•m* usd ,Vor fork and Amutlj*. is osm of tlie numt aeeout- 
jitlslurd and asenrate students of the Revolution in the 
eonatry. He has just written, and the II*hi-ek* have pob- 
liabed, with valuable nt*|wt and ill ferreting IHiMfeatiott*, 
Tkr Yorkltnro ( sapti;*, awd tkr Hsrrrsfir of Carunollu, 17BI. 
It la a hook of ta o hundred pages only, hut It u u complete 
historical manual, recounting id the dearest manner tbe 
whole previous military Mtoalion, without bewildering the 
reader witli pro f sasloiial tacbnicallty, tolling the whole 
story In si> IntereaUng and t bo rough a way that thu work 
will hold high permanent place as a historical monograph. 

The little Virginia campaign of LaFaTCTTR iu capitally 
sketch**!. Kij* rvailera, itulos* they are osyieelally iuterret- 
eil, have ever made out the marching* and cuunter-inareb- 
mga in Viiginia before the operations at York town wo in- 
telligently as they are outlined l*y Mr. Jranravox, wb** has 
tbe happy art of skillful aelectino, oultting datuila which, 
however interesting in tbemaelvea, merely obstruct tbe 
narrative. 

That CoRXWalAU felt liiuwwlf to he much the enperior 
of Kir Hknrv ('uxtox, the HrttUh eonunandec-iu-chief, ia 
evident, and that there was a singular want of intelligence 
in tbe British voudnet of the campaign is rejnsJly plain. As 
Mr. Johxhtok points nut* the fatal fault of the HntUh man- 
agement su the oiuaaaioo to render the nperationa of the 
French Meet iueffcctonl. On the other hand, tbe American 
and French campaign was admirably oonewived, anil most 
promptly uud happily executed. The natural Interest of 
every American in the great romnirmaratian which ia now 
at hand can tie gratified by DO book more completely and 
satisfactorily than by Mr. J< ut xerox'* Furirtvws fusty* ip*. 


COLONEL TRUMBULL THE PAINTER. 

At the close of the contemns] Revolutionary epoch it ia 
natural to recall tbe painter whoae pictures of fanouts Rev- 
olutionary baltlvN are ao widely miprew*.-*! upon tbe public 
mind. Colonel Thvmiii'U. was born in 173b, and lived un- 
til ItMX In compiling a catalogue of hie works, with tbe 
nunioe of their pivM-nt owner*, sud tlie places wlirre they 
ere kept, It is found that the clew to Borne of them is lost. 
Among these are the original aketrh of “The Surrender of 
Cornwallis si Yorktowa," which Tbcmri-u. presented to 
Mr. .IgrrKjtaox (t7**7-»rl, and the first and second of the 
three renderings of “The Sortie from Otlweltor." The first 
of throe, aa stated by Mr. OfRAxn In the article on TltUM- 
HU iu the Krpteiiilwr number of .fairricua Art A'r-nor, was 
given to Ili-.NJAMix Wmrr; tbe aeoond (30x10) was sold 
by him to Sir Frux* i* Habixo, and was owned not many 
year* ago by Mr. UcPtiriiwix, the well-known dealer In 
work* c*f art at Roue, after whose death it is obmI to have 
been returned to England. According to another account. 
bowever.it came t» tbe United fitalea It woo Id be very 
iutereotliig to trace these pictures to their present hiding- 
places, and any mfnnnotioo concern in g them, as well aa all 
other pictures or sketches l*y t'okiuol TRIMRCI.L, will be 
tlisukfnlly rrceivod by l'nifewKir H. Kiiximan, New Hsten. 
CounscttcnL 


THE FRIEND OF KEATS. 

Tint lovers of Kkats hold the namo of J*s*xm Hkvkrx, 
the artist, in grateful memory, 8 -KVKkn was constantly 
with the young poe* through tbs last melancholy weeks of 
h*« life in Rome, Horsing Inm with fond afire-dull, and he 
lived In Rome ever after until hia death on the 3d of An- 
gixt. liffll, at the age of eighty-five. For many yean* be 
was tbs English consul, ami he was faithfully devoted to 
hi* art, exhibiting at the Royal Academy, and dikllngnistied 
by an order of merit from the King of Italy. 

But it is 8 kverx, lbs friend of KKats, to whom it is pro- 
posed to erect a suitable tombMone, exactly like tbe famil- 
iar grav e-stonc of KxaTS, then to place tlie body side by 
aide with tbe dust of the poet, and to itrelose the two atone* 
within one hedge si.d railing. Tim sou* and ding liters of 
Mr. Kkvkrx contribute jCIW lowanl the coot, but a sub- 
acrlptmn hits beeu ojieDcd to enable those to lake part who 
would like in this way lo pay a tribute to (he faithful 
friend who wnootbod Krats's last pillow. 

Mr. LoJHirruiiw amt Mr. Lownu. head tlie list foe this 
country, and Mr. R W.Gll.r>Mt, a younger singer, will receive 
whatever any friend of Keats and Kkvrrx may wish to 
arud to 743 lirnadway, Sew York. 


PERSONAL 

Ms. Husxv has, will* hi* prsvertsat piruoplne** uvd bcaeficcoce, 
seeurvl the |*«o|iIn uf AlbetiH. UeoegM, that if (hey will raise 
Mis*', be aUl give |AC*Xi, auAIng tbe ( 000ft required to tniild a 
chspd to th* Lucy Cobb Institute of tint city. Mies ftmvsi and 
the Hiww* Kuntmaroan are cauvossiog f«r tbe $4000, with every 
prwpoct of *uoea*s. 

—Mr. AbmaALD Fosac* i* again on thr soil of the f, 8., snd 
lias hi* ImhAl full uf sugagiuorete for hi* winter vxaree of Itriures. 
He ha» a n*w one, emiili-j - Fighting Men id tbs Old World," snd 
mi into is muni coui|Mimit tbsa hr to do jostic* anil give piquancy 
tu the *i*tip«L Mr. Futaoa ia now ««** uf (lie in,* imwt eagerly 
Mioglit by (he liurary bureaus and Irvlurr agent* 

—Tbe ificitlon It asked by asms of tbe mws paper onerrspond 
cols. What was doss byCoogna* f*w Mr*. I.iviih after the drwth 
of lx* huiband ? Coagve** g»re her tbe I'resednit's talary fur a 
year (thru #23,000), leu tbe salsrv for csis iu<ailh ami a half, and 
afters ar-d puiud a law graatiag her a pawiua of #3(KHi a rear. 
LknsbUrea the ant precedent will be foUuwcd la the iu* of Mr*, 
linuuto. Congrem wjl) give her tbe year'* salary (now #b0 ( «'*'i, 
ksa the amount paid, and allow her |SU00 a year Thu, with the 


income of the GaanstD fond and tbe iaterert on the anx-inl the 
wilt receive for bfe4nsurance, will give her about #13,000 or 
#IC,IHHI a year for llfr, the principal to go to her children. 

— The will of the late Mr*. Fisxs, of Ithsco, bequeath* to her 
huiband. Professor Willsh* Putt, JSon.nOO; to Cornell Cnlrur- 
aitv, a* a library fowl #».*.*<•**; to Mrs. fast P. MirGasw. htr 
mother, HmVXXV to each of her live couiina,#)W,<l00; Cornell 
ttaieenwly, in ln*«t. for the csto of the MiGrsw Building. #J<J,*j:<.' ; 
Cornell VnivertHy, foe esu>di*hing a hoepilal on the cainpu* fur 
the tamefU of iloicnta, M'VRS). domestic aud foreign mlsaiou 
awiiities, M’l.fRW ; * netgbboriag town, for a library. #SU,OOU ; 
several relatives. #33,000 ea^-li ; *n Ithaca muiion, #30.<>.*j; Ep*s- 
nqtal Chorctl, #10,000. In aiUitna to th« a'ovc three are nuuirr- 
ous lN-qure*t* iif am* >unl* ranging fn.*m #2000 to $10/100, the resi- 
due uf tin* estate. If any, to Ik added to tlm Cornell library fiuri. 

— Mr. J*HK* Orta Kalis. an-c-n.|iani**l by Mrs Kilo and two 
e* threw friimd*. Matted last areh *m a tong rniise in the Blanch 
little tlMun-yaihi July I^frr. The yacht i* unly fifty feet lone, but 
sloi la itii lint/ ata-wnrthy, awl can eai*ity run twelve knots an hoar. 
After attondiug tl*e Uriulu CeiWtjeatiun at Baltimore, the party will 
preesud to Yucktowe, Virgtoia, wlwn* they intend to participate »u 
the centennial observance-*- The J'.Jy tyitr will .team doern the 
c<*u*t after having Yurktown, afiurJiiig her ciww an oppwtunity 
to visit llm l'ilmal H*ra*a|i, Jarksum ille, and Key West Tbe lit- 
tle jacks win tutjseeiurutly pmcewd to Ui* IkIiBUS and the \V«t 
Indlus. Ttx Tidy /Ver it fitted up ailh a cennfurtsMe cabin, 
kitchen, bank*, and ail tlie raqulreiuo-ats fur a long voyage 

— TIk Cumto de Grasse, wliu cioauuiuU-d U*e French flret at 
Y’oektown a hundred year* ago, and souls hiaowtf carful on (bw 
uceaslun, has a lluusl dcsce&Xsat U Orangy, Now Jersey — Mr. T, 
A. Fowlkl TYk admiral’* juuiiRcst daughter, Mile. Hrivm u« 
Gaonn, married Mr. Faa>fuia X. Dirac, and Mr. Fowls* is bar 
grandma. 

— The Sandwich Island potentate la the only monarch who hat 
gone round the world. 

—Mr. Tnraiow Wixr, in the course of a rre-ewt talk with an 
intevvlewor, say* that lie was one of three men who Lo IS* 4 relied 
the first politic-ill State Convention ever held in ibla ocunUy. 

— Dr. Jama P. Wntre, who died at ltaffato on the 28th nil, at 
the age of seventy, was one of the oldest, sblcst, tal most suceus*- 
ful practilKOer* of Wretcni New York. Ill* profcssiuoal ei ova- 
tion via acquired at Fairfield (Connecticut I. Philadelphia, Kdm- 
bwrgh, Pari*, and Y'ienoa. He was one of (he mover* to estab- 
lishing the B-ffelo M**ikal Collejre. and was an actlsr partklywat 
in the vsriou* charitable inttilwttoo* with which Buffalo has been 
so fibers! !y emlii*^ Dr. Wmrr wa» dieliugsiilied in tbe liter- 
store nf his pnifewdcm s* well sa to the lecture -room, at*d alto ia 
(Im? Episcopal Church, sf which he had king been s useful and de- 
vote*! member. From ycoRh to veoeralile ape his life ws* without 
*l*ot or bltonidt. He »u a ilrerendant of PxaMRim "'mi, the 
6n*l male child Imre in the JAiiyfower eukwiy 

— General* SHtsua* and Habcvkoi when ia Cleveland called on 
Mr*, (lean (in, who Wtitsj them with ctwdiaiity in her qairt and 
•iborre way A gviiUresaa who war prswenl afterward *aid : “ I 
tiutu-ed Gimrral Hasrecg |Hlttiiig Id* hand tenderly on the head 
uf lit lb* lawr* liiuitui as ha Mood *• the fiuur, and speaking a 
word <*f p*ka 1 ebrer as Ua slrukod his hair." 

— Mr. lltvir WATTxawm's eulogy on Pratldeiil (iaartlin, *U- 
lirertd at Jeffersonville, Kraiucky, it among the luuat iAmismuI 
produced iu the South In it Mr. 'W. related the following Iniev- 
csiing snerdole : *' It i» a pleasure to rein ter. bee the last trine I aaw 
kirn. It wo* aa all night sewskui of the House, when, in company 
i with Joncrn Hawlxt, of Connecticut, Ravdall Gtnsna, of Lorilsi- 
nns, axed Rasrecrte Tlcox*. of Virginia, we took putKwsloa of the 
oennmittoe-room of P*ja.-to« Koutt. who jotned u* laler, and burled 
*1! bickering* and jar* in happy forgetfulness uf sectlau and party. 
I do well remember how liiu>*wn( be was that night in spirit, and 
how rebsst in thought, *<> full uf soggrebon, quick in repartee, 
unaffected nad gimial etcr, bow ilelighud to lay aside the states- 
man and partisan ami Im* a buy again, anil how loath he was with 
| the rest to iwr» the uamiw ounfiuew which separate the real and 
tire idrel, and to iluersi to th» Mark abyts below. I could not 
has* gone tlianre* to lilacken tliat man's character any mure than 
to do aimtbvr d*w«l uf abaun-, ami Hepoldican thcigfa be was, and 
l*arty chief, lie had no truer fnaiuls than the brilliant Virginian 
whom hn luvrsl like a brother, and th* easinent Uuitialiiaa wIkw 
cduumU fan tiatutualij sought.'' 

—Thr f fired* of popular education in Uns city hare resaw to 
cniigretolau themselves on thu ro-eWtam of Mr. Jim* Jaonta as 
X*i|tori(iWnil«nl of Kchoola toe the nru two ysars. This honor *s a 
nnifcmd apoo Mr. Jasru by a unanimous vote. Aa a still fur- 
l her c-rtdeoos uf their appreciation the Naan! increased hw aahry 
ftoin #3X23 to #8300 a year. Few men to tbcruugUy understand 
our publle-aehool lyitemaad its requireiaacat* as lie does. Twrety- 
four of the forty-four scare of his life have- hewn <pe*m in vsriou* 
dr)*artmcnl* of educational work in New York. Fur fwariwea 
year* hr wsi a teacher, fur eight year* AsiUtaut HepertnumlMnL, 
and foe the ps«l (wo yean S*iperintoudenL Mr. Jaitrgi is a faith- 
ful, emerged*:, and thoroughly progreasivc offiotr, who *<U dtsarrea 
tbe popularity be enjoy*. 

—Tbe appointment of Dr. Boaxoat to Wc*tmin*tre Abbey u 
tbe tiicccssur of Desn KranuiT appears, on the whole, to b* rather 
well received in Engle >1 The tucceas which ha aiducvud a* Rood 
Master uf MariWwigh School, and aabonjisently a* Maater of 
I'nivctwily College, Oxford, and hia broad new* aa to Lliurehinan- 
•bip. indicate that he will he found equal to his new poasdon. Mr. 
GiAoemore is a itagackres man in thr ostler of clerical prefer- 
ment*, and the ewtimaties) hr holds of Dr. ilnAM.iv I* suffliiciiily 
shown by the fsrt that he has made him within fifleea mewth* 
Ciiiveewhy Cummisanoer, Canon of Worcester, and now Dean of 
WenUasnsler. Tbe salary of the Dean ia #10,000, with a fixe house 
and handwimr perquisite* 

— The Earl uf Airlie, who died suddenly at tbe Windsor Hold 
in tbi* rriy *m the 23th nil., had just returned front Lk«v«r, Col- 
nrad*\ where h* bad )K**glit a tract of J»,000 ones of land for res 
uf hia sore. II* taw to tbit country * few weeks sgq, for tbe 
■wcuiid time, siocaipaninl by hi* daughter. Lade Hi.imhi Ouu.- 
t ia. Ito»l y*a» be puhlwhtd in the .VinsVccwtA cWwry oeveral ar- 
ticU* on th* fertility of Utc West, in which be was a great believer. 
Hu wa* lb* nluth Cart, tbe barony having been created In 1MW. 

—Mr. A. II. AlcuTT amm* himself, at eighty-two, In wntri^ bis 
auiuliiugraphy and in aihlmg a new study to hie liuuse at Crecord, 
the old film being nuw too small to cun tarn bis library. 

— M r HxaauT Sraxrga ha* recovered hi* health, and report lay* 
that hi* visit to Egypt will result to hia marriage to an American 
heires* where be first mrt at Cbiro. 

—Captain t*i«. who ha* rereotly returned from Enrupe, says 
(bat the principal English nngimwr* cunlially approve hi* plan for 
a railway serosa tlie l*tiunu>, ami that three prominent capitalist* 
offered to guarantee that if thu *harv* wore offered to the English 
P’s Idle, all tbe moocy ncccsrery wo^VI be sul>*erilied within a week. 
Cspuui Earn told tlwm be could mot raiir into any aegotiatkm* 
UDli] hit proposition to the United rkates gvturtiiiiMil'wa* definitely 
derided. Tbit proposition ia that the United Statu* should guaran- 
tee tsrathrids of the interest money at tlx per cwiiL Fur tbit Ut* 
gu vers meat wouM bave power to make th* rate*, and to plae* thw 
tariff for Mrxiro and tbe United States lower linn fur any other 
raiotry. .Should tbe propwsl be accepted, work could be coa*- 
maucsd in three mouth*, and the railway co tuple led within ioa 





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(lie* Kit A I. jn*K1*n It CAHH. 
PnoraoitTBo k ik S«iim I'lmouitruio Cuirui. 


hu won a high reputation na an Advocate, and ia also 
known an mi author. He is a native of Ithaca, New 
York, and u about linj-flvn years old. Judge KlXCH wan 
in IcSO appointed Judge of tbs Court of Appeals, aud won 
re-appointed at the In-ginning of this year. 

■nil. Hon. Iiu Davenport, the candidate fur the pnai. 
lion of Comptroller, wan bum In Stnuliun County tu ltHI. 
Him father wan n well-known philanthropist. Hu wan 
elected to the Nww York &tate Senate iu 1077, and waa 
re-elected in 1H7U. 

The Hon. James W. Ih'irn), the candidal* for tba pnsl- 
tson of State Treasurer, was born in Bedford, Westchester 
Connty.on October 31, IKC1, Ho waa prepared for college 
lit Bedford Academy, and waa graduated from Yale Col- 
lege In IKVt. He aludied law with Edwaiui Weuji, of 
Peckskill, and waa admitted to the liar in leSJ. He has 
l*cn Superintendent of Hehoula, School Cnsninimioiier, 
Deputy • Su |iericiteoileut of the insurance iJcparlmrnt, 
I Ur Ixit -Master. Dc|Hity-Captsin of tbe Port of New York, 
Jtiilge- Advocate of the Seventh Hrigadc, N. Y. 8. M., anil 
0 fluid Master of Masona in the State of New Yoik, in 
which he wears the jewel of the thirty-third degree; ia 
now a Majurfiencml of Ilia Fifth Di video N.O.S.N. Y. 
Mr. HcsTCP lias been a member of the Aasciuldy slneo 
ISCW, and haa tilled many important pusitiuns in that 
body, of wbicb lie waa Speuker in 1*74, lH7tl, mid l*7s. 

The Huai. LttUK W. Rimnku. who is named fur Attor- 
ney General, la fnrly-mw years of age, and a native of 
Canton, St. Lawrvueo Comity. When eighteen years idil 
ha entered (ho office of llui, Cauosk, A Pouter, in Al- 



TltK HUM. MUNvlB M. rUtCH. 
Pnoieosarura ■> m Xmo PurnwuisK Cos vast. 



THE REPUBLICAN r 
CANDIDATES. j 

flKMKBAl.JlisErtlH.i'AKH, j 
who was nominated liy the 
recent Republican Conven- 
tion for I bo |Mi»it mu or Sec- 
retary of State of New York, 
was lx.ro at Alhuuy August 
I £, |H2H,*ttd wbs educated at 
Troy. Wbeu the war brnko 
out he was cuminimioiied 
(la I.icaitasiant-Colonel of 
the Second New York Regi- 
ment, and a month later 
< May, 1*111) became Colonel 
o f Ibe regiment. Tlie See- 
«*nd Regiment waa the find 
v olnntoer regiment to leave 
tin. State. Ill l*M Gener- 
al Ca Ml was mail* a Briga- 
dier- General. He bore a 
conspicuous pert in all tbe 
liattlee of th* Army of tbe 
Potomac, up to tbe dual 
surrender of LEE, ill April, 

IHKi. In March, 1-Wi, Gen- 
eral Cans was made a Bre- 
vet Major-General, and waa 
mustered out of wrvire iu 
Septomlier of that year. 

His residence is at Troy, where he is engaged iu the 
faeture i»f clialn-ealdr. 

Tin? lion. Francis Mii.es Finch, the candidate fur Judge 
of the Court of Appeul*. is a lawyer of great ability. He 


Wisconsin Regiment, of 
which lie wu Adjutant. 
Ilia father dying at thin 
time, lie returned to bU 
native place, and cared for 
his father's family. At the 
age of twenty-seven be waa 
elected to the Constitution- 
al Convention of 1*S7, lm- 
lug the youngest member 
of that body. At the age 
of t wenty-aiue be was elect- 
ed District Attorney of St. 
Lawrence County. In 1<*77 
he was elected Conuty 
Judge, his term of office 
not expiriug until 1883. In 
let- Mr. Ri -uf,u. was elect- 
ed n Regent of the Uni- 
versity. 

General Silas Rkvmovb, 
the candidate for Statu En- 
gineer. is fifty -five ysars 
old. He held the office Of 
State Engineer and Survey- 
oi in lHTw and ISfifi. He is 
known best from his con- 
oect Ion with engiixwrjng 
works throughout the coun- 
try. For MStiM'ii yesrs be 
was Assistant Engineer of 
the Erie Railway, amt fur many ysars was Consulting En- 
gineer of the Uuiou Pacific road. He has aUo been identi- 
fied w ith i lie construction and ee|uipmcut of Ihe Lrsiugton 
amt Nashville, Mississippi ami Ohio, and other roads. 


I buoy, where he studied law for several years. Iln then i 
removed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and completed li ia law 
studies in that city, lie was about to W admitted to I bo 
bar alien Ills war broko oat, and bo enlisted In the First I 



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(ECUMENICAL METHODIST 
CONFERENCE. 

L 

“ What’s hallowed ground r Mil the 
poet; and answers: 

" Tit wilt I |ltN Hffh 
To sacral ttaangfcto In soils «t worth. 

Peace 1 InirpsaUme* : Trail! : go forth 
Earth* romp*** rmioA. 

And ywr hlgli-p!Vwth<»Ml stull itukr ewrth 
All hailownl gran*.' 

Then* IIdm of Cm M hRKIA tame in my mind 
with n fresh signifirsnrei rut I wont to 1l*e 
City Rond Chapel, In I canton, to attend tlm 
Methodist Conference, rightly tailed "•cn- 
menleat, - or miirenal. It in impossible not 
to f<*l there that one’# sl*p i* ©u hallowed 
groniid. Had it been a Dtonjur, the front 
Y«nl woold has© been paved with the boots 
anil nhnon of those who bad eolered. Ini- 
mrdiatelr in front, kpwi the street, in Bun- 
hill Fields, bolding the pave* of ninny 
aalnta, among them non over which is sculp- 
iii red the nUepiDg form of HrxYAx. Bom 
H ill wan the name given to tbo apot when 
the buns* of the venerated men and women 
were carried tbillier; and it la a Talley of 
bones that have renewed tbolr life, and tar- 
ried a hallowing Influence around the earth. 
In it 1 m the remains of the mother of Mutli- 
odism.Ht HANNAH VHRIt Her monnwieut 
of Hieilian marble, fourteen feet in height, 
in in the front pound of the City Road 
Chapel, where it wan erected eleven years 
ago. U ntaniln cUwn to Wesley'* bonne, a 
plain fuur-atortad brick dwelling, in which 
he went to reside October 8, 177!), W UUT 
once wrote to the surveyor of Uim: “ I 
have two silver spoon* at lAiudon, ami two 
at Bristol. I shall not buy any more whilst 
mi to say poor want bread," He had not 
lived in this bonmi more than two uumtb* 
when soma thieves stole those spoons. And 
in the same month a fire bruko mil very 
near, which Wbhlkt belie! rd wm turned 
from his bouse by a change in the n iud oe- 
cnning while the family were on their 
knees. At the Brat try of fire ha instantly 
summoned them all to prayer. One may 
smile st thU, hat if John Wbsuky had not 
possessed such faith an that, Met hod nan 
might not ba*« existed. 

On the staircase la Wesley's (lock- W 
1 would rather respect s* • t»lr th* l>i 
clock with which In' .l.sctnerod tb- sleep 
>i» -imsImi binding 'hat he lay i»t •• 
some lit tn t Inin every •**ht, L© *=< bu elite's 
for siv Stitt staying si ako, he vt s st 


uver p - 

1. I wake-' 


■lll- 


ute inrnlltire. 1‘ 
e-ops .n no other room of the Frolnrianl 
world have an many head* been devoutly 
no covered a* In the little back room look- 
iog npou the ©Impel, where Joint WHUY 
died, with the words npon his Him, -T he 
bent of all in, God ia with us.** 

The body of John WESLEY lay in stale 
in thin chspel for rant day, and (Marrh 9, 
1791) was burted here. An old lodv remem- 
bered his having said, “I should like to be 
buried here, and on the iw'iniing of the res- 
urrection rise with all my children around 
me." Dean Btanley waa once going through 
the pounds, and naked the old chapel-keep- 
•r if the ground was ©©nsecrated. “ Vos,"* 
was t lie reply. “ By what hinhop f * " It 
is cousecratod by the deposition here of the 
dust of the servant of God John WEEUEY.* 
" A good answer," said the Dean, from 
whose lips I heard the story as I give it. 
The “ children” of WESLEY — who can num- 
ber them or tuark their pavss T Only the 
eldest of them are here beside him in this 
Westminster Abbey of Methodism. Behind 
tbo pulpit, act far out to gtv* place to 
shrines move eloquent than any preacher, 
may be seen their memorial tablets, carved 
with symbols, and in some cases with por- 
traits in relief. Tbs memorial of Aram 
Clause shows an eagle, with two scrolls, 
one in Hebrew, the other tn Greek. On 
that of Thomas C'uEK i* seen a negro point- 
ing to the word*, " Ethiopia shall soon 
stretch out her hands nnto Gad." The me- 
morial of Charles Wr»i.i:Y is adorned with 
sacramental symMa, lyre, and an open vol- 
ume Inscribed, "God buries His workmen, 
but cornea on His work." That of John 
WbM-KY bn* a globe exhibiting parts of Eu- 
rope, Asia, Africa, and America; it Is sup- 
ported by fonr books — Rihle, Liturgy, and 
Wesley’s “Sermons” and “ Minutes." There 
are also a shepherd's crook, a winged trump- 
et, and, above, n white cloud radiating beams 
of light. 

lt was not far from this spot that W RU- 
LE r and WnnETTRLD used to preach in tbo 
opsn air. They then bought an old deatrt- 
ed foundry, which was for thirty-eigbt years 
the head • quarters of Methodism. They 
then secured this place, awl the foundation- 
stone um laid by We«i rr April 111, 1777. 
Though it waa a wet day, the multitude waa 
such that he could hardly get through with 
the ceremony. The chapel waa openod by 
Wesley oq November 1, 1778. That may 


be regarded as tbs data of the severance of 
the Wesleyan movement from the Church 
of England. Yet down to Irih) no one not 
epiaropally ovdsioNl was allowed to officiate 
in tke reodiag-itcsk or within the rail. The 
liturgy waa, and is, retained. To Ibis day 
Uis City Road Chapel Is tb« head-quartern 
of Wesleyan Conservatism. lloro longer 
than elsewhere prevailed the rule of sep- 
arating the sexes id church. I observed in 
tlie<Eciimuuieol Conference a strong-browed 
man who must have had enrioua re flections 
on the scene before him. It was the Rev, 
William Gei prints, who thirty-two years 
ago was ouo of three who in this some 
place were tried nod expelled the Wesleyan 
body. Their offense was agitating for lay 
representation, That expulsion oust tbo 
Wesleyan body sixty thousand members. 
The expulsion took place under tbo leader- 
ship of tbo Rev. Dr. OhBoRNE, President of 
lbs Wesleyan body, who now sits here be- 
side twenty-two representatives af the free 
churches he exiled, anil beside a large num- 
ber of lay delegates such as then tilled bis 
dear old cotusrvativa soul with tenor. 

When JuliN Wesley was buried, the offi 
elating minister, John Richardson, msdo 
the first utMlificaUnn of tbo liturgy ever 
known at the City Hoad Chapel. He read. 
‘•Forasmuch as it hath pirated Almighty 
God I© take unto Himself the will or our 
dna falktt." At thsae lust word* a loud 
wail of grief burst from the heart of the as- 
sembled multitude. On the Till »f Septem- 
tier, somewhat over ninety years later, lfiOO 
ol those who revere Wesley a* their father 
assembled ia this chapel, beside his stooe- 
itvrased remains, to listen to a sermon by 
bta most eloquent non now living, the ven- 
erable Bishop Sutraur. For ninety minutes 
this old niau eloquent — whose face anreiiled 
• lib sllvnry bait Warned with blsniUd ia- 
tellei't, piety, and happiness- held tile vast 
crowd spell-bound with bis scholarly review 
of the HiguilUaiit history of lb* people called 
Methods*!*. It was one of the most impress 
ive and picturesque occasions and scenes 
ever known in England; yet tbo dally pa- 
pore of London gave Leas than bslf as much 
space tu it as they did to Ibu provincial 
races. 

The disgracefully inadequate attention 
which tbe Loudon press bss pawl to Ibu 
•Ecumenical Conference, and to the power- 
s I disc on net which for several fiundny* its 
Arraign delegates have lieeu giving in Lou- 
•hiu and its suburbs, most liavo boon sadly 
si^nltlcant to the representatives frusn Aiuer- 
' >, It must have impressed upon them, 
more even than tbe unsatisfactory statistics 
which their English brethren liad to pre- 
sent. the fact that Methodism Is on tbe 'Io- 
dine in this country. This may be partly 
ascribed to tbo divisions of the Wesleyan 
body in England. It Is divided into seven 
organizations, which co- ope cute very little, 
and have never in many years come so near 
togvthsr as la this great Conference. In 
port also it may be ascribed to the absenoe 
of any episcopal supervisors, the office of 
bisbnp* being but feebly represented by tbe 
“chairmen of districts" in Great Ilrttaiu. 
But tbe radical cause of tbo decline of Meth- 
odism ss a poser in this uounlry is its over- 
near relation to tbo Established Church. 
John Wesley was one of the greatest or- 
ganisers and administrator* the world bss 
ever soon, and well merits Macaitat’s com- 
parison of him with Ricmeukl-. Bat as 
the fable relate* of Siegfried that when lie 
bathed In the dragon’s blood, which render- 
ed him iuvnlnerable, a leaf foil on his back 
and left there the nnbatbed apot where he 
waa at last wounded to the death, to it may 
bo said of Wesley that his extremis loyalty 
to the Established Church has proved the 
weakness of Methodism in England. To 
tire last hi* clerical gown clung to him; in 
it he was boned ; and It adheres to his risen 
body. English Methodism is not far enough 
from the Church of England to share the 
forces of Dissent ; it I* not near enough to 
share the forces of Conformity. It is slak- 
ing between the two. The degree to which 
It is overshadowed by tbe Chunk is repre- 
sented in an English proverb — that u car- 
riage never remains in a Wesleyan family 
three generations. When a Methodist fain- 
tly grows rich onongh to have a carriage, 
it units the younger members thereof to 
Church. 

The Rev. Dr. T otaXY, of New York, in a 
vigorous speech before a meeting gathered 
in Exeter Hall, after speaking of the flour- 
ishing finance* of American Methodism, said, 
" It wa* the glory of Christ's Goepet that the 
poor hail that Goepnt preached to thorn ; but 
the fact is that when our Gospel is preached 
to the poor, and they live by the rube uf 
Methodism, they don't remain |«mr — they 
become rich.” The crowd of small trades- 
men liefore him applauded tin*, lint it was 
with ml faces. They know well that in 
Eugland when Methodists because rich, 
they generally cease to be Methodists. And 
how ran it h* el her wire I The apparent 
decline of Methodism corresponds with an 


increase of non-apparent Methodism. John 
Wesley predicted that bo and bis move- 
ment would cither be expelled from tbo 
English Church, or they would Isuvou tbo 
whole body. They were never formally 
expelled, and they did leaven tbe Church ; 
so that to-day there are many clergymen 
throughout the country who preach with 
forvur tbo spiritual doctrines be so much 
cherished, and in which those who am 
brought up under his infliseiico can Slid a 
congenial home. In England every atep 
upward In tba social scale brings a family 
into contact with Church people, and Into 
relation with tbe Establishment os a na- 
tional institution. They find in tbe Eng- 
lish Church the aame liturgy n» that to 
which they are accustom'd in their pater- 
nal Wesleyan chapels. The doctrines are 
the same. T here la no Wesleyan prearlier 
who wonld Tentnre to t«U them that they 
can nut be as good ami aplritnal in tbe 
Church as in the chapel. They have not, 
like other Dissenters. any political tradi- 
tions against tbe union uf church and state. 
Method iuu most therefore look to other 
ebon English fields for its great harvest*. i 

Tbs diticrem* between tbo English and 
American Methodists, ns disclosed in this i 
Cuiifereiieo, is marked. Even physically 
and personally the representatives from tha 
United Stale* lire a iniirb finer clans uf men. 
Their inatinar Is that of men who bnve none 
above thorn, sod do not know what it is to 
be snubbed. There is n Mibmlwive.iiAMipoii 
look about the English delrgatos, and they 
Sit til silent wonder at Ibe frank and bold 
way in which the Americans challenge what 
they do not- like. On one occasion the Mn.il- 
im-!» Committee uivto Ms HiTangemcut for 
the conduct of business, and reported it. 
Dr. Buckley, of New York, challenged It* 
wisdom with * vigorous speech, and Dr.Tir- 
r*NY roe* against it with a point of order. 
The English chninnau of tbe dny, tbo Rev. 
Mr. &YACBY, paid little drferenen to Dr. 
iU'CKLEY, and — through sheer bewilder- 
merit, I think — put the motion without no- 
ticing TtpraNY’a point of order. After lb* 
molMOi waa carried Dr. Ttrraxv arcsie, and 
with inimitable grace said; Mr. Chairman, 

I wish to offer an apology. You hav* mseb 
n different way of transacting busmew* in 
tbu country from any known in ours that I 
hope to be exoDoed. I was uniler an impres- 
sion dial s point of cuiUr,op|<ortui»oly raised 
Slid politely put, was always received liy tbe 
chair." Here there were murmurs of" Hear! 
hear!" from Ibo English delegates; and the 
confused chairman had to apologize to 
TYrrANY. An eminent English Wesleyan 
preacher told m* that tbe chairman's con- 
fusion arose, no doubt, from the ford that — 
though bu is Pn s k lHit ©f the New Connec- 
tion — ho Dover imagined that any Ott* could 
possibly attempt to set assde tbe rocom- 
uiendstioB of a committee. 

On a certain day two laymen — one Eng- 
lish, the other American — were put forward 
to lutroduc© in addresses of twenty minutes 
each the subject of “ Lay Preaching." On* 
of th»w was a member of Parliament (SitEr- 
itKKD Allen h the other the Hon. Mr. White. 
of Pittaburgb. Tbe difference between the 
pr-rfnrtnaueo* of th* two men was very strik- 
ing. The English Commoner spoke, in s mo- 
notonous, lugubrious tone, s string of pious 
platitudes; the American nmele Hie house 
ring with his telling points, and kept ths 
crowd in alternate laughter and cries of ap- 
proval by bis humor and clear statement of 
novel point*. 

There was a different chairman every day, 
and among nil who presided Bishop Pert 
curried off the palm. The Conference had 
adopted rigid regulations for Its constitu- 
tion and tbe conduct of huunesK.nnd oim'ng 
these was a rule (lint each subject should be 
introduced by an essay of twenty minutes, 
followed by an invited addrews of twenty 
minutes, and that for the rest af that par- 
ticular rereion each voluntary speaker 
should hsvo five minutes. Bishop Pece 
had a table-bell beside him which he struck 
with terrible punctuality. But wheel !m 
did so it was always with sous* good-hu- 
mored and appropriate remark which took 
away the sting of tbe enforced silence. One 
***ay which be bad to out abort was a re- 
markably fino one by the Rov. W. Aethve, 
on •• Methodism, a Power of Purifying and 
Elevating Society.” Mr. ARTHTR m th* 
ablest and most scholarly Wcalnyau in Eu- 
rope, and his riAHay sustained his high repu- 
tation. Bishop Prce said mi one could 
know bow it hurt him to touch tbe bell, but 
hap|nly they would all have an opportunity 
of rending the entire rausy in print. The 
next occasion in which tbe bishop's Ml bad 
to be touched w as on* which wa* Mill more 
grievous to the assembly. A retnarkubly 
dark African from North Carolina, th* R*v. 
Mr. PHICT, was making a Speech more effect- 
ive thou any » blch I heard during the Con- 
ference- Nothing could exceed the literary 
finish, the wit, and felicitous expression of 
the extempore spesch winch name through 
tho musical voice of this negro. Tho as- 


sembly was thrown Into a sort of ecstasy by 
it, Wb«n th* Ml sounded he instantly sat 
down— like Mr. Aethi h. stopping In Ibe 
middle of a sentence. Thsre were cries of 
“ Go on P* Bishop Pece said, - Our brother 
has grand good sense, and I know hs will 
sol go on." A mot Min was nffi-red by nu 
aged English ilelcgal* that further Uma 
should b* allowed this speaker; but the 
bishop said tbe Conference must be patient 
under tbe laws it bad mails for Itself, aud 
be could not put tlm motion. 

Tho speech of tlik* colored man was fol- 
lowed by something more impressive than 
bis peroration conbl have boon. Th© Rav. 
Dr. Marshaij^ of Vicksburg, roar, and after 
an admirable little speech on the hive which 
be and his white brethren of th* South 
bad always felt for th© colored people — 
whom they had never neglected — turned 
around and greeted Mr. I ‘RICE in tbe name 
of tbe Boathern dategatsa, and shook him 
w armly by th© hand. In front of tbe negro 
sculptured on th© tablet of lbs great mis- 
sionary Thomas Code, already doscribsd, 
one could so© her© a remarkably firm group 
of ix- gross, and listen to speeches from them 
by no means inferior to others by tlieir 
• hit© friends. During own day th* colored 
Bishop Patxe of Baltimore presided, and 
with a perfect dignity. Borne thought him 
the best chairman lh*y had ever known. 
At Exeter Hall this bishop was received 
with tong-eon tinned plaudits, aud bis ac- 
count of Methodism among the Africans was 
one of th* finest specimens of graphic de- 
scription I have heard. 

An aged aud very tall colored woman, 
styled “ Sister Mint, the Evangelist," is a 
constant attendant at tbe Conference. 8b© 
is especially noticeable as the only person 
present who wears th* old-fashioned Malh- 
uduA nr half-tjiiakcr bonnet. 

Muncy' HE D. COHWAT. 


CBeCAs I* II. sen's Wmo No. W, VoL XX1Y.| 

CHRISTO WELL. 

S Dstlmaoi Kilt, 

Bt R. D. BLACK ROUE, 

Acrnos or "Vast A*«w.xt," "lw>t Dows," 
"Csirre, ros Casbiie," svc. 


CHAPTER XXX VL — ( CoallsswA) 

huvino aitora. 

Fiat beheld on the following day there 
were puff* of suioke in the breezy distance, 
ami for awn.v sounds of feeble pops, such aa 
a llttln boy makes with a fox-glova! Now 
this was General Punk in pursuit of the Col- 
onel's gronse, w hich bail not Whaved well, 
but maintained an iingralsfiil stlituits. 
From drat to last they eonld scarcely have 
enst anything under a guinea apiece; and 
llirir duty was to gel up at tbe proper dia- 
tance, and tumble down agatu, whnn tbe 
gun went off, But, instead of that, what 
lh*y did w*a this: no sooner did they see a 
man half n mils an ay — ths vary man. per- 
haps, to u horn ( after Providence and their 
parent*) they owed everything- than away 
they wont, Ilka a flight of sinrs shooting 
upon the horizon, instead of being shot. 
And tbe one or two that did bave the man- 
ners tn II* dnrenUy never fell at all when 
they were shot at, but appeared to receive 
no mare injury from lead than a patient 
d«*s from pills, at which bu shakes his bead 

This might hare hern explained very nat- 
urally if none hut General Punk had allot at 
them. But when Mr. Short, w ho was a first- 
rate marksman, hail fired three tiiwa with- 
out tagging a feather, and the Colonel, who 
wAsalsulolerahly straight, had tanged mere 
than once with do better resuli, Nona, who 
hod done bis very utmost, come with tb« 
young lemon setter, who bad listened to bis 
orders, and sat down, sud looked at th* four 
gentlemen, General Punk, Colonel West- 
combe. and Jack, and his own valued Bass- 
ist, with a gate of Had inquiry. Tb*v* was 
no contempt in it, or at any rat© not ssnch, 
for he bad known such things occur before; 
and he was not a cynical dog, hut capable 
of much indulgence to human errors. Ilia 
beautiful brown eyns simply said: “Well, 
gentlemen, you have dons very badly. P»t- 
Impsyou hsi up too 1st© lost night. Hut do 
try to pull yourselves together, or else you 
will ruin this young dog here, w bo is out for 
th* find time, and bus not bad my expert- 

“I'll tell yon whst it Is," said Mr. Short, 
“John Sag* is at th* bottom of all th>L 
Wratrnmlic, you put tbe grouse under his 
care, and be bn* mndo them as wary aa him- 
self. John can lug things ; but who eould 
bag him!" 

•• 1'nssou be so peart,' answered old Jobs, 
with a grin ; “ I've 'ii knowed ’an bag a man, 
and let 'an goo out of tho bag." 

" Well done, John !" exclaimed tho Colonel, 
with a laugh. " Short, you'd better let old 
John alone, till fiuaiUy- Como, geoUsnife, 


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I can see Mir luncheon on the hit], and Mins 
Touchwood come to enliven it. Let «* 
have it, and then put our barrels straighter. 
Jack, you have not bait one shot yet." 

" Tia hotter to have ahot, and missed, than 
never to have ahot at all,” said the vicar, 
with a knowing clone* at hia young com- 
panion. "Jack, yon ore in the dumps to day. 
And, General, even you, on your pony, have 
not brought «o much as a bat down." 

“ I never shoot at hats, without heads in- 
side them," said the General ; and again the 
parson got the wont of hia wit. 

Bat after luncheon, as usually happens, a 
different state of things set in. Jnlla was 
there, with sparkling eyre, brighter than 
the Colonel's best Cbampiigiw ; and most 
radiant elm showed bnnwlf to every one hut 
Jack, whom ahe treated with a dignified re- 
serve. Then they laid ont their plan for 
the afUniooi), t» slinnt in twodlvlatona ; for 
a brae* of old pointers had come with the 
food. Colonel Went comb* and Mr. 8li«rt 
were to go in one direction, while the Gen- 
eral anil Jack, with old John to holp them, 
were to follow op a mark, and take the like- 
liest placee, toward the eastern boundary of 
the moon, where they might fled partridge* 
as well as groom, for the day of fit. Giles was 
with them. 

As it happened, the course of the sport 
led thia division of the party towanl Chris- 
towell ; and the OeiseTal, with John Sage to 
load hie gun and lead the gray pony when 
needful, parted company for «ntt» time with 
yowng Westcombr, who bad hit upon a fam- 
ily of wild-dncka, and went after them down 
a marshy glade, 

"Sage, who lives lit yonder cottage In 
the hallow !" asked General Bunk, pointing 
down to Larka's Cot. "What a lovely 
placet Have they got any beer T My throat 
i* unite parched, and I hare had enough of 
•hooting. The mod is not eo very bad. 

I shall just ride down. They will not re- 
fuse a tired man a glass of ale, 1 dare say. 
The good folk about hero are alway hos- 
pitable” 

"The gentleman ae liveth there Ue sunt- ! 
mnt of a rant 'un, and kapeth volk ont of* 
promiahe* mainly. But he be a girt friend 
of reason Shari ; and if so be you spakee 
the name ef P stood, he’ll not denai time j 
zumatnt to wash down thn piUnm. Cappcu 
Larks be the name of 'an.” 

“Very well; then yon step here, my 
man," said the Genera), handing hia gun to 
John, " for fear of onr toeing Mr. Wcetcosnbe 
altogether. And when you have let him 
know w here we are, you can come, and lead 
my pony up tba hill again." 

Mr. Arthur was aware that his friend 
Short had been asked to join tbs shooting 
party; and as the west wind brought tlw 
sound of fowLing-plecee, he thought it nut 
unlikely that tho parson might come down 
from lbs moor for a glass of libs elder. To 
meet this chain* he begirt blmaelf to a 
tronbleronie task of pruning, to take out a 
thicket of dead wood from an ancient anil 
thoroughly crabbed applo-treo — a stern ab- 
original of the place, unshapely, nncontb, an • 
genial, standing out with snags and tatters, 
yet knuckled bore amt there with elumpe of 
fruit aa thick as a plla of toadstools. N'ev- 
erthelaaa there w aa uo each apple on the 
place to bring oat and tartan up the flavor 
of tba gentle out* In elder — aa a vein of ad- 
weraity braces and brightens the mellowness 
of the genial mind. Therefore, soil for the 
sake of contrast with tint coons of shapely 
c nit arc round it, the Captain spared this an- 
cient crab, and let it follow its own bent. 

Working upon hia light Mb ladder 
here, and taking ont the dead wood with a 
little carved aaw, be commanded the view 
of the track from the downs, which scarcely 
deserved to be called a road. And present- 
ly he espied a figure, which dearly was not 
Mr. Short’s, coming slowly down the hill 
upon a fat gray puny. “ A Midler, as awre 
a a I'm alive," thought the Captain ; “ I aerm 
to know that peculiar scat. Bat ha looks 
very feeble, and in trouble. I moat go and 
help him." 

Getting down from hia ladder, bo miloek- 
«1 a little spiked gate in the fence and went 
to meet the stranger. The General was in 
danger, for the steepness of the Util bait 
jarred his weak leg. and be could scarcely 
keep the aaitdlt' ; while the old gray pony, 
who had a will of his own, waa threatening 
to mske a rush of it. Then the Captain 
ran up anil took him by the head, and the 
old man, tired, and trembling, and in sgony, 
fell forward, and rested on the other's shoul- 
der Mr. Arthur supported him, and looked 
up at him, ami told him to rest himself there 
for a while. " God likes me I” cried III* Gen- 
eral, “ who are you I If my name la Punk, 

I can a wear that yours la Foie." 

CHATTER XXX VIL 

TUB STAY TUX CAT J17MPW. 

Tit* behavior of a maa who has long been 
“ under a cloud," when he tlrola that cloud 
rent open, depends very mach upon bla con- 


stitution ; and hia constitution ia made np 
of a i|Uat>(ity of constituents. Toward the 
milder and larger half of Ufa the miud be- 
gins to work on ice own account, end to seek 
ita own wages, after a generation of steady 
discipline and useful revere new. Disturb- 
ing influences (such ae universal brother- 
hood, dread of illiberality. the worahip of 
wixneo, ami nature, and the like, and the 
dream* of porfrettnsi, ea illusive aa herself) 
settle down into a wholesome desire to do 
one's beet, and then be done with it. But 
there still remain* III* tender love of the 
few who are bettor to him than life. 

Captain Larks bad never set np to ha a 
man of extraordinary largeness. lie coold 
not abstract htmaoir into great Omagh Is, 
sod soar in a cirrnmfcreuco far almvo liU 
head. He liked hia little jobs, and stuck 
wry cUmo to them, amt was vexed when 
they did not turn oat srell. And the etir 
of little interests kept him fresh, mud sweat 
to mankind, soil manly. 

"Yon are tired, and weak, and in pain," 
he aaid to the old man who bad discovered 
bins. “ My cottage is a little way down thia 
loon. Cosno and rest there, unlit you feel 
well again." 

“ But you don’t mean to tell me that you 
are «n»t Pole!" the General replied, aa he 
yielded gladly to the strong man's aid and 
guidance. 

"My name is Pole. And I take you to 
he tho General Punk under whom I bad 
the honor — ' Tire and Punk’ was your pel 

"Bo it was — eo it was," the old man an- 
awernd; "and I wish it was still, Pole — I 
wish it was anti. Ah, those were the days 
it was life to live in! But yon— " 

*' Consider mu a* one yon have never seen 
before, and yet who la only too glut la have 
thn ebanoo of doing you the smallest serv- 
ice." 

General Punk was in too much pain to 
care to talk of any on* except li imself. A ml 
lie graciously submitted to be led down thn 
hill, and taken off hie pony by direful hands, 
and helped Into tho mol and shadowy cot- 
tage. "What s delightful nook!" he said. 
" Take care of my leg. my dear yonng lady. 
Ah, I sen by year ensile that I need not tell 
you. Now don't tn-glu stippudug that I 
have got the gout. No such luck. It is ton 
tinww worw- Not that I mean to take the 
smallest imcii-e of it. Half an hour's rest 
will quite set me up aguin. Now what it 
your name, my pretty dear! An old man 
, iusy takr lllmrtlss, yoa know." 

"My name is Rose Arthur, air," she aaid, 
" and I bop* to have the pleasure of helping 
you a Util*-" 

"You have dono that already, and more 
than a little. Yua seem to feel everything, 
as If you had got it. But I must soon lie 
off, or I shall lone my dinner.” 

" It ia uot to be thought of," aaid the Cap- 
tain, mining forward ; “you must submit to 
our rough faro. To attempt to rtda ten or 
twelve mile* aa yon are is utterly out of 
the question. I know what an old wound 
In when jarred. Kust and Ountuesu are the 
only thing* for it. Here yoa are, and hero 
yoa must be satisfied to atop. We will seed 
up a message to the gamekeeper.*’ 

The General vowed that he would not 
have it so, and got up to prove hia activity. 
Bat all that be took by the movement waa a 
thrill or pain, a stagger, ami a biting of the 
lipa, because be waa too good to swear In th* 
presence of a lady. *'I can't bear to Uou- 
lde you," w«a all that ho could My, for hia 
bad leg began to get worse very fast. 

Now thia waa a difficult poaitiou for all 
three — the General, the Colonel, and the 
Captain — aa wsll aa fur younger people 
whose affaire were involved In w hat might 
come uf it. The wore! case of all wa* the 
General's, bereimn bn coaid not gut sway 
from it, and was driven by the Irony of facta 
to about for a man disgraced oat of the army. 
No on* oonld lift him exonpl this man, for 
the General waa heavy toward th* centre 
of his system, and he wanted a good deal of 
lifting aud refreshment whenever Dr.rer- 
perap* had poked at him. 

Colonel Weatooniho also felt thn urgency 
of thing*. Here waa a guest of hia by right 
driven l>y Uiu force of circumstances into 
alien ahslter. He felt it bl* duty to follow 
him np, nod see that ho waa treated proper- 
ly. Bat bow eonld he do so, against the 
broad fact that lie was not wonted over 
there 1 "My dear," he aaid, quietly, to Mis* 
Touchwood, 8 yon are very yonng, bat you 
know much more of the ways of the present 
world than I ito. It happen* that I can nut 
well go over now, through peculiar circum- 
stances. with which I will not trouble yon." 

“I know that there is a maze of mystery 
among thorn," answered Julio, who was 
generoua, and by no means always spite- 
ful; "but, Uncle John, they are to be pitied, 
not eoBileuinud, until people gut to the bot- 
tom of it. Write a kind letter, on exceed- 
ingly kind letter, to General Fank, congratu- 
lating him upon having fallen sp<"> his legs 
— no, that might stem too personal — upon 


being thus among good 8amariiana; and 
say yoa will only ba too happy to send the 
esmage with tho soft llmuga foe him on 
soon a* th* doctor let* him np. 1 ' 

“I think that would he rode," replied 
Colonel Westcomhc; "not to him, I mean. 
hu» to hia entertainer. You are right about 
writing a letter, my dear; hut it must not 
be to the General. It must he to jmjoi Foie 
himself," 

"Pot*! Who is bef" the young lady- 
asked. “ How many aliases lias be got T 
There mast be some very great secret some- 
where. Uncle John, shall we ever under- 
stand itt" 

“ Perhaps not," replied tho Colonel, with 
a smile at her qnick manner ; "and if so, it 
w ill 1** a little lesson to os to attend U> our 
own boaincaa." 

"I can not regard it from that point of 
view with any satisfaction. Because It ap- 
pear* to me mi wrong and so dishonest to 
get into society udw false p releases. The 
thing of all others that annoys ma most is 
that my own mother, who has never been 
taught to bridle her curiosity, site down lie- 
fore that mysterious man aa If eh* quite 
feared to say ‘How do yon do f bccaitao 
tho question might seem inquisitive. Ami 
then our poor Dicky la afraid of him too. 
In the name of the Seven Wonder*, who Is 
the man I I am sure, by yonr face, that 
you know. Now toll me, or I won't aay a 
single word all dinner-time to-day." 

“You never would punish both n* and 
yonrmdf to that extreme, dear Julia. Your 
nature is to talk, and you cun not help it, 
Beit if other people don’t wont to talk, what 
right have >* to fort* them 

Captain Larks, un the other hand, aa ev- 
ery man ba* hia own regard, fell moat strong- 
ly that of all thia trouble the worst part fell 
on hia on u HhiMiJdrrs. He w aa under no debt 
of friendship whatever to General Punk, 
time forced upon him. and to have hia little 
cottage thua again invaded wa* a trial to 
even hia aersmity. " I know what old Funk 
ia," be said to liitzMctf; “and I never shall 
forget bow he scowled at me tipon the sod- 
deal occasion III all my life. He «m tound 
to do mo. by hia own Idea*, and Uy those 1 
mnst measure him. Bnt how differently 
Wwsteniuho looked at in*! There are times 
in oao'a life wbeu the value of It hang* upon 
a single gar*. I must do my beat fur thia 
man, of course. But it will not be from 
gratitude." 

It was not the trouble to hia little house- 
hold that vexed him — although that was imi 
trifle— nor even the nr, timeline** of thn oc- 
currence, just when hia own affairs were 
pressing; but who* dletnrbed him chiefly 
waa the difficulty about Colonel WVatcoub*. 
There are some few men, come serosa at far 
and casual interval*, whom we grieve to 
have never tact at the age when there was 
friendship. It ia not for their fame, or 
droids, or virtore, that we lung to know 
them, bat iMii-amsn there ia souseihing in 
them heart akin to onr own bcart*. Wo 
care not what their viewa may be in poli- 
tic*, in literature, or any uf tho transient 
fancies of the day ; but we say to ouraclvre, 
“ Here is a mu whom we ninat have loved, 
If wo bait only had the luck," Aud then 
we sigh that it ia now too late, and fall hock 
upon onr old acquaintance. 

However, it is a very ill wind that Mown 
no good to any one. Ami although young 
Wcstooiubc was abashed at tint by thia sud- 
den torn of things, and obliged to keep sad- 
ly in (be background — wherein lie found a 
lug black tor to ait upon, and watch thn 
smoke whose lower breath had gone into 
the General's sick-bndh — before very long 
thing* turned up *o that ho could cxilue in 
for hta own shore of them. 

Partly, no doubt, thia wm owing, m it 
generally is, to diligent exertions of his 
own. Poe ho ventured to call, without vio- 
lent intrusion, upon Dr. Perperaps, because 
be was in • cosiditiun of throat which loud- 
ly demanded liquorice. " You must bn very 
careful," aaid the doctor. “Breathe Jnat a 
little hard. Thank yon. air, thank you. As 
yet there is nothing to arouse solicitude. 
But wo ninat not rent content with auch a 
condition of the tonsils. The trachea also 
shows premonitory symptom*. The earliest 
Indication* of scarlet — But I will avoid 
Language that uught make yon perhaps sus- 
ceptive. My dear young sir, I would en- 
treat you b> abstract your mind from dis- 
quietude. This tittle inatrnmnnt proclaims 
to me that all ia not quite right just here." 
The doctor tapped bis waistcoat over sever- 
al parts, for fear of hlttiug the wrong on*. 
" It is well that yoa have applied to me in 
this early stage. Has (here been anything, 
anything external, to set up casual phlo- 

«»**r 

" I borrowed some very hod tobacco Inst 
night from an old man of our* whom I met 
upon the moor, and white I wa* thanking 
him I swallowed a strong whiff.” 

“ Yon should have consulted me at once, 
my dear air. But 1 treat sinoorely that it 
is uot too late. Yoa require an emnlticut, 


thee a sedative, and after that a du* course 
of tonics. N potty, my dear, make np No. 77." 

Established thns upon a course of mndi- 
eior, all of which followed the course of the 
rlv*r, Jock Wnicmabs found Llmnelf upon 
a healthy rood to get near hU darling Kuea 
once more. Youth* of the present day, who 
dash headlong over every obstacle lietwix* 
them and their love* —when assured that 
the money-bag is on the right aide of it — 
never would pnt np with sneb little items of 
scruples aa stopped Jack Weslcomtie, And 
eveu he woe inclined at lost to posh said* 
punctilio, aa ho funud the season passing, 
aud his love bo further forward. And. 
a* usual, fairer aid appeared, and undoeod 
him Into aide long trick*. Sporett* hated 
Julia Touchwood, who bail auuhbed her no- 
bly ; and ahe knew that Julia bail a weak 
oces for the son of her dear godfather. 



FLETCHER URLING HARPER. 

Ki.rrcttER Uklino llAJU-rx ha* left be- 
hind linn many pleasant rooulleciinns and 
many sail regret*. Hia cheerful voice and 
manner, Ida love for art and art wta, hia fond- 
ness for con vernation, his active interest in 
politics, made him a wide circle of friends 
ia every part of the country. He wa* ac- 
quainted with many noted politician* and 
public it*- n among us. He knew no dif- 
ferences among men, and talked a* famil- 
iarly and pleasantly with tho least known 
and nluuiire, with the laborer and the poor 
wurkman, a* with the l»re*tdriit nr Senator. 
Hi* ready wit and pleasant joke*, hi* cheer- 
ful voice aud smile, were at ihe service of 
every one. Yet ho had lung suffered from ill 
health, and bore patiently pains and anxls- 
tie* that would have brought to other men 
only gloom and nielnncboly. 

Many trait* of hia character he inherited 
from Iris grandfather, KLEioizn Hasi-zil 
Ho bud Die same fondness fur jest and Joke, 
the same Aminos* In bearing pain and sick- 
ness. It was the pecoliarity of PLETruxit 
Usurer senior thst he was never shaken 
from hi* jiuryoM by any of the common 
impulse*, such aa the hope of gain, of popu- 
larity, or of personal profit, lie waa a Re- 
paid lean ro sincere that he bereT yielded 
in the least to ihe siren voices that aodiiCM 
«•» many of our public men. Ilia strong in- 
tellect repelled them with #aao. He wonld 
Dover mingle with the dishonest sent t|is 
an true because they were successful, and ho 
remained always simply plain Republican, 
the friend of education, the man of the peo- 
ple. Hi* grandson inherited his Republic- 
anism, aud much of his humorous, witty tarn 
ef mind. He wns always au afleettonato 
lllialKiud, father, sod friend. 

It was In Ida lore for Uia fine arts that 
Fi.rtx.ntB U it li mi Haki-ku found one of In* 
chief sources of enjoyment. He delighted 
to cultivate Ainericau art, to encourage tho 
yoang painter and musician. Passionately 
fond of maaic, be possessed a rare talent for 
improvisation, ami >u areas! timed to sit for 
honre at the piano, playing the nira that 
rose spontaneously in hi* mind. Hi* memo- 
ry will lung remain cherished fondly by hts 
friends aud hie fatuity. 


THE HON NELSON W. ALDRICH. 

Tub IIoo. NB1AOM Wilma nni Aldrich, 
w h« has been elected United States Senator 
from Rhode Island, to succeed General 
BL'UUU*, was born st Foster, In that State, 
November 6, INI. He ia therefore not qnttn 
forty yearn old, ami will Ire tho youngret 
member in the United Stales Senate- Mr 
AuiRICII wa* educated at the common 
school* in Killingly, Connecticut, aud at 
the Providence Con (kronen Seminary at East 
Greenwich. Rhode Island. Leaving the lat- 
ter institution in IKS, be went to Provi- 
dence, and entered upon a sorrvseful mer- 
cantile career. Mr. Aldkici* begin hia |»>- 
Iitical life in 1H69, being that year elected a* 
a Common Councilman, and serving nutil 
MHk Ho was President of tho Council 
from 1S71 to 1873. In 1875 he waa chosen a 
member of the Rhode Island House of Re 
prooan tallies, and lu IKTIi served as Speaker 
of that body. In ltf7d he waa elected as a 
member of the Forty-fifth Congress, to »n<- 
crol Benjamin T- E a m fa, recoiling 508* 
votes, against REKf fur Thomas Davis, Dem- 
ocrat. and Gf7 for LrctJMMM Savltm, Na- 
tional. He vat re -elected in 18M Uy tho 
largest vote ever ca»t for a Keprroeiilativo 
in his district, receiving WjflH votae, to 56K7 
for Isaac LaWUHCB, Democrat, 159 for 
HENRY Cham, Greenback, and Id scattering. 

Mr.Aij>incii has occupied many important 
public post lions in the city of l*roi idcuee, and 
is held in high esteem by hia fellow -citizens. 
In lxifi be laicsme a From aeon, and lias held 
various other* ia that fraternity. He is 
now Grand Commander of tbe Grand Com- 
maiidery of Mamacbiiaetla and Rhode Island, 
Knights Templar. 



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GRANDPA AND GRANDMA. 

llsisnr* in bit eratl* flat: gnUu tulr tail *4l Uic 

III n^ilr* '.•Inkling ten tad these Id Ms Ultl* lu 
•u (sir. 

A Aalolf. doling Omadps »-. >wl •* toby bej 
hs. 

Gisr.ly* wslfcsd sloee today— timid. trecnhllnf all 
Ike aiy; 

Cro.inx »bto m walk ni don*, and Ike 6ml psed 

Wlnry wow. 

Happy MO* Otsadps b*. *rwt£g lut a mao lo be. 

Unndia I* a Mbnlir ***i, n>e “Rule nl Three" and 
Irvllnn icuri, 

TIho— <A, »~7 ml to my-a tratnl, lmilng UxA* 
9>V- 

C* rapes 1 tills Grandpa he, merry u a me** ran ** 

Grar.lpa In a fatly («», idmU artndma, l«wi aa 
any mat; 

fctjly alt Ihry »M* by «Mc. esawetlim vainly lri«A. 

kwlilil little (irauilp* be. a* any Itllb beta wunM In 

Cirsndp* se»n **■ jacket duffs. tad u "yoiscilCT*" 
grsbJIy scoffs ; 

Boast* a ran# and ” • love- [Ape" hat ; s«l* GsDSdms'* 
heart anpltapal. 

t'llltl al last " va caged* la to. |itotid aa bear eVr 
can be 

Grandpa. Qrandiaa. gild tngelher, ban thflr piyous 

Sar.- ir" oV, ilnen hill Ihry fn, dear old late aa 

Children dbaalog lo« July 10 GrsolalsX DKk and 
Grant pa. Inna 

Granrips, twath litr e erlr.trr eklre, dally walks alt* 
OimMk-g eyre. 

Wrinkles calkedag day by day obrrr Ike dlnjtva 
to pday. 

Grandpa, nraudml, aide by ride, (allbfal wtstsncv-r 


IBnt'in tm llaama Vcant No. IKK.] 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

nr JANES PAT*, 

AfWJ^av p*v» Erne" •• l‘ma G.e Rear," 


CHAPTER VOL 

•Arena " X J-* none.” 

rox«r>ra|\G that Mint Miblr*x1 bad Wen 
admonished nut to keep her visitor waiting, 
anti alao that lie hod (lie reputation of Wing 
her tailor, even if lie was not actually en- 
gaged to her, »l»n evinced no great Alacrity 
to aeek hit presence. For tome naoraeuta 
after the wrv.au t who bad announced hi* ar- 
rival had left the room aim remained with 
her banda cLaapeil W/ore tier, and wearing 
an expression very different from that catin 
repos* so much reoomiwd.li-d (in company 
with "the Vere-dc-Vere" bntl tn youug In- 
dira of fosbioa. The uewa that hod Jnat 
bean confided to her, should it lam nut to 
he true, might alter, aha felt, tlie whole tenor 
of he* future existence. A hope that had 
at one lima Hi tilled her eery Wing with 
Joy, and which had been somewhat rmtely 
snatched away, wna mice more rr- awakened 
within bet; but It waa dangerous to enter- 
tain it, even So see-re t, and difficult i>» lay in 
the way which to a lesa reaolute nature 
would bare seemed gigantic. To a frank 
one, indent, they would have eaemed insur- 
mountable; bat Mildred's nature waa not 
frank, or rather her mental traiuing bod ao 
imbued har with con venlionality and affecta- 
tion that duplicity — which la tlie next atep 
to them — was eaay. To affect a virtue 
tboogh the bad it not would indeed have 
Won beyond her power*; but a more diffi- 
cult feat wra within her compos* : ahe could 
conceal a paaaiou that enthralled her, and 
almslau it whore it did not exist. 

For a minute or two her brow waa weighty 
with care, her eye* full of pain and dread ; 
hot aa a ho took a flower fmsi a vase and 
placed it in her hair, aud naat a laat took In 
the glare aa ahe left the room, it reflected 
all that eh* would liavo it, A beautiful 
girl, not indeed aglow to meet bur lover, for 
aho waa very pale, bat with an expression 
of pleased expectation that might barn sat- 
isfied a more exacting awaiu than h» who 
wiu awaiting her. 

Aa ahe entered the drawing-room ahe coat 
a romprebi ndv« glance around it, that in- 
cluded not only ita tenant, list th« windows, 
and when the young gentleman opened Ills 
anna (which it w»» clear waa expected of 
lion), slue threw herself into them with all 
the eoohilc-ucc and lisa of a »« ■miner tubing 

“ I (bought you would never come, Frank. 
Take earn, Micro's the gardener. How ia your 
father I" 

Aa it hnppened. there waa no gardener; 
but Mr. Frank Farter, who thought there 
was, sprang away from the young lady with 
great Alacrity, aud plumped Into a rbair, 
with hia hack to the window, In auch con- 
fusion of mind that be furgnt to moke any 
reply to this kind liiqnin after hia parent's 
tiouWH 

"Did you coeur over on the mare, or Tito 1" 
inquired Mildred, wiling hervelf Ix-siite bias. 

"On Tito," replied the yuiiug geuilrman. 
“ Dear me! la be gone!” he wlusjiered, wip- 


ing hia acarlct face with hi* pocket-handker- 
chief. He waa unaeirnlilir, ami had no eon- 
lldeio-e In glaae a* a non -conductor of anund, 
and he was exceedingly sensitive to ridicule. 

"He it there still, but he didn't wo ne,” 
observed Mildred, unhluahingly. If the 
meaiiA excnee the rad, ahe was justified in 
the tarradiddle, for her object » aa to keep . 
Mr. Frank Farrer jit a distance, (she hail : 
encouraged hia attentiona hitherto, and waa 
prepared to endure them still if it alioiild 
lie necessary, hot they hail suddenly lieoume 1 
very unwelcome. Har kies***. alas ! were of 
that soft * by hope les s fancy framed on lips 
that were for others” (or odo other), and 
Frank had only received a bass Imitation 
of the current coin of lova, no more like the 
genuine article than the “kisses” in a pas- 
try-cook's ahop ; but now that the “ fancy" 
might Dot prove so " hojiclnM,” ahe even 
grudged him these. 

Tat he ww by no mean* one to inspire the 
gentler sex with repugnance. On horse- 
back, indeed, Mr. Frank Farrvr looked tha 
I very model of a gentleman, or, at all event*, 

I of a gentleman rider. On Tito or "the 
mare" he was at home, and if the world (be- 
j youd that of thn hunting Held) could still 
“tie witched with noble horiemaDdiip," he 
[ would have been an eminent individual. 
Out of the toddle, however, bo waa like a 
fish out of water. He who could face the 
Hilffeat “ bullfinch" without a tremor, ami 
hod never looked oat for the weak plan* lu 
a wall, was, in the prewnco of a lady— that 
i*, a trill one— bashful, ahy, and heavy in 
hand. The “Fibbert- filly,” aa he termed 
Mildred ia private, hail l*<eti always too 
skittish for him; ho never knew whether 
she was at play or umebief, and even in her 
moat caressing moods he hud a suapiulou 
that she might bile. Of lain mouth*, how- 
ever, she hail growu more docile, which ev- 
idenced, he thought, a certain sweetness of 
disposition, since he was conscious that h* 
hud not mads a Ud fur her till he found the 
” Lyater filly" waa not to ho had. lie had 
not as yet proposed to Mi 1<I rid Sa farm; for 
though tho behav ior of these young people 
may he thought by old-fashioned folks to 
be that of an engaged couple, it was only 
the rv-jilt of the tally's reading. He hail no 
apprehension, however, it should be added, 
of failing to win ber. 

There wm nothing, indeed, to trouble Mr. 
k*rank Farrer ae to Ins future, except that 
when his father died he would have to 
stand far the OOOnty.Msd make a speech ill 
public oat of his hat — sa onlesi which, 
though vague anil indistinct, gave him se- 
cretly great disquiet nils. " How deuced 
hard,” be thought, " it was thst he was not 
the son of a peer," in which case his hori- 
zon would have been doodles*. To look at 
him oo horseback, you would have amid it 
waa to, even aa matters were: hi* face, re- 
deemed from tbs imputation of boy hoist by 
a dapper Mack omatache, waa m> bright 
(though indeed with a material brightness 
such aa one would almcst say might come 
from oil and flannel, rather than from fu- 
telllgeueu), hia manner an gay, hia laugh 
(albeit it had a somewhat vacant ring) ao 
t-beery. Bat oil laud, as Percy called it, 
Frank Farrar waa not at bis ease. When 
ant engaged in conversation, he would look 
at bis legs as if he missed something— which 
was hi* horse— and when addrawwd would 
shift them uneasily, and lapping bia whits 
teeth with the handle of hia whip, reply, 
“No, really," or "You don't say so.” 

It b* a fact, however, though not general- 
ly known, that a man may he a fool with- 
out being a flat, ami Mr. Frank Farrer knew 
very well how to taka earn of himself. If 
MUa Mildred Fllibert bad been a bod match, 
be would on the present occasion, for ex- 
ample, have been upos bis guard, and never 
run that risk (though as it happened It hail 
been an imaginary nne) with respect to the 
gardener. But Mildred was an excellent 
match, at all eveula aa regardod mossy, and 
though aosuowhat past tho Dower of her 
youth, wna in no Used of suitors. Hbe had 
looked on them all disdainfully, aud kept 
herself aa it warn for Aim, which was plea- 
sant to reflect upon. The very maturity of 
her charms *« in her favor, since while 
she did not look five-and-twenty, shn hail 
all the gush and akaados of eightccu st her 
command at a moment's notice. 

Mr. Frank Farrer much preferred her un- 
der present circumstances than when *hn 
waa trying on him the arts of eoaversatiun. 

I 11c felt that it *m very gn»«l of her to talk 
1 to him about cub-hunting (ber favorite su- 
tboroM made men's sports her specialty), 
bat it was like playing bslliarda with ono 
who bail never handled a cue; it waa plain 
»bn knew nothing about it. I Jin u tennla 
had long been over, tho season for picnics 
waa pasmd, and Frank did not core two- 
peiico for seixoid-liandamoiuta of the doings 
of London liauoty ; aud alt the sources of 
human iaterest being that ent off, convena- 
thm was rendered very difficult to poor Mil- 
dred. To narrate w list puomd hot u iwii these 
two young persons iu tho way of talk would 


lie like preaentiug the reader wllh a neck- 1 
lace of dull gists beads; a thing absolutely 1 
worthies* in itaelf, though the atriuging of 
tha ImumIh together may have served to pass 1 
an Idla hour, aud in certain company oven 
an agreeable one. What was aigiulleant iu 
tho iulrrview were the tones, the looks, anil 
the occasional careens* which, in tha ab- 
sence of the gardener (quite unnecMsartly 
guaranteed by Frank), were the accompani- 
ments. IHiriug one of these last Mildred 
ablvored. 

- Why, Milly darling, are ynn cold I" 

“No," ahe said, with a light laugh; "I 
think a gixate inotl havo Ikwiii walking over 
my grave.* 

"Happy goose!" replied he, with some 
vague idea that bo waa not only paying a 
compliment, hut making an epigram, and 
patting her cheek softly. 

She would have avoided sorb endearments 
if ah« con Id, but these tender attention* once 
enroll raged In a young gee tinman (and ahn 
had been wont to cat-oarage them) are apt 
to recnT. and in geometrical progreseion. 

" What a eooiplels sucom* your inolher'* 
ball waa laet week," obeerved Militred, in 
hopes to make a diversion, and also to gain 
time. The twenty miniitre had l«*ng been 
over at the expiration of which Bar Fetor 
had promised to make his appearance, and 
filial instinct had never amerted itaelf with- 
in her so strongly. Why did her father 
leave her w it ti tin* maudlin foot an long ! 

“My mother's ball! Why, that's a very 
old story -matter of history by thin time. 
I'rs told yen twenty time* how well yo« 
looked at It-' 

“ Von have told me so, hut I am not sure 
that you really I bought tn. No. vim nhs'u't, 
sir" (h« wa* trying to gvt puMsemlou of her 
hand, presumably lo squeeze it), "till yon 
tell me why you were so croea before ■up- 
per.” 

"thin always is cron* before supper, Milly.” 

" Yes, hut you were not cross in that way ; 
you were dufrait; thinking of something 
than »h*t I vrim saying to yonj per- 
haps of some absent person. It has been 
upon ny mind ever since." 

Mr Frank Fairer had that sort of a com- 
plaxton that hlushea in doeper and deeper 
tints; it bnd grown scarlet through the in- 
fluence of tho lender emotion and lu hi* 
tlroggln to oecure Milly'a hand, but it i»w 
because purple. 

“ 1 don't know w hat you mean, Milly." 

Hia ton* was imuLstakably sulky, his 
narrow forehead had a pucker in it, where 
there should have 1 hm.ii a frown. 

" Yea, yon do, air.” 

“Well, and what If I ilof" he answered, 
mien t fully. “I thought it *w understood 
between its that by -gonna shou lit be by-gnu**. 
Of course 1 was soiry that Clare could not 
bo at the bail, because — because of the rea- 
son that prevented her.” 

Whatever were Frank Farrar's faults, na- 
ture had never intended him for a liar. The 
falsehood to which be had juat given utter- 
ance wa* mi transparent that the very hesi- 
tation In hia speech showed the ingenuous- 
new of hia mind. 

“ Oh, I are,” said Mildred, gravely : “you 
were *•> cut up about poor Mr. LjratcF* ill- 

“ Yea, that was it," replied tha young man, 
naively ; " you are, I had been lo cal] at Oak 
Lulls that very day." 

“To try and persuade Clare to come to 
the liall, I *op|>-*re," 

" Yea; my mother sent me; ahn did, upou 
my life and soul !• 

Milly'a object ha<t been effected, the di- 
version hail been made, anil aha waa by no 
moans anxious that Frank should protest 
loo solemnly that Clare Lyaier waa now no- 
thing to him. He had done *o already on 
more than ono occasion, so that there waa 
no ueecaaity for such an dm arson-. It hail 
then hern her ride to draw him on to a 
declaration of hia devotloa to hnraelf; bnt 
clraiimstancea had now- altered, and ber tac- 
tics had to be changed with them. 

“No one can blnm» you tor trying to gel 
Clare LyatSC to yon* ball," ahe said, frau kly ; 
“alio is an ornament not easily spared." 

“ It is very plucky — I mean geoeroos — of 
you to say »•, Milly. I used to think you 
wore rather bard on Clare ; called her a tom- 
boy anil things." 

* If I did, it waa only in fun, Frank. Why, 
we are fast Mauds." 

“ Ah ! that's Jnat it,” aaid Frank, cunning- 
ly. “ Yon gal* — why, dear me, it’* like an 
AIT* Fair Steeple Chare, }<"> rai > down one 
aaotbor ao." 

“ Itnt 1 think Clare charming, my dear 
Frank — 1 mean even la look at, for every one 
admit* how good and clevor shn I*. H«r 
eyes are lovely, anil ber figure perfection." 

“By Jingo! yes; and I don't mi ml her 
short hair; it make* Iter look— I mean so fur 
— liko a pug* in a pantomime, aod they nrc 
always so pretty. Now pear style ia quite 
different." he willed, hastily, alarmed le*t 
hi* sulhusiaani had cammt him Ion far, 
“and— aud— in some ways very superior.” 


Mildred rare and mail* him a stately 
courtesy, which increased hu confusion. 

At the same moment Sir Peter entered. 

“ I hope I don't intrude," was the quota- 
tion with which he greeted tha unhappy 
young man, eked oat by a significant twin- 
kle of the eyes, which completed hia dis- 
oomtltnre. 

“ Oh no, indeed," stammered Frank ; “ I 
assure you we were dutug nothing particu- 
lar," 

** No doubt, no doubt,” obsarvnd Sir Pater, 
slyly ; indeed, until the idea of hi* daughter 
marrying Mr. Frank Farrer bad entered hia 
head, li* had always thought him the great- 
est idler and ignoramus in human futvn ; 
that “ nothing particular" waa, in abort, tha 
very i*l» tor him. 

"Oh, hut wa really weren’t, Sir Peter,” 
pleaded the wretched youth; "we were talk- 
ing -dear me— what wsa it about, Milly I 
Yea, about Mr. Lyatar. You know be’* very 
had, Hit Pater.” 

It was probable that Sir Peter, baing Mr. 
Lystov's near neighbor and partner of twen- 
ty year*’ standing, was quite aa wall aware 
of the fact of hi* indisposition as Mr. Far- 
rer was, who lived half a dozen mile* away ; 
but the fact wa*, tha young gentlemao bait 
lost his heed, without which (though some 
averred the contrary) he could not get on 
u well as with it. 

Tli* worthy knight, aa a self-made man 
of very peatoct construction, and his future 
father-in-law, excited hia wonder and al- 
most alarm, a* though he had beau ndden- 
ly brought into elites connection with soma 
complicated and dangerous piece of machin- 
ery. Hedidii't understand him in tha least, 
but slrovo lo confrlllato him by toahla con- 
versational efforto. which had about aa mneb 
effect as a aoflish brush would h*TC had 
upon a locomotive. 

To my eye there ere tow epaetaelee more 
painful than the endeavors of a weak-mind- 
ed man to reconniseud himself to one he 
deem* his so parlor, or of whom he elands iu 
dread, by small- talk. He aeema to be swam 
that erery olmcrratiou be makes ia a fail- 
ure, which sinks him draper and deeper into 
the slough of embarrassment, and yet bn 
trill go on as though tlietHi offerings at the 
abrine »f aujieriiir wisdom and p»wur bad 
been accepted. 

There had been a time when Sir Peter had 
no nrrupla In squashing with elephantine 
tread hi* young friend'* rudimentary elo- 
quence. but it bad now become worth hi* 
while to r neon rage it. 

“ I know Mr. Lyetor ia 111, my lad, of 
course," be now observed, with a sort of se- 
rene pity, “but you have beard of oo new 
symptom* in the case, have you f* 

“Well, yea; you see, I bare been in Lou- 
don for tho last two days— have I not, Mil- 
dred !” 

This fact being corroborated, Mr. Frank 
Farrer turoed very rod, aa though hi* visit to 
town had been connected with some trouble 
with (be police, to which it waa most im- 
prudent to have alluded, and began nerv- 
ously to tap hia teeth, and look for hia hoeae 
between his kneee. The fact waa, iu his 
eon fusion sail flurry, he had clean forgotten 
what ho waa going to say. 

“Aod did you meet any one in town 
who knew Mr. Lyate* f suggested Mildred, 

•woolly. 

“ That's just what I did," exclaimed the 
young man, delightedly. “ Yee, that waa it ; 
1 met, out at dinner, a Dr. Bel), who had 
been down here to are him.” 

" Yea, yes, the London ‘ opinion’ ; I have 
beard of that,” eald Sir Peter, with interest. 
" it waa ao like Lyater to send for him with- 
out tolling a aool ; but Dickson found it out. 
I Mir vet be other man wrote to him, though 
he was rather r-looe open that point. Theso 
doctor* tell one another all aboat ns, bat 
they don't toll at.” 

"Oh ! but Dr- Bell told me ell about Mr. 
Lyatar," observed Frank, with Important*. 

“ The deuce ba did !* exclaimed Air Peter, 
surprised into a ton* ao unstudied that it 
seemed to iwiply, "Then, if he told yea, h* 
moat hare told everybody.” 

“ Yea, he w*a very confidential and com- 
municative indeed ; asked in* whether Mr. 
Lyatar waa thought to be a rich man, and 
all aorta of q orations." 

Sir Peter threw a significant gtanoe at hia 
■laughter, from which she gathered that the 
operation of pumping this nnoxpoctadty in- 
teresting young mao waa to be continued 
by herwlf. 

" Bnt It eroan* to use, my dear Frank," she 
aaid, “ that the confidential commnnicatMm* 
between yonnelf and Dr. Bell were all on 
one side. What did he tell you t Why did 
he want to know > bather Mr. Lyetor waa 
rich r 

“ Well, 1 suppose be waa coriona to knew 
what he woald cut up fur; one always likes 
to knuw that, you know;” and Mr. Farrer 
glanced instinctively at 8ir Peter, concern- 
ing whose poet- mortem affaire the young 
uian'e pared la bad often indulged within 
his hearing iu the liveliest speculations. 



OCTOBER 15, 1881. 


HAMPER’S WEEKLY. 


699 


“Than Dr. Bell thought that pooe Lyster 
was not long for this world, dul he P in* 
qnired Bit Peter, with an air befitting the 
gravity of the subject, hut w itb hie head on 
one Mite to catch the reply, Mid e entiulng 
took in hie eye, such u one eeo • in preda- 
tory bird* like the raven and the magpie, 
which somewhat belied it. 

•• He did no* say that — no. I'll tell yon 
exactly whet he did way. The fact is, I 
totted it down, became I thought it would 
be a satisfaction to you." 

“You are a dattoed Intelligent fellow, 
Frank," sold Kir Peter, with entbnsiasm, 

“ And very kind and thoughtful,’* milled 
Mildred, to whose car Ixu father's lone had 
too much of surprise in it. Frank, how- 
ever, norer doubted but thet a compliment 
had been paid to him, aud went on, much 
pleased, with hie narrative: 

** Dr. Bell was a very quiet, gentlemanly 
fellow, very, and for s learned man md el 
all stuck up in bis Manner; and whun 1 ask- 
ed faint point-blank what he thought of pour 
Mr- I.jeter’e case, he told me — " 

41 Wall, yes, and what did he toll you, 
ladP inquired Sr Peter, a little Impatiently. 

“Well, he said— these were hie very 
words — * Yonr friend Mr. Lysler, young man, 
is Tory aceiouely ill. A* to whether lie will 
last into next year, I can tell you this — ’ " 
Sir Peter's eyes grew big a a gooseberries 
in the aslly season, in his earnest in tent uras. 
“Well, led, well!” 

‘"1 can tell you Ikiii it all depends. If 
hie constitution ia strong enough, he will do 
it; and if it ia not strong enough, he will not 
do it.' Yew, that was It," added Frank, In 
(wlf-corrohoratlnn of having quoted the or- 
acle with complete correctoMs; “those were 
bin vary words." 

" Am! that was sll that pemed, was ItT 
Inquired the knight, after a long pause. 

“ Well, yes, Sir Peter, except that Dr. Bell 
took a great quautlty of suutf between every 
aantSDoa, and dropped it all over the place." 

It. u nm>r».! 


THE ATLANTA FAIR. 

Ox the &th of this mouth the Internation- 
al Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, Georgia, 
was opened with appropriate ceremonies 
and distinguished anreara. In tracing the 
history of this exhibition, the advantages 
to be derived by the Booth from holding 
auch an exposition were first auggealed its 
August of Last year by thn Hon. Edward 
AtxuuCX, of Boston. Having visited thn 
various cotton mills in Georgia and the Car- 
olines, Mr. Atoxhok brought specially into 
notice the fact that, growing as they did the 
cotton, these Southern States ought to man- 
ufacture for thwn selves the materials de- 
rivable from their product*. In urdnr to 
present, then, in their brat light, the vast 
and varied agricultural wealth of the South, 
this same gentleman iuiprrmrd on Southern 
people the necessity of bolding anrh an ex- 
hibition of national industry. While two 
or three Southern cities were hesitating aa 
to tli* feasibility of such a tiling, Atlanta, 
with in 40,000 Inhabitants, stepped to the 
front, and surh was the xeal and industry 
exhibited by (ha cltixnn* i>f that city that 
very soon the enterprise was folly under 
way. A company wse formed, with Sena- 
tor Known, of 4l*ergiit, an its president, who, 
on bia resignation two month* ago, wa* suc- 
ceeded by Governor COLqtlTT. On Mr. IC. 
1 . Kimball, who lias worked hard fur the 
development of Atlanta, devolved the dif- 
ficult task of procuring funds for the erec- 
tion of a suitable budding, and for the car- 
rying not of the general plane of the exhi- 
bition. Atlanta having saUwirlbsd not lens 
than $30,000- a very large amount for her 
population — New York was not behindhand, 
having given $40,000, Boston, $1(1,000, Bal- 
timore, >< 00 , Philadelphia, |l^,U00,and oth- 
er Northern aud Western cities in propor- 
tion. From all snbscriplioue |l. r AOOO was 
at first received ; but as soon aa the demands 
for apace were recei red, coming from all sec- 
tions of the ruuotry, further extension of 
baikting* became neocstary, with addition- 
al ooat, when |60,000 mors was quickly ob- 
tained. 

Tli* building in which the exposition ia 
held ia situated a* Oglethorpe Pork, just be- 
yond the limits of Atlanta. Thn main build- 
ing, where the machinery ia placed, ia of 
very great site, one of lla cross sections be- 
ing TJ0 feet long by HO s Ide, and the other 
400 by 80. This w as the original plan of 
this building, bntnot lea* than 1800 distinct 
entries having been mode, il became neces- 
anry to make annexes, and two additions 
bave been hnilt, one 100 feet square, and an- 
other 180 by “ft, One most original feature 
of thia exhibition, which has lwn perhaps 
never attempted before, la tho sight of such 
crops growing on the grounds as cotton, 
wagar-enwi, rice, and other agricultural pro- 
ducts peculiar to the Month. Such la llio 
apparent aompletcDesa of thia industrial 
exhibition, that with the raw material grow- 
ing, and perfected machinery being in run- 


ning order in the building, it ia proposed 
that on the morning of a certain day the 
rod ton bolls shall be pinched from lh» plant, 
ginned, mad* Into thread, and then woven, 
an that within the twelve hours a complete 
suit ran lie fashioned of oolUm material, t<> 
Ue worn by Senator Hruivrx. 

IVrhap* there is no State in tba South 
which presents so many sjierial advantage* 
fur an exhibition of thia kind aa Georgia, 
iror ia there a city which enjoy* better fo- 
ciKttre than Atlanta. Georgia contains 
within herself a wonderful variety *f pro- 
ducts. I« th* extreme south, whore alio 
border* on Florida, are her superb timber 
forests and her rice plantations. In her 
central portion ia the Cunt of the Southern 
cotton belts. Further north than Atlanta 
are the higher table- Land*, where the beet 
wheat is grown. More than that, hero are 
extensive mineral l reds of iron, and In and 
around Dahlouega gold and — what is not 
generally kuowu — diamonds, which are 
found under precisely the same geological 
allualioiiH as in Hraxil. From tho olivo and 
Ilia orange in tho tooth, her agricultnral 
gamut extends to the productions of the 
temperate (ones, Aa to Atlanta itself, it is 
the busiest, the uiout driving, of Sootliern 
cities. Twenty-five year* ago it was no- 
thing more tbnn a railroad centre. Ha pro- 
gram d*i*«s front a year after the civil war. 
Some long-headed men then saw how avail- 
able Atlanta was for busineas, and at out* 
act to work, and very soon its importance 
became evident. 

Aa to thn exhibition itself, it presents all 
the salient features of the Centennial, for to 
the manufacturing department* have been 
added an Art and Industrial Pavilion, a De- 
partment of Mioerala and Woods, a Judges' 
Hall, a Department of Publio Comfort, sod 
an Kxpoeilioei Restaurant. 

The prixos offered are of many kinds. In 
special weekly exhibitions the following will 
occur: Fruits and flower* on the S&tfa of Oc- 
tober; cattle and mule*, November 1 ; aheap 
and swinr, November 8 ; bench allow of dogs, 
November 15; poultry, November 99; and 
dairy product* on tho ifiRli of November. 

Apart from chnoe commercial advantage* 
which are sure to result from thia Atlanta 
exposition, and no* secondary to them, are 
the IMiiig* of gocat-wtlt which tho commin- 
gling of our people from the North, South, 
East, and West will aurely eugeudvr- 


THE MAYOR AND THE 
TENEMENTS. 

Mayor Grace attack* the tenement- 
boons problem with that rarest nf wpajHtcia, 
rommon-aenae. He has begun a aeries of 
visit* to the various quarters of the city 
»h*ro toneineiita abound, determined la see. 
for himself what are the evils ac tually to be 
found there, and what may he done to abate 
them. As there are some twenty-one thou- 
sand houses In thn city r loafed under the 
bead of tenementa, it ia plain that his Hon- 
or will be obliged to confine himself to what 
may lie called specimen trout**. Our read- 
ora will Und in this woek's none snout illus- 
tration* of what the Mayor has already dis- 
covered in the trij« that lie ha* made. Un- 
fortunately it dors not take long for one 
who ia inclined to get sight of a vast 
amount of squalor, diaeaae, suffering, and 
poverty. 

Tlia tenement -honare in New York may 
lie roughly divided into the good, which are 
very rare, the had, which are very common, 
and these which are neither very had nor os 
good aa they might be. The second-class ten- 
ements are by far the moot nnmeruu*. and 
have every quality to make them unfit for 
human habitation. They are dingy, dirty, 
crowded, ill lighted. mirentiUtcd, and un- 
safe, The rooms are miall, aud generally 
dork, the atair* a) a and oonrldtn* are narrow, 
the cellar* are frequently damp. Hornet l rues 
fifteen and even twenty peraous are crowd- 
ed into a room large enough at moot for 
throe. The filth which gathers day liy day 
ia never fully removed ; the walla and fioora 
become ealarali-d with it; the vaults are 
clogged, and reeking with foul cater* ; tho 
light is shut out, and the atr is abut in. 
The Mayor found one room, for instance, in 
auch a house, where four mother*, three fa- 
thers, and seven children lived In a epae* 
eighteen by twenty -five feet in extent, with 
but font lied*. The imagination uf persons 
accuetonied to docent home* can not realise 
what the life of this herd of hunan animal* 
mn*t be. That of the swine in their sty 
could not b« dirtier or more bestial, and 
ailist lie far more healthful. Tho house in 
which this room -one of many was found 
belong* to a “ respectable" family. Its 
owner collect* |4 M a month friwn tlie 
wretched inmates. He expends almost no- 
thing fur repairs, and his property probably 
nets him twice the rale returned by good 
houso* in tli* tipper part of tba city. When 
be ia compelled to leave this fat Invest- 
ment, it may be that ho will be called cm to 
acute an account which bo does not bow 


care to compute, where over against Ms 
miserable gains wilt ho set down to hi* 
charge items of human wretchedness, depri- 
vation. vice, and crime. Ami tho Great 
Controller will see that to him at least Jus- 
tice U rnelcil out in proportions which bo 
can not deny or escape. 

In this class of bouses it is the young who 
suffer moot. Born hut too often of vice, 
their innocent blood tainted with physical 
and moral corruption, til nourished, ill cared 
for, they fall in great number* before the 
pitiless assaults made on their young live* 
from every corner of their wretched home*. 
If we are shocked that In this Christian city 
there should be such helpless victims, we 
can not deny that tlioae who die earliest are 
tho happiest. Every summer, when the sti- 
nnal heats strike tlie city, and hasten tho 
flight of all who have the chance to flee, the 
death rat* of children under five monnuday 
by ilay. Tbaso who fall ill am penn*d with- 
in their narrow and noisome walls. The 
sovereign remedy of pure air can not reach 
thoin. Tlie boat* from which all (offer are 
to them far more terrible because of ths 
exhaustion of their physical stamina by 
I heir surroemdingn. So " not singly lint in 
battalions” they surrender their frail hold 
on life. In this tenement-house population 
it I* only the hardiest who survive. In one 
•rouse, they are the fittest. In another sense, 
their strength only brings them to a career 
consistent with their environment; they 
continue tbs litre of vioe and misery from 
which they have sprung. 

Happily there is another (ids to tene- 
ment-house life. Men of large hearts and 
of energy and intelligence have proved Ire- 
yond all donbt that it is not necessary that 
s tenement- house shall be a moral and ma- 
terial prat -bouse in order that it shall pay 
a goral profit. Individual owner* have from 
tune to time put np tenements which give, 
for leas rent than ia paid in the rook erica, 
room* of reasonable six", conveniently ar- 
ranged, light, clean, and well aired, and 
these decent house* hare paid qnita as well 
aa the average of real estate. They ore not 
run as reform* tori** at all. There is not 
even a profession of the philanthropy » liirh 
really exist* There is simply an effort to 
give good dwellings at a fair rent, without 
sacrificing capital, and the effort hoe In near- 
ly every case been singularly soreeraful. 
The only condition* in renting are prompt 
payment, t lcanl Incas, and decency In behav- 
ior, and theae are enforced withont trouble. 
Au aaworintion of capitalists exists in the 
City, devoted to the practical study of the 
problem of good tenements. It will do great 
good iu the long-run. for it is founded on 
right principles, simple, practical, and intel- 
ligent. It i» a pleasant thing to ice thrifty, 
mouey -making men, of the class which Mr. 
Gksce well represents, taking np the ques- 
tion which thirty year* since the pool Tx.N- 
KYmix proposed in England : 

" How test to bet? the Mtnte store. 

How mend tbs dwelling*. el Iks poor." 


SOME OF OUR FRENCH GUESTS. 

Ox page flW onr readers will Aud the por- 
traits of* number of o«r French gnrats,who 
have come to this country to take part In 
tlie Yovktown celebration. The first is that 
of Commandant ijnmtvMTiv, an officer of 
cavalry, who represents tho Preelduut of tho 
Republic of Franc*. He ia of Alaacian 
birth, aud ia forty-rix year* old. In the 
war of 1*70 ho »** prwwM at oil of the ter- 
rllit* battle* in the vicinity of Mctr, where 
hi* regiment greatly distinguished itself, 
and soon afterward he wa* mule a Captain, 
nearing the crow of ths 1-egkiu of Honor. 
With Marshal lUzatxE he went Into cap- 
tivity. and did not return to France until 
the close of the war. During four years he 
held a position on the a toff of the Minister 
nf War, and was then given the rank of Ma- 
jor in tho Tenth Cuirseeiere. 

General BoctaJTOXR ia chief of tho mili- 
tary mission from France. “ He Is," say* 
ljt roftirirr, “ the youngest and roost remark- 
able of the general officer* of our army. 
Korn in 1KT7, he entered Nuiut-Cyr iu liTifi, 
and loft It on the 1st of October, IriMi, with 
the grade nf Soua-Licutenant of Infantry. 
Decorated after Magenta, he served in China 
as a lieutenant, and received a vary serum* 
wound, which has never been well cured. 
In May, 1880, when bnt little more than for- 
ty-three yearn of ago, he was named a Brig- 
adier-Gcneral." 

Colonel llii-roLVTR William Bas&ax 
sprang from a Dnnpbiny family, and was 
Inn *4 Arnica* In 1W7- He was trained at 
Hstnt-Cyr, aud rase to the rank of Major In 
Ir-dp in the Second Regiment of Cbasswura 
of Africa He was then Lieutenant-Colonel 
and finally Colonel of tba Twentieth Dra- 
goono. 

At the bead of the delegation from the 
French n*ry i* the Chevalier Dl CUVKR- 
Ytrxx, who hold* the rank of Capital ne do 
Valaseau, equivalent to that of Commo- 
dore in our nary. He la accompanied by 


Captain DEBCaXM and Lieutenant Scittb- 

IJXO, 

Tho Marquis de Rorhambeao, the French- 
man of the highest rank who has been In- 
vited to Yorktown, is an adopted sou of a 
direct linacandaii I of the great Marquis 
w base services in the cause of American in- 
de|H-nileuce will be celebrated at the cen- 
tennial ; but lie hears a collateral relation- 
ship to the principal line of the family. He 
has already paid a vnot to the L'uiled Slate* 
as Omuilseioiier of Francs to tba Centen- 
nial Exposition at Philadelphia. 

Tlie Vicomte de KoaiOes belongs to one 
of the oldest and most distinguished fam- 
ilies Ui Franc*. He is Soas-Lieutenant In 
the Forty- first Hsglmaut »f French Infantry, 
and is the great-grandson of the Vleomte 
LOCU Maiuk de No.tu.Lra. who fought in 
onr Revolution. Til* present Duke do No- 
aillea, the bead of the family, is possessed 
of considerable literary ability, aud is a 
member of Ibe Academy of France. 

Lieutenant Dx Haiiine is one of the five 
great-grandsons of General Lafayette, all 
young men. and peculiarly iutarestlng io 
A mericana. H» is a Lieuteuant iu the Twen- 
tieth Drag' ton*. 


WAIFS AND STRAY& 

0*« of the jurymen drawn to serve in a m»r- 
licr trial in Warren Osuasy, thn Slate, srerrul 
that be look no nc«-«p*per, did not know who 
»a» Guicrnnr of the Sute or *bo was Leuus- 
siiUiovetuor, and boil forgotten «ho «ss the .4*- 
M-4uIilmAii from hi* diuricL H» was promptly 

Mwpted. It semis s pity, lioosrer, in u-o him 
la a ctanpsreUveiy uniinja-risiit rare; it is hks 
taking s new scroll el parchment for (he pur- 
pose of making A memorandum. Before keg 
a celebrated case nu; oumn up in Warren Coun- 
ty In which a Jurriusn with inch a ipko'MIy 
blank inlelloct would be of aatobl rslus 

A new car on tha £ha snout Atenus and Dud- 
ley Street line, m Bosloo, baa been named the 
General It. F. Batter. Tho Shawmol Armor ami 
Dudley Street Una does dm run through Besuvn 
Street. 

A chair on wbeedi lor moving invalid! hetwren 
the train! and tbr eutrance* to the building ho* 
been bosgbt by the Boston and Trovldimra Kail 
road Company for use ia Us Bolton Jfp-M. 

At the fwocrsl rervi.-e for President Garfield 
in M*dwsy, MaMu-lnireU*. wm so old gcnileaian 
in Idi omitr third rear, who won preeent at the 
funeral of liuorge Waahiugtcn The cbrnnicleT 
adds that bo Is still vigorore both mentally and 
phvsteallf, but ornlis to state how many cords ol 
store nod ha e*a cut, split, and pile before 
break (asL 

W the visiting cut ter ,1/u.for suocswds In ilafrat- 
ing everything that b brought out agsinsl her 
in (his coanlTT— as ah* has up la this writing 
— perhaps the Fair listen <Connoeticut) oyiur- 
mcn will dump (he shells out of their twenty-fits 
dollar “ eharpiew," and aail her a match iitdora 
the wind on the Qiinnipiac, for the glory of Amer- 
ican yachting 

A judge ia Erie, Pennsylvania, hts divided 
that spiritBoiiim is a religion, sa-1 that iu expo- 
nent* are entitled lo all the privilege* enjoyed by 
clergywien. But it is bsrdly probable that tba 
wrelUuiM will rise up and dcmsnd the privilege 
of having their homes invuled t-y dotution p*r- 
tira who shall devour their winter’s supply of 
provision, and Irate in lien thereof an assortment 
of iaiTigvstihte (aocusliions, drttaing gowns, and 
cloth alippsra. 

Anotlicr of the rflEeiency of the Ora- 

einnsci police ha* rrane In Iqclil A grellctnin 
at tlie oi|Miil(ioti In that city foaad that hie wslcb 
hod disappeared while he was pressing through 
a crowd m saw of the corridor* He reported 
hts knx to thw pulire, sod in Iras than aa hour 
afterward an aged uoualrytnan harked wp to a 
;nlirwmsn and asked him to MW what it iu that 
hod lawn Longing lo his real in thw rear, and 
thumping him a* he walked. It proved to bw 
thw miming watch, the chain of which was fast- 
ened around a bauon of Da «U man's ooat, 

A stalwart vouog Indian appeared (lie other 
day in a village of Canada, arcomponied by a 
d-*«ky maiden io whom he wtahod to be married. 
Just beftwe the wvcmonv was hegua, tho vnung 
woman cboaged her mind. Thro the iuu<x 
brave sent her to bnng thw w oiling present* ho 
had given her. and it took Just two boon for him 
to confer them ud fcj name on a Ira* fickle 
aqnatr. 

An IllutnUd weekly published In Paris hoe 
devosoi a nnmbor to some “ original views," il- 
lustrating Incident* of Milo. Bernhardt's tour in 
the Faked iitatra. One of these paetore* la of 
the reception of tho actress by the army and sen- 
ate of Philadelphia. “ Guns uf etiormous calibre 
are fired by A in meant stilrol in marvrikixx tuil- 
forms, and bearing a strong facial rtacmlihuie* 
to the type cf Taramsry pnlicirtan mode popular 
by .Va#L“ **y* * writer who has teen the picture*. 
In another picture Bernhardt is in tho act of re- 
uciring Ibe keys of Chicago frora Ibe Lord May- 
or and senate of that city. In yet another she is 
represented as plaving PhUrr lo an ssdirace of 
Corasncbra stJ their squaw* in the Royal Theatre 
at Saratoga, for her suocras on which oocasinr. 
she is unanimouely proclaimed ctcique of tLc 
trite. 







OCTOBER 111, 1B8I. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


701 



A SUMMER BIRD, 


A lid— ah, |mjut soul!— hi» heart »M glad. 

She him »!i*' ii summer Mode were singing— 
Hot— If a bird — »fe, Bone »o fair! — 

AU light and >»7 anil in lie bringing 
Into tbc rebut cuunti) air. 

He saw bar fir* ono rooy Ben 

Hr.it!* a saavt-lirlte, Hire distressed ; 

f ur, u|i, a hiwn aiul cruel thorn 
Deep in liar tender palm *oa p retard. 

Willi skillful hand the than lie drva, 

And leiatitl itir wound »Uh kctvloif fait: 

Ah, riaspl* lad ' b* twin know 
Til* llwn into hit ii tut had [WMed : 

For when late her breretaly etc*, 

With Iwn •uffureJ. bt shyly planted, 

Ilia thought dew Upaard tu Kit akin. 

With audJra, rapturous hope entranced. 

Hut the — oh, cruel Udr !— *mll*d 
Aa o'er b»ra tUonl tlx luddeu J)J ; 

For mui a heart had she beguiled. 

Tv «pum it, ilk* a Groftca tuy. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


But iwift lb* Uusful hour* Sew by; 

Tile summer ripened lu decay : 

Tbc thill autumnal dayi drew High ; 

The blrda aaug lew tb«r parting lay; 

And »h» — ah, bird of buawty rare! — 

Bang swcwUv leu her parting Ming; 

And on the auber country air 
The Cruder uiutic lingered long. 

Then. In the deepening twilight gray, 

Hu talc of lux again lx laid: 

With mocking unlit ihc turned away. 

And left him 'mid the ihaduwi odd. 

Ah, rummer songsters come and go. 

And year* fade alowly Into rears. 

But Kill, at twilight, aweet and low. 

Her tender parting tang he hears. 

THE YORKTOWN FIELD. 

TttR eluKorate plan of Yorktown, Virginia, 
•nil ilManrn«uudln|(a,pre«entet1 oti page 701, 
vi ill give the reader a faithful view not only 
of the historic field, with the works and en- 
campem-uUs of 1*1*1, hut a)w> Ita pn eent *i>- 
jwanuico, with the ground* oil which the 
forth-coming celehrnl ion will lie held. Hat 
iug Heen rucnpiled from tbw recent surveys 
of that region by officers of the Artillery 
School at Forlreie Monroe, and fnun origi- 
nal maps of the slog* — French, Btrillab, and 
American — it may ho rcganled aa a valuable 
contribution to tbs literature of the centen- 
nial anniversary, 

Tire village of Yorktnwn la a small and 
decrepit ailair. little reuiuding the Tiaitor 
of ita colonial thrift and importance. It haa 
heen tire seen* of two aiegm, which are Ha 
only claim* to public notice. With a few 
exception*, the defenses built by CoHXWaL- 
lii anmnd the place do not exist, the C«u- 
Cndvrato engiiKx-r» tu the last war having 
thrown np their own linos oo the same site. 
These still loom op. us represented on the 
diagram, In • dmwjlug condition, and are 
the only fortification* to be seen anywhere 
on the field, with the exception of some of 
M'CluaaN's approaches, a mile or more to 
tire east and sueth. Thu redoubts anil par- 
allels of the Americans and French iu l?t*l 
long since disappeared, having been lev- 
elled first by Waamxr.Tox'a order, aud thou 
ploughed over by the farmers many times 
since.; but with the assistance of the accu- 
rate military plans made at the time, and 
landmarks still preserved, they can be traced I 
to-day with remarkable precision. One of 
tb« most interesting spot* is the rile of 
W Atntrxorux'* bcad-tjuarters, which stood 
about two unit a half miles directly hack iif 
Yorktown, He occupied a house on what 
was afterward known aa Colonel Jack 
Wayne's estate, and which hire retained 
the name of the “Washington Ledge* sinre 
the siege. Tim original limnw was ihutroyed 
by Urn dnriug the war of the rcliellion, and 
has been replaced by another, now- occupied 
by Mr. Ji.iXM, the descendant wf a Virginia 
Huvolutloiniry soldier. Rncti*xnKAt' l sc|uar- 
ters stood a short distance east of it. The 
field of the sen-render, tire spot where f?CA>4- 
xrii. waa mortally wounded, and tire en- 
campments of the Freuch and American 
w ings cun be clearly marked, and tha en- 
gineers in rfaargw «f tbo celebration pre- 
parations purpose to hare sign • peats set 1 
up to direct the visitors to must of these 
points. 

Teiuplo Farm, aa shown on the plan, is a 
large ami itnffit iontly level plateau admira- 
bly atlapted fin the oiicampureut of troops 
Here the various X1at<- regiments that lit- 
tend the edebratioo will lie awiglml to po- 
sitions and touts put up for them by tbc 
government. Tents will also Ire arranged 
for tbs Governors of States, fur the Masonic 


fraternity— who take the principal part In 
tbc ceremonies of laying the oorner-etooc 
of the government *W*ll»H*Mt— Mid for nfli- 
ciala and invited guests. Getrerul Han- 
cock, under whose command tire govoni- 
ineut baa placed the <l» f ni p — BE, a ill also 
go into field tjaartom with tire troops 
Tire proposed usonium-nt is to occupy a 
alto purtlnwed by the United States aud 
when completed will Ire wortliy of tbc event 
it is designed to commemorate. Overlook- 
ing tire York ltiver, aud visible far down 
the Cbcsupi-nke Bay , it will stand, like t la- 
Hunker Hill Monument, at the very coast, 
to mnind tire aotloms of tire proper fate of 
an unjust invasion, and of unlawful eis- 
cpuacbnienta upon popalar rights Its site , 
is marked on tire map, on which several oth- 
er points of Interest beaiilca those mention- 
ed here ore indicated. 

B0BSP0RV8 ACID PH06PBATB 

FUK AOKD PER 90 X 9 . 

I bits fnvTst Momturdb Adi Pbiapha** to act re 17 

W*“fsr.,. »,*.m 


It Is the bright of Irift? re wait imUl ynu are Is bnl 
wire ilisesse yen may W r« near lur atmUu. when you 
<«n he i i"d dsciiic IS* raitf «»m[.U'f=* by Psrkerli 
OiriM-T Took. We Saw keovra On- re-ki—l laoilllia 
sunk Us has] III lest by • t lowly ore at mis nxSKlus- 

Ud»-1 , 

W x wifi admit that most Fsi» Lotions are In- 
yarkras, but Biker’s t'rvam of Risk* is s bright 
evoepcion. Imlorwsl by ail the WaJing lyric and 
dramatic artiste* and tire iimiIIcaI |ir-jfo*suju. 
Sold ererjwlierr at SOe. per hauls. — (Cota.) 


EPPS’S COCOA. 

GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. 

■Hit rtoroiBh knnwWge <d the sutural laws 
which giinwn (he opera I no* of dl(rKl»ii sl.l sulrt- 
lk*s aad by a earerul afvdraliub ut Ibr Ah- pr-.peitk* 
of well . w>.u.| eocus Mr. Kjy* lu* prorMul uu 
beraftfiri • tables with a Ucllralcly da.unrl heverree 
wlOck aa* save u. tesliy litwiy **W bills It is 


THE GREAT SAUCE 

OF THE WORLD. 


Bold only re sold-raf tins, H sad lb., labetvd 
JAMBA £I’1S A CO., C'Aswids, 

lejaxwn, Kao. 

Alsu, Reps's CAsreialr K swi wr far sttrenonn os*. 

THE ORGUINETTE. 


a xr-im' m. gi:n. 
TUNifi at Mad- 
ras. to bbi lirnser 
at wiowKwrKM, 

-TtfltVv arnR-B 
SINB Ui at their ■ 

mure Is blgtity <o- ■ 
tnuord In India. ■ 





JOHN DUNCAN'S 


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tbar, Hires «f IVkre'A Hair I 
I Urey twin see laipcsWeie wi 
U4| 


t'AgiXKTTOft, urontTir it in. At. luinmi, | 
HPK UkUA.W U» OBMASN, aid PIA.VOS. 

The most vreoderfal mnsk-predirlng imrcBaita 
In (be work]. Plsy everything. Any ooe cat play 
II, era. Mu mcstral knuwlsdfv rvqalrsd- Cali and are I 
ttwra. or rel tee ClrcsWr to tbe 

MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE CO., 

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NKW YORK. 

M 03 I HALT, 1 M UtaU St., (Un«s, IIL, 
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NehtasU, Culsewtu, so* the 1‘srific L'rewL 


DEGRAAF & TAYLOR, 

Nos. 47 t 49 Writ 14th St., 

Hunnlng through Ih* blovk to 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 


GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. 



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Ue la FacolW de P« 

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admirably adsplsd Ibr I Ursula 
as wall ss penaas is hrehll . 

bald by ttrossn srterwbeea. 
W. OAKERAOO, 


AndrewsTiSS Bed. , 


STATEN IS1.AMI 

FUCT DYEING ESTABLISHMENT, 


Franklin Square Song Collection, 

gongs and Hymns for School* aid H noire. Nur- 
serv and Fireside. With Music. SdaeXcd liv J 
T. McCsacrr. Bro, Pajitr, 10 craw. Alsu, aa 
edition printed oa finer paper, Uaind la Cloth, 
•I UO. 


1 , IIS* keaadway, assr in Lb XL. 

' ■ C;s ksllsa M.. Uraaklra. 
s { *1 X. Kljrhfk St., rbIMelaMa. 

) I 110 W. ialtlresee St., Balfbarei 


, It. T- tlrels, cuatsbibig, si It dues. 


u Sloe by side, tbs riMtlsr 
wkSck are lbs scry breath 
psrsgrsolis an nsrb |up 
Is to M(* a work— pen! / 
ssd really of a uuatcal 


r tbe ,«« elaborate rtjlra, ticurd « dyed lOKre. very salrehle re rso*ers whether u 

ally wifAref rU<i>i»y ur arst— PUisland rrlryoly* 

iln tlriuwi'. (IwrecOU, duu I *. ds«l vketr. There Is uu end uf b^tre*. slrdtag old MOf 

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guiukyliw thu Ire* slIsluaMn skill 
penssd Krolisanre.aad baling sysliwulli 
drpertmwiC <d our bu»inrea.w« can cun Or 
tbs has* rrsulls, so! uniaasllr BriaafC rr 
Clouds rsertrsd and raisrnsvf by rsprw 


C.STEHi.JSS 

rtpewdr t lgar Holders. V 

•sic sal rewir Sal Inr Mtcab 


their drat scuclral plravere slid lastncilou floss this 
xi lie poblksttos,— ,¥. Y. 7vim. 

Mis. It Is hard re crewne of any work so w.ll srinplad 
oil- to tbs esltlvallun end decc'.'pnieiit of lbs lose of 
poetry, song, red smile U tbc buiiwt of Ike je-t'le 
■ »• us ibis orally priatsd r m*ws— A-rev UcnU. 

^ Pabllskrd by B1KPKB A BH4ATHKBX, Xew »eek, 


netware Sill and Ilk ireasis, 

THE LABOHST CASH 

FURNITURE AND BEDDING 

ESTABLISH! EXT IS SEW YORK. 

Always aa bind Ike largest stork, rmspiri* In eesry 
ilcfurtiiietit. si aiodsesce prtoea. Thirty you* sacsb- 
llsbcri sad wkdrty knoww 

T HH T.IP H 

or 

JAMES A. GARFIELD, 

I lots l* res i dull t of the United StAtca. With E> 

tracts fmm his S|a«chre. By EnurKO Kuu. 

llluttraUd. ire, Fapcf, >0 cemta. German 

Kdltkui, 4 lu, Paper, to cents. 

Tks bank Is written In goad Idyls, and -Ilk cot kg. 
ricsltc iCs.-llon. Slid k-ilds Iks rssder abscetiad to ns 
(I.M Aa Prcsldost il->(iklDS reggosts. II would A* a 
gaud serrira to pat Lbts Lib isAu lbs buds uf every 
yonng non la tbs r.motry. Niching could be bstlar 
■ dsyeet] to Inspire a y-aiirg who to mshs blarelf a 
man. In reek lb. bigkssl ud the best WirtM 

-oaimrnri this bl.«rsphy for raiding la every fare ly, 
u • bowl IX wkst a ruorker may acrompluk for ksr 
children, and whai a y-mg nisi under adnese dr- 
rgiscistw trey acblats la Ibis gras* land uf uara.— 
gtrepoM, X- V. 

Tbt hitoriy Incidents of his ll*s on tbs canal, bks 
bnyteh uric fm bmks of tdraulsfo, bis early nod 
sure enrad |us«loa du lbs rea, ear graphically related, 
aid Ike reader la ted la aymfalky to fallow Iks for- 
tr .ee -.f tire siriHtlots bvy Wbobaiigerad after knewl- 
■rigs and was nut afraid to work. Tbruugb kia Cl- 
pertfocre ss lasrbsr, Pnifsaaue, sod Ktsti S a l t lur. be 

brings Ike resdectoOarfleld tbs s-AUee. Hbasmary 
ei|ikilts are AeeertVd with a daabtag per, ud era 
tlliacralad ntlfa a wseltb uf innaliitc * 4 * It wfD 
oanmsnd wWU. sUaatlua, and ba road with drey la- 
ter eeL—.V t. Tteoa, 

Irabllabad by BAIPEB A BB0TBES3, Xew Tar*. 


MINTON'S 


ART AND 
ENAMELED 


MAKE MONEY, ALL OF YOU! 

Cnitooetla proas. M.00. 


Also. TUB CAMPBELL BHK'K A TIL* COW 

bsrasaUe ssd fiwmatrlral Floes TUes. ■ stole*, dr. I 
THOt, AHP1NWA1.I. M HOX, 

•04 Broadway, Sew Isrk, 




tap II 


0>-, FrxnTLTIMl BILIT4BT trtBRWT. 

■ I Qrsier. Pa, o»ia Aytralri Ik IKgicet ecadcrred 

laces. | Cot. THEO. HYATT, PraaldeliL 

To EVERY READER of this PAPER 





wS&tP(aq»MW3SS^syr-‘Ti^ 

’ «»a« l re‘t > ^»a KVI-B^aoUASS watered Che Maw 
l e^l°t | l !rec^ c ^«*^ to*AA«»w «aV*n'’v T**i^'arire 

K. 0. WIPEOUT ft CO., 10 Barclay • treat, N. V. 




GARFIELD. 

An elegant pair of C-xspution Oil Chrereo# 
— *i<», 9x11 lochee. Lifelike (net rails uf the 
lau I'reeidunt and bis deruted "if* 

Price, 91 Ibr the Pair. 

Seat, prepaid, by mail un rerwipt of prltt 
Libvnil ihscuunt to Agent* aid Uealcm. 

CALVERT LITHOGRAPHING CO., 

i>nn-Korr, mich. 

DO YOUR OWN PRIHTIM 


H. HOOYEHy Phlbra ftu 

p FM V ATB^ TWB- VTIBICA Ld t ^-^Csdsbigy 
^ ** b r^reAas^rM?0?ff«w TarBc. 


5 


OCTOBER IS, 1981. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 





fs£$£$*k 




I HARPER & BROTHERS' 

LIST OF if BOOKS. 


TMt YMKTOWN CAMPAIGN aud the tormodcr 
nfCrvn— ulll*, 1M. By Uuii p. Juoim. II. 
limriMd. »*v,«Mh,*W. 

IL 

ROtTRV OF BYRON. Clrr-m, wl Ini^ by 

Mart at* *n.*n Ata.Puwr.ftnaM. 


GAS-TIGHT DDRAELE FDRXACES. 

rh«<iM>i|i tan I tad cuafluM anl M»n oh 
durt» tl.» (...I gg years, tn,l ire )* r«Hl eorortt- 
llnn lit-llty. Wllk.iul nimlrl'.' rllHUK, Ctrmp*t 
blllty, and are (hied uTtbtmiro 'modern itn yimi »- 
"UOH' ii .a, tag fuel an) liber Ilian lay (hruaiv 

1-rferU* fr«« '■•mi . n ir.-retiy jioinilur 

and u—l vunaJly .iiroeet cl. Mead Fee Circitarn. 

RM lURDhttV BOUTON * I <>., ■aaafhrUnra. 
M4 Hatae.nl., Raw Ink, * W4 UU M-, l b kero. tit. 

LACES. 

T«r tbta mass* *v are ebo»lb( a vary rompMr 
>to<k ut aD am and aUraellTa Trimming Una. 

N.ivUitaa to HraO Ihicbme, JfcVH*. Pled in, Heerfa, 
CulUrenm, end HaodluatkU** l.-Wi Pulul Uoa anl 
Oof bets* Ollier* . itnu and Imwlra H pentad l^cos 
Wterf* end Bka-b In Cream, Ua. out Black, at 

REASONABLE prices. 

E.A. MORRISON, 

*»» Broadway, New York. 






CAMP Lire IN TMI ROOM: aid tin Trtrka of 
rr.fV'ne uni Tra*> N»klii«. Cuulalulne t .me**. 

1 **••«< re AJIou Ml Carol, Skelter , Lit Hot*. |(.>* 
Wnadte. W.Halbind I tart* tad BeMUff, lUns *rd 


«.«)»; V.iltnlilr Rrclp*. I.n the tiring u.| Tl* altar 
•d Tar kkln*. By D. Ili*im, (Kn.’", Auhur 
nf , T*.ur»l lllaatreiad lit ibe AuUrm. 


•80 NEAR AND Y 

Bit*U am very »iW, Tomkina, wbo la not In , 
Five llsld*. RnmtAurir, be wy*. be eta'l yul Nntr 


BT 80 PAR)" 

*rl emnlitlon, lot followed ll.it CoTfT o 
•m. That *M“t»i to bear him Cuming! 


A t prices 

TO SLIT 
ALL POCKETS. 

Macaulay's History or EngM 

The Hlju.rv a t England from lha Accraalnn nf 
Jim II. By Lord Eicinn. la Five 
VnAirart, with olaboraec loiitt. 

LIBRARY EDITION. 8 to, Uncot Edge*, with 
Paps Label* and Gill Topi, Citah, $10 00; 
&**?, $li SO; Halt Calf, $*l IS. 

DUODECIMO EDmOff. doth. 99 M; Rteep. 
#*M; Half Calf, 910 00. 

CHEAP EDITION. Hvo, Paper, $\ DO. 

ONE VOLUME EDITION. 8*o. Ctath, 9< « 


| Thin icaioa, (he retail 
conulers or 

I JAMES MeCREERY Sc CO. 
are more ai true live than 
ever before. The wtoek of 
rich PLUSHES, SILKS, 
SATIKS and TEL YETS In 
uniiMinllv large and beau- 
tll'ul. The variety of Drew* 
Good* U uncqiiulleil, and 
many of the fiibric* are Ct- 
rl n wire in deulfii, and eait- 
not therefore become rom- 
nion. The price* this year 
will commend themselves 
to prudent buyer*. 

JAMES McCBEER Y it CO., 
Broadway and llth St., 
\ew York. 


CARPETS i 

ARNOLD, jf 
CONSTABLE, & CO. 


INITIA OUtCl Part L A Plrrt Oroek r.tnra*. 
C- *ii|ifvhri.*ii.f (train mar. lx* tarn*, M d Biercl** 
B»'k.wdh tiK-jhntarlr*. Oath* I'lu .ift**-Prlh- 
tl|.l» Latina* Jly Witixta «*»*, D.CL. LL.D. 


I b I Ovnaa Pro* Wmvnvt*. IX D , 

ttagln, rv.As»,- l til-, ip II,, tin, A p,t.rtwf. 

■"«*.! «d P- >■ A. IWi. n n., ilcJ-nn h«IWr 
pf liMbity, lair (•vital* nf Trinity C'dlrr*. ti«ir 
"V Mlltajn With b-b Intend* rtlna 

U» Fbii.ii- tlnuKv, LL.U. FrM>d.m of il* 


Macaulay’s Miscellaieons Works. 

Tit* Mi*tvll«n*m»» Work* e/ Lnrd MkbqUt la 
Fir* V olunvm, 8rn, Cloth, Unfit Edge*, with 
Ptptr Label* and Gilt Top*. In a hot $10 CO. 
[To mtlch lb* Ubenry EdlUan of Manuhy't 
Ka^Cai.J. J 

NUhM by Blurts A ItltflTIIFIVS, Sr* Tkf*. 


in PRESIDENT 

A Portrait, 8ln> ldx'H, FREE. 


/A 


JOtinn, , b^, Vi r» rmin — < 

a, wacrwt* to 

srs ASi. 

RlDtouT A CO.. I O Barclay Bt , NwwVovk. 


Japaieu M'f’i aid Trail Co., 

04 WOtbWiT,*** T«rk, 

iMi'vnrrun or 

JAPANESE GOODS, 

I¥0 V ELTIES 

FDR OOCSB BBCORATtOS AND 

FALL TRADE. 

A CATALOOfR MAll.ltP fl.H APFUCATIOH. ' 

LIEBIO C0MPAHT8 EXTRACT i 

UF MEAT riNEBT AND CKKAfErfl' MKAT ' 
KLAVuHlNt; WfOCK FOR BuCrs, J) AUK 
blsUlbt, AND aATCES. 

LIEBIO COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

OF MEAT. A* linirtiBl.li b»I loUuhlB Inny ; 
iu *11 IBM ut wmk dlydlDB xut drtdlily. " U | 

t#»l rTBlrtuL - - Hr. ••JLdiiuJ I' nn i.' •‘tamrl.* 
“ilntnli MrdtrBl tuvmil," Ac. 

CAI TIOV-Ovtinliw «Jy with ihr lar-mliv of 
»»™ Ltab^jXi tntBBlom In Bt** Ink khm the j 

LIEBIO COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

OP MEAT. Vu h*liBd*?£ ml. tHnn4i*.jr.n i .*»r..-.r- 1 
and I'lnmtBtv. Bntr *r.!mt..rtii, m ,t.« 

fw W lrlB to urijS I DAVID Jc UJ., tX Mi.ro ) 
Ians, ivwdca, RnttmnL 

S-t.l ■Nm Vi lit I.C PA UK A TILPfUlW. 

WITH A V * M,v|rl' >.>;K. m KKIC 'O HM . A 


H*v« no* in Sure thrlr Fall Iiii|Hirtalimi5 of 

FOREIGN CARPETS, 

CHENILLE AXMINS-TTEIt?, ROYAL WILTONS. 
BODY BRLtiliKLS, 

In the Nrwrrst DctlgM. in Cnloring adapted 
to the pn>***t ttylr of derontooM 
ALSO, 

AMERICAN CARPETINGS. 

ChenllW AubimtorA, W'iltoe*, Body Bnt***K 
T*ftarrtriw>, w) Ingrain* ; (HMAxIia, Unolroimr, 
Hug*, and Mata. 

INDIA 

WHOLE CARPETS. 

Mwullfaiatii, Bhagalporo. Mahratu. KtvAMrl. 
Kiahtnir, Ptnlac, Agra, EJkur, 8cind«, 
LaJxm, Tat bay, l*iM)jaub 

B ROADWAY, COH IEH 19 TB STREET. 

NICOLL THE TAILOR, 

620 BROADWAY. 

•■4 1 SB to ltl Bowery. N*w York. 

HANTS TO ORDER, M.m To l'< M 
| ST ITS •• •• liana - laomt 

, OVKBCOAT3 •• I iv or » tuxor. 

Bamptas ud ttotau ft* Sflf.MrwtmncM * 0*1 by mill. 

j w in stokibi is all ramir*L m im. 

The Waverley Novels 

IN LARGE, LEGIBLE TYPE, 

WITH SOM tLLrOTRATION*. 

THINTIJ5 EDITION: 

4H vfdamf*. Gnin.l in Grrm Clmh, f) no y*r 
volnine; in Half Wihthvg. Gilt T<^«, 9 1 Wt 
pur Tulumr; in Half MortKVd. Eiln, $9 v!b 

BOLTSOOIl EDITION t 

AH oAuim", brouvi in Browo <Tt*h, “s (mtx 
|ror , ilium,* ; in H«lf Mdmx«a,(iilt Tup,, g | yi 
,h» twlatnr; >n Half Moohuc^ KtUn, S5 

|ta« tulumr. 

POPILAK EDITION: 

S< vulomtn (two vot* in o*n>X hrrond in Gram 
<1uch. (I M ik* tulinni* : j„ f|*|( Moro.vo, 
99 *t iwr vofatoa; in Uutf Mururro, Kura, 
pt 00 |*r volnnir. 

PWAdtad by UlfiHFI! A KKDTilKSS, Sew !«*, 


*“*f»?40 EdMIm*: Ftru. 
*»■*>, iV.ih, Red Kil,-,,. Ft a*; Rmnrr. !«*», n.iifc, 
«t emit,: Fiji LaBUhrr, Oh Edcw, » c*»1r- flrv- 

r^^ , £c»uli ,, ‘ ^ R'rvtar, 

““ vn. 

THE F»«NKl >H t«UAki *0*40 COLLECTION. 

(.XiutemUg T*U Uuudiwd Pi Turin* uU 

hr *;bvul* and Unrv*. Noratry and Flv»- 
Hdr With Mi tar fvirnl Hr, Cnraalelr un It* 
lta*T. batactui hy J, rMR.B.iv Royal 
»««■« Bim >»d Form *» H-yr*. thuil. 


LtTTtna OF MA0*4*t DC nimjsAT u 

ltr.. . ..! and tV«, fr.iai 1NM t„ nfla. pmn 
Fmj|b by Nr. iron Uon and Ur. Joan U 


GANDY 


wvriA ft . ». *\ r.| «t. I 
f ■* A rati pi.. rv,li l. :J 

l',i.f.» l« Aj.a-i.-,v ,rtt 
II,. -tau-.hf r n.l .lri i , 


HOPE DEAF 

Dr. Peek's Artificial Ear Drums 

Alwaya la yaltln. bat taalatM* t* abm , 

SSJrirX KK S “53, % 

tacrtyOn cl mi tar -IU MIIttKBrola Adnrum, 

E. f t (Kt *ca,*M 4mt. «. FroTuk 

■rrti.nrnjnPD fVDr >•*)»* kiracit*. *c ft. 

Cadtad riUDDIlK 1 IrrtB)*ilw3.4Watlu*JS«.N.X. 


LANOOR. ly g,a«r* 
I Moc of taunt* 


FAflM rCSTIVALS. By W,M cum*. Aatbw 
? ~ Y»nn Bllroda.* “Pam Lvgmda," and “Ltan. 
J»«iiii»l llkynm.' Uiu. t:mv.i» rharmctarwlj 
|...i« ratl.inv Oniairro w|U Fnra, RaJlada-and 
"Parra LcjvrMta.* av», lllaattualad ttroa. «s »)• 
bill EAffai WBU. 

XIII. 

etAOTVlta ontts By MlM Oaarr. )0«n,Clmli. 


MAnPIRi CVCL0»*0IA OF BCITICH AND 
AMtfltCAN POETHV . Edlivrt *v Im sunnr 
ltuyal 4 *u, lllutalualad CtuUl, Ctiurud Ert|[va, *1 M. 


THE NEW NOVELS 

fCRtalMUb BT 

HARPER t BROTHERS, New York. 

**pltt and Ring. By B. H. Bcawro. M ttnta 
Tin Cimctuirluv By JaaaaUiaa*. soetala. 

Tbt Print. Bacniary, m nnt*. 

WIiACuaiv By Ml*. Ni-vajr. lBeanlv 

Td)i» Tytari nr. T»t VT-ck* -Ilk a Itm By 


Warlntk o' Gtauunduch. By Oaoaoa MaoioaaLb. 
TMI M*«llful Wra*ch: a Hrtahfoo Story. By Wiu 

M*u Btar-a. Wrtli many lllltair uiiAa. tu mli 
Ubvavy Kdul.ro. Itmu. flolh. <1 It. 


lha Umk Sf**t By r. w. Buuau. in emv 
tbydaey. By OtatMitaa M. Caaia. IS (mil* 
7U,5«pluntYuat. By Viauiar. W. Xron-i-. Mela. 
Ayalt'l AagrL By Aarirovr Tavri/jr* B) Ml. La. 

The Bnwy nf llvlrn Tmy. By lb* a 4 Rw of *• O .likn 
Rod, an Idyl «f Mina* Dcwui." Miih, Ctatb, |1 a*. 
: 1 1 |ty O—mi. a 1L Darv.iaru Cl at 
An Omni PinsLauee. By W. Cuana ftnuu. Km 

tW Bum A OMmiaia ataR rod *ay tf rht tarn 
*■* -«d. F*ua*» r, any yrorf V f*» 

f'lUW Stum, mm r*KT*d %T lit ynm. 


GARFIELD lar 

******* , 0f? ^ yoo, by th» 

mnhwnt Mecrafibr-. Col. Oeawwi-. Ifcxrt. *J1 read, 
fur d,ll«uy An rbneaatly illudratad vrtnmc. tn- 
dofWMl i.ilrtan TJbrMl l»ma Xpritr t*k« onlm 
lor from V In HI ruplra rtailr. OnlaHTa any dim 
■ 1 1 nil So nrta. Aguiila a— *rr made moor, a* trot, 
Tkv Von* Ml* lur! 1 . Kil-rtanermol nnrruri. Fntt- 
tro nnkrrbww. All Uak* Inur-nro pndt*. I'rmte 
ueraajree. G*M,I Siu-a k (u, hnlual, Maut 


Hieran k M0THES8, FrjaAlln $<jsir<. N. T. 

S.'C g 4 Sg 5 Q~ 

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’04 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


OCTOBER 18, 1881. 





cois a, 
PEN*. 


llwl.DKKb, CASKS, Ac. 

THE CALLI-GRAPHIC PEN. 

( A <W»U» rKS^nd RrilBKB HOLtiKrUnnfjItiJn* i 
P?' k *'- ” 


When CRAMPED you have 
no limn to experiment. You 
want relief. If posidhle, at once. 
Tell your druggist you want 
FREDERICK BROWN’S 
G1NGER-THE GENUINE. 


w 

LIQUID PAINTS, ROOFING, 
M. W. JOHNS NFS CO. tliuiNl UK. *. Y. 


j A BOOK OF OUT DOOR SPORT. 

' CAMP LIFE iFTHE WOODS; 

AKI> THE 

Tricls of Trappina aafl Trap Malmi!. 


Containing Comprehensive flint# on Camp Stut- 
ter, log Iluta, Berk Shantir*. Wax) lend Bote 
aaJ flcdling, Boar and Canoe Building, and 
Valuable BiggeatxrM on Trnppcrt’ Pood, be. 
With Eitealod Chafiten oa ibe Trappers’ 
* Art, containing all Ike "Tripka" and Valuable 
BaM Recipes oi Ibe rrofeceuu; Foil Direc- 
tion* tor the Coe c4 the Sled Trap, uid fat 
| the Catwlnic&a of Trip* of all Kinds; Do- 
tailed Instructions for the Capture of all Fnr- 
' Hearing Animal* ; Vitluiifcle Recipes for the 
| Curing and Tanning of Fur Skins, be II; 
W. FUMU.ro* Giaeon, Author of “ Pint oral 
Diji" Illutrsted (97 the Author. Itma, 
Goth, fl 00. 


FISHERMEN I 
T WIN E SAND J^ETTINC, 

WM. E. MmTSSg Baltimore. ML 

Mr SfoSlur t*rtr»-l.i«l, nsmlnp jroor County anil State. i 


by H HIPER A B BOTHERS, 8etr Y«tr. 

V math prrfmlJ, to any part qf lit 


JOSEPH Cl LLOTTS 

STEEL PENS 


MAGIC LANTERNS 


And STNIUtOPnOONS. all prtcea, 
InMrwtnr er.ermhj.rt r« FCHLIC 
TtON.ie. C 7'AprolMUt- 


sixtjj Sliousano 


CONGRESS WATER. 


rER.-J-. 7 WS CPECTACLB 

nine Ini'.ltig .inn. 1 T ttnyn, sad Oomi 

Lniftlir IIk aueKlto «*- Mai.alselur 114 6 


X TO#. 

.**m ». A J. HECK. 

< ' . Unn. ltuUilelpIUa. Pa. 


SMOKE MARSHALLS 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, bo. 

Sold by nil Druggist* ; or send 25 cents for cample box by mail, to 
B. HOH.VKR. SB Maiden Lace, Now York, IT. 8. A. 


NO CORDS OR BALANCES. 00 NOT GET OUT OF ORDER. 

SMHn vUl n,ln aaj Holler IUIIii te tt>» Mtln uilifUrtlin. 

ML! KVERTWIIKHK. 

S. HART8HOHH.4HS BHUAmVAY, !»•» York. 

Model Working Toy t trine, and Figure#. 
W« ml Keel li'. firms, Pulley*. |t*H. ta, 

->. (*,» cat. a oi In working order, 

'ksl^ne far )*l-!-l STS Uloil/ilijca. 


CO 


ByFHBK 


Antique Furniture. Clocks. 
Bronzes. China. &c.. &c. 

739 tc 741 BROAD WAT. 


AMWIXSI 
SCSI’KNWinV BANDAGE. 

A JW/ret SV eiWWUaM, tappott, Jtoltt/. Ormfiirt 
AUTOMATIC ALA- T AWHTACUt. 1 

DIA* LACKS# CUT IMPMtlBLt. 

Uctnn t« Vrr«l Trntrvn ant CinmMr rut <1t4 fnt. 


KNABE 


PIANOFORTES. 

VNKtjr allied in 

TDCB.TGDcn.WoPkina.-islDC.iD; DsraMlity. 


WILLIAM AM HU Ac CO. 


■ Now, ten, 1 »id1 yon to take this jural up to 134th SlCWt, ii*xk. and he 


^KTOp 

«k A -Oi *. 


FOOD 

Beat Substitute for Mother's Milk. 

muck v cknt# sold rcr all mironer* 
Vllrnil B. FUrOER A PET It IE, N, T. 

A PaAertCALTHKATMIKr.il rfe ntOl'Klt 50CR- 
LMIMKNT nf IStFA5T»6BKT FEE* »« Artdieatkn. 

IMPORTANT TO MOTHERS. 


WALTER BUHL I CO, 

DETROIT, WII H. 

IbnoIaeuuM* M 

IaiIIps' x-aI S*n|ik~.. IM- 
■tun*. Mink (bull,., Milt 
anil Satin Fur- Lined Lar- 
in i- nix. liniUrwi's 1 ) Fur 
Cay*, fib. ten. Ar. 


Admiration 

or nut 

WORLD. 

Mrs. S. A. Allens 

WORLD'S 

HairRestorer 

JS PERFECTION/ 

For RESTORING GRAY. WHITE 
or FADED HAIR to it* youthful 
COLOR, GLOSS and BEAUTY. It 
renews its life, strength and growth. 
Dandruff traickly removed. A match- 
less Hair Dressing, lu perfume rich 
* 1 " Druggists. 

W year* 

ur.n..u«uui •m-[UW-la«esV« 

Thtvicli iut EuropO ruwt America. 

ZYLOBILSIHUM owamo 

A lovely tonic and Hair Dressing . It 
remove* DandrnlT, allays all itching, 
■top* falling’ Hair and promote! » 
bsaltliy growth with a rich, beautiful 
gloss, and it delightfully fragrant 
Pnw Seven ty-Svo Conte in largo 
glass stayperod Bottles. SoW h, ill OruffMa 

tea*. Do Voir Own Printing! 

■ II PressfnMtrda.de (L-iMalae, 

At. UlreraiBM IwMm uh, 
ulouatr. b-va T,|» ■rieim iwy 
v firmed lialrmilbiii. Cml Bun- 
j-ey nver knl mum, atafcrr. IVatl 

rttJiifM for Ctraiurur nf I'jivha 

o aanaf Vo, Kri**y 4 r «... IoMm. Im. 






f 




FOR TUK WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 22, 1881. 


700 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 

New York, Sati:ki>at, October 22, 1881. 

HARPER’S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

An Itxi'aTRATED Weekly — 10 Pages. 

AV 103 of Ihuim's YoukO I'rui'l*. it mod Oiteber 18, eon- 
Ann/, mi .i,Ui/m to the tv* ie> A, h, a tnruty of tnttrttimg artulet 
VI A , term, among tchuh may he mstameJ a fitf ti aa tn tg auouut 
e/a Ume- Uarnn efuea/e m ear early hutery, entitled * the Story 
of the Mtgro feet," teeth a taftial iUtotratieu ; an artielr an 
•• Cameo*,'' ty lUasrr I’llIU.IWj amt a ihert he! timely thelk-h of 
•• A A>r ret Fen. m The ye, an felt illuttratn't in the! number 1 1 a 
,/.mile-f*gr fa-tare frmuteJ on me if DK'Ktn't matt fatketie 
,/ min. Our Fed-rffMe Hex trill he foun, l unutmally intereiOng. 


CW~ et SuprtB.Mi.vr eamtaoning a double -fage engraving /tom 
a drawing ty How t Mil 1'IU, emitted 

"THE SRkkKNDER OF CORNWALLIS.” 

•• tutted iratMtemly teeth thu member if Hot.ltn’t W»KELY. 


PRESIDENT GARFIELD. 

8FECUL ANKQDUCEEENr. 

In retfome to taemeram n-fuftre, Hours & BsonfrSS hey 
leave to anuennie that the follewiug member t </l IaS/sks Wk.H- 
1 V, thirteen mi tll.gntng n Jet-eded ittfemut of (he tragedy at It'aih- 
iregtoee.from the oimuJi at the mil read it.itien e., the Mm,,/ at Cleve- 
land, mill he tent by mail, felt fail, on the rrteift of One IWI.tr; 
Sfe.it/ edition. July A and Mot, izSj, tsSj. 1184. uSj, izSa. 
1*88, 1189, 129a, 121)1, 1192, 12<)J. 129*. The illnetratione Milade 
fertnut, a/ the Pruidtnf, hit wife etud author , and e/ the «wm 
AfiDNBM HARPER & BROTHERS, Nrw York. 


THE POLITICAL SITUATION. 

T HE rcault of (be elections in “the October RUUre” 
shows that the political rituation in unchanged. 
Notwithstanding the long po*w*sion of power by the 
Republican party, the Democratic party hits been un- 
able ns yet to prove to the country that its true inter- 
ests would be better promoted by Democratic success. 
Whatever the defects of Republican policy and the 
faults of Republican leader* may have been, the party 
has shown Much willingness to rebuke such leaders 
and correct such defects that ll»e country can os yet 
sea no good reason for taking the risk of a radical 
change It is not, a* in urged by the Democratic 
journal*, that Republicans hold up their party as a 
sacred institution, and teach that Democratic ascend- 
ency is synonymous with chans and revolution, but 
that the Democratic party, where it is in local power 
and in its national opportunities, neither by its com 
duct nor ita representatives commands general re- 
spect ami trust. What good argument could bo 
maintained in Ohio or Iowa thnt the State govern 
mrnt should be taken from Republican and con- 
fided to Democratic hands 1 Unless the theory of 
our institutions be unsound, it was impossible for the 
fanner or the mechanic or the manufacturer in Ohio, 
for instance, to see tliat be would be better off if Mr. 
Bookwaltkr should take the place of Governor Fos- 
ter, and upon the great conservative principle, which 
is always no strong in this country, of letting well 
enough alone, they liavc voted im they voted last year. 

A great deal of “scratching’' is reported. That is 
to be expected when, in the absence of immediate and 
overpowering issues, candidates arc regarded more as 
individuals and Icstas representatives, In the famous 
election contest in Ohio during the war, between 1 
Brotoh and Vallakihoham, those two names stood 
simply for Union and disunion. Personal consid- 
erations were wholly waived. Union men voted for 
one and disunion men fur the Other, and nuturully 
an overwhelming Union majority was the result. 
But the great partire stand now mainly upon their 
traditions, and each skirmishes to obtain the possible 
advantage from new questions. No new question, 
however, has taken furtn so positively us to heave and 
divide the old parties, as the slavery question dissolved 
the old Whig and Democratic parties from I860 to 
1 M 0 . The Republican party is still the party of 
cmauci potion, Union, equal rights, honest money, a 
free vote. and » fair count; the Democratic party is 
still obscured by its wrong position upon all these 
primary and fundamental questions. Every year its 
platforms echo the Republican platforms of the pro- 
ceding year, and its strongest claim to public ooo0- 
denc* is that it accepts what it opposed, and affirms 
what it denied. Even in New York, should it carry 
the election of this year, the result would be due to 
want of Republican harmony, not to desire or prefer- 
ence of Democratic principles or policy. Such an 
event would be no indication that in a national elec- 
tion, when the two parties were tried upon their gen- 
eral character, the Democratic would be preferred. 

It is, in fact, upon that general diameter that the 
two parties now stand. There are plenty of Demo- 
crats who chafe under “the record" of their party, 
and plenty of Republicans who denounce the evils 
and abuses that threaten their organization. The** 
two dispositions were never more active than during 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


the last administration. Hut when the direct issue 
was raised botwron the two, each side held its own, 
and the party of Union, equality, good faith, aud hon- 
est elections prevailed. Practically the political sit- 
uation is an armed truce. Each party criticise* per- 
sons. and Hi* by the record. Neither advances 
great distinctive principles upon which it upjrwls for 
support. Upon such question* os the tariff, both wish 
to conciliate American lalsir ; upon the problem of 
mooopoliee, both arc emphatic and vague; upon the 
reform of the civil service, both arc pronounced and 
positive. The Democratic platforms coquet with free 
trade, but nobody believe* that the Democrats in jmwer 
would seriously reduce the revenue raised by foreign 
duties. They “espouse** the “cause of the people" 
against monopolies, but nobody supposes ilmt they 
would radically modify the lavra of property. They 
demand reform in the civil service, but the eye dwells 
upon the action of the party wliere it is in power to 
detect the signs of its eugertioss for reform, but dwells 
in vain. It is the general conviction Unit this is sub- 
stantially the actual situation which holds the parties 
in itntu quo, Members of both |iartie* who are in- 
terested in the newer questions wait and hope to nee 
their own party take the right position, and in the 
mean time they seo no occasion to transfer their alle- 
giance. In the moan time, also, the country contin- 
ue* peaceful and proepereuB. and Republican*, under 
the auspices uf whose party it has become so, natu- 
rally hope to see in the administration at Washing- 
ton evidence that the palpable and pronounced spirit 
and desire of that party, as they have been unequivo- 
cally manifested during the last two years, ore to con- 
tinue to inspire the party councils and action. 


THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SENATE. 

The orguniutiou of tho aerate lias been a queer 
businem. But the Democrats who insisted upon the 
pound of flesh can not complain. It was very fool- 
ish to use their majority— the accident of a day— to 
put themselves in tho succession to the Presidency in 
cose of the removal of the President, because, trader 
the circumstances, all that a Democratic officer could 
do without national disturbance would la- to maintain 
the sfufu quo until a new President should he elected. 
They unwisely sacrificed the prestige of their party 
for a merely apparent advantage, and must have ex- 
pected the tables to be turned at the first opportunity. 
As for “duty,” their only duty was to use their tem- 
porary majority wisely, and they used it foolishly. 

Probably they did not expect that the opportunity 
to turn the tables would present itself so soon. But 
it appeared immediately in the decision of the Repub- 
licans to elect Senator David Davis as Mr. Bayard - * 
successor. Mr. Davis did not vote at all, and Mr. 
Mahore voted with the Republicans. This gave 
them a surer majority than the Democrats had had, 
and will retain Henator Davis in the chair until the 
Republican majority is larger, or until tho Prrsi 
dent pro few. deliberately take* position against the 
Republican*. 

The whole proceeding is amusing, but llie most 
amusing part of it is tluit the Democrat* are ‘ ’ estopped " 
from complaining. If it wn* their right, which, le- 
gally speaking, is undeniable, to elect a President be- 
cause they were a majority, not less is it the right of 
the Republicans, being a majority, to do the same 
thing. The l>emocrats undertook to play a doubtful 
game, and they have been beaten. There is one se- 
rious advantage, however, gained by the Republican 
action. Hie spoils system is now demonstrated to be 
a direct incentive to crime whenever a change of of- 
fice* i* likely to follow a change of the appointing of- 
fleer. This change is believed never to Is- no probable 
ns when by n single death the party control of the 
spoils is changed. That incitement is removed by the 
election of Senator Da vix as next in succession to the 
Presidency. It is a droll businras, but all the con- | 
siderutions and circumstance* of the organization 
should help the extirpation of the master evil of our 
politics. 

CONTENTED PIONEERS. 

“ Tint Akebicak,” referring to a movement of Don 
BekjaJUX Viccha Mackexna. in the Senate of Chill, 
lucking to tlie promotion of judge* by seniority, ray* 
tliat it is just possible that Don KrkjaMIX may have 
better fortune than has attended the pioneer* of civil 
service reform in the United States. But it teems to 
us tliat tbo« pioneers must bo exceedingly unreason- 
able if they complain of ill fortune. No movement 
in the country of similar scope and importance has 
ever made such rapid progress. It is only fifteen 
year* since Mr. J excess introduced his propositions 
111 Congress, but, except by a few ncw*]iapcni and 
magazine*, the topic was hardly seriously diacuxued, 
and when President GllAICT surrendered to tike chief* 
uf the spoils system, the whole matter was thought to 
bo virtually at an end. Indeed, within the lo*t year 
wn have reen the most contemptuous announcements 
that President IIaYEH hud simply slain the thrioe slain. 

Meanwhile, however, the setsl was springing Up a 
hundredfold. In the Interior Department, under Err- 
rotary Stlll'Mt.&nd in the two great custom-house* and 


OCTOBER tt, 1881- 


poat-officca of the country, tho reformed system ho* 
been introduced with such sucre** as to remind tho 
business community that it hail some interest in such 
offices, and stimulate them to ask the continuance of 
the reform. Reform nmociutions are funning from 
Boston to San Francisco. An admirably drawn bill, 
providing for a general and gradual enforcement of 
a national system of appointment. Has been introduced 
in the Senate, with a careful and conclusive report. 
Senators of both parties declare unreservedly for re- 
form. No topic is more generally and earnestly dis- 
cussed by the press. Men of the greatest weight in 
llieir several communities announce their conviction 
of the vital necessity of change. The Republicans of 
MaaaachuM-tt* declare for a reformed system in detail. 
The Minnesota Republicans demand the abolition of 
ofllce-bulding asaeosiiieuia. tlw due reparation of the 
executive and legislative department* of tlie govern- 
ment, and permanent examinations to determine fit- 
ness for appointment. The New York Convention 
promise* support to the reform. The New York 0>XE- 
ux/i machine, the most powerful organization of the 
spoil* abuse in the country, lias been shattered by the 
rejection of Mr. CoKKUNO’a pitiful entreaty to be re- 
turned to the seat which he abandoned m a strategi- 
cal act in hi* warfare upon coiiHtilutional and honest 
politic*, and the action of the State Convention re- 
vealed the unanimity of the popular condemnation of 
him and the sole thing tluil he represent*. The as- 
Kusiiaaliun of the late President, directly duo to the 
» pulls system, has opened all intelligent eye* to it* 
inevitable perils, and the unircraal expression of the 
national and personal grief at hi* death waa full of 
startling denunciation of the evil* of the system which 
has slain him. and of resolution of reform. There is 
no doubt that the Gakfiki.h administration would 
have instituted * general and harmonious reformed 
method of minor appointment, and that the late Pre- 
sident. as he raid in lus Inaugural address, would have 
asked Congress to co-operate with the Executive in 
(wtAhlihhing it. There is a* little doubt that public 
opinion demand* that this purpose shall not be re- 
laxed, and sane kind of Congrenioiial action may be 
fairly anticipated. In any event, at the next Con- 
g re s si onal election candidate* will be dourly ques- 
tioned as to their views upon thi* subject, and they 
will feel that enuuun or hesiLuliou will imperil lhe*r 
election. 

It seems to us tliat the pioneers of civil service re- 
form have as little reason to complain as any body of 
citizens especially interested in a great question ever 
had. Their appeal waa, as every appeal for funda- 
mental political reform in this country must be, to 
the good sense of the people, and the response has 
boon not only swift, but amazing. The twaddle about 
school-ma'am test* and aristocracies has been silenced 
in the indignant outburst of a nation which sees tliat 
it i* the system tliat such sneers are meant to protect 
which has murdered the President. Confessedly 
there is no graver issue before the country. No Con- 
vention con avoid a declaration upon it without con- 
demning itself by its startling Silence. If Don Rrx 
JAHtft VlCUKA Maikekxa has as good fortune os the 
pioneer* of civil nervine reform in the United State*, 
lie will be one of the most fortunate uf Chilian* 


THE PROSPECT IN NEW YORK. 

The result of the election in New York turns upon 
like degree of harmony tliat can he secured in the Re- 
publican party. If both wings should work as hearti- 
ly as they did last year, they will undoubtedly carry 
the State ; but if the defeated wing in the Convention 
should secretly oppose the ticket, as Governor DiX 
was secretly opposed in 1 H 74 , the Democrats will win. 
Undoubtedly there U a disposition among the “ ma- 
chine men” to let their opponent* “elect a ticket 
which they have nominated.'’ The machine insists 
that it is virtually the party. It has even bran lu- 
dicrously asserted that the 8 l, 00 ft Republican vote* in 
the city Last year were due to a kind of organization 
which forbids Her eu -tenths of those voters to havo 
any voice in naming the candidates of the parly 
The machine desire*, above nil thing*, to be consid- 
ered essential to success, in order that it may be en- 
dured u* a uecenaary evil, and it is quite capable of 
quietly procuring the defeat of the ticket, not openly 
and manfully opposing it, or any part of it, upon 
grounds of principle, but *ecretly “cutting" it, in 
order to be able to say that nothing else cau araure 
Republican victory. A careful comparison of results 
after the election will show how far the threats freely 
made at the Convention have been carried ouL 

It is supposed, u|kiu the oilier hand, tliat the hu- 
miliation of President Arthih in the lose of his own 
State, in which ho has hail the credit of organizing 
the victory of lost year with it* 21,000 Republican 
majority, and a loss witbin lees than two months of 
his succewuon to the Presidency, would be a blow 
which tho machine would not wish to inflict upon 
him, and from which his administration would not 
readily recover. Tills is a strong reason for supposing 
that the machine will feel it necessary to do its share 
to show a party majority at the polls. Hut, again. iLs 
conduct in some of the legislative districts, us in the 
j preliminary elections for the State Convention, shows 


OCTOBER 82, 1801. 


707 


it* spirit nf rule nr ruin. Republican mcc«# at the 
poll*, uftw no emphatic » victory over the moat des- 
perate incku of the machine a* vm diaclnaod at the 
Convention, would bo the conclusive proof that ma- 
chine rule i* not neceoKory lo Republican victory, and 
tbftt an anti machine uianagemeut in just ns good for 
the party. This would lx a fatal conclusion for the 
despotic ring tliat haa so long dominated the Republic- 
an party, It would be the Urns of its lost hope. For, 
ou trend at almost every fair Republican primary in 
the State, and overwhelmed in a Convention called in a 
place where the machine could most reutdily browbeat 
and coerw, it haa still one rmource, that of procuring 
defeat as the ground of intusting upon the neetasitjr of 
its control. “ In dealing with the rote of 1&0.0U0 Re 
publicans, you hail better go slow," said Mr. (iBnkue 
Blm in the Convention. This wua a threat that if 
the Convention should lay hand!) on the machine, the 
machine would defeat the ticket. It was hoth a frank 
confession of the clwractor of the machine and an as- 
peraioo of that of the great maos of Republican voters 
in the two cities. But its implication upon the uni- 
chine was undoubtedly correct The liiacliiiie would 
not hesitate to defeat the ticket for what it deemed a 
suQlcieat cause, and the only question is whether it 
holds that cause to exist. 

There is nothing lo be gained for Republican buc- 
eem by playing that there is no division in the party. 
The contest of the last five years would be entirely 
unjustifiable if there were not a real and serious dif- 
ference, involving continued party prosperity. It is 
not, and has not been, a mere personal contest. Mr, 
CoSKUNO has been a salient figure in it, ami has 
given a name to it, because he repreaenla as fully as 
ui»y man the tendencies ami methods which nearly 
cost the Republican party, four years ago, an ascend- 
ency which should have been indisputable for twenty 
years. It is the persistent and unscrupulous attempt 
to identify Coiikhngunn with Republicanism which 
lind well-nigh destroyed Republican domination. It 
v/mt the defeat of Onklingism by Republicanism at 
Chicago which regained tint confidence of the coun- 
try for the Republican party. The anti-tnuchiiie 
declaration is that Republican organisation and sue- 
cetss are not only compatible with independence and 
ael f- res poet and honomblc politicixl methods, but that 
they arc promoted by them. The anti-machine body, 
indeed, is no more exclusively composed of upright 
and exemplary men than the Union army was wholly 
composed of pure patriots. But, for all that, the 
cause which the anti-machine movement serve* is 
the cause of honorable politics. Its success in New 
York would be eucouruging to every American who 
holds Unit practical politics nned not necessarily be 
contemptible and mean. Us defeat would moan no- 
thing more than we have indicated. It would sig 
nify only that the “ machine" preferred to sec a party 
Ixaten which it could not control, in the hope that 
defeat would be accepted us proof of the neoeoaitj of 
that control, and in the expectation that any iujury 
to the prestige of President Annum's administration 
would be overcome before the end of it by tbe return 
of the machine to power. 


THE PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN. 

Tne Republicans of Pennsylvania who support 
Mr. Worn as an anti bins and machine candidate 
ure very resolute. Should the regular candidate of 
tbe party be defeated, it will be because there ure a 
body of Republicans who believe that the success of 
the Camkicun machine would be more perilous to the 
|n»rty, and to all that it liofic* to accomplish, than tluvt 
of the Democratic candidate, In New York two years 
ago a similar Republican protest showed that those 
who made it held the balance of power. Its purpose 
wh to obstruct the course id the party toward a fatal 
policy, and that purpose was accomplished. 

In great State* like New York nod Pennsylvania, 
whore the vote is nearly equally divided between the 
pnrties, such action ofleu controls the result. Repub- 
lican party managers can not remember too constant- 
ly and vividly tliat in a huge body of Republicans, 
on in those Stales, there are always sure to lie enough 
voters who will refuse to be bound by regular action 
which is not honorably and honestly taken. The 
first duty of such manager* is to know that the mere 
party cry and crack of the party whip and volleys of 
vituperation will not frighten nor coerce such voters. 
If the managers regard them an fools and dolt*, and 
soreheads aod ‘'cranks," the managers must reflect 
that if they do not know how to deal with such people, 
they do not know how to manage a party. The only 
corrective and conservative power left to the individual 
member of a party who has been allowed no fair voice 
in deciding tbe party action, or who ho* seen tliat ac- 
tion illicitly determined, is to rebuke it by bis vote. 
The moat perfectly running machine which can not 
grind out the necessary majority of vote* at the poll* 
will noon be put out of gear hv common consent, and 
the only rmourc* left to tbe decent voter uguinsl the 
swindles of caucaam and packed conventions, when 
they occur, is his ballot at tli« polls. 

The Peumylvuuia Republicans who support Mr. 
Woi.rv do no os a protest against an unscrupulous 
system of party management, which, in their judg- 


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ment. endangers the party as a means of promoting 
the public we I fare. They say, in a brief aihlrcss which 
they hare tom ml : “ A* true Republicans we desire the 
continued ascendency of our party, believing that it 
represents tbe better element of our republic, but we 
believe also that no honest citizen can belong to any 
party which is merely an instrument whereby a few 
able and unscrupulous men secure an unlimited lease 
of power.” The Republican history uf the Inst two 
years shows the ability of a few resolute, independent 
men in a party to baffle its “bosses,” and by that 
means to restore the party to prosperity and confi- 
deuce. It is not “ bosses," but the members nf a par- 
ty w ho oppose and defeat them, who serve the party 
most truly. 


THE BRADFORD Ma 

Ax exchange of courtesies between England anil America 
at the culmination of the centennial series at York town 
would be very becoming. The peculiar wataatli of English 
sympathy in oar recent national sorrow, and especially the 
rxprcmions and conduct of the Queen, bare awakened a 
very' rwpmwive feeling, There is a hope that the English 
ting may tw ntinnl anil saluted upani the spot alien it fell 
furever ns a sign of sovereignty over the colonies; and It 
would be very pleasant if the mutual good international 
i ►(lire* shoo Ul tw continued by I be return uf the famous 
Hasnroiu) manuscript history of tlw Pilgrim sotlloiuent at 
l'lyiiMiuth. It is at Fulham, the palace of tbe ItnJiop of 
London, and Mr. Jt inn Vi DMOIt, of the lfarrird Library, 
*d Uprated to Mr. Moti*T, whna tin w*» minister in Eng- 
land. that it would bo a very neat reciprocal iou of our 
sending to tbe Itritinh government some early MS. records 
•>f the Privy Council. Mr- MoiUlY was inaoh iniereeted, 
blit he was rorallnd tiefore anything was accomplished. 

No library likes to part with its treasures, but in this 
raw the loss would to the sign of a good feeling which is 
a greater treasure than the mjmnwiipC 


FIT NOMINATIONS. 

Tn« Republican* in Senator Wakxe* Mount district 
have nominated Mr. C. R. Shlx.NKk as Mr. Millkm's successor 
in tbe Hoose of Kiqirwwnlativa*, nod the Republicans of 
Henan* lunux's district hsvs uumUtatod Mr. J. W. tVana- 
wnmi to m creed Mr Lara AM. They are both admirable 
nominal ion*, of the kiud (hut strengthen any party. Mr. 
Bkikxui has long been a ooMpIcnoa* leader of the anti- 
machine Uepubllcaiis In the Htato Amomhly. and bis Ulnnt- 
lied character ami trained ability in public life peculiarly 
fit him for tbe moot satisfactory wrvire in Congress. Mr. 
Wanswoimi's high personal character, bis distinguished 
service as Comptroller of the Stale, bis apt disposition for 
public affair*, sml hi* otlUicb and sturdy indepetiileMW, 
wtilell were signally apprevrd by his follow-Repnbliuaus in 
IrCD liy the great vote which he received, are the earnest 
of what may lw anticipated frn*i hl» Congressional tanwr, 
Until nomination* are to to unreaerredly eosnmoiidod, and 
aa the nomination ia equivalent to election, tbe country aa 
well aa the Stale is to to ixiiigTaliiUUd. 


THE LINCOLN TYrE 

Tiikh* have torn many striking and admirable estimates 
of the late 1‘midrnt in England, but this, from tbe ApecM- 
tsr, ■* very inlemting: 

" (linienl O isrtiLn sat unknown tore before his wound, except 
SI a man who bsd risen from bottling, and who wished that pubfac 
■Wilts should tw paij ; bat before to died it was recognised that 
the t'nioo hail iWcbd a second President of tbe Lucolx type — a 
strong mail with a oeaseloncc and a will . a man with a character 
trill aid aorioan, though lit up hr fioatoa of that humor, half kindly 
sml half grim, ■ hfch marks the ties* men of the West Eagbsh- 
mi* nml wUli tw tolling lip* bow the President had asked, after 
cm* of Ilia rvlaptrs, * Unw many more rlstKmr am 1 to stop at T* — 
I raving ilia Montana an open qurctlon ; and how to had written 
that ha must, in all acts, have firal the approbation of Jaws A. 
Gibjueld, for to eat and drink and (lore oil through life with a 
man you disapprove! wit unendurable. It is strange that It should 
to so, fur no English atamanas has ever been in the least that 
hied of sum ; but It is so. Englishmen rrcogoiu and prefer the 
I.ixrtiLS typo as dearly is tbeir kinsmen do, and have more loyally 
fur a Lisixoit or liaariiLn tto* for an English Prraid.it like 
Usmans, or s surcecsfnl soldier like Gruvr— one more proof, 
anieaig many, of the ultimate identity nf the two peoples.” 


DR J. O. HOLLAND. 

Trrr sadden death of Pr. HoJJ.aX l>. of whom we give else- 
where an exrvlleot portrait, •*• umkmbtadly a great shook 
to n host of flrivtuU all over the country, who hod no know- 
ledge of tto doom that has menaced him fur six yean. But 
to doubtless knew tliat recovery wm iiupomible, and that 
at any moment the summon* might eotnn ; ami it is tbo 
higtawt illustration both of his eharacter and his faith that 
tlm knowledge only stimulated him to set hi* house in order, 
to that sudden death found him perfectly ready. 

“A voice at midnight name; 

He started up to hear; 

A mortal arrow pierced his frame; 

Ho fell, but felt no fear.” 

Dr. nntxaxiv was in every grad sense a self-made man. 
The poor boy of ilio bills of Western Maasarhnswtto, dili- 
gently working amt reaching; educating himself, master- 
ing a profession, and steadfastly fitting himself for the lit- 
erary sucecoa to which he felt strongly Called ; tto' |Hi|inlar 
moralist and lecturer; Ux popular poet, novelist, aod odktor; 
and alsvays tto |ierfeetly honorable and upright man, stead- 
ily rising in reputation and prosperity, until he was rich by 
hu faithful literary lalmr, and with Injustice to no man— i* 
tbe type of tto Amsrksn who i* generally Celt to be moat 
elmrarreriktleally American. 

I It. IIoi-laxI) was probably tto aurat popular aod widely 
reail of American authors, and bis vogue was of a kiud that 
gave him tto greatest influence, which was always turned 
to moral and noble ends. The quality of bis influence ia 
shown by tto fact that he wo* thn only Amurican author, 
we believe, living or dead, whoae works and career hod be- 


come tbe study of a special society, which aminolly <wle- 
I 'rated bis birthday, and commriiionited the places asso- 
ciated either with his life or his books. Snell a society is 
a tribute of tto siucerest admiration, and thn evidence of 
deep and beneficent influence. 

lb. HOLLA Jin's daily life was quiet and unobtrusive, tbo 
life of all Industrious literary laan. He was for a short 
time couuccteti with the llnant of Vacation In tbia cily, 
tint liik t Hull's and habits were averse to public ofllcial life, 
although ho had a very Cordial sympathy with those mem- 
bers nf tto literary guild who ciigugu actively in public dia- 
cuss bin and iiff.rni. He was very foud of bM beauiiful aum- 
iser retreat, lUinnyrastlo, upon tto hi. La* renew, where Ins 
friendly and generous bospitality will tw lung ntiased and 
rentem tored. True to himself. Dr. HuU-axo w.v* busy to 
tto Isst, »tlll planning fur Ikmuycaatle until to returned 
to tto city, anil ou tbo evening of the tsat day of hi* Ufa 
euoiing home from writing for his magaslcm the words 
whioh will always have a mournful interest a* bis last. 
Tto ib-aili of sucb a nuui is not a private sorrow outy, it is 
a public low. 


PERSONAL. 

Tu* Isle Ret, Itr. hfrior Rurivhim <rs» a strong man, socially 
a* writ SI iiiUlirrtuallj. lie wsi of s large in cod*-. 

brad in m to* hum* kn Ixsuivill*. slid ssi Hotel for boepitalilv. 
AfU-r his fsiimuft cuntroversy wilti l>r Hiumii»*imk, and hit uii- 
MUxmrful effort! lo unto thr two lutding «>nga o-f tl«- Pnwbete- 
risu Cburah, lie gate up in despair, sating lUi " the Church ran 
norcr bo uaili-d until (rud Msls uiv back lu Iirtuwl and takes 
l>r ilaxcxissuci to Himself. * 

— Havoc Gti.i i is awaililr outounoJ.iif hiaiwlf In the rrepccx of 
all right ■ minded citlu-ni by tbe vignreul, Mrsighlfnrwnrd, toel 
nest-like maiiiic* In which be sets alwol rorrurtiug irrrgulariiif* 
and abuses, and hu sumnarT treatfio.-iil of incuoiutuna and itn- 
proper offlttals. The Manx's rrocut inspeetka of the tontawnt 
house dittrlcls, and his exposition of the hurrars uudurgcoe liy 
many of the inmates of die poorer data of tcwcment-lmuNS, bare 
directed public attention to Ibe subject, and It ia hopol that Iwtie- 
firial mil Is may folkiw. flip, cisniinsiion mbs thu cigar suae, 
factories now in p ro gr ess is likely to detelop practlciw “In lhal 
hramh of humaa ewletieor" that will rreato nut a litlie serpriM-. 
Ifi* Honor’s reevnt summary dumiiaa] of a city marshal fur un- 
lawful awl indecent coudurt to a woman si >dcc’ cover of Ilia o«B- 
rial title is still aaraher step m the right direction, ami dunum Is 
the hmni'Mt approval 

— The Bon. I’sisi.ra Foam hat bceo re-elected Governor of 
Ohio, by a plurality variously wtimitrd at from IJ.'XO to *>,«». 
A (HTtrait of hire was ptblirbed in Uiarsa i Wnur for Seputu- 
lerf., l»It 

-Die Hon E. It Humus, who died on the ISih Inst, at his 
tome in Aurora, New Yeek, was one of tbe principal owners o t 
the New Yorit Timm, his interest being next to that of Mr. Gxoaoi 
Jana He was a man nf grml generosity and beacTulcixc, and 
b« death will he sincerely nwumsl. 

— Mm I’lsaio, tto widow of lion. A. K. Psomis, Governor of 
Malar, still livi* at tVashinglim, at die tge nf uuxty-fcve. reuio- 
biy tor mesial and physical favultivi rvinirkahly. l.iriTrrrt, on 
Ku vbit lo tills country In IH21, ilaiiud Tnrtlaud, ami was the gleet 
of Governor 1'ixsia. and Mrs. 1". relate* many iukwreting iocideaU 
and rrminlacfsteoi relating to bis vUIl 

— WhUe Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mii-kat ween ta Huw-khnlns reront- 
It they were cordially received by Ring Okao, ami iavrtod U» speed 
an afternoon at Ilia rooalry aeat. 

—The story of General Almira’s nomination foe the View Presi- 
dency is exceedingly interesting. After die stormy motion that tot 
to the dropping of Givieral (.hast and Mr. Ola in. and (to isunl- 
nalkm of Gewrrsl OisrttLl>, >1 adjourned till evening lo eutaider 
the q oration of Vioa-PresKlrart. II was ococe. led dial tto tuxiu- 
nadon atornM to given to New York, and that the carabdato most 
wnw from tto Ghost element. Direr osruee were mroduimi— 
tovi P. Mumtos, Iras wist I.. Wnunman. and General Aurura. 
When the New York di'legstioa mot, tto two former withdrew, ami 
the latter was avWrtwl by a derided vote. But General Aurora 
otijevtod, as it tod already town agrravl upm by Senator Canusa 
snd hi* fneml* that to ilusild to clnrev) to sacreed Mr. KiosaX 
in tto II Blind Utal.-s SmIh tudra-d, dim reeaH was almost cer- 
tain. Il was only after tto slroagvat poumn of Governor Dss- 
■ms, of Ohio, ml oUires, dial (ieuiwsl Arrsrs yielded his own 
wittos, and alkiwnl hla Damn to to sural In rompieting the ticket. 

— Me (iwsuii Arnnrrr* Kalb dm* tint think eewy much of Pi- 
eman irurah nf die jirvs**t dmc. Us AecUres Uiat the Iseik* and 
|dvtdrea I'tpoarat foe rale in that city ware never mi liad in tbe newt 
corrupt thud of the Empire at in the prareul tbqnildiran epoch. 

— Hecrctssr Kioxwnnn and General Huns, uf Wasliingiun, aro 
Said to to die out; two men now tiling dura wlm to root ost in 
the nrocnsinn which wcVomnl General Lasathttk to Wtohiagbsi 
mb the Iktb of tvttober, 1821. Thee wore then u-liwl mats*, almwt 
etevea year* of age. In Jnas MrLtcm'a smninary, thv pupils of 
whkcli participated III the ccreinunlra of dial day. 

—Mrs Lrcr IIamiitow Hocstla. in on* uf her bright laUsra to 
the Philadelphia TcUftmp A, says that a ihoet tinm ago a foreign 
lady of rank, who was conversing with the (Jucen of Spain rvspsct- 
ing t^wnah manners and customs, askrad tuc Majesty bus she cuuld 
eoidure to lit through a bull-fight. ** Ah !” maid 1 Jcfia (’aiasnss, 
"you know I are very nenr-ngiited, and whenever 1 go to a bull- 
fight, I always forget tn tnkc my creglasics with me." 

—Mr. Mclbau. a Icndieg Englieh slatudeiaa. ealimatns lhat 
Ibe Tniled State* is accumulating wealth at the rate of at least 
(lyMfiiW) a day, or.tn round mid here, at |l,OOO^MD.i)CO a ynr, 
rod that all the inlirstion* point to a rasninuatoc uf tlila eondl- 
tio* Vic are now enjoying a general huunesa prosperity uaywr- 
a lli-led in hiitovy, while die nulcrwl wcaliii of the country toa 
bran added to to an extent alnurat toiond cslciiUdon. 

— Tbe Republican candidate for Governor of Minnrnoca, Gener- 
al Urnsani, at a native of Troy, and commenced his Western lito 
u an editor. 

—It ia raid of Senator Ernst sn* that during hit sixteen year* of 
rerrire in the Senate to has never revised a speech for publica- 
tion. He never utew notes, and knows exactly what he means be- 
fore hr rise* from hia chair. 

— Tto venerable publisher Mr. Sinrsov Low, of London, Lu 
latterly been teiwnl with Borrows. Of right sons, seven have died, 
and the remaining rax, Mr. Mirmsw tow, rraidrs in this city. 
Mr. WTiiAtaw Hr«tr tow. an active member uf the firm of Saunas 
III* * Co, from whirh (to senior partner withdrew n few ynir* 
since, diral tto tith of Sf|Hrantor, sincerely mourned by a largu 
Issly of liuaiaes* sMa-ialti and private frieesfe. A modest, grar- 
ere*is, divntnl, and high wiiidid nu, to po rawed tto traiidees 
Uwaw of Ida way, RiufinR draw, amid imwaraut hoslnee* avooaiiun% 
to promoU entorprura of pradknl charily, In wliurai cundsct Ilia 
mgsrity and gvtilla humanity ran lint waaily to replaoral, Tin) 
{‘uKliekirt' fXreu f ar waa under hia lnuinraw control, and his n-lc- 
dull* with all ixwmra-uid with it were nuwl fiiranily. Il « dm 
I W mi ■ lodge of tto Uiiiuneo of such sura, whirh m pnl.Iiriy reveobd 
often only by ttolr duadi, that ctowr* dm faith ia human nature 
[ which la one of the great cunsotslkiaa of Ufa. 




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THE ATLANTA EXHIBITION. 

Til* lxwt “ exhibit" of *11 *t tile great cat- 
ion fair at Atlanta, Georgia, is on* tlial I* 
nut act down in any ii»t of tbo things shown 
then, far untiring in iho fair is an r novum- 
Kindly significant o* the exhibition made 
by tbo managers of courage, ability, ftnscgy, 
f o run It lit. anil alt I Ik no other qualities which 
go to make u|i what n« call enterprise. 

The creation of the exhibition baa been, 
Indeed, an achievement for Georgia anil lb* 
booth to be prowl of, and f«>r all «f M to re- 
ewgtitf e • ith admiring import. The scheme 
of a fair vm not seriously considered until 
the end of last February ; the charter under 
which it ia held woa granted in April; the 
Bret coni tart w» nut let until the laat of 
May, and ground wo* broken tin the Ut of 
.lime; yet at tho appointed time, on the Mh 
of October, the great fair wan opened, with 
buildings ami arrangement* in a stale of 
approximate eonipU-teneos which ia very 
rare Indeed on the vpvirilig day* of auch 
exhibition*. 

Meauliin* the uheme bod been radical- 
ly altered, the iliroenMoDs |>r<ip<amd for the 
building* hod been greatly Increased, and 
every plan arranged nt the outset hail been 
revised and enlarged. Tbe tnak accomplish- 
ed might well have ootwplsd a year, or two 
years eveo, if Atlanta bad been a large in- 
stead of a small city, and tbe vigoruua skill 
in management which has u»rt and over- 
come all difficult mo, and finished the work 
within «o brief a pertod, i» the bc*t proof 
the country haa yet received of the indomi- 
table energy aud fine capacity of tvoitlivm 
men for the practical conduct of coin pi ma- 
ted Inisiusss undertaking*. Tbe Seiutb, in 
which those qualities wets M00 supposed 
to be characteristically lacking, has by tills 
lierfunnance fairly won the admiration of 
the North, which boa always cultivated these 
particular virtneu. 

In this and similar tespects the cotti>u 
fair rellerta a chauge in the Sooth of which 
close obarxvera hare been awsre for several 
years, and the change Is In every way good. 
Tbe old do vo t ion of Southerners to a single 
industry — agricnlture — w** the fustol-p*r- 
ont of many virtues evelaiuly, hut it was 
attended by many diaadvanUgea. If it 
1 1 real a love ot home and of nature, and en- 
couraged a cerium comwrvatisM which Is in 
itself a source of strength aud luauliuea*. it 
sUhhI in the way of that complexity of life 
which stimulates intellectual activity, and 
it created precisely the conditions that pro- 
duce tbe peculiar uarrowneas of horizon 
railed provincialism. A community which 
devotes itself exclusively to the cultivation 
of its Belli* is apt to live nod think aud act 
within the boundaries of its llehl*. It l* 
variety in interest* ami Industrie* that pro- 
duces alert activity of mind ; it it commerce 
that teaches meu to look beyinul the imme- 
diate lion ton. oud bring* them iuto active 
sympathy with tueo. 

' The graceful but aeiui uiediwval ideals of 
th* old South have given plane daring those 
Utter rears to the ideal* of the nineteenth 
centory ! Mid w bile something ha* hoeu lost, 
without doubt, in tbe chain:', far more has 
been gained. Tim opportunities and pro- 
spects of every yonng man in tbs South are 
bettor now, because of tbe newly awakened 
interest of the Southern people in th* ma- 
terial development of that region. Tho new 
and increasing variety of industries there 
gives opportunities that were wanting for- 
merly to those young men whom tastes and 
capacities fit them foe other puranits than 
agricnlture, and tbe increased activity, tbs 
greater atrem of life, eonaaqndut upon tho 
change, furnish a strong and healthful stim- 
ulus to intellect and character. It is not in 
a life of qniet routine that wen's mind* and 
characters are brought into tbeir beat con- 
dition, but in a strenuous life which makes 
great demand* upon intellectual ami moral 
Ksiwrcsi. 

The change that ha* come over the South, 
of which the great fair at Atlanta is at otic* 
a result and a sign, has been lamented by 
some warm friend* of that region oa a change 
in the direction of sordid materialism. A 
clown observer, himself u Southerner, laid re- 
cently in conversation something like this: 
-Oar people are losing their high ideals; 
they are Imooming alieurbod in huaiimss af- 
faire ; they care only fu» building railroads 
and factories and to* ns, and for developing 
material reemircm. They are learning to 
worship Mammon, and to adore prosperity ; 
thuy care nothing fur literature or art, and 
I fear the day is distant w hen they w ill do 
aught to fisder either. We shall never have 
a Southern literature or a Southern art if 
Chi* tendency i» not checked-" 

The answer to this ia obvious. A dis- 
tinctively ftoatbem literal ure or art I* im- 
possible in any case, and not to lie desired 
if it were pcweibl*. I.tterntura and art are 
not matters of geography, anil iu their bust 
retatre they cau not exist if choked by pro 
vincisliMi of sentiment. To coniine either 
within such bounds is to destroy it. But 


if dwtinrlively Southern art mid literature 
are not to bo looked fur, there la nothing in 
the present tendencies of Southern life to 
forbid the hope that Sonthpm men and w«- 
mnn may share equally with the people of 
otlier parta of the country in the creation 
of literature and art that are not Southern, 
or in auy other way provincial. On the con- 
trary, all otwirvallon teaches os that the 
conditions u«w coming into existence iu 
that region are precisely those out of which 
literary and artistic activity grows. 

Art la dependent upon a market for its 
products quite as positively as agriculture 
or any other industry it; and with tbe 
growth of wealth in the death there will 
ciwnc that ability to pnrehuse work* of art 
which atone give* to art its opportunity. 
With literature tho caso is even stronger. 
Tho old Ilfs denied and the new life fur- 
nishes to literary activity not only its mar- 
ket. bat its materials also. Literature is al- 
ways and nwcewmrily the illustration of life, 
and where life lack* complexity, where its 
light* and shades are few and simple, where 
it ia without strain ot strews of any kind, 
tho materials at the literary worker's com- 
mand are few and poor, and bis work Is soon 
completely done. It is not in dead Lands 
or laods that sleep thnl literature aud art 
thrive. It was living ftrewes that created 
Greek literature and Greek sculpture. It 
was tho Borne of the Republic, of tbe 
('.mums, ami if lit* powerful Pvpea, not the 
retrograde Romo of later days, that gave 
na the claiaic Latin literature, aud that art 
In the memory of which Italy still live*. 
Among modern state* we look to Uorauuiy. 
France, and England, not to Spain, or emu 
to Sweden, fur the fruits of Literary ur ar- 
tistic activity. 

It I* not In merely mnteiial inUrrats, 
therefore, that the chauge reflected in the 
Atlanta Exhibition gives protuiie of a fair 
future fur the South. The now impulse felt 
there u an impulse of growth which will af- 
fect all intercuts. It will stimulate iolel- 
h'otual not too. than physical activity. As 
the newly established cotton mill* give in- 
creased opportunities to the old agriculture 
as well a« to anochauic nets, so the new ma- 
terial activities will stimulate all InteJUwt- 
nol and mural enterpriaes, while directly 
seeking only thrift. 

Governor CotXJVITT, Iu bis address at the 
opening of tbo fair, suggested something 
of all this when he spoke of tbo influences 
that l he fair i* likely t«> exercise iu liroud- 
ruling the view* of all wire participate in It, 
and in bringing the Southern people Iuto 
closer relations with Ul* moll of other re- 
gions, and heartier sympathy with lliu ani- 
mating principles of luodvru life. He might 
b*vo added thnl the fuir i* in itself proof 
that morlT of this la already accomplished. 
No people not in sympathy with all that is 
best in oar industrial age coaid have planned 
ami rx«cutv4'tfcls Cotton Fair, which is a 
broadly comprehensive industrial ethllH- 
tioa, restricted only in iibbm) to interests 
evaoertvd with ooUou 


rDegoD Is ll.imV Wiuli Na lira] 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

Ur JAMES PAVN, 

Act* ns or •• Pain, Buts,* " Usuis On lloje," 
"WutnV Wow,* " Wwu; 

" Wait Ha Crar Sn,‘ nu 


CHAPTER IX. 
a qitxnnx or ta»tk. 

Wuatkyui might have Ikhiu the London 
opinion an poor Mr. Lyster's case a month 
or two ago, by the time November had seen 
its last fog It was clear that he bod hut a 
few weeks to liva. Ilis frame hod shrunk 
to skeleton limits; neither food nor wine 
seemei to lend him rtrength, and on his ca- 
daverous fora was written, so plain that it 
needed no doctor to read it, tbe summon* 
which brooks no denial. Yet up to the 
last few days ht bait replied to all ioqnirica 
that ho was “ better ; yew, on the whole, cer- 
tainly better" ; aud the light of hope hud 
seemed to hum, though waveringly, in bia 
hollow eyes. Wliat had kept him allvu was 
known to no one hot himself, as ofteu hap- 
pens; for though we tell oar fears from 
aoane superstitiiKi* notion that if revealed 
they are Iraa likely to he fulfilled, we keep, 
for the some reason, our expectations to 
oared re*. 

Every morning, on Mr. Lyster's waking 
and finding himself still alive, his Brat in- 
quiry was for the post, and the letters that 
his trembling hand opened with the great- 
est Impatience had a largo seal with a hint 
HjMin them. He bad hod a good many such, 
and they were all of the official kind. The 
secretary of the Halcyon Society was always 

acknowledging hia favor of tbe Inst-, 

and begging to assure him that tbe subject 
of it was under tho brat consideration of 
the society. The proposition of Mr. I.ynts-r 
was, however, a peculiar one, nnd indeed 


niiii|iie; it was impossible, as he (the arere- 
tory) hail already hud tbo honor to inform 
him, that tbe llaluyon Society could deal 
with an gigantic a matter saigle- handed, 
but that nogntiationsbod been opened with 
certain other aociuliiw on the basis of the 
terms agreed npon between the society and 
Mr. Lyster, and as soon as the secretary 
should tie in a position tv report progress, 
Ur. Lyster should tie at oncu njiiiainiiicated 
with. The rurrmpoudciM* wna polite aud 
prompt tttongh, bot oa for tbe businem, it 
hung o*i hand must tediously. Mr. Lyster, 
a business man himself, eon til guns* liovr it 
bung, wailing for this board-room of direct- 
ors and for that, puntjxinvd for some official 
reason or for none, and accelerated by no- 
body, as if weeks were of no matter, though 
weeks were now lire ante unit of time with 
which be hod to deal, ami as if death itself 
were a mere fiction of tliu law. At last 
there arrived a letter more polite than all, 
informing him of Hie failure of tbe whole 
undertaking. Tim Halcyon, an enterprising 
young society, which had its way to make, 
would not have been unwilling to risk tho 
Insurance for a proportionate premium, but 
tbe older offices to which It had applied Itsd, 
after bo me coqoetting. definitely declined to 
voter with them iuto the speculation. 

Mr. Lyster had takeu the precaution tv 
open this communication in lib vwn private 
spsrtiireut, av that duo* were witnesses tv 
the manner in which ho revolved it. For 
tbe moment it mimanopd lum qnlls ; he lay 
lack iu his chair with the letter vu his 
knee* as though it hail loom his death-war- 
rant. ltat the nature of the man, as of must 
of those who have borne British commerce 
•boulder high, was to fight Mid not to 
yield ; to treat misfortunes even of the dir- 
est kind ua a bad debt to be wiped out and 
forgotten. Presently be rose up gently, and 
taking from lit* disk tho Halcyon corre- 
spondence ( ireatly and appropriately tied up 
with rest tupe) threw tbe whole of it Into 
lb" lire. Then Ire took out certain accounts 
and compared their total, which was very 
seriously on tire debtor’s side,* Ith tbe gains 
<>f tbe llrtn up tv I be cud of tbe year. It 
left an insignificant balance to hi* credit. 
Then, for the fiftieth tiuie.be glaiici-il at tlm 
figure* w hich re promoted the probable pro- 
fit* «f tlm firm for the caning y ear. Hod 
tho Halcyon consented to hu ptojHiution, 
he might have counted that £Ht'.U*>, tlm 
premium, as being already in hi* pocket, 
laid up for tho advantagu of Hkmu who 
should cotire after hiiu ; bat now —now there 
was but otiv means by which he cuald se- 
cure it to them. He uiast live. To any one 
who beheld hia emaciated fraure and waded 
feature* such a rewrite would have scorned 
a mockery. Hut it Is dlfflcnlt tv set limits 
to the victories of human persoverauwi. 
Through tiure and trial tbe juggler aceoan- 
pllsbes with vase what to tbo uninitiated 
seems uiratnluiu-- the whole history of per- 
fection in a nutshell ; and would it not Iw 
pomibls for a man, w ith no other purpose in 
view hnt life, to live under conditions which 
would render it impossible in another where* 
efforts wore levs couccutrated on that ob- 
ject I 

“By Heaven, I'll Ure through ill” ex- 
claimed the sick man, striking hia wasted 
hand upon tlia desk, "if it's only to teach 
that fellow to have a littlo pluck.’ 

The “ fellow’ was Dr. Bell, whom Ire thus 
associat'd must llkiglciilly with the refusal 
of tlio Halcyon to temporarily insure hia 
life; hat the aspiration was characteristic. 
Neither Ire nor his partner, Sir IV ter, had 
boon over deficient In ivunmeroia] courage, 
and, to aay truth, in audacity, and they bail 
a very cvosHlerablo contempt fur threw, who 
were. What had hvlpvil to waste sod wear 
John Lyster for tho laat few weeks had 
been anxiety as to tbe coarse that might be 
taken by othure. He was auxiou* now, bat 
one of tbe worst factors of apprehension bad 
been eliminated dependence. Tlm fight 
was now between Fats and him alone, lie 
roan somewhat mure feebly than nature 
dictated, with tbe idea of Imshtuiding Ilia 
strength ; his face showed it. It hod lost 
its haggard took. 

As hn entered the drawing-room he heard 
a voice near to faun observe, with soma heat, 
"lam i|iiil« content tv Iobto tbe matter to 
my niicte's Judgment." 

‘‘And what ia it you want my opinivu 
a pern, Herbert V 

*' I did not really mean to trouble yon, 
Uncle John,'* exclaimed Herbert ; " but we 
were having a diacuauon, anil I promised to 
make you referee.’ 

" A dlstuMdon r 

“ Well, hardly that," explained IVrey, 
with his pleasant smile, which he had net, 
however, Ihhiii previously wearing, as the 
old man had noticed on his entrance- " We 
were merely arguing a question of taste; 
nothing of any couae'jnence,’ 

"Tbara I differ fm« yon," Mid Herbert, 

in his resolnte way. 

“ Come, Clare,’ smiled the old man, seat- 
ing himsslf by hi* daughter'* side, aud tak- 


ing her hand, which trembled a little, (a 
bis own, “ what is Uiis matter which, 
waJgbty ur not, It arem* requires an umpire 
to decide f" 

“It is shunt this bonk -a new novel; 
flilkfjfio is the usms of it — which Percy 
recominciiiU, and Herbert objects to. I real- 
ly can not imagine" (tbit with a reproachful 
look at her onusiti > “ it cau be worth making 
sorb a faw about.” 

"I am eon tent that year father shall 
judge between IVrey and me," said Herbert. 

Perry laughed sardonically. 

** I uibmi upon tlieomnleortbeqnralion,’ 
said Herbert. “ Pray pat mysrlf amt Percy 
out of yoar mind, air. If yon do not thiuk 
it a vile book, altogether unfit to be in a 
young lady* hand — “ 

•' My cviuiu lent it me,” pnt in Percy, gen- 
tly : “the aathuress ia Mildred's favorite 
writer.” 

•'Then I do not envy Mia* Fiblwrt her 

*' Quiet ! quiet r Mid the sick man, looking 
from out young fellow to (fan other with 
grave fare. “ Yon have both road it, of 
course V Percy nodded. Herbert aaid : 

" No, sir; I havu wMimthing elm tv du than 
to read each stuff; but 1 know what it ia 
about.'' 

"fly intuition, I snpjKiae I" said Percy. 

" I diure say lie has read hoiiis review of it." 

“That is qaitc true. and it gave u*n“ — 
hern bu made a gesture of disguM— "no 
wish to nialu* any ooamr ac*quaiutaucc' with 
the thing itself." 

"Still, if yurt have not read it, Herbert,” 
said Mr. l-yalwr, gsatly, “Mid Purey has, he 
ought to know noire about It ; and if kr wo, 
iw objection to Clare's reading It — rnnom- 
toeuda it. even, she says— eh f" He looked 
lUmlitfnlly at Percy, and took up the vvl- 
umc in dispute. "What's it all almut — 
what's tbe plvtl" 

" Woll, that would be nnfair to tbe an- 
thur," bniltated Percy; “mi* mustn't jodgs 
from extracts. Ileaidea, I could acareely toll 
yon just now, sir." 

" That is to aay, be ran not explain before 
Clare, - observed Herbert, scornfully, “tfa* 
alory be has given Clare to read." 

» Pooh! pooh! I'll look at it myself this 
evening," said Sir. Lyster, with a frown. 
“Now yoa have become an engineer, Her- 
lirrt, yon want in break butterflies upon 
wheels, it seems." 

The little pleasantry was well intended, 
but it failed to smooth matten. It was 
never easy tv stir Herbert from any position 
be had taken up, while Percy, though for 
the present he might well consider he hail 
got tbo iN'Uvr of*his adversary, looked very 
ill tatis&ed. Clara, unwilling nans* of tbe 
disagreement, sat with tronblcd brows, will- 
ing RrittrJUn in the fire or the sea. Upon 
Urn whole, she preferred Herbert's Judgment 
to that of Percy, bat then slie preferred 
Perry to Herbert, and since the former, her 
ibntlnrd b Us Lukiwl, hiul bnMght her tbe hook, 
she was naturally distmued to Itsar liis 
taste qncslionetl. aud disinclined to And 
fault with it. Tbo mot* naoomfvrtalde of 
tlia whole party, however, save far tho 
thought which dominated him, and com- 
pared with which all oilier* were of small 
occuiuit, won Id have been Mr. l.yslor him- 
self. Tbe rivalry between Percy aud Her- 
bert was knvwu to him, though not to Clare. 
Tlio girl only know that tbs young men 
"got on badly together,” and thought it a 
pity that it was so, since each was an nice 
iu his way; hut she quite understood that 
those way* were different, and iaoumpatilile 
with frirndahip. Iler father knew that, aud 
much more. 

Amongst country folk, admiration for 
one's neighbor ia of Tory alow growth ; ex- 
amples of intelligence am so rare uuoug 
IIkoii, llist it is |wrha|is not worth while to 
lie on the look^mt for theun ; tlwy are con- 
tent tv wait until distinction baa been con- 
ferred no them from without, when they 
honostly confess, 

~sttlnacb they ll«ed not 4oor. 

Tlwy sane kiirw this twiH ass Mwe.* 

Hat in mannfactnritig towns where rw-ien- 
tific geniases spring up pretty often, tlilngw 
am different. Tlicre were noany men In 
fitokevllle who had ]iredl«t«d a gulden fu- 
ture for Herbert Newton, aad Mr. I.yntcr 
whs rail' of I hem. In dll things concerning 
which that gnntleniMi might pretend to 
have sosdc knowledge tho lad dutiiigntalird 
himself, aud had given premiss of much 
more. Hia oooduct, except for a certain 
obstinacy which had occasionally o|>pomwl 
itself foaraqaurc to nnthority itself, boat 
liven always whut it should be; a man, as 
St<ikcvi!lu lu its literary Philistinism term- 
ed it, thoroughly "reliable," dilignut, per- 
severing, ingenious, patient— iu a, word, 
bound tv win. 

litanies Mr. Lyster** knowledge of tlreae 
facts, there were peculiar ri-aaous t hat «<n- 
dciuvsl (bis young man tv him. Klrat, his 
sou had turned out a ne'er-do-well, nud in 
Herbert be hail Cnund, in aouw sort, a sob- 
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might leave Clara with confidence ; and 
Umu he had dune, nr might do (for the mat. 
ter was uol yet «rttli\ a great wrong to 
Krrhert N*»tofl, wliW-h perhaps made him 
yearn toward him room than all. He had 
not delta it m ignorance either, hut the 
w roug had *reuied so fur off that be hail 
abut it out fr«» hi* ralrelatiofi* — which, 
alas, bad proved erroneous. Ho well k»w 
that Herbert would never have an behaved 
to him, whit-h waa wormwood ; but it waa 
the very " itnliketicaa" of the lad'* nature to 
hi* own, tlio mu* that the other waa rieh 
whore ho waa poor, that enhanced hia ail 
miration for hint. Bat now aiaon Clam haul 
rhuwen for henudf, though in hia Judgment 
wrongly, Mr. Lyater felt that he should do 
what ho could to make thing* pleasant. He 
had been very careful, ainre her eng*g*“ 
mvsit lout boon net Clod, to bo civil to the 
inau who would hold hia daughter’ll future 
in hie bauds, anil uot to ehuw favoritism to 
Herbert. But the Mollwtiun of iwi yours, 
during which iu all the squabblfvt at the 
null ha hail hacked Herbert, aud during 
which at hotaa be bad been his father, aldrr 
brother, and friend in one, could not. aa lie 
wua well aware, bn o sally effaced from a 
mind so sensitive to impressions aa Terry'*. 
Ilc-Dce it waa that this new disagreement 
between Him twu young man was very pain- 
ful to the sick man, though be strove to 
moke light of it. ‘‘What dims it mat- 
ter f” he waa saying to hinuwlf even now; 
“ *U*t dues anything matter, If I ran only 
live a little longer t” — a method of mitiga- 
ting calamity which, though philoaophio 
tnnngh, baa flavor 1*0*11 of much practical 
utility. The poaitlon was very unpleasant 
for all partica, and tbe silenrc aggravated 
ita euiharroaunent. Parry waa the first to 
break It ; It wua more naaentlal for him than 
for any of the others to moke matters 
smooth, ami perhapa be was the only one 
e<|ual to that ta»k. He hail perfect self- 
(aiMteasloci, a winuing monuar, and that sort 
of wit which turns, if it can not blunt, tbe 
sword point of antagonism ; he had tact 
tun, which led him tit the picsent iuatam-c 
not to shirk the subject in dispute (which 
would have been a tar it acknowledgment 
of its import amok but to return to it, though 
iu light Caalnup. 

“ It docs really oatnuish me. Newton" (ho 
never called him by his Christian name, its 
the r«wl of the worid dkl, itowu to lh« mill 
hands), " to hod yon so hard upon those 
laily novelists. You spare neither sex uor 
— aa I should judge in Hie present instance, 
ainco tlio outline*** has • ritton a good many 

** I au.il nothing against lady novelists." 
answered Herbert, in a lone lh« gravity uf 
which coil tnwt III callously with the other's 
airy trifling. “ On tiro contrary, I think 
some of them boat the men. I only spoke 
of that section of them who deliberately, 
and for the nako of popularity, write with 
familiarity upon matters on which 1 do not 
say no lady, hot no boned young woman, 
should ever ao much aa think, Moreover, 
what is still wane, they endeavor to per- 
anade their loaders that all English gentle- 
men are like the fashionable sroiliidrvls they 
depict, aud all English lodtca are — wall, 
Irka themselves. It la quite a new plagne 
in letters." 

** Nay. there you are w rung, my ilsar fel- 
low. In reading an old English clootie the 
other day I eomc screws this passage con- 
cerning novel -writing ; ‘That branch of 
business is now engrwurd by female writ- 
era. who publish for the propagation of rir- 
ton, with so mnch case and spirit and deli- 
cacy, with knowledge of tho butiiau heart, 
and ail in tba aefeue tranquillity of high 
life, that the reader is not only enchanted 
by their genius, but reformed by thuir mo- 
rality.' ” 

“Gad, that's good," smiled Mr. Lystcr. 
“ Wild says UP' 

“ flmoHctt, sir." 

“ Then Smollett was a prophet aa well aa 
a satirist," ax claimed Herbert. 

“ tY hat a memory you have, Percy ” re- 
marked Clare, admiringly. “ 1 can repeat 
poetry pretty well If It Uk«« bold of ino; 
hut pro**, never." 

At this moment Gerald entered, accompa- 
nied aa usual by a strong smell of tobwoeo 
smoke. Tlie sight of Urn family conclave a 
little atamiod hint, far be didn't like family 
eonelavca; ho suspected them of having re- 
ference to liis own peccadillo**. His fa- 
ther's mild " How are you, Gerald I" howev- 
er, rv- assured him. In these latter days Mr. 
Lyater'a manner had been tender, almost 
pleading, with his son ; perhapa because hi* 
time on sarth was growing so short . bnt also. 
It la fair to asy. because Gerald's own be- 
havior had decidedly improved. He *1111 
absented himself a good deal from home, hut 
that could lw borne ; while under the pater- 
nal roof his ways hod become quiet, and 
even subdued. 

" I really hope Gerald is taming over a 
MW leaf," Clare hod salil to Terry. 

" Jt la possible," he hod answered, with a 


shrug of hU shouhlera, aud In a tone u bkh 
sceim-d to add, “ Everything is possible.” 

She had mode the same observation to 
Herbert, and be hail answered, grimly, *' You 
are sang in mi." 

“But what does it mean— I mean his liv- 
ing so docile and practicable all of • sud- 
den r 

“Mischief." 

“ You never seem to credit poor Gerald 
with a good motive,” she bad replied, al- 
most angrily. 

And Herliert hail not disputed that Im- 
putation. HU kilswa were Axed upon that 
point, u well they might be. Far wheu 
a young gentleman of seventeen bus torn 
convicted of pouring paraffine on a live 
cat anil setting Are to it, it is difficult for 
any one hat a humanitarian to entertain 
much hope of him. Clare did l»«t know 
aliuiit the cat, hut she know of other things 
u hlch iim.lv her much more distrustful of 
her half- brother's coating to good than she 
cared to admit. 

To son him glam* at Percy (whom he 
/mired], slid at Herbert (whom be hated], 
and at hia sister (whom he envied], and then 
at hia father (on w hom death ami It* cou- 
Hn|iM'tic*s lie wua always speculating), and 
in that stealthy furtive way which his feline 
victim might have bequeathed to him, did 
not open a very promising moral vista, 
lie hail come f-u something w Inch Just at 
present he conlil not obtain <it waa a ]»- 
ruuinry loan from Clam and ss he couhl 
scarrely leave the reotu ImuMsltaiely, and 
wilhont explanation, went wandering up 
and down it, taking up Ibis ami thnt. after 
the manner of such culm III a drawing- 

“ Hallo, Clare, 1 congratulate yon," lie 
suddenly exclaimed; “yon have got a read- 
able book from the library at lad. I can't 
a ay my taste Is yours In a general way, hut 
here I am with yon. It's the moat sernuop- 
tioua novel out.’’ 

And he held ap that unfortunate copy of 
Butler If ir* Mr. l.ystor had by this time well- 
uigh forgotten, and which I'ercy had mad* 
up hia mind to drop in bis pocket, and never 
to bring back ngsin- 

"Oive me that book," aaid his father, 

" What! are yaw going to read It, govern- 
or f Oh. Lor !" 

“ Yee, 1 am, since tl hna bo«B sn fortunate 
aa to secure your approbation." And he 
took possession of it accordingly. 

It has been said that it is bettor fug the 
furl n live of a bonk to he abused by the crit- 
ics than not to he noticed at all, hut there 
are some critics from whom praise is such a 
doubtful compliment that obscurity is pre- 
ferable to li- 
ft" as marrisuaw) 


THE BALTIMORE ORIOLE 
“GKLEHUATION. 

A errr decked In holiday at tire, and brave 
with tings, banner*, streamers, breadths of 
colored bnnting.and wreaths of flower* from 
end to end, mid Its streets and window* till- 
ed with crowds of merry pleaaurc-scckcre, 
ta at any time a pleasant sight ; bnt when a 
great city suddenly emerge* from the deep- 
est mourning, and doll* tbe sosnhni Mark 
worn for many days to don her mowt brilliant 
gala dn-M, tbe transition is most startling 
and effective. Broil was the ruse lust work 
in Baltimore npon the occasion of her lir*t 
Oriole Fostival. Only the week before, her 
streets bad hern shrouded in deep nurr- 
liered black, while on Monday of Iasi week 
they were as gay and brilliant aa color and 
light cooUl make them. The prevailing col- 
ors wet* black and gold — the color* of Lord 
Baltimore, the color* of tbr -Slate of Mary- 
land, and the color* of the bird from which 
tho festival derive* its name, and which 
Baltimoreans fondly claim as “oar hied." 
Striving for pre-*«Jilii*or>« with three worn 
tho ml, white, and blue aa represented by 
the Tricolor -displayed every where in hon- 
or of the distinguished French visitors, who 
staid in BaltliiKiro long enough to partici- 
pate In tbe “ Oriole" before proceeding to 
Yorktown — and the giuriows Stars and 
Stripes. With three tlio Hags «f Germany 
and Great Britain were blended lu perfect 
harmony, and the whole combiued to pro- 
duce an effect of color kaluidoacopio and 
bewildering. 

Like all uitlre in which Hoiitbern blood 
(onus an Important clement, Baltimore em- 
braces every opportunity for a fretival. aud 
fonnd in tho completion of tire splendid wa- 
tnr-vapply system, tbe arrival of her guests 
from over the wstcr. and the approaching 
celebration at Yorktown aa occasion too 
good to lw lout. In casting about for a 
nsrne to apply to a festival that waa not in 
celebration of an anniversary, nor yet dedi- 
cated to any one imrlirvilar event, the man- 
agement hit happily upon one so distinct- 
ively local that it can not be assumed by 
nor ita identity ounnecied with any other 
city. 

Tl» firel day *M devoted to a parade of 


civic ami military organisation*, and tlwi 
formal turning on aud presentation to tbe 
city uf ||h< new water supply drawn from 
the (in n powder River, of which w» full a 
description was given in IMhitb'* Wkki.t 
of tli* •*!b of October. The furmalitlra in- 
cident to this occasion were wiloereed by 
many thousands of people on Monday after- 
noon in Monnuu-nt Kjuare. 

Tin* wvutber of the second ilay wn* as 
beautiful as that of the lirvt, aud from earl# 
morn mg until doao of day vast ouinlwr* or 
visitoni |ioiired into tho city over Ita vari- 
ivn* railway* anil waterway*, and by private 
conveyance, until it waa full, and it seemed 
os though there wn* room for no more. Al- 
though tho visitor* came thus early, the 
great attraction of the dav anil of tho en- 
tire festival — tlm •• Parade of tbo Mystic*”— 
was reserved for the ovemng. lu tbe mean 
time the tbroiigm of holiday makers were 
trusted to military music freon Gilmore's 
liaml, tho banal of the Fifth Maryland Ke- 
gimcnL and the Marine Baud from Fort 
Mullrawy, which were stationed in the va- 
nuu. oquiinw of the city, aud to a series of 
interesting athletic gniiii-n, to which admit- 
tance was free to all, at Newington. Thou- 
sand* and thousands of people resisted these 
■Utraclioim, and contented themselves with 
•imply wandering through the sirred*, and 
enjoying their gay coloring and busy life. 
From these it was Hint tbe more thrifty 
KaltlniiWraiM, oho had embarked in the fes- 
tival enterprise os a speculation rather than 
from tbe love of u holiday, began to realise 
their hope*. In Hie retail «toren the throng* 
of would-be purchaser* were too great to tie 
waited upon, slid from the hotels more peo- 
ple were turned away than could lw accom- 
uiorintod. For otic* Baltimore had more 
business than she could attend to. 

That the willingaess to turn an honest 
penny when occasion idler* is not entirely 
confined to the dueller* of more northern 
eittew was shown along the proposed route 
of tbe evening proreosion by tbe erection 
upon every available spot of observation 
stands, seats upon which sold readily for 
fifty eenta apiece. Thrifty householders 
leased their door-step*, wiudo**, balconies, 
and even their hiitiN'-ti>]M. All were dnijied 
with llaga and limiting, ami everywhere 
was displayed the Oriole. Never before 
was such an astonishing knowledge of omi- 
tledogy displayed as was hero shown by 
the iugenioiiB delineator* of this marvellous 
Mill. Hn aiMUliieil at one* tbe color* auil 
attribute* of every bint oommou to this lat- 
itude, from eagles to sporrnns. He w aa of 
all colors, and in every position. On tho 
ends of silken nock-tba and scarf* worn by 
young men and women iu thn street* he 
looked nut unlike a butterfly, and on the 
medals decorating the breasts of these same 
enUiosinaU he became the eagU ef oar sil- 
ver coiungti. But under all his disguise* he 
wua never mistaken for aught elm than 
what ho waa Intended to lie, for ho w*» in 
•very coae conspicuously labelled “ Balti- 
more Oriole," 

By seven o'clock in the evening every 
available paint along the route of the pro- 
cession from which it might tw viewed 
waa occupied, anti all ordinary street trav- 
el ami traffic were suspended, For an boar 
thn detum throng* waited In auiioiM an- 
ticipation, then tho tolling ef a groat hull 
waa heard for np Kalaw Street, and the dis- 
tant flashing of many lights, the glare of 
colored Area, and the faint strains or martial 
music announced the approach of the page- 
ant. The display consisted of thirly-cigbt 
huge “ float*." nr pint fotiis* of limber, mount- 
ed on car trucks, and drawn by gayly ca- 
parisoned horse* along the street-car tracks, 
bodies of horsemen clad in flushing armor 
or barbaric costume, and bond* of music. 
Tho first division, consisting of fourteen 
Hoots, was known a* tbo local division, ami 
in It the lint tableau represented Lafay- 
ette in the act of thanking the Indira of 
Baltimore for their charity to hia destitnUi 
soldier*. Thi* waa very effectively arranged 
sod lighted, and was fatly appreciated by 
thn French visitors, who applauded it 
heartily aa it passed their stand. No. 2 
was a Caledonian tsldenu representing the 
Agbllwdwren tUslerick Hhu anti Fit a- James, 
with a pietnreaque background of rocks ami 
Uighlandera. No. 3 was the Italian float, 
representing Tamo crowned with a laurel 
wreath, and snmmisded by admirers. No*. 
4, A, 6, 7, and 8 were arranged by the Ger- 
man societies of the city, ami represented 
respectively Orioln* I,, King of the Carnival, 
•urrmmdvd by clnwiia and Jester* ; Arion 
seated upon a dolphin ; Gsaiuu ; the flanging 
Contest at Wartbnrg; and tbo Star spangled 
Banner, represented by * GraldoM of Liber- 
ty w itli attendant allegorical figure*. Non. 
t> and 10 were tableaux designed by the So- 
ciety of Uniud Batcher*, and represented 
the botchers defying Um itoetors, In wlileh 
tbe former held a citadel, which tho Latter 
stormed with pilla; and tbe Sacrifice of 
Isaac. No. II * as that of tho Knights of 
tho Goldon Fiasco, and roptotcutcd tho 


crowning of a CrasaiU-r aa tho reward ILt 
thletlty, value, and honor- No. Ut was gi vets 
up to the colored CiUrens. and couaistcd of 
two car* filled with Jubliiir flmget*. No, 13 
was a Chirwwe tea jauk, so arranged as to 
tom np and ilnau upon the bosom of Ha ar- 
tificial sen. No. 14, which closed the first 
division, waa Hie geiu of thn exhibition, and 
represented America Supremo. In thn cen- 
tre of a very Urge flout wna raised a gignn- 
tie female figure, representing America bold- 
ing in her baud* lines of telegraph wires, 
which extended over wide expanse* of wa- 
ter to Europe, as repreienteil by England, 
mi the one side, and China, a group of man- 
dor inn, on the other. Ilia only drawback lu 
the itffeetivcaew of this purtion of the exhi- 
bition waa that it wav ho poorly lighted as 
to render many of Hie figure* obscure aud 
unrecognisable. 

Tart second of tho procession eonsislid 
i»f twenty-four float*, designed by an arlint 
from Mobile. It waa called tbe "Mystic 
Tageant," and its component parts were al- 
legorical subjects representing the several 
most important etas in Hie history of the 
world, and known as “ time's Enigma*." 

On th» Amt fl««»t of the “ Mystic Pageant” 
was a huge block of marble inscribed “ First 
Mystic Oriole, dra|MM] in national. 

Slate, and French color*. Tho allegorical 
device ofTiioo showed an old man support 
ed by a sphinx, and auiroilioleil by Hie fig- 
ures nf America, Europe. Asm. and Africa. 
Tyruiiid-huildiug wan shown liy an unfin- 
ished pyramid, npon which Hie Egyptian la- 
borer* were still at work. IIiium-'s Origin 
liitrmluced IloninliiH and Renias. tho one 
lying dead before tbe other, Iwaidr the low 
wall* of tbe embryonic city. Cyra* ap- 
peared upon the hack of an elephant, 
llmiiiun showed hi* triple face to a crowd 
of kneeling suppliants, amongst whom a 
priest led a sacred row. lleforo tbs eav«m 
of tbe IMphic Oracle sat n pricatros of 
Thytbia, and before tier writhed the Tythou 
pierced by A]ioUo'* spear. Ofl Hia next 
float the wise men of Greece taught their 
pupils bennath Hie portico ef an Athenian 
temple. Tho llcutli or Cettr showed the 
dead Emperor and his slayers on His sto(N 
of tbe ik'nate Cliamlier, Antony and Cle- 
opatra rmdiued lu a royal galley rowed by 
Nubian slaves. Zciiobl* and Anreliso 
showc«l the former in tbe act of surrender- 
ing her kingdom to the latter. Tbe Emperor 
Constant i ur, standing ornct In a chariot 
drawn by two prancing steeds, typified tho 
triumph of Christianity over paganism. 
Mohammed'* llcglra represented the I*ro- 
phet fleeing from Mecca, ami entering tho 
cave, before which a spider bad apnn ita 
well. Two more religion* subjects were 
furnished by the Crowning of Cbarlem*guo 
by Tope Leo HI. and Peter the Hermit 
{■reaching tbo First Ctiisad*. The last of 
the Old World tableaux was Magna Charts, 
showing King John sitting in hit tout at 
Itunnyniede, ami surrounded by his English 
barons, who natchnd him a* he signed tho 
roll outspread before him. 

The first tableau referring to tho New 
World showed Columbus just landed npon 
the sliota nf flan Salvador, with Indian* 
seeking to hide from him. Three Ameiteait 
scone* followed, representing tbo Kiguing 
of tha DmiUratioci of IinlopetHlence, La- 
fayette and tho Foreign Generals, and Hr. 
Kane's Arctic Ex]ieditiofi. 

The evening wav to very cold that tho 
lightly rostumod particifninU shivcml lie- 
ncath their gauty tin^-l antll tbolr tooth 
chattered, and imuiy of tbe gravest Romans 
and Egyptians took to dancing jig* to worm 
tbomaelvea during their prngn-ra thpnigh 
tbe streets, and nil envied I>r. Kane ami bia 
companions their warm fur*. Cyrn* fell 
from hi* cdupliant, and wss *o badly injured 
that bn had to be sent home, while a priest 
of Brahma took Ins place, and Ismail Tasks 
was iuTratcd with Hie priestly robes. Dur- 
ing a halt In tho proceoMOo, Remus leaped 
lightly over tho wall* of Honw,and ran krwh.- 
ly up and down tbe read to gel warm, hi* 
short toga am] tights proving but a pn«r 
protection against tbo cold night wind. 
Both Antony and Aarelian deserted Clc- 
o|Nitns and Zeuohia soon after the proces- 
sion started, and Roiuoliis engaged iu a live- 
ly sparring match with another Roman, who 
ridiculed hia costume. The Egyptian wbn 
took the plnce of Ismail Tosha, when tho 
Utter tu trod priest, was somewhat eiatar- 
raised by the eight bcantics who aurrouud- 
ed biui ; but hevnou recovered himself, inado 
tbeir aoqusintiincii, and Intreslin-mt them all 
to Lafayette. The one poor Httlfl Indian 
who wo* discovered by Cidumhna, cowered 
shivering behind hi* palni-ln-c, mid wonder- 
ed w hat had lieomiMi of the rest, w ho had 
failed to put ill an appearance. The School 
of Athens was conducted by but two philos- 
opher*, Um oilier three having left to "*co 
a man.” The Hnatli of Ca-snr would have 
breai mnch more effective had not C*«*r 
kept raising himself on bis elbows, tbe bet- 
ter to obee-fv* the crowd and to acknnwtedg- 
tbc applause of hi* friends along the rouv 




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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


OCTOBER 22. 18*!. 


THE PROLOGUE TO YORKTOWN. 

J>T J, KSTKN COOKE. 

YOKEtOVM wa* the lost scene of the oM 
Revolutionary drums, a linn tableau before 
thn full of the outturn ; but tvtula which 
preceded It in the «nmt yesr »«r |K-rbnp# 
•nor* Intonating. The famnit* '* siege" wn» 
not of itoelf a very grand affair. Eight 
thousand mm wore bcinuird in by sixteen 
thousand, and surrendered. There won no 
desperate lighting ; tl>« gallant ru»h of a 
small a*«anltiiig rate* ended I bn whole 
straggle- Tim terrible warn of the nlnn- 
trauth century bnve dwarfed thru- old skir- 
rainbM. and wo read with some amuwmrnt 
the hyperbole* of llio contemporary writer*. 
Unud l>r. Thatcher toll* u* that thu wood 
wan “ sublime and stupcBdona," and f(lowo 
w ith admiration of the raring shells, “ with 
htaiilig toil* liwol Iwailtifully brilliant.” 
Wkn these fearful •• uintimr*" full lUid 
barnt, they “ excavate tbe caitb to a consid- 
erable extent. and make dreadful havoc." 
When they drop in the York, they “ throw 
up oilmen* of water, like tin' spouting MOtt- 
•ten of tbn deep." Tbo day of doom Liui 
dawned at loot for tbe English. lu tbe 
midat of this sublime anil stupendous dorm 
of metoora ami monsters, tbny are going to 
wilt away, and vanish from American anil. 

I /el us clown nor cam to this racket of 
caution iuid mortar*, and are n list led to it. 
Tbe military movements which preceded 
thn lighting were much morn striking than 
tbn fighting itself, and without an intelli- 
gent conception of thoso movement*, York- 
lown u something of an enigma. It may 
bo Haid that this decisive event was the ro- 
sult of military akill nod good fort one com- 
bined. There was little expretution that 
the long aud persistent wrrallc was going 
to end here Tim country wits iU*|Miiulrtii, 
aud tlie nriuy began to lose heart under their 
avciuiinlated sufferi ngv General WaYNB 
ilwscrihed thn troop* ns “poorly dotliad, 
badly fed, w«i*e |«ld, aud exposist to drift- 
ing allows and chilling blasts, with but nne 
blanket between three men” J anil in the 
spring i»r 1781 WaaniHUTON wrote throe 
ItiiM to Colonel Larnnns, American en- 
voy to France : “ Day dees not follow uight 
room certainly Ibnn il brings with it sosoo 
additional proof of thu Impracticability of 
carrying on tlie war without the aids yon 
were directed to solicit. A* an honest aud 
raudid man 1 aso'rt tbU, that without a 
foreign loan ear prrsiwf fora, uAkA w JbJ lie 
rcBsssI of as army, am mol hr krpl logrikor 
Uuo rampoiy a H> arc ai fhi* moment <sr- 

juwdnf is I hr Aaliu«." 

It was just at this critical moiwont that 
WaMIIXoto*. by n stroke of what wus no- 
thing less tliau military genius, paralyzed 
tbo whole English programme, uod ended 
the war. 

It is |HuwihlH to present a lucid narrative 
of the military movements of the year in a 
small space, and such concise surveys nr* 
sometimes better than detailed statements. 
What everybody saw In the spring of 1781 
was that Hir Hj«XY CUXTON hod deter- 
mined to strike a great blow at Virginia, 
the arsenul and granary of tha Amonuu 
army. Tim State wus nearly defenseless, 
and promised to be on easy prey to an no- 
«my. She l»ail airipfiod herself of fighting 
men, and only gray beards and boys were 
left. The whole tide -water lay exposed, 
and the many navigable rivers gave access 
to tbn hiiart of the country. Tbo Slate had 
escaped the horrors of war up to thin time, 
hot now die was to bear her share of them. 
While Washixoton woa confronting Sir 
IIkmiy Cliktux on the Hudson, Cornwal- 
lis was to strike at his native soil, Virginia, 
ami by occupying it actor tlie two sections 
of tbo country. 

Tbo movement begun in the first days of 
January. 1781, when Bknehict Aius<uj> vail- 
ed up James Kivurwith a force of uiuo hun- 
dred men, aud landing at Weatover, march- 
ed to Richmond, which was wholly unde- 
fended. The place easily Ml Into Id* hands, 
and he burned the public « archooics, after 
which bn retired down the river. Tbia in- 
cident made everything plaits. There was 
no fores to defend Virginia. Every fight- 
ing man had Just been wnt to Gxkkxk in 
the Carolinas, and the militia of old men sod 
hoys, hastily collected by General KlUox 
and Colo uel Fa tin, tvuld only liaug on tbo 
•birta of tbo British column mid hamas It. 

This woa the initial inrideut of (lie com- 
ing campaign ; with the find days of spring 
raine greater event*. Cokxvuujj hud de- 
feated Giieexk iu the Caieliuna, and leav- 
ing bis adversary to retreat southward, be- 
gan to move toward Virginia. There ev- 
erything was now concentrating, sixl in 
April General I’NIU.II*', with about two 
thousand five hundred British troops from 
Nuw York, sailed up James River. Ths de- 
signs of tbe riiemy awn lwriuue doVehiJiKl. 
The aim of FHOUPtl »* b> duatroy the 
• arvliiMitua and storoa along tbo riven, to 
attack any force that oppomsl him, mid to 
Uk« up a position wlwro lw could form a 


junction with Jsird Cuks'waujs an his ar- 
rival from the South. Thrro seemed to lie 
little or nothing in his way. A few militia 
made a stand st FeUnhurg, lint were soon 
dispersed. I’uiLurs occupied tbe place, 
hurried tbe warehouses, ami then marched 
northward toward Kichinoud, Imruiug bar- 
Tacks and public stores, until ho leachnl 
Mauchcater. Here he received his first 
check. On the Birlimond hills, across the 
river, wero «<«n luug linos of troops, ready to 
dispute the pomage. At the same moment 
FlULLtra received a dispatch which induced 
him In hurry hack toward Peter* burg. Lord 
OlWIII— was coming. 

From this mnmont begins the game of 
chesa which made the Virgin in campaign 
of 171*1 on in teres ting. Tbe tronpe Men by 
I'lnraini on tbo Richmond lull* were not 
militia, but a foreo at about twelve hundred 
ContlucDtola aeut by WaaiilxuTuN to de- 
fend Virginia. They were commanded by 
a remarkable nmn— thn Mari|ule d« luxfay- 
otte. Ho was st this time a youth of about 
twenty-three, and had left a young wife and 
a life of luxury to oome and share thn hard- 
ships of the American*, and fight with them. 
Ho had offered to do oo as a private soldier, 
but Congress commissioned him a Major- 
General ; and WaeiUXOTOS's opinion of his 
ability U Oliowa by |bo work intrusted to 
him — the defense of Virginia against the 
ablest of tbo EDgliab general*. 

A rat* now took place between Piinxir* 
nnd I-ir»viTrz foe the p o sa e salon of Feters- 
liUTg. The object of UfAYim was to 
seize upon the plane, aud by interposing be- 
tween the two wings of tbn British army, 
bold them asunder. In the race, PtllLuni 
won. Hu entered the town just ns his ad- 
versary made bis apiiearatroe on Ibe north 
luiik of tbe Appomattox. Tire Americans 
opened a furious raunonade cm the place, 
and the HidliiigbhHik HoiMU, iu the Hlantl- 
ford suhnrb, wo* a conapicuons mark of the 
fire. It is probable that LsrAYUTTe would 
hava spared It If bo liail known one fart: 
General Fuimra woa dying there. He had 
cnidracted a bilious fever, and on reaching 
lYletvdiutg was completely prostrated by 
It. TYio thunder of tbo American rauiicui 
aremactl him from tlie stupor which pre- 
cedes death, and he was heard muttering, 
' Alv God! tls cruel; they will not lei me 
die iu peace.” Ho steadily souk, anil ou 
the 13th of May expired. He was buried 
with military honors In Ibe grave-yanl of 
IILaiul/ixnl church — an old Ivy-covered rum 
still standing — and here tlie dust of the 
man callsd l»y Jkvfbwm>x “the proudest 
loan of tho p roe licit nation on earth'' auU 

Three scenes immediately preceded the 
arrival of 1-ord Con.vwAiaaa — an event 
which overjoyed the officer* of the Bntlsli 
army. Tlie command bail fallen to Aa 
NOLO, a fact which they bitterly resented, 
and L.ATAYXTTK also had an opportunity of 
expressing the American estimate of the 
traitor. AnNoi.n rent him a Uag with a 
letter, but lartvcTTZ reJaard to read it. 
He would bold no intercourse whatever, he 
sent wonL with such a person. 

IaimI ('nits waujs reaebid Fetocsborg no 
tbo ltlth of May, aud found Inuuetf at thn 
head of about five thousand men, the whole 
British fun-ii in Virginia lunounting to about 
ton tbouannd. To oppesn him l-vr.ivrmc 
liatl hi* twelve hundred regulars and about 
three IhoiMuml militia; hut these latter, un- 
der coaiimaod uf (h-tiural Tiiomas Nrianic, 
won proved theuiselvcA excellent Aoldicra. 
The great American waul was cavalry; La- 
rivzTrz'i • Iwils foreo of that an* «w oeia 
coin pony only, and opjmaed to tins hand- 
ful w a* “tlie terrible cavalry” of Tamuttun, 
which hod spread such terror in the Caro- 
lina*. The approaching struggln untuned a 
moat unequal one. By the end of May Lord 
Couxwai.ua hail concentrated nenr City 
Point a force of about eight thoiMauid Brit- 
ish regiihira, and the problem before tlie 
young Frenchman was how to face this 
compact cnr|*s, with its excellent cavalry, 
with a fore* of about four tluruaatid men, 
and virtnally no cavalry. It was two to 
one. and the two were regulars, the one 
nearly all militia. 

LarAYTTTK bravely faced tbe bard pro- 
spect before him. and was determined to ran 
no risks. H« w roto to Wasiiimston. " I am 
resolved cm a war of akinnidiaa, without 
venturing too far”; and to his friend Ham- 
ILYv'N, “1 am aft-UMl of myself as much as 
of tint enemy." Tlvrsn words ate UiS key 
to all bia movement* during tbe campaign. 
He wu young, ardent, with a paaemn for 
military glory, anil nothing would have 
pU-Mod him more than a trial of strength 
with Cokxwaujii. Hi* re filial to ml any- 
thing was the proof of his mililnry ability 
and «-lf-cauiBiuud. Couvwau.is fully sx- 
pected to profit by hta young adversary's 
rashness or inexperience. One of hi* let- 
ter* which wm intercepted ciiotaiDod the 
words, “ Tho boy con iuit oniaisi aa* 

Tlie English crossed James Kivor toward 
the cud of Miy about eight thousand strung. 


and wlvanced ou LarAritTTK, who was at 
Wilton. Just Is-low Kichinimd. He prompt- 
ly retired before them toward thn Rappa- 
hannock; and from this moment tbe muie- 
nu'iits of the two adversaries during the 
whole campaign were Bill nfliiternat. One 
was striving to bring the other to battle, 
but tho other rcfuaod to lie brought. It 
was a campaign of msnu'Uiro* oil LaP*Y- 
UTl'i purl from first to last, and maiiwoi- 
vriag u aluioat always more interesting 
than mere fighting: the cue is the work 
of the brain, tbe other of thu arm ; sail U- 
PAYKTT1C provotl hintiidf a cool ami skillful 
soldier. (In foil back steadily toward tbo 
Rappahannock, and Cok.nwai.U 3 foUoweil, 
coileavoriiig to bring him to battle. This 
ws» wen to be hupOMllile, however, and tho 
lliitish halted at the North Anna River, 
from which point TAHUtmx'a cavalry, iu 
thear white uniforms, mounted on fine Vir- 
ginia horse*, dispersed to ravage the coun- 
try- The raiding waa pushed in every di- 
rection, aud the public stores everywhere 
destroyed. Many of the plantations were 
laid waste, anil at the estatoa of JxmcnsoK 
and other prominent persona nothing was 
lefl. Tbn rattle were carried off. and tbe 
Ibroatu «f fulls cut to deprive the Ameri- 
can cavalry of mounts: it waa war after 
the TaKurrnx foabion, as already practiced 
in the Carolinas. After tlwwe depredations 
tho British cavalry were aaid to lw “niuuet- 
nd on raco-horaca." All was carried off or 
ilcotroyed in thu track of tho white hone- 
nmn. Thirty thiMisaud negrouw aceotupo- 
n led thou hark to the British camp, twen- 
ty-aeveu thonaaud of whom were reported 
to hove afterw ard died of camp fever ; and 
the drot ruction of pn>|ierty *u t-stimnted 
at thirteen million! sterling. In the course 
of those cavalry operations an attempt woa 
mwle to seize Jrirr.iteoy nt Mootirello, 
near ChartoUMriUe, but he mcajMsI into 
tho mountain* near; and the Legislature, 
w a rood iu time, scattered before the troop- 
ers, and wore not raptured. 

Lavavj'ttk had iMit movnl during all 
these depredations. Nothing could per- 
suade the fiery young Frenchman to fight, 
and lie remained near Gunniuma fool, mi 
the Rapidan, watching hia adversary. All 
at once he began to move. Wasiijxutxix 
hail sent him an additional forte of alwat 
ulna hundred Fennaylvanlana under “Mod 
Axtuoxy WaYxk," the brave sohlier who 
whi'O shot at Stony Point exclaimed, “Carry 
me Into the fort, for I will die at the head of 
my column. 1 ' This gallant Pennsylvanian 
had now conic to re-enforce Lil'ATmx; and 
whim l/ord Cohxwaujm maito a movement 
to lira troy in toe stores at Albemarle Old 
(.'oort House, LaPaykitk inicrpoaeil, and 
offered him battle. It scoured reasonable 
to anpposo tliat Lord OonjrWAUJS would 
accept. He had declared that “the hoy 
cuuld not escape him," ami the hoy now 
proposed a trial of strength. He refuted, 
and retired toward the scia-bowrd. 

Such was the result of the famous Vir- 
ginia Invasion. It had begun st tbe end of 
May with loud prediction* that tho unwary 
hoy LarAYETTE was about to be extlnguiali- 
ad; and now at the end of June the able 
llntuh commander, a man of middle age, 
with twice hia adversary's force nearly, was 
falling back, apparently beut on racopiug 
tlio 1m»v. Tbe Ameriviui troop! followed 
cautiously, skirmishing with the British 
rear-guard, and a sharp action took ploco 
la tho viciuily of Willisaisliurg. Thia bod 
no results, hot an engagement which imme- 
diately followed it at James town Island 
nearly resulted in disaster to the Continent- 
als. Lord CWonrAUJI laid a trap for bis 
adversary, who very nearly full Into it- Tho 
British trains were sent scrum Jsuira River, 
and CriBVWA!.uc induced tbe Amentuin* to 
believe that Ilia main hotly had followed 
them. Tlie British army wa* really drawn 
up in tho woods, concealed by a fog; and 
when Watxb, supposing thorn to U* uiore- 
ly the rear guard, made ou impetuous at- 
tack npon them, be wns nearly surround- 
nl and captiiuxL Ho only exlricatotl hitn- 
aelf by a bcadloog charge, after which ho 
rapidly retreated, and the enemy, fearing 
an ambush, did not follow him. 

Active operation* now cmaacd. Lord 
CijKxWaUJS ensued James River, aud reach- 
ed Portsmouth, from which he psmod over 
to Yoilrtown, and here in Augast bo began 
to throw np intrenchments. It seemed an 
inglorions e Titling. Tho commander who 
hatl oiitorod Virginia with such sangniuo 
antleipaiiona, and ao low an opinion of hia 
atlvrreory, was cooped up in a narrow angle 
on the Miu-lmnrd, suit erecting earth-works 
to dvfuiul himself. 

Event* now harried cm. From August 
to October the scenes of the ilnunu fnllow- 
«d III rapid eorcewdoo. Wasiiikctox IimI 
watched the iikrideuta of tlie Virginia cam- 
paign with tlie deepest solicitude, ami moat 
have fell Unit tho lime had Mono for a de- 
cisive blow. Where to strike was tho quea- 
tioa. The farther designs of the enemy 
were nut fully developed. Would Sir Uex- 


I iiy CUXTOK re-cnfiwcc Coiixwalus, or re- 
call him to New York T Before the two 
forces were reunited the blow must he 
struck. A dispatch from l.invzrrz in Ali- 
gns* derided everything. The French ffrat 
n oiler I lie Comte de Grasse ws* oo its way 
from Ban Domingo to co-operato with the 
American* ; siul nt Uiia iBielligeneo 'Visit- 
INfiTiM'i '* will waa iu anna.” He promptly 
rraolvrd to make a rapid march southward, 
and strike CoK.NWAia.ts before he could he 
re-enforced. Tbe Aiiwricsus would email 
him by land, the U Basse would guard tha 
wa approach, and tbe remit mnvt lie the 
capture of the British army at Yorktowu. 

All depended upon mniwaling I he Move- 
ment soot liwurd, anil this whs rffoctMt aitli 
perfect Auceroa Extenaive camps were Isid 
out od the Hiidsou opposite Now York, lit 
sight of tbo British garrison, baking-oven* 
were built, and a feint was mado to attack 
tho npper British poets on tho river. Count 
ItocUAMKEaL', commanding the French force 
lu Connecticut, movtwl a* though to taka 
part In Ihi* attack. The army waa thna a 
unit, and ou tho £>th of August ths rapid 
March toward Virginia began. It wss sn 
oxciting tiKidon t to I lie trout*. The iwuinpt- 
nr*s and Hocrocy of the movement surrouud- 
od It with attractioua. A contcmponiTy 
writer said that it reuoinblod “a theatrical 
exhibition,” scene rapidly following sncim. 

Tin- lliillsh cocuuiamU-r iu New York is saul 
to have knowu nothing of tbe destination 
of tbo column until it reached tha Delaware. 
Then all iM-rsnm plain. Wasihxc.tox was 
going in persousl commsod of his old guard 
of veCcraus, to put nil to tbe hazard iu 
Virginia. 

Tin' march through Philadelphia was a 
SOT* of triumph. Tlio windows were filled 
with Ladies waring their handkerchief* anil 
uttering t-riru of joy. Tbn rugged •-Conti- 
nental*,” with their torn Imttlo-flng*, led the 
rntumn, and behind followed the French 
troop*, in “ gsy white aniforais, farad w itli 
green," tbo whole rannrtod by nianlal music. 

A long time hail pnmed since Fliiladelphia 
had witnosned so fine a pageant; the last 
resemldiiig it bud been Ibe fainou* “ Miwlii- 
aura >T s|Hiciiw-le, <lci l*cd by poor Aximfi in 
the old days of tbe British occnpatiou. At 
the bead of Chesapeake Bay the bulk of lire 
fotvra were einbarkeil on transports, and in 
September the wbolo American army wns 
concentrated at Williamsburg,, a few mile* 
from Yorktowu. 

Whilst ths nianconvre* to deceive fiir 
Hexuy OLamON had bran going on opposite 
New York, msuiruTres oquuJIy interesting 
hint taken plnro in Virginia. Lord Ct»x- 
waujs, abut up in Yorktown, had wailed 
tranquilly fur ad v toco from CUVKiX. He 
was apparently confident of hia ability to 
repulse any smoult. But LaraYrTTE hail 
no luUuUon whatever to assault him, sod 
the inaction of hia young adversary ought 
to km warned him of tha real danger. 
LarATEriE was drawing a net around him. 
General* WaYXE aud Xelaox were rent 
south of Jsrmw River to |irev#»it his cacapo 
to th* Carolinaa. Mean while the main 
body remained at Williamsburg to rheck 
our movement up tho Feinmula, and La- 
fayette liHiknd anxiously seaward for tlio 
•ails of Dx Gltamx closing the ocean avenu**. 
lie waa iu tbe highrat s|nrits. “Adieu, my 
■tear Ovu*ral," lm wrote WMNBNRM at »l»o 
oud of oiio of bis dupstchcv “I heartily 
thnnk you far having ordered mo to reiuain 
in Virginia; and to your gout ansa to mo 1 
urn owing the moat beautiful prospect I may 
ever behold." 

The beautiful prospect al length araniewl 
at band. Tbo white sails of DeGilajim: np- 
prarod in (.'hewspnske Bay, and anchored nt 
the mouth of the York, aod threo thiiuamud 
ice n landed ami re-rnforaad Lava YE-T- rse. 
The oreut uow sramcal docidod. Dx GEAzmm 
had arrived, and WasHlXOTON wss mmiiig. 
Hntras a British fleet beat off He liSASSE 
and re-eiifurrad OoEXWAtxza, tlie result wm 
certain. That attempt was mode. Twenty 
English ships, under Admiral Graves, mmle 
M ap)>caranra In tho bay, and De Gilaimik 
went out to fight them. A brisk setion fol- 
lowed, and 1 soldi until night. Then the 
booming nf tho cannon was heard reccNting 
toward tbe ocean ; finally the sound mamul, 
and De Giuork euro back with two prizi-M. 
Admiral Graves hail drawn alt, and left 
loud CoRXWAXXJ* to his fate. 

There now seemed no longer any 1 io|h> 
to r the British commander hot in ili-*|n-roto 
fighting. When the rannonada reradot], ho 
must have known that he waa to expect no 
assistance, anil he nouragraiusty f*o«->«l ti is 
fate. Tbe ilerislvo moment came on rapiil- 
ly. Waauixcnix reschcd WilliaiusbnrK ou 
the Ittb of 8eptemlier, just a weelc after 
the naval eugagouMuit, and on thu lHth 
vUltcul Comte de Grume on his flu(e-uhlp 
the IT IU dr Fan*, in Lynn Haven Bisy , near 
Norfolk. He wa* received with ittiliUAry 
ceromouy by tbe Count, stall old Dcililriiiaa 
of oum]iosed maunere : tlie ship* 1 ysnln were 
macned. and a salnhi wa* fired, shich w a* 
reiMiatod at the cud of the inters lew- Waou- 


OCTOBER «, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


715 


ISOTOSI returned Ui hi* quarter* Hi auuaet, 
having made every arrangement for the 
combined attack upon Lord CuBtXVrtXXIa ; 
M»1 ou the SNh of fluptumbor the BHivti- 
arent of the troop* began. 

The inarch wo* a Joynaa affair, nod the 
oiil aaldiera who hail followed the flog mo 
king, Uirnngh such arduous ocroo*, went on 
through (lie autumn fluid* and fnrmu with 
the lightness of boys. Their uniform* were 
tattered. hot their anna were bright; and 
behind mum th« impulsive French in their 
new uniform a, fall of ardor at the prospect 
of fighting. A abort march'- it wna but 
twelve nnleo — brought them in sight of 
YnrkUiwn, whom behind tbo lumU.us* the 
English cum, no waited. Toward the bay 
the proeprot waa open, and they could we 
the aliipe of DE Oka**** and the English 
moo-of-war. It wa* Joat annaet w lieu they 
cooue in aight of this qiuct arena and went 
into bivouac - • September #3, 1781. 

On the 9th of October WaSMlXOTOX bin- 
a*lf put the match to the first gun, and the 
aiege of Yorktown began. 

On the 14th the end came. The Ameri- 
cun* and French carried the English nurk* 
by aaaault, and Waaiiijhjtom, ataiwliug uu 
bis works, beard the long about which indi- 
cated the malt of the attack. 

General Knox wa* standing near him. ami 
tuming to this old army comrade, Wasiiino- 
to.n said, iu his grave voire, aa he alowly 
cIimihI hi» field-glum, “The work ia done, and 
well dutin." 


(BUPin In Itaaeiat Waawtv Sa 1*1, TH, XXIV.] 

CHRISTO WELL 

B Baclmsot Salt. 

Br B. D. BLACKMORE, 

Acrnoa or “ Mist Avniir,” “ Loans Dooax," 
■Cum, ms C'luin," arc. 


CHAPTER XXXVII.— <f'oa(teW.) 

7DK WAT -TOK CAT JCM**. 

ONE day, at the top of the village, she mat 
that nobly principled young man coining 
from his conroc of mmllcino at her father's 
home of health. Jack waa coating sheep’* 
eyce up the read that led to tbo Captain'* 
gate, but atomly bracing his mind toward 
tbo foot-path leading to Farmer VVilliiiu'n, 
where he dow put up his home. Thou N pot- 
ty iteclared her own opinion. 

" I call you no hotter then a muff," said 
she. “ How can you carry an Ilk* this 7" 

“ Like what, Mias ProperapaT" he in- 
quired. with mno dignity. “ I scarcely ou 
dsntand your ijuratlon." 

“ Yon know what I maun well enough. 
Why don't you go in anil win f 1 

“ You atill apeak iu parables," answered 
ha, with a desire to lie off, bnt a stronger 
desire to hear out all aha had to aa) . 

"Why don't you show a little pluck 7 
Or, if that ia not fine enough language for 
you, a little determination 7 You love Kiw, 
and Rowe loves you. Why don't you chock - 
mate tbo old fogic* f" 

“ Really, you mn to take a most kind 
tntaraat iu my affair*, Miw I’arparap*. Who 
told you that Mu* Arthur ever even deigned 
to think of me 7” 

“ Bcub V exclaimed the laity. “ It U 
plainer than a pike-staff. Hut I am not go- 
ing to tell you all I know.” With that alia 
showed her new boots, and said, " Good- 
day." 

"Tills Is must unfair, anil moat unfeel- 
ing,” cried Jack, guilt { after her,aa*ho knew 
be most do. “ Mini l'cT|*-rap», my dear and 
kind Mias Perperwpe, 1 b*g you to explain 
yourself, and not to run away." 

”1 thought it wot yon that were in *uch 
• hurry. But my dear father wauls me. I 
have ten dnM-ti pills to mskw op before live 
o’clock. Good-day, Mr. Westcoinbc.*' 

"I'll make the pills, or Pll come and 
help you. And yon can have mine to begin 
with : I have got at Lost three dor«n h«r« ; 
and I can spue them." 

"Oh, you have got some fbn in yon, after 
all," Spotty replied, with a very broad grin. 
44 I thought yon wore a stick, and look them 
all My father consider* yon w splendid 
patient." 

“So I am — mo I am. The most de voted. 
Ob, I won't gat well for a mouth, Miu IVr- 
jmrapt, if you will only toll me what you 
meant jut now." 

" I meant jut what I said." she answered, 
silting on a road-sldn slab to talk. " Mire 
Arthur la aa fond of yon o a you are of her." 

"That ia a simple impossibility. If yon 
could wily tell me what moke* you think 
SO, how 1 would, how I should — it would b« 
SO iiire of you P 

“ Well, I owe you a good turn or two, and 
I ran’t bear to see your tongue so white. 
I>id von ever pick an oak-apple in (Its fin- 
gle V si ley !" 

“ Ye* ; I found a Trry pretty one, Anted 
like a lovo-knot, aud I ventured to give it 


to Mim Arthur Jnst to look at. And I don't 
think she gave it back to me." 

“Of course she did not. Is Ibis like ill 
I «udo it out of her most sacred corner, 
where she keeps her mother’s haiMlkcrcluefs. 
And aa aoon a* she minted it, what a way *he 
waa in! Though of CUtUM ahe pretended 
not to car* one rap. Sho baa not the l*a*t 
idea that I have got it, or, gcatlo aa she is, 
she would slap me, I believe. And that's 
not nil that shows the way the cat jumps. 
For I began to ran yon down one day, on 
purpami to torment her. And brreyco — My 
goodness! you will have to look out wlieu 
she is Mm. Weoteonsbe !" 

"You bate m u d s me so happy I could 
kins your hand* after you have rolled a 
thnakaud pills. But, after all, it is not very 
much, when one evince to thin k of it." 

“Then go sod get mors, you insatiable 
young man. Ilut 1 tell you it i* everything. 
Do you think 1 don't know what girls ore I 
Shake yourself together well, and go and 

pup the question." 

41 What a practical mind you hare !" he 
answered, with much admiration. “ But how 
urn I to do it, when I can't get iu * 1 iuii 

under no promise about it now, but *UU 
there ia a general understanding that I ui 
to he—” 

"Backward in coming forward, Very 
well ; don't let me advlao you, or nhen the 
days of repentance come, you will say, 4 She 
did it.' My Step said that to my i-eloved 
parent about Mnubody unknown, when 
they hod a little scrimmage last Sunday 
night, Therv fore I would od viao you ktiuug- 
ly not to be anywhere this evening." 

" Bill how enn I help being somewhere I 
Yon know w here I ought to Uv, and you will 
not tell me.” 

“ How sharp you nre ! You've been eat- 
ing sparrow -pie. But whatever you do, 
fight shy this evening of the Captain's lea- 
ther coat a|qiIo-tt«e. Where the hill come* 
up under the cliff, yon know, at the highest 
■-orncr of lu« property. Somebody goco 
there every evening, with her heart In her 
mouth, to poop over the moor; anil it would 
Dover do for you to be there too.” 

" Undoubtedly 1 should he an interloper. 
I thauk you fur warning me to k*«p my dis- 
tance. Miss Furperapn, I licar that Hetty 
Sage U ML I hope it ia nothing senoua.” 

" Not much, for her. She ate three hedge- 
hog* for brook fast on TuranUy, and tlsey 
were not well baked. Her appetite wa* 
good, and ake awallowed aueno spinas, and 
»hr says that they have stuck fast in her 
own. But you bail better tell John to keep 
away from home. He will hare sense 
enough to do thnt wben he knows it. Ilia 
Hetty would say tlmt it wa* all hi* fault, 
al I bengh lie was a dnxen mill* out of sigh I ; 
*i«d then she might die to prove it. Hut 1 
have taken her out of father’s bauds, and 
she begins to perceive 111* differeDO*. If she 
is only left to me, she will corns round fur 
certain. But if my father gets another turn 
at her, it will he a very narrow squeak in- 
deed. I have told her to abut np her mouth 
again*! him." 

" What do yon think of the General's cose, 
os you arem to form your own opinions so 7 
When will lie la* aid* to come back to at 

" I can't telL My father is getting sadly 
Jealous ; be won’t let me have a turn at that 
old shaver. I belong to the tentative school. 
Kill or care i« my tieket for soup." 

44 And the right one, I believe,” Jack an- 
swered, mildly, for be hail not bad time to 
think of it, and Spotty's strong views were 
strange to him. " The next time I nng the 
bell 1 thaU oak, 4 Ia Doctor Miss Pcrpentps 
at home, anil her father gone away, ao os nut 
to spoil her practice 7” 

“I wish yon would. I'd give a guinea if 
you would, and I’ve only got one against my 
bill at Mother Cork's. My Step would grt 
the tnemoge, ami, my c*iky! *he would State ! 
But you haven’t got the spirit to do It, any 
more than you have to go bear the crab-tree, 
to-night. Good-by.” 


CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

UNDER T1IE CRAB-TEE E. 

Nontixo can be further from tha mark 
than to take a man. and how much more u 
woman, strictly according to self-appraise- 
ment. Nature has provided ua with thing* 
to think of Car mure important titan our 
own concerns —our neighbors, in the first 
place, and politkw, and live weather, anil tbe 
lost new niurdnr, and tbo I set old judicial 
Joke— for our Judge# are uow oar beat Jokers 
— aud if we ever get home again to think 
shout ourselves at all, modesty steps in and 
spoils Uni 1 tal tun ce. 

Conspicuous among tha men who under- 
rate themselves was Dt. Pcrperapa, of Chris- 
towell. He felt that bs ought to lie more 
than he woe, and hi* view* were eacnnding- 
ly scientific. But no outlet for them, aud no 
income from them, aa well aa the recent death 
of a large, rate-payer from lock-jaw — which 
everybody said he should have stopped— 


combined to make him yearn foraoiurlhing 
tedious, a fine slow cose, a protracted cure 
(if any), aud the money on the nail, which 
he therefore mil*t aluit*iu frein hitting on 
the bead too apoedily. Throughout the 
summer he bad reproached himself, and 
been reproached by his wife at iieuaive pe- 
riods, f«.r lotting Dicky Touch wood get well 
so prematurely. And now he waa resolved 
to avoid ao **d on error in tbe now opening 
offered by tbo General's bail leg. 

“ How long will it taker - Mr. Arthur ask- 
ed him, wistfiilly. “ Not that I have any 
wish to hurry biin, of coarse. Uutwhenwill 
ho lie able to bv moved with safety T” 

“ He 1* an ancient warrior," tlu* doctor 
annwered, warily. “ What a privilege it ia 
to Ik* uhe fu! to him ! Onr country owes 
every thing to three old Iwrotw, Aud a bro- 
ther in anna, air — a brother iu sum — “ 

“Yes; blit how long will be be iu my 
arum 7 1 appreciate the privilege. But I 
want to know thu time, bocaium 1 haw to 
make some amngcmeiits of my own.” 

"My dear sir, the first physician in Eng- 
land could not tell you. I have seoroely 
had time for evru au cU-moutai> illaguuwl* 
yot. My impression - observe that 1 do not 
*l»l« it a* more than a rudimentary impres- 
sion — ia that til* burn of a hundred fights 
ha* got suppreased gout in bia syatem. I 
have tested him gvutly for arthritic indi- 
cations; bat ho strongly objects to being 
tasted." 

“ I heard him roqueat you to go to the 


“ It was a very natural request, are! tend- 
ed to roll tirtu my dmguoWL Gouty patient* 
always do ao. forgetting what would hap]>eu 
to tlo-tuseHm whon 1*B behind. But, my 
dear sir. If yoa can not entertain tliis ilis- 
tiuguished visitor iu his sail distreM, per- 
haps I could contrive, without marh danger, 
to hava him brought down to my bumble 
abode.” 

This made the Captain look a* deice as 
Pharaoh, and the doctor facetiously held 
up hi* tiainlxm to protec t hinnelf ; and there- 
with made off. “What must lie, must,” 
thought the other, a* lie went about hi* work 
quite cheerfully ; "old Fire and Punk seems 
vary much at Inane. But lie i* not the man 
to be long upon hi* back. If it wore not 
for that pompous rogue of a Perpcrap*. 
Punk would lie op aud off to-morrow. Wait 
a bit. Kometkmg will anso within a wt«k 
to change the situation." 

Bntaethlng arose within an boar to change 
the situation largely. What man, having 
begun a job, can bear to leave off at three- 
quarters of ilf Wben he baa only done a 
little. It may bo in bia power t« lay hw tools 
down and go away, muttering to himself 


" Dtuidium tactl, qnl bcoe ccrplt. lwbvL" 


But when he baa gat beyond the half( wldch 
pnme* none the sooner for the ttirre lwjp li- 
ning), hi* spirit is up, and hi* eyes and fiu- 
gers itch to admire tbe end of It. And till* 
is the spirit of tbe mighty artist. 

Mr. Arthur, in hi* little way, was a mighty 
artist- Ha could mo enwrap bli.welf in hi* 
work as to let everything else slip off, Ilk* 
water from Hie plumage of a sweetly oily 
duck. And lie bail that fine desire In ivim- 
plctc a Job well, through want of which so 
many men of genius fail. He hod now be- 
gun at thnt leathery crab-ire* — not at all a 
plemtaut job to a gnrdencr of high art, be- 
cause it waa a crude, cantankerous subject. 
But bis mind waa set nprui it, to make good 
tbe interruption of the GctMirai's disaster a 
few day* ago. 

Now Geueral Punk had been quite terri- 
ble this ilay , aud nsjiecially severe to all who 
d>il tbclr brat to help him. If anybody 
whispered that “ he would very noon tie 
belter,” the strewB**l words were helpless 
to oxprwM hi* Indignation, and be scowled 
at such atrocity. Even Rose, to whom be 
hod been courteous and gentle in hi* very 
worst pangs bilbetto, lioil been obliged this 
day to reliev* his tougun, which suffered 
(In sympathy with his system) from repres- 
sion, by making some very hasty exits. 
And Moggy aaiil, without i-opheiniam, he 
wa* " nurt but an sold dull." 

Toward eventide Miss Arthur, who had 
enough to do between them, came out fur a 
breath of sweet-laiiguagMl air, ami tbe free- 
dom of dwelling with larger thing*. .She 
hod always loved tbe great moorland view, 
aud tha calm ennoblement of the hills, as 
they drew tbo sinking light around llivm, 
and fiMtored every farewell glance. Win 
loved to see how they yielded rsok to Ilia 
larger lands beliiml them, aad accepted 
shallow, as they cast their own, Iu stalely 
grade* submissive. 

Out minds must 1m very much improved, 
no doubt, from lb* condition of tbe obi 
British mind a* it iisnd to work imt much 
more than a hundred years ago. Wben it 
waots to doscribo a thing, the mind makes 
senU, or at any rato double* up Hi* obi 
ones into new cocked hate, and u proud of 
haring found out aooaotbing frenh. Upon 
this bow phenomenon tbo staler uituds 


make rnah, as a dos*n sparrows chase the 
ods who lias unluckily found pie-crust, or 
men run after the man who lias lilt npon a 
scampish trick that pays. The great artists 
are the uieo who have taught our eye* to sec 
and our longer* to apeak. 

I to as t»*iis ran] 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Tux N»w York Democratic Ouivention, which 
met at Albany oo tbe llth ami 1 Itb imt . tusdr 
the following tHBiiinsiion* ; For Secretary of 
State. W ilium Farrell, of Hoarse; for Cranp 
troibr. George 11 lapham, of Ystra; for Altor- 

neyfitawral, Uu-wll A, Psnnentev, of Ri<n«se- 

Iser; far Nut* TrvMun-r. Killed A Maxwell of 
G encore ; fur Suu- F.iiginrar wu| Sumior, 
Thoms* Enrrtked, of Orboiu ; for Judge of 
Co*lrt of Appeals, Angioma SHintminalii'r. Jun., 
of Ulster. Ail UlioC ratio* of the Conremioo and 
portraits of MfidfiMfi will be Aoaod on pige 10k 

Rureia lu* mwtitly aopiuwd from Cliin* the 
right to enter that romitry through * gateway 
mwr the wretern end of the Graa4 WsH. A 
snter in tbe W Jflsff Uavti* rails attention to 
tbe (*ct that this route as* a favorite «, aiili 
IVibmi'r 8eric trailer*, uj tlou it as* followed 
gnscrally by the Arab men hunts in the riith 
orntury. He mill* Mist the srepiiriDg *d thi* 
route hy Rurris may won leal to ibe cnuotr'iclico 
of tbe first Central Asiatic railway. 

Mr. J. R. Krone'* famous FcuVvIl ha* Mgsol- 
l*e*I bim*rlf by two reo-nl victories on the Esg- 
l»h turf — tbe Cesarawitah Stake* on llth inu., 
and the Met Htakra on the following day. A 

S kun of Foilull was printel la IJaUKa's 
< raniT for November ». ISStt. 

A captain of a government rrr«im*calier ha* 
taken fceoal pMuvuinu of Wrangell tuoj in the 
HUM «f tl.r Coiled Ht*U«. SuggiwUr* as the 
name i* of ilixjiuln, it n not bsliood that tlw »u-p 
will remit iu tnlrruatinual uintniniray, aiuiw 
Wrangell lainil a* willioul tababitanU ami »itb- 
•Hit value, so far a* any oou Ua* been ablo In ■&*- 


A Newfiiuiulland dig brinugVng la Hiutcei U 
heliniml to lavo coinailtn-d suicide. Ha had 
Uvs »kk for wane lias*. IIi> owner and aeierol 
ulbrr pcriKiiit raw him go into the atre-cl, wail fu< 
tutt hi lightly laiVn » spoils iu juua, au-1 then itv- 
Ubrtatriy lit du»u to front of Hie wheels of a 
uuL-k luiik-d sltli a tome. 

Iloaton cl tiro* that the won) riomi, whkh is 
s a-viroe of perpleiitj and grief to the KcglUh 
peer*, was cc-ypn*n-l in thu city alwut the year 
1774. 

It is burned by wsy of Oiieagn that there m s 
panic Is lloHon utof ih*r advsuoe in the price of 

Tbe hoed Mayor at Ia ados has recrired from 
an admire* in New Smtii W*1 m a proseot of 
game, drrawed and fruaca. In iho k4 sere thir 
Iimu kangaroos. 

TV* Vwoii Jlltuiri announced tbu on rtcpilier 
14 the auHriuana would hbU a ootimial fronisl 
in lirinur of the <JtM»very of iho country lq Chris 
inphatr Columbus, at whKh an urcluwtra of ten 
thoUMml pine* would aasMI a hundred ringrrv 
m rendering the famous unucmal hymn "Colum- 
bia," occupied by the dunivmir above uuiihL 
Kuctly at the finale * hundred cannon ware In 
be fired hy the touch of tbe leader's baton ou an 
electric kcy. 

TTicre aromt to be a Isrit of aequaiutanro with 
the ingredients of harmU-as herernges in Home- 
wood, Fownrylvania An i-nterpconng man ro- 
rontly sold forty dollar*' worth of coffee to the 
roidcuts a* a sure isnt for f us il -pox. 

In Hew of the dss tr u ct asu of the famous revise* 
of Lc-baatn. Roatrro Fanlia. tbe Governor-lteuor- 
sl, hat iroued a decree forbidding icons t* to 
I-' lent* or kiadlo fins atnoug the trees, and 
setting forth that say naan, dorp, or gnats found 
there will be nmlbwatod It is aahl that the for- 

ert lias dwlniiW«l n> a mere thicket, in which 
Ucro are only about four hundred trees, 

A Canadian la Ban Knaewm is nbiisg a Od- 
nreo nowrpapor with a pair of xhtwrr end a 
Chinsman. He dips luma of fterret to the 
ChiarM from iho daily piper*, ami he* them 
traudatnl Into tha Uiigusgw of Lb* Flowery King- 
■liiiiii Ha has a rival In a uuwspapiv owned and 
iditml by (liloanico. There ha* s* yet l*cn no 
outcry against Chimrao chiup Labor in journalism. 

V#*7 little dec tress, but a groat diul of aimoy. 
anew, reculu from thv recent lira in tbs building 
wbvre Hurray Hill 111* Lmo accucleosed to store 
it* valuablM while Kwnding the summer in 
muutry ur abcuad. There nuy bo additional *g 
graialico in the thought that a out of the build- 
ing waa iK-ltevtd to be fire-prouf, and that it w*s 
tliia part of the stricture which suffiml tli* nut 
Amubg the usmcc of llic luacre are boss who are 
not amply able to bear tlnir luuiu ; yn mans 
of tha wealthiest of them coaid doc replace what 
they hare lost, even though they were willing to 
dorote their entire fortunea to IL Many svrU 
ii mat clapae before an estimate of the aggn-gote 
losses can be SMuJc. It Will prohatdy he amueg 
thu mtlliuns, rcckoaing the property at it* intiin- 
aie value, srd it is safe to aty that the Inarm 
would gladly Slid several hundred thuuund dol- 
lars to those figures if they could bats their val- 
uables restored! 





HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


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MASt»M«; LOlHiE Of fOUUUW, AT M.\> AKK, NEW JERSEY*, IN ItERORY OF I’ilLilOLNT GARFIELD. — Diuwx bt Ciubim Gbahab — {S«l P*« TI&J 


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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


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I 

OCTOBER 22, 1M»|. 



THE L\TR till. J. II inHUiNIK 


THE NEW GOVERNOR OF IOWA. 

Ilo*. Mi ni:* H. Siii.nu.ts, tli.- KY|mblicun Got ert hi reelect 
of Iowa. i> aiu> ill tbo arll-ttmite mm of It'll Wol. Il« 
»prinu«, llo«(T(r, from rimmI Eastern stock, ami iitrea much 
I" IIm< i|iixliin'» inherited ftoin Itotiomhk' pan-nUge, and 
llir lublti of industry foron-il rally In life. Hit lx a na- 
tive of New York, lioru iu Fbvlpa, Ontario County, lL»y 

**. l<*v 

llr uaa the tbltd aiMI II t hll*K»» I.. BUKHMAN. After a 
good practical education ill llir pul'll, school at Klnilru, 
be Icumed llu' nalchmakcr's trade. Iu IMS, the family 
tvmiiiol In town, *lM« llir father bad |mrrbaMxl mime 
government land*. There tlwy engaged in tanning. Whilst 
at mirk u|ton llir farm b«' employed bin Iriuuv hours in 
studying Ian, ami ill llii> summer of l“.V.I nan admitted to 
the b.*i. Wlma the iiarii ilh llir Smith brake mat Im nan 
one of lli.' finit In rvxp-'iid, unil enlisted in Company <», 
Thirteenth Inn a Vuln 11 1 ••••»• Infantry, nml innnt-iliiilrly wont 
tn llir front. I'iwiii tNa'Mlil Sergeant In' naa plumoto.1, in 
Fritniitfy, MW, to iki'ianl Lieutenant of Company 1'. He 
■ a* severely wunudcd ut tlm bulllt< of Pittsburg Landing 
While ill lb.' Ii.-piul bo won pr.iim.le.t In tlw> rank ofCap- 
tain for gallant rrrvicca uu tlir brlil. At length, though 
crippled anil still suffering fnmi bis injuries, bo returned 



T1IK PROJECTED YOHKTOWX MOXIKENT. 



TIIE UOX. HI RES R. KHEHMAX. 


tn bi* company, where. l>y tbo aid nf crutches. bo wna ablo 
In Ih< nn ilnly ; Imt tlir il. inaii.lt. «f patriotism wore mure 
tbau In* enfeebled system o-iilil endure, mnl Im wiu linully 
compelled. in llie slimmer of MU, to rcalgu lu» oomilUMloii. 

S....II aflur bia iv Inin liomr hu naa elected to tbo nllka 

ol fount) Judge, Ikoluii ( ' to » bit li b* naa re-eb-clisl 

in Mil. Ilr resigned tlir Judgeship m 1*01 to accept llie 
otlkr nf Clerk of tlir l'islriet t oiirt, wbicb position be belli 
by repeated elect ion* until bis elect iimi an Auditor of the 
PUtc I n 1*74, 1 be pm.it inn be baa belli e v cr aiuro, unil « bo b 
be tillnl with aneb luarknl ability (bat bo very hood cdbui 
ililn prominence ns n candidate for tforemor. On Ibe Slllb 
of Jiiiio be tvciriwil Ibe muni nation. 


THE FOURTH AVENUE FIRE 

Tlir niftxt nateiiasre ami destmcliv* cnnliagruliou tluit 
has vtaltril New Yoik in ninny yenrs orcnrreil on tbo nigUt 
of Ortolwr 1". mi Fourth Annir, war tbu lower mouth of 
llio Talk AtrtiM tuntirl, anil directly upp>uit« tlm Turk 
Avenne Hotrl. Tbo tire broke out in tbc iiutarnao stables 
of Ibe Fourth Avenue Railway Company. A •till' gale 
blowing Irutu elm mirth west aprvud tb* lliinma with great 
rapidity, ami despitu tbo brat efforts of tlir l«ave fiteinen 
to nml tlirm, tbo outiro bluck buuuilvtl by Thirl) -secoud 





71ft 


and Thirty-thin) streets and Let ington noil 
Fourth a. oiium * u speedily consumed. 

Within half au boor after I hr Oral out- 
break the Ore bad rrereed Tbtrty-aeeoad 
Street, and seised upon the tall *toragr ware- 
house belonging to John II. MoRKIU. tho 
finrel and Urgeat of Ita kind in thla city. 
Two nullum dot lam* aorlh of property waa 
attired there. The building wo* entirely do- 
■troyed. Many of the boat fonuliee of the 
city, when Wa*elllng nr osrt of town, depos- 
ited their valuables at MoHHIIx'a, and took 
their own risks. Insuring or not Iwtana* aa 
they u* tit. Much of the material stored 
there wna ronaM| neatly uninsured through 
the neglect of tile ow iieru 


A LODGE OF SORROW. 

O* the enuring of the 11th lart-a Lodge 


of Sorrow won held at I lie Oread Opera- 
tMiner la Newark. New Jersey, It. memory of 
1‘iroiiUiit GaoriKUi, who waa a owahw of 
the order. Tile hnuae waa crowded with tile 
mint eminent cilireu*. Tile front i«f the pro- 
wemilnm and tlie stag" were heavily draped 
la Mark. Near tire front of the stage real a 
were placed an aa to fora a regular Lodge, 
and la the centre wna a large catafalque, 
appropriately draped- In the midst waa a 
rained dale, iw. the front of which were the 
let tern .1 A. G. to silver, and oo the ilaia 
ruatml on urn. tret of the catafalque hung 
a Maaouic apron, and on the went a pair of 
white gtnv re enured. Fast, went, and aonth 
of ilia catafalque were three l’aa* Musters, 
and hy the aide of racli a ta|>er. Other of- 
ficers of the Lodge aat in their waoal place*. 
At the rear of the stage waa a rliorua of 
main and female voice*, and inatrnmental 
music wo* funiiahed h.v a land. Tire le..lgn 
waa opened in doe funn according to the 
ritual, and the Fuel Maater in tho enat light- 
ed hta taper, cay tug, “ Wisdom in life." Tho 
ottcer hi Ilia oret then lighted Ilia taper. 
Buying, " Strength in death." Then tlie of- 
flcior In tlie aonlli lighted the third taper, 
any mg. “ Beauty iu God's love, anil oterual 
light." Tire Chaplain of the Lodge then 
repeated a prayer, w Inch waa followed by 
lire male cbnros aingmg. " Illeaead are the 
pure in heart.'’ A brief oration (not from 
the ritual) waa given hy Urn Hot. Dr. Har- 
woam, of New Tuck city. 

After the oration cam 
spirit, real,” hy a qnortette, and tbi 


uri-lrem from tho rilnal beginning, “In the 
midst of life we are In death,'* rend by the 
Worshipful Maater. AfleT this tire Chaplain 
read M'leclintia from Scripture, a dirge waa 
played by lire band, and a prayer mad# hy 
tire Chaplain, Tho officer. ef tire Lodgo 
then, while the Dead March In Saul waa 
played, walked slowly aroorel tho cata- 
falque ; the Junior Warden advanced and 
laid upon It a hunch of white flowers, em- 
blematic uf the pure life to which their bro- 
ther had been called. The procemiou again 
moved around tire catafalque, and the Sen- 
ior Warden placed upon it a wreath of white 
flowers a* a symbol of lire v Irtues of the I to- 
ps rted. At tire ch»» of the third march the 
Master of the Lodge laid a green wreath cm 
the catafalque an easblam of faith in lb« 
tm mortality of tire anal. As each of three 
wreaths was pul In Its plnee on# of the ta- 
pers was Kitmgnithed. Then followed the 
impreudvr funeral service from the ritual. 
Ure grand honor, ware giren. (he choir and 
audience sang ** Nearer, my God, to Thee,” 
and thu hand played Cuoitu’s TVreW. 


HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE 
in skkvr BKHAUvno*. 

I «■ slloprthre |UaMU with IW. rnretW at 
UrestredV Ac it IMk^.nU la acre. cstaoMioe sud 

SiTl* r» Wen. a A ». Renrr. M.D. 


EFFIB ELL3LER. 

%. Rises k Son : Madison ftpisre TlmUrtL 


thorough trial. 1 must say that it fully menu the 
jmin> that 1 htve awywlrere licwrri ta-*lo«r«Ui|MKi 


Ina l h»y. Vwre iSu. with Vlclooa, 

3twt>l are ■ 

Whia colli 


n red slept IU. tbwadw. — (Xdr ) 


le m nils Con Vainnre. nl lie Sort., t 
res. Birtsts •« reirty earn yea B«sm n< 

— <io»l 


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IF NOT AS REPRESENTED. 


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A BEAUTIFUL BBUSH. sAPHKku 


Mem ion thlo Pupur, 


MONTY RETt'RIRD IF 1*©T AR REPRWRirTRB. 

Hfli 


or joso ..f Now Tret, re a (mmrvileo or m-l fsan. 

“ • SadCi Mtteknt /Tret Arret. 






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hmalaw liluU on l'.u Nii'iii. l„ w Hull, link 
MlitHiWi, V>.».IUc.l n-.l* mil IW.II. if, Dual mil 

t-Hi..- in Ui..., m.| v^ini,, tomMli ..nTrap- 
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I r •| l |mr*- An, •-■••ulHl-tii ill «M "Tiltka* mil 
Va.iial.ta Dili Krflpn irf Hit 1'i-V—i « ; Fan III- 
f"» (lit ft of l»u Atari Tra|v mil hr tin. 
CiM.anl.M, „f T-ai« of all Kind.; Ifeiailtd In- 
Mmtll.n. r..r lit Cap! Ufa -t Hi Pir-baring AM- 
■l*W| Val na Ma llrrm [..r Uia Cnlat and Tahr.tir 
of Fa. Shiva,**. By IV. Itaa 
of -Pat-mt l«ia" llliaatl 
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INITi A QI4CA. Pin L A Pit* Oratk Cimi* 
C.mprahrnill..* rifun.ii.r, IWkiih, nod Ki.m.o 
wllh V.nakiilirlca. Ua ika Han of Hit “ 
r'f" a Lilian.^ Itjr Wuuiu Sinn, D.C.l. , 1,1. ,1k 

WtftTCOTT A MOUTIOniU N(W TEtTA- 
MtNT T.o Xrw Tralntaci.l In ihat>.iKl..il limb. 
TkaVaxt KitumI by Iln-.. a F>— W amort, tl II.. 
H«m» Kn.frawir id II, tin, ii. Inn nf KMrrlKw 
«i|’k: ind r. J, A. Ilnur, ll.il.. Ilultaa Itufttor 
of Mllnliy, lira Ptll or „f Trnllt Ant kr*. Cam- 
latilLt. .Amrflrai E-litni. W llh an Intnulitrilaai 
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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 

New York, Sattkdat, October 29 , 18 S 1 . 


HARPER'S TOONG PEOPLE. 

Ax Illustrated Weekly— 1C Pages. 

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Flour Carden," writ ereUe eurionly, auJ mil ft read tr iti afoot t- 
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YORKTOWN. 

T HE commemoration at Yorktown close* tl»e long 
aeries of centenaries of Revolutionary buttles, 
which lx* gun in 1875 at Lexington, Concord, and 
Bunker Hill, atid which has continued with very 
great although naturally varying interest to that of 
the ourrendor of CoRXWALLla. Tlwi next event in 
order and significance will be the centenary of the 
siguingof the treaty of peace, and seven years hence we 
may ex poet a due olsservance of the completion of the 
hundredth year of the government under the Consti- 
tution. These celebrations have been moot important 
and instructive, and they have been of the greatest 
service in refreshing the memory of events, which in 
aomo canes had faded from general recollection or 
were very vaguely recalled. The opening events of 
the Revolution iu New England are so familiar that 
the first centennial celebration* were general and en- 
thusiastic, and served to stimulate the public mind 
with an urdor which did not abate to the last cum- 
meniorutioiiH, The active Revolution not only liegan 
in New England, but the preceding debate had been 
curried on there with the utmost ability and vigor; 
and Hie historians and biographers of the men of that 
time have been largely New Englanders, *0 that full 
nnd detailed justice bus hern dune to the part thut the 
Knstern colonies played in the great struggle. The 
three controlling colonies a hundred yean ago were 
Ma»ancl)n*etU, New York, and Virginia, and the Rev- 
olutionary movement which begun iu Muumchusett* 
piuoied to New York, and ended iu Virginia. The 
great campaign was that of New York ; the derisive 
event wus the .surrender of BURGOYXE. which led to 
the active aid of France, which compelled the sur- 
render of CoRJIWaLM*. Thus the three colonies are 
united by the most patriotic traditjons. and blend iu 
<1 common gratitude the name* of illustrious sous. 

The difference* oWrvable in the Revolutionary 
annals between New England and New York, which 
were close and immediate neighbors, were due to two 
chief cause*, the practical homogeneity of New Eng- 
land. and the immediate dependence of New York 
upon tha crown. The immense territory of New York 
was not only spureely peopled, but its population was 
os heterogeneous as it is now. Even in the seven- 
teenth century, when New England spoke bat one 
language, eighteen different tongue* were spoken 
familiarly in New York: and politically the right* of 
the people of the province were not guaranteed by 
charter. There were no braver or wiser Revolution 
ary leaders than JOBE Morix HocrTT and JOHH JaT 
and Alexander HAurLTox and George Clutton. 
but there were no tougher Tories upon the continent 
than those of the city of New York and Long Island. 
During the centennial epoch there have been at least 
ten important commemoration* in New York. The 
first was that of the beginning of luwtilitien, signalized 
by a masterly discourse of l>r. StoRRm before the His- 
torical Society. The next was the aumversury of the 
adoption of the Constitution of the State, in the spring 
of 1877, marked by a characteristic oration of CH arlkm 
O'O oXOR before the same society. Three were fol- 
lowed by the celebration at Kingston of the institu- 
tion of the State government; the OrUkany celebra- 
tion upon the battle-field; the celebration at Remn* 
lleigh tsand Sehuy lerville. the Saratoga of BlrouVNEb 
surrender; and the celebrations at Cherry Valley, at 
the old fort of Schoharie, at White Plains, and at the 
spot of the capture of AXDufc. Other Revolutionary 
event* within the Stale have not been forgotten, but 
we have mentioned the more important. 

During all this period the comparative good-na- 
tured indifference of New York to her own renown 
lias been observable- -that trait which lias led to great 
injustice lathe popular estimate of the Revolutionary 
attitude of the State, There were several living ex- 
Governor* of the Slate at the time of the Kingston 
celebration, but we believe that not one wus promt 
to honor iu person the memory of the first great re- 
publican Governor of New York, George CuxtuX, 
although cx-Governor SEYMOUR. detained at home by 
illness, wrote an admirable letter ujkiu the occasion. 
Schuyierville. the seat of Buruotxe'* surrender, and, 
upon the whole, the moat memorable, because, as we 
have said, the most decider . field of the wnr, is ocly 


[ twenty miles from Albany: the day of the commem- 
oration was perfect ; but the Legislature had made no 
appropriation, we believe, toward the expenses of the 
day. and the Governor of New York was " represent- 
ed by iiietnbrrs of his military family.” The affair 
at Onskuny was of the most vital importance, and 
there was an immense crowd upon the field of the 
celebration ; yet, while every school boy in Massacliu- 
setts knows the great day of Concord and I^exington 
by lieurt, there ure very intelligent citizens of New 
York who know little about Orukany. It is curious 
to trace in this way the persistence of the character- 
istic* of a community. The misfortune of Virginia 
is the situation of her famous battle-field. It is on a 
solitary and inaccessible peninsula, and the difficul- 
ties of providing transport am) comfortable accom- 
modation for a vast throng of visitors seem not to 
have been properly considered- It is unlucky that 
the only commemoration to which foreign guest* 
were bidden should. have been the one for which pre- 
parations were the least adequate. But the great pur- 
pose of such an occasion — renewing the knowledge of 
the details of the event and the perception of ils sig- 
nificance — has been fully accomplished. The doily 
newspapers have henome histories ; admirable me- 
moirs, like JoBxarox'u The Yurktuim Campaign, 
liave been publishrd; and while the hearty good will 
of other year* with France and Germany bus been 
renewed, the hostile feeling of the same years toward 
England bus been buried iu a grave over which "our 
old home” mourns with us. Tlie mural of the long se- 
ries of cen ten uial Revolutionary celebrations is plain, 
and will bn denied by no man of English blood ; it is 
that the Kngliah colonies in America triumphantly 
vindicated the essential principles of English lib- 
erty. 


TI1E ARTHUR ADMINISTRATION. 

The first month will be probably the halcyon month 
of President ARTHUR'S administration. He took hi* 
seat with dignity, modesty, and evident appreciation 
of the painful situation. He requested the Garfield 
cabinet to remain at least for a time; and the people 
and the prow have forborne all prospective criticism. 
Indeed, there lias been very little speculation about 
the general course of the new administration, but u 
very general expression of the hope that there would 
be uo violent departure from the accepted spirit and 
purpose of that of President GARFIELD. This tran- 
quillity and universal satisfaction. however, call Hot 
last. There must be change*. Mid with change will 
coma trouble. It is now understood Unit the Gar- 
field cabinet will retire, and that the members of its 
successor are already determined. The appointment 
of the cabinet will be the first punitive act of the ad- 
ministration, and criticism will auou begin. The Lon- 
don Spectator said recently, in commenting upon our 
situation, and said very shrewdly, that a king can not 
he deduced from an heir-apparent. But the case is 
somewhat different in elective and party govern- 
ments. In such governments the chief executive 
officer* represent certain well-defined opinions and 
tendencies, and the succesuun of a Vice-President to 
a President does not import auy surrender of his 
views to throe of lii* predecessor. 

General GARFIELD and General ARTHUR were both 
Republicans. They were nominated by the same 
Convention, am) they were elected by the same vole. 
Their political views and sympathies and association* 
were perfectly familiar. If tlierc was any error in 
the selection of either candidate, it was an error of 
which the party and not the candidate must bear the 
whole responsibility. The voter* who elected Gcu- 
crnl GaRFIEMi also elected General ARTHUR to suc- 
cess) to the Presidency iu the event of General Gar- 
field 'a death or disability, and they elected him 
knowing that hi* views and aawiciatious were not 
those of General Garfield. It is true that under 
our political system and practice there can be no di- 
vision of lire electoral vote*; but that is only a con- 
clusive reason for selecting both candidate* as repre- 
sentatives of the same general convictions, and us 
agents of the same general policy. If for auy sec- 
ondary reason of expediency this is not done. Ihow 
who omit to do it must expect to pay the penalty, if 
there be any penalty to pay. They can not plead 
that there wus uuy understanding, express or implied, 
that if the President should die. the Vice-President 
should retain bis predecessor's advisers or pursue hi* 
policy. 

Tli is is u decision which rods solely with the new 
Chief Magistrate, and it will depend upon his judg- 
ment of tire situation. If he should think that the 
general course which was expected of his predecessor 
was one which promised greatly to strengthen Ure 
party to which both belonged, and to perpetuate it* 
ascendency by gaming the respect am) confidence of 
the country, he might think it wise, in the interest of 
that party, to forego his owu predilections, and prac- 
tically to continue bis predecessor's administration. 
But this would be un exceptional course. It is to be 
generally exported that the successor will favor his 
own views within the party more tliau those with 
which lie Las not sympathized, and that he will sur- 
round himself with kindred advisers. This is the 


result fairly to be expected in the change from the 
Garfield to tire Arthur administration. A* lie 
publicans, both the late and the present President 
were devoted to the same general objects. Their 
difference* were those of method*, and of tire com 
punitive importance of object*. This is a difference 
which would make, of course, lumentially different 
administration*, and that difference ia what must be 
expected. The gentlemen selected for the cabinet 
will undoubtedly be taken from those Republicans 
who, could Urey have controlled the. Chicago Con- 
vention, would not have nominated General Gar- 
field. This view i* confirmed by the namr* most 
prominently mentioned in connection with the cab- 
inet. They are fainiliur names, and they are not such 
a* to suggest a continuation of what it was supposed 
would lie the distinctive character of the late adminis- 
tration. Their selection would forecast au adminis- 
tration very different from tliut which ended with 
the death of Garfield, hut an administration which 
is to be judged fairly only by its conduct, not by pre- 
possession*. 


MACHINE- UREA KING. 

The four most machine-ridden cities in the Stale 
are New York, Brooklyn, Albany, and Buffalo. It is 
natural that iu those cities there should lie the strong- 
est anti-machine feeling, and the most strenuous de- 
sire to emancipate lire voters and restore the political 
initiative and control to the people. At present the 
great multitude of citizens are merely pawns and 
counters in the hand* of those who make a businem 
—and generally n trade - of politics, Mid the assaosi na- 
tion of the late President has forced upon the public 
mind the conviction of the grave dangers that lurk iu 
such a situation . A nee wary consequence of this in- 
terest is a careful consideration of methods for break- 
ing the degrading and destructive force of the ma- 
chine. Pending the adoption of such methods, no- 
thing will b* effective but the action of the individual 
voter. In Pennsylvania. Mr. WOLF! has raised the 
standard of revolt against the machine by presenting 
himself as au inde|*udeut cuudidate against the can- 
didate of the machine. We give elsewhere a por- 
trait of this valiant machine-breaker. In Brooklyn, 
a great meeting of independent citizens has nomi- 
nated fur Mayor Mr. BlPLEV Ropes, a gentleman of 
the highest clinractcr and public spirit, the kind of 
man wbmn public office ought always to saek. and 
for whom every independent citizen should gladly 
vote. We give also a portrait of Mr. Korea, the 
method of whose nomination ia a sign of vigorous 
political health; and even Mr. BEECHER, who two 
years ago ridiculed sc rs ichors and bolter*, now *ay* 
in the meeting which nominated Mr. Roper, “You 
must present to us good candidates, or we will smash 
your machine.” In Buffalo, the Exjirrtu, one of tha 
moat vigorous and resolute of Republican papers, 
bolt* the local nominations in Erie County, and says, 
boldly and sensibly: 

" We datl keep mi boWag lad wainiGwi. rrm if filer ire 
•»»r •*> nyiiUrlr mu!*, «» km* »■ * Oormpt mwhtrvf continue* to 
■soke U-m, Amt wl *♦ alialt always claim that the Feprrm ii a 
Krfoitiliisn [afar — an inilii|>Muliint tb-puMican paper— ^ne that 
•rill *Up(Rat ll* Jnwl/ ■hull al it r%hl, anJ itj hi net it right »bou 
tl ia vrveg.” 

But in a system of government by party there must 
be wine jiennauent and legal remedy tor this mis- 
chief. In other words, the whole scheme of party 
nomination* by cnucuii ha* failed. The people are 
divided into purtics, lrut in no party have they tho 
power of selecting candidates. It is not because they 
do not wuili to select them, but because they are pre- 
vented. The Buffalo Exprem, which lia* done great 
service in arousing public opinion and in emancipa- 
ting tire people at the polls, and which show* the full 
courage of it* convictions, ha* lately published two 
masterly communication* upon “The Caucus Sys- 
tem,” which expose in the clearest light ita follies and 
dangers, and point out a simple and practicable rem- 
edy. The system itself the writer holds to be au un- 
mitigated evil, which can not b« amended, and must 
be destroyed. It is in the caucus, he thinks, that tho 
spoil* system has it* rout, and no reform cun be ode- 
quate which do<?« not abolish that system. His rem- 
edy i* nnn which lui* been recently often suggested. 
Mr. MauMILLa-V advocates it, and Mr. ERaSTI/m 
Brooks aimed at it iu his bill of lust winter. But 
nowhere li** it been more cogently and forcibly aet 
forth than by the writer in the Buffalo Erprcna. 

It cuusisU in providing by law for the open and 
free nomination of csudUlatc* for office, just as tho 
final election is regulated by law, It would of course 
leave parties untouched, but it would give to every 
member of a party an opportunity uf voting to sel«-ot 
cuudidate* and delegates in a manner regulated by 
law and conducted officially. There would be uo 
constraint. No member of a party would be hound 
by Miy nuiuiuatiou w> made. But in every district 
the members of all parties would docUle whether they 
would make nominations in that way or by the venal 
scramble of a muebine caucus. A caucus might 
nominate at the will of a boss, but the voters of tho 
party would decide whether the candidate of the cau- 
cus should be Um: real candidate of the {arty. Thu 


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trick of “ regularity" would bo circumTontod, and 
instead of deciding upou an nltr-rnnlivei of unsatisfac- 
tory candidates pul up by bosses* fur their own pur- 
posed. and forcing every voter to streufctbeu the boas 
or connive at the di-fral of the party, the voters there - 
Helve* would designate' tile candidates, and abnltalt 
the hnasra. This would restore to active politics the 
"good citizens" who are now excluded from public 
affairs, not by their own will, but by the caucus. The 
exltortation to "good citizen*'' to attend the primaries 
in such cities ua we hare mentioned is ludicrous. It 
is an invitation to play with sharpen, and against 
marked card*. confederates, and loaded dice; or if, in 
a great emergency like that of Um overthrow of 
Twin, or in a spasm of generous disgust and impa- 
tience like that which has nominated Mr. UoPES, the 
people instead of the professional polttkiatia and 
boews obtain control, it is known to bo an exception 
al event. A mtanutblc legal regulation would make 
it Lhc rule. Every intelligent man knows that the 
machinery of parties, as at present constituted, pro- 
duces p recisel y the result* tluit we are. A simple 
legal regulation would throw that machinery totally 
out of gear. But pending such regulation the only 
remedy is that which the Buffalo Ejeprt**, and Mr. 
WoLfX ill IV'iinsylvania. and Mr. RkxciikK in Brook- 
lyn, recommend, and which thirty thousand New York 
Republicans put in practice! two years ago. The 
only argument to which boraca and professional |h> 
litical tnuleiw give the least hoed is defeat. The So- 
ciety for l'olilicul Education could do no belter serv- 
ice than to republish in a broadside the communica- 
tion of " L." from the Buffalo Exprta#. 


POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS. 

Thi I-U publican Slate Committee of New York can 
not safely forget that when the late muchine waa 
overthrown, it waa expected that the downfall in- 
volved methods as well as men. 1/ it should appear 
that the abuses which made the machine odious are 
still carefully fostered, there will be an inevitable and 
disastrous reunion of feeling. The revolt again** 
Conklin gism was not person*! to Mr. OOKKUEKI and 
lib satellites. It wan a protest against unprincipled 
methods, again** unscrupulous power founded upon 
patronage and *|KiiU. Om of tlio chief outrages of 
tlve machine and of brraisni in New York, as in Penn- 
sylvania. waa the system of black-mailing known us 
political assessments, the levy of a huge tax upon the 
salaries of public clerks to pay party expenses. In 
perprt ualing this abuse the new committee has in- 
curred a very grave responsibility. Every Repub- 
lican, in the public service or out of it, should pay just 
what he freely chooses, and mar properly ask any- 
body else to do the same, toward the cost of the elec- 
tion. If this b all tliat b done, there can bo no com- 
plaint; bu* why does the committed rend a circular 
to those in the service specifying u sum which it is 
cuggnted that they should “contribute” I 

Such a demand from a party committee, under the 
spoils system of the last fifty yean, b practically a 
threat. Experience lias taught the office-holder that 
not to pay is to take the risk of removal. The Stale 
Committee would not think of sending a specific de- 
mand of twenty, thirty, forty, or fifty dollars to any 
person emplnyrd in any capucity in the office of Uib 
journal, becuuse it knows tliat hb place does not de- 
pend upon the remit of an election ; and it rends such 
a summons to the public clerk only because it b sup- 
posed that he will willingly pay a round sum to retain 
his place. But llib is part of the very evil which Sen- 
ator Miller and Mr. Dcpkw justly denounced, and 
which the Convention declared ought to be reformed. 
It b this very practice of levying a percentage upon 
the entire public salary fuud for tha benefit of the 
party in power which makes the expenses of an elec- 
tion so enormous and intolerable., and which produces 
the dangerous conviction tliat the result of elections 
b due to corruption. Under the theory that office- 
holders ought to pay the exjs'nsea of elections, private 
contributions practically cease, and the public service 
b put up at auction. We have personally known the 
head of a great public office to exclaim, energetically, 
when a clerk declined to pay the demand of a com- 
mittee. "I> him! there are mure than thirty men 

waiting to take his place, with all its incumbrances.” 

llow b such a wrong to be righted by persisting in 
it T One of the appeals of the party for public sup 
port b tliat such practices shall erase, and if the 
legitimate expenses can not bo defrayed except by 
resorting to abusm which the party promiiea to cor- 
rect, it should be distinctly understood that the party 
has promised more tlmn it means to perform. The 
Republican party should puy its way honorably, and 
take the consequences, and every Republican chief 
officer who due* not inform Ins subordinate*, iu a way 
which they know to be perfectly sincere, that their 
position* do not depend in the Inaxt degree upon their 
paying or not paying the uxseasmeul levied bv the 
Bute Committee, discredits the party and facilitate* 
it* defeat Iu prompt obedience to this just feeling, 
the Postmaster at New York has reminded persons 
employed in the office of the ruling of it he Post-office 
Itepartmeut that political assessments are not recog- 
nized by the department, and Unit the position of uo 


person will be affected either by giving or declining 
to give for political objects. The Collector of the 
Port lias also stated in an interview tliat ho issue* no 
order upon the subject because ha doe* not consider 
that he hoi any authority to interfere, but that, ho 
certainly should not remove a subordinate for refus- 
ing to pay a political aeeeasmeut. The position of 
llie Naval Officer upon this subject has been so frank- 
ly stated and b so well known tliat the circular* have 
not been sent into hb department. The character of 
all those officers is the guarantee of the perfect good 
faith of their declarations, and every person employed 
in the Posl-offtco and the Cuatom-bouao may fwl that 
he b entirely (nr to give or to decline to give, as ho 
thinks fit. Thu fact is one of tlic striking illustra- 
tions of the remarkable effect produced by a sound 
public opinion. 


THE END CROWNING THE WORK. 

Tn* culmination of tbo festivities at York town was very 
happy, and it is what wss sa*l and dime by the chief sce- 
nts. n»t vibst was mi (Terrel liy the visiters, which will give 
ehurw-n-r to the relsbrstioa. Tim atUIrrm nf the President 
was singularly felicitous. It wss comprehetnive, earliest, 
Jest, Bud dignified, nod it will commend itself to every citi- 
r>-o nf tlm country a* a must lilting sspnowiiWi front t!i» 
American Chief Magistrate of American feeling upou the 

The ovation of Mr. WDmCir was adiiiimhl* in scope 
ami lumper. It waa a highly flnlsbrel prere-uUUmi of the 
thought* and lessons list oral to the scene. Bud it wss 
wholly free from extras agsuce of effort or exaggeration of 
rhetoric. Its tone wss worm and hearty and gnuerviw, aud 
the ilisconrsn Jus tided the aelcctton of the orator. 

But not less happy acd most striking of all was the or- 
der of tlm President to tlm national military and liaval 
forces at Yoiktown to salats the English dag. The high 
propriety and significance of this act at this time can Dot 
be better stated than in tbo words of the order itself, llr. 
Kxusiws, in his late diseoarss, hoped tliat Urn import of 
tbo President's name recalling tbo famous head of the 
Round Tabic of poetic legend might lie Justified in bis ad- 
ministration. Tbn order to salute the (lag of an ancisat 
foil u]M>n tha fleUI of lus defeat is worthy of tbo Christian 
and humane spirit of tbo legendary King Arthur; 

“ In recognition of the friendly relations so long sad so happily 
aubeinling between Crest Britain and the United Stater, in tbe 
trust sod ccufideocc of peace and pxxl.will between the two ennn- 
trie* for all tbe centuries to come, slid reperuiiy as s mark of Ibe 
profound re<|>ect entertained by tbo Aasericoa puufdv for the illu* 
triour sore reign sod grarinu* la>ly who *ii* u|*« tlui British 
throne, it in bsrtfiy onluml tliat at tbs Horn of tfanvo aervlivs 
nsininmaxativ* of tlm valor and suture of our fureialbtrs to tbrlr 
I Win. Hie sirupgU for independence, the Bntfoh Hag shall be so- 
lulled Lr tbo forces of tile Army and Navy of (he United State" 
Duw at Yorktown. The Bseratory of War ud the Secretary of 
the Navy will give orders accordingly. Cnnuss A Airrwra 

“By tbe President; Jsaxs O. Ikatxt, Secretary of State.'' 


SIGNS OP THE TIMES. 

A Maxima bas been railed far this week at New Haven 
by a Urge number of the most eminent cltixeus of Con- 
tiootleat, i m- hiding Hr. Woolaef, Senator UaWlky. ex- 
Governor Hikbakp, President Pour kb, K. J. Kixosiu'RV, 
and many other* of tbo stuns character, to form a firsts 
Civil Service Reform Association. 

Tbe late Republican Convention of Oneida, tbe county in 
which Mr. CONKUM lives, unanimously adopted tbs follow - 
mg retaliation : 

" ktmJrrJ, Thai it ls mseotla! to the purity of our elections and 
of our legislation that the govemmau should leave the people un- 
trammelled la tlio choice of their renrrecoutm* sod officers : that 
tho caucus, the etc run turn, and the ballot- hot sbosld be tudepend- 
ont of official patronage, and that Icgwlitoee who ere* to ufflors and 
fix their emedumeat* should have do port or lot in dispensing them. 
Tbs Republican* of OneMa, roc-go izirg in the practice known as 
tbe spoils system a growing ami powerful inotative to revolution- 
ary dlsiurbsaer, pledge to President Amu's our earnest support 
in ererr endcaror to fulfill the purpose announceil by his prede- 
eta tor in hb insngural addre ss of arkinc Cooktvws to cooperate 
with the Eiecutive ia remedying by law tbe abuse* of appoint, 
menu and renewals in tbs civil son-ire " 

A reoolntion has been offered in tbe Minncoola Legisla- 
tore asking Congrew to prupowo an aennudment to tho Con- 
st! tattoo providing that every appointive officer in the 
eli II acrvnw shall hold fur good behavior or for a prescribed 
term. 

Among tbe eight subjects for tbe Jihlv A. Poitrx* prise 
of t&iil at Yale College, open to all graduates and under- 
graduate*, is *• Competition rressr Patronage as a Method 
of AppoinlrueDt to tlm Minor Civil Service.* 

Tbe we an* Wdia of tho mgr, a of tbe sleep and general in- 
terns* in the qnestiuD of reform. 


THE POETS AND POETRY OF IRELAND. 

Tlir. roinanee of Iriah feeling is strikingly shown in a 
col Lee ti 1*11 of The I'orit os.f /‘ortry vf /rviwarf, liy AU IIKD M. 
WtLUAtlA.Jiut |MsbUsbsd by J. EOwnoo ft Co. It la an 
aslmtrablc wi’lrctinn, sdiowixig great familiarity with the 
MihJoct, and a very Judicious choice. Tbe aoags which are 
known by a line or a phrase are here, and Dm bnof criti- 
cisms of tbe editor are both Juat and ilclicate. The book 
Insu nn Indi-m-nlwsble pathos. There is ail ntnler-lusi" of 
wail throughout the wire!" of it, like Dint *»f Die negro n»el- 
odii-w, which may mi la to Iss eitts-r the lingering echo of a 
lost life or tlm voice of u bnpelesa aapsratioiL 

There is aearerly n sotldcr twHtk thsn lb* rallovtUm af 
poetry fnuii tbe I>nliliii A'affais tif forty years ago, from 
which there- are oUanseteriwik- extracta in Mr. William*'* 
volatile. Tin- .Vuriuu was Ibe literary endeavor uf a group 
of young Irishmen, vdnraletl at the univereiry, to aniase by 
fervent |Hiellc appeal* to a history long extinct nud to tru* 
ditiutis hardly known, a uatiooal feeling and effort which 
were nMoniprehetisibl* by threw to a hup tbe appeal waa 


addresned. The young poeta presnpposed a people, and 
wrote fur them. The result waa both lamentable and Itt- 
dlcroua. 

But tbe sentiment which breathe* through tbia volume 
m far from ladlcroue, and tbe vivid realistic Uwicbew of tire 
street bailuda which Mr. VV'tLUAJSa ho* wisely included is 
eometimes ghastly. All the fomona Irish Datuee in Tine, 
except SwtPT and Ooi.lWMItn. wbu are purposely cxcludi-il 
ae baring written mainly for English readers, are in tbia 
collection, and here too ia “Tbe Naueleae Oihs" of Clais- 
ksck M AXilAM, on* of ibe saddest poenu, aa tbe editor truly 
aays, in literature. Tbe book is exceedingly interesting, 
and Mr. Williams baa done an adndrabtw work iu an ad- 
niirabla way. 


TnE NINETEENTH OF NOVEMBER 

Tits 19th of Novcnitier will bo tho fiftieth anniversary 
nf the birth of President CJaiu-ioji. Thcae who liobl lus 
soeiiMiry in honor — aod uo until wua ever more universally 
honored — will nstiirally eommeamrato the day. But riwilri 
those who would build him au enduring monument, a lisoit- 
aiaeut such ae be would baTe valued beyond any other me- 
morial, nerve bis memory snore fitly ami wisely Ilian by sig- 
nalizing tile day by the formation of uiikoua and leagues 
r d clubw to arouse public wcntiiueiit and to mould legisla- 
tion to annum that reform hi methods of admiuisl ration 
which he declared to be ranenttal to tbe coutinaiHl ptow- 
|H>tity of the govcmmcul t 


PERSONAL. 

kt-Ek Meanm, who died s few day* ism* st his inwnc la 
Aurora, New York, was so* of the founder* nf tlie exprwsa buai- 
dcu in the United ikeuw, and la tli»L as iu liu varum* cslmr «>- 
terprives, wss very aoncssfol. He waa ooe of tho original vttick- 
bJ-ieri uf tlie New York Thors, and next to Mr. tixoani Ji.wir, 
who own* Ibe controlling iotcrcvt, was its largest tharo-hutde-r. 
His licnevotcnce wss Urge and cvaiUat, bit d-joitioo* to Auburn 
Tbreilngwal Scminare alone haring, it is said, reached 
While in Oingrcm (where be served for six years) hr, with Mr. 
Awnnww !*. Mi'shit. nrsowed Ciuslui .Scxsxa from die lirutri «i- 
tack of Pamro* 8, Kaisiu. Throughout Central New York, and 
ndred whtovTiw ho waa known, bo was held in tbe highest esteem 
for hat many admirable iirelities, and for tbe parity and auusu-u- 
UlamiOMSM of bis rbsnurtcr 

— It is *aiJ that flows nr Ia ffecskr, Roh»t Loot Kranuv. and 
Ms siiter, Mils KkxsKiir, hare rah gihwa Hra Gaartxta f IX.onu, 
or mUO In all, and dr|ioiiied tbe same in the Hank of Commerce, 
U Iter order, Tlii*. witlt tho donations to tbs general fund, 
rebus tb> amouat to over (sini,imni. 

— Parutee Uicxxm. a najihew of I'naOLXS Dickiss, wan recently 
••levied a draoou of lim MulItoJisl Cliurcb by ibe Hoik Rioe Con. 
!c fence, at byeamorr. Ulnuit. 

—Things are moving akag in Enptau-1. la a paper roewlvrd !•* 
a late steamer we notice a paragraph whveh aaya, “ Mr. Smaxoet 
i* to be tlm gwees of Cantm W iLraaroocx at tlie IVaoety, South- 
ampton, during Um snubin of the Baptist UdIool” When Mr. 
Sniuntux fir»l logsu to prewtdi, it "»« n«H st aB tbe thing to make 
HspUit BsitiiKssw hfinursd guwsU in English den aeries. It Meens 
to he different In '81. 

— Tbw ism H. K. liras xr, eoe of New EegWs ablest Uwyeva. 
«K* said to Oebxul T. W. IliuntssriN - 11 Umw is tho most narrow, 
tig; sad tbe most digradiag of ail tbs peufiwsiiiiis. All human 
law ia a system of fossilised injustice, ax*l thu hslbliutl study uf H 
only dnaccalisM." 

—The oldrst twins ia the UoHed States are G Brans and Eowtsd 
Gascxlt, of Leatbcrwood, livery County, Virginia. They will be 
njiKty-three years edd on tbe It* of Dcccasber next and ace in 
goeri health. Their mother fired to be over erne hundred, and 
thrir father died at ninety, 

— Tlie Bcohop of Rochester, England, Dr. Toosold, is now oo bis 
fifth visit to Ibis country. Ho was rouoec rated tn 1*77, axel is 
fifty-six yntrs old. Hat falbsr aa* woo of Sr Jim* Treomx.n, a 
| IsinMii'l of very anriuut family and large property- Hi* grand- 
I fstlmr, wild rofusod a poseago, ».u one of tlie revest member* of 
the House of Cesuacsa who voted agatest tbe presmlkn uf llut 
Ainmicait war. Tbs Uisbop's wifa la vstisr to Mr. I.*uutt«xki, 
M.P^ <■!-.- r of 7Yw/A 

— The January number of llAirtA’s MsOAlta* will ooatain an 
important article by Senator Kqkl sds ou tl>s political aifreuu uf 
Morme&iim. 

— Wire the late General Braxircw wax udcgvapbsd by Got. 
emor ftraaoex, during tlie war, asking how own lu> coaid bu ready 
| b) take command of ibe Rhode Island inqs, be promptly answer- 
ed, “ In oee minute." 

— The new Icesec of Lord HxAcoxvniui's place. Boghabim 
Mid -t. gave |tan,iXMi to Mrlboorne University in memory of hi* 
brother, a Cambridge seniur wrangler, who dinl in Melbourne 
1 white prosecuting im|x>rtant oatronuniics! studies. 

— Mr. JacxHoa, tlie ymng Amtcican who bsx been appolnCr.1 
reader to the King of Wirtemborg. is living in absolutely inloseal 
■ clover. He la tlio King's cIixomI frirod, hs* ireem frrecoed wiih 
tills* ami doniraliuiia, ami las a liatlaliun of ffvnkie* to jump nt 
hat resuiaaniL Hu is a cuUivslsd young man, uvd pieasaul, but 
!»o« tixj ousrly handseswe. 

— It is (alii tliat wboa Lord Lviwnt was BriLiah Minivler in 
Washington tliure was atUulMil to the legaUuo a Mr IbiirtUA 
•uu uf a wiwiiliv bwruucL Mr. Saixrviutv was very nun-fa bko! be 
Inrd Lro.vs, and soon became his priiate au.-rola.-i. Prom llat 
time tiny bare bom Inseparable oNiipanioua. Mr. SilxniaiD has 
| aptitude fur ocoMaae details, and has entire cliatgc of ibe da*>- 
tic Arrangements of the embassy at Paris. It la dive to hla skill 
ia insLKSKsay that the dimers of Lord Ltoss are famed fur tbeir 
■lira 

—They have an airy way of doing things at LcadviUe. When 
Dr. McAimii wss there rt-.nu I y he aialnd to go down a tidur, 
wiiccvupon a gcntlreuan is workman's dress graMred bis btxrd, tulj 
him be hai once lircn s Princeton stwltnt, ami ltd the way down 
his own mine; and before the Doctor deported, liis new friend 
volunteered to create s fellowship st Princeton. 

— It is said that Mias Catbekisx L Volft, of this eitv. a Isdr 
long known for the tnuiiilicvnoe of her rbsritses, has subw-ribr-l 
few (be new Kyimvi|a] sremorial chs|>e) to Bishop Rkkks- 
Uf at Newport. Rlnsi* IstamL The esiiface in to irwt ilUO.OW, 
Mr (Ytaxxui'S VaSMaaiAT i* alsu a lilwral MslMcvilier. 

— I Inn of this wrallliiiot Irish |«in is tlm Karl of Pembroke. 
Early in U.U cratory diid Virexasul FiTXW tu.ua. an ecneturic char- 
acler. Laid uf htn-siurv and ficii'ucv. who fawmlrel and endow'd Ibr 
rplreulid KiLfwL'tiaui Museuiu at 1'aa.liriilgu. Hying uhlldb**, b- 
U*|uaaUud his lruh uststus to bis cumin tlie Karl uf Psmbnibv, 
with remainder to lbs earl’s sccubj sun, Sinsxr llaaaxav. lend 
YiizwiLtLax bod a nearer reUtivr, but this rebuive had offcedrel 
biao. Tbe property has mime trebled in value, sad is now wrwtli 
alMHit #XWJ,«VM a tear. It cesaipnars Memca and ITusrillkm 
bisares and tlie al Joining streets, the iwcU-reshleolcd quarter uf 
Duhllu, slid strehiwa sway miles seaward. 






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THE HON. HANNIBAL IIASILIN. 

Till* ilmtiucaiiheil atnteaman.nbo nn» recently confirm- 
ed I Stair* Miniilir to Spain, wiih Iwrn in I’ati*, Maim', 
August '17. I my. Hu nti prepared tu enter college, Lul, 
■■«ing lo bin father* ileal h, lie nnnniued i>ii (hr farm until 
be Ui»mc of ngp, n lieu In* learned tbe bUainPM of a printer. 
Mr. Hamun i* acventy-t »« ynam old, nml during bla riiun . 
baa been n member of llie Maiue Lrgialnture aix yeara (in | 
tbrve «f w bu ll hu wa* Spi'iiVi'r i»f the Ifmiae of Rrptvaenta- | 
live*), mrnilier of tbe I *tall«il Slate* lluiun uf Kepmmuta- , 
lire* fur fmir ycnra, tiuiernnr of Maine a abort tune, (Wn ' 


time* Semi inr fium M.iiur. Mn l’mailHrt uf tbe Cnilwt 
Mnln fimr yeun, ami Colln-tor fur I lie poet of Itioiuu four 
real*. Witlmut pMMMlMg I In- higher giAl of nrm IV. Im 

is a man of titling mind, clear UoaiWd, ami wuli-bfnl of tbe 
tnleivsla of bia Stole. 


THE NEW BRITISH MINISTER. 

Tirr. Hon. Lion kl S a< kviu.e-W cut, nlo. anccomla Nii Ed- 
waiid T lUiR.VTriS uh Itritiall Minuter to tbe United Stale*, 
mu mi of • very aurbiut family. It woa fiiuudeil in tbe ivigu 


of KliWAlili II. of England by Sir Tiiovia* Wr.«r, wlio wna 
in lilgll favor wilti tbat luonnr. b, anil bua luriiiabed aoverul 
liinliugniiluil aolilii ra nml aliiUfiMien to llie nation. The 
I'li'ont Ml ii iater, wit* l« I be fifth ami uf tbe fiftli Earl Hkl- 
• aw a ini, nn born oil tbe I9lb uf Joly. I*W. lie bn* been 
long in |iublir life, ami baa terved with d inline I iou u» llcit- 
iali Kuril) to the Argentine lfi'|.nl.|le, and latterly lo Spain. 

Tire family ia exceedingly * rail by. Through iiiairinge 
it Imeunw pemearod of Knnle. mm of tbe lurgeat bonw* in 
England, uf venerable, |ildiir*M|iii> imped, tliia ionor-unr 
maiiMun. which boa fire arte* of leaden roof, aland* In a 
park of rare (manly, renowned fur llie »pIeudor of ita timber. 



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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


OCTOBER », 1881 . 


TUB (ECUMENICAL METHODIST 

COM FKMNCBL 

IL 

Tn* City Read Ctiftl wit Mused a nota- 
ble exhibit loo of tho charaetorixt Ir* i>rW«i(. 
rrn Mrthndtom on Co relay oreoing, Heptem- 
lier II. I>r. Ikwiglax*. of Canada, hod been 
announced to preach there on that evening, 
and hi* fame gi an orator hail cmaiM I lm 
chapel to ita atrooet rapacity. But l>r. 
l>ougl*m itiil not arrive at lb* appointed 
time. I it. Williams, who la * hat would lm 
railed la America presiding a) dr* of tlio 
district, went oti with the services, b bile * 
iiicmcngor went after Hr. IVntglne*. lint it 
w an f iled that tlw CanadlM preacher woo 
quite too ill to come. The minister nf tint 
r Impel went straight to the llnrt American 
preacher he new la the rougregalMin (the 
Amnncon ran be distinguished from thn 
English preacher hy the latter's dress, which 
iipjiroxiantteM that of the clergy of •wlahltofa- 
ed church ami asked him to preach. It 
rnn*t hare required con rage in any mun to 
obey tlie summons under enr-h cirrnaiataorea 

no time fur preparation, and a disappoint- 
ed audience, in the chief histone temple of 
Method toss — ynl the American promptly re. 
s ponded. It was whispered about that the 
preacher was “Dr. Dnmcl. of Chicago," hut 
I could find no mich name in the list of del- 
eg* to*. Ilia sermon was on the Kingship 
of Christ ; and althoogh it contained mh>» 
apotliecaietn* of royalty generally which did 
not appear to me In good taste, coming 
from a republican to auhjrct* nf a tflonurrliy, 
yet I dnnlrt whether any other denomination 
In the world onuld have supplied a minister 
able to giro so able and eluajiieiit a nermou 
on the moment. 

An English Weal cyan preacher who aat 
lienidn me, hat with whom I was iinarqiiainl- 
ed, turned, at the conclusion, with tho re- 
mark, 

“ An original style nf preaching." 

“Yc#," I answered*, “ho la evidently a 
clever man.’' 

“ Some of it, however, hotter suited for a 
lecture than a sermon.” 

“ 1 suppose yon mean the hnmnroua pas- 
sage* and auecdutea." 

“ V«L* 

“Well, I am not oo certain abont that ; 
tlie preacher who touche* the heart of bis 
audience le very apt to make theta smile 
IM.* 

“Rat Bishop Simpson moved bis audi- 
ence, anil there wan no suggestion of laugh- 
ter from drat to last." 

“ It is still true that the fountain of laugh- 
ter is near to that of toot*.” 

A Largo company aaaaiublnil to hear the 
disemwion an “ Women, anil their Work in 
Methodism.” Although there were pretty 
Marts* told of the service* of eminent wo- 
men to Methodism in the past, and many 
praises of their devutinn and 'usefulness in 
tho present, and although a dintingnlnhed 
Woaloyan of Leeds expressed thn opinion 
that the Salvation Array was gaining its 
triumph* among the poor largely through 
It* female preacher*, it was evident that 
the (Ecumenical Conference represented a 
Church decidedly conservative, not to aay 
reactionary, on thlaanhjoct. On every other 
day the floor of the chapel waa occupied 
solely hy one hoi ; hat, strange to aay, just 
os the Hav. Mr. lion rue rate to In trod lire 
this subject, a beautiful young lady came In 
at n door near the pulpit, accompanied by a 
gentleman, aisil took her seat in full view of 
the masculine assembly. The guardian of 
that door mnst have succumbed before the 
bright eye* of this young Italy. 8 lie wonted 
somewhat over twenty years of age. hod on 
a light pink drew* suitable for the very 
warm day, her whits and delicate wrists 
worn adorned with bracelet*, and she hod 
an air which in England would bo called 
aristocratic. I fear she competed seriously 
with Mr. Mourn* for thn attention of tluuo 
near her ; and I think her presence canard 
the bear-bean to he particularly abundant 
in h#r vicinity when one sponior said, 
“There Is an influence and a power natural 
to women which men con not command." 
Ooc speaker (English) Mid that it must lm 
i-nufnssrd that Udira connected with tho 
Church of England do more charitable work 
than Weeleyan ladle*. (1c octal Frost, of 
Nebraska, plcadud vigorously fur tho odiuis- 
uon of Iodine to the regular Methodist min- 
istry everywhere. 

Rlanley, thou ahonhUt have lived to 
meet this boar! Bo might one faavs fairly 
paraphrased Wordsworth's apoctropbo to 
Milton when tlie (Eeamonlcal Con fervor* 
was welcomed in Exeter Hall by all 1 ‘ro- 
te* taut denominations except the Church 
of England. Had the great Dean, now dead, 
liven living — the Dean who placed loWnst- 
mnuilvr Ahltsy the representation of Wes- 
ley preaching from his father's tombstone 
when barred out of bis father's church — his 
would have been tlio great speech of that 
evening. He would have struck a loftier 
sole than was sounded by the announce- 


ment that a Roman count and canon had 
seceded from Roman I mii, and liven received 
into the Methodist Church at Rome. 

The devout peasants of Epworth believe 
that two Inilmitatiosis In tha grave stone of 
Wesley’s father are foot-priuts left them 
hy him who owl it as a pulpit. But now 
tl»* foot-print* nf Wesley are in every laud; 
his foot-prints ore represented hy a mcmlivr- 
ship of nlHiiit five mill ions, and a population 
of near twenty mlllliMi* of human being*. 
Dr. Barkley, of Now York, Mid that in cit- 
ing the statistics it should l<* remembered 
that III* early lucre*** of Methodism wa* 
hy triumph, the moilern increase largely by 
propagation. It apjicared to me that il n*« 
from far ftwntlsm, where Methodism i* mil- 
itant, and require* personal sacitllcc*. that 
the old ring of the loovecneut was moil 
beard, anil that the reporta from the cities 
were hy no moans so thrilling. Tim colored 
Bishop Payne's account of the labors of 
sotne negro revivalists in remote districts 
brought before my eyes piclnrv* much Ilk* 
those suggested by reading the records of 
John Wesley's experiences. 

General Fisk told a good stonr of the **- 
ritemont pnxlooed among Moathi-raer* III 
Tennessee during the war by the report that 
a powerful Degm preacher was going about 
tho ooniitry “ preaching insartsetiou." The 
General. Iwing nfltciolly in that regiou. 
thought it best to look the man op, He 
found him hard at work, and learned that 
it was not Insiirrectkon, but the resurrection, 
which was the great theme of his pulpit. 

The same eminent layman (Omni Fink), 
arriving at hi* station from CUphaiu ( where 
be is the guest of the Rev. W. Arthur). call- 
ed a call, aud the foIluwiDg conversation 
occurred: 

“Do yon know where the City Road 
Chapel isf 

“ Yes, sir." 

“ Where la It r 

“Just bappcaite the hartillcry. sir ; big 
gnn* on both sblm the road then now, air." 

This remark nf tha cabman's coat tho Gen- 
eral an extra sixpence at the cod of hia dri vo. 

On thn 20lh of deptember tfa* (Ecumenical 
Conference assembled fur thn last time. It 
was in a chapel heavily draped with black. 
Every day the opening prayer bad reuwnu- 
berod ths dying President, and daring th* 
diacnnalon on woman's influenoe Mm. Gar- 
field hod been spoken of with much admi- 
ration and sympathy. Hut tww Gio cruel 
blow had fallen, and probably no body of 
men in the world felt it more profoundly 
than this. For (toner*! Garde Id was under- 
stood to be ia sympathy with the popular 
religions movement* and the ethical princi- 
ples of which Method ism to th* largest ex- 
pression. The grief of all present was pro- 
found, Moffcviut D. Conway. 


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“ Wui Us Cost Us*,- ere. 


CHAPTER X. 

A BalT-UK. 

Herbert still occupied th* same lodging* 
in Sbikavklln that be hail used while engaged 
with Plbbcft A. Lister, sine* th* town was 
within easy distance of the Junction, where 
he was now employ ml ; aud he was quite ns 
often a guest at Oak Lodge as formerly. This 
waa at the special deaire of his nnclv, how- 
ever, rather than from bis own wuhes. If 
bn hail consulted them, ho would have avoid- 
ed the house where IVrcy was now a con- 
stant visitor, and of wbiah it waa certain he 
would at no distant date Its the master. It 
waa a bitter cup to him to watch the young 
couple whispering their soft nothing* to- 
gether, and to sea l bum fly apart and lic- 
como suddenly immersed in yesterday's 
newspaper whenever ho entered thn room ; 
not because Perry was in his eyes a success- 
ful drat, hut hoeanae thn trails lira that be 
valued so highly waa abont to pan* into 
what be deemed unworthy hand*. He bod 
not Percy’* dexterity and readiness of re- 
•curve either to avoid disagreement or to 
rarapf from it* con sequences ; and therefore 
ho sought safety in sitoane, save — as in tha 
case we hare Jn»t seen— where harm seemed 
to threaten Clare, and imperatively to do- 
main! his interference. He withdrew him- 
self from tha society of the «tb*r two as 
much as possible, sad always remained with 
his iiiicI* after dinner, while the young couple 
looked through tho portfolios in the draw- 
ing-room— * favorite occupation, I notire, 
with engaged couples, as bringing them very 
closely together, and ndmitting of little en- 
dearment* between the folks*. 

They were engaged os usual in thto artist- 
ic pa* lime oai the evening of the day on 


which that question of taste in novels hail 
arisen, ami apropos of a view of the pride 
of Milan, Percy asked. “ Would you like to 
be married in a cathedral, Clare t" 

“That would depend on who was to mar- 
ry us'," wiM lor reply. “ If it was a Prtnra, 
or even a UtlHIlWJ Grand Duke, it would 
be appropriate enough." 

“I arc; hut with a poor fellow lilt* mo 
you would prefer a Register OflBee." 

Of roiirse she told him (for she was not 
High-Church; the cult, indeed, «w unknown 
in .Htokeville} that III* simple ritr* of a Re- 
gister OUlon with him would be move satis- 
factory than tlie mnst gntgnotw solemnities 
with an Imperial MiiJ*-Nly. 

“That i* spoken like yourself," lie said. 
“Yon would never throw use over for any- 
one elan, would you f " 

"Any oua rise I" ah* echoed, In n tone 
that accvned to Imply that in all the world, 
in the matrimonial market at least, there 
w*« nobody t« lae compared with Mr. Percy 
Hbto-rt. 

“ And you'd stick to me in spite of every- 
laxly, 'though father and mot tier and a' 
should go mail,' a* you wviw singing yester- 
day f" 

“ My dear Perry, yon most be going mad 
yiinrar-lf," alo- anew rml. rorisealii . •* What 

“Well, I mean to be yonr fawsbuid, Patty ; 
lust even yet then* may be olntarlea. Ihnu't 
Imik frlglitvrwat, darling; 1 moan there may- 
be endeavors to caime a slip la-tween the 
cup and — " Hen be hissed her. a* though 
he were corapusing a picture totter. *• It'* 
a dead secret, and there may he nothing in 
it, and if there ia.it itoo't matter, for yon are 
min* forever; lint things are not looking 
quite eo rosy n* they were for us.” 

" But, Perry, I ran't imagine what yon 
mean. Pnpis Ji*a given hi* consent. You 
don’t suppose that anything which happen- 
ed to-day — such a miserable trifle — ” 

“No, nn, darling," he iutorrupted, smiling, 
“ Y’on needn’t look so like a startled fawn. 
Your father, aa you My, bn* consented, 
though not very graciously, I am afraid. I 
am i.-.i favorite of hia, though I think from 
no fault of my own." 

“No, darling, from no fault, I am sure, 
though It I* a very sad misfortune. And fan 
to aot an* to go back from his word." 

“ There I agree with you, nnltwe his pride 
wo* woaiidmL If lm thought, for example, 
that my uncle objected to it." 

“But S-ir Peter baa all along approved of 
onr marriage.” 

“go it seemed ; Indeed, so It may be stilt. 
Bat a faint has been dropped to me that bis 
view* have town altered." 

" Ida views I What havo his view* to do 
with tu f cned Clare, with a flash on her 
cheek anil a dame in her gray eye*. “I 
mean, ha baa no right to alter them." 

“Of course he has no right; but with 
him unfortunately might to right. Beaanse 
he hoe thirty thuintaod a year, nr twenty, or 
ten— Hciavea knows which It i*. I don’t, nor 
care neither— ho think* ha can do os ho 
pleases." 

"But, Perry, this to mrwiMmu*. Why 
ahonlil your nnele hare changed hia rioimf 
“1 con scarcely tell yon, darling; I can 
myself only giwns at tho reason, ami — aud — 
it to rather difficult to explain. MILly ho* 
born Here a good deal lately, has she not f* 
“ Mildred f Ye*, oil* ! . but what has 

that to do with it f* 

“ Nothing ; or at least it may be nothing ; 
I am only harardiog a guem. What has she 
iwiire about r 

“ Well, 1 suppose about poor papa, fllncn 
lie is wo very ill, it is only natural. And of 
onlinu- I c*u not get to tbe Hall myself," 
“Tree; and her manner has not struck 
you as being different in any way f" 

“ Perhaps die has been graver than areal ; 
but that was to Im exported." 

“Has *he been asking no questions!" 
“Abont nst No, none at #11. R be takes 
all that of «vmr*« foe granted. She Inw 
meant, I am sure, to b* Tory kind, though I 
did not much like it: such things Jar on 

“What things r 

“ Well, I scarcely like to aay : girls are so 
different. Milly can talk, for instance, of 
what will take plorw if anyth ing should hap- 
pen to her father, quits coolly, tiba My* 
she i* a woman of Imimem***.” 

“Then her character mud have Istoly de- 
veliqeal in that direction," otowirrml Forty, 
smiling. 

“ Well, eo I sbnnbl have mid myself. Rho 
ha* taken, however, to talk atainl my future, 
hoping that I shall be as well off as every- 
body expects, as if I exported or thought of 
such thing*, anil *|a-*ki»g «f dear papa ns 
ttinugh bn were already dead and gone , and 
1 don’t like it. IVrcy. though of course sho 
nvosns It kindly. *1 take such an inter- 
est in yonr affairs, dsor Clare,’ aba lelto me, 
when 1 remonstrate." 

"Ay, anil *h* does," Mid Perry, so sig- 
nificantly that Clare looked up, kiaaxml. 

“ My darling, thto to a matter," he contin- 


ued, earnestly, ‘'ennoerulng which I have 
la-en in two mind* a* to whether I ought to 
speak of It to yon or not." 

“Of comae you ought to speak of it, if it 
ronrerna ynnreelf, Percy," aim answered, ten- 
derly, “ for yon and I are one." 

" Just so; that to wbst yon must remem- 
tier, darling, whatever happens; no matter 

* hat ' iirgiimiui U are ned, nor who u*ra 

He ssbl this with great emphasis, yet 
looked nt her with a certain Uinb-r indi>- 
ciaioa. His linndMMiie face waa what is 
osllcd a s|ieakiDg one, and he was a master 
of the art of suggestion aa well as of ex- 

“If you are hesitating on my account. 
Perry, 1 pray yon not to do so, Do not 
•pare m*. I Csu bear any tiling but sus- 
pense, aud — and,” *bt> added, beneath her 
breath. “ reparation.'' 

“ It ia not y«u, darting, nf whoa* I am 
thinking," xiglied Percy; “I mean as to 

• sparmif ; and yna mn*t pardon my hesita- 
tion, for the matter is very difficult to ex- 
plain." 

It was not only difflentt, bnt delicate. 
Tlie fnct was that Sir Peter had dropped, 
the duy I M- (lire, a wry broad bint to his 
nephew concerning tbe powilnliry of Mr. 
Lyster not “cutting up" so well a* wa* ex- 
peeled. Slid nf the oenruslty that there 
would lx) In that case of hto ( IVrcy'* I break- 
ing off his engagement. “Tlio Arm." ho 
said, “ wants money; we are altout fo ex- 
teudonr t rsnioct l»ux much more widely in 
view of thto great revival nf trailo; aud 1 
will not have my nephew, who is sbo my 
partner, marrying into a pauper* family." 

Instead of getting into a passion, os for 
Peter hoped, Percy bail merely pointed out 
that hi* word wns pledged, aid that lie 
could Dot draw back from his engagement 
without Clare's consent. 

"That's Just It,” Mid Rlr Peter, eagerly; 
"ahe ix not one to bring an action for dam- 
age*. ao yon sue safe there, and she’s lievil- 
toh bigb-x|Mrited. Is it true she has got over 
her own father 1 * objection to tlie match f — 
■rod I am precious glad now that ho did ob- 
ject ; but if she ••> made aware thnt I my- 
relf boil | for whatever reason j become op- 
pored to it, her prido would be wounded, 
soil alio would led yon slip at once," 

Percy admitted thto even to himself. 
Nothing would bo nosier than to slip out of 
marrying Clara Lyster; and untosa he him- 
self openly offered nwislance lo his ancle's 
iron will (which be did not dare to <1»l, he 
folt that that gentleman's scheme was like- 
ly to take effect. On the other band, Clare 
waa a woman, and If h» r Jealousy could be 
aroused, that, in addition to her strong seora 
of Justice and her complete confidence in 
bix affection, would render b*r adamant, 
lie did lore her vehemently, madly, alter 
hto fashion, anil bsd not the least inten- 
tion of giving her up, Even when Id Sir 
Peter's suspicions as to hi* partner's cir- 
m instance* prove correct (winch he doeased 
improbable) bn would still bars married 
her; for, though greedy of money, be waa 
yet mure fond of baring hto own way, 

Clare looked at him with pnixled face. 

“ Yonr words, Percy, grow more and more 
mysterious. If your uncle has altered his 
vrewo, and wishes to withdraw his consent 
to our marriage— well. I will not say what 
I think about him, m lie to yonr uncle; hut 
I confess I don't see why you should spare 
him in talking to me." 

Her color wo* high, her voice wa* firm: 
It was clear that for Peter's vlsw of bee 
character had been a correct one, gfae was 
growing very indignant. 

" My darling, U to not Sir Petsr — or rath- 
er. he ia urged on, as I am convinced, in thto 
matter, by sola* one else, who has her own 
reason* for wishing our marriage to be bru- 

“ Ia it passible yon mean yonr cousin 
Mildred r 

He nodded. “Ye*. I arn shocked and 
ashamed to say that I believe it ia. It ia 
all thn more dreadful Ix-cauw *be allows it 
to lm iiuitoretond that Frank Farrar is pay- 
ing attention* to ln-r. The fact, however, 
to as I state it. Of course she would deny 
it, and w» must keep III# secret to oureelvea, 
but that to the key of it. (ihe to Jealous of 
yon." 

Clare for n moment looked iucredalons. 
Tli*-ii she called to mind what Gerald had 
Mid about Percy having propnord to her 
because hi* cousin had refused him or would 
not accept him. There might, then, lie Just 
till* scintilla of truth In the atatcnwnt 
(which she bad hitherto set down to sheer 
ill-nature mi Gerald's party, that Mildred 
hired Percy. Wa* it not likely that »b* 
klnrtild love him f Who conic! help it f On 
the other hand, bow unmaiileuly and dis- 
graceful it was in bis cousin, when bn hail 
mint* Iris efaoSoo, tbn* to atnva to come be- 
tween them! 

“ If this is Into. Percy, I shall t«tl Mildred 
what I think of her." 

“Then you will rain me,” Mid Percy, sim- 



OCTOBER 20. 1*91. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


727 


ply. “ Do you supponn she »w<l<l ever for- 
give me fur harm# l«M you the irulh f Xu; 
■bo would make Sir Peter my runny for life. 
I bars Mil yM nil, ii infer tin* seal of ss-crecy, 
because 1 bail confidence in your judgment 
aa well >■ iu your fidelity. I hope, Clam, 
that rnntfelruco i» out misplaced f* 

“ What in 11 you would lia** me do f" aawl 
ahe, boanwly. Ifer fisc* waa very white; 
■ be bold tbe band which bo bad placed in 
born wiib spasmodic tightness- 

“Nothing; I would only burn yon bo se- 
cret and quite- firm. You will new give 
me up, I know, at lbs bidding of another 

“Indeed I wilt not. If yoo really lovs 
me, nothing ahull part ua." 

“That is what 1 told my rtnele — I mean 
aa to my own intentions," be iuMimI. biMlily, 
marking ber quick Hush. “ He felt tbut un- 
tiling could mure me, but be hopes by ap- 
pealing to your prldn to got you to throw 
inn over.” 

“ What I into Mildred's nrma r 

“Well, bo didn't any that, of nmns; but 
I know wbat It all meant. She him to-ii 
angling for me ever n> long, and is now ibw- 
pei»to.” 

"Tbln i» shocking, horrible, Percy." 

•■Tbnn think whist it must have coat mo 
to diaclooe it to you. For a man to bare to 
toy Moh tilings of a young woman — tuol bis 
»■ n cousin tmi — Is beyond uu<iu<nre painful. 
Uut I was obliged to tell you. I saw no 
other way out of it." 

“ Hut how shall I see her, bow shall I 
apeak to Iter, when sbe cornea to-morrow f" 

“ .lust na usual. Keep on any ing to your- 
self, If she siiapvet* that 1 ku«w about bar, 
my Percy la ruined. To bo forewarned Is 
to be fore-armed; we now know exactly 
wbat we are about." 

Clam pa twr d bur band over her forehead 
aa if she was very far from knowing. " You 
barn diatreased me beyond measure aim 
said. 

“ I ran nr* that ; I felt only too snro that 
It would be so; blit I bud no alternative. 
Whatever prwsmn- is put upon y mi, darling, 
remember from win-ins' it mmn, and ellng 
to tbo man that loves you." He elnapril 
ber in kia arms, and kiswrd ber. “I shall 
leave you now," lie raid, " for 1 urn sure you 
will Ini better alone, (iood-nigbt — good- 
night." 

Upou the whole Percy congratulated him- 
self si post the result of bln roup. He felt that 
bo had bound Clare to luui mu with links of 
iron. If be bed known «lmt »» going cm 
in Mr. L p l w 's study at that mouanut, bo 
would perhaps have congratulated himself 
atill more. Of ecune bo wua playing a very 
dangeruus gams, but b* rouhl ndy Upon 
Clare’s not revealing to any mm the secret 
be bad so ingeniously invented. Curiously 
enough, bis fiction hud wane foundation in 
fact; bia cousin Mildred was really in lova 
• Ith him; but os for her father furthering 
her viewa in that direction, bn would os smut 
have thought of aetting firw to the Fib ber t 
Museum. 


CHAPTER XI. 

IX COXFIDRXCr. 

“It is n nasty book — n vile, prurient 
book," piclaiuiml Mr. l.yalcr, angrily; he 
sss pointing to the unfortnnnte novel tlist 
biut been tlie subject of dispute that morn- 
ing, na though it bail been HUtt ffevflrs its- 
atcad of HmlirrthM. It lay upon bis study 
table half read —which waa all it was likely 
to be— and Ilia oliorrvattoM *p*m It wer* 
wldrean*i| t» Herbert Newton, sitting oppo- 
site to him, with his eyes ateodfsstly fixed 
upon the fire. 

“I knew yon would not Ilka It, sir, and I 
knew you would not like Clare to read it. 
That waa wby I remonstrated with Percy 
against putting it into her bauds." 

“ Like It I — liko a laask which treats of a 
woman marrying her lover to her »w ii daugh- 
ter! It is not fit for a man to read, much 
lem a girl." 

“ It is to lie remembered, however, tbnt 
many girls do read it. Taste is very differ- 
ent l» what it waa iu your day. Moreover, 
neither you nor I are perhaps very good 
Judges of novels." 

“ I admit that ; but one know-* wbat Is 
poisonous. Olio woo hi think that any iitau 
w bo gavu such a book to the girl ha w as en- 
gaged to marry must do it with some vile 
motive — to debauch ber mind." 

" No, no, sir; you are going too far," ex- 
claimed the other, earnestly. “ 1 almost re 
grot that I brought it under your notice, 
(bawl lieavens! what are you at, uiielnf' 

With an nxcUnustiou of wrath and dis- 
gnst the sick mau bud throwu the hook into 
lb* fire, and at tbo eiiroo moment, struck hi* 
right baud against the inuiitel-picco with 
such violence that bn sank into bis chair 
witb a feeble cry of pain. 

*• It is nothing," bn murmured, looking at 
thn blood as the other wiped it away with 
Iris handkerchief ; “ tbe pain is nothing as 
compared witb wbat 1 feel here," and bo in- 


dicated Ills heart with his other band, “To 
think that I must feavs my darling, body 
and ton], in the power of that man” 

Tim same thought was in Hcrbert'a mind 
also, bat, fur from giving it expnwsiou, lie 
did life beat to rob It of its liar 1 m. 

“ Yon must not charge Percy hastily, itn- 
ehi; he is stilt very young, and Mildred, 
with whom lie has been brought up, is *» 
al together unlike yowr daughter. Men J udge 
of women by tbeir own female belongings, 
and lie i lure not nmUrstaiid y mix daughter." 

“Nor does sbo undcratund him," replied 
Hi* obi man, bitterly, “ribs tbiuks him no- 
hfe, geni-roiis, and straight forward." 

"And sinew sbo Is to Ire bin wife, It is bet- 
ter for her to think it," answered Herbert. 
“My prayer is tbut ber eyes may never bo 
o| >aii*d.” 

I he old man shook bis hear!. “Snch *U- 
rnonr dors uut last ; and when she comes to 
know him us bo «», tbo ilieeiKhunttiient will 
be tern bln." 

“ After all, we may both be wrong," urged 
Her hart ; “ and we are scarcely fair Judge*-- 
at feast I kuow 1 am not. With others, who 
have hod equal opportunities of knowing 
him. Perry flbbert is a great favorite." 

“ Yos ; be to claver enough — too clever." 

“Above all, auric, be loves Clare. That 
at least must he conceded to him, anil — and 
that of cwuinss la a great mutter." 

“Her lovo will nut reclaim him," answer- 
eft tl>* sick man, inexorably. “ 1 have look- 
ed at Ifei Hut ter all round is Ihonaaml times, 
Herbert : my dur ling bus rliimru 111 for her- 
self." 

Herbert too bad looked at tbo nutter as 
often, and tliougbt tlm sstne, but ll waa no 
part of his duly to strengthen the other's 
sail prem- ut inn'll I*. “Let us hope for the 
host, uncle," fas aafet- 

The old man ami led scornfully. “When 
we come, as 1 have come, Herbert, to the 
brink of our own grave, that sort of hope 
gross very thin, and wo we through it tbe 
facta beyond it.” 

Thera wua a long silence, during which 
each n»t— tbo olsl Mali urol Ih* young-- 
wrapped iu his own hitter ChonghtM. 'limy 
were like a father and sou who <us same- 
tnisra happen.) have associated with that 
relationship that of older and younger bro- 
ther. 

“ Hwtat, my hand hurts m* Tory asneli. 
It waa foolish of mo to give way to pumiou." 
Iu his own mind b« felt it to have been 
uumIiii'sm, for, with bis health in so critical a 
state, even a lam* hand might help to beck- 
on death to come a litllo quicker. “Hit 
down mol writ* a line for ns* to Mr. Koden." 

Mr. KimUii wsm All find* of Clare's by the 
mother’s *nfe,aadshn hud shared with him— 
which he bad not a little resented -their fa- 
ther's wealth. That had ba|i|wn-d so long 
ugo, however, that the grievance hud ulinsel 
ceased to exist. slid be wss oil friendly terms 
with tbe Lystere. But up to this time, 
though re (His Imllv Invited, lm hud Hover 
paid a visit to Htokeville. H* Wua a dilet- 
tante and a valetudinarian, n bachelor n bo 
almost lived st his club, aud rarely l*rt 
town except for lliigtiUm. Mr. Lysler mid 
he hod occasionally met in town, but they 
hod nothing iu common, and rather despised 
one another. Herbert, who know tbo rela- 
tion bet wer u them, iarolnalurily lifted his 
eyebrow* as b* took np his pen. 

“You are thinking it strange," sn«l Mr. 
I.yster, “ that 1 should have anything to say 
to Mr. ltodeii at a time like this. Hut when 
one is dying, one clings, ns if ou« wnu drown- 
ing, to straw*. Whew I am gone. Clam will 
lie ahaolutcly without a counsellor. It had 
been my hope that yon yourself — " 

Herbert shook his head, “No, sir. I 
should I* of no non In that way ; indeed, I 
should tie worse than n sclera. Any Inter- 
ference of mine would bo resented excess. 

“No doubt ; though not, I am ants, by 
Clare," answered thn other, earnestly. Ilo 
had liad in his mind quite another hope re 
sporting Herbert; but it wu« just as well 
that he hod Inrun tiros interrupted. Per- 
hapa the other read bis thoughts iu his foes, 
for ill* pen trembled in his hand. Our 
miglit-liave-biemH are like Hi* Jasmin* and 
th* rowe, which turn some even strong men 
sick and faint. 

“What shall I writ*, sir t I bate only 
got the data, December fe" 

“'I'll* Hi hi Ala*! I hoped it was the Tth," 
murmured tbe other, unconsciously. 

“Why tfei Mb 1" 

“Ay, yoti may well say that, lad," an- 
swered tbe sick man. recovnring himself, 
and calling Up a smile. “ Tbe fsiwirs of n 
nivk man are liisiplkahta even to hiiowvlf. 
Go on, please, from my dictation." 

“ Dp.ar Rot>rx,— I am in very M health, 
no had tlmt lililera yon com* to wo na thiu 
Christmas, I fear we shnll never meet ogam. 
I especially wish you to make tbe acqnniot- 
stir* of your niece : tvlsHuuUor yon are Uic 
only bear relative she wilt poswoss whnu I 
am gone. We shall lie able to make yon 


pretty comfortable, I bop*, at Oak Lodge, 
and I am sure my partner, gir P#t*r, will do 
everything in bts power to make your *tay 
at Slokevilfe agreeable, 

** Yours, faithfully, Jonx Ltstfr." 

“ Does he know Sir Peter T" inquired Her- 
bert. 

"Not personally. Hot don't you recollect 
when Roden dined with ns at the elnb in 
town how baoduoiuely lie spoke of bim 1" 

"To ho sure," laughed Herbert; “about 
the museum, and so on. Mr. Kinfe-n seemed 
to be much impressed by our Stoke villa 
magnates. I should think be liked big peo- 
ple generally. Ho didn't llk« my OtlH| 
him nnele, I remcuilier— I snp|ioso becanue 
I w Wt tiig enough.” 

“On tli* contrary, It w-as hecunso you 
were too trig : Uudun affects to be young 
still. It* will not be much gocul to Clsre, I 
fear; Irol be will to* better than nobody, 
aud be is her natural guardian. I'll get Old- 
en*! 1* to meet him." 

Mr. Ohlcnntl* was Mr. Lyoter'ii lawyer. 

“ Hilt he always gore away at Cbtistmna 
into lierlubire." 

"True, I hail forgotten that. Add this 
postscript to the fetrer. ‘If yroi can com* 
at once to ns, so murli the better; it will 
probably b* more conveuient, ss I know 
u»en Ilk* you are sought afler in scores of 
country booses nl*>nt < bn»t ■iias-tinic.' Tlren 
jilnl add that I nm employing yon ns my 
amanuensis bsvao** I have lamed my hand." 

1« us nanwrot) 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Sour rough fellows Invaded a praynr-nieriing 
In Laieobs a Peuusriiansi borough of a fine 
mm tVssa s ibotioud Inhabitants, and sevon 
churebes— ei>t U-tiived like outlsas. The only 
tfeng Ibev did indicating any acquaintance * !■*{- 
evtt-wilh the wstgre of polite sociclr wss to car- 
ry ng several vsiustile umbrellas tliat had Lera 
left in the vestibule. 

TVm m the senron when fading clrvni posters 
on fence*, rock*, and dewd-walls in tbr aufeirtm^ 
I&alrim are ivlijutd l»y pUranls hearts* the 
uom-s uf cwndidsle* for ofBce. *«v*r.|utiH-l hv 
■brri-tions pi Mit» os to h»w tlie cosntry may 
to saved. 

Tbr news went out life long ago that threw was 
a scarcity of cats in the town of Hawthorn*. NV 
radn; awJ loi there are now Us csls to svsry 
rider pedf, ail deienniue'i to stay and grow up 
with tbe town, 

A D*morr*tk- newunaprr In Ohio gives no tire 
tlmt the Democrat# ilo not desire sympalbr in 
their defeat " They nearly slwara «nur down 
Mairs that way," it explain*, “and sreusrd to it" 

IN* name of the politest m»n in Roeton la witb- 
brid, tost ho Ih- rompclled to devote the best of 
his vui-rgy In the rnooolonniis task of pocking 
hlinsslf op from the skis walk. It is rristoi of 
him that whilu h« was hurrying aWg the street, 
a stranger, also in gnwt hairte. ere lie! owl of an 
alleyway, and tloi two earn* in millimret with such 
force that the remit sent them off their feat. Tbe 
polite man was tbe quicker in getting hi* hrrwtli. 
Hctnonrig his hat, be said : “ Mr drwr sir, I don't 
know which of wt is to blame for tills riul.-m en- 
owatcr, but 1 am in too great a hurry Ui inretsi- 
gate. If I raa into you, I lug your paelow ; if 
row ran into me. don't menuoa it j" aud bs dire 
appeared around a ccener. 

In the stow (freir of tbr Grafton <We« Ylr- 
ginis'l cnort linose vestibule it the wold “ Jaslieti" 
to large fetters. An old resident who bad just 
lost a suit wss walking out of the building, (Sil- 
ly and with *_»*« rs-t down. Seeing the letter* 
to Ih* Ilnur, he halt*], uncovered hit head, ami 
r)«*r : “ Juidice, I knew vow was dead, but I didn't 
kirns’ where yvn waa boned until now. 11 

Altltnugli modem duel* in Virginia are not 
alanwiogly fetal affsirs, there are always two less 
» liter* In the romnwinwrelth after s duel baa 
taken place, tli* law lUopishfring dvellisls freon 
voting or loddieg dfer till the disability har becei 
rumuvml. I’nlitiriaii* bwik upon this insiter kss 
ssriuusty than they might >m H Dot for the 
fsrt tliat ttir rITsvH of such encounter* is gener- 
ally to “ pair" |ssititans uf nfqowte faith. 

A shower of nihwelis is reportm) to have oc- 
curred a ihuft tlasc ago in Orewn Hay. Wimonaan. 
This weald acca to li« drought in ii* but stage, 

A party of lyncher* rodo out from Socorro, 
Text*, and hanged a man whom they surpnrtml uf 
robbtry. After the oirouliou, they disniviewl 
that two of tbetr number ware Maud on wbilon 
tiomc*. The brief trial resulted lu eonrioUnn, 
»t>l two more todies were six* dangling tiered* 
that of the robber. At thia point « was agreed 
*11 around! that the demand* of Justice hsil Iwwu 
folly met. and that if the proceeding* were not 
stopped, there would be no one Wt to combo- 
rate the but man hi his account of tbs affair. 

A writer in « Sooth* ru paper is convinced that 
this* » few of romance in tbe msny elopcmmi* 
of tming lovers in that section than Ims bum 
ginwrsUi >upfi»wd. He iv sutWrty tor tbe loid 
rtaloiiirnt ibst more thsn half of tho reveal Ic-J 
iihqienrenu sn> the result of connivance on tlie 
port of all naKWraed, in the uilerewt of eronosny, 
renro they do away with Ih* openue uf wedding 


outfits, presents, ami rorrplfessa. " la the coon, 
try," hi' Writes, “it la cutriidoml highly auuw- 
Ikorel aed romsmOc fo# s young follow u. areati'h 
up his swiwtfeewrt, pises her in s toggi, and driro 
furiously through lli« mud aud rain taints bibs 
to git msrriivl, mo maliur if all the family are per- 
fectly agrsnslils to tire batch. It is ooly ociw- 
skshslly, however, that an cUfmucnt furelstorw 
any sensaiiun or romance. “ 

The drtiv tires who caught the Iron Mounlato 
train rohfe-rs arrae^rd tu dltkls mnr iLwimsmI 
dollars of the suilctt ssrsiey among thamswlviw, 
which, with tielcn iheuremi ilollars utfered hr thu 
railroad rernpanv. wwstM bare mwle nearly In 
tlwsuM fee eseli of the four dftuitiiea Uar of 
them cleared his ronsciesK* by ripoauig the ptoL 

A horrid theorist vugcorts that the aarlh in It* 
sweep sreeind tbe swiftly advancing run mar fei 
shout enleTing one of those torrid nrwib* which 

the Frvio’h bothesnaliciaa hriicvcii to 

•aist lb spsrr — plsevre so hot that listing pa'icd 
tliniogli one of them »g»v ago, the earth ir irolod 
now no ly b* to ii* cnitt. The clirorwt re-l» forth 
that tJiu Ubssual iliaUirtweeiw tliia ytor through- 
out thu Sotwrsrstem bsrmoalm Wilii Ifetl theory. 
Uut what I’oiwwuri mid afeiul tloi oartli'a atifuirp. 
nient of internal beat has born giswrally rvgsnl- 
ol by achailitto m. a as a fish akwy. 

Cmgrcsiman Hlaektiuni’s fellow- travellers on 
a railway train In Trias not hxig ago were «<»'.- 
ly row-boys. They snipped the train at dead of 
night, and invited' him to anke a t;icvrb. Tbo 
scemini of lie epiwvir says that the Kre.t>ii.-ky 
orator “ thought it best to eompJy.” and add* that 
he "poke of tbe Lroie Sl»r Sutr in such glowing 
tertm that bis audience fired a rerolrer roOry by 
way of applsuse Tims it re shown tLst if spcm-L- 
baking is a wrakwev* of Americans, it nisy on 
■Hwauiuu* hwssw their rtreugth. 

It Im sail tliat one of the present Tale Frevh- 
mi-n went to New Haven Iwcvty years ago, sr.l 
|wsiwd ilm namination, 1 /nt itid not enter, la 
those day* a ixdlegw rouw did not heAf out to ev. 
try araldihMia vooag rout tho pnreiliility of *111110 
Uni* lo iug pitclmr ill a l-ragii» nine, with a big- 
grr talaty IhuB Ilm pmsiili-nt uf Dm cuifegw him- 
self, and a vacation Ihrvw thmw an hmg as his. 
Hy-the-war, M would bs iiiteKwling u. know Imw 
many of those who aero examlniil twemty rears 
ago, aud did enti-r tli* college, could pass tlui eo- 
iraace examinatwo now. 

The Sooteh-Engliih ratter Jfsdfwaat Ku-t.and 
war defeat*), for ihe find time on this side uf thn 
Atlantic, by the. Ska-few, Later, tbe Hites, which 
Isial sh* iratoaifed in New York Hay. went to 
Eastern water*, and wn* again worsted br tho 
Scotriiman. Kuda-rn yochtrenen. sftew their vie. 
Uiry over U»* viretor, npm*»d ilm epinioa that 
liiu tl are's ihifeat was in jiart uwiag l» her lieiag 
hndty handled. It is Iho opiiiiiiu of wane di-in- 
Urnsted experts hero that, as rvgards racing trim 
or eunditioii, there is abool thu retina iliffe-iviu-.i 
hetwrra l hr JAi^ie and her Amerlewti raoapvtl- 
tun that tlirra it hetwren a ra< log abcll— wtali 
polished Mm and bottom, pcrfn-ily made out- 
riggers and lock*, and nicely adjusted scots atui 
MittAc n and a very ordinary sort of practice- 
boat. 

Tlie arrival of the new Canadian vneld dtkafs 
in thewi waters lure nmtsfeeieil a fl-rry in rsidit- 
ing ci fries, Inreomrorh as kIiu was treill for the es. 
perns parpesw of taking l)>» Anu-riivua trophy, 
gimrndl v and imswrorely sty fed tbr tjuuee'* Cup 
When tho news that s-icli a movement was in 
hurt In Canada reaelnd Now YuHt, the huil.br of 
tho famous A from wss eoniniiMKinnl hv thn of- 
finrs uf Urn New Y’ork Yacht Club to buAd s craft 
tlut should be swifter than tho Arrow, and lm 
piuLtod to try. The hew yacht is tho S’orakm- 
fss, aud la her trials she has failed to meet thu 
expectations of those wlm retied upon her to tr- 
ull 1 tbe rap She will bn ceoisiiicrablr altered, 
in view of faults which bars been discovered. 
Fee hops jacht-tnilding is like fiddle-making, in 
thu tho maker himse-lf Ir not rare whether he 
has produced a valuable article till it has been 
rigged and tested. 

Snow bsa fallen this reason U> tbe depth of ten 
inches around Lyon City, M-ratana. 

A Neruda relitnr called his paper the Omi*. 
It died, but hu thinks be ran st Icvtrt keep it« 
mcroary green. 

A cririoiir fact in nmnnrikss with tbo Coiled 
Plate* Treasury is that there are a«vw owtstand- 
ing goverarorlil Isnida to ilm sniounl Of some 
twenty million ifedUra on which Interest has 
eearel Mcro-y to tbe full raluo of Howe bunds 
hae to bo kept »Jlu in tbs Tnassury vaults, lm. 
raise it hi not downed safe 10 presume Hut tho 
whole of thorn sway nut bo prereuiisd, without no- 
tice, fur wdomplkA ; and when 1 vents of a caw- 
tain rlau fall due, tummy with wh»-h b> redeem 
ill-ill is art apart, to remain there till tiie Ivevi* 
are taken up It is a sufeilng Joko at the Trea- 
sury lluit Isioilkolifen never ruid ilm nnwspapcrs. 
No iiuUvt how often the Iiks of toad* 011 which 
intenwt his evtstd sro puhhrihod, their puhlira- 
tiott U wichuul ap|UMUt clfevt. A gotiUcmou 
tiMik an obi seven-thirty hoed to tho Treasury re- 
rowdy, and was rety angry when cold Uut tho 
iuutvst on It had ceased several years ago. Hu 
insistul Uut lie idicrsld bo ;u>i lut.Teat up to 
dam. It Is belicve -1 that s-uue of the missing 
1 Hinds were drelroyed in the great Chicago and 
ilosturi firre. sn -1 that others are hoarded by per- 
son* who arc ret ir Bed to lore the btereat to tong 
at they know that the principal I* tcvurc, while a 
ceosiilerahfe proportion of thrai in supposed to 
be bcM by person* who think that tbo secaritwa 
are still drawing interest. 


HAKPKl 





WEEKLY. 


REVIEWS.— From Sutciik* by J. O. Daviwk>n.-[Sk» Paqi 730.J 


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TO DAY AND TO MORROW. 

If there come dime Jot to mr. 

Would you hare iw mr. 

Willi thtt joy Ii> sweeten li/e ? 

“T m, Heart. it*y te-Aiy." 

WfU. then, if I have i» ilrross 

Sb.ll I wait (« f»rl Ho frar* 

“ -Rut will iln IiKmamw," 

If aula some Uotni: limrl 
r.r • «W* to |wyt 
“Ah I Ihu i» * mighty (tot, 

P»y it, Hrori, iiwAi. " 

If I'm forced from hitter wrong* 
<>»ei wnri* to borrow » 

"Thro, dear (Iran, there i* do hortr ; 

Keep them (ill tonwrw, 

“ Duty. Kirrdne*., *i>3 Soar** 

Los* lijr .low ilrlur: 

Dnty hath n dmiWc rich! 

When it cLimi In-Jay 
Kiodnrwi dip. if it mu* wait; 

Sic.ro* will not stay — 

Unto Arm row** no i»-i»imir. 

If they kw toJmg. 

" But far IWil and Doubt sad .infer, 
Il--t fur umIiwi Sir row, 
flrltor you should w*it n day: 

Kwp llitu for (Mwmw. 

And u every dor** fo-dry. 

You nit» paUrnrc borrow. 

Thu* forever to pot eff 
Such * bad tivwrrroe.’* 


THE YORKTOWN CELEBRATION. 

That ths p m d celebration of th* hun- 
dredth anniversary of the surrenitcT of Lord 
C’oicvwaLU* nt Yorktown has in no large u 
measure proved A failure an eowelaely rt- 
pint nod, in homely lint tnrciWo language. by 
a Yirg ininn teamster, who exprewwMl it na 
bin opinion «b*» Colonel I’KYTOJC, uf 1h* 
York town Centennial Association, hod " bit- 
ton off a bigger hunk than he conUl chaw.” 
That w»« just il; the Yorktown Centennial 
AAMwUt.ni>, Ukn many Another, overesti- 
mated itn powers, sod while the time wan 
yet far off prepared a programme which 
it wan found lni|M>e*lbJa to tarry out. 

Thin official programme stated that the 
celebration would tie (fin on Thursday, the 
l Hi It in.C, with tho I'orunAl opening of the 
Mount bonne, in which the articles of Cmut- 
WAl.UeV capitulation were »igiied, and ait 
addrawa liy tho President of tho Yorktown 
Centennial Aaaoeiation to the descendants 
of the officers and nnldirrn of the Revoln- 
IIimi. Y'ha Miuier Iiimimi wan ojh-iimI nai that 
day, a a it had been on m«»j others t*> re 
col to workmen and terernl loada of modern 
fiiroitnrr, aud them may bare b*en mime 
formality, but it wua tint e.ident to tho rae- 
nal observer. The address for the desccod- 
anta waa prepnred, and ox - Congressman 
GoOUF., of Virgin!*, eatno t« deliver It ; lint 
ha could find no beaten. The deresixlaiite 
very sensibly ataid at home and attended to 
their lutein***, or, if they were at Yorktown, 
were too bnidly engaged In trying to obtain 
food, lodging. and transportation to listen 
to Mr, GcmiIsK. So the day passed nuninrk- 
ml nave by tho hurly-boriy of preparation. 

On Friday, addresses were to hate boon 
delivered liy a number of distinguished gen- 
tlemen, lion* of whimi appeared ; ami in the 
evening n grand hall waa to have been giv- 
en in the Pavilion. An thin building waa far 
from Iw.ng nniolied, and (ho grand b«U, had 
ft taken place, moat bare been a stag parly, 
aa there were no ladiea on tho groumla, tint 
portion of llie programme waa also omitted. 

The a anouii cement for Kit unlay waa of 
a Grand National Hrgntta, whether toil- 
ing or rowing not elated, winning crew* to 
receive Yorktown centennial alive r prise*, 
with pyrotechnic displays and illuminations 
in the evening. Neither of tbeae ereuta 
took pla.’e, nor did tho gentlemen of the 
eommitu* moke any apologica for tho fail- 
ure to provide the ndvertiaed amnaemruta. 

Visitor* were first attracted to the camp 
of the rognlor army by tho innate of the ar- 
tillery band of aixty-uine piece* playing for 
E<innl mount- Thi* wa» followed by bat- 
talion drill on the parade-groond in front 
of General IlAXCock’s bead quarter*. At 
eleven o'clock an iniptswnlve aoene waa wit- 
iii'wuhI from the bluffs overlooking the Hver. 
It w aa the funeTai of Captain t P. 
of the 7***ra**e. a* gallant an officer and aa 
thorough a gentleman aa over trial a deck, 
who had died audilenly the day before, of 
henrt-iliwuee, while atnnding on the deck 
of tlie h icyntiA. With tlie ting* of the fleet 
Hying at half-moat, and tainted hy the di-ep 
Imkuii of minnte-guna from the Tenoeaaee. the 
eaakot containing tho body »m lowered 
into a waiting ateam- launch. The launch, 
prowled by a boal continuing the cbapUiu 
of l lie ttag-ahlp, and followed l>y a long pro- 
cvwaioti of two bonta from curb oliip in tho 
river, mmtnining officer* of the navy, circled 
in a whla aaocp around the licet before 
ali'aming alongttde tho l'mtir, mi Iwiatd 
which the .lead officer waa cooveyml to 
Hampton Rood*. 

In tht aflerutxiu of the tana* day General 


HARPER'S 


Hancock, who bod arrived llie day l>ef«if*, 
paid Ii* ilrol formal tW to the fiunp of the 
regular*, and gave A reception at hi* head- 
quarter* to it* officer*. Aa be entered lii« 
lout tlui gun* of Captain PKKW)(«T«wf* 
light battery tbaiidcnd loitli a ennjur-gen- 
eral'* aalnte of thirteen guna, and from tho 
t»U M«ff hi the middle of camp tho Ameri- 
can flag waa for the tlrot time itoug to the 
broew. Htainling in front of hia tent, the 
baoilnnioe General, a* bis men for* to call 
him, alnmk hand* with the Afty or now* of- 
Accro wlio in full-dr**a niufnrm tendered 
their reaper I*, addressed moat of them by 
name, ami with an Intimate acquaintance 
w kth the detail* of the cauip that delighted 
them, inquired concerning the condition of 
their rv«|an*live ronilnaniU. During tho re- 
ception the artillery baud played it* choicnat 
nelcrtioiia on tlie parade-ground. 

While this win* takiug place at bcail- 
■(iiaHcro a roeeptlun of aiMitheroort, atid to 
a out uf officer* and *o Idler* who oUnrctl a* 
atrong a con trout in personal apprnrauce na 
coold lot pomibly affor.|.Hl, wn* taking place 
on the outakirt* of the ramp. It wo* the 
hearty welcome tendered by tlie troo|a al- 
ready in camp to tin* travel - h tinned men 
of Captain SnauKli light battery of Itwi 
Third Artillery, from Fort llumitton, New 
Y'ork Harbor. They bod jnat arrived, after 
a march of -Iff. lull**, which had taken them 
thirty days to accompliah. OfHcrni, men, 
honu-a, and gun* were corere.1 thickly with 
tlie duet of *lx Statre, anil (be umm ile por- 
tion* of the cummaiMl mere Jaded ami worn 
with their toilsome march; but they pre- 
aentml a Inavn (hint aa they entered the 
camp, aud thru bugle* rang out merrily aa 
they rim* to a halt on their own camping 
ground. A* they liail«l, t wonpleiwlid lioonila, 
tfan peta of the Iwitteey, hold in Jeanli l.y a 
corporal, eagerly nought one of the aunken 
water hnrrobi of the camp, ami men and 
hone* turned wiatful cyv* in tlie tame di- 

Dnring Ihe pant month the *Wpy little 
Virginia village baa been the aceoe of aurli 
atrang* bustle and activity aa it ha* net 
wilnewd aiuen the cloee of the civil war, 
and will not probably wltiiem again during 
the next hundred year*. A month ago it 
waa suddenly awakened from ita dream* of 
l>s*i glory and iiii|Hwtanr« to Ami the eye# 
of tlie whole country tumid toaard it, ami 
it* gnue-grown street* Hlltd with au nn- 
woiitml lwstlA and stir. When the drat 
company of regulars pitched thidr lent* on 
the great plain two miles southeast of the 
» illage, and began to prepare it for the army 
that wn* prrseu tly to occupy It, tho half- 
hourly poaangn of Um solitary ferry-boat 
Iwtwecn Yorktown ami Ulm. router Point, on 
tiro opposite bunk of the river, wa* an event. 
A fow week* later, and the river in front of 
the village resembled tb« port of a popn- 
lo«» city. Id it were gathered a nrnro of 
great ships of war, all of onr own North At- 
lantic Miiiadmu that run Id lie tnsdo availa- 
ble, and two French frigates, a ilarea Hrri- 
closs yacht*, a groat number of atenm-ahlp* 
aiul ateaiaboate, and ilosen* of sailing vea- 
sola, beside* a vaat ahoal of Ashing craft and 
native boat*. Now wharves were built for 
!h* occasion, Alld Tor two weeks tbo wster- 
iront waa a scene of Inileacrlhaldo activity. 

On the land the transformation v« a* 
wovulerful a* on the water Tho villagu 
had expanded into a city of Mhuoties, tenia, 
and bootha, and it* quaint brick cnurt-lumae 
had become a lodging house, aa hail meat 
of ita still naaioier pro- Revolutionary build- 
ings. Ita afreets, no longer gram -grown, 
were heavy with the cootmuou* poAxign to 
aud fro uf a thuiuuuad teams, and thronged 
with a rcatleM multitude of aighl-eeera, sol- 
diero. vendero, gambler*, thieves, ai«l itioer- 
aut* of all kind*, » how about* and laughter 
Ideudcd with strain* of martial music and 
the thunder of heavy gun*. In tho midst 
of ail thi* turmoil, gray with age, nuosiivo, 
and ovrrgrowu with ivy, rows the most im- 
preasire monument of thn time of tbo sur- 
render— the old NkmuN bonne. Frinflertml 
hy the miwbrootn growth surrounding It, nn- 
adorned hy a ahred of tlm gay tumtiug which 
covered tbs rest of the town. It aloud alone, a 
relio of tlm paat, droiiming of scene* of Umg- 
ago glcitlc*, and Indifferent to tho present. 
Two nulea away, within the linna of tbo 
grout comp on tbo Tk.wi*lk fans, stood tbo 
MraiRR h. iii*i', rejually old and famous with 
the other, but robbed of |lm lieauty and 
dignity of ago liy the hand* of tho vaiulala 
who hail darml diwocralo anil swdrrsiM It. 
Instead of on antique, a* American antiques 
go. it is in everT respsot a model mmUrn 
cirontry villa, smart with a fresh coat of rod, 
yellow, and grown psinl, its interior walls 
covered with Nwtbetie wall-paper, II* itnors 
with hnnihnimo rurpeta fresh from the loom, 
and It* HMHuik fitli-ii witli BiiHlern fiivnitnrei 
utid bric-A-hrac, all of which advertise tho 
dealer* wlu> furnish them. 

From the camp to tbo town tho mail waa 
of deep annd, from which for weeks tho 
wheels of an unbroken stream of vcfatelna ami 
trump of innumerable feet raised vast clouds 


WEEKLY. 


«riiliiiiting,*affocatlng dost that aattlsd and 
prnetnvtod everywhere. Along thin road, 
lined ita entire length with tbo booths 
aud tout* of |iiirk*loro, gambler*, and poep- 
■luiw men. ran the aingta line uf military 
telegraph, a doable line for public ase, aud 
* continuous row of street lamp* Tbo great 
camp, a city In itanlf, waa also llghbat at 
ulgbt with street lamp* set oat by the gov- 
eminent lp<opn, and supplied throughout 
II* on lire breadth with running water, c|i*- 
tnbnted by mean* of miles of iron pipes laid 
ou the surface of the ground, and dischar- 
ging into sunken hcignliesd* plocwl at short 
interval*. This wa* also government work, 
aa wna tho furnishing anil erecting of tbs 
twelve hundred large hiaqiHal telile lined by 
tho vartuii* militia and elvll organisation*. 
In fact, what the government did not do in 
aid of this great celebration wna not worth 
.bang, and might aa well hare linen left un- 
touched. 

On Tuesday, the li*th, the great celebra- 
tion «a* really liegtin. At daylight *11 lbs 
*btp* tu the harbor were lieekoil frnen truck 
to taltroil with long lines of signal flog*, aud 
all the men-of-war flew the American flog 
at tho inalnmaat-hewd a* a signal that tbo 
Fresideot of die United States waa hourly 
expected. The land battenc* took uppoai- 
I.od on the lilaffn, anft«v*ry thing wn* uiiuio 
ready tor the reception o-l the expected dig- 
nitaries. At lit o’clock ihe Tallapoosa, hav- 
ing au lioard TtreidMil Amtll’K and mem- 
br.ra of hi* cabinet, entered the n ver, and a* 
she steamed abreast of the batteries on tho 
bluff*, w*» greeted by twvat y-mie guns fired 
111 quick succession. At thi* signal tho 
yard* of the war ships were manned, aud 
for »be next ton minute* the thunder of 
their great gnna drowi»i*l all other socirid*. 
Aa the drove cloud* of sulphurous smoko 
from the gnus gradually enveloped ship aft- 
er ship, and drifting to lew-ward, hung like a 
pall over the rivor, obscuring all object*, it 
seemed to the thousand* of spectator* lin- 
ing live bluff* that they must, be wiitreaaiag 
Mime desperately cunteatod naval engage- 
ment. Tlie steamer bearing the President 
waa quickly followed by utlirnv, bringing 
the hreretarie* nf the Navy aiul uf War, 
General BlIKKNAff. anil, a little later, by tlie 
French frigatvs and tbo di*tiiig«uilw*l for- 
eign guests of the nation. Aa all of these 
received the salutes dan them from tho bat- 
teries on both land and water, the heavy 
tiring wa* almost eontiuuon* lor nwne bimra, 
and the illusion of a great battle waa pro- 
longed. 

Aa anon aa they landoil, tin* President, bis 
cabiuet, and thn French and German gureta 
were welcomed hy live C'ongroesioual Com- 
mitteo and tbu liovemor of Virginia in La- 
fayette Hall — a building erect.*! for the 
purpose near Hi* ailn of the proposed uioun- 
mrut. In and about this building Ibe lirat 
large crowd seen daring the orlubratiuii 
thus farwa* gathere.1, and though it did not 
uainbri morn than II vu tbniwtud, the deuae 
cloud* of du*t that it rai*eil from the |i*refa- 
ed, sandy plain, and tho intense heat, auuUi 
everybody pmwnt thankful that it wa* no 
larger. Amid the moat uueoanfortable sur- 
rounding*, and blinded nod choked with 
■lint, the Grand Master of Ihe Grand Lodge 
of Momiii* of Virginia, aaslntml hy tbs Grand 
Masters of MaaoDt in aoverai other Atatea, 
laivl tie* riwuer-Htone of Ihe Yorktown L'eu- 
tnunLal Moimment. Tlie uiMiament i* to l>e 
a graceful shaft ninety-ttvo foot In height, 
localed directly on the edge of the high bluff 
overlooking the river, sl*>ut a quarter of a 
mile onuthcoat of the village, hut w i thin the 
town limit*. This waa the pnueipal o» rut of 
the day, tlie remainder of which was devoted 
todnlla, receptmiM, and oonew-rta by the many 
fine military band* present. Wednesday 
was given op to the entertainment of the 
foreign guest*, addremc*, the reading uf 
centennial odes, poem*, etc. On Thursday a 
grand military review of all the treojm pro- 
sctii wa* held in the presence of the Preai- 
ilent awl hi* eaUinet, Ills foreign guest*, the 
Governors of iitatca. the General of the Army, 
Admiral Wyman, and tbo many other diatlu- 
gmsb.t.l rivil and military oflkrera prevent ; 
awl on Friday tlie euUltratkui was cuocladsd 
hy a grain! naval review of all tho vessel* 
of war lying before Yorktown. 

Among tho many rnrion* and interesting 
sights to he witunued at Yorktown during 
the celebration none attracted more atten- 
tion from Northern visitors than the wretch- 
ed two- vrhfic led vnhiclM, generally drawn by 
one diminntivo cow or ox attached to Him 
shaft* by rep* hanvesa, in which fantastical- 
ly attired mvnit*<re uf negro families from 
miles aruBml visited the camp. And no- 
thing amused these same negroc* more than 
to see tli* wry fane* with which tbo visitor* 
from the North attempted to eat anripe per- 
siniaions, which they found in abundance 
about the comp. 

Of all the !**!!■>* of militia present at tho 
celebration, the Ttiinceulli licgimeul N.G, 
8.N- Y, presented the haiidaouicet awl most 
aoUlteriy apiwaracce, and brought with them 
the Attest band. Their cutup, too, set up and ] 


OCTOBER 5#, 1881. 


arranged hy tbemaelvna, wo* far superior in 
comfort and general appearance to any la 
the field, the immense crow -shaped canvas 
pav ilion erected fiiriMiveruort'onxEia. being 
almost regal ill Its furnishing, and coating 
shine over five thousand dollars. All tho 
mililia present were, however, taught many 
amt valuabln Icsmmi* by tli* neaUima and 
order maintained in Ihe eneampmunt nf reg- 
ular tnK>|ia mljoining them. Anil if tho 
great releliration slrouhl rraulf- in t*o other 
g<**L, it will have proved a valuabln train- 
ing echoed fnr them, and will have served 
to |irnnio|« mutusl ginnl-fcllowship lietween 
tbo militia and tli* regular army troop*. 


Dfcgnn In ILars*'. Wran Xo. 1W, Vot, XXir.l 

CHRISTOWELL. 

a ffiaifnaot Ealr, 

Br il d. BLACEMOBE, 

Amtoa or ” llssv AsxaLXT,* " I/«iu Doovr,” 

“Currs, rut Caasixa," «rc. 


CHATTER XXXYin.— (rcsireuAf-) 

rXDKK THE CKAH-TEKK. 

Now this flu* win* of abstract beauty 
sbonld — if it did It* biiHiueiM well — auffinn 
to ke«-p tbo mind from dwelling on llttls 
sill* Imih* of ita own. Rut it i* to lie ob- 
served in tho history of all great artists 
that the largest perception of “tli* hosuti- 
fqP never has so sufficed at alL They ore 
fall of It, pnsMMsed, inspired, radiant: hot 
the- expansion of choir mlud* has its little 
porker* still. 

How much more, then, is thi* to ho ex- 
pected whim the mind inspired by laTge out- 
look is only that of a poor young maid*n, 
loft to It* own philosophy I There wa* 
comfort in ths quiet of tb» bill to her, and 
a soothing power in ths orenlng light ; but 
still her heart came through her mind, a* 
tli* round fruit blushes through the glisten- 
ing of the leave*. And her heart, though 
not put into word*, wa* full of aomethiDg, 
and miMwbody. Knf surely, with the better 
half of miud, there I* nothing more grievous 
than to think aud think, amt have nothing 
to say about any of it ; sad tbs breast, anil 
the hearty part* that go on very well (if the 
lwaiu w-iU only let them have their turn), 
innst corns up sometime* and say that they 
have a allure ||| the system. 

Thera had been many thing* combining 
<u« things generally do) to com* down iijhhi 
K«mi, and torment ami vex her, to the far- 
tbust boundary of her large end gentle pa- 
tience. Tn a proud, quick - minded, and 
wniailive girl it waa no small pain, to begin 
with, to ace bow her father wa* behaving 
toward hi* nnexpeclsd gnmt. Her father 
evidently knew fall well why the General 
wa* »n poll to to him, reddly polite, not even 
swearing when tho Captain »*» in the 
n*wn. The latter never ataid longer than 
to duchurge tbs duties of host, with a plea- 
sure a* stiff as a formal dinner party. And 
while he wa* doing it the General watched 
him with a suiiereilioos gnxe, tempered now 
and then, when hi* pal us came on, with a 
crow indignant pity. "What can my fa- 
ther have doueP thought Rose — •• wfaat can 
he have done to lead to this f Ho never eon 
hare deserved it; but what induces him to 
| oat up with it — he who la one of the proud- 
est of mankind I" 

Moreover, she wa* troubled, to the limit 
of her untried capacity for trouble, by tho 
Coinael’s oviduct. What made him keep 
away *o entirely from them, and ouly aeud 
inquiries by soenn servant, "T casual visitor 
arrow the moor f And why did her father 
mwjii to think that right, when her own 
seiiM toid her that It was quite wrong f 

Over and nliovo an*l perhaps below throe 
thought* were mnny.no lew grin von*, touch- 
ing the teudeniMk* of her own core*. With- 
out confession to Imnielf, or any direct di*- 
cavaiim nf the subject, aomchow or other 
she had Iwrn led tn think so highly of young 
Mr. Wrote ovulie that he seemml to be tho 
ouo to solve all thin Hut not ereu nun 
hail h« been Dear her, to the utmost of her 
knowledge, since under thn nsh-trao he hail 
eeerned U» ret Id* heart upon her kindly 
thoughts of him. “No doubt bs despives 
mo, aa everybody else docs," waa ths bitter 
cooduaioo of hur |**ir y oung heart : “ when 
people live in mystery, they mast expect it, 
I Will be like my father; I will dladaiu Item 
all, although il is mini uncomfortable.” 

Thinking thu*, she looked tewnnl the 
wrot, a* people out - of- doom do mainly, 
wlisu tliuir «]iirit« lire in declination, biro 
was standing iistble her father’s fence, 
which was hard to climb Just there, aud 
gave Iwr hlrong sense of security. After 
her recent mare, aim feared to wander in the 
lower grouud alone; but here alw could ace 
any sign of approach, and could run sway 
home without Iwiug cut off. And tho rise 
of the ground gars liar plenty of height to 
look over the fence to Urn long sweep of 



I 


OCTOBER 59, l 381 ' 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 


nmor, biJ th* coving of Hie combes, that I a* any husband wants, noil a heart that Hi* I 


made dark-elbowed shade* below them. 


Why should the hnnian race, of any Otb- *di 1 he drew her to hint. 


n ye arced after. 'Ilinir eyes met gently. I like, 


i treat m» a* yon | fumiihed n 


er. have two syea — till their brethren knirek *' Darling Rose." be said, “how long am I "Ami I ain quite resolved that von *h 

oat own — unlcaa it ia to aee two things at to he uncertain what yon mean 1 Ton an< not, in the prevent condition of thiiq 
once T By a thousand arguments it may he not one of the flimsy kind who bare no heart young mail." 

shown that the large, benevolent, orthodox, worth having. Your natum la noble, stead- The Captain looked aternly at Jack, 


like, air. Hut for all that, ] am quite re- back -stairs part or tho palace, 
solved to marry your daughter.” ltoiuiw waits in aileut wonder ae to wh»i 

“And I am quite reeolvrd that yon ahall thia may mean, and various uiieimfiirtahie 
not, in the prreent condition of things, dmilita Mi ei«ujnrluro* luo np within him. 
young man.” At length the door npeu*. and r»> lee* a par 

The Captain looked aternly at Jack, aa .on appears than the King himeelf. The 


shown that tbe large, benevolent, orthodox, worth having. Your nature ia noble, stead- The Captain looked aternly at Jack, aa sou appear* than the King himeelf. The 
Intelligent, and intelligible law of nature faet. grand." he spoke, and Jack looked firmly at the clergyman cart* an nnresy glance at bt* 

waa that binocular being* should squint. “ There is nothing very grand about me.” Captain. Hoik having strong wills, net- Majesty'* face. Hut there la no frown upon 
Tor the firat week of our Itvea wa all do »*», aha said, prolonging tbe aweet surrender, thrr of them aaid anything more than it ; it U fall of an fodeacrihshle (UppluaMd 


and if wlaely let alone, we might retain that '* If you think that, you will he **<lly dia- 
gifL But tho nnraea go ogams* it, and tbe appointed." 

eitppla sequacity which hoe been nuraed into “But give me tho chance of the diaap* 
na from oiir cradles induce* one eye to go point went. 1 aak fur you only aa you are; 
after the other, and beemun shackled to it according to roy own account, not yon re. 
in ipite of the noan, which waa mnant to You promised to (limit kindly of me. Hava 
keep tliean independent. After thia, w hut you dune It f Hava you been ablo to do it, 
hope nan we have of objectivity f sweet Ruse f* 

Without tbe large outlook afforded to “I have done it-. Ami I bare made np 
those both whose eyes turn outward, Ruw my mind tUall lih« you M well aa — a* w*ll 
Arthur contrived to **o two figure* at tbn aa you likn me." 

very aam* moment, though for apart, aud “Liking has nothing to do with it, Rose. 


quit* Invisible to each other. One woe in a 
swampy gnyal, partly lit by (onset through 


sweet Rose f* problem of photographing on object in it* 

“ I have done if Ami I have made up natural hue* ha* juat Wo mode by two 
any mind tball like you a* well as— a* well French photographer*, MM. Cm* and Car- 
as yon like mo." pontlsr. Tbe process consist* in taking 

“Liking hua nothing to do with it, Rose, three photographs of the object, a* wen 


3ood-eveniug." something that i* very like a smile, that 

(re ** rownrew,] ■» 'O '*> ni»k* it* »« '* out. anil gleam 

alsmt ilu> tips and sparklu in the eye*. Al 
" - J ' Unit the King ch*ta about tho most corn- 

rrtT/tn T»iTtYmr>i» aptiq ■ w np i au e mibjewts. The vicar represses 

COLOR FHOTOGRAFHH. tlM , „ r Jlltll g..r, which are beginning 

Sown approach to the solution of the great to g» - t rather importunate, a* Wt he earn 
■oblcm of photographing on object in it* and unewere respectfully, and aa a aiihject 
dural line* ha* just ta*en made by two should. At length Jiuues aays, with »hal 
reueh photograph* re, MM. Cros and Car- f«r a monarch is terribly lik* a knowing 
wiUer. The proof** consist* in taking Wlwk: “1 doubt, Master Donna, that you 
ireo photograph* of the object, a* wen are wanting your dinner, hut I am going to 


of MM am, and viie- offer you a iIikIi that will m 


m*. 1 let liquid reaped I vely, that is to say, three think, and for supper both. What do you 


a gap iu tbe western height* above ; and the have never tied tin* to do before. But Ido photograph* of the object with it* blue, red, say to the Dcsnerj of Rt. Psnr* t" 


other waa on the bill treat toward her, rap- love yon, John, a great deal better than my- 
idly descending. The on* in the goyal bad self.” 

something that looked like a long gun on “Then yon will git* yourself to me ," John 


and orauge rays quenched in turn. These This waa the way in whUh Dunn* liecauin 
proof* are taken «w glass. and the part* cor- I>c*u of Kt. Paul's. An honorable poaltlon 
responding to the quenched light are left and conaid«rabl« worldly preaperity now 


bis shoulder; and he suddenly turned into Wealcomhe said ; and pcroalvlng tbnt her opaque, whereas the partainBueunrel by th* were bis; tlrere was no need any longer to 

a shadowy comer, and, so far as *bo could eves were bright with tenre aa ahe bowed ra.va b ww i transparent- A aocoud art of fear tho biting blast of poverty for those It* 

make out, sat down. Tire other cans boat- her head, he laid the head gently upon bis three plate* ia then prepare.! by coating If rod ; it seemed that Ire and bl» were stand- 
ily into tho track where tbe tlencral hod shoulder, ansi kissed away tire tsar*, and t liens with albumcnircd collodion on which ing in lb* roWnt of oalmast brightness, tint 

met with hi* disaster lately, and then run- found it essential to kiss the trembling lips albumen I* coagnlnled by the acliusi of al- just then ennie the darkest clurnl uf sijmiw 


ulng down to the tittle spiked guts, looked | 


• of a cohnl and bromide of radmlnsn. After being tliat ever burst over hi* oartlily life. Tlrere 


through, and saw her, and Implored to bo happy sob between them. “Now you are allowed to imbibe hleliromato of ammonia, i» a atory which my* that this trouble waa 

)el i n . mini- - forever mine,” Ire was w lump* ting in Him mating la exposed for some minute* to foreshadowed to limit* in a strange, atipor- 

*• Why should I let yon Inf” asked Hoae, the must lovely rapture, when a atcru vole* a diffused light coming through «o* of the natural way: it is gH-n *'? of bl * hl ' 

doubtfully feeling for her key. can** fonts behind tbe crab- tree. transparent images already taken with a ograpbew, «» w * -111 tell it hero. 

“Why should yon keep me not!” asked “ Halloa, tar! What are yon doing themt" colored srrewn. Tho transparent part* or (hi# night Doom woo sitting up in tho 
the other. “ It is vory important that 1 Ami tho voice waa followed hy a tall man i ho latter allow the light to pass, anil eanao library nl a fncpd in the o oam y with whom 

ahaald 00 t»« id.” striding, who look Kuoe from Jack oa a bird tho albumen to contract, «s hilo tho opaque ho was staying. He biul Wn ahoent froni 

“Perhaps It would lie rode to keep yon whip* a feather from another lard's nest, parts screen the light. The result is that, homo ’‘at a b-w day*, and lie hml k-ft hia 

out- But this is nut tbe proper way U. rail, and said, “tie. homo directly: I will apeak when Hi* plate U immersed in a reducing wife and children all weft a mi happy W hen 

nor the proper time. Bot you may doom in, to you by-aud-hy.” Tlnm to John West- hath, the albumen absorb, the ootar In those ho took leave «f them. He had become ab- 


“ Perhaps it would Ire rode to keep yon whips 
ant. But this ia not tbe proper way to cull, an«l w 

Mr \vXbu'""''' B ° l J "* romilre lie sjreh*, dttdalofblly : regions protected' by tbi. opaque portuin* of sorbed in wane old Mk ml b* sat on till 

“ It is moot kind of yon to let me In.” said ■•Bit, I bad imagined thatyoa wereatnsn the first image, an.l rejecU it in lb* other tire wfcaJa of ‘h» rest of tte bona* waa song 

Jack, taking care to get inside before lire of honor." regi.ma which contracted under Ui* light '» slUmreMd-ieep .lire 

young lady changed her mind, ami then -Don't been hasty, sir,” Jack answered, parelng through tho transparencies of the ble save 'f* "‘“I . r, ^ r, « ‘ f- ® 

looking at her With steadfast eyas, which for he possess.-! lb* true basis oi nil conrage image. Thia proora* is repealed for all Uiree dnR 

expreose.1 an SOOfmoaR stock of ailnnration, — self-command. " I am not ashamed of any- image* obtained by tho colored sorrow, and falling cinder os it dropped from tbe dull 

with a mild determination to make room- thing that I have done, air." thus by employing three repnrate batba of re «‘ ,r *- 

thing of It “But it would have tree., a “Of course you .react You consider It rod, blue, end yellow Tor the image, got by . ^r^ 

cnielthingU>keepBio.v.it. Yon never do no harm whatever to have broken your pa- the green, orange, wad violet screens, tho brnbook and gUnce around the lorgeroum, 
cruel d m do von Mia* Arthur T role.” quenched lights are recombined id one pic winch was all wrapped In dark **>ad..w» that 

- Vik Mr Wiwtcoi'nlre : or if 1 ever do, I “ Yon forget, Mr. bow the time gore by. I turn of tire object. The liquid screens are folded thomrolvaa abowt tho tafl ko ok’rogro. 

am al.ays aorrr afterward. 1 am oblig«l have broken no parole. I pledged myaolf mrele of «l U «».,,s of ehlnri.l* of rohal»far u/rork^ln^^lt 1 ^^ 

to kill tl,n: m, verr often. What can wo do for the fishing searem, hroanso you allowed lire violet, snip bare of copper for tire blue. « alt*, aud lay in disisiitcoro***. 


combo he a|«>ke, iliwlalufiilly : 

" Bir, I bad imagined that yoa were a a 


to kill thing, very often. What can we do foT the fishing season, Waiuo you allowed tire violet, sulphate of copper 
with sings and grab* T" me to ronre up your water. Not that 1 caret and bichromate of potash for 


“But if you havo pity for them ' said for tire ti-hlug two talk of a gnat, bat that and when tlroalrotm light s*.nplo,«1,«lrey ay ^in*i aunt g.inmrer o. 
Jack, " nasty marsmlera re the, .re, how I etvold aee yotir lioore. Wb.-n the fishing 


and bichrotnal* or potssb for the orange : Tlrere were roly two bright .jut*, on* mule 

and when tbe electric light is employed, Urey >'.v tire fitful glimmer of the fire-light round 


sorry you must be to trample ro your 
poor fellow-creatures !” 


expired, roy hood expired; and the trout it 
I tb« ChHalow are beginning to prepare t< 


object batbtd in the colored light transmit- ly. 


“ But I never do anything of tbe kind," spawn lwfure very long, so Mr. Nltott aays. 
Roar answered, looking at her littlo feet to who nnderstands them well. And Mr. Short 
make qmto sure; “unless you mean poor aays that It ho* boen agreed by all who nn- 
Bqutre Tonchwood." drretand tlte thing that tbe fishing In three 

“No, I don't mean him. I wish I did : th* upper waters eesreo upon partridge-shoot- 


ia photographed direct. 


ly, amiil Ure dintnosa at the further end of 
the library, he fancied b* saw Nomelhlng 
moving. He ]iH>k*d ami wondered, for be 
waa certain no one hoi entered tbe room; 
! resides, there waa not n single inhabitant 
of the house up ein.pt himself : he looked 


O.VR morning, oa the wife of John Donna, I and wondered, and then concluded it w 


VSn. *. u..;;, . ...T.,- A-l .I..1 -- w -l'i— .. ; 


mean on* a Rule better, at any rate, than so (hut I havo token no advantage, hut pnr- 

that fellow, tbongh a very hnmble individ- proaly left it all on your *Jda." 

u*l still. If you look at me, yon will re* my I “ I am smrjr f«r yror aake, said the Cap- 


man, at thnt time Vicar of fit. Dnnstau’s, 
going briskly through her hiuxteholil i 


Hot no, there it wm again, a whit* object 
glimmering «ut amnl the dimness. A great 
aw* fell upon him; be could not stir or 


•• lam sorrv f«r vror sake ” said the Cap- view, she la' thrown out of all matronly aw* fell upon him; he could not stir of 
in looking* at him ro that Jock's gray Oomposnre by new. being brought her by a *,-ak. Blowiyro tf^^ gUi.ahad- 
„ , fn , da wn “that tour honor can Ire breathl*** rorvant-msid, that one of tho owa a while- to tred f.mxale form gl led into 


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ff.lt. p-rb-r-. r.« tlw- miiWH'.t, r-lh.r h ^ t.l- from t-j-l.y ,*u — «« I,n K . ,r 1.,^ m.I tb.o ,W. 

’’ ’STtS* Srwl to tolll rf-m.to It, 1-1 !.I~ h- !-«*« to. U U,. l—ll— • l-r. 

!n«^sasEfiS£r.5rs 

stwaiaaL: 


King's lackeys is at the vicarage dime, aak- thre light of tlia lump, until Ibe yellow rayt* 
tng to speak with her. The ilamacl adds fell full upon it. Tli*n lb* form turned It* 
inueh that i* anitsMtod. though a trifle con- face toward hint, ami Donne waa goring into 
iuaed, about the splcndora of Ibe royal Hire- tbe eye* of Ilia wife. Hbe was very pale, 
oeuger's dross : but li*r III Mirons dore not her hair hung loosely row ml lt*r; «h* h*ld 
h*«d her, she i* si roll of wonilering own a dead child in her arms. She fixed on hint 
about what Ibis envoy from royalty can bo one long, wist fnl look of love, and thro sbe 
com* for. Had her John committed some vanished. Next morning a m**~*ng*r from 


Don't langh n 
know that I 

•till—" 


. « - - jsscj 

Well, I think you are kSS^th? 


ts-„&'£2,sr,JSzzt 

poetical; though he seemed to Ire trying Mr. p*rhapa I have bren tempted. Bnt I heTtofiWsL tv. There wa* na otre in di.trem or sorrow 

“j- issE ,,rep ‘ re hi> f,,r ^ 

Z W "*{. A TmnS* U “ t k^ier ^£MTyTtf.MgM tl£ Tt-o hour for th* Vicar of St. Dan Mail's kindures. andth.,*H>, found In him a gen 

S:as b r;o: aasttMKsr-ss -sssn^-***-*** 

would rather sit arid look at me than son a to know that you thought , . * , niihiw«I at smt-wt. Mi«- nitent men that ever stood in an English 

o? dS Z.”V,ito. Ito u™.. K.w t,c, to, h,, Hru- l-b. «... u,. .u. tolm. 


iuil*>rtanc* I np bis « 


Doooo wss perhsp* one of the moot elo- 
quent men that ever stood In an English 
pulpit. Til* Are, tho feeling, the pnmion, 


voire was sweeter than the tinkle of a it* w my kDow ledge, aud taking 
tap of pale ale run mug into a Ibren-qnart ignorance.” 

a " I never thought- of do 


V 1, dish on the princely table, for she hu* a mh * soom to have completely carried away 

Trover thought of doing tmeh a thing pretty taste in oooksry, and very poroitdy hts llstenera. His senno.is wjmw often of tlio 

. n . , I .. . m _-:,i j-, k . -[ t wonhl havo been alio mav be ablo to imitate ao*M of llteiu. most ini*ui*Verato length, bnt they would Ml 


n Spoil-bound, BOW weeping, now elaaping 


•ssj’arr TKTiirrtt. 2f ys. 


little faster than nsual oa bo draws near the their bands, swayed by hi* It resist Ibia pow. 


fled if I had known be wa* *<> clever." 
“On* must grow capable of mure 


something of court life, but to si l down mid I 
ret with royalty is a new experience for 


I =sgsi * *»• - -« - 1 rt’s.’zsvj; j xrjzzrzs \ su: vs!S3 


This gave the ulk a aerioii* turn, anil mad* 
them look at one another; the result of 
which waa sa nsual. 


lot it never can bo vnar intention to over; he boa pawd through the long — - 

■ "crool the Toung man looking aa de- of gilded anteroouis. nml tho linos o( richly «b*n bs hsil^liialied one sermon, he always 
!bly re he spoke, that I am to bs or- liveried servant*. Now of conree be -HI Immediately looked "J 1 * * J* J 


Umi lights in language of glowing Splendor. 


Uoee thought how noble and how simple pb.rahly 


*««""»••■ - . . - ‘ re h* uslicred into the grand banunetiug-bulL anil then carried II atmut In hi* bend until 

was his mind, and hi* heart so soft anil ex- A*T»A a * yw „ ,y„. p nt how is UiMt of fiudtug him be bail built up » whole frame-work of 

eellent ; and hi* outward form qnitegoral Wot qmt* an. Le .^*i ^,lf in a apaclou* apartment glittenng with ilionght and argument upou It. Tho# he 

enough to defend her and l» managed by -ym are not U, ^ome S^*5S5« plaU and AIM with f.roM, know M bis sermon* by heart before be 

her. Jack thought how lovely and bow And I shall not invite you unUl your fatbar 5^, ai ng •!-». iuallUl* fihabbUy preached tb«n. 


vweet she -aa, with at teatt a* much mind | wlshro it." 


| b* is left standing alone in a liUlu shabbily | preached them. 





732 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


OCTOBER 20, 1*8 1. 



TIM SEW llMuN/R Kiir STAIN IS CMOS fUjCAIIR, NKW VuRK t TTY. —I'll KHKXTED 
IIV MIL n, WILI.IA JAUBL-l'uuT~.>.ruw hi II... .* .... 


71115 JIVES POllTlI*. 

Tin: new fountain which 
Mr. [I. W. J au 1.1 liu just pre- 
sented In llm city of New York 
it a ulnulih contribution In 
I be artistic wealth of ibe me. 
lK>|iulia. Tlii' »li ‘ty of its ori- 
gin rnn he hnelly told, and In 
interesting im showing how ill 
n democratic <oii ill tj like our* 
individual citi/etm perfuim 
tbo work which rlwnlim in 
•h'lic either by the community 
or by him holder of power 
mill Male. 

About live year* ago Hirer 
of our well - known < itixena 
happened to meet in n German 
Imlel. They spoke of art nml 
of public works, nml dually 
Hie mu venation took a prac- 
tical turn. They dismissed 
the project of a drinklng- 
fnimt aiti which abonli] nt the 
some time roiilribulc to lh« 
physical comfort of the pco- 
plc, tcueb a lemon of religion. 

nml f«»l»r an appreciation of 
art. The idea lima Mtuek out 
in social converse lion resulted 
10 l hi* work which now em- 
bellishes I'uion Kqnorr. Tlie 
Miggentinn of this fmiiitnin 
* nine from Mr. I». IViUja 
.1 a>i i", who formally prraent- 
cil it to the city, ns represent. 
cit by Major Uracil The ad- 
iln'sa on the oeramoci waa «!••- 
h' err. I by another of the |»ar- 
ty of thrrv, PmFmorX l.wv- 

ik-li CoRXnm. He rvlateil 
how in the |M-rplrxilii-s at- 
lemllng the |imrtieut *0101100 
of the c|nistinn which the 
three fririol* bml proposed to 
tbrmiclrea, recourse waa bail 
to the well known nrt critic 
nml hlatorion I.ruar. nf.Muit- 
gart. Ily one of Ibiwe at range 
piece* of good fort one which 

Miioefiuipsiircnr, AUOLFDOXX- 
loint was present at Hie first 
visit paid to Ll'liar.'* studio. 
This ynnngnrtisl hailjiiat re- 
muted from limsleri to as- 
sume the position of bead of 
the Ifc-purtoseiit of ftrulplure 
nt Ibe Art Aeioleioy of Htntt- 
«arf. " Hen* i« the mnn you 
are looking for.’ said l.fBKi: 



to hia Amcriran visitor, mol in a few nnioiruU it waa settled 
that he nhoohl make u clay model of a fonnlain fur tba in- 
spection of tbn grutlrmru who iotcndril to creel one. 
iMix.MMMtr la a pupil tifltlKTCCUKI, whose fame ia identified 
with the memorial of |,i tuck in the city of Worms The 
mnster hail Itaiely completeil the plan of Ibis great work, 
ami modelled the central figure, when death called bim. 
The task of carry ing out his ideal fell to Uovnsiar. 

The clay model prepared by Doxnoour was exhibited a* 
“a design fur a fountain in New York” in the Art Academy 
of Stuttgart, and was approved by iwir fellow -citiiens who 
hod nnderlahcii to creut it. In IKT7, a rontrart wm signed 
for the execution of the work within a period of two years 
and a half. “ l-ikc many another work,” said PrnfemarCuKX- 
ISO, “ which lias been the fruit of tonarientioila toil rather 
than mercpi.nry ambition, it lingered long beyond the allot- 
ted time, nnd thns fulfilled a moral mission snperadded to 
it* intended one, to wit, n largo discipline of exemplary pa- 
tience and faith-” This delay, however, arose from no neg- 
ligent* on the arliat's part. but from his desire to failhfnlly 
execute n w»rk whieli for I mill to nuturv and rouscientiowr 
attention to detail should lie os At fur a mum-urn aa for a 
public park. Every single figure in the group in l.'niou 
Square rrprvreiito a Using model. The mutherly iiistinel 
minlo visible In Hie emldeiu of charity is the loading idea of 
the coin pool I ioci, and the sculptor’* own wife anil child stood 
for the brcnre mother with Ibe baby ou ber ami, while Hie 




OCTOBER 8!). Iwjl. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


733 



THE ATLANTA FAIR 

Tlir {rr»l Cotton Exposition at Atlanta. of whi<li «r 
linvt! already given a full arcoiint, reuitiom-* to nllrart lbi> 
in It- n-»t of the country, and the heucltrla] iiilltirue* it will 


little on* trotting by 
her side U taken limn 
a boy whom I be Nwalsi- 
am regarded nn a mod- 
el of g rare. Other de- 
lays thud tliimc arising 
from the art tit's eon st-i • 
ent Unwise** occurred 
to keep liru'k the com- 
pletion of the work. 

Til* plllster model ill 
the foundry gam way, 
and months were re- 
quired to restore it. 

A*ain. when the mod- 
elling of the entire 
group was nearly nun- 
plcted, disaster came. 

The front of the severe 
winter of |fl!l-KI pen- 
etrated the artist's stu- 
dio, and one morning 
DomiHOST Imind the 
clay oo which he ex- 
pended tiro years of 
toil lying, n limp of 
•hapclvwa lump*, on tho 
floor. But be Irrarely 
reoumeil his work, and 
lu the count* of ibis 
■n miner the lirotire 
gninp mid postament 
arrived on our fthore*, 
whither the granite 

C leatal from Swollen 
I preceded thorn. 

The hcnntifully mod- 
elled group which 
erowns the fonntain 
has, it is true, no claim 

to originality of runcvpliovi ; it lakes its phn-e in n lung 
Bnmwion of designs honored by ancient tradition nml ap- 
proved by the verdict of luaukind. lleuuiil'ul ue a work 
of art. the symbolism of the group is singularly appropri- 
ate to this benafloonl cniilrlhiillon to tin) pbysienl r<oiifort 
of the people. It may I * regarded no a aymhol of Chris- 
tian kindness nml charity, leading thirsty souls and weary 
hearts to the lit log fountains of refreshment, and as such 
it will Ito looked upon with admiration mail gr.tlilude. The 
example of Mr. J.iM& is well worthy of imitation. 


Georgia. Ei-tern Tcnnc*- 
eee, ami Western North 
Carolina, if he merely ex- 
plain sn imperfect gco- 
lugiiial map, inn niicou- 
M-iou-ly ilelermia* el 
■■lire to liny a errant t, and 
Vision* of neallli make 
yos diary A ml die «im 
pie truth is dial printer 
fortune, a»nli the sur- 
ivnful dcvrkipaaent of 
this rcgvxi ihau the min- 
ing kings of the I'acIHc 
slope hi re accumulated." 

The same corre- 
spondent truly nb- 
aerrra that the Ailglo- 
Fttaon race owns no 
oilier territory u rii-U 
ns parts of the Month, 
amt that it has bold no 
other territory so long 
mid developed it as 
little. Tli* Atlanta 
fair will do rnuelt to- 
ward awaking pro- 
gress and enterprise in 
all that region. 


have upon the industries of (lie South he colors every day 
morn apparent. It Isas drnun tbonvniiiLs of visitors from 
every part of the country, anil it ran not he doubted thnt 
inntiy clear- -sighted hilsi liens men fmm lire Soflb nml West 
Will ihsrnvir that the Smith preselil-a many llelils for the 
profitable investment of rnpitiil. The Atlanta correspond- 
ent of tire Boston l \ uf wriUw with tegard to this |siiut : 

•• Thrre ie more to hUrrest tire Hrnient of iiiilnitrisl ipsrvtions 
than an* other fair in die world e»er showed, ami perhaps tlirre 
k> less to interest the mere eight -eer than sny other fair ever if 
fuelled. Erety tiling Is viiggrstire ; every evhiliit is an appnil for 
capital Every fralure- of the rtpu-ilkui is an ilidet to a n-l red 
sire Erery mineral, wired, ami product hint* of a milling mania, 
of unexplored forests, and uf a houwdlns pmdldiili of agilculiuiai 
■ferelopraent ami ehiaei-s for manufacture, whose greatest disad- 
vantage is th.it thrir pheminiewxi promise almost sluggers hrlwf. 
'Vino a mail hugius to t«0 rera of the mineral scsllh of Nortll 


TUB LITE MULES 

f.lJI BEWHVSE*. 


Mil CHamxs Vast 
ltrumi YUN, of Al- 
bany. wbo died sud- 
denly in tliia city on 
th* t'-Mli of Or totwr, 
at the age of slxly- 
fimr. was one of the 
most widely known ami deservedly esteemed ritirens of 
Albany. Wbru ten years of age, be entered l,i> father's 
ptiiiting-ofllre, where liis education hrgan. and where it 
rnuUiimsI and ended, not only in letters, toil in the gener- 
al busmens of life. Though lu all renperGi setf-taught, 
he was a very accomplished man. and was noted for the 
grace nml reliueiweiit of bin tiuiiniers, and for bis strikingly 
■mini) and handsome pressure. For many yearn lie win 
Stale l“ri liter, ami at the same timo occupied respond Id* 
position* ill the leading lienevolent iustitntious nml ror- 
]ioraUiiua of Albany. From rally manhood lie was on 
terms of friendliness or intimacy wills very many of live 
lending men of the Ntate, of all shades of political opinion, 
wbo were called In the cnpktu! by legislative or official 
duties, ami wns held in high eatcem li> all vs 1 1 Is whom he 
lieeamo m-i|iiaiiitrd. In him passe* away one of Album's 
best eitiiena. 






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'34 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 


OCTOBER *9, 1881. 


CUBKBa 

It it ipril* «t> intereming «m|y to iwde tbd rod- \ 
Ictl (banged Miniititto* nrrarriug in |h* ib-mand i 
fur varwu* ortH'la* uf «MMunip4iuu. Frequently I 
il happen* that a prodm-l lie* fur Jmt» without 
tin i iU'Iiutu ur iiu|>uriu!il uux. ami upue it tuii- 
ilrn »[.ring< In In oellriiy with autua'ihiug uf (lie 
" ptnui" chana-'terUtita uf tbr eiifhotitcr’* ui 
IVcfcnUv there u lid ba.-u.-r cuatenijHirtutuu* ri- 
ant pi* of thl* klrni than (hr rubeb berry. Foe t 
very king period this trtkle tuuml lu pnnri(ia) 
OKI to a cundlmenl LL (he rwramu* uf ItrJit, ; 
•litre M it uituucntd ill Ibe ttint* manner a* (up- 
per, tlltpKe, t»l (heir equivalent* With Euro- 
pean nation* anti with u* It bad been ivafclml 
to the dtfUllaUai of IU oil, whwh tulvrol Into 
Ilia cuapu*lt>:« of a few phamueeutle-jl nrvp- 
arao.atn, and tu (be p-ulvttlaed tterry luclf, for 
Uet In the tonic bebi, but lu t far inunr limited 

Altuut the Tear 1R7B culieb he-mv* 6rrt at- 
t railed pcr„r«i public auralloct a* a aptotBe for 
catarrhal aSivtkeit, tie mode of applicaUcat te 
Ir* the- bnlitlatKCi of thrlr (moke an erolved I it 
cexnbn'ittoa In an ardtruirr tobaoregope. In tlii* 
farm they were flr»t introduced to an article of 
commerce by the proprietor of a wviely known 
and popular cuteb aipMVMe, to wliiii cunditiun 
they were thurclj aflerwnnl adapted. The eon- 
auiiipwiiiii uf the Iwrry m lint nuinrer hoe tied 
with that of the r*e*| pujudar artacle* that luce 
bevu | Hit before the piihbr in many year*. At a 
■at oral IMilMim, thin fact liM an iinmediate- 
!•' aliiuiilaiil vlfecl upon the enuto material, and 
the ruheh ba-rry lire Mnulily adrsnmi Lai ire 
purtaliie and price, proportionately to the new 
entrryeiar, until wilhiu die |aet three yiwnt it 
ha* accuned mderworthy |M~iliun iu an artirle of 
lenportaiHin, otul it How eaga-rly nought for at 
priinn earring fruiu fifty to mvrtity-Hrr lent* per 
pouted, aa-rutdiag tn quality, ButaUhrtaiulitag that 
no further back thou (lie fall of IH7H it wan a 
drug In tba market at .tout m-tmi or aigkl iwuu. 

It i» alio a notable tact that, »mm!lia.-ou»lr with 
tbr inc reared di-mami fur cabebe In tliu aenwr 
indicated, there hue rpeuiig np a larguk iiwruowd 
rnnuaninuon of the oil, which baa found new 
field* of iivfnlnu**, until at least tweiilv pviod* 
are now diiiilWd and wbM for rrery pound that 
found a market Bve yrarw ago. 

Much of th* prrornt aTailahlr wtock of berried 
*" the accina-ilation of acroml year*, daring which 
tlicir importance and ultimate value were entire- 
ly unfure-ceo either by the producer* or the or- 
dinary dealer* A* yet there ha* not been ob- 
aervalile any eqaivaleut cs,rre*pceuimce in tile 
eallitatiun of the cwbeb berry, which i* grown 
• 'thui eumparaUxly ainall ilMtricto in the inlaid 
of Java ami in FmHi The rmceeoew °f thin 
rvgion, and iu impiwfvrt rnmiacaatcatKOi oral "to 
polity with our market-, hate no M|| llliirh to 
<lo with Uie foci of undor-prnduHhrti ; hut thiw* 
are Kline IndirotiiAi of a grow it* Ulrmt in the 
article at th* foartea of supplr. .VemriKahw, 
eacepemg that r n none dhm were at uim miW 
to iucreaae the quantity of lc* annual product, 
there i* every prewpect that in aeaieily and ocat- 
line*w H will bef.-re long repeat the hlitorr of 
Turkey bat- won<l and aereral other article* wliou 
ciceiinnwTrihe*l limit* of production are entirely 
nut uf acawd with the rapidly growing tod Im- 
perative demand. 


HORSPORDn? ACID PHOSPHATE 

Fua haw of tiipetlta, »lwnl > a»mew, vtc. I'unnlilrt 
free- Humfunl 1 ' U m l e v el Vurka, rnnlilciKi, It l 
Udrj 


It la the hdglit of 


n*afi tb * 


i'if daC-wg Ltu carte 
ink- Wrkiui time. 
lecallkKwl by a timely i 



Tn atle of Dr. Scott"* Hnuliew i* eoaetimo*. 
proving their good value. Yuli cun bay them with 
perfect lafctT, a* all dealer* are axthceued l» 
rvlinad the price if not a* represented. —[.Ur ] 


bait* prrmon. 

Life la m'leea Aa)> are tleet mg, 
CafUrea blooia. bui diet to CeetMrw: 
Warning take all Irtenda out n inline*, 
Woteh the pee* lime pirte and hmUwni. 
Hrwl (to tom* III. <k Vvtmto, 


null to to lachv aqnalHwg, 
vaj rtae In colly nmnUag.-U fr. | 


Ir you want a Tice lunioo wturh no can u« 
all yowr life whhccat injury, u*c Hiker’* Cream 
of Hove*. Approved by the medical prufetMuo. 
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ADVERTISEMENTS. 

Thu Mow Mauariog laatruouiBt. 

•me (to niwt ilocamw in fin*. 
Ilarhca and frOi-tkai* M nwinttotl 
1 rwilhudml. Hiiiwv*e*bw Haibi mol 
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THE POLITICAL SITUATION. 

HIE most striking fact of the pi ww t political situ- 

. ntion is the universal disposition to vote inde- 
pendently. An illustration of it is the action in 
Brooklyn in regard to the Mayoralty. As w« stated 
lust week, a large and representative meeting of Re- 
publican citizens nominated Mr. Rii'LXY Rofitn. He 
win* supported also hv Uie Young Republican Club, 
an anli machine organization. The regular Repub- 
lican Convention refused to nominate Mr Ropes, and 
selected General Tract, who represented the machine. 
A* there were already the Democratic ring and anti- 
ring candidate* in the lirld. Lilts left four candidate*. 
The result of a Republican conference wits the with- 
drawal both of Mr. Rom and General Tracy by mu- 
tual consent, and the substitution of Mr Seth Low— 
a gentleman in every way of Utc highest qualification, 
mid the especial friend and supporter of Mr. KOPEK. 
This is a great triumph for independent Rcpuhlk-un- 
i hiii. and shows that tuillirichingdetonuiiiation to break 
the inachi in.-, even at the cost of toinjiorary defeat, when 
united with thorough organization and vigorous and 
diligent work, will succeed. 

Still another significant sign of the determination 
to overthrow the tyranny of tmeses. large and small. 
was a late admirable article in the Timra upon the 
Republican nomination of Mr. As TOR for Congress in 
Mr. Morton's district in New York. This article 
points out. in harmony with our remarks upon ma- 
chine-breaking last week, that in the present state of 
the public mind the very means which are often ne- 
eessary to procure a regular nomination may result 
in defeat at the polls. The reason is that the caucus, 
or nominating hody, very often totally minre-prosrnbi 
the constituency, or electoral body. Tlic profmsional 
and often the purely venal politicians nominate, and 
aubeervience to their will is the condition of securing 
the nomination. This deferr-nre may be regard rd liy 
the aspirant as a disagreeable nrcnuuty, and proceed 
from no ill intention. Rut the intelligent and inde- 
pendent voter will inevitably ask whether a candi- 
date who thinks it neeresary to court the favor of the 
machine by compliance with its behests may not think 
it equally necesaary to court a continuance of favor 
by continued compliance. It is a most encouraging 
hurt that it U now becoming evident that deference to 
tlie machine may tie a fatal disadvantage instead of a 
guarantee of success. Indeed, one of the worst mis- 
chiefs of the inachinc system is Its debauchery of young 
and intelligent men whom a generous ambition leads 
into politic*. but who find that the condition of present 
success is wearing the collar of u boas. Tile contrast 
between the ciiniT and the public Ntutidiiig of Couip- 
1 roller Wadsworth, now nominAtod for CongreM 
after acknowkslgi.il admirable official service in ths 
State, and that of some young men his associates, 
who, in the vain hope of securing succees, have sub- 
mitted to the yoke which Mr. W mwwurtii has al ways 
spurned, full of instruction and warning and en 
oouragement to thorn who believe in honorable polit- 
ical independence. 

The wonder of uniiiitructed foreign and domestic 
observers of our politics is that our methods apparent- 
ly exclude from public life the very men whose serv- 
ice the public nerds. The theory of popular govern- 
ment is that the best and moat fitting citizens will be 
(■elected for public office by the free consent of their 
fellow-c itizens. This i* still true of many communi- 
ties in the country. But the rural nqniblic of a hun- 
dred years ago is now merged practically in a govern- 
ment by great cities. The State of New York, for 
Instance, decides a national election, and the city of 
Now York determines the vote of the State. The ex 
planation of the misrepresentation of the desire* of 
great communities is to be found in the fact that the 
constituency bus often no voice whatever in the se- 
lection of candidates. Undoubtedly the moment that 
this is distinctly seen, and it is understood that nomi- 
nation by caucus or convention is not a law of na- 
ture, but an expedient which, U|iun the whole, has 
failed, Uie popular common -sum* will provide an- 
oUier method. Its object will lie to do wliat the per 
sent delegate, system of nomination prafaaea to do, 
And often dues not, namely, to give the nomination 


to the constituency which elects. This can he readi- 
ly done, ns we pointed out last week, by legally pro- 
viding for a nomination as for an election, Tlie vote 
of every ritixen should he lukeu for candidates. The 
publication of the result would show the real prefer- 
ence of every party. “Rings,” of course, could mar- 
shal their henchmen to Tote for particular candidates, 
hut such rings could prevail only by the apathy or 
inditTereuce of the great body of citizens. Ring 
nominations, however, would be impossible where 
there were active interest and positive preference. 
Interest in the nomination of candidates would lie 
quite oh great as interest in tlicir election. Such a 
change in the method of nomination would be an ad- 
mirable supplement to a system of civil appointment 
by merit. The two would go far to answer the ques- 
tion how the better clans of citizens who cun not give 
tlipir time to political management can be brought 
effectively, and without great sacrifice of time, into 
active politics. That which withholds them now is 
not iiidi«position. It is simply that they cun not 
spare the time, and that they feel it would be a use- 
less sacrifice if they could. A large proportion of 
these citizens vote at elections. They would Tote M 
willingly ut nominations. By a proper legal provi- 
sion. such nominations na that of Mr. KorB9 and Mr. 
Low in Brooklyn would bocome the rule, and not 
the exception, und the cxjtciisc that might attend a 
system of nomination regulated by law would be re- 
paid tenfold by the result. 


MR. WINTHROP AND HIS ORATION. 

Mr. WlXTHROP, the orator ut Yurktown, belongs to 
the school of oratory and statesmanship of which Mr. 
F.vkkktt was also a distinguished example, and it is 
a singular coincidence that during this fear, which 
clous the centennial military epoch, Mr. WlNTHRop 
was the orator selected to commemorate the Unit and 
the last great battle of tlie Revolution. Bunker Hill 
and Yurktown. In the old Whig day* when Mr. 
Webster ruled Massachusetts, and Mr. WlKtltlir 
was Speaker of the House of Representatives, the per 
lilical prospects of no public man seemed to he more 
promising than his. But upon tlie great question 
which transcended all others, Mr WlXTHROP went 
with Mr. Webster, mid not with Mniuwchusc-tU. and 
bin political career at once and forever ended. It is 
a striking and interesting fact in our political history 
that in the slavery debate, while the Whig leaders of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Webhtejl, Mr. Choate, Mr. Evp.it- 
ett. and Mr. WnvrttRor, went one way, the Whig 
party of Massachusetts went another. The anti- 
slavery sentiment fortunately found a young Whig 
amply and admirably equipped os its political guide. 
Ail other muies hud boeu really Biijs-ntednl by the 
question of slavery. The sentiment of Mawuchusetto 
was actually anlixtnvery. But tlie situation might 
have been very different, and the result for a time 
doubtful, if the leadership of the new Massachusetts, 
as it passed from the old Whig chiefs, had not been 
instantly assumed hr such mru ns St'MSKK, Charles 
Francis Adams, John a. AiNunr, Charijw Allen, 
Stephen CL Phillips, John O. Paijut, Dr. Howe, 
and their friends. Ten years before the Ilmt cam- 
paign of the Republican party, in September 1816, at 
the MaseiachuHclU Whig Stale Convention in Paneuil 
Hall. Mr. Hi'Mxmt mode a fervid appeal to Mr. We» 
istek to add to his great titles of Defender of the Con- 
stitution and Defender of Peace the still more illus- 
trious title. Defender of Humanity. Mr. WKMTER 
with cold courtesy acknowledged the kind sentiments 
of Mr. BURNER, and regretted the difference of opinion. 
A month later, Mr Sumnkk addreawd an open letter 
to Mr. WlXTHROP, then a Representative in Congress, 
severely condemning his support of the Mexican war 
and his general course upon the slavery question. 
The letter ended forever the personal relation* of Mr. 
Burner and Mr. Wixthrop. 

Such reminiscences naturally recur in reading the 
Yurktown oration, not because of any tone of melan- 
choly regret for the ]wwt or despondency of the future 
—for they are not in the discourse— but merely from 
the association of a distinguished name, and tlie rev 
apjieumnce of a [xiiiticul figure once so familiar, hut 
no tittle known to this generation. The oration waa, 
of course, in no partisan or personal sense political, 
and it was interesting not only in itself, hut from the 
former position of the orator. It contained a com- 
prehensive historical review, followed by a calm und 
strong statement of certain obvious national tenden- 
cies and perils, And an apical for the patriotic main- 
tenance of the great securities of liberty and uninn. 
Among these the unitor especially signalized popular 
education, which must be encouraged aud enforced 
as tlie condition of all the rest. He urged it as a 
measure of self defense. President Haver did the 
name, and President GaRFIELD in his inaugural ad- 
dress declared lliat all constitutional powers should 
he summoned to meet tho rapidly growing danger of 
ignorance. No succession of droughts, or Hoods, or 
conflagrations, eon be so disastrous to our material 
wealth, says Mr. WlXTHROP, as three increasing in- 
undations of ignorance to our moral and political 
welfare. “Slavery is hut half abolished, emancipa- 


tion i* hut half completed, while million* of freemen 
with votes in their bands nro left without education." 

Rev. A. D. Mato, who is an authority upon tlie 
subject of education, ha* recently returned from a 
tour of tlie most careful obaervation in the Southern 
S Lutes. His testimony is invnluaidr, bocuuso it is 
that of an expert, aud nut of an amatt-ur. Mr. MaYo 
say* that only tlie best-informed Southerner* have 
any idea of the enormous peril which surrounds them, 
and, of course, in menacing them, threatens us all. 

“ The 6,000,1100 of tilarki an a perpMual wnm In the Sooth, 
because <d llitir tganemuse, sud •<• mm Him Eumjwin »hrlr joe*iU- 
two * bo form a twtl rlwii thisr, U a do M nmi|irelif«>d AokHoib 
prinojilrs. T*ie KniHa-kt, for iwUMS A ihiret of mU the mtem 
ran not rtad their balLu, and Uirtr-fuurtli* of ihn votem nf ilia 
South ran nut read undemindlngh i-oecrokini ll>c |Miliiinl umum 
of the hour. Outride of a fr« elllia, tlirre it tm mli-juUn nvo^a 
per cirrolstica. three arc no Utirazw*, and tin- |x»^.lr il» mil Irani 
And ret we mutt otafera that they are of ImsIik and doing 

all that an be expected of Ann-rtau elcl Join." 

Mr. WufTHBOf* and Mr. Mayo agree Uiut “the South" 
is not rich enough to deal with the danger. Mr. Mayo 
says that the people of the Southern Stale* have done 
more than any people ever did under the same cir- 
c u instances, He *]iewk* very gratefully of his warm 
reception, from Virginia to Texas, and urge* tlie pas- 
sage of the ]H-mling bill devoting the proceeds from 
the sale of public laudato the promotion of education. 
He advises also the ■•slublislimenl of normal school* 
to supply trained teachers. “Free gurernmenta," 
said Mr. WlXTHROP, "must stand or fall with free 
schools." Hik eloquent pirn was not untimely, and 
if, as he said, it should he derided ns n truism, it is so 
only na all great truth* afe truiimis, and this is one 
which ran be disregarded only at an incalculable 
risk. It is perhaps a triumph of the years tliat bring 
Uie philoaopliic mind that this discourse of tlie mature 
year* of Mr, WlXTHROP contains nothing which his 
old leader Mr. Weumtkr and his old antagonist Mr, 
Buhner would not equally approve and commend. 


MR. BLAINE’S PANAMA LETTER 

The letter of Secretary Blaine upon the Panama 
Canal was written on the JMlh of June last, ami is 
now transmittal to the Senate under the resolution 
lately adopted. The letter state* with admirable 
frank nre* and firmness the traditional and reoaona- 
1 blc position of this country, and it will be universally 
sustained. The position is that which was stated by 
the Administration of l’mddent II ayes. By our sit- 
uation our interest in a waterway nemos the Isthmus 
is paramount, we have solemnly guaranteed its neu- 
trality by treaty with Colombia, and the guarantor 
ntssls no asarut from any other power. 

As Mr. Blaixe truly says, in time of war *•« could no 
more permit the passage of armed hostile expeditious 
through a Panama canal than over the railways that 
connect the Atlnntic and Pacific shores of this coun- 
try aud of Colombia ; and wci should take all neces- 
sary precautions to prevent an offensive use of such 
a canal against our interest*, whether upon land or 
sea. The Secretary points out tliat the United States 
have recognized European guarantees of neutrality 
respecting European stales, and dill Uie suggested Eu- 
ropean guarantee contemplate a channel of commu- 
nication in the immediate neighborhood of foreign 
states, and in which their interests were necessarily 
commanding, the United Ktutos would find no fault. 
They desire to live ut |ieace with all other states, as 
tlicir conduct and the character of tlieir armament* 
prove, and they claim no more than they willingly 
grant. 

Tlie letter is a temperate and dignified document, 
staling our position with blended spirit and courtesy 
and decision. It is capitally adapted to m«*t any 
such propuutinn as a joint European protectorate, 
had it liceii advanced. But whether the project was 
merely a tentative rumor or a design seriously enter 
tained, tlie letter lias sufficed to arrest it, and it is an 
other illustration of the skill and ability with which 
Mr. Blaine has managed the department confided to 
him. He has what may be called tlie American in- 
stinct, uii essential quality in our Foreign Secretary, 
yet restrained in its official expression by an equally 
American tact and good sense. 


CABINET CHANGES. 

The President’s nomination of Mr. Moroax as Sec- 
retary of the Treasury was received with general sat- 
isfaction, not only because of his peculiar fitness for 
the petition, but beeaune of the political significance 
of the selection. Mr, Mo KUAN ia a man of conserv- 
ative views, moderate and conciliator)', and in llio 
stormy polittu* of New York he lias occupied a mid- 
dle position. HU nomination showed that the Presi- 
dent took a large and wise view of the situation. 

This view is con firm oil by Uie nomination of Chief 
Justice Foluer, of New York. Judge Foloek baa 
been long in public life, although long out of politics, 
and hi* ability ia unquestionable. Ilia natural tastes 
are perhaps more positively political than judicial, 
and while he was in Uie Senate of tlie State, and in 
the Constitutional Convention of 1867-68. he waa the 
Republican leader. He is a man of positive convic- 


NOVEMBER 5, 1SW. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY 


r39 


tiona »nd rtnrUy fctrco of i-hAnactcr, Imt hn luu not 
born conspicuously itlcnlilietl with either witt|f of the 
party m New York. HU peculiar tit tiros for the Tre*- 
ku ry must be iU-motiHtntUsl by his administration, but 
presumptively he will he an able and independent 
Secretary, and politically his selection by the Presi- 
dent is wUe, Tin; choice both or Mr. Morgan and of 
Mr. KoUiF-R shows that President ARTHUR is inclined 
to pursue the moderate and conciliatory course upon 
which President GarfixU) had entered, and which lnt 
would undoubtedly have pumted with perfect Ann- 
new*. 

The rennmination of Mr. James does not necesaari- 
]y mean, as we wisli it did. the continuance of that 
gentleman in the cabinet. It diapoeee of the legal 
doubt about the expiration of his term, but it ia un- 
demtood that the FtmtauMtar-Gtaneml will not perma- 
nently remain. It would be a misfortune tliat Mr. 
James and Mr. MacVeagK should be replaced by 
mere politicians. Mr, Ifowx is generally supposed 
to be selected for the Attorney Generalship. He 
is a man of excellent abilities and of long pub- 
lic experience. But the general irnprcaaion of hia 
public career is not that of a statesman or of a pro- 
greaniee political leader, but of a strady-gning parti- 
san, ready to take a brief for tbe caucus on the short- 
est notice. 1 1 is latest political appearances were as 
the ojipoueut of the Hayks adimiibtraticui. and the 
author of an extraordinarily adulatory article upon 
General Grant, Of entire personal probity and ami- 
ability of nature, he would yet feel m strongly the 
desirability of protecting the party that it would bo 
only natural to expect front him a lenient mind to- 
ward official offender* of perfectly *' regular” party 
conduct. Mr. liuWR we should suppose to be one of 
those who would dislike exceedingly to make trouble 
within the party, and he would certainly disagree 
with us in thinking that the willingness to make 
trouble when nrcossary is the spirit which maintains 
the party ascendency. His inllurnce in the cabinet 
would naturally tend to the maintenance of the statH 
quo aw/e— a tendency which will hardly suffice to 
secure continued Republican dominance. The in- 
dispensable condition for tliat result is that the close 
of this administration shall find Um> party firmly 
planted upon the right side of the new questions, 


FRIENDLY FRANCE, 

trim,* we have been renewing ut York town the old 
friendly feeling between France nod the l.’uiCed Mate*, the 
good work him been alw* proor-ciiled in Parrs, The colossal 
slatim of Liberty liv IUkttuu.i.i, which It Is proposed to 
erect lu the bay. slid of which a mode] of the huge arm 
that is to bear aloft a torch is to be seen at Madison Square, 
is nearing completion, and the roreianny of riveting the 
|iarts has just taken place in Pari* in presence of a coiu- 
pany of French and Ann-near.*. 

Onr Minister. Mr. Mmiitun, drove the first rivet, and mule 
an appropriate address, sml the choke of tbe French rltl- 
seni to rre(MMMt was raci-ndingly happy, for it was Mr. La- 
hoi-latk, who le to-day the one Fn.-urimian.ae Linrms 
wo* a hundred years ago, who is ewpreiully known by his 
friendship for America. tla *]mki- of 11 Ilia sacred friend- 
ship’ which had not eliotigi-d. and of which the statue was 
a lilting memorial. There is probably more "sentiment” 
in the relations of ftlUW and the United States than In 
I law Of any other eooutrho, and the statue will bo not 
only unique in itaelf. but the memorial of a purely senti- 
mental iiiteruatiunal friendship. 


THE WILLIS JAMES DRINKING FOUNTAIN. 

Tins drinking fountain which was depicted In our last 
week's iasue was presented by the gen. reus donor, Mr D. 
XYiujm Jamu, to the city o«i the day tbe paper appeared. 
Mr. Jamks made a few simple and modest remarks, to which 
Mayor Grach happily resjomdesl. P ro ft— o r ('.hinino, In 
an interesting address, lolil the story of the gift, and Ite-v. 
Dr. Htmii'i-La, in a few trenchant sente-ncco, pointed the 
moral of the occasion. It was altogether a grai-ofnl and 
iiiterreting Went, and (urnuln-A another Illustration — of 
which Now York has furnished so many of tbe thought- 
ful public generosity which springs from the eooacsowsonss 
of rich men that limy are but stewards and almoner* of a 
Ismuty fur which tbe) must noe-onut. 


NEW YORK COUNTY NOMINATIONS. 

Tun New York CooDty Republican Convention have nom- 
inated I'istrirt Attorney K«t,IIS» for Surrogate, and St- 
Seuntor GKtUUix H. FoionxR for District Attorney. They 
are both admirable selections, and tbo city would lie very 
fortunate should both bo elected. Mr. lOUIXl's official 
service iu hi* present position is the guarantee of his skill- 
ful ami satisfactory administration ns .Surrogate, while Mr. 
1‘namnui'H ability, Iniexihle integrity, courage, and inde- 
pendence oapc-cially qualify him for the District Attorney- 
ship. It is by snob nominotloM tliat a party cotumends 
itself to public aiblldetico. 


CHARITY MADE EASY. 

The Hook and Navrapape-r Committee of the State Chari- 
ties AU1 Association renew their ap|iesl to the public to 
help them ia their nnal simple and useful charity. They 
make the way of virtue very smooth by offering the Good 
Samaritan the chnnco both of eating his rake and having 
it. He mny read his newspaper or inagaxtun, ami having 
enjoyed Ins money's worth, lie may drop it in the commit 
ton's Imx at the ferries and railroad stations, nr send it to 
Lite rooms at C Fast Fourteenth Street; and Odd to his en- 


joyment the consciousness of oidiDg a wise charity. A 
happier device could not be imagined. Instead of lighting 
a fire with his morning or evening paper, ha may light tbn 
darkness of n ale k-rooni. and cheer the solitary heart of «of- 
feting. What the committee especially desire are fresh 
newspaper*, mugnriuea, ami illustrated ps|ers l'leussnt 
book* also they would glailly receivo, which may Im amt 
as we have saoL ltut if tlm morning traveller* to town by 
boat or train will look around upau their arrival, or ask 
some attendant, they will 6 ml the convenient Isix Into 
which they can drop their papers, and seen re a blowing. 


CHRISTMAS CARDS 

A Mono the many beautiful holiday card*, which are of 
•very kind ami vulim, none are more sinking and Interesting 
than those engraved lu steel lino by Mr. John A. Lowell, 
of Boston. During the recent astonishing development 
of the art of wor«1-engT»vltig,in which Harpkr's Monthly 
1m l the way am! has home so impottaut a part, the sister 
art of steel lines has fallen somewhat out of public notice; 
hut it has been quietly podied forward, and in a manner 
wliieh has been mil'll ami ndvantogeonriy alb-ctisl by the 
singular breadth and freedom of ell'oct posaible to engrav- 
ing tijmn wood. This is very evident in many of tbe deli- 
cate and airy fancies produced by Mr. LOWXU/A artists in 
the pretty Christmas cords, which enable everybody in » 
graceful nod pleasant way to wish uirrry Christmas and 
happy New- Year to everybody else. 


A LAST GLIMFSE OF LAFAYETTE 

CiKNKIul FranCM J. LU-MTT lion written an interesting 
letter U> General Siihjiman droerildng tbe funeral of La- 
f atrttx, at which in his youth ha was preweul. Gci.nral 
I-tri-rrr and tbe American Consul. Di nm uniik Bkamnmid, 
were tfau only s|iertaiorB not of the LaFaYistxk family who 
witnessed llm actual burial. There were one liundred them- 
sand soldiers In lino, and it was feared that there would he 
an attempt to *eixo the body and make a political demon- 
stration, us at the burial of General LaWaJiijLE in lKfik 
This flNVNMtf *a» nllcmptnd iu tbo I’lace TnMM by 
live tlionaaud law and mcdicnl students carrying republic- 
an flag* and raising republican crieu. The infantry escort 
at the beyMMt chsrgn ami a dash of cavalry dispersed the 
mob, with some killed sod wounded. At three other points 
upon the march tbe effort was renewed and repalnmi. At 
tbe crenetery a * ide breach bad been mode in the wall to 
admit Ui* tichl battery that was to fire the salute. 

General Ltrrirr coutiunea : 

" On arririnc *1 the gale, we found that no one was to be ad- 
mitted hat tlir Ltrattm family and (he pull bearer* . but as 
Boam-umi snd mrwlf were ia ritixrn*' drew, and walking directly 
behind the reUlivcs of lbs dretwsed, »« were supposed to comtl- 
lu«e s part of the family, sml pat-d in with them. The coffin 
wm (dated oo s slab la the ee-clrs of the (and ins forming the 
enUSTKV) hiU> the remiSery, ami aftsr s few pomes mid over it by 
s prim*, saa carriid Into ti» ornmu-ry anil pieced by tin- •ids of 
the nowly upeuod grarc, which waa next to tlu> grave of the Gem 
•ral'a slfs. Uinw-x W am i sores 1 .as* nm stood os one side of 
the grave, and the Gt-nml'a old family steward mi tint mine, snd 
I Miiskf at llie fisit of the grsrc, ts.-lwa.-n them, Tlir Ke-wanJ bcld 
in his hand tlie Geasrsl'a »4lv«r cpawlru of Commander-in-chie f 
■>f llie Natioeal Guard, whlih were to be buriMl with him, (lanti.a 
W AXHlH.iTryi l_»»AtiTT* asked him, in a low voice, to hand Ihrm 
to him. Hut the vrswrahlc old man, overwhelmed with grief, did 
hut hssr hint, and 1 gently took them trcea his luel a»d |isuol 
them to the General's ton. It wax takl, I know nm with shat 
(null, Uiai tbe coffin was bo riel ia soma Amman Hi) which tin- 
Grortwl hs.1 brought over with him from the L'aiwd Hxauw in a 
<a»k for this *sry pnrprac.” 

This is so interesting Iasi glimpse of tbe friend of Amer- 
ica, who m no* loss huiiunsl to-day than he was a hundred 
years ago. 


TRELAWNEY. 

T> lit fitter n/ lUrprr'. IKmMy ,- 
Too ask foe Hxnethmg about T»ilaw*xt, and I can seed yon a 
reared of ■ mere giimewe c# him. I sow him In ChsHutoo is Krfi. 
nivrt. IMX. Tbit winter was memorable In tho Sooth fur lire at- 
tempt of Sowth Carolina to nullify the lawe of the I’nlnd Stales, 
and to secede from llie Union, which she might have done If Ui-oe- 
git would bare joined her. I pawed that winter la Augutta ; tho 
sir wss fwll uf closure of »»r, TYi rests were nude of siuoklsg 
tbe bsmuh* at Awgnstn. In Fehraary a large crowd of u» Went 
down lc Charieetoa -si borsthark m on. -ml tbe races. I'rvvlotu to 
tbe hiilkl-ng of railroad-, jmintey* in tbe .South were ossstly mailn 
in tbe saddle. The rail rend from fTiarlewlon to Usmbnrg, opfunbi 
Aoga-ls, was then hniMing. snd paenencer train* rui twelre Killiw 
(■ui of rirarlroxnn— •pirer luokrog coaelieo boiH ia England, u wore 
tlie t-ori'ire alrv», *hir party of lioroemen encoantcreil tho train in 
tin- wim.M, »a>l as Mitber men Mr lioms bad ever sees that sight, 
they were of mirre much alarmed, sad nroe* of die bones trolled 
into tbe wuatr. i’rea-nling on, we iwnw to the wreck of s coUun 
wsgnn, the arahw luring run sway, snd left tho owner sitting 
among the ruins As w» approached to edfer hrlp, be laid, " I're 
often liesni tell of nulBlrrstka, and sow lie seen it" 

A few rail™ futtlier we emrrfamk a ramrsn of wild bouts going 
to lb* city, tin- skaibsal marrhinK ia the rear. When, with great 
■blfiraHy, »* had fueiwsl <rar nags |mtt tliia Hamster, the lion* Slid 
tip-r* in tbs cage* Isga* Hi our and growl, sml tlw nerve* of our 
horses, bully shake** before by lh» abrirk of the locomotive, now 
gwri- way, and U»-y broke again fur tbs words. 

< barter u* was full of MratigtT*, the leailerw of tbe nvlllieatlon 
muimmot Itaving lutltrd all tin- noul.lre of tire seightoriag State* 
to Ml In ruiacil. They cunlJ not, however, hstrsoe the Gcoeglana 
Or join. ELUu-r the L'niai aenliawiil was stronger in that State, 
■■r there w*» a wlrokaonre f.ar uf tivm-ral J«i-arsi« in men's mind*. 

Tim race* luted iw»t of tlm weak, and there were tall* **J 
(tartie* every nighL A great natch race •*> to he roa IxNweee 
tlm gray ware IhmnoU of Woe, Udnngiag to Cckael Wiujam 1L 
Jolt esua, of Virginia, and Colon.- 1 SisrrOcres'a chretnut tuarc Clara 
ITrhr-r, a South Cartillu* sag. Km*, was the cb«rrpK« of her 
State, lot* ran high, and grewl won tlm incitement. On tbe course 
that day waa U> Is.- rtvn *U Uie beauty and fwhron of ClaiicsMH. 
(VniflaHM were CuLon.-l Ai-mu.x Mi oat, of Florida, •» of the 
Kleg uf Naples, a very tail, fat man, driring four m hand; Captain 
TagLawsxr on hurs.-lock, a tall, soliliurlv looking man of foro 
ytwrs; Cofcoel w. R Jnirn*?.*, colic I the " Nisanw of the Turf, 1 ' 
on a sorry beast, although owner of tbe fiawat rtnd of horses in 
Amcrics, roughly dressed, anil wurlag the ol-l white hit well 
! known uu all iscocousca. fl«* dun won tlm rat* in two straight 


lirwt* of four miV*, run ns 7.4S, llwn tswmidro-d rery fait time, and 
lb* crowd of Judgi-s, I'rorernom, Geoerals, and ) i.i from old Yir- 
ginis wire i n eodariew. 

Aftiw all, this is only s glimpse of TULaerscr, hut pcrhijH the 
rM h iisoenof* of tlnro- fateful day* in Eontb Camlraa fifty ysses 
ago may not lie without interest The n-rpitit of Meouhiu was 
scutched, no* killed, acri lira! to rear iu horrid bcsul thirty nun* 
afh-rwsnl. 8. (Sm 

Masrarr*, Gxnnuta, ft-riArr 8, 1*81. 


PERSONAL 

Tnx traditional divinity that w*« snppoaal In hare lodged roy- 
alty dors not seem to have any abhbug bold on the Krilcei of to- 
day, judging by the tone at nietety junraal* like lawiihm TruiA. 
edited by llsnar Lasoccinns, Hr-; . M.l*. pirt prefirirtor of Urn 
London Stm • man of weallb, taint, ami |hoIikhl tu a hnal 
Bim-brr of JVsrt he says . “ Htnre the I'nmvs* laictra sadAenlr 
rrcnrnr-l from Canada with Prince IjtoroLn, about fuurtiwn umnilis 
ago, she ha* |m«d a very pirn rant time, receiving her frkmbi at 
Keniirgiun, (laying with them in the country, and dic.-rting liar- 
self with trccwnonal trip* ahromL A Cuta-bon fri*od telL* roe 
that on the rrineess't birthday laird Loire telegraphed to a high 
offii-ii] hi the (faeen's houKdiold, rnpinting ham to ccaicy hi* 
congratulation* to IU R. II. , and etp-Uir-ing tbit ho rmiM not semi 
the mi*»«nge dtrecN, a* be wa* not acquainted with tin- Princess'* 
address." 

—The Rev IlrrST Wasp Bstntxn hi* relinquished his editorial 
relalinw to Tht Chrutitrm f. r a*Mt, and tbe Rev. Lthav Anorr, D.D., 
bos sMiimid tho editorial control cf that paper. Mr. Atomrr ha* 
he*n connected with T\» C'AriWida for several years part, 

and to his energy, experirace. and literary ability it i* largely in- 
debted fee the high pnritioai which it bolls usceig tbe religious 
papers of this coontry. In paning over to Mr. A BIMITT tho rritire 
cwtrol of the paper, tlw Isle erhluc pays a doserrsd trilerio to til* 
ro-reseiir, sml neilv refiert* the confrlence of the readers of TS* 
Vkriuitm f*i*n in predicting lor tho piper. Wider his muni ce- 
ment, a career oren will more prosperous and useful than it lias 
hail in (be put. 

—The Her, Dr. MfOH Is s grateful Scot He says that his new 
Mb me rraiilvmv at Princeton is the filKMt allotted to any college 
pre»i»l»-iit in eliiH or any utbee country, 

— SttpyriMoiNltart Fa tan as, of the Insoratire Department of till* 
Stale, i* not only M «Slnr, and therefore a fair man cm general 
lirimiph*, liul lias on rdUnr'* #y* f<-r "tin- eternal firm-** of 
thing* " In rtfssdng to jiertnit tlm Uuliiows i l’vnnretraninl Mu- 
tual Hulirf AssooaUiiiu to do tanimre in tbi* Sute, tie say* that 
be "eon not eolcttaln tbe proposition of any bfeireuimncv- a**o- 
eiatiuti that tnwxnta fuijilu from lifkNtv to rectify eight year* of 

OfP." 

— rri-sidimt fro Um. Davitt DsVtA, tin) wealthiest member of 
tho Smau (f£,OCM,oa;ik I* «d to js»revs rucli etjuaasmity of 
n»(.rr tliat lie wrolo woiKi of Ids n«wl noted jmllcial opinion* 
whm till ollhw wa* flUed with Unsnu, whme qotrtinn* be an- 
>*™1 without rnuiug to writs. The arotniwpoiB of Senator D. 
Is alert cme-slitb of a t«n 

— Tho will of tke lun K U Mooiu.v waa mlmitted lo probate at 
Auburei, New York, on Hctutier ti Iu public Imj-aert* are a* 
follows: To the I'nwhtlorim charch, Aurora. 8 IfkKl; llie f orth 
dame call* for the return of $10,0011 drew to Wills GsBege May 
X, 1MI, and girt* to the trustor* of Wells CoUegn f I ini.imm, in the 
Mine trawl, however. *»l ufoo the tome i-nuditim.* a* to e*|K»li' 
tune* of the income only and keeping ibe p*iuri{a*l iulaot. as ae- 
compauidl Uie gif* of (IOOJMO to the rollega mads Augurt IS, 
18TX. the two SURM lo l*e oartad, and to lie known a* tb* Mocbmii 
F ond; to Richabb Momas, a brreher, IXO.rew; toC B Momad, 
a nephew, and Fsasitch A. Btnm, a nte«, Uie Isrtaroit uf IIO/KiO ; 
to C B Monus, tbe *tore in Aurora ; to If ever A. Monoas ami N. 
L /AMstmix, all lands ns Michiga-i , to Loriss M. £.iu.i*bik. tie: 
rewaienosand ulW property; to X I_ Zaiikuxix. $30,000; to If. 
A MimuJa*. $10,000 and or ruin real mtatr. The rtsmUxsler of 
tbr rotate, real ami personal, to lltnr A. Moboas and Lortnt M. 
7.AHHIACIX, (hare ami Ahare alike. 

—Mr. Jxsstm**, ill his last Lwufcn lettev to the H'oWJL alloding 
to the York (own rehdiraliun, «*ro that when L-nton *u r* (tU oa 
the wnim of Ibe niarTugr of tin- I’rinc*.- and Princes* of Vt'alv*. 
a onrknay publican anrwroo.! ia kit winrirw : “ A »on.iwiA and a 
glam of ah- for IU tJ.ri l.leu them both I" Such u the tiracily 
of lb* Hriti.h rbararter. 

— Moron Hatkioir. elm late Awrtrian Premier, wa* an excep- 
tionally too Ungui.t, *|Mwbing ten ianguagre flsenily. 

— It >* said dial during the comiwg winter Pmidont Aamca'a 
bwjaehold will lie |wiwiihd over hr aw utstnuried *i*ter. 

— Tho $2,MI0/M.I giren in IftAX l>y tin- Intr (iroanx Peadcoit is 
a fund f-ir tsiUding Uxlgbig Iuhimw for the prur ia Lomlea has 
lire'll <•> jaliriousty Inriwteil and managrel that it now iiuouuts to 
$!t,«QQ,0Cn. 

— The oNMtnnt induntry of the Isle Dr. J. G. Holla vr- was oeio 
of hia markod rliaracluriUle*. While awnriate editor uf the 
Springfield /uywAii.-o . hit wrola half the ■•dihirials, did reporting 
when ocoulon nqulrod, *x,d grew rally had a aerial story oo band, 
ImsoIc* delivering hM loeturra, wtikh wnv in great dentals!. Lie 
was connected with tho u for re-venteen rears, 

— Cooceralng the (pcech- unking ptwliaritir* of S-nalore, it is 
•aid that Enurxns and IIili. ntwr **e imtsa, ami that the fremee 
I* raid sever to have revised a spvtch during hi* *iwrice-. IIatau* 
works *1 his rpeechcs, write* llicat out, ud airofullr revise* poof 
Lamar is a great rerucr, and occasionally gmw down to llm go. 
ernmeot printiug-offlee to kok sfler tho pnufa VremiixaM pn* 
pare* hi* speeches carefully, ami revises tsodivairiv. Joans, of 
Florida, a hard rtodret, labors diligiaiUy at a sot *pawuh. Hack is 
the most rapid talker in either House, an untiriag wuikur, mat much 
uf • rvriser, snd a* good nature-d a* Math Taplov. 

—Tho widow of Alexatt-xs Castwei.i. tbs foundiw of tho dr- 
nominstinn to which General Gauield bclungot, b snJI alivr, un.l 
is s strikis* locking woman of eighty. lira iuir Is Ikaek, lira »yiw 
bright, snd her mental arttrity remarknhV;. him is taiw vtigHg.-l 
nn a rnliimo of remrniscrocei of her builwruL 

— Mrs Jistoi Sre-aoion, who dini in Lcmdcin bat month, wm a 
daughter of tbe late Firid Marshal Sr Jons iJraoursx, ami a grami- 
daugbler of Geoerml Join* Btnora, who romuunilrel Uw Uiitiib 
ferrva at Haratnga in 1777. Dio Rev. C U. frraoEnK, at her fu- 
neral. paid a high tribute to her character. 

— Tbi* piesHABt ami rharacteriftic anecdote of tl* lute Prorident 
Garfiuj> is related by a eorrewpondewt of Uie I laUds- 1 phi* JWn. 
At Knirrou, a few day* before (he President wa* shot, be sol to 
Dr. K>r>Tus, who had beett attending MraGAsmixi daring her 
dixigirim* iUmvw; ” SilaA rnu hare rendered me a serwev wlikb 
t caa imvrr riyay, I am wot grrog to ask yon for tho amount of 
your hlU, tuil I un going to hare my own »ut in tin* matter, and 
ln*lst tliat yew aeoipe thw check." It wm filled ceil for a wm not 
lo Imi counted by hutidnri*. " You hate had ywir own way, Jasis.” 
replied Dr. Horirms ; " bow I will hare mine. I u.\)l u«t adept 
a cent of tb*i money. I am only ton happy to bare bora of tcrvico 
lo row and youra." The Pnochm told tbi* story to tbe gentUmin 
who re-Utcs It, whll* riding to the Sddir-ra' H-mo-. near Washington, 
III* li-irot sob, Hx.-rar, sat -hi Go- front nest of the carriage. Turn- 
ing to hlto. tho Pretoient raid, “ Habat, I wool you to remember 
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place. Iu front of (lie cottage tbrre Mill stands nil elni- 
liw planted tty this illustrious Iniui. When lie Ixciuue 
l'lrkldi-til. tho ll t (If honiiiMvad Ku liegli'rled, noil fell into 
decay. It Inin nou-, howctcr, been put into habitable outer, 
nod pointed white. Its original color was brown. 

Being curious to *« I lie lot* oNtae of tin 1 linn of LINCOLN 
A 1I*hmi>s. the » liter banted it up. It no only n plain 
little room, but a tender recollection hong* around it, for 
u|i and down that nmn the young lawyer in lua aor- 
ron over the doutli of his first love, Axxt Kcivkuur. 

When Mr. I.imuln wan studying law lie resided ausue 
diatauce fnna S|>rioglicld. On bis nay to the city he Intel 
to |iiim through the HiiMall Vi lla|(e of Petersburg. nlionl lif 
tecuuiilen from the ca|iitul. lie iiwnl to ride a "toldiy white 
horor. He cut a fanny figure, far he uned to take off ln» 
•hues ami "locking*, and lie them on to the hack of the 
home. With n Iwsik in liU band. lit* paiitiilo.nu. rolled well 
up, and hu long bore lega ilaugllug over the Miles of the 
homo, he wav totally nncouaci»ns of ll,.' iimavcmrut lie 
■Sicilcd the Vitiligo children. One dni the father of ran 1 
of them caught them laughing, and anid, gravely t " Chil- 
dren, ito not make fnn of that ninn. He ia very talented, 
aud you will hie to sm thitl lie will uiukr it nuurk in the 
world." 

One of th<m> rhil.lmi, a little girl, when grown to woman- 
hood. wu on* or the multitude who preww-d forward to see 
Ilia body aa it lay iu elate, ami it* alio bent over the roflln, 
therv flashed hack upon her memory tile m'ollecltnn of the 
barefoot youth wlnw cariy day* contained so much of hard- 
ahip. Ilcr father's prediction h:ul been verified indued. 

Mr. Lincoln's atntue ia a work of ait. It atnmU eleven 
feet In height. Beuealh the Maine is the rout of anna of 
the United Mate*. This atntue naa erected at tli« coat of 
$13,?lKi. At each comer of the abaft n ciicalar p.'.Uulul 


from their Northern ancestors. The moat important town a 
in 1 hitch llnilmtil lire Bergin-cip-Zra.ui, III I lie extreme weal. 
Iloia-Ie-Diic, in the north, and llreda, near the centra of the 
province. 

Bergen -op- Zoom is au inleroating though rather doll »!d 
town, oIhiiiI two mibw from the Kaat Sehehlt. It coutaiua 
n va»t old church, of a plan not luicomuaou in Holland, lbs 
nave, choir, aud trausepts all being the satin' length. Like 
most of the old Butch rhurvbra, it is exceedingly plant, oml 
rolled with a wooden barrel vault, devoid of ribn or oma- 
inciil of any kind. Tim nave alone ia used as a 1'rulcMaut 
church. The old gate is a picturesque object. 

Ilredii i" rather prettily situated npou the nver Mrrk, 
where the llylmir falls into it. The view of the town from 
the banks of cither of throe riven is very Striking. Tht 
comhinnlioii of atvbilcclun*, tree*, alilps, and water ia thor- 
oughly Dutch. The ItalMUat L'atbeilral is one of Dm 
finest churches in Holland. It hns a noble tower nearly 
ICO feet high ; formerly it nn "till more lofty, hnt the up- 
|wr portion, » Idch consisted of two o|ien lanterns of strain, 
placed one above the other, was destroyed by lightning at 
the end of the seventeenth century, and the present bulb* 
shaped "teepkr elected III its place. The church ia rich ia 
tiiiNiuuwnts. Tlmt erected to the memory of Kxoi.bnwn 
the 1'init mill John of Nnrwna is a remarkably Itch and in- 
tricate example of late Gothic w otk. In tho choir are aer- 


TIIE LINCOLN MONUMENT. 

Tiitc I.iM'ii.v home ut Npringficld. Illiuois. wna built in 
l*4fl by the Rev. I'iuklkm DlXrt', who, in I “12, performed 
the nomlage ceremony between Aiibahaii Ll scour ami 
Many Tom*. Mr. Umolv bought the house soou after it 
won built, ll wnsa storyaii.ln-balf voltage, mid during one 
of Mr. LlWCOUl'a tiips from home, Mrs. l.iMnt.x, as a snr- 
prUe to him. had it rein up t.i n full atury. which mi iniproved 
it that on his rctura Mr. LlNCOUf did nut recoguixe tire 


inaiiiaof President Lin- 
coln. They repose iu 
a catacomb with an 
arched celling, aud a 
marble floor twelve 
feel square. Upon one 
end of tho aarvopha- 
gns is carved a wreath 
of onk leaves, aur- 
roaniling the name 
Lincoln, null outaido 
of the wreath aro 
the memorable words, 

“With malice toward 
noue ; with charity for 
all." 

Two crypts contain 
the remain" of Mr. LtX- 
CXIIJI'S ileceasnl ehil- 
•lien, aud those yet 
unoccupied are doaign- 
eil fur the remaining 
iui mlieisi.f bis family. 

Mrs. Ijmvii.x has olt- 
cu been beard to any 
that alia will never be 
bnrlrd there. 

Memorial Hall ia a 
room in the monument, twen- 
ty-four t.y thirty-two fee I, and 
is designed for the reception 
of memorials of AunaliaM LlX • 

< <>i.x. Among those preserved 
there ia n block of "tone tak- 
en from a wall of Rome limit 
during Hi* reigu of Skkviis 
Ti uji ", and which was sent to llio I’rvaldeut hj some 
Kumiiiu patriots. The inscription is in Latin, of w hich the 
following is n translation : “To Aiui.vttaH IJN10IN, Pnwl- 
dout for tho saeoud time of the American republic, the clti- 
rena of Uranu preieiit this sums fr«iu the wall of BKBViL'a 
Ti'LLUA by which tlie inetnury of those hraie aaaertere of 
liberly may lie associated. Anno 18(5." 


IN THE SOUTH OF HOLLAND. 

Tne scenery of Batch Brabant has, of course, nothing 
graud or strikingly romantic almcil It, but In purl* it la well 
u ooded, nnd recalls to ono'a mind the pictures of Honwua.v. 
Riven nnd canals abound, but, aa a rule, I lie land ia leas llut 
and tho landscape rather lew moiiotoniios than in other 
porta of Holland. There la a good deal of heath, and one 
or two large dismal mo r a s a rs , lint, on tlic whole, the conutry 
ia not niiinterveliiig. 

The Inhabitants in general are homely, iudoMriona, and, 
aa Car oa onr experience goes, remarkably honest ; I lie npper 
cImimw rather reserved, but most relined in their iiiaunrrs, 
and exceedingly liandurane. We anppow the ladies here 
moat have inherited tbeir dark eyes sixl lioir and their Mini 
graceful flgarea from tbe Spanish setllere, but their lirilliant 
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I, T>w Old Rri.tge at TfsertrMit. 5. Marti rtcht. * Tha Rfful llfgmn *1 Hob-lotiur. 4. Hrolu. fi, Visn In tlw Minster, Rotrmoad. 0. Old Gale at Btrpnt-op-ZnMb 

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erml remarkably line hrosnra anil wnll-cnrved nlnlls, Tim 
font in at lira** gill, ami la a most elegant example of rttrly 
I >ateh Renaissance work. This beautiful rlinrrli In n aid 
is t ate of neglect. Til* navo alone is used for tbe pur|maea 
■i I* worship, hiiiI when our artist aaw it the transepts were 
converted Into a drying-room for the clergyman anil lit* 
fittnily: n line of " w ashing" alwwit let) fuel lung extended 
Arum end to end. 

Bodale Dae. or, oa tlm Hatch rail it. Ilertogenliotsrh. or 
Boeh. has Lad the distinction tif addins a new word to 
tlie English language- — the wa*d *• Inmli," signifying rub- 

Isinh. Her -log* iilometi la *• In hinted an mainline Hiring the 

vorj worst tm tier in all Europe. which is largely lni|Mir1etl 


i by the London batter- men, and tlie term “ It- well hatter” 
■■nine l>y degree* to lie applied to all nrlilleial hit I ter. anil 
mi in ratoMab oi tttir Unfa Botch lit h Mm town of 
. nWwit 3SJMNI inlialiitanta, w ith wide atreeta, and tlie most 
, iiiiigiiifimiil < si lied ml in all Hnltanil. 

I Kite li Ijiuliarg U a province isolated from the rent of 
IIoIUimI. mnl cat ap into three dutinet portions. The prlu- 
I opal tn win are Vcnloo, Kovnnoud, or Kutvionnde. anil Maes 
' Irielit. Iloemwind i» an Infetvstiiig old town with gabled 
liouacs, a Largo cathedral dedicated to (ft. CltunrmPHKR, of 
' the very plainest Gothic architecture, anil a beautiful Itn- 
I nianea<|D» church railed the Minuter, mi, tinning a finely 
1 caned Gothic aU.vr|ilece, unit a lanriiLiiient to GtJilUM. 


111.. HnVe nf Nassau. The totrn u surrounded w irh ancient 
walla and tawrm. 

Maotrlrht «• n v»ty strih log-looking town, full of rlmrch- 
ea and ancient buildings wilh a very plctnrr-n|iie bridge 
(rowing the Meuse : tlm town is rather Gensiun than Huteh 
ill general diameter Its rhief objects of interest are the 
obi cathedral, with its splendid pore It and fire tower*, and 
the ancient Church of Notre Dame. Maewtrlebt |nw»>»(saa 
prntiai.lv tnore dtm rat id churches than any town of n« slu 
to Kuro|w. ilnroiti-l ooililed fifteen or sixteen of these 
lILuacsl hullillog*. tine iwrveans a cnW, another a* n stable, 
n third naa wnrk-huose; the beautiful old IHiaiinleuu church 
is a hitasl of storehouse for nrauiei|ial decoiulioua, etc. 


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CIIAPTEK XII. 


Gonnar. 

A MA.X with two bank*** In certainly la * 
noble condition. since he must needs pox na n 
twobnlsnnm; but ■ man with two lawyer* 
in not generally in ImMer plight I lion n uutn 
with one, atilt in pctbsjn Mill Imh to Ui 
envied than one with none at all. As to 
two doctors, I am not an tore of the rninpor- 
alive advantage of tho situation, though it 
undoubtedly enable* om to follow thn lawt 
advice— that of the physician who reoom- 
iiMiiule the more liberal diet. What certain- 
ly detract* from thn chans of Um last two 
jicaitiona (for with regard to the hankers, 
•laa, I have no experience) in, however, thia 
fact, that No. 1 solicitor and No. 1 doctor 
each objects to the employment of No. It. 
And with thin fact Hir Peter Ftbbcrt, u a 
man of the winld aud a man of busiuem, 
waa well acquainted. lie knew things in 
general, iu a rough material way, and did 
•iot ahut hia earn to aoythiug, not even to 
goneip, with which latter we may t» quite 
sure that a man In hi* powitimi, win* show- 
ed himaelf eager for it, found plenty of p#o- 
ido to supply hint withal. So well, however, 
bod tlm aoeint of Ilr. Bell's Visit to Onk 
l.odge been kept that, until Fnuik Fsrrer 
informed liiio of the fact, Sir IV- ter wna not 
aware of It. On tb« next occasion of lit* 
meeting lit. Dixon, which happened on the 
average about twice a day— for the stout 
lltUs doctor attended the families of all the 
fitokavtllu magnates, aiwl Iiim hanl-workcd 
but speedy borwM flattered over its pain] 
streets from mom till eve - he stopped that 
jcmilh'Uiau'a bnuigb.-un for a few minutes’ 
talk. 

“ Well, Dixon, how gnea itt Trad* w 
brink ns evert Cough, catarrh, ooiunuuption, 
in fill! blow, eli r 

“ Yea, Sir Putcr, thnuka to yon ami your 
great chimney*. there U a considerable dktH- 
culty in breathing," 

“ Alt!" Sir Peter was fonder of hia own 
wit than that of hia neighbor*, ami especial- 
ly of that of bis humbler neighbor*, but the 
doctor, though comparatively poor in puree, 

waa rich In humor, and of uu Independent 

“It'a something worse than amoke that 
Alia Iny old friend at Oak leodgn, I reckon. 
\V hat Is your last report of him f" 

The doctur. w ho woa a kindly man when 
not brushed I be wrung way, shook his head 
gravely. " Hu's hod, Sir PHer, Ux<|. I sec 
u change fur the worse every time 1 calL I 
fear be is not long for this world." 

" No, I fear not ; yet there is ihi occasion 
for him Ui hurry oat of it, which lie has tak- 
en steps to da, I bear." 

“ I don't understand you." 

“ Why, has he not sent for nimthct doctor! 
But you may not have hoard of It. I’orbsp* 
I am indiscreet." 

“ You should any rather misinformed." said 
live Mirer, coldly, but turning very rwl, 

"Oil no; 1 am quit* certain of Biy Infor- 
mation. Mr. Lyitcr has hod an opiuion from 
London. 1 know the man, a Dr. Bell. It 
mwms U> iiio ao itinnge that h« ahnntd hare 
gone an far afield, or, indeed, elsewhere at 
all, being already in anch safe and compe- 
tent hands” 

(Ur Peter had hit thn doctor on a tender 
spot. If hn hod hod time to consult hia dig- 
nity, be would have scorned to give any ex- 
planation; hut, for the moment, dignity — a 
■k-licato c restore, and unable to hear thn 
spectacle of wounded miasnr propre — bad 
ikd. 

“ Your informant, Kir Peter, may have 
linen right iu hia facts, but he it quite a rong 
in hi*. deductions. Dr. Bell was sent for 
from London, but only, as I happen to kuow 
from his own caraiiiiiuieauan*, in his official 
capacity aa consulting physician to an In- 
surance’ office." 

“Oh! then Lyater wanted to insure his 
life, did ho !" mud Sir Peter, eagerly. •• Would 
you mind telling mo in confidence," here ho 
dropped hia voice, “ what woa the emu P 

“ 1 really con not," said the doctor. "Tin* 
fact la, that aa I have nut yet made my for- 
tune, I am compelled to mind my own btiai- 

The glass was up. lire check-string pulled, 
Mid tin* brougham half a dozen yards away, 
Wore Sir Peter coaid understand that lie 
had been insulted. 

He hail some of thn attrihalee of the ele- 
phant, hut not all ; he mu Id push through 
■Hunt things, and Indeed had done it, but lie 
eonhlu’t pitk up the pin. lie waa altogeth- 
er wanting ill delicacy of loach, aad when 
he trod open people n as quite surprised that 


he hurt them. It waa aa though, having 
trodden them flat, be looked at them edge- 
ways, when, of course, there waa nothing to 
see. But in this case he had, a* it were, set 
his foot no a spike. However, the fart Unit 
Mr. Lyater was trying to insure his life, when 
alinewt at duath's dour, waa very important 
information to him. 

He walked on till be came to Mr. OMcm- 
t In’s, where lie looked In. Tli* lawyer wna 
hia man of husinoa* -a tall aleek personage 
with gold eycgluaaea and a hesitating man- 
lier, wkirb w oh of great uie to him, aa it gav* 
him time to think tw'fare speaking. 

"Yon have beard this news about poor 
L y a t e r , of course.’’ said Kir Peter, na if hia 
motto, instead of is swift*, hud I wen ia mtdias 

“ Good heavens ! what T You don't mean 
to aay be'a gone !" 

“No, no; not so bod as that. But, gad, 
he scorn* to have been making preparations. 
Thia at*ompt to insure hia life at the elev- 
enth hour — hetwren unreel r os, it's rather 
significant. Think of dm premium be would 
have to pay!" 

“I suppose it most have been— dear me, 
yea pretty cmishk-rahle." 

••Yon suppose f Como, Oldeaatl*, yon 
most know.’* 

“ Indeed, Sir Peter, I know nothing a bunt 
it.’ 

" I feared so — I feared so. The fact Is, he 
lias been employing another man of buaiiieM. 
I call that rough on you, Oldcastle. I should 
never think of doing that myself.” 

'• You are very kind to say ao, Sir Peter, 
very. But Mr. Lystcr ia hia own master, 
and docu things well, in hia own way." 

"Just ao; he's deuced accretive, as you 
aay. Yoa’v* mad* his will, 1 conclude f 

“Why, yea" Mr. Oldcnatle took off his 
glasem and rabbed them softly — “ I think I 
tuny aay that much ; hut a will, you sec, la 
rather a confidential thing." 

“ No doubt. I am speaking to yon in coo- 

■ il< m . " 

" Jnat a*>; yon may depend upon m*. I 
never reveal anything that paasca between 
me and a client.” 

Thia rejoinder was far from welcome to 
Sir Peter, for it took the wind out of hia 
Bails. 

“But tbs ioanrance, Mr. Oldeaatl*, don't 
you think It a sign of something wrong— a 
deficit! I don't mean In hia accounts, mail” 
— for Mr. Oldcastle had put his glasses on 
again, and wna staring through them at his 
visitor in amazement—" but aa being sig- 
nificant or empty pocket*. Now 1 think, na 
» partner, and, sa you say, In confidence, I 
hare a right to Inquire.” 

" No doubt, no doubt- I wish 1 was in a 
position to oblige yon, Perhaps the other 
lawyer yon spoil* of—" 

** Yon menu there would be a mention of 
the life-insurance in the second will, though 
there »aa none in Ik* first." 

"Jnat so.” 

Thia wna nil Air Peter wanted ; ho hail 
transposed Dr, Bell into a lawyer, as be flat- 
tered himself, with complete airecesa. As 
tli* doctor hod no existence in that capacity, 
he felt confident that there waa no second 
will, and therefore that Mr Lyater’# appli- 
cation to tli* Insurance nIRor had been ud- 
BiieeeMfuL 

A a a matter of fact, Mr. Oldcastle had giv- 
en him tin information whatever. lie had 
Wen able to any that he knew nothing of 
the premium, bat of the amount which Mr. 
Lystcr had endeavored to insure for, he was 
fully cngriiiaiit, and the reason why wna 
plain to him also, though, wrapped iu hia 
own selfish speculations, It had never oc- 
curred to Sir Peter. 

“I auppoa* it ia egotism,” mused the at- 
torney, when hia visitor hod departed, 
“ which makes that man ao dull. He ia a 
curious example of what a small degree of 
InladligOM* Is required to make a large for- 
tune. 1 am incllnod to think that it ia rath- 
er the absence of certain attributes than the 
possrtMioi) of others that insura that sort 
of auceoM. Sir Peter would never have 
made much of a mark in oar profession, that 
I will say forit. I never saw a man lie with 
Ire* ingenuity or a worse grace. The idea 
of hia not being able to put two and two to- 
gether aa regards Lyater 1 * wish to insure 
bis life T 1 Is it not significant.’ he said, 
'of a deficit f and yet the old fool is Lys- 
ter’s own partner, anil lisa thn deed of agree- 
ment in his strong-box. Of course if Lys- 
tcr couldn't get it dune, and if, aa seems 
probable, tli* |M»r fellow can't last, why 
then, of coarse, things may he serious. 
Empty pockets! Well, it may be so. Lya- 
ter is sn close as wax, hot that he speculates 
la curtain; 1 wonder who boa areused Sir 
Peter's suspicions, for it la clear lie Iras sus- 
picions. If he ia right, all will depend upon 
Ly*t«-r's being what r«rey would call ‘a 
good atnyor.’ I wemler, hy-Uiu-byo, wheth- 
er 8ir Peter anapecta hia nephew as having 
anything to do with that line of business! 
Bliss my soul, how I could open his eyes I” 
And Mr- Oldcastle siuiUhI complacently and 


serenely, as though lie were the God of Se- 
crets, as indeed your family solicitor ft. He 
knows, on the w hole, a gissl deal about na ; 
and the family doctor knows something too; 
and yet, iu spit* of the general opinion to 
tbo contrary , slid of 111* famous dictum of 
the Greek philosopher, I am Icicllnisl to 
think we know more about ourselves than 
either. What thought*, what eager hopes, 
what ahamr fill fears, were, fur example, agi- 
tating thn minds of yonng and ohL, in our 
pmmit life drams, undreamed of by their 
fallow -creature*, and unknown — nay, least 
known of all —to their nrareat and dnarret ! 

Fortified in hi* resolve by Mr. Oldcastle’s 
corroboration of his suspicious, Sir Peter 
took an early opportunity of giving a piece 
of hia mind to hia nephew cuiiecrniug hi* 
engagement, with the result of which we 
are already acquainted. 

On Urn morning after Ida interview with 
Clare, he waa inramourd, as he expected, to 
Sir Peter's sanctum, This young man bad 
bad th* lilgbt to think over hia position, 
and had not wasted hia tlm*. He had a 
genius for pluts and stratagem*, nml thor- 
oughly despised the mental qualifications 
of hia opponent, with Wkow weak points 
he woa perfectly familiar. Ilia present ride 
waa to be aggrieved lent snhminftve ; and 
every feature of bis handsome face, us he 
stood Wore hi* uncle, wna in o-reordaueu 
with the port he meant to play, and illus- 
trated it. 

" Well, air, and what did Clare tty I" 

“ Very little. Sir Peter. She is not one to 
talk much, as you know. But 1 am afraid 
she feel* that she is living very hardly used." 

" Hal sire has given yim up. That la the 
main point," was the unsympathetic rejoin- 
der. 

“ By no mean*, Sir Peter; »hu bolds me to 
my bargain.” 

" What ! after you told her that I h-ul al- 
tered my view# f" 

"I hinted that, of course, bill bod the 
greatcMt difficulty In making it clear to her. 
Kir Peter, she said, ia a man of honor. It I* 
impossible that on* of bis character, a ben- 
efactor of hi* species, and who stands on 
such a moral elevation, should break his 

“ I never passed my word,” said Sir Peter, 
turning the color of beet-mot. 

" Not actually, hot of course it w*a Im- 
plied. To her you seemed to bo acting ou 
it. ‘What is hi* raaaoii P she inquired * 
question, os yon may giiem, very difficult to 
answer, I could not say, ‘It la been u as bn 
doesn't think jroar father is so well off" as 
li« mica la-lie vod him to be.’ You did not 
authorize me yourself to go to that length." | 

“ Well, of course not ; hut you are sharp , 
enough when it suits your purpose; you j 
could have made use of same del irate phrase , 
to signify the aoma thing. If yuu make a 
fool of yourself with that girl, air, you'll live , 
to repent it." 

** 1 told her that next to her — to whom I 
hail pledged myself— my duty waa owed to 
yon ; that my future, so fox as means were 
onuccriicd, waa In fact in your hands. Slio 
suggested, however— and though you de- 
plore her determination, I am sure yon will 
admire her spirit — that we should have 
plenty to Uve upon without you." 

** Th* devil she did !" exclaimed Sir Peter. 

“ Then let her live on water and m crust, 
with love to butler It.” 

“Pardon me, fhr Petor; ao far from en- 
tertaining any such viewa. her reply proves 
thst she at least is quite uoooim-ious of any 
elianga in her father'* circumstances. If 
she were, it ia quite poaaiUle, nay, probable, 
that her pride (of which yna admit she has 
plenty) would at one* induce her to set me 
free. No, my proposition — subject to your 
better Judgment is a* follows : Let no fur- 
ther steps bo taken in this matter till Mr. 
Lyster's death, an event wbiuh can u«d be 
far off. We shall then know for certain 
how hia affaire stand. If all is well with 
them, tbs matter can proceed ; but if other- 
wise, you can, with sowin show of J unlit*, 
make appeal to Clara's independence of spir- 
it. As for me, I have obeyed your wishes 
to tbo letter, and I venture to think that 
no further sacrifice of aalf-rnapoct ahouhl be 
demanded of mo." 

“ Well, well, (icrtiapa your plan ia na good 
m any. It is not as if yon were goin^ to 
hu married to-morrow. Wa shall probably 
know what we are about in a week or two. 
At all eventa, before tbo end of the year.” 

“ In that uas* it will make a great diffor- 
e4ic«,"ohwcrrotl Percy, significantly. 

“ No doubt ; a very great difference.” 

“ Let as hop* for the best," said Percy. 

The hackneyed phrase was uttered in the 
cold, conventional tone that auited It, yot 
Sir Peter looked up with ■ quick flush. 

“ What the devil do you mean . sir ! Do yoil 
*api»we I want the man to die!" 

"Of course not, air. 1 wa* alluding to hia 
survival." 

Sir Peter cast a suspicious, almost a bulo- 
fol, glance at hlsuuphew. "lorn glad that 
was your mcaiiing. It would ho a great 


| misfortune to us, let me tell you, if through 
any immediate catastrophe Lyster's mmicy 
should lie jnst now withdrawn from the 
firm, when m arc nx tending our operations 
in *■> many way#." 

" No doubt," returned Percy, aaaantingly. 

Yet etiriniuly ulMitigh the some idea Has 
now passing through th* young man’s mind 
that lately oeMRwl to Mr.OldL-sstl*, name- 
ly, that Kir P*lcr did not lie well, with tho 
midirioDul reffortlcin that if he (Perey) had 
hail to aimulut* regretful appreheusiou, ho 
would have done it better. 

“Thera is owe thing I would snggest, un- 
cle, in reninurtton with this mstter: that 
Mildred’s visits to Oak Lodge should not ls» 
uimeoeaaarily frequent, ainco iu csso any- 
thing sliould hnpiM-n to necemiUto— that ia, 
to induce — Clare to dissolve our engoge- 
im-nt. the matter would be all the mere dif- 
livalt and i-mlKUTaiwing in proportion to the 
intimacy between tli* two familiea." 

'-To lie aura, that is worth thinking of," 
said Kir Peter, approvingly. “And it’s no 
use her going, for slip can worm nothing 
out of her young friend. You'd better tell 
her yourself what we think about it." 

Percy's face grew crimson, aa it seemed to 
Ilia companion, aud might well seem, with 
ahauir. 

“ No. air, to that I can not stoop. I have 
humiliated myself enough to please you." 

"Tot! tut! To please me ! Not a bit of 
It! it U ail to benefit yourself. You will be 
ready enough, ay, and glad of an nctum, to 
lie quit of the girl if she's not worth having. 
However, If you're sqmmiuisli abont the mat- 
Ui, I'll spask to MiUy myself. To do her 
Justice, idle has no more wish to b* allied, 
however indirectly, with pauperism, than I 
have. And I’ll take deuced gmid rare we're 
not allied with it, so you hail tout uot play 
me any trick*." 

Tbo last otirervalioii, delivered aa it waa 
with an unmlHtakablv scowl of suspicion, 
was a mast unpleasant one, ami, though IVr- 
uy only repliol to it by a smile of gentle as- 
toiiislinioiit, disturlwd that young gentle- 
man vary much. I.'p to that point every, 
thing had gone, quite literally, aa auiiirriogn 
bell, I wit bore was a aad jaugting. It took 
tho gilt off hishrighlexpculatioua very cou- 
aftlarahly. 

[vs a* oomsTinl 


STREET OBSTRUCTIONS. 

WllKN oar Dutch forefathers laid ont tlm 
streets of New Amsterdam, they had uo idea 
of the coining greatucaa of tho city. Tl»<ir 
streets, with few exceptions, were mere 
paths; Broad Street was wide because them 
was hu iulot running lip from the river; in 
giving Broadway eighty feet they thought 
it a waste of land ; Pearl Street waa a cowr 
path along the waterside; and Maldeu Lane 
was a rustle road for waahar-woaMU, who 
spread their clothes to dry on the gTaaay 
slopes of the Hie, or valley. Many years 
ago, particularly after Hie great fire of Klfi, 
Hie principal duwn-town atreeta were wid- 
ened at much cost, lmt they are atill too nar- 
row. Iu the neighborhood of great ware- 
houses there ia a Jsuj uf trorks iuoI w agons 
from uioruing till night. There are block- 
ode* everywhere, and oonaequently delay 
aud Texation. Now and then tbo police 
straighten out a sjiotI, but another tangln 
iBDiucdlatcly follows. There are penal tic* 
for obstructing the streets and sidewalks, 
hut it veins tinpomtblii to enforce them. 
Boxes and hurra la encnmlHir Hi* walk* ; 
tlic police warn the owners, aud if the ob- 
structions remain, they repurt the matter to 
the CoqHiration Attorney. 

Hines tlm lutroductlan of street ears, thn 
evil has grown to vast magnitude. Cum 
ran tlirough Church Street, which, though 
very narrow, Isa* bocotn* aa loi|>ortAiit 
wholnaalo quarter, (’are are stopped, inxto 
passengers delayed, trurka are l x-ked to- 
gether. and long wail* are iiiovitahle. It ia 
little ls-tter in th* cram ilru-U in that part 
of th* city ; liidiud, from Canal Street to tho 
Battery, during business hours, there ia an 
almost unbroken jam. Then tlvra aro *»|»- 
straet ions *v ary whvre that might iieavoi<i«t<i. 
Itnkldera are allowed one- third of a street, 
but often take two-thirds; unused wagon* 
stand in tbt< street in epifo of law ; boxes 
and iKsrrvU of garbage wait th* uncertain 
nsovemonta of th* s< avenger ; peddlers of all 
manner of things ora in the way ; old women 
with bankets sit Mi the enrfostone ; large 
stands oorupy tho moat crowded cornnrs ; 
atore-kee|wra are permitted to take up half 
the sidewalk to show their wares; hand- 
carts oiul wagons of peddler* lusraaoe tho 

When builders work on opposite allies, 
they practically close up the street, as Iiah 
Inh'H live rose at Nassau ami lUeknsixn all 
ailmaii-r, tlve toimor strnrt being aluwnst inx- 
puasablo. Thou, besides the paving, pipe- 
laying, and sewer building and repuirlng 
don* by Hi* city, there ft tho Invasion of 
tbo electric- light companies, aoino lisyiug 
wires in pipes under the street, aud oume 


November o, i«h. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


sibling to tho obstruction already canoed 
by putting up more hug© pules. 

Around th© Binin shipping points along 
the riven tb© wind is iMivitobt©, for goods 
itiimt bo forward ml ; au>l in tbo afternoon, 
when otoamboato are about to leave, (hero 
i.i great npnutr and confusion. In the vi- 
cinity of tbo market* than I* milieu* iuiuriy- 
an.aiiuni abstraction, particularly now while 
Fulton Market ia living rebuilt. The aver- 
age market man or wnauiui mm me to own 
the whole aiilewalk, aixt eirirens inn*t crowd 
along a a they can through freak fi*h, atale 
meat*, fruit, and other nuisance*, running 
the gauntlet of Hinge* ami other vehicle* In 
HouUt Street, thankful if they reach the 
ferry gate* with ttubroken limb*, 

Telegraph polo* ar* » nerimia nb*lr tty-lion ; 
the w ires ahnulil he umUr tlia sidewalks or 
the pax ©went*. Awning poata are atill 
common, though against the law, while the 
displaying of gmsU etcewU nil roanouablc 
ImhiimIs. No effort la made to enforce tlm 
ordinance* for the abatement of street ob- 
struction*. Tlirve thousand nimptaint* have 
been niwli' since lost spring, hut uoiwof them 
have been prosecuted. Of tonne, wit h such 
practical immunity, the evil will increase. 
One suggestion for the relief of the whole- 
sale districts is to stop all surface car* at 
Canal street; but as tlie roods have chnrtent 
which amount to eon tracts, perhaps that 
can not be drain, Another idea futvra itself 
upon attention, and that is tbo connolnla- 
tiou of the surface and elevated roads, mi ds 
to do away with aurfnru ear* altogether, ex- 
cept for cross-town ttavd. Mom than a 
tboumud surface can that now occupy the 
streets could be taken off, and nearly nil 
travel would be overhead and onlmpeibHl. 
Hut that would require more elevated or 
underground roads. 


LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN* 

To one who lias visited Uie .Scandinavian 
peninsula, this imw book by Mr. Pact. Du 
L'iiaiu.i: la like a second visit to a well- 
known scene. It brings Tividly before tbo 
eye once more the bold mountains, the deep 
volleys, lire eJnar lakes, the winding tiords, 
tho loouly forests, and the com.tli vs cas- 
cades —one of them the highest in Ennqm 
— which render the Northland so wildly 
grand. Nor does it omit to recall to memo- 
ry more cultivated sceues, the sylvan land- 
scapes that border each firtls and lake and 
river, tlm quaint farm-hotUM*, and their sim- 
ple and brave inhabitants. Mr. Dl- CuatL- 
Ul*l book will prove a MOtHBy accompani- 
ment to every mm who travels In Hwmlen 
and Norway. It glvea an immense amount 
of variod information respecting hi armors, 
©uatoni*. antiquities, history, arwl ethnology, 
and it is written lu tho author's pic tutus., w, 
yet simple stylo. 

As Wilts ita title, the liook lakes u* at 
once to the far North, whore from the end 
of May to the end of Juno tho son shine* 
day end night, tlw store are never seen, anil 
tho pale moon shed* no light, lty (he mid- 
dle of August, hnn ever, th* air Incomes 
chilly, twilight conics once toute, thu stare 
rc-appcar, and Anally the ann sinks from 
sight. Then the moon in her turn becomes 
queen of tho heavens, and tho nurom bora- 
ali* scent* its waving streamers of gnrguoas 
colors high up toward tbo senith. After 
two interviews with that most amiable gen- 
tleman thn tala “ good King Cant, H Mr. Du 
CuoilAU left Stockholm, “ the Venice of the 
North," by tbo steamer for Haparanda, the 
meat northerly town In Sweden. Tli© Amer- 
ican traveller was welcomed by all elgasc* 
with true Northern hospitality. They tried 
to dimuade him from altosiipling to cress to 
tbo Polar He a- “ do as far as thin high-road, 
and come back," was their counsel. 44 No,” 
was the reply, “I want to go to tbo North 
Cape.” The country traversed ka inhabited 
by Pinna, who cultivate tlio aoil, while 
l*sppa roam over it with their herds nf rein- 
deer. Th© mosquitoes WOCO a terrible jmsl. 
“ I never mat such liaineriM aworms Iwifciro, 
oven In Now Jersey." The arctic circle — 
where for nno day only, June 23, tbo snn 
does not set — was tana rfDswHl. Tlio brill- 
iancy of thn orb varies with tho moisture 
of the atmosphere. One day it is of a deep 
rod color, tingiDg the landscapa with a rose- 
ate hue; on another, It glnwaiiml fades and 
glows again Ilk© charcoal ; while at other 
tunes it hna a pole whitish appearance. 
“At midnight there seems to be a panac," 
Mr. Du ChaIM-U writes. “ For a few min- 
utes thn glow of annset mingles with that 
of sunrise." Hot soon the light becomes 
more brilliant, and often lie fore an bear lias 
©lapaodtatooiharxlliig to be looked at. From 
Mnoniovaara th© author ascended the 1‘alo- 
jaki, a small river running nearly doe north 
— a mat* which had never been taken by 


,r ttsmro tlir, 

Men rinltoi 
Kxpkwwttnts 
, Two cnlaim, fro* New T«k : Uirp*r A 


any fiweil© or Norwegian — till ho reached 
Lake Palo] dm*, where the sleqic down to tho 
Arctic Ocean begins. The little river, which 
li»d to bo descended, loud* by a senn* of rap- 
ids into the Alton, a shelter well known to 
English sportsmen, At Boaekop, tho head 
of the Allen Fiord, Mr. Dr Chaiu.U found 
that famo entail* duties. There, in 711“ north 
latitude, he was called upon to lecture on 
Equatorial Africa, fur bis book has been 
translated into Norwegian. 

From llosekop a steamer sails for Ham- 
merfest, srel tlienco to Mngrrilc, the most 
nortbeni lund in Europe, which is separate*! 
from the mainland by a deep chanin'1. 
There, on tho 20th of July, th© traveller 
stood on th© extreme point of the North 
Cape, 9*0 feet above the sea-level, where, 
a* for a* tlie ey« conld reach, extended tbs 
deep bine Arctic Sea. From the Norwegian 
coast Mr. Dl) CtLslLLL’ crossed ngain to 
Laid, in Sweden, Hu journeyed through 
very wild sccnury, post tlm towering peak 
of Hnltteleno and ira eoonuona glacier. 11© 
waa now turning the Lapps, and as he thinks 
It worth nwnDon that “ tho women'* faces 
hod been washed," wo s*-o how trun Is 
llfci.NK's line, '* Im Norden sind scbmlltrige 
lmiite. v He paid another visit to three last 
rcnintitiU of a rueo which low receded be- 
fore the Aryan, in the winter, and learned to 
walk on suow-sbnes and to driro reindeer. 
Interesting ns Ihe Uipp* may be to student* 
of ethnology, they must not detain its from 
our Norwegian journey and our Norte kins- 
folk. Oil the c»ast the great features are the 
Herds. Tim Hogue Fiord Is without a rival 
in size, gmioleitr, bold outlines, and sombre 
lamisrn|ie, w hile to the north of it rises the 
ItumeiiMi glaciers of Jostnilals- lira©. On 
the various branch Herd* stand quiet farm- 
Iii'iism, snrreandvd by held* and meadows, 
will, the sea for their only highway. It is 
needless U> say that at every lnra*© the trav- 
eller was royally entertained. Many fami- 
lies have children and kinsfolk here. “ The 
Norwegians are kindly treated in Ameeira," 
was a remark mail© by an© of his hosts. 
A» Mr. Lh; C USUAL Hosted pa.it these sea- 
side farms, be would bear, “ Americancr, 1 
bnvu a pin, I have a daughter, in America. 
Da you know tlicm f On© would say, “ My 
•on lives In Minnesota”; “My daughter is 
in Iowa," shouted another; a third, *' 1 have 
(lire© children in Wisconsin” ; siul all groap- 
ed his hand with a nervousness which told 
the intensity of their fueling. " Americanor, 
com© to oar farm ; you shall ha welcome. 
When you return, yon may go and see them, 
and tell them you have MU the old folk* at 
hams.” 

Homo of th© relies from the later iron age 
■re quite Artec in their typre, although 
clearly contemporary with tin- galley of thn 
Viking age found in Christiania Fiord in 
lew). Mr. Dtl CtlAtlXU'u description* of 
Norse life are very charming; lui taken ns 
to the fannwi of the hunts or yeoman, with 
his rough exterior and kindly heart, his 
pensiveneM and quintnraa. There is no 
country in Eunqm where the ritre of hos- 
pitality are more sacred than in Scandina- 
via, and thu priest’s bouse , or Tmltr paordc. 
especially welcomes tho stranger g «mt ; nod 
the (reveller is mode an bnuonid partieipa- 
tur In tliclr Joys and sorrows. Costume, of 
course, Tarim in the various districts; that 
of Soterdal is very peculiar, more like that 
in which thn boys are clad la Awf/unl and 
.1/ tries than th© gurb of grown men. A 
nearly similar tires* is found in tho Thelo- 
niurk, where the tall, well-built, nud Intelli- 
gent people are the meet characteristic typee 
of the Norse rare. In the Thelemurk is one 
of (be Snort of water-falls, tin- Kecking Fore© 

( Kjukuu Fore). Tlio men of the Tbo Ism ark 
rentlntlcd the traveller of tho Dnlucorlsaas 
of Sweden, an equally primitive people, 
equally IcuacitMts of their old custom* *rol 
their old drew. Tho land there is very much 
divided, so that a portion inherited is oft«n 
so small aa Dot to tie worth having ; but no 
mull have a premier hearing and a more in- 
dependent spirit than those thrifty peasant*. 
The people of Oran are the bambooiest — the 
men tall, strung, ami active; tbs girl* with 
clear, fair, ami fresh complexion, and fine 
teeth, which they keep white we regret 
to hear -by chewing gum. In fact, chew- 
ing gum seems an Institution, and n young 
lady who wish©* tu be very polite offer* you 
a bite at the piece ahe withdraws from her 
ivory molars. 

The oou trust hot ween th© two kingdoms 
which call Oscar II. King is striking. In 
Norway everything is bolder and more ma- 
jestic, but Sweden presents ere no* nf rural 
beauty, rapwriully on her llaltle ©oast*. To 
tho traveller Norway will be always the 
more attractive. With the exception of 
Dulocarlln and some other northern pro- 
v lucre, Sweden baa nothing to compare with 
the homely dignity and the grand simplici- 
ty of Norwegian life. She m*j show proud 
castles amt noble court*, but Norway can 
(• 00*1 of men with pedigrees of equal an- 
tiquity who are content to till their own 
soil, as their father* have done before thorn. 


THoitu PAOUKM in Tofto can trace his de- 
scent from llAltuUi tho Fair-biired. His 
father entertained King Oscar I. while on 
In* way Irani (.'hrirtiutita to Trandbjem to 
be crowned. The King and hi* brut had a 
table to themselves; the royal suite ate at 
auot Ivor. " This t iihle,” said thu ilnmeudatit 
of the Haarfugcr, " is only for tho»o of ro) at 
blood." Tuukd lived like a patriarch, with- 
out tbs slightest pretension in bis manner 
or conversation. On hi* relate were (wo 
houses, nno dating from KSI. Hitch nten 
offer their guests ale in silver tankards that 
bold half n gallon, and can display wreden 
drinking viwwU tlvo bandrnd years old, ami 
mod© in tho shape of a coffee-pot lined with 
stiver hoops. 

A considerable portion of the second vol- 
ume of the Und of tk* MUhifkl Ass is de- 
voted to tho Lapps, atul givre mmw very in- 
teresting particiilnra respottiug them and 
Iboir reindeer, These animals in the win- 
ter dig with tholr fore-fuel through more 
than four feet of auow to roach th© nusw cm 
which they feed. The men, with few ex- 
ceptions, have brood six! short fares with 
prominent cheek*, tlio chin I* very short, 
the no*e flat between th© eye*, sharp, ami 
rcfrssssf, the bnir is usually a reddish dark 
brown. Tbs skin of the body is really Tery 
whit©, but exposure to tho cuht wimU of 
winter and tit© heat of suiunmr, combined 
with a hereditary aversion to *oop and wa- 
ter, have created tho impression that they 
are a dark-skinned people. Tbn lieight of 
the men i* about five feet. Ho me of the 
women look fresh and blooming when 
young, but aoou bccooio old in aiqmaraure, 
The old wnroen, with their long uncoiuhvd 
hair hanging over their shoulder*, their un- 
washed fuel's, Olid tho entire olio’ ore »f any 
desire to plea*©, are among tlio most hiilnms 
spec ittx ns of humanity. Among th© young- 
er Lapji* it is frequently didicult to ditrin- 
gulsh a boy from a girl wli*u the hend- 
dre*M>* are off. Tho Laplanders may bo 
divided into the Nomad Lappa, who * sutler 
with their reindeer from pasture to pasture, 
th© Hoa Lapp*, tit© Forest Lapps, tbo Itlver 
Lapps, and the Fisher Lapji*. lu Norway 
and Sweden Mine control is exercised over 
them, ami many become farmers, Karasjok, 
oon great l^app centre, consut* of twenty 
farm* and one hundred and twenty- live in- 
habitant*. Mr. l»r ('HAlUri remarked tbs* 
th© farther northward he travelled, th© noire 
healthy seemed the jwople, sod tit* larger 
th* families, fifteen or vigil torn children not 
being nncomuion. 

Even in the wilds of this iuhcwpitabln 
country Mr. Dl’ CbaILUJ met a family that 
had rehitivM liero. Ho earn© to a Uvpp eti- 
rampmeDt, very like in tlie engraving to au 
Indian tepee, and Ihe Lapp housewife said, 
" I have a sister in America-” II© thought 
there was sotne mistake. *' To*,” said *bn 
again, “I have a sister in Chicago." Mr. 
Dv Cutiur, in eompl ianoe with Iter widic*. 
on his return called oo borrister. “ No one," 
h® writes, “ would ever think her to l© a 
Lapp; her comely drew, her black eyes, 
dark hair, and high cheek -hone* did not 
■how it.* Many others of tbU •enil-M<si- 
golian race hare etnigratod to America, 
aud have become rich 

TU Land •/ tU Mufsiylf Asa will flud 
many mailers, and will make them, we hope, 
loro the laud which tent forth the mighty 
men of valor who sailed up to the walls of 
I'aris, and fust ailed n kingdom in England, 
and dukedoaas in Franc© and Italy. A /*- 
rorr jVnnse**erws» likrm >w, fkinise, was tbo 
prayer of tho Part* breviary. Again, hRct 
sii obsenrity of eenturie*. the gcritnsof tltro- 
TAVfa At*>LPffOS mnde Swedasi the deciding 
power in Korop©, and her soldier* the Brat 
in thn world. Thn prevent Hoandinavians 
hove not lent th© energy or tbo virtu© of 
their forefather*, and a day may come when 
bcamlinavl* will again bold th* Imlnnoo of 
power in a straggle between tyranny and 
liberty, and when heT wurd may decide tho 
victory, Tlio old saga land listens still to 
th© sagas, th© old spirit U only sleeping an 
enchanted sleep in th© Northern forest*. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Tsx Shah of Persia has written in hla diary of 
European travel that an Englishman who dis- 
obeys s policeman ii instantly put to death. That 
leaves hiss hut little margin for the Kill more 
startling entry be will feel like making after he 
ha* visited New Turk. 

The artiat who i> announced as having “ gone 
Wevt to paint the Rocky Mountains" will need a 
big brush. 

tirraany tow hu a intern of inttorrsMan 
Irlugraph calilo connecting tso huaitrod and 
t* coty-une towns It has beta oosoplctu! rnwnt- 
Iv at an cmUay of about seven mill** dullars. 
Aliotofrooad sires in tho <qwn country ore ad- 
l Astsgioua to tlie nmuigcnitat of tin- jltiasa, and 
to tiit wiull proportton of the puM >: iiiiing upuo 
li«!iu for cthciem amice ; hut m a largo city like 
New York the imughtly putts and wet© of sires 
cooatantly offend (he taate of every reddest. 


Tbeae endgbtly ©hjecta have leeio increaiing 
vivv repidlr of lata. TW a hase-grouod electric- 
light wires have si length atrntet- d the atteatiuri 
of tho Fin; Department auth^-nlv* , Ureauar of 
U.r f-'ril to firrmen working esi huiliiiigs along 
“I'wh these sire*, charge I with electricity ia fo- 
ul qnantitiM, are stretched. 

Americwns of (mvcmti birth or drwectit who 
nay have thought (list the I’rrmeh gucsu st the 
Yorktown ocMmbHm reeeive«I more atli-ntiou 
than Uo* from flcvminy can find, perhaps, 
Mliafavtinn ia tbu *nnmina<m>e,t th.it ono 
of tbc wsiU'n at the banquet given in Washing- 
ton m the tiailiog tiennau* on thrsr ntnra from 
Yorktown w*» a OmuoIht uf the mm m it'ro Hat 
roevlv«d tlio French visitors ia tbo tame city a 
w«©k carlimr. 

An riChirf Magistrate of ihe ftloalni Island 
relony i* visiting in Hu Frendroa Ho ia lCut- 
aul McCoy, » >b*iwnilsnl of one of tiie mutimvr* 
of tb© alup Am ntti wlm took psu s n s un of the 
UUru! tHsiriy a rcsilary ago. t Inly throe r%ir>-* 

of it* mutiiiA-r* "f" u»w tolil by IMalwuat* of 
lit* UlauiL Mi. Met lot npoeu thu tho ulsml is 
the sIsmIii of tirliu and mnndlty. Xu intoiini 
Lug liquor is ilrutik there, aud wires- is ahaoat 
unknown. In the Ihrto wars of U* Kagislrai-y 
only two or threw trilling dltpatas eanio Iwfur© 
him fur lottlcmrut. The** are a I'roleaunl Eji'ia- 
eopal church and a school ro thu island. 

In Dararia a private in the army applssl to lh* 
balky boric of an offircr tlie epithet, * You vil- 
lUTKnn beast," and was «cnc«wtd to three day*' 
imprlwuiment for ' untwo lining bchsvur toward 
an ulHter's bar*©." 

The report of an oration over tlie body of ado. 
crowd Mormon bishop ray* that Ihw »q stakin' 
“thwed by Invuk^ig; lilcssings n|M-n tin©* who 
bad 1-eeo bcresveil uf a kirel hnslrernl" — wools 
which have a queer scuird to iJentili cars. 

GermsO •dimtiits but i fi stov iro j through ex- 
imrimnat that the riertriv light is healthier tlisn 
other mrthrwlr of ilhimiantiou, aiaee it leaves tlio 
air purer, are! th.it rvsse nisi — red, green. Mar, 
and yellow iw|HvUlly — are thwwn tn--re ifiltjlM- 
ly by it Ilian 1-y -iuiigtt, Kipreirecnts by tlcr- 
luan situi-o sro cot MMMVTy to pan tint 
the electric light lisa a grot* aiiontagc over Irto- 
•TOO *JI Wit Isiirig AiLi| ilicl to Uw kindling of tiro* 
ill kill-ben atoms by servant^irla, and alii© ixre- 
SliliVntkA gi*« far toward eeUhliaking i!» top' 
r»r<nty from a unitary (sunt of lies, it aI-.i 
lit* an ad vu.t Ago over gat In th© hum i»q*rt, 
since hotel lodgers from remote rural dulrku 
can not blow it out on retiring 

A porwm prulrntljr given to hnrty geficrellu- 
tion writiw that a son ran not be sii orate© *a>- 
Iwwi ho has Hcnretldng to **y. He ebraiM drop 
into * ward |-ilinc»l gathering calltil to rstif / *n 
Aiwuility bocainaliwa 

la the cesiree of bb hunting tour in thn North- 
west, Lord Lome, fkivcrnor-Uctiunil of t ana.lt. 
IL..-1 up In a fUiinc-1 shirt, eoarso rniuw-w, ami 
hobnailed thcci, sbilu a ftritt.h eohmol i» roll 
druas read to him aa address of wcloeaiu. 

A eirmrnillce of thirteen resident* of Button 
sill in the enure© of die next ntotty day» lanrata 
that city with the view uf learning whither Urn 
million dollsre can I© rai-ed to help pay the <i- 
of a World's Fair there in tSSfi. This 
mmnaittot waa sppirintoi at a meeting of retlreti*. 
and will report to •oeh a meeting. Hint© tin- pn*. 
jre-t of tinlidig tlie Tair was Bret brought Iwfur© 
tlm fkwtiHi piihlie, eW%|y after the piia ft© a 
World's Fair at New York in 1**X was abandou- 
ol. tlis paopls of tlie American A tiler.* Hit* Ul- 
anr>sl tho nal of the rntwpriw agsimt the rst 
ural advantage* of Kroaiiu — including the cast 
•tod arul tho unoccupied fist lanAs — ami are not 
now dlapomi to ait haMity, Munagrra of th© 
railroads autr crying at th* ilu.li are nimble to *w 
how, without large < tf«'iulieure for inrrroaing 
tlimr farillUea. they can atleiul to more Inriiii.-s 
tlian they already have. Hotel pfufaictors au- 
Duunc© tliemarires lu tlm won© happy predira- 
menL Only one M«ipa|wr favaca U<© pnijrvt. 
It has been urged as n ruu-xi foe pu*t{>mietiMal 
Hat the farthccmlng tovciitkini lu r-kctfklty Idd 
fair to ao rcroluUunixe the sovM't machleery lint 
in twenty vrora any display that could Is. mads 
now wouM be li-Aeil huek upon as a csriunty 
shop of iiut-cd-du© cnMrivanaMi la iiew of tho 
lingering death of lb© New York World's Fair 
project, it is raid in Itostou that tho achcmu “ sill 
be citlwrlanncrirel with full aiFtras©© of sncceaa, 
or throttled puhlkly.” 


tiie iion. Horace russell 

JtrrwtR lloiurx Krwtrt.t, of tbo Snjierior 
Court of tb© comity of New York, wu* ap- 
pointed b.v Governor CoatHKix on OctoW 
27 In 1111 tb© vacancy riuitwcl by the death 
of Judgo (.'ruKtr.s F. K*.*n>m'. Judge 
BunsKU. served in this position for a fin* 
tnmtlb* last year, his lertn expiring oo Jan- 
uary 1 list. During Mint tin*' lie woo gold- 
en opibion* for liis clrinr opinions and fair- 
ness a a presiding Judge. Many important 
causes were tnisl before him, notably tho 
i'OM of Stiisrs r. Fukt, wlmdi wsi* riqsirt- 
ii l at length in the last volant© of tba Hnpo- 
rior Court Kejwrt*. 

Judge Krsarj.t. Inigini bis sereoul term in 
Die Kupenur Court with aueh a nquilot ii.n 
of fuinieM and Justice that meiubera of Dm 
Bar will rvgiml the appointment a* It real 
addition to tbo Scutli- 




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FOOTBALL. 

Foot-iuix a* now played in most Amni- 
nn college* wo* lntndne<4 *>y II«rv»nl 
College, nud ia known n* the Rugby 
At least it wm fnrninrly known by that 
usmn, blit tlm colleges now funning tbo 
Foot-ball Association have mode many mod- 
ifications in the game a* first played, and 
are emntaully making more. The modifi- 
cation* an mostly technical, and hovo lit- 
tle interest to any but foot -ball players. 
Before 1W5, foot-ball waa played lent little 
ben, and that little In a sllpshuj and nn- 
sclctiltAc luauucr. A* played it wna per- 
haps naan emphatically /out hall tliun now, 
for tlie rales did not permit a player to 
toarb the boll with In* hand* uiuter any 
r imimstanm, nor to catch or bold another 
player. Kicking was the gnat thing, and 
it was not always the 1ml I that was klrkod, 
l»y any means. Shins nattered severely in 
every nell-roiitntcd match, bim! the players 
often wore pads on their legs, like crickel- 
player*. Twenty Min played on a side, and 
them was a decided element of brute farce 
characterizing the game. 

In tbo fall of l*7!», Harvard wont to New 
llavcn, and showed the Yale boys how foot- 
ball should bo played according to Rnghy 
rultw. It was a valuable if not n pleasant 
I ••won lo tbs Yuhi team. They knew Htlbi 
a I won tbo gnuio ; they bod no mil farm; 
they were rntlu-r afraid of their opponents. 
Harvard's fifteen wen Mt gM ia in rrintnun 
I'ujm, Jersey*, and stockings, and their white 
Kuickei Wkors wars immaculate. They 
wen agile, athletic youths, and played tbo 
new game well. It differed principally from 
thu old game in that thnru worn live Bonn 
less on a side, t tic hall could In caught and 
carried, and tbo players rould catch each 
•>tb«r- It » as a lino sight to Mt tin lh**l 
striplings In crimson catch the big ball, 
tack it under their uw, and dart swiftly 
down the field, dodging the bewildered Wy* 
of Yolo, and thus sscuitug tonch-duwn after 
timeli-dun u, and goal after goal. Yale 
played grimly but vainly, and was over- 
whelmingly beaten. 

But tier men took tbo Iowan to heart. Aft- 
er the Harvard men went home, tlushcd with 
victory, Yale's boys began a careful study 
of the new rule*, practiced nmidnmasly, and 
In tbo fall oflrfft; douned their new suits of 
blue, and boat their old instructors out of 
band. In that year Prlneston also adopt- 
ed tho new nabs. But His Yale man claim- 
ed that fifteen men on a side were too many 
for a scientific gsme ; and iu 1CT8 tbo tklM 
colleges formed a KMt-WI Association, and 
tbn nunilHir of plajera on each aide was lim- 
ited to eleven. 

A foot-ball ground should In* a Wcll-eod- 
(Ud level space, IM* fort long and 1® feet 
wide. Those dimcusiona may be enlarged 
or reduced, as the nature of the grounds re- 
quire*, but tbn (iHttl pcopnttiosis of tho 
great parallelogram should he maintained. 
Tho boundaries of the ground arc defined 
by a line cut in the turf, and usually made 
white by lime. At curb end of tbo ground 
ia a goal, w Inch consists of two posts exceed- 
ing eleven feet in height, placed eighteen 
and a half feet ajiart, mid connected by u 
•-row-bar ten fact frocn tho ground. Each 
goal Is at tbo extreme limit of tbe ground, 
and cxnctly midway between the side line* 
or liouwlsriee. The great point in foot-tmll 
la to kick thu lotll over tbe cross- bar of the 
goal. That feat constitutes a “ goal," and 
games arc marked by gnala. Tbe following 
diagram will explain the position of the 
ground, and tbn tortus used i 


T It 

■ , rTT _ ‘F 

The space Inclosed by the fonr lines is the 
field of play. A A A A arc tho goal litww, 
T T T T the touch linos, |» Y l> P tbn goal 
joists, ami tli* corners marked B B H ft are 
called “ touch iu goal." When a hall is 
driven outaide of the boundaries, and » play- 
er, patting his hand upon It, touchm It to 
the ground Mid stops It, that constitutes a 
touch-down, lint these touch-down* differ 
widely in their character. A touch-down 
on cither of tbe side liars — tbe loach lines 
— results In the ball being brought ia to 
play again from the spot where it went out 
of the field, or It tuny lie placed on the line, 
and thus pat in play. When the ball is 
touched down on the goal liuc, that is u dif- 
ferent tiling. If Priooeton am! Yale arc 
playing, and Yalu touches tbn bull down on 
Princeton's goal line, that gives Yale the 


privilege of bringing tin* boll lute tbe fluid 
at right angles with tbn spot on the goal 
line where it ia touched down, and then try- 
ing to hick it over tbe goal — an effort that 
U often successful among goad players. 
But suppose Hist Princeton touches the hall 
down on her own goal lino, that is a “ touch- 
down for safety," and im-ana that tain is 
crowding her, and forces this action. Tbo 
ball is then brought into the field, and kick- 
ed toward Yale's gosL 
Ucreiilly there was a convention of lbs 
foot-hall playeraof Yale, Harvard, Princeton, 
and Columbia colleges at Springfield, Hu- 
I aachnartta, when MM Important changes 
amt tnodihratlnns worn made In tbs ruiow. 
Tho two most important were, first, that 
»li»nhl tho two tbrce-i|iiartcn of an hour— 
the regular tlnis of tbs game — result In a 
tic, ten mmntes after tbn end of tbo second 
inning two fifteen-minute innings nliall be 
played, subject to tbs same rules and con- 
ditions as tho throe-quartora, excepting that 
there shall bn only five miuutco intcrcnla- 
sino. The gome shall bo decided by tho 
wore of oven innings. Second, and most 
Important, is tbs following: “A aids that 
shall have four or more safety touch-downs 
leas than their npponrute shall wiu tho 
gauss, in Mas nothing wlas k* seoivd." Mott 
of tlio change* arc calculated to nxalta a 
“ block" game almost impossible. 

Hot it would lie impossible in an article 
ofTIns length to gits tlm ruins of tbn gams, 
amt muko tbsiu intelligible to tlio neo-foot- 
ball playing public. The best way, perhaps, 
to give the reader an idea of tbe gnme is to 
drentbo a match n« it niigbt lie played be- 
tween Princeton and Yale. 

The day is bright, and not too cool. Long 
before ths gam* is called, coaches hearing 
tbo blue of Yule, tho nraiago ntid black of 
Princeton, and crowded with tho friend* and 
under-graduates of these colleges, arrive at 
ths grounds. PeiUwUlatia come in throng*, 
and not a fuw young women, who aro proud 
to sport the colon of tbe «Jrso sister of thetr 
hrot lucre, cousin*, and sweethearts. From 
the goal posts flutter blue and orange and 
black petrous. There ia much color every- 
where — the groen of the sward, ths gay 
dn-MMM of the maiden*, tlio College colors on 
bats arid whips and canes amt In button- 
holes; anil, to add to It, the rival teams ap- 
pear. Y olo’s men wear skull-capa of bine, 
Jerseys or bins, Knickerbockers of while, 
stockings of blue, and white canvas show. 
They look lusty anil strong. Princeton men 
wear a gar bio shape like the Yale men's; but 
where Yale Is blue, I'rtneetou sport* orange 
and block in stripes. The captains toss 
up for choice of goal, and " kick »fl." Yale 
w ins, and chooses tho western goal. Tilers 
is a brisk west wind blowing, and this de- 
termines the choire, for Princeton will have 
t» work tlio big light bull against Ibis wind, 
which In turn will help tlie boys in blue ma- 
terially. Then a referee is ch<i*cn, and the 
men get in position fur tho raining struggle. 
Near tiro centre of the field stand tlio 
“ rashers" slim, active fellows, whose spe- 
cial duty it is to follow the ball, cutdi it, 
ran with It, and tlnia take It toward their 
opponent*’ goal. l'rinoeton allows herself 
seven rashers, and Yale places six in tbe line ; 
lml Prinoetoti has but one 41 half-back," »n<l 
her opponent two. Kach has two "hack*." 
The hacks stand near tbo goals. They arc 
the cool men, heavy fellowa, wbon hnsincm 
it is to bear tbe brunt of bottle when the 
ball it driven dangnronsly near their goaL 
(■umn ia called, and a Yale man, taking 
the ball in bis hnndt, standing iu tbe centre ! 
of tbe field, with a vigorous kirk «-inU it 
spinning down toward Princeton's goal. 
Tbn game bos begun. Tberc ia a rush to- 
ward tbo ball as it mnom down, and a 
Princeton rasher catching it, start* to ran 
toward Yale's goal. He dodge* su cocas fatly 
ono after another of the blue rushers, but at 
length a big fellow catches him by tbo nock 
and whirl* idm off hla feet- As lie falls, tin 
U*uw* tho boll backward to one of his fel- 
lows who has followed bim closely. Here is 
seen an important ride. The lmll must 
inner lw> thrown forward toward tho op- 
ponents’ goal. It say be thrown backward 
to one of your own players. Tbe Princeton 
■non entohee the bull, Kiel in an Instant I* 
on bis way toward tbn Yolo goal. Bat hla 
career I* abort. He is tackled and thrown, 
the ball under him. Half a iloreu men pilu 
upon him. From out of the heap at length 
tlie ball roll*, and is kicked by a Yale man 
back toward the Princeton goal. But tbe 
* waspa" stop it. A rusher tarries it back, 
by skillful running, and then, seeing on o|h 
]H> rtuiney, bo tries a kick for goal. The 
hall risot in tbe air and sails towunl the 
Yale goal, but tbe wind veer* It, aid In- 
stead of going over, it goM to one side. 
When It strikes the ground, a Yale “ bock" 
is there, and trachea it down for safety. 
Princeton'* rocket cheer from the hundreiU 
of M|H-ctatiim show that she has the best of 
tiro light. The lull is taken into the field 
and again kicked toward Princeton's goal. 
Tbo Yale turn this time follow up tho boll, 


and by dint of a good kick by one, a good ran 
by another, and u weak spot in Princeton's 
defense, a Yolo man sooreeds in carrying 
tbn hall to Princeton's goal line, and touch- 
ing it down. Then a player in blue walks 
out with tho ball. lie la nearly In front of 
(he goal, the wind favor* him, and when he 
kicks, tiro ball rise* gracefully lie tween the 
goal | rost* and over the crow-bar, and Yale 
has won a goal, amid the deafening clrocrs 
of “ Hah ! rah ! rah I” from her friends. 

Tho hall i* taken back into tiro flehl, and 
tho game starte again as at first. In a mo- 
ment tbe ball rolls beyond the touch line of 
one of tlie sidea. A Princeton man touch- 
es it down. It is irosr tiro comer marked B 
on the diagram, ami If tbn i’rlacoton men 
ran sneered in working it to the goal line, 
thoy may get a touch-down, Tbo hall i« 
placed on the touch line, anil tiro two aiitiw 
gather around it. Tho Princeton player 
snap* it hack between his legs, another New 
Jersey Imy ealrhtw it, and start* to ran. He 
i* tackled by lbs watchful Vain players, and 
then the rushers of both side* daub togeth- 
er, Frincetou tries to force the ball to the 
goat lino. Yale trie* to prevent (hit. The 
result it a "srmnimngri,” and such a scene a* 
i* depicted in our double- page illustration. 
While the straggle is going cm. and Iwfore 
It i* deeded, tin- reform. calU " time." Tho 
game has been going on forty-five minntea, 
and forty -five minute* constitute* an inning. 

After a rest of fifteen minute*, play is re- 
sumed. But now, according to tiro rules, 
tbe aides change goals, and Prlnoetou has 
tbe advantage of the wind. Both side* play 
tbdr hret. Ynln to relliin the advantage of 
the goal ah* ha* gained, Princeton to at 
least get a goal and maku a tie. Tbe ball 
goe* into the sir, is cuugbt by a “ yellow - 
log," who rilNhea with it. He Is caught, 
aud falls heavily to the earth. Half a dozen 
men fall over him, and the ball is by this 
time in the bauds of a Yale man. First one 
side lias tbs advantage, then tbo othor, nntll 
a Princeton man, nulling well down toward 
Yale’s goal, kicks the ball os lie rim*, and it 
goes over tiro goal. Than tho rockot cheer* 
that go up arc vociferous indeed. There 
arc but fifteen minutes more to play, and 
tiro spectators, prewiring against tbo rope* 
that aurronnil tiro ground, yell encourage- 
ment to tlie players. No need; each man 
i* doing his beat, Blne-juckcla and yellow- 
lags tackle each other, mail over each other, 
and possibly In the excitement kick oach 
other's allien. The ball goes buck and forth, 
but not over tho goal*, and *' time" t* again 
called, and the remit t» a tie game. IUd 
either side hut kicked one more guol, that 
would have m«snt victory. 

There seems to bo bnt oiro objection to 
foot ball —it require* too much exertion. It 
ia really diMigeroo*. Even when played upon 
soft turf, there Uitangnr to tiro players. Men 
get kicked in the face; thrown violently; 
bocks arc wrenched, ankles sprained, and 
sometime* logs broken. But when, as not in- 
frequently happens, match games aro played 
upon frozen or mow -covered ground, then 
the game become* a much too dangerous 
past. me. Bill It Is a game that will always 
be papuUr, for it re<|airos skill and pluck 
and rrerre, and exhibitions of those excel- 
lent virtues are always popular. 


[Bsr>B la It «*»«•* Wssslv No. 1*1. Vol, XX1V.J 

CHRISTO WELL 

fit Dartmoor Cstr. 

Br tt. P BLACKMORE, 

AltiK* or"M*sr Asvar.sr," "Loans Doasx," 
“Coir**, rut Cxaaixs," am 


Ing barley stubble, or an ooais r /at green 
Ooiro.or tho glistening gem of n lonely pond 
chastely cnutuolb'd with fat black slog*. 
Hero he descends, ns tlio stars begin to blink ; 
makes tbe circuit once, with his family be- 
hind him, all peering foe the baleful human 
rnco ■ then spying non© of that, flap they 
breast tbe water, ploughing np less of it 
than could lie expected, but flinging it large- 
ly behind tbesu as they dash helter-skelter 
through the cataract of tholr own rapture. 

This wna the man whom Hose bad sceu 
afar following tbe scam down the hill front ; 
and wow he stood gazing at tbo dusky pnnl, 
begirt with peon awn nip and sedge, wliirh 
tbe little moorland rills hod made. There 
wore his victims, for out of roach, and uot to 
1m pelted to tiro othor aids with stone*, even 
if stonca hail been at band; neither was 
there any wind to drive them ashore. He 
doubted for a moment whether lie should 
leave then so. Mid ennn iu tiro morning 
with a dog to fetch them out. But his 
homo was some miles away, and he deter- 
mined at any rats to have a try for it. 
- Dare a»y it ain't so very deep after all," 
he mattered to himself, contemptuously. 
** Ml |sull off toy togs mmI g«i in for'etn," 

Haiiirout won not very plentiful with him, 
ao he carefully laid what would spoil npou 
a rock ; then lie drew the stout ramrod from 
his gnu to prove tho depth lo- fore him, und 
stopped In bravely. At first tbo swamp was 
shallow, scarcely taking him knee-deep ; aud 
Itcgioning to lungh at his own misgivings, 
he waded with bis ramrod swinging. Tbeu 
suddenly down he went, over bend and ears, 
not in clear water, Iwit in black qoagnuro, 
floundering and flapping like a fly in beer 
and treacle. Hla mouth was filled with 
■lodge, and bis eye* dabbed up with slongh- 
cmat, nml hi* arras could scarcely movo 
among tlrocbig and cJbwi they battled with. 
The harrier ho fought, tbo worse he farm! ; 
he could not oven toll what way to atnko 
for; every thing turned black abuTe him, 
Mid his breath wont into gurgle*. 

Bnt just as bo wsa disapjicnrlag Softly, 
with only his gray hair left behind, a stout 
crook of groiiud-Hidi came into his woollen 
shirt, and hia body was hauled owl. John 
Weutcombe. oo bis way to fetoh tho pony, 
hod beard tbe gnndiot aud seen the distant 
flash, and set an sa hard a* his leg* would go 
to catch tbo poacher on hla father's boat. 
Ho knew tho spot well, for it wa* the very 
one to which lie bad followed another flight 
of dunks when lie parted ftom tiro (tenvral 
oo the moor, and he wsa Just In time to rash 
into tlie swamp, and keeping on tho brink 
of post, haul out tho poor follow at hi* latent 
gasp. Strong as lie was, Mid solf-poiwcn w il, 
Jack liail as much na he could do to fetch 
out bis burden through the inky slush, and 
thou through tiro tanglo of the swampy mar- 
gin, without drowning him, if ludonil that 
still remained to do. But the young man, 
w* soon on Iro got a Arm grasp, lifted his 
load, aud tlie black slimo from It tricklod 
among the light green of water- gross. "Yon 
«nu*t d« your very best to breathe," said 
Jock, w lwi hud never rein! direction* to re- 
vive drowned person*. “Let nro wash tho 
dirt olf first, and then you won't have to 
swallow il. Yen will get tin very nicely 
if you don't think about it. I beard him 
breathe I Now try again, air, and you shall 
have a doctor if you go on well." 

Tim poor man could not even lift hi* ebrat 
oguiust it, though tho bnlplcss droop of hi* 
neck showed plainly that be knew wliat be 
w»s Ihrealened with. "Very well," said 
Jack, who wa* quick of otierrvatioii. " if you 
will conen round, you shall not have hint. I 
will sou to you myself, aud I am not a doc- 
tor," 


CHAPTER XXXIX 
A WILD-DL'CK CUASZ. 

TltK twilight waa now In that liitorcating 
stage, with the last blush of day fading out 
of the hoavens, when th© mystery of tbe 
moor i* grandest, the whisper of tremulous 
love most thrilling, and the quack of tbe 
wild-duck most ecstatic. For this is tbe 
moment when that nobis turd, after sleep- 
ing tbo day cut on a bronzy pool, or among 
tbe deep sedges of a lonely water-coarse, 
with slow fla|fc* and stretches get* out of 
hla tod, *iul draw* op hla nil feet tingling. 
Then he opens the valve* of his nostrils, and 
otter* a little sharp snort to his family; with 
a fow strong beat* he is lip and away, along 
tlm crystal bars of light, and tiro sprinkle of 
bis nso falls for behind. The flush of Ilia 
start bos set all the other* off, nnd tbe sil- 
very Him nd of wings flows hark a* tlio cleft 
air ckuca, and the dusk Is left behind. 

Blit he, with velocity of Instinct guiding 
all liis race to health anil food, liiineelf tlm 
bead of tlm rapid arrow, high above lit© up 
and downs of earth, urges his powerful pin- 
ion*. strains his long Deck through tlie 
whistling air, ami sleek* all the plumage of 
liu breast With speed, until in the stag- 
nant scene below him he espiee the little 
place be wauls to be In — either a malty-look- 


What sweeter speech can bo matin to any 
man wboee spirit is hovering. Just conation* 
of the horror* il may prefer to leave behind f 
Almost iiiiniMliotoly this man drew broatli, 
his nostrils qmveroil with cousotaiinu, and 
the numb little spring of his heart begMi 
to giro a weak jog to gu on ugnin. Young 
Wsstoomhe did to him exactly what lie 
thought he himself would have wanted In 
the like condition, and by-and'by the man 
sal np anil sneered, ami appeared lo seek 
about for refreshment. •' Spirit* have I 
none," said Jock, " bnt if yon could manage 
a little drop of old Madeira, diluted largely, 
or, to s]mihV more plainly, mixed ■ ith good 
spring water — " 

4, llnd too much water a ’ready,” uul tbe 
man, "ami My deary wine never goeth well 
with It." 

"Then have it as It k," advised John 
Went combe; and the man took hia advice, 
nnd left a rueful hollow In tho sliootiug- 
flunk for Jock to go homo upon, without a 
bit of dinner. " Let me get my tog* on," 
said the man, looking np at him ; 11 my legs 
fools as If thuy was somebody else'*. I 
must go and have a wash first. You may 
trait roe not to ran nway, shr." 

“ I never thought of your running away. 
Why should yon wMit to run away, my 
ftiendT Do yon suppose that I want 10 
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"IUli I ’ know well rnnagh what yon 
swell# b*. Mid Hi* Other, refusing Jarh's 
hand U> help him up, although hit. legs wc» 
shaking, and his teeth upon the ehatter; 

“ yen cotne to nab rut*, ami unit me yen have: 
•ml a good job for mu In one way- Think l 
don’t know you, Squire Wootramb* f Hut I 
won’t make no resistance, sir, after what you 
done to me,” 

*' I tell yon, my fHeml, that yon tniMt- bn 
a fool if you think that I want to punish 
you. My father never makes a fawf arorat 
the viMduka My father is the best man 
in all (bo wortd. Ami 1 quit* ogre* with ■ 
lnm In that. Why, even if 1 bad caught you 
netting grou*r or partridge*, I should never 
take sdvuitago of yon in tliia ivuiditiiin. 
You almll not only go homo as you please, 
hut you shall take your ducks with yoa, if 
I cau get them. You ate it plucky follow, 
and you deserve them; and t will not oven 
ask you what your natue ls_ Now get your 
clothes ou, and finish tip the wine, w hich 
yon amlertlaoil bvller than 1 do, If yon 
had linen wntthy to b« rolled a pear Inn, yon 
would have known how to get those ducks 

“ Well, sir," tald the man, as he went to 
wash and dress himself, “ It is the first time 
1 have tried it here. Though I never would 
have told you an if you hod persecuted." 

John WstrtOOOsba very easily obtained the 
wild- ducks by going round the pool and 
wading it from the opposite honk, w here the 
grow ml »«» firm enough, Then bo brought 
Ilium back ami gave thren to the gunner, 
who expected to see him march off with 
them. 

“ You have dm* me a real good turn,’’ he 
said, thinking more of this kindnro*, so far 
as could be Judged, than of Westcombe's 
gallant art in saving him; "anil very few 
now ever does me a good turn. If it Iks in 
my power, sir — and 1 believe it do — you 
shall have a good return for it. Mean to 
tell ms that you don’t know who I lie 1" 

“1 give you my word, - ’ answered Jack, 
with n smile, “ that you may be the oian ni 
the mono for all 1 know. Only I don’t sup- 
pose I mi is such a good shot-" 

This compliment pleased th* man almost 
os much os anything, anil hia surly manner, 
which hail long been yielding, govo way al- 
together now, as he spoke with a sad deep 
tone: 

“I’ll tell you who I am, Squire West- 
oomli*, til SB. My boom* is ‘Gruff Howell,' 
they coll ms, and 1 beep the okl iuu by the 
minca, ’the Raven.’ I have often seen yoa 
poos, wr, both on horseback and afoot, and 
the moor-insti told me who you was, Hap- 
pen to be a dinner party onlernd to our 
house next Friday, of same sharp blades, 
not loo partiklsr how their victuals come, 
so lung a* they b* good. They made a 
great cue about darks ; there must ho two 
ducks to each rod of the table, aud Captain 
Larks's marrow fate to go with them. Well, 
sir, we put up the duck* with barley nioul, 
and settled the very day to stick them, 
when down came old Reynard and his vix- 
en flwin the Tor, with a starving lot of lit- 
tle oiiea waiting for them, and away goes 
cmr four fat docks in a winking. I heard a 
tremendous >| nark-quack in the night, and 
out of bed I Jumped With tllM hole gilli ; blit 
I might ns well have fired at the menu, or 
til* comet. So I made up my mind to get 
aoiuo » ild-dnek* instead i for they would act 
the house on fire if I trimud them; aud ibu 
valleys led mu on till 1 got here." 

M Yuu must hav« got a capital gun,'' said 
Jack, "to kill throe live ducks mi dean at 
forty yards. It is more than auy gnu of 
core would 4a* 

"I picked her up iu Spain, air; slip W of 
Spanish make. She will put a idiot through 
a elate at fifty yank, sir. and that is more 
than any English gnu will do." 

"But when were you iu Spain f Y’osi are 
shivering, you ore cold. You have been in 
tbs tropin*, I dare say, too. You are still 
wet underneath. If you stand about like 
this, the night air from the hills will pretty 
nearly moke ou end of you. Come along ; 
stir up ; I trill help you homeward,” 

Gruff Howell was getting very Miff by 
this time, a a a man of threescore years and 
ten deserved to be, after going through on 
much of long walking, and waiting with hia 
eye* upon the stretch, and thru falling into 
mire, and being dragged out, nod put to 
dry by moonlight, "Sir, you are wonder- 
fully good," h* oald ; " hut 1 ran gel Locos 
well enough, or sleep iu a furze-bush this , 
fine weather. In the old days I have bod 
many a wore* bed, and got ttp sprightly in 
the morning. 1 havo been th rough more 
than ever ynu could have stood, sir, strong 
as you are, but nut brought up to it.” 

“ I dare say. But you are not very young 
now ; and I have often heard tuy father soy 
that (nett wbo bare been in hut rliuotes 1 
long are uprot altogether by the eight air I 
on the** hills. 1 shall or* you mi your read ' 
till I am sore that yon are safe, llow fur Is 
it to’ th* Haven't 1 should say, at a goes*, 
at least five index." 


“ Better than that, sir, and all rough walk- 
ing, Kilt the moon is good, sad 1 know my 
way. You have got many mite* to go homo 
to night, and you aw w»t to th* skin, and 
young Bleu gets consumption. Not another 
step shall yon come with me os if I was so 
old woman gone astray. And in tell you the 
truth, ’twould do more liartn than good, 

and stop me from doing any good to ynu. 
There la a pair of sharp eyes a -spying on me 
nlways. But I would like dearly to have a 
talk with you, and might he important to 
yon to hoar St- When could you make it 
handiest to meet me somewhere f Some- 
where out upon the moor, I mean." 

" Any day, and any timn you like," Jack 
ouaworvd. " To-niurrow, if it luita you ; or 
perhaps the day after. I want to go to Tav- 

" Well, sir, let me think. To-day la 
Wednesday. Friday my dinner ts to lie. or 
supper, orwhalevcrtbey may call it. Would 
Saturday suit ynu to nice I run mime whore f" 
" Yes, a* wall a* oay day ; or beat of all, I 
might say, because I am coming toward you 
that day f**r a quiet little bit of *JiiH>ling. 
I am coming all alone, and will call upon 
you, if yon like, at your own place, 'the 
Raven.' Or, if you like it better, I will 
meet yon somewhere." 

“ It would never do fur you to corn* near 
cmr hollar, sir, or at least not to stop there 
for any time of talk. But you know the 
Ishtud Itocks, of count*. Would y our shoot- 
ing bring you round that way about three 
ur four o'clock ou Bslnnlay t“ 

“ Yes, I might easily manage it s«. I am 
very fund of that wild place. There are 
widgeon or teal there very often. But it it 
a long-way from your house. Bring your 
Spanish cannon. Howell 1" 

" That I n ill. sir, w itli ynnr leave ; for I 
might want bar for self-defr-oic. It is n 
long way from our place surely, hat so much 
the better for that, to my thinking. Th* 
men as comes to onr place now, if they wa* 
to see me talking to yuu, would take me by 
the srrnff of the neck and pitch Bit* duwu 
tlm old mine shaft at row! ml. But the 
crest of tbn hill ia no place fur talking. 
Good-by, sir, till Saturday." 

ttu SB OMtirSTHl] 


JOUN PAUL. 

11k was doubtless a tramp. Ilia worn and 
dusty tlresa. his crushed felt hat, his dirty 
shore, anti the checkered muslin shirt, tied 
at the nvek with a hit of nasty block ribbon, 
and tbn little bundle borne on his shoulder 
from the end of a stont stick, told the story 
plainly. Added to this watt tin* beard of a 
I » nek’s growth, except the mustache, which 
had nnt I wen touched by a rarer. He was 
rather n gay and good-looking fellow fur all 
1 tint, with a Wr, eye, an open countenance, 
and a well-knit figure, and he strode along 
1 aa though he felt that the wandering idler 
was really the king of other inen, and trump- 
ing a superior art- 

l'rreiiiitly ho threw down his stick ami 
bundle, aud mail* a leap in the read. Jut in 
time to stop a runaway h<*roe, * 1th the king 
re ins dapping about hia feet, and the wagon 
behind him swaying from side to side. The 
occupant* of the wagon, a couple m old- 
frudi nlied us lb* carry -all In which they sat, 
hail hren frantically crying to tbn hors* to 
atop, and now that some one had atupped 
him, were prefuse iu Ihuir thanks. 

" B«di 1* nut vicious," said Hu* man, whoso 
language Olid draw showed him to bolotig 
to the Society of Friends, "hut two goose 
flew acres* the road, and before I knew it 
he huil Jerked th* rein* out at my hands 
and started oa a run. I’m obliged to thee, 
for if thee hadn’t caught him, he might have 
spilled us over th* high bank below there.” 

Th* tramp luuldod, and turned to go, w b*li 
the w our an spoke. 

“Friend," she said, “thee has split thy 
<o*t lip Use hack." 

'• Have I P' returned the tramp, feeling for 
the rent. “8o I have. I must get it mend- 
ed somewhere." 

"As tlw* did It helping us—" said the 
man, patting his hand iu his pocket. 

"1 liar that," said the tramp, raising his 
lull'd, and showing with his laugh a set of 
w hit* tooth. •' I don’t take money for stop- 
ping horses ; but I tbauk you for your tn- 

" I toll Hire* what t*» d«, friend — I don’t 
know thy name," said tbn woman. 

Tbo tramp amilcd again, and aaid, " You 
may coll bio John Foal, if yon choose." 

"Well, friend Paul, dims thoo wo that 
white bouse among the true*, off Ihm th* 
rood back yonder T Thee go there, and say 
to Rachel —that's nor niece — that her uncle 
and aunt, Mahlon and Naomi Stacy, sent 
thee, and ask hex to sew thy cnat for thou, 
She'll make it passable at least." 

"Thank you, ma'am; I'll do so.” 

Ttii* tramp removed his haltered full hat, 
made a bow rather more courtly tlian Blight 
hove been expected, and tbo parties punned 
thuir amoral nay*. 


A brisk two minutes' walk brought John 
Paul to the lane leading fnm rim rand to 
the Stacy fnnn-boase. Down this lane bo 
inrorej, and when half way in it, heard a 
woman siycani. Th* next udfiul* a pretty 
young girt, with her hair flying over her 
ahnaldi'Pi, ran out of the house, punned by 
a great, burly, rough follow, who stopped 
when he saw the other tramp earning. The 
girl kept on, bnt when she observed the 
new-comer, stopped also, in doubt whether 
it wa* not a eon federal*. 

"Anything wrong P* inquired John Paul. 

"That — that man?" giaprel the girl. 

Them b* trumps, ami tramps. Tlieoneto 
whom Paul advanrrel was of tlm Inwarr order, 
brawny, whiskey-sodden, and brutal. 

“ What do you mean by frightening this 
young Judy P' 

“Take it easy, psrd," rejoined the big 
tramp, grinning. “The gal give me a liiueb, 
an' I wanted to sweeten the victuals with a 
kin*. There’s no hones broke,” 

John Paul's fare reddened. He took off 
his coat and threw it on tbo palings of tho 
Ian* fence. 

"Now," said he, quietly, "yin'll leave." 

“ When I git good on' ready," answered 
the other, insolently. 

“ No, sir — now." 

"Ha! ha! SoNMM jou spell able, Do 
yon see that f” and be thrust hia flat under 
the no** of th* younger man. 

It was dashed aside suddenly, anil the 
right hand of John Paul fell « It h full fore* 
between the eyre of tbo tramp, who foil, 
■kuihled in a heap. He was up in an in- 
stant. to go down agslu by another focur. 
Picking himself np, ho madn a rash with 
both onus ex tended tow aid liu opponent. It 
was impiswild" t« party this, aud it wan nnt 
attempted. Paul stepped suddenly aside, 
and before bis intagnuiat could recover him- 
self, caught him on the throat with his right 
arm, and suddenly bending him over bis own 
extended knee, threw the great mum of flesh 
to the ground with a force that mad* quite 
an audible sound. Th* ruffian lay there fur 
a minute or so motlml™*. 

"Thee hasn't killed blmf’ timidly in- 
quired the gtri. 

“ No, miss," said John Paul, “ but Pve giv- 
en hi* bnekbon* a Jar that makes bin) sick 
of fighting. Cotne, sir, get up,” ha added, 
os the lusn begau lo stir; “pick yourself 
np and go, or I’ll give yoa more of it, and 
worse.” 

" Put gain’," said tho other, rising slowly, 
amt rubbing hi* hack — "I’m gain’, bu», 
But I say. you ain’t a mau ; ynu'ru a stcali- 
ingine, you are." 

As suoii M the fellow hail dragged him- 
self ont of sight. Jnhu Paul took hia cunt, 
and finding on inquiry that the girl’s name 
wim Rachel, gave her th* message of her 
aunt. Ho fuilownd her, at her request, to 
the house. where he seated liliasetf «u the 
bock veranda, while Rncbcl, coat in hsrxl, 
disappeared In tho kiuhon. 

Iu a few minutes sho caitm out. “ There 
is thy cnat, friend, aa good as new: it wss 
only ripped in the seam, not torn, and — Oh 
dear! Them is thst vexatious Crumple iu 
the garden again I" 

Paul looked, and saw that a cow had g<4 
into an inclosore not meant foe browsing 
groaml, and volunteered to got her out. It 
did not prove au cosy Job, however; and by 
th* time he bod managed to overcome her 
dudgos aud losrvenvro*, ami finally got the 
bruto safely into the horn-yard, he saw the 
farmer and has wife drive in, and know 
from her manner that Rachel wna tolling 
them all alsnat th* fight. As he came fur- 
word to reelnnn Ills mended coat, Malilm 
Stacy met him with a beaming euun re- 
liance. 

“The* ha* placed mo under obligation 
again, friend Paul," he said. " I hear thee 
w as obliged to resort to force. It ia against 
the principles of Friends, but mace thee had 
to do It, I’m glad to learn t bee did it well. A 
big man too, for I think th* ouo w* m*t 
with blood on his Coco was tho oue then 
dealt with.” 

" There was no trouble in harolling him, 
sir. The matter in not worth speaking of. 
I am only ton glad to hare been of service 
to the young lady.” With tbeao word* be 
moved off. 

“ Stay, friend," cried tho farmer. “If thoo 
won't have oumpeosatiou for thy service, 
then'll at least grant us another favor, and 
tab* kiippor with us.” 

The young mau hesitated, bnt glancing at 
the women. said, "I— I sm not in a fit con- 
dition fur tbo table; I — " 

"If that's all," eagerly rejoined Mahlon. 
•-we can arrange that. Coma with me." 
Ami the ynnug nun wan speedily ushered 
into a chamber, where his but gave him 
shaving materials, and loft him, to boar 
more definite particular* about tho encoun- 
ter, in which, like many men of peaceful 
iiahils, h* took a deep interest. 

At the sapper table, John Paul, in evad- 
ing minute inquiry, let them know that 
i li* livud ia New York when at home, and 


I gave then soon* account of the me*tn>]H>]is, 
uf which they had heard, hut never aeon, 
and did It ill a plain ami lurid way Hint 
showed he kept his oyca open during bis 
tramping. 

After supper Mahlon Story and John Paul 
sat on the veranda whll* th* women folk 
were clearing the table, and the former, aft- 
er two n three preliminary hems, *poke his 
mind. 

"Thoo im looking for work, perhaps, 
friend 1" 

“ N*. I can't say that I waa.” 

" TIii-i* would toko a job if thee could get 
one, may lie P 

“Hurt depestiU on what it U." 

"Con thus mow I" 

A Midi* broke over tit* young man’s face. 
“ Not very well," ho saiiL “1 did Inaru how 
to awing a scythe once — when I— when I 
■as mi a farm fur a month ip the hoy sea- 
son ; but I'm not an expert Blower." 

“That might coin* by practice," rejoined 
the farmer. "Yon see, my man wua obliged 
to leav« me before lb* hay i» all uiude — anil 
when 1 mot the* I was going after wim* him* 
to take hia place, anil did not snceeml. Then 
might be of help if thee would, and I would 
glvn tbon fair wages,” 

" Well, air, It it new business for me; tut 
I'll do the best I can for you till you can do 
1 letter; and oa for the wages, we'll not differ 
o«i that.” 

“Then tbooll stay here, and well toe kin 
the wrath field to-morrow," exclsiracd the 
farmer, joyously. " Naomi, theo'll get a 
room reaily for fnciul Paul. He's going to 
help with the hoy.” 

So John took service with Mahlon Stacy, 
or, as he put it to himself that night, “ I'm 
hired to Rachel's undo," and bn laughed st 
the same time as though it were the fnaui- 
cst thing pumible, 

Tli* bny-making wa* over in three days, 
hut John, a* they all railed him now, remain- 
ed. He evidently knew very little about 
fanning, but took teaching kindly. He de- 
veloped a great knowledge of hum'*, their 
need* aud wants, aud altogether Mahlon 
wna satisfied with Ilia raw hand. Th® 
fourth day it mined so that ont-dour work 
was stop poll. Th* farmer and John »»t in 
tb* kitchen, the fanner in a rather dosrn- 
east mood. John watched Rachel's nio 
rinas for same time, aa sho moved alsmt 
gracefully, sml Umn took • lnmk which lay 
I upon th* sliclf, and Urgati reiwling. MahUm 
Mml.-d grimly. 

*' If thee likre to read.” he said, " there Is 
.Vo Cross, .Vo Crmrm, and Ban lay’* Jyd q y in 
the sitting-room. Tlm* is a foolish book of 
poetry that Rachel delight* iu. But it e»u 
do no cans any good. It is funny in part*, 
I bough." 

It was Hood'* Poem*. " Soon* of this i* 
by no means funny," said John, " tlie ' llitdgo 
of Sighs,' for instatin'." 

“I don’t remember. Will tb*e read it 
outf” 

John rend tlie poem, ai>d in a way that 
no ini* there had heard— read it with fettl- 
ing And fore*. 

“ Thee reads remarkably well, John," laid 
Mahlon. 

“Poor creator*” said Naomi. She re- 
ferreil to tho heroine, and not to John. 

Rachel said nothing, but her eyas were 
full of rear*. 

On Saturday JoilB got two hours' leave of 
almenee, and retimed with ahuudt*, which 
liu carried to his risini. Tho next day li* 
■:a am down to breakfast in a row light suit. 
Mahlon mode do comment*, bat after break - 
fast asked John if he would go with thorn 
to Friends’ meeting, or to socno other place 
of worship, or would stay at bnoD*. “Wo 
go to meeting, of enure* ; hut Kocbol's fa- 
ther was 'Piscopal, awl Rachel go** limns 
Thun there’s tho Mctiiudisto and Preubytcui- 
»u*-" 

“ 1 shall go to the Episcopal church," said 
John. 

“ All ! Well, w* drop Rachel at tho crosa- 
road always, oimI tins* can got out there.” 

So John walked from tho grtting-out 
place to the church, which was a mfauoimary 
chapel, where tb* rector of an adjoining 
parisli gave a service every alternate Bun- 
day. There were fow attendant*, and tho 
ooming of a fine-looking young man made a 
sensation. When service wss over, how- 
«v*r, ami they all cam* out, some on* whin- 
pored that the new-oomer waa " Mahlon 
Stacy’s hired man," aud thu sensation died 

Atialow Browning wo* waiting in li» 
bnggy. 

” Shall I drive thoo home, Rachel f* ho 

asked. 

“ Tli an k tlioe, no, Absalom. I rami* In th* 
carry-all with nude and aunt, aud they’ll 
•tup for mo at th* corner." 

Alotalnu walked alongside, however, lead- 
ing his home aud talking to Kach*l, ami 
John fell behind. When they name to the 
corner, Mohlna and Ilia wife were already 
there, sod Abealum renewed his reqromt. 
Rachel made no denar, for Naomi nld it 






HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


NOVEMBER 0, 1891. 


"UK WAH DOCtlTLriW A TRAMP," 

would relieve Ihrir Horae with our lets in. 
•loliii moiled ti> liiiiMxir The aunt favored 
the courting. 

The summer months ram* and went. A1“ 
Bnlnai Hr»wiiiug rsmr and went once n week . 
iumI sometimes I wire, and John I'wl re- 
mained on the farm, lie grew to he n fa- 
vorite, MmI lii*;*r tivily and physical stn-nglh. 
with Iris great gond-ualnre, nixie him pnp- 
nlnririth the young men nrcniud. Als.nl. no 
■ImI nut like him, however. With Rat lie 1 he 
gut along fnninwsly. Bhe lnwl been bin 
friend from the llret, never forgetting bin 
opportune championship. Then he read wi 
beautifully, ami was foil of tale* of ailvrn- 
tnrr. for, according to hi* own neeonnt, he 
had travelled a great deni. In bin womb-r- 
ing* he hud picked op a deal of knowledge 
too. ns leaked out bit by bit, ami ho hade 
fair to make a good farmer, no the fanner 
liked him too. Bat Mahl»n. nlme spirit*. 
hail hren getting lower and biwrr, nt length 
grew i|iiile gloomy, nnd Ills ulomn 
■hated t>y bin wife, nnd rvnn infected Ba- 

tliel. 

The raiiM- of this troiitde John Paul learn- 
ed one day from the talkative elerk nt the 
atom where the 8tary* .It alt, and with it b<- 
«»l MMnn of the fondly history. It appenri-.l 
Unit Itncbrl Taylor, tile yonngnr sister of 


Mnlilon's wife, hiol eloped and married 
With < Iordan Forsyth, a gay anil wrulrhy 
young gentleman from New Vork, who 
had accidentally mot nnd fallen In lore 
n ith her. Kncbrl had been •• ■linutmed'* 
for mnrry mg "out o-f meeting, 1 ' but wonw 
followed. Forsyth, who *m on the 
don n wont rnnnr, toon got tirvd nf bin 
pretty w Ife, reaunird Ilia dissipation, nnd 
ua« drowned o bile dninlt tan yrani aft- 
rrwnrd, bating lib* widow with a otio- 
\rnr-uUI elilld. Kaehi-1 Korns tli did not 
lung survive her hnslinml, who proved 
to have Wen at bin ib-nlh Kinkrnpt . He 
bud managed to get Mahlon Stacy, who 
tirlirvcd in him, to Iici-iiumi bondsman 
ill n cane involving, it nfterward tamed 
out, a iplent lonalde traMuetion. Mahlon 
paid the Judgment, hut no* olillgoil to 
mortgage the form, whirl) had horn in 
the diary family for four generation*, 
lie adopted the little Karhel, w lit her to 
the Went Town acboot to be educated, 
nnd bit lij- bit accumulated money sof 
Ai-innt to diM-tiiirge the imittgnge The 
bank in which he kept hi* saving* 
broke, and lie not only lost hi* more, but 
«w unable to meet the interest fi>r a 
year. The mortgage >n tn other Itautls 
a rich New-Yorker held it and pro- 
cording* to fon-rlme bad lieen Iwgnu. 
If Biu-bel marrlrd Absalom Browning, 
who wna rich himself anil a rich mail’* 
mi, there wotihl lie no difficulty. “They 
*nv flint Barbel bang* bark." roue tinted 
the elerk. ** 1 raytber gneaa aho'U giro 
in nt last. That's the nay Mahlon 'll 
pull thnnigh, in my jnilgwent." 

John came home nfter hearing all thin, 
and found Absalom Browning tltere. 
Tlie young (Junker wan got up quite 
smart Is — In plain clothe*, to beanre, hut 
liU shad bellied cont was of the finest olive- 
colored hnndrloth, and hi* hrnad-bri aimed 
hat of the very lo-at leaver. He rcmaliiril 
to snppcr, nnd was treated with marked eon. 
*id* nition by the farmer ami bis wife. Ba- 
rbel seemed tnhoatUtleiemharra»nd. .Inhn 
gliiureil at her a little curiously, but bImi 
avoided his eye. The hired man went owl 
after bo Isad eaten his supper, attended to 
the Iwirera nnd cattle, and, this done, ean*e 
into the house. It was n*an! for the family 
t« nit together for un hour or two after sup- 
per la-fore retiring tn rest. It was their 
mniit recreation from daily labor. But tbe 
old couple bod retired, and John retired also, 
busing the younger couple togi-ltu-r. 

John sat nt the window in the dark, look- 
ing nnt on the night, and thinking. In a 
little while AImiIoiii Browning left, anil be 
heard the wheels of bis wagon driven nfter 
the fusli ion of Jrhn. Ihe miii nf N’imshi. 
Then hr heard the- light step nf Harhcl on 
the stair* on bar way to rv»t. 

The next morning John wrat nut early tn 
see to the bonm and cattle. When be re- 
tained to break fast be oliariTrd that Mahloti 
was cart anil monoay liable of s|ierrh, N'xonl 
gloomy, and Barbel distrnued. John ate lit* 
meal silently, nnd then went lathe tleblwiib 
Mahlon. But lie soon mxle an exrasc to re- 


tarn to tha biiisM*. Barbel was alone there, 
seated with her face bnried in her liuinls, 
ami so intent on her thoughts that she did 
tsot hear him couio in. 

“What la the trouble, Rachel !" lie naked. 

The girl storied op, and tbe blood rushed 
to her face, bat she made no reply. 

“ Is it to be a wedding f~ bn rontiaiwsl. 

“John l'sul. tbec's — thee'a— " 

“ Or did yon send AUnkim B. nbuot bis 
busiiiMM last night I" 


morning Mahlon weald glance at John at 
times w ith an expression made up of hope, 
ami Mtspiciosi of John's sanity. 

At noon next day John quietly bitched 
up the horse again, and without asking 
leave, drove uff, w ith n re-nMUriug smile to 
Korhel's iminkring looks as be went. This 
was hours before tbe mail won due, and 
John hod on bis Sunday clot lien too. Ho 
did not g't bae.k until suppcr-timri.aud then 
huuiled a letter to Mahlon, in presence of 


•• NVIiat Is that to thee, John T Turin is 
displeased with me, nun! is sorry, nnd now 
llice most — What i» it to thoo whether I 
bate or not f” 

** Rachel, ” saiil be, taking her trembling 
bnml. and reluming it ill spite of b- r effort 
to withdraw it, “It I* everything to me, for 
I love you dearly.” 

Tlie eves of the girl filled with a midden 
light. * thee love -siT 

John waul tbe answer to bit question lie- 
fore be put It, and drew the sobbing Barbel 
to hi* lire a* t 

How long they stood there neither roil Id 
tell, but nt tbe omind nf Mahlon Stacy's 
heavy step on tbo veranda, ftachel iria.lt- her 
escape. 

••What keeps then In the house, John f" 
inquiml tlie farmer. entering ihe room. 
“We have work to gel Ihrengb with." 

“Ret Hint p**s for a moment, Mr. Stacy. 
I Lave something to say. Who holds duw 
tbe Binrlgagc on tlie fnrtli f” 

“ Why does 1 1 we nsk T 
“ Prom no idle enrinsily. What l* Id* 
name, and where does be live f 

“Ills name i« Ftnhisitt-r, aiwl lie live* in 
New York. It k» Ills lunyer.Wi*a|fnnl. w|i» 
has tbe In* sine#* in baud.'* 

“Woo.lf.nl I Not Charles Woodford f 
8ot In tbnl case, make yourself perfectly 
easy. I cau nrrnngc nil tliat fur yon." 

•• |« thee aerions, John Paul t lines thee 
think Frobisher would do it for rAref" 
“Why notf He never refused me any- 
thing I wanted yet, from the time we went 
til the same school." 

“Thee must lie out of thy mind, John. 
Thi* Fro Usher, they say, l* worth a million 
r.f dollar*. l*or* thee expert to tntlnrnre 
Aim? If I didn't know thy linltiu. I shonlil 
any thee'd lieen drinking.* 

“Tim man yon speak of I* wort I* more 
titan ynsi any, in ratatr, but he'll givo yon 
all tlie time you need. Ixt me nee. This 
i* nearly eight- Tbe mall ckuea nt ten. I 
have time to write a letter, bitch up, unit 
get to tlie post-office in good time. Yonll 
have an aiwwrr liy to-m»rre>w evening;" 
and without farther went* lie went out, 
Inirnc •.«-.! the horse, and drove to tbe vil- 
lagr, leaving Ktocy slnring in amaseni<iit. 
When lie came back, the farmer n as still In 
the hollar, with Naomi and Kaclirl, diseuta- 
ing John’s freak. Daring that day and next 


the n-*l It was pmtmnrkrd “New Turk," 
and tbs farmer opeum! It wltli trembling 

* John." said he. nfter lie bod read It, and 
Imudeil it In Naomi, “thee mode no raiu 
b* Wo.olf.inl says I eon bars all tlie 
time I want. Thee lias dime me great serv- 
ice, | only wish I knew bow I could repay 
time.” 

“ Perhaps yon can," said John, Mulling, 
and taking Rachel by tlie hand, “rtitppnse 
you let me take care nf this young lxly in 
fulnref* 

“Why, RorbelT eriod Mahlon, In aaton- 
isliinriit. “ Dues thre ami John " 

Bat Kncbel* answer was not dlsllnrtly 
amlible, her face being si elose to Julia 
Panl's waistcoat. 

“Has I bee tlMUigbl almat means to sop- 
|*ort a wife f Inquired N'nosni, with a tx*l 
flutter of expiring loyalty to Absalom 
Browning. 

“Tbs re need lx no imohU mi that More," 
returned John. “ lint I have a confession 
to make. 1 have in some measure deceived 
yon. When yon naked my uauie, 1 j.wl said 

— John Paid," 

“And has the* lieen using a name to 
which lliee has no right f* demanded Nao- 
mi. seemly. 

“ I have a right to that name, Imt there* 
Is more of It. I am John Paul Kndilalier." 

“ Frobisher?" exclaimed Mahlon, at a light 
broke in on him. “ Then thee is — " 

" I am, or rather w**. Hie bolder of your 
mortgage. 1 say was”- drawing a paper 
fretu bi* breast |mekel and banding It to 
Naomi. " I bare* town to West Cheater, anti 
n.aile an ossiguiaMit to your wife. I bo|M* 
•Jie'U lie a lenient creditor to yon. Mahlon. 
Yon sec, I hml lieen taking a |K*lc*trian 
tramp for health and am no. me nt, and yon 
rame acroas me Jnat as I had run salKctrnt- 
ly to seed in tlie journey, anti was about to 
take the care foe home. Tills face of Ba- 
rbel'* attracted me, and she’s the captive 
nf ray bow and spear, anyhow. 1 vou her 
by fair fight," said lie, laughing. 

They nil ml down to supper The farm- 
er said hi* custom ary grace with great unc- 
tion— “For what we are to receive, the Lord 
make ns truly thankful f and John, shorn 
billot had found tliat of Barbel anmebov* un- 
der the tabje-c loth, responded « lib a ft run l 


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JUDGE TYNER'S SUCCESSOR 

Mil. FlLAXK IUttox. who miYmb Judge TtNEH w 


I tor and editor-in-chief, aud <|iiirklr mUtil the paper to IU I 
present prominence In State and national politic*. 

"r. Il.trru.il i« fiwwi I>f l I ii* Intellectual « Igor. prartl- 


Aniiiiant 1’n‘iin tatcr i iiTinrul, linn tepidly sprung iulopruui- I cal busiueas methods, progressive ideas, and attractin' per- I AU’itui L>uH1a>x fur many years proviiled 


incur* III Iowa politics 
awl Westerns Jaamaliatn, 
awl baa also attained to 
(Oiialilinalilii iiillui'nro in 
tbu party in ntlicr State*. 
He in a young man, aliont 
tbirt.v-aix year* of age, 
positive in Ilia coitvir* 
tiuim, clear bended, fertile 

■ Uiinmial 
degree of tact nail skill. 
Personally lie a* Tory ge- 
uiul and wana-lioartoit. 

Horn in Cadiz, Ohio, in 
|t<!5, Mr. HATTON learn eel 
I bn printer'* trail* in tli* 
ofltc* of hi* fullier, Kicil- 
1W lUIOBj who pub. 
Iisbrd tli* Cadis UejssMi- 
mn. W lieu the war conic, 
he entered Ibo army na a 
private, at tli* ngn of *rv- 
enleon, ami before he wo* 
twenty bo was a Lieu ten- 
ant. After the war, bo 
served a* local editor on 
bia fatber'a paper until 
the family, soon afler- 
u »rd, removed to Mount 
l'lcoasut, Iowa, where the 
elder Harm* bought and 
published III* Jvormtl, a 
leading weekly paper of 
the State. Young HaTTON 
wa» local editor until Ibo 
death of Ilka father, whou 


TIIE LATE ALFRED DORLON. 

The cozy little rreort in Fulton Market where Mr. 
~ ' ’ for the (aate of 


niiKiimi'um in oyster* 
Wilo |wr Imp* lietter know n 
throughout the city and 
country than any other 
. nlalitUlunoet of a ainii- 
lar character. From hit* 
▼cry school-days Mr. Ihm- 
1AXX hod been in the oyster 
liuuuen*. Itegiuning a* 
nasutant to his father, 
n Im kept n autall *Uwl 
boar Fulton Market, lie 
eoon inrested bis saving* 
ill a few lnubnls of ey*- 
ter*. and opened ba*im*s 
on bis o«ru account, ami 
conudvrrd himself fortu- 
nate if ho succeeded in 
srlling two or three bush- 
els n ilay. But his bnei- 
unan began to increase, 
and in n little while li* 
was aldn to upon a dull, 
fur mailed with a couple of 
tables. The faun* of his 
** stews’’ and •' frioa" nud 
“ liroll*" soon spread 
through lli« city, and ill 
n »lo>rt Um« bln accom- 
nmiUtiun* proved to bo 
too scant y for his custom. 
Ho tbon fanned a partner* 
ship with hit brother, 
riituru a Doiuxsx, under 
l Im ftrwi name of A- A 
Ikoilixix, and opened the 
Btoml at No. 96 Folt«n 


he becatno the editor, ami Joint proprietor. In 1H74, Mr. I nonal qualitm* that will giro to tb* atliuinislration of the | Market, wliero lie remained until the time of hi* death. Tito 

Mattox bought a half intenwt in the Burlington IMfy I dutios of the department to which he baa been called orery I Messrs Lmituix gradually added a wholesale businemtotbfir 

ttwlrf*, and at a little later dale became the sole propne- I guarantee of suoceos. | retail trade, aud they were also among the first to export 



kb. ami low. 


fun & fnmii (8ca Psos TB-I 


BON. CHAJUH i. PVILOIH, fBCMTAUY Of TUB TBBASfKY.— Puorw H N.w***.-<Sia Psos T» l 


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oyster* to Earepe. Many year* ag«' they 
Kent a liorn<l of the lineal ajwriiuiu* that 
Could bo Milortml B» a present to Queen Vic- 
Iukm, foe which her Majeaty retarded her 
tli, ink' threugh the British Minister. Since 
that lime maay tlwmaalxl* of barrel* of oy«- 
Ur* hare been shipped annually to England 
and the Contlnriil, to I lie great aatufnctinu 
of American tiuvnlhvra aa trail aa of the ua- 
tlvna 

Mr. ItoMUtVfl Fulton Market ralaWUh- 
ment soou became Immensely |iopuUr, and 
olttaliieil a wneld-wido eololirlty. IHstin- 
gnialitd riaiton from abroait wen always 
taken to DoltLos'u liefure they left our 
e luma The I’rinee of Wales. TmacskkaT, 
iJirxxx*. Wii-xix ('oij.ixk. ami biiiidrwks of 
other famous foreigners hare been enter- 
tin m. I at hi* well-served tables; and it is 
related that at one time tiler* «as seated 
linin' a ooin|>any of capitalists that repre- 
sented in the aggregate one humlred mill- 
ions of dollars. The establishment wa» a 
kind of gxatniiMimlr Mecca for pilgrims from 
all parts of the country. 

When the Republican pnrty was orgno- 
land, Mr- DutlltON limaii** one of Its must 
active members, anil In 1 M 7 he was elected 
an Alderman of Brooklyn on the Republican 
ticket. In 1 W 3 he was again elected Alder- 
man and HiiperviMiv, anil Ilia friend* always 
addressed him aa Alderman. Three were the 
only political offices which he ever Riled, or 
to which lm ever aspired. allhuagb fresjui'iit- 
ly pressed by Ills friends to accept iiupuitnu t 
municipal |maltioua. lie was a very char 
liable, gruereas, and upright naan, highly 
esteem-. I by all wbo knew him. At tho 
time of bia death, on Tnoaday evening, Oeto- 
IserUfi, lie bail reached the sixty-fourth year 
of bis age- 


TIIE SCOFIELD VAULT. 

On the preceding page ve give a picture 
of the exterior of tbn «n>riru> vault in 
I-ake View Cemetery. Cleveland. Ohio, where 
tho remains of Frcwident tiaunrin have 
recently been laid, to nwnit the completion 
of tho tomb which is destined to be their 
permanent reeting-idace. Two years will 
|>rotiably elapse before the final removal. 
The Urn ore casket which now hold* the re- 
mains is also shown, as it appeared in the 
public vault o« moulded by wreath* aud 


IJORSFORIF3 ACID PHOSPHATE 


IN BILKHTS TROUBLES, 
seed IhrafnnT* Add Plnaahal* la hlllu** 
mil it illtl all tbn su ilfslral. 1 Hunk H 
msKsly. 

Mnudr, let. D. Smanu M-O. 


Akssstcs* BiTctia Is a kunastnM went all ever 
tls* aretd. Fur oscc te yean It as* adratissal lls.lt 
by II* Merits It h low adrartiaasl lit wars lira pul. fc 
against cmmlRtcils. Tltc (imata* srlltls bnaauolac- 
tarnd b, Dr J. U ti Hswsat A v.k-| 4 Cr.| 


Tara* it no Kara Lotion to ihnreughly rvllaliU 
as liisl prepared bj Wax It. lUker k Ski. the 
draggitU of tii Sail Armine. Ask for Hiker's 
Cream nf Horn a»l take no irtbce Bold crtcry- 
wliere at Ml cewta— [Chaa.] 


CXUitl lMtUK* 

Tt* a Wlj day from bst to Wrat. 
For rbUdire Ihrl.e awl Imrtlwra Ml. 

“ ‘ ' “ ad Vktarla. 

ban Cwlorti 

,TL' 


1 . iwa girel — lArfa) 


— lAdr.) 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 



POWDER 


Absolutely Pure. 

Mats fra* Oca|e Ore* Tantf -No ether peep. 
BraHsti aMewl I If**, flaky hot leal-, nr I run. ires 
pretry. Can he res/n by ilirererH • Kttlmat tar e< 
tbs ill# lasalllac Imm hrwvy. fndtgeMlIilr tost * 1 . 4.1 
wry In ratal liy ak Unnit 

Bet aa Dues Putin Os, New Tate. 


EPPS’S COCOA. 

GBATEFOL— COMFORTING. 


saar: 


at hy a earrftil apple* . — . 

I - einM os, IS. Mr. E|p* hss previCwi 

'a .Vllrai- r fk.rnred bwrerap, 
y kcasy .V- infs' Me* ll I- 
*s. t storks of ill.* thst s 
K t> until wmng 


li may tare at mi 
> paUrlaa* Bs> ul 


with ynrt l.»s> si 


i trt Itiollag around ut ready In 

" U '* 


JAMES KITS fe 00 , >/mfAw 

lass asm, E»n, 

A Ire. Kf • CK a* dm. Mam 

GOLD MEDAL. PARIS, 1878 . 
BAKER’S 



— W » cl». M.imw Free- 1 

-» ni«B ■ lli tg)\K,aa lllortratod i. 

Annre mi Kalin btattisg. Se. Auilraslwrr Canary, 
n*t»g Btfllnck (aithMoOrl, New ISinta, Care. Bfcnl 

Veari sample. 1.1 rtala. 

<s. A. IIULDK.V, 1K7 sink Ave-, 

Afar tt Ik turret. X. T. 


12 ? 


C. WEIS f 


gunfstnnt of 


CANDYppyf 

OeafertkNMC, T» Madtann , CliMagn 


STATE* ISLAM) 

FANCY DYEING ESTABLISHMENT 

O flirt. H and 1 John M.. It. V. 

BRANCH - «-* !«•»* 

OFFICES 


r *T* FkllM M.. Braakljn. 


Urklh XL. rxiladflyhla. 

« d, Haittaiun M., Hatlksiun, 

/frtwiak DnawGnoila tail U.ruu 
Osaka, flakaa, er,of all /Olrera. 


OseMM, Wlailnw Diode*. Tabk-dMeci I trpcU, 


Knytnytae tb 

nmv»4 ipfillancre, aad liavng ant** merj 

iVi.irim.nl oar l iawi .aneaa cwddcmly peanlre 
ta«* Irret rare lea, and tautuilly iiromid near* <4 gnala 
Uocala raecl'cd atal Nunol by ri | rs*t or by malL 

UAUiiirr-r, nkphrmms a hi., 

S and 7 John M, N. V. 

nap 

LIQUID PAINTS. ROOFINC, 

#laam fioa & Bn 'sr Coytcm*,. Sltam tnl ... 
Mill Burl. Sh.ath -g C ,.t Fr,of Cnihagi, IF 

H.W.sfOHMflM'rc CO. 1 7 Mill UIC. I, T 

t'al'nnre'Ty prrerrjVd by tht Family 

TAMAR 
I N D I E N ■ 
GRILLON”^™^ 

70 cent* tht» box. 

VIOLIN OUTFITS. 

CmMIta afTIdl*. flat. Ore 

vriziissxs:* tt 

lT - .laj. tel-i i-a-. 

J-ad^*-_ hejlo*. 





e. •!*»■, jaaana 

PI |»*a A t'lnr Ileldera. Whole, 
rev and ratal! K-ns i..r Circnltr ted 
l-rvw-U*. #47 Broome ai-.N.V. 
Medal awarded at OttnnuilW. MK 


JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS. 

I \I«X !M|UARB* 

annum*. Fata. Pry. Fralty, A*.. Ac. 

HIM KS, BsrgBBttra. Clarata. fWii.rora. Ad.. Ac. 
t lUfll'AfiAKN. Dry in Fralty, 

(lltiVli s, III Irtcnliuaa* md It 
OIN, H*4lat*l Imported In Jtna 

X tua iLlllt . lai-a, Ac. Ji 
FBI ITS r • “ 



Map Lanterns aid Stereopticons. 

W IUi View* for Fahtic *o« rrtrale BiblMrtea* mad* by 

JAMES W. QIEEN k CO., 

Bit Chestnut Mrtrt, Philadelphia. 



HITCHCOCK'S COLLECTION 

SONG 9 . 

tre (were, srtrl, Me... r-re «» M.llrtt 

(xle.ui! miM by all BMik. dm. and Nhflal >1 

ix—.. Aiiiir-re fni. iu iM Kx vrouL 

Dan IHUdlas, MS N oarer, hi.. Si. t. 

SSiRUBBEE nPE£&,»JS.?: 



An Honest Remedy 

rnr.scRini :i» a no used bt ouk neurr physiciahs. 


1 Wx w. and wroue 0|-:e by Ha Kt. Uun. W . 1 GladWinM 
ba hunn pablle. It raare t j tad o ral swan*, will alwqy 
nmmlf kuiis* fur sraay yrer*. U thuaM be ored dally 1 
liru.u. TU Ihwli llanOa I. n*l, „! a an udrlas na 
aunkhtatlon .f luWanira 1‘BODIt l.SU A Ft 
MAtlkKTIl t I KMKNTM IIIt II ACTS IMM 
fg u.uit uuMm ash ruLuoua. *nu»i 


Will positively produce 
a rapid growth of heir 
on bald heads, where t He 
glands and fclllolee ere 
not totally deetroyed. 


A BEAUTIFUL BRUSH. raWVlWt. 


Over 3,000,000 Sold— Phenomenal Success!! 

DR. SCOTT’S ELECTRIC HAIR BRUSH.I 


BBS. 


ALL DEALERS WILL REFUND THE PRICE 
IF NOT AS REPRESENTED. 





NOVEMBER 5, 1981. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


751 






HAItriRtt MAOAZUffL Oik T au f, 

IlAlU'kKh WKXKLY.Oae Year 4 

IIAUl'KR‘8 BAZA II. dm Ymr 4 

IIAHPKK'S IOUSU PBuFI K. On* Y-.r | 

BAHTKITS FltANKUM nift'AIIS l.IBKAMYi 


OEFFIAT 

BfjV 

REME P V 


BOYNTON’S 

GAS-TIGHT DURABLE FURNACES. 


LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT 


THE Y0HTOWN CAMPAIGN ant th* Kermniler 

Ciirawallta, |«|. «, lU.a. f. ||. 

luetralad. »m. Q.U, * ul. 

a 

POATAV or BY AON. Chneee »:<! Arran red by 
«*nu» AUMm 41a, Pijcr, tt uu. 

III. 

CAMP Lin IN THE WOODS; ftr.l the Trlrk. erf 

Tf"Ifl-a »Kl Trap Makliiff, Ceubalulntf On> 
lk'j« reran Acker, Li iff Hula, lluk 
PA»Ml». W.ndkutA Unit (nil BvAlUff, tawt Hd 
1 •"'■•_B»’JAiii*. uil Variable iMatmawTNa 
P.xii Ac. Wii» Ktin.liaT llaiilm nn III* 

V'W. * «H IN “Trtrka- •ml 

V.lmbta Stale tCwliK* 1 rf ll.. Fro 4 We*i ; Pall |i| 
n.i i-.ia Air III. Uae Ilf ISO Mae! Tr»p..n 4 Ak the 
I ■KM'anlm «.r T>»e- nrf all Klml. . IlMlalled |U- 
- — Tiir l*« l.plare nf nil Pnr-lla»ir 1 *rf Ai i 
* wUi» Cardiff ami T.milnff 


OIPIIBS AJ«D flACC. 

LIEBIO COMPANY’S EXTRACT 

UP MEAT. An tneaAiebh) tml i«ULil,l. 

In AU 'UK nf weak dlrfveaior au 4 .wlalily. 
a anrma and 1 Mon 1 * wtteb natluiu a 
fool frtlafwl’— See “ Madlcal 
“ B»TrtW Mollrml Journal/’ Ac. 

CALT 1 UN. - 4 t.au, oo only *nn IS. far^lmUe nf 
flnron UdHffk Ulguatm tn Etlaa Uk t> 




ac f’l a Unff.r«’ llanfy Hula* f..r Utter Wrllrte. 

Vl3a Cmliln. II, lire (.r I’Knff t'.pllil Uflrre. 
BpMtt ng, PeiKtiWkaB, Uttar Wrtttaff. Env referee.* 
Sj-I.iirf li nk nf tr..nil mmli, »u»«l Synm rite*. yia.i 
"■Wf" o"la, UUa and Prenrli Pi, ran*. all atraiiffrd 
wllh bandy rv.fr.mtii Inftra Want hy auA rrtcc. ii.iKr 

S^irS’SSWfiJ* IL Ut 2 ~- ;s *•“«> 

« •«*. I’O. Ilm *»l u.rr MMIreOmonlala Inna 

juack.inna.ljrrlyrn Rr.ry Inly, p-nil.oian, >"y. nil. 

r****”*la iwymUuTVfWt^any SLikka 

S. Y. Clly. MW Affrnla waninl. Literal DamtinL 

Quickly and 
Permanently 


"TalukW, twinkle, little etar." 


CHEXEY BROTHERS 
have made many important 
improvement)! in the pro- 
duetionN or the Jnequard 
I .00111 and combination* of 
Raw Silk*, and tlielr Milk* 
arc now conceded to be un- 
rivalled Tor wearing: qnnl- 
Itie*. 

JAMES MrCREERY A Co. 
are the Xew York retail 
ACIEXTS fur I hr nr *ilk*,nnd 
they have a very large «fock 
of Ihncy pattern* a* well a* 
a f sill collection of plain 
black and colored *ilk*. 
JAMES YIcCREGRY A CO., 
Broadway and llth St., 


NICOLL THE TAILOR 

620 BROADWAY. 


_ 1 

and 139 In 1 S 1 K.urry, Kata York. 

PANTS TO OUIHtH, S4.ni T4» fM TO 
WITS •• •• tram •* S4<‘TO 

OVEKOOATfl - I SAW “ sto.la., 

Suiplw ami Rnlr- A k- H alf . Mnwamnmt and by mall. 

BKANCI bTlHUH IY AU. PKIACirAL I’lTIS V 


ARNOLD, 

CONSTABLE, & CO. 


fall Importation of Korclliet oow campliyto 
In Cpltolrtarr Gooata. Pnrnluira 
Intanor Decoration!, 4c., 4c. 

1 famUhod. 


Broadway and 19th St. 


DRESS 

TRIMMINGS. 

Wo tun Import Hi for IV. mm a im <k»l aa. 
aottuarnt of HaAfrafa, l'umn,iitX. taittnaa. 


•4 rrlnpra. 

u Oaalcb aamjAw, 

E. A. MORRISOX, 

»93 Broadway, New York. 


GUNS 

h powri.i. imt.naaa 


iitaKS 77 * 3 ^S: 
MIR $15 SH0T-6UH 


'<»> Ifc- i irt Wr i- tlJAWKW. (Itaktyat Ikyiic raslly wall 1 . OaaUp 

S A 00 .. «r Bartlay 8 L, X. Y- 0 I i «A*a*t O"*. AOirrwTat'a A Cu.Aiviataaln.U.. 


HARPER’S PERIODICALS 


THIS WONDER OF THE AGE. 

MASO N’S r CH A RL -A.*y-M#»* 


Binrcn k BKomnS, m*kru tqou*. x. r. 


I’ut no or Orffon 
playing teamed in 
OXE DA 17 


w'^s'tl 


*»**tcott ft host’s ante* new testa. 
** * **' ■ TU X.h T*aun«rii In tl,. Or<,;tnaJ lirmk. 
The Tell RcnaaA hr (a.,u Ft~ M uTam, n ft., 
I 1 ’--’ I* Pm ■* IH.Inltj, I’awa nf I'rterboe- 
.mrt; awl P. J A. II, .at. It. It.. II.,... Prt 4 eww 
•>r Ulvinlly, Ml* Fr-..» nf Trinity f'.dl-ff-. Cam- 
A “-riw E.lll-’.iu. U itb an Ini/uSarelno 
by f.,t..r D.Ik, U.U. Pi-alrtenl nf tba 

Cwi aPift b * Cruatu a.u, 

TL 

THE nrvisEO veasion or the new tes- 
TAMINT. Haw 1 . A.imlran UIiIim: IMra, 
Am. Until. Rnl KiIcm, ff ■•!: Bra.brr. I«aan, Clm£ 
«■' teiiut Fa.: UulKf. Ink EAr— . so rmta; llm 
eler, lamn. I'lKh. Mrd Kdxw.<Awuta, kr.rtw.4lu. 


l!*N.te bkaab and llumee, Sawr? aii. . 
•Me. Hlu (liulr. K.erylblnff I'.KnpMla nn lea 
Hflreied Vr 1. P. HK'aaan. K.,.»l 


rnrn I'affa Nalrrvtl Vy J. P. SlK'aaaa., Rnral 
H.n. I'.;.,, Him. Naa ana Form •» Harp*', M~ukl, 
ifsmnv, 4,1 1 ceins Alan, an adlLkm nu ftaur d*P*>. 
(a Kailnuaul Cb.lb, tl TO. 

Till. 

LET TEAS Or MADAMf OC RtMUSAT la brr 

Fm,.-! vy Mr. I'wull,,'., an4 
4V> l‘,t|— r, *» tenia. 

IX. 

LANOOR. lie Sin. a. I '-aria. Ifcein, llntb, » 

Hraufltauam*** 1 l ~ ued ,u •*“ 

X. 

TO DAY IN AMERICA. g4a.Ha. for lb* 4>J1 WorlA 
au.l tta >««. lly lain (Ureua. 4 In, I 'a, nr. 


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THU ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPOSITION— RECEPTION TO TORINO GOVERNORS— Kaon * 8«*tcti ar H«ur* Bunkt. 


GOVERNORS AT ATLANTA. 

TtoVMtur, OtWM 97 . wa* a gala day in Atlanta. The 
OomniHw i>f IViiiM) Ivan in. Kmlneky, N<nlli Carolina, and 
Connecticut, and ox-Govcruor llsuss, of Illinois, were re- 
ceived a* guests by Governor CoLi|i m, of Georgia, mill 
■Were tendered an •mthwavaalie reception in the Kipnsiliou 
Ilncldlng. After making the renin!* of tb« vnriouii rooms, 
land inspecting the exhibits, the gnrats were conducted into 
tin' m mu hall, noil ascended the |i'.atr»rai. A floe painting, 
entitled •• The X«w South,” by Mo*K«, represented in the 
background of our lUiutratkou, vm unveiled, ami was 
with warm admiration by the audience. 

Governor CoujPnT then aclnnwl the guests in an ad- 
nil raisin apeorli, in the eovirae of whlnli he wild that oeea- 
aioiw of tliia kind were ~ the anreat and heat nirnna of bltiil- 
iii( the people of tboao State# in owe great, glorious, grand 
®l*t»i I isnmI ,* and tliat the “rivalry of gouibwlli" would 



I " heighten the golden rlialu" that Itolda them together. 
Tim v tailing Governor* responded III a alnitlar train of 
thought. Governor Jaiivih, of North Carolina. a poke ear- 
neatly of the vn»i but trade velojietl resource* of the South, 
nnil of III* sincere vrrh-iiuwi which await* capital olid luoiil- 
grntion from the North ; but ho added that the gtent pro- 
blem of development and prosperity muat l>e worked ont by 
tlm people of tim South for Ihetnaelrr*. •• Voting timn," he 

k»I«I, •• tlie future of your country de|icuda npnn yon. Thou* 
la nne thing that 1 love, and one tbiug that I turn my buck 
upon. Wherever 1 aee a young man in the South that is 
not afraid or ashamed to work, 1 want to take lilm liy the 
hand: and whenever I aee one that la a loafer, nod idle, 1 
have do kind wonl for him. but good-by to him.” After 
the reception the gneals ml down to n grand dinner ill the 
Kx|HM,ltio«i Hotel, at which the speeches were fall of geuil- 
lue sentiment and plenaaul linmnr. 

An interesting incident oceurrcd while the Governor* 


were making the round of the building*. and that wno the 
mannfactore of two suits of clothe* — one given to Govern- 
or COLQl'ITT, and the otlier to Governor IlMiKlnW. Tile 
rollon vihrd III thcm< clothes naa plucked. ginned. a|iwu, and 
woven while the Governor* were on the ground — n wonder- 
ful utol perhaps unprecedented illustration of cxpertixaa In 
textile iiiaiiofiicttire. 

f)u page 7M will lie found an illnatration of a singular 
contraat lie tween the old and the new to !•» ore n at tlm Al- 
lautii Exposition. At ntm ptaco In the Main Itiilhllng the 
moat perfect and most delicate spindle* that have been 
made are doing their noiacteos work of inakiug thread. A 
may New England girl leisurely manages the wonderful 
piere of meeliunisot, mid duds time truuv her spuintug of a 
hundred tlireails at unne to smile at live old grandmother 
her left, who alowlv, with much Unix and ado, mid an an- 
tU|«e “bead rag,” spins one thread on a apinuing-wheel 
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Nkw York, Satuuiay, November 12, 1SS1. 


HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

Ax lixraTRATEb Weekly— I t Pager. 

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lt tm. tendei lit un.il it, ay, m wfmjfj*/ anJ imtnutere intuit 
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jut fairy itery h y Lillie L Bark ; the Seeend Part tf" The Snr- 
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SiUKOY, Uhutr jttJ ; •> ftebne-fage if “ A'urury Jihymet" ; and 
ether attractive features. 


A NEW SOCIETY STORY. 

The aftuiug thafter */ a new and ifarkhng nary, entitled 
"A TRANSPLANTED ROSE." 
ml! he found in IIahm uS Uaxar AV. «9- The itny wilt defat 
the bartons tn.i/i and fesflexitus i / a neophyte in A’eta Yerk 
satiety, and u dengue J la afford, under the ditguite of Jit lean, an 
•nude gi unfit ef the mad ex. hunt .inlet tf the metre fain. 


THE END OP THE CAMPAIGN. 

ri'HlK result uf the elections will be announced when 
X this paper is issued. As we stated after the Re- 
publican nominations were made in New York, the 
result In that State wiH depend upon the disposition 
of the wing of the party that wax beaten in Uto Con- 
vention. and which is known as the machine. Our 
impression has been that this body would prefer to 
Bee a defeat, iti order llvul it might be able to any that 
the other wing of the party is incapable of efficient 
management. We shall lie gratified if the returns 
show that such feelings hurt: had no port in the elec- 
tion, because we nee no reason to suppose that honest 
and progressive administration would gain by the 
micros* of the Democratic party But it would be 
a great misfortune if it were not clearly shown that 
they would gain by Republican victory. We are 
obliged to re|»nt that this was not borne in mind by 
the new Republican leadership. While we hope that 
the elections will show continued confidence in the 
party, we can not but admit that some details of the 
party management in New York did not show tliat 
it deserved tliat confidence, The party feeling as 
shown by the rlrctiuns to tho late State Convention 
was not turned to the beat |Mjadblc account. Those 
elections showed on insurrection and a revolution. 
The protest against the recent direction and tendency 
of tho party was prudigiou-v It was in it* way u* 
remarkable as any event in the political history of 
tlie State. But the immense advantage will he cer- 
tainly lost if it is not wired in the most courageous 
manner. A mere negativo opposition to the old ma- 
chine i* not enough. The old machine is positive 
and rraolutc. It knows what it wants, and it strike* 
for what it wants unhesitatingly. Against such a 
spirit negative irresolution is an earthen pot colliding 
with an iron pot, It will he hopelessly shattered 
The new Republican leadership of New York can not 
nofely imitate the old. It must understand the sen 
ti incut which boa given it power, and uulete it repre- 
aents that sentiment positively and aggressively, it 
will lie ignomininuxly overthrown. 

If the party should carry New York, the new man- 
agement must not be deceived into the belief that the 
only meaning of the late party revolution was the 
desire to see new engineers of tho machine. Un- 
doubtedly that alone would satisfy a great number 
of those who effected the revolution. But that was 
not the real significance of the event. It was impu 
lienee of the system, and disgust with the kind of 
management which such a system necessarily pro- 
duces, tliat occasioned the Republican uprising of thin 
autumn. The strength and hope of the new control 
are in the anti-machine principle. It must stand for 
something more than u change of persons. It is not 
Coxxuxu, but C-onklingisDi, which is the enemy. If 
the Republican* are beaten in New York, it will be 
all the more niceniry for the nrw management to 
comprehend that future success will depend upon the 
heurty adoption of the principle which it really repre- 
sents. In his excellent article upon “The Appoint- 
ing Power,” in the North American Review lor No- 
vember, Senator llo ah says, ** Even some of our best 
civil service reformers seem to have lust their sense of 
great public evils, and sometime* even their capacity 
for indignation at great public crimes, in their honest 
real for tho promotion of this reform." But there 
an* many person* and their number is rapidly in- 
creasing — who hold that the administrative aliuscs 
which are to be reformed are among live greatest of 
public evils, uud the co-operation of such iienous can 
not bo safely risked. We agree with the Senator 
tliat |«rtir* are at present tlie necessary agencies of 
progress and good government : but in order to make 
and keep a party effective, its lroders must have a 
very clear apprehension of tho relative fore* of differ- 
ent views within the party. 

Tlie new Republican leadership in New York logic- 


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ally represents, not personal change, but cluinge of 
method*. Its permanent BUOMM will de|iend upon 
it* licarty recognition of this fact, and it* prompt 
prnclicul acceptance of it. In this view, the assenting 
circular of its State Committee was u blunder as well 
as an offense, llad the committee frankly announced 
its renunciation of the evil method, and appealed to 
the party at large, it would have collected as much 
money, and greatly have aided tlie prestige of the 
party. The circular of Mr. IiCOH Gardner to the 
Post-office clerk*, and hi* ultemlancc at the Aator 
House, ought to have cost, uud probably did cost, the 
Republican purtv u great many voice. For the feel- 
ing that overthrew the late machine wa* in large 
part indignation and disgust with just such action as 
that of Mr. Hcuil Gardxer. Whatever the result 
of the election, it i* imperatively necessary that the 
new leadership should understand that it can not 
tally the party by the old abuse* The intelligence 
and patriotism and moral conviction which are the 
real Republican force are ready to respond to on ap- 
peal of principle. The fight that interests the coun- 
try is the contest with buwea uud machine*, and the 
Republican party of New York can not afford to spare 
from Its ranks those who are eager for thut fray. 


GARFIELD AND REFORM. 

The Lowell Courier, oue of the most intrepid of 
the spoils organs, says : 

“It h (lie fsthtoa U> hsme** the hi* Pr**ihnt to tW ' reform' 
C4T in s moil nn«nminul>lr tn miner ; tint Pr»»>Jmt iI.uiiiji wax 
no more s * ref ’oraer* (we n*r tl.i« term »lw»*» in H» l»vliiiu-xl and 
party vente | than »»» Mr. IIlai** or Mr. roatusn. , , .And win® 
you come to (imiiikr li» uftWial si-U •» PraeWM, three asn'l one 
of them (iidIvm « he the «f MacVsanu in Ilia i»t»- 

inct| which «howe tliat he bad llw slightst wvinpaltiy with the ' iv- 
tonuert ' kind of reform, while alnuet ut*ry apfnistasrut he 
made >u • pmnuunor<l uli p at the nrw »j*Uttn which Hud* fuch 
hard work to make IictwIwsj." 

Tliis statement we presume to lie due to tho total 
ignorance of the Courier. If that paper will turn to 
the Congrenional Globe and Record, it will discover 
that President Garfield. wlicn a Representative in 
Congress, took n leading port in the various reform 
debate*, speaking incidentally aftener than any other 
member, and always with a clear perception and de- 
nunciation of the evils to be reformed, and desire to re- 
form them. If the Courier will look at those speech- 
es in Congress, and especially at tliat of the 19th of 
April, 1872. it will find G arfield quoting with approval 
General Grant's statement in his first message upon 
the subject, that “the present system does not secure 
the best men, and often not even fit men. for public 
place.” General Gann elm said also, "There is no 
great and eminently successful department of the 
government which has not been made so by being 
taken out of the ordinary channel* of politics^ man- 
agement.” And after citing some of them he added, 
“ It is because we want to lift other departments to a 
similarly high plane that we ask the power of Cou- 
grrea to Borne measure of civil service reform. " He 
called attention to “the shameful fact tliat prevails 
all through our service" of political assessments. He 
further said, “ In my judgment, oue thing is abeulute- 
ly necessary, that is, that the Congrew of the United 
States shall abdicate it* usurped and pretended right 
to dictate appointment* to the Chief Executive.” We 
luuni tlie Lowell Courier that these are tlie precise 
views of the .dreadful “ reformers," whom it holds up 
in quotation marks to public scorn, and that thia i» 
the "reformers' kind of reform,” which apparently 
disgusts that excellent and esteemed contemporary. 

But this i* only an illustration of the facta which 
it was the duty of the Lowell Courier to know before 
making it* assertion. In an address at Williams Col- 
lege, General Garfield declared Uuit “nothing low 
than absolute divorce of tlie appointing functions 
from Congress con remedy the eviL" In a speech ul 
Athens, Ohio, in 1879, he said: “Let it once be fully 
understood tliat coutiuuance in office depends solely 
upon the faithful und efficient discharge of its duties, 
and that no man is to be removed merely to make 
place for another, und the reform will be balf accom- 
plished. Again, the appointing power must be lib- 
erated from Congretaioual control ..... they [ members 
of Congress] should not bo allowed to use the patron 
age of tlie Executive a* a means of paying political 
debt*." Lrt tlie Lowell Cou rier turn to General Gar- 
field's article in the Atlantic Monthly for July, 1877, 
upon "The Century of Congress, ” and it will find him 
stating strongly the familiar evil* of tlie spoils *y* 
tern, and saying, "To reform tliis service ia one of the 
highest und most imperative duties of statesmanship." 
And on the 23d of July. lhWI, a little more than three 
luonllis before he was elected President. General Gab 
riKi.i' said to a correspondent in Cleveland tliat “ hr 
wa* a* heartily in sympathy with the movement for 
an intelligent nnd permanent reform of tlie civil scrv 
ice a* ever. As in his seal in Congress he had always 
done what he could by won! uud died to bring about 
such a reform, m> a* President, if alec ted, he will seek 
in every way possible to make it practicable awl per- 
manent.” 

In the face of these constant and strong dccloru 
lions, tlie assertion of the Lowell Courier that I’resi- 
dent Gaiikiki.D " hod not the slightest sympathy with 


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the reformers' kind of reform” is a groan libel upon 
his memory. Tlie "reformers" aim at a divorce of 
the appointing functions from Congress; so did Gar- 
riEi.i>. They denounce political asHesMiicnts; so 
did Garfield. They would have official tenure de- 
pend Upon faithful and efficient discharge uf duty; 
so would Garfield. They would have no man re- 
moved merely to make place for another; so would 
Garfield, Three are cardinal points of reform, and 
upon all of them Garfield was a “reformer,” and 
believed in the reformer*' kind of reform. When he 
became President, lie did some things that were incon- 
sistent with three views. He felt the prensure that 
overwhelmed General Grant, and tliat President 
Hayes could mist only at certain points, But to 
claim President Garfield os one of the spoilsmen 
because in the first three mouths of bis administra- 
tion lie did things which are not justifiable by a high 
standard of consistency in reform, is n proceeding 
worthy uf tlie spirit which totally disbelieves in tho 
possibility of political honor uud principle. Presi- 
dent Garfield called iuto his cabinet Mr. James, 
who hod “reformed" the New York Poet -office, and 
Mr. MacVeaoh, who was president of a Reform Asso- 
ciation. The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. W INDOM, 
personally satisfying himself of the practical value of 
reform in tlie New York Custom-house, continued it. 
A general scheme of reformed methods was iu con- 
templation when the President wa* shot, and the Pres 
ident, in accordance with tho express declarations of 
his inaugural address, would undoubtedly have re- 
commended specific measures of reform to Cougrees. 
That lie did not agree upon every point with every 
“reformer” is very possible, because reformer* dif- 
fer among themselves os to details und methods. 
But that he was in harmony with their general view 
of existing evils, of the true principles of tlie service, 
and of tho necessity of reform, and that he intended 
to take some such course as Mr. WlXDoM describes, is 
no more doubtful than that he said so. The incon- 
sistency of his action ia but another evidence of the 
resistless force of those evils, not of his insincerity ; 
and it is a strong appeal to all intelligent citizens not 
to underestimate the malign power of the spoils sys- 
tem. and to consider whut patient, persistent, and de- 
termined effort is necessary to complete its downfall. 


THE IRISH SITUATION. 

The tragedy of Ireland could not be more striking- 
ly illustrated than by the fact that au Irish meeting 
in New York denounce* Mr. Gladstone and Oliver 
Cromwell as equally enemies of 1 reland . CRGMWEIX 
l* tlie hated English name in Ireland. Gladstone i* 
the one man. in the long series of English statesmen 
who have dealt with the sister island, who has re- 
nounced English prejudice and unreason, and offered 
a remedy for evils which is founded upon clear per- 
ception of Irish grievances, and a sincere and intelli- 
gent sympathy with them. Yet lie is classed with 
the red handed OuvKtt as a deadly foe, and his nauie 
is hissed and brajied with execrations as that of a ma- 
lignant oppressor and wicked tyrant This ia not 
merely because of the arrest of Parnell, for it Baa 
long been the Irish tone in speaking of Mr. Glad- 
stone. It is of course imbittcred and intensified by 
the summary imprisonment of PaRNEIJ. and tlie 
League leaders, but It is unquestionable that those 
leaders would have treated any man, and any propo- 
sition which fell short of their utmost demand, an 
they have treated Mr. GLADSTONE and the Land Bill. 
Irishmen like CHARLES Gayan Dcffy. whose recent 
memoir of the Young Ireland of O'Coxxell'b time 
shows both liow ardent and how intelligent an Irish- 
man he ia, urged acquiescence in tlie Land Bill an the 
certain precursor of all that Ireland can ask abort of 
absolute independence. The bishops liad approved 
it. An immense Irish opinion favored it. Its ac- 
ceptance in England was universal as a radical but 
necessary measure. Its operation, it was believed, 
was sure to pacify the country. 

But Mr. Pajinell bus declared that hi* ultimate 
object is independence. He wishes Dish pacification 
upon no 0 tiler terms, and his plan, of cou roe, was to 
sec liow he could heat obstruct the normal operation 
of the Law. His movement, os Gi>l-bw in Smith 
uaserls in his letter to tlie I’oll Mall Gazette, won es- 
sentially political and revolutionary. Tlie question 
for tho British Government was whether it aliould be 
superseded by a seeret conspiracy whose object was 
the dismemberment of the empire, and it hiu taken 
the course which the best Liberal* iu England regard 
us » sad and even ignominious course, but a uecexadty. 
This U tho view of the Spectator and of Goldvb 
Smith himself. It is also very significant that tlie 
Catholic iux-Ii bishops C'ROEE and MlL,*aRE unron-rvid 
)y coudcuin tin- lout action of the Land League as ab- 
solutely anarchical and communistic; and im the 
priesthood hold* still the real leadership of Ireland, 
the protest of the bisliopa marks practically tlm moral 
overthrow of the League, which theGovornnirnt had 
legally disbanded. To assail the principle 0 f author- 
ity uud of vested right* is to strike at the luriladiua 
of the Church of Rome, and the Irish bishops protest 
because they instinctively feel thut tlio riintiifcvto of 
the League is logically aimed at the Church aa wdl 


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a* ut UmllonliHin. But amid all the bmIuchs of the 
present Irish si tout inn there is one fact which happily 
distinifuishm it from every other similar contest. 
Mr, OlaIsSTTOJiK, who more tluiu any other man speaks 
fur the governing MUtlniv-nt of England, has recently 
mil. in a public speech, that he would gladly see in 
Ireland some form of local wlf-govcnmwnt which 
should not lie inconsistent with the imperial any 
ereignty; and QoLDWl* SMITH, in his forcible letter, 
regrets that Ireland wan ever conquered, hut since 
tiuU is irrevocable, and separation is impossible, he 
also says that he believes a certain measure of self- 
government would be entirely satisfactory to the tro- 
e«t Irish patriotism— a desire w ith which he heartily 
sympathise*. 

Those in every couutry who admire the unequalled 
powers and the marvellous career of Mr. Oumoit, 
while they delight to sec in him at seventy-two a 
vigor and a comprehensive mastery of affairs quit® 
beyond precedent, can not but fee! that envious time 
will hardly permit him to accomplish the task which 
we have no doubt lie would undertake as soon as the 
Land Bill pacifies Irish feeling by its plain justice, 
the task of restoring to Ireland its own internal gov- 
ernment. This would be the crown of his public life. 
It would give him a greater and prouder fame than 
that of any English Hlutexm.-iii But eveu should this 
task he impracticable, lie bus already shown the dewire 
and the ability to right Irish wrongs by justice and 
humane sympathy— a renown beyond tliut of any 
predecessor It is not weakness in a statesman to 
hate blinxlahed, nor cowardice to delay to the last the 
grasp of the irou hand. Mr. GlaMTOMI has struck 
at the very moment when civil order and humanity 
would hare blamed him for not striking. Nothing 
allows more elrnrly the courage of great leadership 
than his acceptance of the stern necessity of the Irish 
situation. His action is a blow of peace, not of war. 


WOMEN' AT THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS. 

At the late srJiool election in Flushing there were 
1117 votes east for trustee, of which Mr. DUWMJUJ re- 
ceived 075. and Mrs. JtT>D 442. There were 35tf ladies 
who voted, atul assuming that they all voted for Mrs. 
Jt'i>i>, there ’ won 88 gentlemen who voted for tluit 
lady. It is, however, doubtful whether all the "fe- 
male votes, ” us they are culled in some of the reports, 
were thrown for Mrs. Judd. and if not, there was a 
very promising mingling of the hallots. The rejiorts 
made a good deal of fnn of the conduct of tlie ladies 
at the polls; but there was nothing upon their purt 
which was in the least unseemly, and their want of 
familiarity with the simple methods of an election 
was certainly due to no fault of theirs. In some of 
the districts of the State women were elected trustees, 
although the whole number of women w ho voted does 
not seem to liave been very large. In MaattaehuseUa 
the number of wotueu who registered to qualify tbem- 
selvea for voting at the school elections was, wo un- 
derstand, smaller than lost year, when it was very 
small. 

Endrr the existing laws a serious question for in- 
telligent wnmeu arises. Tlte great multitude of them 
would prefer probably not to vote at all. But it is 
now a question of duty rather than of taste. The 
district schools are open both to boys and girls, and 
they are filled with them. From the age of five yeurs 
onward, girls pas* some hours of every school day in 
school. The geuerul regulations are made by the 
trustees. These regulations ought to be made, so far 
as girls are concerned, with especial knowledge of 
their want*, which men can not liave. There ore wo- 
men toucher*, indeed, but they can not confer upon 
some subjects with men as with trustees of their own 
sex. The interest of mother* in the schools being os 
great as that of fathers, and the decirnbility of wo- 
manly knowledge and exju-rience in hoards of trustees 
being conceded, the Legislature, iu deference to pub- 
lb opinion, has authorized tlw election of women as 
trustees. Under these circumstance* it become* a 
public duty for all intelligent women to use the fran- 
chise which has been conferred upon them, even at 
the cost of trouble and distaste. 

The discharge of this duty lias also a peculiar in- 
terest and obligation for those who regard the general 
electoral disability of women as unjust. Upon the 
American principle that there should be no taxation 
without representation, since women are taxed as 
property-holders, they can not he logically excluded 
from the suffrage. But however logical the claim of 
any non-voting Haas to the suffrage muy be, the law 
will Iwrdly give it to them so long as they are indiffer- 
ent or oven o pposed to receiving it. The argument 
against general suffrage ha* now resolved iUelf into 
the phrase that women will vote when they allow 
that they wish to. This feeling is strictly accoiding 
to tlve practical political genius of tlic English race, 
which is not at all logical. It may he oamuued, 
therefore, that the general right of women to the suf- 
frage will not be legally recognind until they avail 
themselves of the limited right which the law now 
allows. Consequently there are two claw* of women 
- who ought to vote at the school elections— those who 
are opposed to “female suffrage," and those who are 
in favor of it; the first class, because they know that 


there ought to be women trustees, who will uot be 
chosen until women themselves appear to demand 
them j and the second class, because the general suf- 
frage will not be granted so long os the special suf- 
frage is contemned. If both of these classes will take 
part in the school elections, the practical advantage 
of universal voting, without restriction of sex, will 
soon be tested. 


INVOLUNTARY MASKS. 

Tiik apparent Igtiuraiirvi of tlio ili rectum suit officer* of 
the Met baiiica’ Hank in Newark of tbo piul-iugcd dclaleo- 
tious of tbo cashier, aud their frank declaration that their 
(rust in him wo* so absolute that they accepted his state- 
ments of the situation without lUMwtigatioo, b»»« amued 
a great many persons. 

The mural wrung of their conduit lies in tbo fact that 
depositor* left their money in the hank because of their 
confute m-u lu ttm directors. Depositor* in general could 
know nothing of the e kuraetcr of thu agont* of the directors. 
They ueceasnrify cuuildcd implicitly iu the director*. Ev- 
ery man w ho consented to be a director assumed an tiunict.se 
Slid delicate rrspuiiniliilily. How recreant they were to it, 
it* a body, the itiaaatlim* remit show*. t'isdoilliladly It *M 
duo to the uverenntldciico of the directors, hut such over- 
confidence, when it leads to absolute neglect of doty, is 
practically rriiuiaal. 

No loan ought to allow (Us use of bit name for any juiai- 
iion which is not fi»ifrisN»lIy honorary link** ho means to 
fill the position hoocatly by discharging its duties. Kvory 
doubtful and swindling enterprise trie* to mask itself under 
reapeetable nanie*. It Is one of tbo ohleal of tricks, hut it 
1* still common, sod still aucormfuL The caws 1* different 
in tills n-sjMHt with tbo Newark bank. Unt director* who 
do not examine and direct —that is to say, directors who do 
uot know the condition of the businem which they have 
undertaken to manage, and ulnae mown* attract the mousy 
of other pu ryots* — are pr uctlcally ss much masks of a w i tolling 
as the reaper table figure-heads of any DiddJur scheme. 


TO SAVE THE CENTRAL PARK. 

Tub squabbles of the f’onimla*ioocr» of the Central Park 
are a sorry spectacle which excite only a kind of amused 
contempt. Itat the decline of the Park justly excites in- 
dignation. Its beauty and value are due to its general 
design, aud tbo fidelity with which that design has ta-cn 
executed. The ilenigu was the work of Messrs. OLMwrKb 
and Vai-x, and the foundations of the Park, the subterra- 
nean structure, as well aa tho laying out of tint surface, 
are witnesses of their skill. Everything that is best iu 
tbo great plmatira- ground was done under the superintend - 
euey of Mr. OLMSTED, wile U ooufeswcdly thu lint laailocapo 
artist in the country. Ilia re-markable adminiatrattve geo- 
in* w*e niustretod not only in the work u|hid the Park, 
but iu another w*y in the Sanitary Commisaion, of which 
he was the executive age lit. Mr. Oucsmos la in no seiiao a 
politician or an impracticable man, and if the Park is degen- 
erating aud liming its attraction, and ii even in dsogvr of 
irremediable tdjnry, the obvious and simple course to pur- 
sue is to recall Mr. Oijcstki* to tha chief aupcrintemlency of 
the Park, " with power." 


“SEEING THE MIDNIGHT SUN.” 

IN hi* new work, The Land af Ike Muinifhl .«»*, which is 
profusely aud splendidly illustrated, Sir. DU Ctuiu.t' will 
b» found as fascinating a guide at tbn north pul* da at the 
equator. The freehoess, lirutumi, and nulvctC of his style, 
his alert aud shrewd observation, and tho eaaential romance 
of the region, nil combine to make an exceedingly attract!* e 
narrative. Tlie muderu practice of illustrating books of 
travel adds greatly to their value and their charm j and no 
old reader of Do Ciuiu.r will find the natural force of the 
traveller iu l be least abated in his latest story. 


HUMORS OF THE CANVASS. 

Thxkb was nothing more amusiug in the tart days of the 
late political excitement than tli* following paragraph* 
which appeared iu the M«n« Humber of the New York II orl/L 
Krform of the civil service will uot be accomplished by 
trying to make it a bob to the tail of a patty kite. 

•' And Mill no nuit it lumlcd «« 
fur prtllcailnn <A * Caslom-tmaao 
clerk or a Irthe-rarrtor with soft- 
cltnl filth In th« Mcrerllr of Osh 
lector Hui.srra.va or fua! snarer 

Poison In Audios to pvy hi* rd- 

ar.is ry tnnHbulloii to tie KepxV 
fiesn campaign tmrtl They tare 
all climbed lhe go'aten nuir, and 
fnrk-al airtr thdr cosh to Bras 
Oian’ 


OUR FRENCH GUB3T& 

TMI State of nitric Idmid was no cloaeljr aaanriatri with 
tho French alliance of u hundred year* ugu that it is plea- 
sant to ace how hearty and graceful was its late reception 
of tlo* centennial French guceta. Both at Newport, where 
tlie Kotiiambkai' traditions of the Ki-volotion are still frewb 
anil romantic. and at Providence, tho chief city of the State, 
there was every nWrvsboe becoming to a sinocre welcome 
— parade aud eloquence, and feast anil uoiig. 

In New York, where the special cumulus* of reception 
was appointed, the festivities continue aa this paper is 
issued. On the very avo of the election aud of our iaaac 
a ball will be given to the guest*, which it i* believed will 
l*e uenaorsUo fur its refined splendor, ami rank with the 
fisumus hall for the Wind, Lit Boston, forty or morn years 
ago, aud tlie wonderful Iiicxcm hall in New York. Tlie 
French citirens also give a separate entertainment to their 
fellew-oonntrynaen. Whether, however, tlwv are In danger 
Of tlie aldermen and the city iurtitutioua, we do not team. 


“ I'fiV* J italics OiaMo, who 
wis ti.nnl-al.wed hy lllr RapUte 

KariOallnw 1 Itr MucUufi paipanaa 
ftui* dw eiaptaya* <sf «h» Cnstnia. 
Uhim sail Post-aBae, Is iiitcli it*. 
cmri(,' v *t at ilia iwill d MumlayW 
ootlKtloiw Its t*>» twice o»cf 
•*»>. ai.l yvMrrday be only n-siaiu- 
«t 111 ttiMim 1 1 ul thu Asm* House au 
Sour. A laqjt numlwr of Um dark* 
md Wtcr ■ renter* In lb* teener*) 
Fosl-ofliv lure retired to ray <*>y 
UMMiMUt La Jswiica U.aoMKa.*' 


Our French friends will certainly have no reason to sus- 
pect that the rw irate mnlnle of otbrrycur* has been iu til# 
leant dixturia-d, and whatever tli- ir political sympathies at 
liume, they can hardly help returning with a iirofoiind Uu- 
pressjou of the (lower and the puMibilitirs of a republic. 


PERSONAL. 

Dn. Airrarn Enviun, of the CAruImm of rhiragn. 

His returned to that city after his hi. -trie ri.tw iKnugh Kngtaad 
and the Continent. He travelled t»«lvu hvoirol miV-a on the 
Xnmur, the rbcctret day’s journey taring mghleea isike ; the tag 
eat, fifty. nine. 

— President Armen has taken posaessam of the pew hi 9k 
John’s Church, Wxrhiogtun, atikli *a« cvnq*M| |>y President 
Msmsc-v, and since then by mber Prewtriit*. h au ret s|*srl in 
lg|4 for the President',! use, free at itwq;,-, but cvicli occupant his 
uuiicrd Ufoo paying the xnnuul rvatal. 

—Senator Ds Tin Dsru s rnshtanc* on tbs OOtakirta of Bhom- 
irigtun, Illinois, is one of tlx- fluaxt lu IUiihiIs. Hin.-e the death of 
Mrs. Bavin his home his been pnwKkd over lay Mrs. Pirarayy, n 
mere cf Mrs. Dstis, who was laouglu up In llu, D*«|. fsBaly 

— lioTOTior hrsyninn, of California, has Ills own portrait point, 
ed by Mxqbkouk, his wife's by Buxxar, and hit son’s by Clmjci s 
Dumas. 

— 14 Sarah Brook," thu huh to an interesting veteroe 

reikd A'tnni //uiuty/ur >>«’» A I'Lddnn, la said to be a preu- 
duuTiu adopted by a di'qctiU-r at Hr l'rrxj**m fiimts. The 
wet* will Ik- publttlied aaoi hi llsorta k llaiimi m, slightly moJi- 
flu-j to suit the tvquIreaHSVt* uf Amoriran rtrildren. 

—Mr. Jons llittuareii has given Mono to Mr, Gcr Casixto*, 
of New Oiloasa, for a new tragedy, called Jf.n,up*. 

—The Bight Hob. Ltos 1‘uiiiu; Deputy Spteaker of the II , ua: 
of Ownmons ‘ wlLh a salary uf |1S a .rear), and Mr. E A. F«*x- 
was, the Engfiib historian, were guosl- of the S-. Botolph Oub, 
Boston, on Stturday evening. OeloUrr Si*. Tin* St. ft dulpi, is one 
of Bertnn's ucterot litctun sasocialHaai. lu prenidvot is Mr. 
Faaacia I'isxnax. and awe of lu strungiwt uk «vU a a must orna- 
mental pillars is Mr. Jams H. Ukooo. 

—The Uec Fuxn 1*. fteoata, f« assay years president of the 
Bowery Savmgs-lfdc It, devised by adl fSD.iXO lo rarious rhsr- 
itable irutuottai*, eoene-'lcd chilly with tlm I'rrehytcrian Church 
in the Caited States. The largest ainnunta an* (ao.i.c.o each to 
thr Board <-f Home Missions and Baud of Foreign Massiuns; 
ftkO#) esxb lo the Amcricoa Bible SoelvCy, American Tract Bo- 
CSety, sod Aawrieaa Hcree Mirekmsry Socsety ; A 1(1,000 «*aHv lo the 
fond fur the Relief of IhesUltd Mini sure aud their Families, New 
York Presbyterian lluine fur Aged Women, I'resl.rurum IkwnI „f 
Eduratiun, and Preebylerian Urapilal. Vut<u oiluv kx-mtux 
receive legacies of from fX*«.i to IKI.OW each. Thu remolmlur 
of the tewlaUvr'a latg*; e*Ute i* dwlrehuted atoung his Inara. 

—The Barren Jamw Both-ciiiio who diet recently la Paris was 
n**l a member of the great looking firm, though a nephew of tlm 
" Pari* BoTtnrtuLM.” He w»* txx* in Pans in IBU. Mudiwl law, 
awd «*) ailmitted to the hair, hut never devoted biamli to tlie pn>- 
f renlc n . He wo* noted for hvs lore of books, aid published in 
l*' 4 , iu cuiijMiutimi with M. Amict* nx MoXTAmto*, a ooUcclius 
of French |mrtry uf the fifteenth and eiitcenith cmloncs. 

—Mrs. Aiwa H. figHmiMtAkka. w|,u dsed recently at Pittsburgh, 
Prunes Ivaiua, left au iwute ul |M*i,<KKi. and among a nuaahtr of 
charitalile LuqUi-jiU kit # lO.lllMI to tin* Ho»pit»l for Hapture*! air] 
Crippled Chttdreu in this eily. Hr al*u left |rei,i.*iN| u found a 
shutter inalMutlon In JkUeghiuf City, PennsylTauia. 

—Whew Ur. Uocxaxd entered thr .HpriugtWd /lefuMi<aM in 
MUO os aisutsnt edllur to Hawi-xl Uhuui, he was paid for the 
first year film. The second jatr ha was ndsed La ffOO ; tun being 
'lsssatiahrel with that, hr proposed ui Wale. Mr. Bowles then aoU 
him a fourth of the coiuvrn fur f.l.'ero. Five years afterward ho 
arid bin interest for ftO.tMX 

— Mr*. Many D. Baivx, whose euniriliutkins have often graced 
the crelonina uf Hamtu's SVuxat, ha* written a rerun uf toothing 
ami beautiful poems, tolled My ttu y aud. I . or, <>» thr }lauJ la 

whkh will be pul^iilnd for lb- ImlidiiT; ia a very 
xnrpie ore] laser ltd fovea by (iijwuK W. Hi Kiev. The p-RTi", 
which arc illustrated by Lncu C Tuv.vv in his inoet chnrectcris- 
tie manner, deactibe a uiuthtT's day with Imt baby fnun r-ceu.ing 
until bedtime, aad every mother'* beau will nvregniie their sweet- 
mss and palhus. 

—Mr. 8 a mil it, the vocalist, who wa* in lids rount/y a few year* 
ago, his b«.-con»c a Bumin Catholic, and is very generreas lo th»C 
Cbureh. He supports three ce four urpliuii children, rings regular- 
ly and without iteirg.u to a churvh Lu Highgatr. Dinduu, and ha* 
given $ 11,000 tu a dlucuoxn sumtoary iu whkh Cardinal Masmxu 
is interested. 

—The t tying Ciar is aaid to t» very religion*, and a regular at- 
tendant at church. Itr kt particularly fond uf dun I*, and nan. 
tat!® al his own expense two sphmilid choir* at the chapel at 
Fcterttof. 

— Captain Graxtits, a son at thu grew! hrower of Dublin, has 
marrud a dugkter uf ikw lota Bari w B u nh, wirw haMi have 
muled at Uuwih fur teit ii hwadrrd ywara without intermission, 
and in direct succcwiiuu. Hit Loalirr U the u.irlKth harem. In 
tircat Itfilalu. null wlm ant smiawnt in taor, like Bass Aaus^rr, and 
linxaxsa, coaily gut into Parliami-nt, whilo nu-a wh>.' are itnuirot 
In butter or tuiuu arw inner thcoghl uf foe that sort of thing. 

—Mr. Alxxaximh llniiiivw .v prupritlorof * large India rubber 
mauufactof 7 al LotigkN-, France, i* ul... owner of one of the largest 
Undid i-stati* la the dUlriel uf the Durr, srliilo anothrr very Urge 
ratals In the suuiu district pr-susu. lu pwsa into the kau>ks of Mr. 
Cilixts, a urfdicw* of Uenurol Kuuut K. Lav, who married a nicto uf 
MoJoiiir I>A TuiitCim, a widow, and cliildlw*. 

— X few day* ago, at Bongur, Maiuc. where rt Senator IIamiim 
«-«»]»*, he was MomUag in a Mure, whew a former drove op with 
a load uf oau. Mr. Baku* lumght it, and wsn telliT.g where tu 
take it, when tliu lartner, nut knowing dial hi* eimtotner was an 
et-V^P. uf the U. 8., inii'iiuptetl him by saying, curtly, "Git un and 
ride op with mo ywsnwdf." - llui you hare- no neat ill tc«t wagnn,'* 
riydUd th« ax-tksaa*ur. “ Naur yua mind your cfcVi . sit un ll.st 
hag uf uats," was thu bnibi as s Bits reply. Si ihe et Benatarolam- 
In-red up, and sat down un thu duaty luad, and tlio cart rolled away, 
• hdc the farmer wandered at thu qiaslul Imik that crept into tho 
face uf his eiimpaiiiun aa he fate a nod of nvognitkaa tu the will- 
pluoacd luukvswam. 

— lu a akiodi uf Sir Kn»»an W srxiv, a dxstinguiihed railway 
magiiaU of Ruglaml, the feedea HneW at;* that when a raj 
youiag man he burnmu a direotur of Uie Manchester Atheiiwum. 
He NUggcWtrei tin- greed literary mint* of I #43. 44. ' IS, prcaldnl uvae 
suoesMtirtJr by Cium.x* Dmim, Dnauiu, and Taijoi eh. All 
wit* arranged fur flHXXM to take the chair, ml a grewt aoeors* 
wo* forewnw, whim anuthrr B*a appeared on the Ktae. Kowasd 
WaTXI* rviuived a latter from Conn stating that Mr. ['Tea* III 
WUA at that mol in -ut Maying »t the Moseley Anus, Manck s sace. ood 
ilmt it might Ur wall tu knit him up The eoeegetoe torn. see. was 
al thw Muarkry Ann* in a fractional sywre of timr. Mr. Dissaix I 
wn» out at Imiiui, bat bis wife received Mr. UTnu very pkasantly. 
’• HkkJaUM will cuiur," raid tlio ladv, decisively, as if tlirre v«. in 
end uf the matter "We wai rome.” *hc addad, after a Might 
psuwr. But wu shall want him to Say a few weeds.’’ “ Bs'/a- 
xix will sprak. tl* call always *pcwk at tern amulet’ ootiov.’’ 



HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


NOVEMBER 19, IWl. 


7f»c 



TUB OLD WALTON HOI SK 


Or* liMfhbor l hr nlil \V»lTo» ha*, "o 
heiE thr nKMl Y crumble *1111 iin<n->linc hi*, 
tin loll irlir uf Franklin Hquare, i» di«a|,|Ht*r 
iiif ** *«• write In n certain »«ii*«, indeed, 
the stately old mall wo lia* Iwuu di*ap|Mwr 
inc for mint m*r«. fur it hat lava irmUaUy 
■burn Ilf it* iliitim-tiio character by id mil- 
cine tiasr, until it presented unit a hniun 
front aniline adjtatillig liuiuc*. and wu cii- 
drill ly a UmaioMil ■ house — 1 uiluri' buanJ- 
inc liiniMi — tel in it* tulf-squalkl dciay nut 
nillHiul tram ia mined moulding* tad o*|it 
aivl roping* «*f it* foetorr granlcur. Lung 
familiarity ailh the aspect uf tin* (trout* 
oU Iiihimi U-atct a listara) rut ret that it « 
yaiiWIiiug fuiete*; and it ia with something 
of ihn (<ullug that VViiawwiiarn Jnir iIh**, 
in hi* lima u|Miu Peel Caulo— 


that the lialdtuv of Franklin Square wandim 
Ihn iWmoUtlnn nf the nlil WaiTON home 
. 1 imrEr’a Square — uuw Franklin Square 


-I-* 


• Illicit t 


tdralng uf nhi (J>tvni SiM. the f **lilun- 
ii*-l< ipnuu-r of a century *e», and it was 
Mill'd 1 1 •ilk liu Apiarr. nut from Waart* 
Fatxtii*, tlir nlil mrivliant, »koM fine rwl- 
ifcnce In— I .- 1 the »|nim, last in linnur of 
llr. iiiniin W »tn« Fti*M.lt’ii oldest 
dtwghler »»» thr fir»t wifi, uf lit Wrrrt'us- 
Tun, and hi* Inwe ujuw thr *i«in «» for 
a time the hiimc nf W»«itut<n Tin Wat. 
Tun hotlM »»« hnilt atxwt a hnadrcd and 
thirty year* acn It •» [wuhalily thr nuhlcet 
hnii-., uf it* time in thu lily, It wa* " *i|uarr.” 
with a lirradtli of Hrr wimlowa iifntl thr up. 
pcrtwnuf lie three alnries, and it was entered 
ht.v'*t.*i{T'nu*fda fu* alepaabneu the rtrrek 
There am men nut jit nld who rrmrinher 
llin Ituaar before llm later chanrrw, thr oil 
|*. ami the cellar ihairs. The groundi* 


mini U 


mil hy tl 




PCOfOYAr JH TtiC H/IU . 


wall, uivr which hang the braty fuli*er nf 
ahtulx ami iters. In llm nail wa* thr gantrn Bate, 
syltaa paradiar hcrouil. 

The ownership of the oU WiLim house hat al« ,, 
by deed. But it i* the i,'(ii„ nut only nf f are.il* 1 . 
the *unsptnmji» ttrd splendid buspitaliiy of the oi l. 11 
with hi* briile, thr dtwghlrr nf 4 *imuik Custom, ml 1 
the U«t century, wrm ha familiar gn.-n Hem . 
drrtmring thrir memories. nod nuw llm hnn*r 11 II. 
Hill time nearer. U gnur. The Wallin Fo wiii | 

temalnlag how*e «f nuwt interesting KcTuhitionsri 
T*nra, at the corurr nf Pearl and Bnwil ilRHi 
lute and gratilu.tr, ■' Imik 6nal leaie of Ilia off" 
lunger an old Now York. 


with it* Solid kmeker, admitting hi the 

• ile* nr mini by will and ha* neier |m*-.I 
! puUir tradition and Infer**! flow wa* 
in' From It* do* stepped I'iUiui liixrr 
I the QOted turn mid women III the rlly uf 
'* Time haa nintntteil them, sad it slowly 
alnrh while H stool brought Ibrm and the 
r hat al*o ilisspnewrui ; and the Wastnso- 
llnltvry Pitre Is firohaMy ilnumnl The 
eiitun in the citjy is tlie oVl hutel, Fauncv's 
which WiMtMIM, “with a heart full of 
A few yearn beam and there will hr no 



rms atlaxta TVTI-JISAIKKAI. items EXTOsmos-Arntsiso. 0I4> AND SEW srvu*-n«w . Sum, ,,, II,.,.,, ||»„,UT,-|S» r».„ r..,,] 




Fin, A— TUB TREADLE. 


handles, and tLnn bean each downwaul, carrying hi* haiida 
on* at hi* aide* nn vide of hut) a* Ini tiW, with olliow'a 
straight, initi) presently bin hands are ilnirn at bis aides. 
(ImlnnUy lm tnUc* tlw'in again (ill high overhead, tlv^li 
(•cam down. tuid an footlum-a. At nark stroke lie raises 
(lie weight Imx at the oilier end of the rope, and whatever 
weight there in iu il. Hot he docs far belter— iu fact, an 


hi* longs get »* im air than usual, and an expand into 
tlio new and enlarged spars, lie is giving them. What a 
pity he did not dud out thin veiy R|i|iSI:itn» long ago I 
fleurndy could anything better titled for LI* very larks 
h»Y6 I iceii ilevbH-d. Kvidvhtly need to close at ndy, and a 
deal of it, a* evidently timiM-d to drdng any tiling far tain 
body worthy of the name of exercise, ho haa urltlu>r build, 
strength. nor alar, and that 


TIB FOREX 08 T CT»!I.ISICM IS THE VTOKLV. 

Pt william m. A IK IE. 

Arrwn or “ How m Git Stunau as® How to Star i 


Novel contrivances meet you at every turn, till yon 
wonder when they will !*•»'. 

iur irrtcrj; i 


of breaking ciimplcielj' ilm 
Ju«t when tbat been hnt ha 


i wir shoulder* and lilt, 
dually Init sandy the it 


place. Facing next till* short 
horizontal bar. which alidea 


Ikit, hy turning <* blrh yint both 
at ret eh at ilf rn lilur alra|M, and 
•lau the aidea of your wiiial, as 
if wrtntlillg with a sturdy bo- 


at mint her stiff rubber »1tu|i- 
The aburtenril curds ami unla- 
de*, getting now tbiaduily and 
unwonticl lengthening, and 
|he knae-joliii lading thrown 


better yet, lift ceil -hn would 
have g mm through life n vig. 


ital and muscular power, in- 
Viid of weedy and half. lniilf. 


Watch I bat slender youth 
itli Urge fore bend, glnmtu. 


which be might «tl>i 
have went In-red almiol 
impunity. or more likely have never bad. Anil wl 
tbia burly fellow at bore liaaido him < Fig. I i f lie are 
he lakliig it comfortably— a plan fw cb-iir In the 4v. 
student heart ; indeed, he lies down to bU cxcreuo. ' 


be Is doing. He ataiida direct- 
ly under two small bunging 

bundles, from earli of which • stout cofil ritus upward a 
little way. Then the two isnU unite In a single mjm, 
which mu over a pulley, and down to a weight box on the 
floor, h'ow be reaches high up over his bead, grasps the 


excellent thing: hn directly enlarges anil widens his cheat, 
opening hia rtlw apart, stretching the little muscles lietwcwn 
them, u they have plainly never born meet died <mc-t|nurtcr 
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• grand chest It* its* ! — deep, full, round, I 
capacious. 1‘lcuty uf kirnrt mill lung twill | 
lien*. nii'l a flue outfit of ■» it»l orgno* geu- 
prallv, and evidently in good onLrr, na In* 
strong. bright eye and clear cheek so plain- 
ly iwtify. Yea, and SamuksT an;-* that 
on thU very platform lie i« lying on lie in- 
rremwd the Birth of that *amn cheat in » 
very few weeks liy all of four inches! And 
boa il' ■rfi he work this slide f Look a little, 
lie starts »ilb il al the foot of (he inclined 
|ila»e, Ilia f«vt In thn toe strain*, while hla 
hand* grasp the handles far tip over and be* 
limit his head, and he keeps bis elbows 

straight throughout. Inhaling a* large n 
breath as |Hiwilite, and then bolding it nil 
in. now he steadily raises his hand* until 
they pun* high up over lit* fate, noil down 
crime by hw knee*. Meanwhile, an he raimsl 
his hands, tlie boodles sod ropes, instead of 
lifting Iron weights, simply pulled up the 
frsme bn lay eu. until it linn now rinen from 
Ike feel of the ImUmI plat nearly to tho 
top. Then be gradually lowers it ngniu, 
letting Ins bauds go bnck to Ike starting- 
point, and no repeats till be lian hud enough. 
Am) it will not take long, for a great merit 
of this gymnasinni ia that yon ran not only 
learn in n Moment from its instructor jnst 
what work you nersl, and will lind Just Him 
appliaiii'o* at hsiiit to obtain it with, hut, 
curiously enough. It takes but a my fear 
minutes daily at any given apparatus to 
make the desired progress. Htwp on this 
very sliding fauna a minute, try it, and see. 
Why, how it stretches your chest ! l’rohn- 
h|y in less than a ruinate you will get 
enough work — not bring Mnl to It — to last 
yon a week. Hut this is wltero Nahchcct 
helps you, for be makes it very clear that 
unless jron want aon muscles and on iwlie 
for two or threw days, you must begin easi- 
ly, aiul taka hut little at lint. Anil this 
lifting roarer If. besides so expanding your 
chest. stretches 111** whole abdominal re- 
gion and front of the lower trunk in a way 
which nio»t aid digestion not a little. 

Now tTy this carving slat board (Fig. 2). 
Lie down on it, and pail the handles jint ns 
you did on the incline, keeping the elbows 
always straight. anil the chest oat to its ut- 
most. Before, yon lifted your entire weight, 
or rather tlis greater part of It, for the. coun- 
terbalance helped somewhat, hut now yon 
lift weigbtn in the boxes, and with thia 
advantage, flint yon eon graduate I bran 
weights, beginning with very light, oml in- 
creasing only little by little, so avoiding tho 
risk of in mining. Indeed, tho other ap- 
pliance should Dot be used until yon are well 
forward with thi*. Out your chest gets lar- 
ger and stronger alt tire while, and by s little 
dally work here you progress ns surely as 
the student st bis hooks as the months pass. 
For what is one ut in this mighty I mining 
room but educating his body under a quali- 
fied teacher, and bringing it to the fullnnts 
of its strength *o far s* that strength will 
avail him moot in later life, as surely os tho 
other training in tba halls near by alias to 
do the same for the mental powers I The 
chief difference between this gymnasium 
and the others you have tried is that here 
there is a bead with a good grasp of the 
field lie fore him, oral of tbo capacity and 
pcwribilitic© of each pnpil, knowing quirkly 
what Is bent for each individual ease — a 
graduate of Hnwdoin, bred a physician, a 
director of the physical culture of youth for 
sixteen years at Hnwdoin, Yale, and Har- 
vard, a man of brood views, high aim*, and 
devoted to his rhnwen calling, and so titled 
as no oilier man who has yet coenr forward 
in America seems to ho lifted to have the 
charge of an Important a gymnasium. 

Before leaving the hall let us examine 
or" or two more of his appliance© for special 
development. This yonug gentleman at No. 
40 <Fig. 3) has hit on a delightful way of 
taking his exercise — at leant it looki on, os 
he sits so contentedly in his broad arm-chair, 
now pushing one treadle with his left foot, 
now the other with his right, working some 
loom or other useful trad perhaps, and so 
helping pay hi* way through college, like 
the student waiters at the White Mount- 
ains, or our late lamented President. De- 
serving young man! Scarcely : be simply 
lifts one of I be weight boars, with as murk 
load as he likes, fur yon two that rope run- 
ning find under him, then up over n pal- 
ly above and hack of his bead, and then 
down to tbo weight box. And what good 
doe# this do t It lioihls up thn front of the 
thigh, and If he will kr-ji his Intel off thn 
treadle, and push only with bla loos and Ihn 
hall of thn foot, hn will soon dud thnt It 
takes hold of his colvee as well. Still, it is 
a grand exorcise even a* ho takes it, and in 
a year, at dvo minutes daily of this work, 
with a fair weight in tbo box, bo ought to 
gain a g-ssl inch and a half in the growth 
of each thigh, ami niinh itnigtll in the »nl- 
onhle muscles imbedded there, w* useful to 
him »t every step Ire takes in life, whether 
walking or tunning, and tending to tusk* 
that walking and running so ernirli easier to 
du, while the improved glace and shape of 


his limbs are liable to prove a not annoying 
item of Hie improvement- If. too, he occa- 
sionally tries a heavy lift, or hux ramie row- 
ing to ilo where he umm a sliding seat, he 
will dad to his satisfaction that so far as 
legs go he now has the power jwst whore ho 
wants it. 

That hand yon see in Fig. 4 grasps tbo 
stationary ml with it* thumb ami the mov- 
able ml with its lingers, for tho latter forms 
part of a frame travelling bock and forth lu 
slots at thn sides, while the rope in the mid- 
dle, running over tba wheel, lifts a loaded 
weight box: a simple and capital contriv- 
ance, when welt used, to bring a strong and 
shapely hand, a good grip, and a siuewy and 
useful fore- arm ; also to level up the weaker 
hand and fore- arm till equal U> Us mats In 
sire aitd power. 

Now olrecrve these three appliances in 
Fig. & lie in stall No. hi works a stand- 
ing tread-mill, and with effect quite like 
thnt of tho No- 40 attUivg tread-will de- 
scribed above. 

What is No. BO doing, anyway T Fie seem* 
to have a towel wrapped around his head. 
Perhapa he was wounded in tho war. But 
an, for be was scarcely able to walk then. 
Perhspa iD mime town-ind-gown light. No; 
foe look a little closer ami you see that 
thorn is not only a bandage of Jnrk behind 
his head, but one directly over the top as 
well, and that from throe, near his forehead, 
a rope rims straight ont over a pailny and 
down to a weight box. As he draws his 
head well hack, his body and legs being 
held rigidly erect, of course he lifts the 
weight— If ho can, and ho generally eait- 
Tbrn he lowers and repeats until ha haa 
had enough. And whnt has this done f De- 
veloped lire miracles called into action. 
Which ones were they f Those of any part 
of his legs T No. Of bis anuc* f No. Wtmt 
then? Draw your head far backward a few 
timm, right where you are, and you will find 
that it not only tends to expand your cheat 
and make you feel like walking up straight- 
er than ordinarily, hut it takes hold unmis- 
takably lu the hack of your neck. Keep at 
It daily and strenuously, and it will present- 
ly bring you a strong, shapely neck, holding 
your head op in Its jitsce for bettor than 
m>*t heads are now held there. For this 
very wnrk baa called the muscles of tire 
back i»f the neck — the very nom which draw 
tlie head backward — into unwonted action, 
for moat men null women, especially these 
at sedentary-employ mente, seldom give III coo 
muscles any tiling to do worthy of lire name 
of work, and muscles, to be useful and do 
good work, need ample scimi bio use quite as 
iniirh as brains do. Plenty of fat, soft-built 
people hnvo large muscles, but often not 
as strong as smaller muscles wliooo owners 
require them to do a deal of work- If ev- 
ery body in this land wonld use apparatus 
of this sort a few minutes daily at riling 
and retiring, round shoulders would pre- 
sently bn as uuenenmou amongst na as they 
are now at West Point. 

Yon would think the gentleman at 49 was 
simply standing between ordinary parallel 
bore, and about to rue up. Raining one’s 
body up between parallel bare, with the en- 
tire weight resting on the hands alone, or 
attempting to walk along through (he liars 
on the bauds, require* considerable strength 
tn the hack of the upper arm, and if yon 
attempt to dip or heml the elbows, then fur 
breast umscUo os well, lint many student*, 
especially these of a lax condition of body, 
have no strength in these mnaclre worth 
men ti oning. have never aeon hard work 
w ith them, and hence on frying a little par- 
allel-bar exercise for tin? flr»t time, these 
muscles lame and get to aching the next 
morning. To avert this danger, common to 
ail muscles, Kutui'-vr tire! puts his pupil at 
a mikl, light work fur these very miuclee, 
where there is no temptation fo oTrnio. 
(tech ia thn device No. tit; for the tiers the 
youth has hold of are attached to the frame 
seen behind him, and na he poshes down- 
ward th* frame also cmnos down, and the 
rope from its centra, passing through the 
block overhead, lifts the weight box which 
is oo the floor behind his heels. Hence bo 
may lift <u re pound in thi* way, or fifty. 
By -and -by, when well used to light ami 
then to heavier weights, be is transferred 
to the next appliance for these snuie mu*. 
clew, namely, not ordinary fttnlM Inara. Imt 
sloping ones, like those shown in Fig. & 
These nre movable, with hooks on the end*, 
which h»«>k on to tbs iron rungs of the up- 
right ladders, so that you may pbaeonireend. 
say, a foot higher than the other, and tire 
lower end at just such a height from the 
tb«ir that it is easy to work them, while it 
get* hander a* you go upward. After a lit- 
tle work daily ot these for a few weeks, you 
are ready for lire parallel bar*, and your 
now trained miwchis nccil not foar ncbca 
aud pains. 

Anil there are plenty of the old-fashioned 
parallel hare here, some, too, mode so that 
by sliding ana whole frame sideways yon get 
the width between hare any you liko. There 


are high parallel* and In* ones, horirontal 
lmra, vaulting bare, ban sloping up from the 
floor, thick, fixed, and wkda apart, lad ween 
which you fall, and catching on them, ex- 
pand your ebc-st with a jerk ; ordinary 
Waal bare, a large variety of dumb bells 
and Indian club*, vanlting-honw.andall tire 
relics of the old time gymnasium worth tire 
roving. 

Bat perhapa tbo greatest novelty in tire 
whole establishment — certainly that calcu- 
lated to most arrest- the attention of tho 
observer who ia used to gymnastic work- 
in the marvellous variety of appliance* in 
which tho weight boxes form tho chief fea- 
ture ; for Aam>kxt - this Einsox of tho 
gymnnsinm — hits taken this weight box. 
slotted at (be shies, and running almost 
noast'Uosly between two upright rods, and 
adapted it to a score of didrrvDt uses. Its 
main advantage is that by having square 
pound plates of iron which just lit in thn 
box, you ran at once graduate your weight 
to yonr liking. while a little door on the 
front of each box keeps tho weights mug in 
their place*. Compand with the old-faah- 
ionod palling weight*, whore a great lump of 
iron on the end of the rope wobbled up and 
down a hit of wooden spouting, banging tho 
sides with nrnttnM nnUn, three well-oiled, 
smoothly running, tidily made boxes arc a 
groat stride forward, while of course they 
have tbo great advantage already railed of 
li ion adjustability. It is quite safe to say 
that for any raiurle you will nnme there are 
weight Iroxea no limniitotl as to enable you 
to call tire desired parts forthwith into vig- 
orous action. 

Step up on that high platform, and fit 
yonr heel Into that canvas pooch ; standing 
erect, ran* draw tire heel steadily backward 
In a horizontal line, so lifting a weight box 
at the other end of tlie rope, What is at 
work now f Yonr under- tliigh, usually a 
neglected and undeveloped part, but most 
essential to a graceful step, swift rnnciing, 
or up-hill walking. Pull nway, say, fifty 
times, and yon will find conclusively that 
Jnst lu your under-thigh you are get ring 
tired— nowhere else. Step arrow* now to 
this other canvas poach. This time put, 
not your bawl, but your toe* oral fore-foot 
Into it. Now keep palling your foot for- 
ward horieontally, so raising the weight 
Iwix below, amt see! tho front of jour thigh, 
also tho little muscle on your abln-boire— 
tlie very porta oo busy when you kick foot- 
ball — are brought sharply into piny, while 
tlM abdominal belta are for from neg- 
lected. 

Again, here you attack tire weight han- 
dle* scarce three Act I'rom th# ground, hot 
as yon stand faring them, unit berating over 
so oa to reach these low handles, then pall- 
ing them well out toward yon. The small 
of your bark suddenly telegraphs op that it 
is oo fatigue duty. Beep over a little to the 
weight boxes whose boodles are four feet 
high, ami as, facing three, you draw them 
out together, your whole upper bark Is hasv, 
while yonr feet take an unwonted grip on 
(he floor. Now turn with your hack to there 
handle*, aud pull them out post your aides, 
oral you have the prince of chmt-expand- 
ers. while a foot higher still yaa get the 
old-foshinDPd regulation shoulder weights, 
though this time practically noiselcws. 

Aral so yon go no through the building, 
constantly running upon Dew things, llud- 
ing all yott want, and much that you have 
not y»t learned to want, always delighted 
with the fltnews of the tools to tbeir work. 

l!p stairs, a broad balcony encircles the 
entire hall, mid hem I* th« well-used run- 
ning track of about fifteen laps to the mile, 
while off at one aide are the rowing-room, 
with its sevcDleon hydraulic rowiag-ma- 
cbiues; th# trophy-mom, with th# insignia 
of victory around you on all shies — hat (to- 
ting* with the names of Auaksu and tire 
Ch»WMMsRIP.U>S Lohinu, Watson, BlM- 
MON, Kiel! stunt, (UsrHuFT, and all the 
famoiM oarsmen; two hundred Itasn-lmlU 
of every pattern oral value, some of solid 
salver, all mounted in order, in a great vel- 
vet-lined case, filling np almost an entire 
siil# of the room ; photograph* of old crews 
oral nines; and near by the measuring- 
room, where every entering student is 
stripped. and forty anil mom ttinnau reorient* 
of him ore taken with exceeding care, anil 
recorded away accurately in grrat hooka of 
printed blank* mads especially for the pur- 
ism#. Over forty thoiisrunl of these mea- 
surements are hero already, and na th# later 
development ia steadily noted, those roust 
prove of groat value to tire student of tlie 
Imuran body. Step into tho i lector's own 
room*, and you fiuil yoarnrlf surrounded 
with measuring rods and gauges; French 
dynamometers, for testing yonr grip, ynur 
polling and pnshing power upward, Hide- 
way * —indeed, in about every way; a cap- 
ital library, with every book in It nlnn«t 
that Huntomisl or aiblcl# might wish, 
■uid all in tire rent# good order which per- 
vades everywhere this well-ordered body 
school. 


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CHKISTOWELL 

M Bari m sot ffale. 


Br r d. bl ackxcre, 

ArtHua or "M ** v Avmttv," I/ik«* Dooxx," 
" Carers, rat Cssaia," rrr. 


CHAPTER XL. 

THE XOBLRST MAX. 

“I CAIJ. it too had of llrem all. 1’ncl# 
John,'* said .1 nils Touchwood that nan*# day, 

“to run away and leave ns Utt-b-tflr like 
thia. If they go on so. I shall rnn away to- 
morrow, and Irev# an lut#ll«<trial rnmbst 
with prow Dicky, or go nnd nurse tho On- 
eral— a dangerous but interesting task, be- 
came be will want to swear so dreadfully, 
yet dam not 111 Uf presence; nnd I shall 
drive him to the very verge of supprewMed 
insanity by sweet ministration* of the most 
irritating order. Ah, it would be capital 
fun ! H» face is such a study when his )i|m 
are burning for a good round soinothiug. 
and hit ryes filling sadly at the fair sex in 
tlie room." 

" Why don't you marry him, my d#ar f* 
asked Colonel West* Mil be ; " yon might al- 
ways enjoy that flue right then I" 

" AUs, no, «l**r uncle ! Where is yonr 
knowledge of maiiklMl t How lavishly, bow 
rapturously, wonld he swear before his wife, 
and at her too, Iwfore three days were over!” 

•• Jnlin, in spite of oil your attraction*, 
you will hair to put up with an old ansa, 1 
do believe. Your turn of mind ia too tar- 
cnstic, ton uncharitable, for young men tn 
l»e phased with you. They like aomething 
softer, something sweeter -natuted, some- 
thing more confiding, ami simple, soil- " 

“ Aud fiK>li*h. Very wrell ; tlrey may like 
what they please — somebody with nlioal as 
much brains o* themselrc*. I shall Dot 
break my heart for them, L’oele John. If 
the *om com#* to tire wont, 1 shall bav* 
old Mr. Short ; 1 can do that, by holding up 
my linger, any day. He is the only one I 
get the wont of, when il come* to a chaffing 
mutch. Aim), alter all, matrimony cornea U> 
that. I have no faith in love, or spoony do- 
ings, nr the heart. Tire heart is corrupt 
sod dtrtprretely wicked, according |o in- 
spired authority. Then what I* tho good 
of it T 1 don’t want it ; I would rather have 
a man with mind and touly, (hat 1 most 
look op to, than a lot of stupid heart*. If 
Mr. Short’s head wo* at the top of hla hat, 1 
wonld have him to morrow, to spite every 
one, awl tn re**it out that spiteful old Ag- 
gett, who insulted me. Don’t suppne# that 
I am excited, Forte John ; 1 am not; I nev- 
er nan ; and I never metii to he. Now you 
can foil me what you think.” 

“Well, my dear,” said Colonel West- 
combe. after looking about a bit, and ad- 
miring Julia's Sashing eyes, which seemed 
alnniet to tight up the room where they sat 
in tlie twilight with tire doth removed, 
“you must remember that 1 am quite old- 
fashioned; that I never have been what is 
called a ' ladies’ man,’ nor even accustomed 
to smart society, liccaiiae I was poor, and 
poor people are stupid a» to worldly views 
at least. Yon limy 1 h< quite right as amoDg 
rich people In deocrilnug marriage as m 
' chaffing match' ; and if so. It I* desirable, of 
eonree. that the bnsband should lie tbe lies* 
hand at it, an that he may be looked up tn. 

But my view of the qncstum ia widely dif- 
ferent. I will not trouble you with it.” 

“Why not, Uncle John 1" fihe spoke in 
A aoft law voice, and did tnrt look *1 him, 
fur teats were lurking tn her prowl bright 
eye*. 

“Because, my dear, it would do no good. 
Your nature in many ways »* nolil#, Julia, 
but too fiery, and not at all submissive. 1 f 
you ever marry, as I heartily hope that you 
will do— and you have years yet to consid- 
er it — yon ought to have son* on# aa quick 
of unnd na yon are, but with far more m>lf- 
commaud." 

" I get it from my mother. I can't hc-lp 
It. I know that I am peppery, and con- 
temptuous. lint oh, Ftwde John, how I 
could adore a man like you, for instance !” 

“ My dear, you may find a (how*an*l men 
of for filter character than min* ever was ; 
oral I find myself growing sadly selfish now. 

1 heartily hope that yon may find ono to 
sail you, appreciate you, and — ami— well, l 
will say It — peg you down, as any ltndy 
mnst to live happily with you. Mind, I 
only mean at first. After that you would 
go on well. 1 ' 

“Thank yon. Uncle John, for that re- 
prieve. lion- my self- knowledge iw en- 
larged f If it ever romes to pas*, and I am 
bullied horribly, t shall cry out om the fu- 
neral pyre, ‘Oh. Uncle John!* with is loud 
voice, thrice, ns tire Eastern king did with 
tbe torches under him. Aud thru will yon 
come and unbind ure F 

“My dear. I do not, at th© present, mo- 
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for. I snppnse it is ill the .tmAti in .Viykre. 
And that reimtuls ir>* of story-telling. Your 
mind is a litttn * veiled fur tbe moment, and 
I hav* aai<l harsh things to yon. Io»ii>ad 
of going up, and dwelling upon Ihsin, would 
you like to limr me tell the story for which 
yno have often liegged, of th* nohleet 
matr I over knew f" 

•• Oh, if jon will only tel! me that ! — and It 
ia the very time for it. If be only under- 
went reproach like me P 

"That ho did. Julia. And without de- 
serving tt. To screcu nnother from rebuke 
andahaiue. It wavoneof the saddr-M tlnnga 
I ever knew, and I have met with many aail 
orww. Hut yon must allow mo not to men- 
tion namca, or at any rata only CTirlatiau 
nature, fur reason « which — which are bind- 
ing atilt. And you mind not apeak of it 
lightly, ItecMU* it would pain me greatly if 
you d»il ox” 

‘•Much aa I may want pegging down, 
Uncle John, I should want it Mill more if I 
could do such a thing, hit In t hia comfort- 
able chair, and then begin." 

41 No, 1 will ait jost where 1 am. When- 
ever I go hack to three old timea I am 
ashamed of my present luxury. But come 
yon and rent bore, my dear child, hceooae 
my voice is not always clear. Now are yon 
ready? Then please not to interrupt me, 
tierauae it threw* out my memory ; and I 
bars not told that story for a long wlalln 

"After the liattle of Talarera, which was 
a very hard fought Relit, and by no means 
decisive, the llntnh army, and I may aay 
the whole Peninsular cause, wns in the great- 
est jeopardy f«r several days. Our force 
was small ; we lout lost a grout many of our 
very beat troops In the two days of combat ( 
we hod no clear knowledge of the position, 
strength, or intention* of the enemy; we 
could not tro*t the Spanish tlnnr-ral to act 
In concert w ith us, or even to keep ua In- 
formed of his movements : the French were 
in for superior fmre, both in our front and 
in ovr rear ; wo were hemmed in the narrow 
valley of the Tagus, between a rapid river 
aod trackless mountains; went of sll, per- 
haps. or at, any rate, most depressing, we 
could count on* another’s honi's with fam- 
ine. For an entire mouth wo did not re- 
ceive so moth as tea full ratines. The 
Spaniards did tin* feeding, and left ua (n do 
the fighting. Their men were liko drip- 
ping -pans, aura like gridirons. You may 
suppose what onr condition wns when I tell 
you. my dear Julia, that the offal of a goat, 
rank, leathery, recking, would sell fur ns 
much as my best sheep ia worth ; and that 
I have seen dainty young nlRcere, w!»« 
would turn up Uistr noses at cold Must in 
England, i h see the gaunt swine in the for- 
est. and devour the flesh. with the bristle* 
on, raw and quivering. Spanish bam raw, 
ami without any garlic — awl t lie Span lards, 
wboaa place it was to snpply ns, even ac- 
cused us of theft for this! 

“What with anxiety, wearitjo**, and fam- 
ine, wa were all very wbuirahln, aa you may 
suppose; many of our beat friends lay dead 
or wounded I myself had lost a beloved 
•chool-fellow, as lwaie a jonng fellow an 
ever breatliml, )u that terrible charge of the 
Twenty-third — — ; we expected the French 
to fall upon ua in overwhelming nitniliera; 
and as yet we had wit that Implicit confi- 
dence in our great commander, then fiir Ar- 
thur Wellesley, which afterward made us so 
irresistible. The wisest of us thought that 
the whole scheme of the campaign wan 
wrong I a* is now confessed freely 1, enforced 
upon onr General, perhaps, by ihe politics 
of the day; while tin* more foolish of n» 
{who ware a thousand times as many, nat- 
urally) were convinced by starvation that 
the object of the patriotic Spaniards was to 
destroy us also. They could t>ot hear to 
mm ua upon their land, although wo were 
there to defend it ; aud the more of ns died 
instead of them — the belter they enjoyed if, 

44 I may b* narrow-minded, and an unfair 
witness; hut ubse out of ten of us asy the 
same. Many a time we longed for a good 
charge into the centre of the H|*sui*h army 
— if it dnserved to lie railed an army. Hut 
we got to respect the French, sod like tboni; 
they are not hidalgos, but grnth-nieu. and 
every lot ait brav* aa our own fr Hows. If 
they luul l**en iod as well as we were, with 
one bead present over them. Instead of a lot 
of jealous mondial*, countermarching one 
another, we ehotild have hail to embark in 
lriiB, for wn were Dot many, and the fow we 
had were starved. 

“ However, I am rumbling into big ques- 
tions, instead of going litre) ugh with my lit- 
tle one. When we retired after Talavero, 
leaving onr nick and wounded there to the 
care of the Spaniard*, who deserted them, 
nothing but n hold stroke on the pari of onr 
commander, and the remissnesa of Napo- 
leon's puppet king, preserved ua. Sir Arthur 
entmed the Tagus, ji**l in tiuse, liy the bridge 
of Areohtapo, and then it become of vital 
import to seize the bridge of Almarax, lower 
down, by which our retreat might he inter- 


cepted. To make sure of this nsomciitoiia 
point, a force of light cavalry was sent in 
advance with all passible dispatch ; ond the 
Ural to arrive at the bridge were the same 
hussars of whom l "jotke before, mrel daub- 
ing. impetuous, reckless fellows. 

“The night waa very sultry aud nrraso al- 
ly ilark— darker than I have ever known a 
hummer night In England, and I sitppom 
that ia qnite natural. Wo were eight or 
ten miles higher up the river, laboring along 
w ith the tamo-boned guns, and places where 
do hum* could drag thorn up. Then the 
black night foil iipou ns, and wo boiled our 
empty kettle*. Men who have marched far 
with nothiog in their stomachs fall into a 
jog-trot sort of resignation, n weary trust in 
I’roTiilenco that, having had tbn tod xiite, 
they ought to And the good one turning up. 
I reiucmhef the night quite well, because I 
hod never been so lame in all my life ; and 
I went down to Uin Tagna, wln-re a little 
brook ran in from a place they call the 
' Mexa flTbor,' aoil though I could nut spore 
tlm time t« hath*, because Mmebody else 
wonld have gohhled up my supper, I Masked 
tny hot feet in the cool mountain wafer, and 
from limping waa able to jump nguin. For 
all of ns, cflkoere as well iw rsen, 110*1 taken 
a strong pnll at the guns that day. 

I “ I assure you thnt we were more full of 
fatigue thau of anything else to sleep upon, 
for a quarter of a pound or onground w bent 
was all ths brand wo had for supper, and 
the meat waa an ounce of goat's tlcsh. We 
were thankful, we enjoyed it, and we tned 
to spare some for mir friend* with weaker 
appetites, who had taken ths* fever or beru 
wounded. But there was a heavy feeling 
In the air around us, and the uigbt that cauie 
over seemed to lie upon our bodtM luatead 
of drawing round u* like a curtain. 

“The iDsects were enough to eat us up; 
tli* heavier the air is, ihe harder they do la- 
bor. There is n fearful creature there, with 
a saw in hls head like a prawn's, and in bis 
tail a gimlet, with a fir-cone structure to 
ir. When a weary man in font asleep. Ibis 
fellow takes liis stand in some neiwitive 
part of the system where be can dud a Ut- 
ile eminence of the surface, out far from an 
equal <l*pre*sloti. Then be spreads hi* leg* 
like a pointer'* trestle, and works his hcad- 
«»» through the hill before him, whit* ha 
wren* the cutting worm of bin tail-gimlet 
into thn valley behind him. And the sunt 
of it is chut you never can catch him. 

■ Id spite of all onr weariiKiw, them and 
otlwr plague* allowed it* scarcely agm*l wink 
of sleep ; aud we itiatiuetly heard truiupota 
mile* away, and the sound of small ■ arms, 
carried !•> us hr the peculiar condition of 
tho lnglit and thn formation of tbn hills 
around ua. We were puzzled, for wr thought 
that the French could not be there ; hut none 
could ever asy where the Spaniards might 
be, for their great delight sun U> keep ns In 
the dark about it. 

“We marched very slowly, on the follow- 
ing day, down the loft hank of th* Tagus, 
tli* weather being most oppressive, tli* track 
very difficult. and oar bnntot broken down. 
But wbru we arrived, no the evening after 
that, opprwitc tbo boal-bridg* at Alniaraz, 
which had been so important to as, w« saw 
a very sad and moving scene, which will 
never quit toy memory. In a bend of the 
river, where 111 * setting sun threw shadows 
ou the yellow ground it hail scorched up, a 
firing-party waa taking position, and liefurc 
them stood a British officer. 

** t had never seen a thing of that kind 
yet; neither Unit those around me; bnt we 
knew, aa if by instinct, what it waa, and we 
drew ssmI* aud trembled. The verdict of 
court-martial waa being read aloud, and »» 
heard the words, 4 cowardice, and treachery, 
in presence of the enemy,' ami the sentence, 

4 death.' 

'■There stood a group of officers. Illustri- 
ous now throughout Europe, a* lung aa any 
history shall last, tli* commander in-chief 
looking »tcm as the reek*, and a part of the 
celebrated Light Division drawn op like * 
w all, and a* mute etui atilL But the faces 
of many of the muti were working ; for they 
loved the man they were to *lay. 

" He aloud calmly looking at them, as firm 
as I am now, and a great deal firmer ; and 
be even neemeit to smile at such a face about 
hls life. He waa naked if h* had anything 
to any, and li* snul. ' Nothing' ; and tlmi 
with a stately atep be went and took his 
place where the distance had been mea- 
sured, and Hioori with his arm« at lies aide, 
bta heels together, and his broad chest ex- 
panded for the ballets. I saw- him, with tbn 
sonnet on hts face, ami knew bins— the man 
who had saved my life — the bravest man 1 
liml ever met with. 

“The gone were levelled at him; be waa 
opening hi* lips to say 'Fire!' a* be hail 
claimed the right to itn, when swifter than 
a Hash of steel a man leaped before the 
muzzles, turned round, and cried: ‘Jilinot 
me ! shout me r I did tt alt. He knew no- 
thing of It. Shoot me, if yon most m order 
any one.' 


“ It waa the mere click of a trigger that 
they were not both shot together. The 
(Mineral held hls hand up, the men dropped 
their musket*. tho two id such |*>nl •.level 
aide by aide, each challenging the death- 
shot. In 11 1 Moment it was known that they 
were hrotliera, and a bins of wosuler broke 
the awfal silence. Before we cxmld are any 
more of them, they were both under guard, 
b_v Sir Arthur's orders for the further con- 
sideration of their can it. 

“ Now the story is a strong* one, yet not 
to he doubted, in the face of all the evidence. 
Three two brother* were of very good birth, 
and a family well known In Knglaod. Well 
known not only for their property ami line- 
age, Iwil alto fur tbeir strong peculiarities. 
It wua aaiil that they never thought ns oth- 
er people thought ; and never even acted 
upon nliat they thought aa others would 
have done who thought to. And this seem* 
to hav* shown Itself in the actions of these 
two, which I havn not Uni able at tail to 
understand up to the present Moment; and 
my good fricoil General Bank -though ha 
wilt not confess it — in no wiser. 

“ However, 1 ean tell yon that there two 
brothers, Philip noil Lewis, were In thn Mini* 
regiment of human, attached to the Light 
Division, of which yon hare lieoni me speak 
before. A fashionable anil a proud regiment 
it was, famous for discipline, dash, and dar- 
ing. Lewis, tbo younger brother, had beeu 
with It anitm t i ill*, and was exceedingly pop. 
tilnr both with the men and hi* brother 
officers, though considered rather odd and 
miBanUe in his views sometimes. Ilo was 
given to roving among the woods whenever 
ha coaid get the opportunity, amt waa al- 
war* collecting plants ami morere. w hich 
of (mim ho hail to leave behind him. Ilia 
Colonel had ratted liitta to order once or t wire 
for habits rather nnsnldiorltke ; but the 
kmiw ledge of the country which he obtain- 
ed had toon* than once proved naeful; he 
broaght many welcome oontrihuticin* to the 
mere, auch u fish, fruit, trutttra, etc. ; ami 
above all, there waa do calmer brail, nn 
stronger hand, t»o Udder heart, than bis, in 
tho charge, the surprise, or flu* rally. 

“The elder brother. 1 'hi lip, hod only join- 
ed quite lately, exchanging from some other 
regiment; amt there lmd tint been time to 
know much about him yet, except that hs 
was very different from his brother Lewis in 
everything except appearance. In person 
the brothers resembled on* another like 
twin*, though I believe there were three or 
four years between them. But Lewis had 
l fen exposed to climate and hantalilp, while 
his brother the viscount for he was that 
by court**} — bad lieeo living at home In 
lnxury. Hut they were not like twins in 
anything except the outward form, I do be- 
lieve. For instance, there was no ecqieclal 
lev* I*. tween them; they avoided one an- 
other when they could well do no, and seem- 
ed to have widely different tastes. 

“All this came out afterward, aa yon must 
know, fu» no especial heed of them was tok- 
en, with 00 many groat events around os. 
Neither would we have heard that much 
alsrnt them exoept f«T the extraordinary up- 
shot of the cas*. We hod plenty of young 
noblemen aud heirs to tit Ire, beaded off like 
poppies when the French stmek straight. 
Hut (ho odditem of this thing aod the cuo- 
trwdictMio of opinion modnns notice it. And 
I tell you, Julio, that I am only too glad to 
have lieeu out of the way when it happened, 
li*«anre I should not have known what to 
say if they hail railed upon me for evidence. 

“The night bod been very dark; all 
agreed to that ; and we had found it so a 
few league* higher up the river. A very 
close and heavy cloud fell over all the land, 
without any misc or dew (which help to car- 
ry light, they say), aud without a flash of 
lightning to enliven it. TiWM hnsMre. or 
rather s detachment of thnim, ivot more than 
a hundred and fifty sabres, nnder urgent or- 
ders of dispatch, rode into the Mark pine 
wood between the nwmutailia and the river- 
bank- 1 waa told by one of them (quite a 
boy, who died gallantly in action at the Goa 
next year) thnt they could hardly see tbeir 
hands before their faces In the depth of 
that pine wood ; and but for that officer, 
who seemed to know every Mick of it, they 
never could have foci ml their way to the 
rickety boat-bridge. There they dismount- 
ed, scot fifty of their number across, mw to 
their home*, andnst down, by the dark gleam 
of the river, to their scanty, hot, dry rations. 

44 Now hereupon hangs tli* whole gist of 
the qneetiiHi, so far as there can lie any 
question, where nmon not only pleads guilty, 
but in thn advocate against himself. I>id 
tho younger brother, Lewis — who waa the 
senior officer, you must understand, anil in 
command of the squadron, with hia elder 
brother under Mm — did he crow the lsasl- 
bridge, aa he should have done (far the 
danger waa upon the other aide, if any), or 
did he, m lie himself declared, scad his bro- 
ther acre**, aud remain with Hi* main body f 
The night was so dark, and the brothers so 
alike ia figure, slatuiv, uisu, walk, and 


gesture, that the story mast lie left between 

t beared Tta. 

“That night the meet mnrve]|cms dis- 
grace that ever befell a fine regiment l*MI 
thn** liimsar*. They were terrified where 
no fear was; they were etrieken with a pan- 
ic ; they were scared of their live*, or rather 
of their wits, for they never thought twice 
of their liven in the matter, I do holier*. At 
any rate, off they went, belter skelter, with 
«liat thn French rail a sum*- qsi prei, every 
man jumping on the flint liurs* he mM 
catch, unit tearing away os it the devil tor* 
behind him. In (ho rooming the bridge 
was wide open for th* French, and the still 
more important ford below ; simI If they 
iiuly hail Napoleon with them, or even Routt 
until warred, but a British soldier wbn 
fought at Talavera would hav* told tbn 
lab*, unlem it were in a French prison. Thn 
two l*i*4 troop* or tli* brat British Ilono 
that *vcr struck stirrup or drew sabre were 
league* away on the road to Delcytoxo, and 
eauiti back at evening with even their 
horooa bunging tbeir tails like a dug to be 
thrashed. 

" It is said tliat in th* blackest hour of 
(hat black night, when they all lay sleeping, 
except tli* out post senna the river— sleep- 
ing tho (wavy sleep «if men deadly weary, 
sod with nothing on their stoiuaelm to hiuk* 
them dream, n fear came through the air 
arouml them, a shudder, without voice or 
sound, a terror of th* spirit, and a trembling 
of th* Heal). All at onco it seized them, 
asleep or waking, lying nn tlieir hocks or 
sitting np against a tree, thanking tlv* Lord 
for being still alive, or swearing at th* in- 
t*cc(* fur knowing it; whatever they were 
doing, whoever they wet*, howsoever they 
strove to man thcnwelv#*, a black fear came 
i n to t he marrow of the lr hearts ; wan breathed 
it into man, bone into horse; and not ouci 
of them staid lb*re to cough or to onort. 

I w* u nrow n sl 


ANOTHER GREAT HOSPITAL. 

A fkw yearn ago a number of philanthrop- 
ic gentlemen — among them Dr, J. E. Tru- 
»r.a determined, if tli* ueoevunry funds 
muld lie raised, to eatabli*h a hospital ia 
this country for tbe treatment of female in- 
ebriates and opium-eater*. Sixty acres of 
land and |lfi,tK»' worth of Labor and mate- 
rial were offered by citizens of \Yiltoe,Co«- 
ncetirnt, anil it was dneidmt to locate tho 
building at that place. lu order to incre**o 
it* use ful nets, it wua thought best to makn 
(ho Inatitalioci a niitlnnal one. Tbe donor 
of the land gave it solely cm condition that 
tbe heapital should be forever devoted to 
the medical treatment of the clnas of unfor- 
tunates Binntlcui*d above. H« also stipu- 
lated that th* carporatMin should not receive 
any appropriations or gifts from th* State 
of Connecticut, bin nhjecl twing to prevent 
tb« BiODlpnlatinn of tho inntitutiem by poli- 
ticians. His desire was that it should de- 
pend for its construction and endowumut 
nptia inbacripiioaa from th* entire country, 
and that tho citizen* of every (Mat* should 
have the Minn rights and privilege* as tb* 
residents of tbe blot* of Connecticut. To 
bring it within tbe reach of the poorer clam- 
es, tbo projector* agreed that every tenth 
bod in the institution should he a fie* one. 

Tbo site is a charming one. It contains 
nn* hundred and fifty-three Or res of laud 
(sixty of which, a* we hav* said, were pre- 
sented by a citizen of Wilton 1 , and 1 * situa- 
ted on a plateau about four hundred feet 
above tide-water. It t* easy of uccree. and 
cocnmsniU a view on th* south wlitc.li over- 
looks Long Inland Sound for more than thir- 
ty miles, while on th* went, north, and east 
there are al»n magnificent views of bill* 
and valleys for several miles. 

Eighty acres of the ground will bn laid 
out in walks, drives, and lawns, sod the re- 
mainder Will lie de voted to gardens, or- 
clianis, and fanning purpose* for th* o*c of 
tbn hospital. 

The bnilding, an illustration of which, 
from th* plans of th* architect, Mr. T- R. 
Jackson, is shown nD psg* 7B4, will be 370 
feet long, 70 feet wide, having a centre pa- 
vilion, with tower and wings at each end, 
with a frontage of !» feet- Th* principal 
entrance will bo in the south wing, through 
a carriage porch and vestibule, entering * 
spacious hall on th* first floor, sixteen feet 
wide, at either Md* or which are the rerajt- 
t met -rooms, physicist**’ other*, etc. Through 
fnhllng-duon, st tho end of this hsll com- 
mences the main corridor, twelve feet. wide, 
extending th* length of tho building, with » 
transverse corridor in tbn centre pavilion. 
At either side of th* corridors are the pa- 
tients’ rooms, in size about sixteen by twen- 
ty feet, arranged m nrife Slid singly. In tbe 
north wing ore tbe ehnpel. library, aud 
dining roomv ; ailjiKuing them, tbe conserv- 
atory. 

Tbo three upper floor* are arranged in 
th* *amo manner, and are reached by easy 
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UNION OF BLUR AND GRAY. 

[blOTtoUr *nfg*»**4 by thr mil vMl nf Omrenar 
IUrH'iv m<1 Hi* CMlMCtlai c n nrp a nn * In llurti»- 
IhB, Saatli C*nillus.j 

Tur HI an la matching South none mom, 
With serr.nd nlcel ami ninthly tread ; 
Their martial mimic |Mud«l Imfurn, 

Their date of stare flashed overhead. 
Ah! not through nUirm and strew they 
come, 

The thunders of old lial* am dumli. 

And frank a* clear October’* ray 
Thin meeting of tho Bine and Gray. 

A Plwmix from her outworn firea. 

Ilor gory aahea, riling free, 

Fair Charleston with her *l*iulw*i «pire« 
Gleam* by the ailver-urrsnded sea. 

No hurtling bail nor hostile ball 
Break.* through the tmoehemem hoi lle-pall; 
True voices »;w»k from heart* aa true. 
Fur Btrifo lien dead 'twlxt Gray and Bine. 
Grim Sumter, like a Titan maimed, 

Still glooms beyond hi* shattered keep; 
Bnt where hi* U>lta of lightning flamrd 
There hrood* a quiet, mild a* sleep; 

HU granite hate, long clcauned of blood, 
1» circled hy a golden flood, 

Type of that pear* whose furred away 
Enfold* the Blue, exalts the Gray. 

The sea-tides faintly rise afar. 

And— wing* of all the Itrewxn* failed — 
He* in slowly liorn* o'er lieach anti bar. 

l>ream-ninrmnnDg* from a spirit world. 
Through throhhing drum and bugle-trill 
The distant calm seem* deeper still — 
Iv*p a a that faith whose rnrdial dew 
Hath scKithrd the Gray and charmed the 
Blue. 

O'er Ash try's hre.ut the Antnmn smites, 
All mellowed in her hary fold. 

While the white sons of languid idea 
Am girdled hy ethereal g'dd. 

All Nature wliUprr*: War la o'er. 

Fierce feuds hare fled our sea and shore : 
Old wrong* forget, ohl ties renew, 

O heroes of ths Gray and Blau! 

Tho Sun there Palm and Northern Tine 
No longer clash through leaf and bough ; 
Tranquillities of depth iienign 

Have hound their blending foliage now. 
Serene they shine in son. lit noon, 

Or, trauced by cloudiest star nud moon, 
Their equal shadow* softly play 
A Imre tbn Bloc, across tho Gray. 

Pail II. Ilarxx. 


ritegmi to Hum'f Wsaaa* No. IMt] 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

Itv JAMES PAYN, 

Ame* «e " Few Rmf," T»t« 0** Rwr," 
"Viivfif Wot*,*' “Was — *«* Wisiksv* 
"VT«*t Hs Con Ilia." m 


CHATTER X1IL 
ml nnmor. 

If there i» anything in the theory of the 
Survival of the Ft I tent, there should surely 
b* MinM-thliig of merit in thou: who relaiu 
the appearance of youth after it lias long 
departed from litem; amt in (hi* light Mr. 
AugBstus Kodnn, of Paragon ('hamU-re, Pall 
Mail, and tho Rannociilus Club, may bate 
been considered to be not wholly without 
his uses. He had at one time enjoyed one 
of (hose sinveuroa n inter govern nient alxiit 
which, when they are swept away, prophe- 
cies are made concerning the downfall of 
onr native laud ; hut a* no one wsa the 
wont for Its abolition, and Mr. Undou many 
pennies tlir better (for he was amply com- 
pensated!, til* outcry in hi* case soon sub- 
sided, leaving him a magnificent private 
grievance . Hit feature* were classical aisd 
aristocratic ; hi* figure. Ull and apare, was, 
from behind, »a»« for a certain shambling 
in bla gait, atlll youthful; anil scorning 
spectacles, he carried so eyeglass, with 
which, flmngh year* of practice had fulled 
to enable him to slick U In ita propur place, 
he emphasized Ins oliaervatloiia in a v*ry 
dignified manner. Having nothing to do, 
he took the whole domain of art under hi* 
protection, and cultivated such an nsjierial 
knowledge of blue china aa was a terror to 
hia acquaintance. He wna accustomed to 
say be wa* not a conceited man, but that he 
•‘knew m«rn about Hcu rfr roi than any one 
ill the l.'oited Kingdom." anil a* to the lat- 
ter statement, be may, for aught I know, 
have been correct. For tbs rest, he was a 
profemlonal invalid — a ratling that enabled 
him to wear fur trimming* to Uls coat in 
winter, and to indulge himself, under medi- 
an) ad vine, with hi* favorite dainties. The 
one crumpled rose-leaf In hi* »tWt»nr* w oe 
that be wna subject to cold* in the head, 
which took away hi* taste, lit the great 
lavatory of tho Kananeula* he ns* d.- Hoov- 
ered. on more than one occasion, eating soap 
— a circumstance that led to injur ions re- 
ports as to hia sanity ; bnt, sa ha did me tire 


lion or to explain to me, it wa* a practice he 
ala ays adopted when suffering from bis 
nsnnl complaint : " If one ran taste brown 
Windsor. one ran to*fe anything; tf I find 
myself stile to do so, I order a good dinner 
at the club; if not, I go home to my lied and 
water arrowroot." 

He bail a delicate complexion — qnlto tho 
" Pompadour pink. - as he nsed to boast in 
moment* of complacency -and after he had 
"dieted" (such was his term for banquet- 
ing) exceptionally well, this became Inteai- 
hifoMl. which causes! his enemies to arer fi« 
pointed; hut this was a libel. It was only 
lit* ehameter that was artificial. In some 
resperta it was also llahliy enough, lint it 
had this attribute in common with iron — it 
was subject to attraction, not, indeed, from 
the magnet, but from ail persons of title, 
wealth, or notoriety. The woes ami want* 
■>f rianiaoiiptaee people did tret more him at 
all ; he Imre the misfortunes of his friends 
with the most philosophic serenity ; but the 
lightest wish of a lord, a millionaire, or a 
celebrity waa law ta him. And t hi*, we must 
do him the justice to any, wa* without any 
idea of a quid pro qua. save tbe merest trifle 
of personal acknowledgment. It must I* 
also admitted that when he dul do any- 
thing for anybody, hr did it with all hia 
might; that is to say, he ui4 it (for it rare- 
ly caino to doing) with all the power of 
gracious expression of which hia vocabu- 
lary aud it was a very copious ono- wo* 
capable. On receiving Mr. Lyater'a invita- 
tion, it was tml the fact of that gentleman'* 
fading health, or hi* reference to the preho- 
blUty that tbe opportunity would not occur 
again, which induced him to accept it; be 
felt he could with equanimity have post 
jM'tvcd making hia niece'* acquaintance till 
*h* w as an orphan, and have even omit tod 
it altogether without much diatrcaaofniind; 
but he could not forget that tbe man wa* 
after all hi* brother-in-law, ami had the rep- 
utation of great wealth ; that though lie 
had contracted a second alliance, he wowtd 
probably leave Clara well pro tilted for. ami 
that to have an heiress for a niece la advan- 
tageous for a gentleman'* social statu*. 

Moreover, Mr. Lyataf'i reference to bi* 
own popularity with the Ionia of the anil 
showed a very Jn*t appreciation of hi* peal- 
twin, while the reflection that “my partner. 
Sir Peter," woa prepared to make thing* at 
Stoke* ill* pleasant foe him, wa* vary grati- 
fying. On the whole, he decided to accept 
the inritatiun, and a* that idea of his being 
“ sought after at Chrilttltoa time" **• much 
too wliolowxuo a one to lie diacoiiragnd, hs 
resolved to run down to Stoke ville at onco. 
On the third day after the dispatch of hia 
lira! bur-in-law'* letter, he accordingly ar- 
rived at Oak Lodge. During the latter 
part of hi* journey he had been greatly in- 
convenienced by atniiMpberic effect* and 
suinl* mi hi* no*e; bnt the comfort, amt es- 
pecially the appearance, of the carriage chat 
hod been sent to meet him had soothed him 
much, while til* warmth of his recaption 
bail quite restored hia good-humor. Like 
most selfish person*, when once in for a dis- 
agreeable duty. h« waa affability itaelf. 
Though it atntek bitn that Ire had never 
seen u man alive looking so like a dead one 
as hi* ho*t. he cougratnlated him on hia ap- 
pearance with much fervor, 

" Yon am thin, that I must any, my dear 
Lyslcr, and paler perhapa than wo could 
wish, but I can not think, to look at yon, 
that matter* nan be no *eri»it* a* yon repre- 
sent ; the rim of your eye — and I rtunvmlier 
my dear friend the late president of tho 
College of Physician* made a gTrat point 
of that — tonka exceedingly healthy,” 

To Clare ho was more than gracious. 

"My dear Clara, people may talk of tbn 
air of fltoki-vill* being trying, but you arc 
Helm In'meir.” 

•* I think she has pretty well recovered 
from her recent illness,” observed Sir. Lya- 
ter, “ though, you are, her hair, which they 
had to cut for tbn fever, ia nlill abort.” 

'•To 1* *iire, and veTy nlen it look*,” con- 
tinard Mr. Roden, in no way abashed at hi* 
forge I fnl ore* of Clare'* Into indisposition; 
"aa I wa* about to my, one would never 
have gnewHwl she hod suffered so severely, 
poor Mil, how 1 pitted her! Kiss your nu- 
de, my darling; it* ho* irecu longing to see 
I lit* day, l ilo oreum yon. And this i* 
Georgy. is it P- ■ bringing Gerald to the win- 
dow to examine him, a* if he had liecti a 
nptvlmen of Mr* iU roi, and he wa* looking 
for In* Jkor-dh-N*. •' You are a line-grown 
young fellow. Master George." 

“Gerald.” suggested that yonng man, 
with on nucianfortable grin, 

••To tie *nrc, you're Gerald— the idea of 
toy forgetting your name ! What a height 
ami what a build for sixteen!" 

4 ' 1 am just eighteen," growled Gerald. 

“ Dear me. how time the*! Hut bow can 
you Ire no when Clara here — ” 

"Clare,” pnl in Mr, Ly»ter, gently. 

“ Of course, Clare ; did 1 not «ny Clare f - 
when Clare here doesn't look c.uhtcan her- 
•oLff" 


" Bnt 1 nm twenty -one, yon know, uncle," 
smiled Clare. 

” Well, I should think 1 did know. The 
fact of yonr haring come to yean of discre- 
(too, my dear, it too important, I hope, to 
have escaped my recollect Uni. And you 
have loot no time in asserting yourself as 
your own mistrew, I hear, ebf What a 
chinning blnah ! Well, I hope 1 aui to aoe 
tlii* young gentleman.* 

“ Perey i* coming to dine to-morrow on 
purpose to meet you," said Mr. Lyater, with 
an involuntary aigb, 

" Ah, you grudge him hi* prlre, and I don't 
wonder," aaid Mr. Hoden. ■' Lord kack- 
straw, who is in tbe Mine position hia 
daughter is engaged to the Marquis of Bloc- 
blazes, a* you are doubt leas aware — was 
saying to bh> only tho other day, • How one 
hate* throe sons-in-law ! the anriling young 
scoundrel* who rob ns of our dearest and 
nearest.' Not that my Lord Blnablaae* ia 
i* so very young, though senior to me at 
college. And Sir Peter, hy-the-bye" ( one ti- 
tle always suggested another lo Mr. K**1en b 
" h«w dire* he carry hia age » Full of yean, 
ami honor* — a phrase need too often, alas. 
In a conventional sente, hut not in the rare 
of a benefactor of tbe human race who has 
founded a ■HMOltutn." 

“A at OM am," pul In Mr. Lyiter, for really 
the difference wa* important : the mistake, 
tooy if not corrected, might possibly have 
been made to Sir Peter hinnwlf, with whom 
tbe subject wa* sacred. 

"Just aa; a museum — one of the mutt 
Interesting institution* which reflection ran 
dwell upon, and which in a few yearn will 
donbllMO puree** the advantage of being 
o|>ened for tho public benoflt on a Sunday. 

I do hops Sir Petrr i* well." 

Mr. Roden's carelerenere of all matter* 
that did not directly concern himself canned 
him to fall into a good many error* which 
ths most ordinary attention and recollection 
would have avoided ; but, on the other hand, 
his unfailing flow of word* earned him 
through everything, while his self-corn |0a- 
ceocy led him to imagine that other* thnnght 
a* little of Ilia inaccuracy a* to time and 
place and nun a* he did himself. He wa* 
described by the vulgar as " able to talk the 
faiud leg of a borne off,” and though that wa* 
proltahly an exaggeration, hi* eloquence wo* 
undoubtedly trying to au invalid. 

Mr. Lister therefore took an early op- 
portunity of leaving him to the hospitable 
ministrations of Clare — who endured him 
with that gentle resignation with which alt 
good women suffer boredom -till dinner- 
time. Gerald (on, who, a* we have said, hail 
boeu of lain on bi* bent behavior, remained 
on dnty, though it must he admitted that 
hi* demeanor resembled rather that of a rap- 
tured deserter than a guard of honor. Nor 
was bo more reeonrllod to hia position by 
the compliment* which Mr. Rmlrii incident- 
ally bestowed on him with reference to his 
(Htippoerdjhinii lies* habits, domestic « irtuea, 
and the re*pon*ibilltisa that mu*t need* de- 
volve upon him m “ the right hand of hi* 
fill her." These malapropos eulogies reached 
tbolr elimax in Mr. Rodea's disrover.v of n 
mast striking llkcuns* in the youth to hi* 

“ sainted mother," whom he hail not only 
never seen, hilt bud very positively declined 
to *i*o, and who for tho moment he ei>n- 
fnaed with hia own aister. Kven thi*, how- 
ever. cm perceiving hi* error, tlie visitor, aa- 
oinlod by a flourish of his pocket bnndker- | 
chief, the prv*1netion of which this hypotbet- I 
ical reminiscence had nceeasitnlrd, coutrl vml 
to amoncli over, and in place of embarrass- i 
menl souoeoilaly blew hi* none. Clare, who ; 
thought him floeidotlljr "crackwl" treat ml 
him with tbe gcntlcnrua exhibits*! hy tho 
American Indians to those whom the Good 
Spirit lias afflicted in their mind*, and Mr. 
Koden, convinced, a* non*!, that he had made 
a favorable impression, waa alnuMt a* well 
satisfied with her as with himself. The boy 
he net down aa a enlb, but that, He reflected 
(now that tlie rtroiiliMCanee* offal* birth had 
been bronght to hia roeolleettoul. woa only 
whnt wa* to be expected ; aa to Mr. Lyater, 
sitting silent and ghoot-like at tbe head of 
hi* own dinner table, ho thongbt him great- 
ly improved in manner. He had lost that 
habit of self aiwertion which he had noticed 
in him when they hud met at (he Rsnum-n- 
liM, and wi'tnrd to Union with bncomtngdnf- 
erenco to his dissertation* on tlie dinner 
plate* ( which were Derby, it scented, bnt 
not Crown Derby), and hi* remark* oil tbe 
proojiect* of the spring Kxhlhitioa. 

On one occasion only did Mr. Roden con- 
trive to iuterest his audience — or rather 
two fln nD nf them, fur Gerald, relieved from 
guard, gave no further attention to him, 
but sat clutching hia wine gloa*. and iru- 
oieraed in bis own tbougbfa- «iieu descRb- 
ing one of tlio maut romarknlilo rirrnm- 
hImhii-s that hail evor happened to him a* a 
traveller, which took place on hia journey 
down. 

"Wiilla waiting at your junction — Cnal- 
borongh ia, 1 think, i la name : if 1 am wrong, 
be so good aa to correct m« — while waiting 


NOVEMBER IS. IfWt. 


on the platform, I say. a yonng person, very 
black and grimy, with a slimy appearsnro, 
produced, a* it would seem, hy mime power- 
ful application of oil, cams up and • fared at 
mo very hard. He appeared to he a supe- 
rior kind of sinker, and if washed would 
hare been a haudwnne yonng fellow enough; 
moreover, hi* expression was far from sug- 
gesting import in i' ore. ‘Weil, my good lad,' 
said I— fur no one can accuse me of a want 
ofaffa)illlty,| hope — • what ran Ida for yon T 
Then, «* 1 hail my hand in my poekot for 
sumo coppers, he buret oat laughing, ami 
said, 'No. thank you, uncle; I cau buy my 
own beer to drink your health In.’ The 
train camo np at that moment, and off lie 
ran -probably to get on the tender -but 
tbnt be used tbe word uncle I am confi- 
dent.” 

•'Why, that must have been Herbert," 

observed Clam, langhiug. 

"Perhaps indeed, very likely." said Mr. 
Roden. cheerfully. •' But who If Herbert T" 

“Why, my dear Roden, ho la yunr awn 
lister’* aim," replied Mr. Lyater. " He dined 
with n* at tlie elob when w-e last met in 
levmhin, don't you remenilier t” 

“Bnl Ire wasn't * stoker then, wa* he t 
Nnch a circnniktaivee conlil hardly bavn es- 
caped my reeoUortion ." 

“ No. irer i* lie now," *aid Mr, Ljrnter, cold- 
ly, for he did not like ta hear any deprecia- 
tion of hia favorita. " He I* simply at Co*L 
borough to pursue hia atudie*." 

"Dear me!" ejaculated Mr. Ri*leu. putting 
np his e veglas*. “ He «a* certainly not in 
ocadrmiral eosloroe.” 

“He i* learning engineering, though in- 
deed he has very little to learn ; lie is A 
young man of the highest prendre." 

"Hut I thought Ire had jC 10,000 of hu 
own," objected Mr. Roden. 

Mr. Lyater grew paler than ever. 

'* Yea," be said. “ bnt he ia not aim of those 
young men to w lioin a competence is fata). 
He ta fhll of work nud energy, and endowed 
with mirh talent* that, in my opinion, he 
wilt find the rood to fortune *a*y." 

"Gad, Ire bud nil enough to smooth It," 
exclaimed Mr. Hoilen, with a shudder of re- 
collection. “ Bnt I am glad to find there ia 
a arirntilic genius in lire family i that l« ta 
■csy, IwMiiUw thi* young gentleman here," ha 
added, with a sudden recollection of Ger- 
ald's presence. 

"Ell! what!” exclaimed Gerald, roused 
from *«UMi gloomy thoughts of his own. 
"Yea, I’ll take a glam of wine with you 
with pleasure." 


CHAPTER XIV. 

MKKINO THU Ltoxa. 

Mn. Rnnrv’s objection ta stokers did not 
extend to the higher branch of eivil engi- 
neering; indeed, he hail a keen appreciation 
of lb* higher bnuirbm of cvcryibiug, and 
tire information I list Herbert Newton was 
likely to make a figure in science made a 
considerable impression upon him. As a 
man of the world, he nf cmirre had heard 
many similar prophecies of future great- 
ness, but they bad been mostly concern- 
ing young pereon* who bad little ols* hut 
piirpbis-ii-a to depend upon, where** Her- 
bert, with u-n thousand ponnd* of hia own, 
was voluntarily embracing au unattractive 
ppvfejwinu. which really liMikod like fituesa. 
IJniier such eircnuiataiicca, it might some 
day be very agres-able to speak of "my 
nephew the engineer," soil a* there was no 
chance of tb* young fellow"* becoming a 
burden to him, Mr. Rodeu determined to 
cultivate his acquaintance. He was secret- 
ly ronacviut of not having lawn so very af- 
fable when Urey hail m»t at the railway 
station, and waa willing enough to allow 
himself friendly. 

When Mr. Lyslcr proponed hia going aver 
tire mill next day, ire at one* suggested, 
therefore, that Herbert should act aa hia 
cicerone, and a letter waa written that very 
evening to summon that young gentleman 
ta the I-ndge. 

“It will ho more convenient eTcry way,” 
Mid Mr. Lyater, “n* Herbert will be only a 
volunteer supernumerary, whereas Gerald 
ha* hi* work In do." 

Arid Mr. Koden, who had forgotten Ger- 
ald'* existence in hi* desire to make Her- 
bert's acquaintance, observed. mmWtly, 
"That WHO tire very tiling which oceorrvxi 
to my own mind: the Icaat that an irila 
man can do ia not to interfere with the work 
of other people-" Then, after a pause, "You 
hinted that NSr Peter hail been g'»x1 enough 
to offer to show mo some of the liana uf 
Btokeville." 

" Ob, certainly ; yon will ssa him at tho 
mill ; anil If Ire doesn't Introduce you to tho 
Museum," inul Mr. Lyater. smiling. 41 it w ill 
be a very nnnanal lure of an opportunity to 
tod mil bin hobby,” 

TUI* was not at all the frame nf mind in 
which Mr. Roden wished Sir Peter to show 
him the Museum, or anything else; b« had 
earn* to Stoknville aa a visitor of considera- 
ble social importance, whose reputatiou bud 


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*OVEMJ*R 12. MM. 


preceded l'i®. nnd tliin off-hand manner of 
treating lit on, a* though bn bod been nn or- 
, liuary eXCliraUmist, waa intolerable, When 
na Invitation to dine at (lie Hall unit <Snr, 
however, eooebed in ctmrteno* phrase, win 
put Into hit hand, Iris nulled plumes buIh 
mtlril, and all wiw »moolli again Hi* only 
re (fret waa that hi* acceptance of it would 
take him away for a few hour* ftnm limes* 
cellent hrather-in-litw (who of comae could 
sol dine from lioin*X and hi* charming niece 
(who could not 1m persuaded to leave her 
father), nod “ dear George— I mean tierald." 

Hi* reception of Herbert wa* quite en- 
thusiastic ; the oil which he hail so much 
objected to on the previous day iwvtned to 
pervade hi* own opeerh and manner. 

“Now yon ore dressed like anybody else, 
my dear hoy. I cant think how I could have 
ever failed to recognize yon ; hut I must ac- 
knowledge that well, that scientific ros- 
tume, unit shall I oay raw local coloring! did 
rather disguise you." 

•• I looked very queer, no ilnubt, uncle," 
said Herbert , taught ug gtosl-natoredly ; “ but 
at Stokevillo we am not ashamed of our 
working clothes." 

“Very right, I am sure; no uue need ho 
aslmtned of honest labor. 1 knew what it 
wa* to work hard myself, till an infamous 
government deprived me of the opportunity 
of serving the state; and I remember I al- 
ways kept an old coat at then® Co" — which 
indeed hr had done — to smoke In. 

On the way to the mill Mr. Kodcn intro- 
duced the subject of science — a topic of 
which ho knew little or nothing; and though 
that indeed was BO bur to hi* conversing 
upon it to any extent, he dexterously drew 
out til* yonng man on his favorite pursuit*, 
ami listened to him with h» little interrup- 
tion a* his own natural turn for eloquence 
permittee). When one bna token a man of 
genius for a stoker, and offered him two- 
pence halfpenny its a posrhifrc, no wlfsnen 
fico with a view to tusking amends can ho 
considered executive. 

“To me, a mere looker-on upon men and 
thing*, my dear nephew," lie began, “it 
aectn* incredible Hist yon should have left 
cotton-spinning, with it* assured and enor- 
nioua gain*, for a calling, honorable no doubt, 
but, dear me ! shall I say so problematical ! 

as civil engineering." 

“The term is very appropriate,' "tetnrtnid 
Herbert, smiling ; “ no doubt it I* a toaa up 
whether I shall succeed in it- or not. lint 
the fact is, material slice row is not bo attract- 
ive to win a* the indulgence of my own fan- 
cied. Even the work st the Junction does 
not quite satisfy ill*. 1 take greater Interest 
in the employment of my leisure hours. Just 
now I have a new and promising design in 
hamt for a diving apparatus." 

“ Blew my soul ! I have had fancies too, 
hnt norer in that line. I remember once, 
as a small boy, going down in the bell at 
the Polytechnic — at Irani I did not go down, 
because my courage tailed me at the last 
moment, but l wa* very nearly doing it." 

“ You would have found it very dUagrec- 
ahlo, and, a* you say, |wrliap* a lit tin alarm- 
ing. Bnl my invention supersedes the div- 
ing-bell altogether. I make myself — that 
is, if I succeed in my experiment* — qmte 
independent of extranoou* aid. Xo hello, 
do pipes, no anything." 

“ My dear Herbert, you astonish nan. I 
do hope, for all oar sake*, that you at least 
take tho precaution of wearing a water- 
proof." 

To any one but a mechanician (who al- 
ways give* his fellow-creature* credit for 
“ tho rudiment*"} this remark would have 
shown the hopelessness of scientific expla- 
nation ; lull Herbert replied t*» It quite seri- 
ously : " A specisl drew* and a helmet are of 
course essential; but 1 flatter myself 1 have 
found the mean* of disposing of tho carbon 
dioxide." 

"That, indeed, I* moot satisfactory." said 
Mr. Bodcn. wbo concluded it to be a salable 
production, and that the other hnd found a 
market for it. 

" Ah, 1 see you understand the obstaclv 
that boa hitherto stood in oar way. I had 
loog ago arranged for a supply of concen- 
trated oxygen, hot what to do with it after 
expiration was the great problem." 

•• go I should Imagine," said Mr BndeO, 
who could not conceive what more could be 
wanted for a thing that had already expired. 

“ Well, at last I have snrt-eeded in alworlt- 
ing the dioxide go* by soda." 

“ A capital thing, soda," obMVTOd Mr. Ro- 
den, approvingly. 41 1 al*orh a good deal 
of it myself.” 

41 But. my good sir," said Newton, earnest- 
ly, “it's of ennree not ordinary ails ; a 
well-known chemical action U taken ad- 
vantage of." 

"yuite right, qnlto right," interrupted 
Mr. Roden, who, though feeling out of bia 
depth, and without any aeteullfia appliance 
to assist him, still floundered on. “ Take 
advantage of everything and everybody. 
At least, that ia, I mean,” he added, precip- 
itately/'oo for os the rule* of morality aud 


— dear me !— genttemauly feeling permit of 1 
it." 

Rapt In bis subject though he wa», even 
the young inventor now perceived how mat- 
ters stood, and observed, good-naturedly, 

** Well, uncle, I am afraid I have bored you 
wilh m.v ermte attempts at explanation, sod 
after all, perhaps, have failed to make the 
matter clear ; lml I ean only say, as I have 
brought the thing to the experimental stage, 
that if you would like t» try it yourself, the 
rerervoir shove Oak Lodge la tho very place, 
and — " 

44 My dear Herbert," pnt In the other, ear- 
nestly, “it is t»o*t generous of you to oiler 
mo the opportunity. Under -ground one 
most go sooner or Inter, hot since the going 
under water may he poirpnned indefinitely, 

I don't think I’ll risk It." 

Tbn genuineness of this reply, and the 
naturalness of manner (oo faro* the speak- 
er was concerned, quite unparalleled) with 
which it was delivered, tickled fain compan- 
ion's very heart-string*. But it puzzled him 
to think why Mr. Rodeo, being Uio sort of 
man it wa* now obvious li* wa*,*honld want 
to go over a MUM mill. The truth was. 
Mr. Roden wanted to do nothing of the kind, 
but like two nut of every three spectator* 
of that industry, was the victim of cirenm- 
xtsnocs. He thought It was the right thing 
to affect a personal Interest in British rmiu- 
ofsctnrvs, and that his visit would gratify 
Sir Peter. 

(to in mntcrexn] 


TURKEYS FOR MARKET. 

That iiersuoaive lady who said to her do- 
cile chickens, 44 Dilly, dilly, com* and get 
killed, ” might have spent her words in Tain, 
a* far as turkey* are concerned, for the tur- 
key is neither an amiable nor » sociable 
bird, and is not responsive to even the most 
endearing of human blandishments. One 
may read quite a number of pathetic stories 
in regard to that curious love some animals 
nod bint* have for human beluga. For in- 
stance, there ia “lie about a goose, which ap- 
pears to he perfectly authenticated. This 
old gone* was absolutely unhappy when de- 
prived of her owner's prewonce, and her per- 
sistent affection partook of the character of 
a nuisance, for she went t« bed with the 
farmer, and even to clinrch with him. Want 
«f appreciation on the part of the agricul. 
tunst.thnt ti ner sense of *ym pa thy, prevent- 
ed his returning her love, and he eventually 
killed the gratae. Let tl* hope it wo* a 
tough one, and that the bird digested bndty. 

There Is not much affection between men, 
women, and tutkrys, and III*}' raise and fat- 
ten aw/esyn* with til* ultimate end of killing 
aud eating him. Now the turkey is a way- 
ward bird, am! not exactly domestic- In 
his early age lie ia difficult to care for. As 
cbicka they are nomad, and no sooner do 
they understand locomotion than away they 
scurry, led on by tlieir wandering mother. 
If little Inclined to ravage gardens, they 
bar* a habit of taking tiee-lines for distant 
haunts, which makes them difficult U> And. 
When young, they ore exceedingly eusoep- 
tibls to disease, ami soioct lines scores of 
them are loot after a heavy shower, If it 
be perfectly practicable to pilt capital Into 
chickens with a limited prowpoct of a money 
return, with turkey* it »* almost an irapea- 
elble thing. Tlie farmer and his wife take 
their cbsnc**, and sometimes It become* a 
good remunerative turkey season, but qnito 
as often not at all- 

Grasshiqipcr* and all insecta form a major 
portion of the food of tnrkeys, and they are 
at the proper seasons always in search of 
Insects. When c bteHm t* ore ripe, then tlie 
turkey is hapjiy. He knows all tho tree* 
on tli« farm, and will go t« them at once. 
Tim small boy who on one occasion risked 
his neck when he climbed the tall clieeiimt- 
tree. aud showered down the ripe bum, ws* 
hopeful of a rich harvest, but wbon he come 
down the tree, nliis! a flock of turkey* bail 
seen the fall of nuts, and bad gabbled up 
every own, wo that tho hoy got none, Wbon, 
in tho fall o tribe year, lorkejs look fat and 
plump, comes killing and picking time. 
'Ihen the farm is all astir, and aperiilnliofi 
is rip* ** to dead weights aud proapectlvo 
price*. To prepare the turkey fur the soeri- 
lice, bo ha* been fatted some weeks before 
his demise. Tost can not pen yornr turkey 
with advMttejp, nor can you cram him, os 
is tho custom with geese. 

For feeding him » trough » constructed, 
into which a paste of Indian meal sod water 
is poured. The turkey does not fiml from 
tin* ground, bnt has to lift up his neck in or- 
der to take in his fattening fare to advan- 
tage. When th* precis* tun* has MM, 
when the turkeys’ days are i loo mod, (Bay arc 
driven into the bam. Strategy rather thnn 
tbn exercise of Witte force Is Decenary to 
effect this. Roraotliiw* a wily bird escapes- 
Tbea Bill or Boh. with Sally nnd Sue, eliosca 
the errant gobbler, and there t* a flno dis- 
play of “ go os you plonso." When all th* 
turkeys ore fairly cribbed, than only killing 


onmroeores. There are two met bod* of tak- 
ing a turkey'* lifts, though the fatal inarm- 
went is the as me — the small Undo of a pock- 
et-knife. Either the cruel steel is panned 
directly through tlm nock, with tlio edge 
upward, so as to cut through the junction 
of the neck and the bend, or the point of th* 
blade is inserted in the upper part of IK* 
mouth and throat into the brain. The first 
i* certainly much lets creel, and should be 
til* only one adopted, as the bird then 
bleeds more freely. Just ** soon as life 
is extinct, the lark*)' must be plucked. 
While the btrd ia warm its plumes and 
feather* ore more easily pulled. Then the 
fnrmrrs' wives and daughters do the finish- 
ing, which husband* and brothers hail com- 
menced. Tho oiliest clothe* are don licit, fur 
blood, feat bent, and fluff are not pleasant 
adornment* to dresses. A great deal of 
enre is nocewsary when a bin! is picked. 
Til* Hush t* tender, ansi a single tear renders 
th* bird unsightly nnd depreciates its mon- 
ey value. Turkey follow* turkey into the 
kitchen, and soon the nsnolly tidy table and 
the floor “ that you could jiut cat off of" be- 
come littered with feathers. After picking, 
tho hirda are weighed, put in a cwol place, 
and jnsl »s *»u no jHtmihte shipped t<> mar- 
ket. 

Tho tnrfcoy season begins about the close 
of October, i* at its height in January, ami 
is supposed to el DM oil the 2lM of Febru- 
ary. There are always stories of mammoth 
turkeys, veritable Mon* of their kind, but. 
on the authority of the leading dealer in Ne w 
York, th* biggest male turkey that aver he 
saw weighed precisely thirty - five pounds 
1 without feathers. Hen turkey* at their max- 
imum will turn th* stale at twenty-two 
pounds. Hen tnrkeys are at their beet. In 
jnricet enter, In Match, April, and May ; hnt 
Hie mat* can be eot*n at nuy time. The 
primest birds come from New Jersey and 
reunaylvMte — th* finest as to Itewh, and 
the most carefully pickesl. Tit* wild tnr- 
hey does not grew as large n* tho domes- 
tio bird, and a wild bird of twenty-four 
pounds U a remarkable one. if chore t* a 
difference a* to flavor] cuiised by color of 
fi-achcr, those proficient in such delicate 
shadings insist that a lieu nre hip) has th* 
finest meat, mi l»>e earoo suppoanbl* princi- 
ple that “a red cow gives the sweetest 
milk." 

WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

A Ibnnm travelling In the South u» a 
hxrncoscd team in th* fleki. and the negro hired 
nun sitting on the gnus sod gazing steadfastly 
toward the top of a tree. 

44 What are yon looking at ?" the stranger srked. 

" Does you ti'lang 'bout hyar !*' wa* the negro'* 
msumsr 

The traveller assured him that he did not. 

“ Well, den. bore." said the colored laborer, “ I 
vatn't 'racily lookin’ at noth'll' up dat tree; I 
was Jost tryin* to hurry ap sundown." 

(Ill— ■ is a city in Iowa, of which it is writ- 
ten that the name Maris i* *o popular three that 
when a nocturnal cat uw u a ts *n area fence and 
inters lu Initiatory rail. half the windows in the 
twlghtariyyid arc thrown op, and a feminine voice 
whispers from cacti, " Is that you, Charlie f" 

Two immense mx«rs of ire were **rn on Oc- 
tober »» from 8*. Johns, Ncwfimndlaid, drifting 
at the rate of two and a half mile* an hc»ir toward 
the pathway of ocean commerce between the 
Sew World and Europe. One of them stood 
xhs.it one hundred and twenty feet above the 
surface of the water, and mi|«< hare been of great I 
depth in the sea. It was at lrset fifteen krandrel , 
fret 1 “ - . and m i it were two »ee spires that low. 
cred nesriv three hundred free shorn the water's 
levet Th* smaller Iwwg was snrne eight hundred 
fret in length, and tiro hundred and twenty fret 
atovr the w»tw at it* highest point At their 
fastest rat* of waste, they must b* formidable 
bodies when ilrifling aerres Uni track of th* Es- 
ropcan (tesm theps, 

An Iowa editor wo* challenged to flgbt a duel. 
Ilr promptly accepted, and chore axis aa the 
wcsjwi*. Then lis issued * supplement and 
named forty nsl* as the distance, 

If ringer* ami artnew of ante who perindirally 
arrive in this rawatrr sre sinrere ia all tbit they 
»«y to interviewer*, it is difficult to omtoretasd 
h*>w they can tear Uwssseltiw away from this 
beautiful land for Wig . .-h to spend in Ku- 
rvfc the mmrj that they have made here. 

According to a Lewssian* rewspsjwr, leroi* Al- 
bert Wagner, who committed suicide in New Or- 
Irens last month, was the iosenlor of the term 
irtlUvirr. 

Accordixg to the arewints rrccivrd in the in- 
TfMlgattoo as to the alleged misconduct of the 
Nintli Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 
whiio halting at Richmond in it* Yorktcren trip, 
some cd the members of that roravund deported 
ilicmsrires more like Colorado cow-boys than like 
uicn from an enlightened commonwealth. A 
Khool-glr) secures ore of them of haring stopped 
her in the street, snitched s medal that shr wore 
by a string around her neck, and made off with 
it 7hcre are other accounts of robberies com 
nutted upon school children, snd of oggrs rated 
assault* cb (raws ptrresa. There amount* are 


from special di*p*tebr* to Bottom nrw.p«p-r», 
and ran not tw cistref n duo to any prejudire 
of Southern ncw*-gsilbirers. The military au. 
thoritire of Mx*xachu*ccU hare ar'ed promptly 
in rrspnt to lb* charges, and tf they are sustain, 
rsl, tho offender* will undoubtedly he puaMofl. 

The oirihoriflre pNhIUteff l!>e sale of beer snd 
wines tm lire Iowa Hutc Fair grounds, and t>.r 
visitors iKKghl eirvim thousand «x hundred boa- 
tire nf whiskey inaide of tho gate*. 

Fall poets are quoting the statement that 
■ Irevre have their lime to fail." There i* ren- 
MiistHsi niw> in Ihr Denghl that fall hoi it* time 
to leave. 

On a recent Sunday the preach *V la tho North 
rongTeestiimnl Church in l.ynil, Massarivusrtts, 
surprised his roogsvgxiiori by Irening hdplesily 
ea the pulpit juM a* lie wa* bringing hi* sermon 
to a clnee. Tb* chuir snd eosgragaiion arose, 
sad the hymn was twguu ; but two of the wcmirn 
ringrrs fell to tb» flwir. The aexton. who was in 
thr ronferenif-nHiin, Maitoi to go to their asrist 
snee, but *»» nn»l>> to support hltnself on Ids 
fret, and in his fad bn lipped over a srcier 
Many prrmoS ia Hut ootgregauaa who attemptol 
to quit their pews found that they could &:S walk, 
and other* who wore lure tu-lplosi githoml stood) 
them. SocnrisMly mine in fmtn the op,« air. a»d 
found that the church wu lilted with coal gl* 
from th* f 0 rase*. It had mingled with the st- 
mwpbre* of the interior to gradually that there 
in the pmsgregalkio were not aware of ita pro- 
smec, ami w*r* alarmist by its unaccountable ef- 
fect U|MIU them. 

As adrerlurewrnt wn* printof in the L:cdoa 
Tiu-w no fVtnbrr A. tolling hnlilers of Confed- 
erate Stale* nf America t*si.l* In scad those - sc- 
ocritieri' u, th* adi-vrtlser, to bw ngwtcrcd, with 
tlm view of rerariog ' xn iquitablo xdjuatment" 
of the difrt repriwrtiini hv Ustii. Thereto pro- 
bsbiy iiriginwted th* utwxptatMd demand which 
mm SnUr in tliia coantry for tra.li of the de- 
funct rvhwl gnv*rnm*nt. (liarlreloa. South Caro- 
lina, Imre a centre of .tool log in that sort of 
pxjier, and tlm prire was mm ria up from almost 
nrshij.g to lien dollar* fee a bund pledging the 
r.Mifi-Jerwt* guvemerent to pay tho biilcr one 
tbenwiaird .WU* It hi estimated (list throe op- 
# relume put fifty thousand doftxra of good none* 
in L-msUation to that city alone. The Arm usd 
(Wwr my* that a prenxinrat lamer of licorgia. 
with wtexs Ju-jjih V. IWnjxmin. who waa a mm- 
tier of tho Cualadarate cabinet. Is saaociated la 
this lent ter, is wtcing for the latemts of Atnrri- 
can luiUm of these bo&ls, “ wVk, in tor, A to get 
the Confederate deposits in tbe Hank of Engl it*! 
by liUgattos or compromise." A bearish influ- 
ence was exerted on the Charleston market by 
th* rrprel that ocwi c enterprising New England- 
era had begun ioawufact=ring dupliratre of lbs 
bonds with tho view of fully meeting (hr dreianila 
of tbe London warket. An ir.|*re*ti=)C quiwlioa 
arioro us to what offense, if any. In tlm visw of 
the law, men who draU engagu to such aa aiiict' 
prise would b* guilty of An cmcretru.- man in 
Rirbmund, Ysrghiia, who in the course, of rev real 
years had acrcuiulatod, at an >s p re « r of a little 
more than a hundred ilnlUrw, Cunfnterate buuda 
promising to pay ulutul two ami a half Bullion 
dnllars, aoU hire WJingw for over six thousand 
ilullxr*, and might haw got twin) that amount tf 
lie had kept th*m a l.ttlc lunger. 


SWEEPING BROADWAY AT 
NIGHT. 

SOON after nigfat.fnll a wonderful change 
cocno* over th* great central thoroughfare 
of Now York. Tbn vast throw g* that crowd 
the sidewalks all day long, tho hurrying 
cxrerlieo, wogna*. and tracks that fill tho 
roadway Mint Butko tho crossings a terror t» 
timid Iodic* and ennnrry vial torn, disappear 
a* if by magic. Few shops or* lighted, and 
the street lamps afford but a faint illumi- 
nation fur lit* scattered |Hntre(rians, 

Then tbe street-sweeping machines taka 
possession of th* roadway. a* shown in octr 
illuatratmu on pag* TAP, gathering np tb* 
ilust and other refiian of th* Street, anil lay- 
ing it in a Inng line on one side. Sweeper*, 
mainly Italians, armed with stout brooms, 
follow in its track, ami gather th* dust into 
hoops for other workmen to shovel intd tbo 
carts as they come rumbling along. The 
sweeping machine, drawn by two bornen, 
makes t-aiiaidarablH commotion as it ralltea 
over the pavement, and raise* au nnploa- 
sant elnad of datt; th* mrn who follow 
work for the moot jiart in niter silence. 
Most of thorn puil sway at stumpy clay 
pl]ie*, anil eonvoraatMu I* rarely hoard bo- 
tween members of the various gangs. 

As fast os the carts are filled, they sre 
driven over to tb* dumping grounds on tbo 
cost side of the etly, whore th* will* flat 
scows sre in waiting for tbeir nmravnry 
loads. Tbe existence of the** dumping 
heap* I* a niiiMUieo to tlm tieighlMirhood for 
many block* around. Tbo air Is filled with 
horrible odon, which in warm weather, 
when windows are kepi open, penetrate nil 
the hotlsCM, to the gicnt cWnmfort nf well 
poople, anil often wub fatal result* to tbo 
sick. New York ia far behind London and 
l’sris In th* mitt ter of street-rlcauiDg, and 
the evil wlli never be remedied until the 
people take the work ont of tbo habit* uf 
juditiciaos, and give it to bocrot and espn- 



701 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


NOVEMBER 13. 18*1. 



o, l Baldwin. cashier nr tiie mechanics' national 

BANK, NEWARK.— r mu 1 rnai-masru in J. Kiss. 


THF. NEWARK BANK SWINDLE. 

We bum lately hnd o coniiilnnblf number of hunk mb- 
Wt» artvi.li'. I mill thrown into prison. Them mvihn In have 
1m«'n one of those )m-i ..iillc limit, of good I lick in eiiptlllhig 
tlirM< enemies of society. They wort, all of them very bod 
•lion, no iliMilil, hut they hail the virtue* nf lli. ii faults, if 
» p may any mi. They fared great danger*. took limit II ton 
in their hands, devoted t'lioniMiiia PWergy anil much nk ill lo 
Ibpif tanks, and. nfler all, followed tin. bent nf nutnrrw dc- 
Ixtsrd by lilrtli mill environment. It i< well they are in 
|if.u>ii. ami Micicly may lie pardoncil * sense of satisfied 
resentment, .-IN well at of security. in Hk.i fiilo. lint what 
of mrn Ilk. 1 Mr. 0«< *li L IUi uwin. uusliier nf llio Merhan- 
Iph' Hank at Xunatfc, III llm State nf New Jersey ? I» lie 
any Iwtlcr Ilian the gentlemen In paily-tailorvii trouser* 
•Uiiiijj ran v let'* labor in Hie various Niute-pnuvu* I In Iio 
• lot of a dll at inotn blame wort by, mitre mischievous. more 
«!»t eatable! IUilwin u a mail in the prim.' nf life, of 
Komi family, n iw oilier of tbe Church — llm livery of heaven 
ia conveiilriit fur llm ilevll't tervire. lie trat a rnjiahlo 
ninn of Imtinom, with nvery opportunity for legitimate for- 
tone, rotlillo.1 by the respect nf Ida fellow n, with erory 
incentive fur bmviwt living, lie hna bctrnyotl n high trust, 
alnleo.or oiilotl in stealing. two millions and a half of d»l- 
Iiiin. blasted Ibe name of an boooivit family, thrown into 
confusion ami ilUlliwn a large part of a busy anil liiduatri- 
nnt cnmniiinily, ami br>. light disgrace and illafmat upon 
tlrn iiiihiI im|»irlaiil and liett devised liimneial ayatom Ilie 
goveiunwiit Iiiih ever fuiimlotl, For alt tlila what were III* 1 
motive* f No one known, )a<thnp* not oven he, rlearly. He 
dons nnl men to bare hail the temptation nf extravagant 
rloea, or Hie desire for nalontatino, nr ibn necessities nf oil 
•XceoMve aoriul ambition. Apparently fain flrtt fanlt not 
one nf iticxcuMhlr urskix**. hia aulstcqncnt toner Ilie 
cotnoi|iionri> in part of nftemplt to recover liinuwilf, him! Iii | 
part of n mail infal imli»n nilli hit facile and ingenious 
criminal proceedings. lint whatever tbe immediate mo- 
tive, Ilie underlying ranee, or, al Iml, the Indispensable 
cnniliUim, of Ilia long course of swindling wn» the inade- 
quate roureption of the aai-tvdima* of Irani a. ami this ia an 
element in all inch caara, and In llm whole frame-work of 
tbe community, wliicli it only too prominent. 

There ia uu aurer teat i>f the rescutinl honotty of a people 


than the way in which finanrinl trust* and the viola- 
tion* of them are rrgnrtled. It U of llm essence of the 
character of an lioucst biiklnew man that be regard* 
other people'* money aa more tar ml Hunt hi* own. He 
manage* it with greater rare! he |wot«ntn it mure rem- 
atalilly and watchfully ; heanrroundH It with safeguard* 
not only freon other*' fault or greed, hnt from hi* own 
ran-leoMirta or weaknnu. If lie iinpcriU it unwitting- 
ly, he guaranlw* il ; if lie loom if, lie make* good ilie 
him. Tlila lustlnrttve, unswerving fidelity to trusts 
i* the cbivnlric feature of business life. It ennoble* 
where il exinia. and eounteracta nil Ibe belittling ami 
depraving lutlimure* of the M toggle for gain. Where 
it ilora not ex>*t, liaMuea* *lnk* to Ibe lowrat level, amt 
nil it* sordidnesa, ita meouurta, ila pettiness, mine* not. 

A Imaiuem man wiihimt thiaaeulimcnl i*alwuy*potcu. 
Hally a thief, lucking the professional thief* excuse* or 
bia courage, t'onipaiv. or rutlmr contra* I, the iguohto 
reconl of HaI.UWIN with the *tnry of the Firemen'* Ha- 
nnvoleiil Fuml In Ibe hands ..film late Jolt.* S.t!lLr.n,it* 
IreBKiirer. Fiom 1*41 lo the lUy of bi* denlli Mr.tllt.K* 
administered that fund without the lorn of ft **ugle 
cent. Prudent, vigilant, iinliring, lie gave to tbla work 
a* patient service, us consummato skill, o* well directed 
energy, a* to hi* own internal*, nod mure. He leave* 
a name Hint in a prkdrai Iwtiloge to those who lieur 
It, and what I* whiiv worth, nn example which, to tboo- 
miuiU who kuow It, U like that of the knight willimit 
reproach, whoae blameless beraivsn live* in MHig ami 
alory. 

Hut we noght not to forget that it i» not in llm 
reverent* pnid to exceptional integrity that we find 
tlm real evidence of llm average piddle ntaiidurd of 
ebararti-r. It U in I be gem- nil Irealmeut of surli crime* 
a* that of UAUtwiM.aud still won in the general opinion of 
Ibe eirenmtlannni ami methods whirli make theae crime* 
|HBUible. Il waatmf ll.vura in'* raaralily any tmwe than the 
blind negligence, tbe laxr mdiSerenee.of the direeton that 
ate away the Mae ta of Ilie Newark bank. Their* wa* a»dla- 
tiuct a truot na bia, uml waa in a neuae wipermr to bia. Tbeir 



JOHN K I.ILKS, LATK TMKAMI'RKN <»T TIIE NEW 
YORK EX EMIT 11KKXKNE BENEVOLENT KINO. 


ii vine* lent Rtrength to the h»nk. It wA*nnder Ibelr ahelter 
Ibat lie mined llm institulinci. Iiniil.llcm it would hare Item 
dimnilt and uiipba.-ant ti> verify hi* •taleMmlil*. to count 
hi* cn*h. to examine hi* account a. Ilul that na* ttbal they 
praftwaed to do. If they hnd not Ilie time or the pnticnco 
fur llm work, limy bod no right lo stay where they were. 



CilHlaTOPHEn NrOENT. 

f*.a • I'oanviT m Emil P. Sru*. 


Ou that bright Enmlay morning when their eMliirr railed 
(belli Ingelber to tell them that lie IumI Kliileu everything 
but the bauk building, Hie) oltorad to make up a million 
of dollar* to aave the Uiuk. Hat It i* not from a geuerau* 
impulH* Ibat director*' dntiea nm*t lie disrhorgml. it I* in 
painstaking vigilance from day lo day; U la in ibn care 
nnd though I foltie** of detuiUd haMiirn* that they ran 
rilmm meet It. nr obligation a. 


SHUTTING OPF TIIE CROTON 

TlTK recent cojiion* foil of rain ha* happily averted the 
danger of a water famine, with w hich New York waa threat 
rued in ron«ei|iieiire of the long-continued drought of the 
Minimcr nnd antumu; hut the Icmwiii of Ibe gr»at ja-ril to 
n liieb the city wna expowrd abould not forgotten. At 
the tune when rain la gan falling there waa only a fort- 
night'* mi p ply of water left ; and no one ran imagine tin* 
biimir* to wtiieh the jicnplr of New York would have ben 
Mihyoctcd hnd the supply failial even for twenty-four lionra, 
to nay nothing of Ibe terrible dikoalm which wonbl have 
eriMied Iiii.I lirvw luoken ont in Ibe city. The Fira Hepart- 
nicnt wonbl have been lielplr**; Hie apreadlng of a eaiilla- 
gratiou might have Imen prevented liy blowing up huililinga 
in il* track, but a strong wind might hove muttered even 

till* measure uiiauceemful. 

Although this danger i* now ba]iplly a dread or the paat, 
it isobviou* that the preaent inenii* for *np)ilyiog New York 
with water are Inndrqnatr to tbe need* of the city, ami 
will become more nnd more iuaileqiiate from year to year. 
It lia* la* ii iletniwnd rated that uu unnsnally priMrartcd 
drought will pul llm rily u|K)u a short allowance of water, 
aiwl compel llm miml extreme mra*nre* lo avert a complete 
failure of ihe supply. The partial il#erca»o In the flow 
thnmgli the rily main*, canned by shotting down the gale* 
at the Central Park Kmcrvolr to within three inehea or Ihe 
bottom, a* shown in our illmrtration on page 7EI, canned 
no little inconvenience anil annoyance, mot gave people a 
slight forvliiele of llm misery they would suffer should the 
flow of water have been still further diminished. What 
bnpprncd Iasi aammer may happen again, nnd effective 
measure* Khmilil be taken at once to prevent u worse dla- 
I aater ill the fnlniv. 



HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


NOVEMBER 12, |**l. 








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Tin nimt baallng, cooling, ami rvlinti? UrVl 
Brink tiiaj, i» lliki'f'a IViani of IL**«. l^ Ji* * 
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NOVEMBER 13 , 1831 . 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


767 



BOYNTON '9 


GAS-TIGHT DURABLE FURNACES. 


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— }>.«< 11 yum _ 

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FALL TRADE. 

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LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

OP JIBAT. VIXEtrT AND LlHUPKST MKAT 
PLAVuarXil »TlNrK POK JtOlftL MADE 
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LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

OP MEAT. T1> 

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•pyiUolluu. Oar new Pit. lit PstrUmxn Lamp » «• 
pertor to ill ealftia. tin IIkLi yma.nl ou to ibu ma 
It ronAeufiifi Irfisea 1> n|Qil u tUi caltlu 



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cr H.ifu.iniw C.t- Aim, In 

Tba lurnraM Dtnand lor (ha 

LIFE OF GAIIFIFLO. 


iSfaihiyian. . ... 

• a| III lux lab, lib* II . n Kupini iLuaTmliiiot 
bank, and S. p nippl. th- a-mant. Tartu In 

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CANDY 


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An extraordinary offering 
of Superior *Uk» at LOW 
PRICKS. 

JAMES McCREERY St Co. 
have traiwfcmil from their 
m iioIi-Milc department to the 
retail can in tern oft heir s ILK 
DEPARTMENT about 
10.000 yard* of Daninvfte, 
Drocutclie, Satin Stripe*, 
and other good* wultablc for 
Combination Drone*. 

They al*o oiler a variety 
of Kilt Skirting* at the very 
low price of 93 a yard, about 
half the regular wholesale 


ThU iv a rare opportunity 
to pnretiave new and de»ir- 
able SILKS at price* lower 
than xliullur good* were 
ever before offered. 

JAMES Met REER V A CO., 
Broadway and 11th Sl n 
New York. 


WELLING 

«UIPRES.Sr.l» IVOR! MASirPCt CO. 

BrMA.lfltnir.iBd <Vroh, amllun. ,l«c. **.00 


ARNOLD, 

CONSTABLE, & CO. 

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For Tmmuuigs, MdB, and Oollan. 

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Made by the Gorham Manufiws- 
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should not l>e confounded with 
the ordinary liritnnuin or soft 
metal, as it is not intended for 
competition with such ware, hut 
it is offered a* l>eing the best 
Plated Warm made in thin 
country and fully the equal of 
any produced in the world, be- 
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same patterns are never repeat- 
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This ware is now placed on 
the market at much less price 
than formerly, while thu quali- 
ty is strictly maintained. The 
Company being able to accom- 
plish this result by very much 
enlarging their business in this 
clejuirtment. 


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STEEL PENS 


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NOVEMBER 19, mi. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 

New York, Saturday, November 19, 1881. 


HARPER'S TOUNQ PEOPLE. 

As Illustrated Weekly— 1<I Paora. 

lUnrtk'S T4HW0 P*OPL« A'<\ 107 , issued A 'evemler t$, eon- 
hum as ft.it arts if special attrattsen tke usual fu tollmen/ ef its 
h Utiasst serial staff ; an astute entitled ", A Danger eus ll.iything," 
descri/tno ef the eld k'aluuteer Fire Department am! tie organise- 

turn tk.it has tuft reeded u. with trot illustration ! ; a fatty aeeowMt 
ef tie game ef “ lawn Tennis," with full /age ittnstratien ; a A- 
dartre article rw “ Luck written in sa /teasing a style as te interest 
renders aU and young ; an admiraNs sicrt story ; another sketch 
ky Jimmy Brown, mire humorous than erer, illustrated ; tegrtker 
wt/4 art futures, skirt artiiltt, forms, and eiker enterteining mat' 
ter. 


THE AUTUMN ELECTIONS. 

M ANY and various morals have bwn drawn from 
the results of the autumn election*, and cer- 
tain ly they were full of signifleauce and good cheer. 
There were no (Treat questions of public policy upon 
which the country was to be polled, and the elections, 
therefore, merely tested the power of party traditions. 
It was in every way an "oif year," and every kind 
of local, personal, und special influence had full play. 
The result, upon the whole, is a striking Illustration 
of political independence. There waa a general 
"scratching,” ‘‘bolting," and "kicking,” and the 
machine was everywhere most hopefully shattered. 
Some of tlie inure striking proofs of this disposition 
we consider elsewhere. A thousandfold more than 
party triumphs, they show political health and vigor 
and courage, which are the sure foundations of the 
national welfare. Even so stanch and devoted and 
uncompromising a Republican "regular" as Mr. Thch- 
Ivow W KKi> is reported to have voted for the Demo- 
cratic District Attorney, and to have said as he did 
no that Mr. Forster would not miss one vote, and 
lie would therefore compliment an old Democratic 
friend, Mr. McK»ON. 

Such an election affords, of course, an interior 
glimpse of parties which is most instructive. The 
Tammany feud in the Democratic family seems to be 
as bitter, and it ia evidently as numerically strong on 
each side, as ever. The Republican difference is not 
less determined. In Albuny, Erie, Oneida, and Os- 
wego counties the machine and anti -machine wings 
resolutely opposed each other, even to the point, in 
some instances, of supporting the Democratic ticket, 
and the general result of the engagement is the de- 
feu t of the machine all along the line. The apathy 
or open hostility of tl*c machine wing is held respon- 
sible for the general reduction of the Republican vote, 
and the harmony which was blandly predicted does 
nut distinctly appear. In Pennsylvania, also, the 
Cameron machine lias been impressively warned, 
and the general situation is very solemnizing for 
all who think that voters are to be bought, coerced, 
or wheedled, und that politics is mere corruption. 
Republican management in New York, Pennsylvania, 
and Illinois, before the National Convention of 1800. 
not only showed intelligent Republicans what ma- 
chine methods and objects were, but showed also 
how dangerously near to success the machine con- 
spiracy came. This was followed by the Senatorial 
assault upon President GaRFUCLD, and by the cireum 
stances of his assassination. The country has been 
thoroughly startled by tlie character and consequences 
of machine control of our political life, and the au- 
tumn elections record the results of the warning. 

It is plain that the profound distrust of the Demo- 
cratic party is not allayed, and it remains to be seen 
whether the Republican party will waste itself away 
in factional feuds and personal politics, or whether it 
will turn it* power to the accomplishment of results 
which tlie country more and more distinctly desires. 
If it declines to accept any new issue, the new issues 
will make new parties. In 1849. Mr. Seward regret- 
ted that the Free-soil party weakened the antislavery 
element in the Whig party. In 1854, Mr. SEWARD 
saw that the Whig* us such would not mewt the new 
questions, and he became a Republican. In vain Mr. 
Bumner entreated Mr. Wkimtkr to lead an anti 
slavery Whig party. Mr. W kbstxr declined ; but tlie 
antislavery movement did not hesitate, and WHIT- 
TIER, with the mournful assent of the country, wrote 
Ichabod against Webster's name. President Ar- 
thur, naturally anxious not to close the line of Ho 
publican 1 ‘residents, will see, perhaps, that the great 
achievements of the jiarty and severe party drill are 
not enough to save it in tlie conflict of new interests 
and the demands of a new generation. The Repub- 
lican party cohere* negatively by the national dis- 
trust of the Democratic party, but as yet not posi- 
tively by the force of living issues Every earnest 
and intelligent Republican will await with great in- 
terest the announcement of the policy of the new Ad- 
mi nistration, whether made in the form of recom- 
mendations to Congress or in that of Executive ap- 


pointment*. Every won! and act will be significant 
Tlie autumn elections may well warn the President to 
study carefully the signs of tlie limes. If tlie reports 
in regard to the new cabinet and tlie general policy 
and character of the Administration should prove to 
be correct, it will bo clear that the usual fate of Vice- 
Presidents who succeed to the Chief Magistracy has 
overtaken President Arthur. 


ATTORNEY-GENERAL MACVEAGH. 

Mr. Mac VraOH is sharply reproached in some 
quarters for insisting upon retiring from tlie cab- 
inet, and there are stories of angry passage* between 
the President and the Attorney-General, which have 
been authentically denied, and which those may be 
1 lie vo who will. Our understanding is that the At- 
torney-General offered bis resignation in good faith, 
and with equal sincerity asked that the President 
would select a successor a* soon os practicable. The 
late Secretary of the Treasury resigned at the same 
time, and a successor was promptly named. We can 
not see that there would have been any difficulty in 
on equally prompt nomination of a successor to tlie 
Attorney-General. Every member of the cabinet 
must be allowed to decide for himself when he will 
retire, but no man would be readier than Mr. Mac- 
Veaoii to agree that in the exercise of that unques- 
tionable right he ia bound a* a good citizen to see that 
no injury results to Die public service. 

It is not seriously alleged that any such injury 
could follow the retirement of the Attorney -General. 
Tlie work that he had done in the Star Route cases 
would not be prejudiced by his withdrawal. The 
conduct of them was already in tlie hand* of Mr. 
Buss and Mr.BKKWXTICIt, and of course all Mr. Mao- 
YEAOH’S personal information, whatever it may be, 
ia at their disposition. It is un unworthy reflection 
upon the President to say that he regarded the Star 
Route cases as a legacy from bis predecessor, and that 
he insisted upon refusing Mr. MacVeauii's resigna- 
tion in order that if the prosecutions should fail, his 
own administration might uot be held responsible for 
the failure. If Mr. MacVkaoh should remain, he 
would remain a* Attorney General of the ARTHUR 
administration; and if the prosecutions should foil, 
they would fail under that administration. They are 
not Mr. MacVeaoh’b prosecutions, but the prosecu- 
tions of tho people of the United State* ngninst public 
robber*, and it is n* much tlie duty of the Arthur 
administration as of the GARFIELD administration to 
press them with all ability and zeal. 

We have seen no adequate reason alleged for Mr. 
MacVeacjM's remaining in the cabinet aguinst his de- 
sire. nor have we seen any statement of a public ne- 
cessity which required him to remain. Had it been 
the President's wish permanently to retain the cab- 
inet of President Garfield, and had he proposed that 
course to them, it might have been u annum question 
bow far private and personal considerations should 
yield to such a policy. Hut tlie request to remaiu was 
the usual and formal request. A change was con- 
templated, and after the lapse of a reasonable time 
for the selection of a successor, no momberof the Gar- 
field cabinet could be justly reproached for insisting 
upon the acceptance of hi* resignation. 


THE MORAL VALUE OF A NAME. 

We hinted last week at a pregnant moral of the 
Newark Bank robbery. It is simply that reputable 
men should respect their own names, and nut nomi- 
nally assume responsibilities winch they do not mean 
to undertake. We know a club in which the mast 
eminent member's recommendation of a candidate 
for admission luui no weight, because he gives it to 
every one who asks him. We know a public officer 
for whose retention scores of voters signed a petition, 
but whom they all wish to see removed. They signed 
for the same reason that tlie eminent member of the 
club signs, because they do not like to refuse. Din- 
tinguislied authors in the same way make greul trou- 
ble for editors by letters praising leaser writers, to 
.whom it seem* to tlie distinguished authors unkind 
not to give so small an alma as their name*. Every 
man who has places at hi* disposal receive* score* of 
letters in which respectable person* ask to have men 
of whom they know nothing appointed to places of 
whose duties they are equally ignorant. It seems to 
many persons a kind of cruel selfishne** not to give 
their name, which costa nothing, and which may be 
of signal service to some needy person. 

These arc petty illustrations of a feeling and a prac- 
tice which often logically result in crime and disaster 
like that of the Newark Bank. Morally speaking, 
when a man gives his name he assume* all the re- 
sponsibility that naturally flows from his act. If B 
signs a petition because A has signed it, be induraes 
A s note, and if it goes to protest, he is justly held. It 
is no excuse for B that he trusted A. if the peti- 
tioner turns out to be a rascal, B must take his share 
of the responsibility, and A in signing Ids name is 
bound to remember that he virtually give* his word 
to B and the whole alphabet that he personally knows 
the petition and the petitioner to be worthy of rap- 
port. His deceiving them does not, indeed, absolve 


them from responsibility, but the consequence* show 
him his criminal carelreaneoi. This is still more 
strikingly true when the consequences of a m&iis 
loose use of hi* own name involve others in loss and 
suffering. When a nun become* a director of an in- 
stitution which invites depniiiU of money, he amura 
depositors that be personally knows the institution 
to b* lumestly managed. If he does not know it. and 
continue to know os long as his runie appears as a 
recommendation, he betrays his responsibility, and is 
morally guilty of the ill results that follow from his 
ignorance. 

When a man is told that to ask his name ia to ask 
a very small favor, which he can easily grant without 
the least trouble or cost to himself, he may justly re- 
ply that, on the contrary, to ask the support of his 
name is to ask the greatest boon that he oan grunt 
The relations of human society, like the transactions 
of business, proceed upon credit. It ia faith in char 
or-tcr that induces B to sign merely because he sees 
A'* name. Now to discover that A's name has not 
A's character behind it, is a grievous shock to com- 
mon confidence. If tlie ten names that would be 
called the most responsible names in New York pm- 
fp*s to attest what the men thcrasclve* do not know, 
the faith upon which society reals is disturbed. Ev- 
er}' director uf the Newark Bank has totally destroyed 
the value of his name. Nobody will trust it again. 
It will be regarded a* a decoy or as nothing. There 
was no ill intention. They are all doubtless honest 
men. But they have yet to learn the meaning of tbs 
remark of the mere haul to liis clerk whose cigar had 
kindled the fire that destroyed tlie warehouse. "Oh, 
sir, I didn't mean to do it.” " True, my boy ; butlhat 
is not enough : you must mean not to do it.” 


IRELAND, 1789-1881. 

The Home Rule League of Ireland has prepared 
a manifesto which naturally recalls the ceuteuary 
that occurs next year of tho independence of Ireland. 

It wn* in April, 1780, that Henry Grattan moved 
in the Irish Parliament "that no person on earth save 
the King, Lords, and Commons of Ireland has a right 
to make laws for Ireland." Two years Inter the Brit- 
ish government yielded, and on tlie 18th of April, 
1782. the declaration uf independence was brought 
forward, and the Viceroy, the Duke of Portland, as 
seated on behalf of the government What was ac- 
complished wo* the emancipation of the Irish Parlia- 
ment. A day of thanksgiving was appointed, and 
almost the find measure of the free Parliament waa a 
vote of support for 20.000 sailors for the English navy. 
Grattan, the hero of Irish legislative independence, 
was devotedly attached to the independent English 
connection. " 1 am desirous above all thing*,'' be 
said, "next to the liberty of the country, not to accus- 
tom tlie Irish mind to an alien or suspicious habit 
with regard to Great Britain.'' 

In the light of these words and events of a hundred 
years ago, it is interesting to read the manifesto uf 
the Home Rule League of unlay. It is, in our opin- 
ion, unjust to the Gladstone administration, totally 
neglecting the fact that the present situation is mainly 
due, not to Mr. GlaD6TONR‘s tyranny, but to Mr. PaR- 
nell'b folly, and that alone among leading British 
statesmen since the union Mr. Glaiwtune holds vir- 
tually the views of GRaTTaN. Yet the historical 
statements of the manifesto are very impressive. 

“ Our manufactures since 1800 have been nearly extin- 
guished. We have hail since tbe union four or five 
famines, Our country has been depleted by 3.000,000 
since 1840. While England is relatively to taxable, 
ability the most lightly taxed country in Europe, 
Ireland is the most taxed. Since 1800 there ham 
been fifty-nine savage coercion acts in fore® here.'' 
And despite the promise at tlie union of equal rights 
and privileges with the people of Great Britain, tbe 
proportion uf tbe voters to tbe male population in 
England is one to four; in Ireland, one to twenty 
four, Tho final demand of the League ia that of 
Grattan : 

“ Whsl vr* K»k (in m reilr whst is Ptijnjnh by every Oliver Brit- 
Mi ib^imileniy islisliitM hy • •h»U* rate; it w only wlisl tlie 
Ktalr» '>4 lb* Anmnraii Union |k«o* — nimnl», tbe power to rnsn- 
Bfr tlmn> niina which c oo e r ra nurnrlvm sluoe ; tiio*« *3* in 
whit* coacm tlw rmper* u Urg* Winj; Irfi in the tare oiuliir 
ptrial stusltt, is which ■» wualJ bt rrpraSvuUd.” 

Now the British minister whom the manifesto real- 
ly arraigns has frankly declared his desire to sc« 
such a relation between tint two countries established; 
and there is no doubt that if Mr. I’aRNRLI. had been 
of tbe spirit of Grattan, if he bad met a friendly 
ministry in a friendly spirit, be could have won Grat- 
tan's distinction of arranging a friendly, wise, and 
mutually satisfactory union in place of the present 
unhappy bond. That be bos not done this, but has 
earned the condemnation of even the moel friendly of 
liberal Englishmen, is not Mr. Gladstone's fault. It 
is his own fault. The generous and noble spirit which 
mode Grattan a sacred name to Ireland, and a name 
mqweted by tlie English-speaking race everywhere, 
is not that of Mr. Parnell. He may be called the 
leader of Ireland, but be is not a leader like Flood. 
or Grattan, or O'Connku- Ho ha* mado a wise and 
friendly union very much more difficult, and he, not 



NOVEMBER ift, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


771 


Mr. GUkMTOHE, in tiro obstruction, It. in u*rl«w to 
my that except for tiro ParxrlL kind of agitation 
nothing would have been dona. In the dLwaSublish- 
meut of the Irish Church, in hii heroic and humane 
view of the Clerkeuwell incident, Mr. GLAtHtTOKR 
liad given the plainest proof of hi* friendly disposi- 
tion and purpose. The tragedy of Ireland lie* not 
only in her unquestionable mi tiering, but in the char- 
acter of so many of her leaden. Every intelligent 
and patriotic Irishman who comprehend* thn situa- 
tion must luivc winced a* he watched the perform- 
auee of Parseix, and have fervently lunged for an 
hour of Grattax. 


THE BROOKLYN VICTORY. 

The defeat of the Brooklyn McLaI’oKlix Ring is 
an event only lww significant and important than the 
overthrow of the TwkXl. Ring in New York ten year* 
ago. Mr .Seth Low b elected Mayor upon a wholly 
independent platform, and bring* to the office pure 
character, high ability, the truest public spirit, and 
the perfect courage of hi* conviction*. Hi* admirable 
bearing throughout the ran von*, the good sense and 
good temper of hb addresses, hi* refusal to counive 
at any donhtiul system of electionwring, the entire 
public confidence in the man and in hb words, and 
the meaning of hb nomination, made the Brooklyn 
election, although a local episode, one of the most en- 
couraging events of the autumn contest, 

Such n result shows tlmt our institutions still re 
tain their recuperative power. However perverted 
and distorted and obstructed by fraud and knavery 
and violence and indifference and despair, they do 
yet respond to a strenuous appeal, and we all *e© with 
pleasure nnd pride that the conscience, intelligence, 
and patriotism of every large American community 
are still aide to control it. Young men who are in- 
clined to think that treachery and meanness and cor- 
ruption and obedience to a machine are essential to 
success in politic*, may well lay to heart some of the 
moet conspicuous events of the late election. 

Chief among them to us in New York was the re- 
sult in Brooklyn, and with that we may mention the 
extraordinary independent Republican canvass of Mr. 
Wolfs in Pennsylvania, and the success of Mr. Hick- 
MaX, the independent candidate for Assembly, in Buf- 
falo. So also the defeat of Mr. Hl’RD for y'tatc Sen- 
ator, of Mr. Astor for Congrana. and of Mr. Hamilton 
for tbe Assembly, were all. iu various way*, due to 
the righteous indignation with what is familiarly 
known as machine or boos management. The defeat 
of Mr. Htbted b due to the action af members of the 
benevolent societies and of the "Stalwarts," and to 
the fact that his public career lias not inspired general 
confidence. The success of Mr. Ia'iW in Uib part of 
theHtute, ami of Mr. Wadsworth in the Western part, 
is something to be heeded by young men who are 
contemplating a political career. Mr. Low and Mr 
WaMWOITR are both young Republicans of the high 
est character, who Imre scorned to wear a machine 
collar, or to descend to the mean and unmanly tricks 
of politics under any pica whatever. There are other 
young Republicans who have consented, although 
with grout personal dblate, to do “dirty work" as 
indispensable to political success. Tbe contrast of 
the result in both cases is the most valuable moral 
of the autumn election. 

CLEAN STREETS AND CLEAN BALLOTS. 

THE property - holder* between Seventeenth and 
Twenty -third Street* are cleaning Broadway for 
themselves. Property - holders everywhere in the 
city employ private watchmen and detectives, and 
pay enormous tuxes for the maintenance of the mu- 
nicipal government. Last spring there w as a vir- 
tual "uprising of the people" against tiro tilth of the 
street*, and the threatened dangers to health and 
property. Great and imposing public meetings were 
held. Fiery speeches were made, stringent resolu- 
tion* were adopted, and a kind of Vigilance Commit- 
tee was appointed. The committee prepared a bill, 
carried it to Albany, and besought prompt action of 
the Legblalure. The Legislature fought over it, 
finally changed it, and authorised the Mayor, with 
the consent of certain other authorities, tn appoint 
an officer, and sec if the city could not get its street* 
swept. Mr. Colemax was appointed, and he was 
hailed us an avenging angel Six month* have 
passed. A cry of despair arises that the filth is 
worse than ever, Mid the property-huldera are sweep 
ing the streets at their own expense, and public 
opinion would probably sweep out Mr. Coleman if it 
could. 

But there is one good sign. Meat of the member* 
of the Legislature from the city who obstructed the 
efforts of the Vigilance Committee were not renom- 
inated. One of them. Mr. HkJULTOX, after declining, 
was at the last moment put in nomination, and some 
of the leading and most influential citizens, of both 
parties, in his district, at oncet batted a strong and plain- 
spoken ajqieal against Ills election. He was defeated. 
That b u hopeful *ign of political health. If the p<> 
litieal methods which arc supreme do not permit the 
nomination of suitable candidate*, the polls still af- 


ford a mean* of defeating the election of unsuitable 
eaittliiiuUw That patriotic citizen, “the thoughtful 
serm teller. " ha* been very active at this election. He 
hn* been freely using the only argument which bossi- 
es and mucliinrs hood. With his little pencil he lias 
weeded the regular ticket a* the diligent hoc of the 
farmer weeds hb garden beds. 

Everything which shows legislators that constitu- 
encies have long memories is of the greatest public 
service, and us public spirited citizens do not intend 
to lie excluded altogether from a part in political 
uffuirs. they will unite to protect themselves at the 
polls against those who are imposed upon them by 
tlic Convention. The way to accomplish "reform 
Within the [iitrty" b to beat the party when its nom- 
inations ought not to be support**!. Reform within 
the party will obviously never be accomplished by 
sustuiniiig the things that nerd to he reformed. The 
worse the candidates that a party elects, the worse 
will be throe tlmt it Ruminates. Street cleaning, like 
most other municipal affairs, b not a political mat- 
ter, and if the property-holders who are now clean- 
ing the streets before their shops and houses will 
clean jtolitical ticket* with the same seal, they will 
■non have their own way. 


THE STAR ROUTE PROSECUTIONS. 

The first movement in the Star Route prosecution 
has failed, and yet it morally convicts the accused per- 
wins. The question which has been decided against 
the government was wholly technical. It was mere- 
ly a question of procedure. In certain cases there 
are two ways of proceeding— one by indictment of 
the Grand Jury, the other by information, or the re- 
presentation of the prosreuting officer to the court 
upon proper affidavit In both roam the trial is by 
Jury. In the present prosecution, according to tlic 
statement of Mr. Cook, of counsel for the govern- 
ment, the intention was to present tbe subject to the 
Grand Jury in Kcptcmbcr. But the aMuwai nation of 
Prraident Garfield practically arrested the prepara- 
tion for that purpose. But the labor was resumed, 
and Mr, Cook wo* in Washington on the 11th of 
September to meet the Grand Jury, He wo* recall- 
ed to Elberuu, hut returned to Washington on the 
ISth of September, and learned tliut the Grand Jury 
had adjourned without notice of any kind to the law 
o Hi cert of the government. District- Attorney CORK- 
iiiij., who must have known the situation, and who 
should hare done everything in bis power to aid the 
prosecution, kept profound silence, and the rare** nf 
the Grand Jury had practically given time for the 
core to be outlawed. The government, therefore, in 
ordrr that the accused persons might he tried, pro- 
ceeded by information. But the judge rules that it 
was not a case of the kind in which such procedure 
was recognized. 

This decision affect* only the particular charge* of 
offenses committed on the 1st Mid 2d of October, 1*78. 
Other coses may bo brought before the Grand Jury 
and conducted in the usuul way, so (hat the convic- 
tion and punishment of the alleged offenders are not 
finally bulked by this decision. Mr. GRORilE Bush, 
of counsel for the government, said to u reporter of 
the World, "You can my tluzt we are going on with 
the canes, and intend to prosecute them exactly a* 
though no such decision as tliut of Judge Cox this 
afternoon had been rendered." Those who have rea- 
sons for not wishing the frauds exposed and proved, 
and the robbers punished, are naturally jubilant over 
the apparent chock which the prosecution baaenooun- 
tered. and they are loud in assorting that this is the 
end of it, and that thn prosecution is the real fraud ill 
the Star Route cam**. 

Meanwhile, what is tbe position of thn accused per- 
son* r Some of them— and the most prominent— like 
BraDY and Dokscy, have held high and honorable 
iiMicial positions. Their official conduct involved the 
honor of the government. If they have defrauded 
the people, they have to that degree disgraced the na- 
tional name. Detailed charges of outrageous fraud 
have been made. The facts have boon laid circum- 
stantially before the country, the New York 7’iwtc-* 
leading in the good work, as it did in the expueure of 
the Tweed crimes. There have been rumors of the 
powerful influence* at work to defeat the legal pro- 
ceedings, of the large number of important prisons 
affected, and of the money that was ready to play it* 
usual part. Under such circumstance*, honorable 
men conscious of innocence, insist upon tile meet 
thorough and. the most public inquiry, and spurn 
all tricks and evasion* and technicalities by which a 
trial may lie avoided. Their first purpose is to se- 
cure a speedy, just, and public trial, In the present 
case (he universal suspicion which has been awak- 
ened by the undisputed fuels which hare been pub 
fished upon tbe authority of official document* has 
been confirmed by the strenuous effort* to evade a 
trial by means of technical objections, and by the 
singular circumstances attending the adjournment 
of the Grand Jury. If there was already a general 
impression that the person* accused were guilty, it 
hud been deepened into conviction by their conduct 
in those preliminary proceedings. Thn Administra- 
tion is peculiarly interested that the prosecution of 


the Star Route case* should not fail from any want 
of energy and ability. There is no reason to sup- 
pose that it ha* mij other wish respecting them than 
that of the honest people of the country, who desire 
low a warning example made of those who engage 
in the wbntuaale robbery of the public treasury. If 
tlie Star Route prosecutions fail as certain Whiskey 
Ring prosecutions foiled. Republican administration 
of the government will be sharply arraigned at tho 
General Assure of ltsbi. 


THE LONDON GARFIELD COMMEMORATION. 

A Ttnx, liesntifal small quarto, bound 1 b white linen, 
quaintly and nxquisitely prinleil at tbe Chiswick Press 
spoil the finest nnbiirul>-hrd paper, a gem for collector*, and 
a valuable and m«t interesting historical lueniorlal, is the 
volume that contains tbe record nf (lie GaRFIKIJ* comment- 
oratnoin London. It Includes the spooehuN or Mr. I ... wr.lj , 
Gem-mi MERRITT, Bishop SIMMON, Rev. W. II. Cuissisn, 
Mr. J. A Mt.nr.zx, and Mr. MoxcCRB D. COXWAV, with tbe 
address of tho Archbishop of Canterbury at St. Mart inVin- 
the-Kiidila. A passage iu tbe brief preface expresses with 
Miugiilar felicity and delicacy the t bought Unit will alwuy* 
make this little volume profoundly interesting : 

“Never before have Americans, speaking In EncUtid, felt » 
elenrb tint they area in ike land not only of their fathers, but of 
their brethren — 

‘ Tlnlr eUor bratbsm, but on* Is Mood . 1 

F»r the first time thrir conieKU Er-gliib tcn>gw» found it* true 
dt-'f when Mother and Daughter spoke condoning weed* v> each 
ether seer a sorrow which, if nearer to one, was shared by both. 
English blood, made sp of the best drops from t>-» rein* of many 
oooj'icriog, organising, slid odoiiiring rw*. u a Mm! lu Ih> prx«*I 
of, and nor. plainly indicates Its claim t» dominion stwu it rmg- 
nlaaa kilobit. through whal is simple, sUadfast, sad reCgirea* in 
rhararior. Wl>«n •« l.arn to re*-|-re-t each other fur lbs great 
qualith* la oaub, *o am bwlpisg to produce and footer tluon." 

There, can bo little doubt wtvaw band unite there, word*. 
We rrgree only that we have not room for all. There can 
be no American who does not rejoice that during the last 
few Biontfa*, and irejmclally at tbo linn, of llu- oxtranrelinary 
llritiah sympathy for America, the American Minister la 
England >u James Ri>skll I»w eli* 

It i* * pleasant completion of the era of genuine go.*! 
feeling between the two ran ii tries that at tlio lute celebra- 
tion of Lord Major's due the American flag was especially 
sainted nod Iwm-ore-d, as the British ling hud Im-.-o at York- 
tnwn. Hurh inculetitM arc glimpses of "thn fmUralinii of 
tho worhl," of which tbo English Lanreate rings. 


PITIFUL BLANDER. 

TltKK* an* certain thing* too riiliculnmily pitiful even 
for party malic* to assort, ami among them may bo olosae.l 
such assertions os that Mr. SiiEKMax employed a nsan to 
work “ five-eighths" of o day upon his l>»rn or home, and 
rhargrel the experren tu the account or mime pat-lie fund. 
Xo dooeut newapaper which publitl.es such a story believe* 
It, and this kind of malignant greeup is ono of the iniieeeii- 
cieo which tvml to deter hunoishl,- own from on luring pub- 
lie Ilfs. In the very opening of the third volume of Von 
Holst's t'onalilalloaol //islorjr «/ Ike Tsifcd Slates, Just pub- 
liahed, the author apelike of tbo vile nM-lbixh to w hich party 
orators ami protons deaeeud in a Presidential lumipaigti, 
and of tbe evident contempt of the people for what tiny 
have heard soul of the candidate*. II may be safely main- 
tained that If Mr. HraitUX was justly Mswnrabla for hit 
conduct while Hecrotury of the Treasury— which tbo rauti- 
try will be alow to admit— it wns not iweaniM- be cheated 
the government of tbe price of llvo-eightb's of * day'* work 
l.y a carpooter- 


PERSONAL. 

Ml Jons P. Mcares, a wealthy and benevolent eiilorn of Loots - 
rilV, Kcntutke, proceeded ob the Istinst. to administer upm his own 
cstAlr. Uo tlint day Ihe corner -etane wn* laid by Dvm.it 

of the Church Home and Infirmary, a etlberb edifice. fee • hich Mr. 
Mosw* C»'C |l<Hl,«ri, the largest nam. it in said, ever given by a 
Houthem man for such an iaalilutiim io the Sriutli. The idea 
origicaM with Mr MoKtuN tw,«ty -r.»rv mg-,, hot came nreir being 
tiriMght to nawghl by the tack -up uf the f.iinln ill the rih.irt Lin* 
Krilnu-i KortimaUrly, tie- nvirt sale of that mad and the retwr 
i-ry of the fued* hare maided Mr Mnam* to carry at once hi* 
rrigiwwl phn into eff.vl While lire hwti nation is lo he under l>- 
auapirew of lie- Kpieo.pal Clom-li, ila iHcwfitA am to he open tn 
mender* of ullnw ilmeauiiialRew. 

— 7h» Rev T)r, H H. Ru«.w*t, formerly paslur of ftt. Pawl’* 
ami fit JamnT* Mithwlist Kpisuqail church.*, iu (Ilia city, ha* 
lvt-w appointed Pmfeseor of HUturical Tbmlogy Ic. Garrett Hit-li- 
cal ImtituU, Kiannos, UUnols. Dr. Kimiwat is dieting. mire! alike 
fee BctKjhmliip and uraloeical powrv. 

— AUhuu|{li King Au-oaxo u I Kfwlis was rvqoln-d oben rerolv- 
ing llu. Order of the barter to swear that he would no or ukv it 
off hi. leg. ho has noser once worn it- Every recipient of the 
warier has perjured hniiwtf In the Mine hoertidr Maurer j and -an- 
til recent liima every Oifc-nl pre-fessur was obliged lo make his 
MuWiim " sOltlovy" on it,e lithle never to war twuU. Rut Uity 
■lu, aid |uoh poch at the ridtculnos jurnt 

— Thu Ian- fiosSRT G. ftrswaar, president of t>< Hank of Ison- 
eu-rew, Ilulfalo, tm|Uoitlnd f I *•.■» each to the Hnrre for Ike 
KrieudU-as, tbr II- ot-vopathW ilorpilal. ami tbe Orphan Asylum, of 
tlmt city, and ftlUOO to the rommittre- of tbe Grand Army of the 
lb pit. lie having la charge the Suldim' Monuzneut at Forest 
Town Cctmwry. 

— Mr Wnmtia lead* a very rimple and raethrdlcal life at his 
Iiuohc In Ararebnry, MosMchutctu. His time if devoted to his 
tiuoki, with the exception af one hour in the f-eenoon anil one 
hour in the afternoon. During there interrala he is always to be 
fwabJ at the post-office, or rea-iing the Bmtco papers in a book- 
store-. He oereapies two moms in s pleasant home 

— Bifhup ^sirn, of Kentucky, jrreil.lirg Us hop of the Pnv 
testaiit Episcopal llvareh ri. the Tnitc-J States, Is now the oldest 
bishop of the Enghfh-ff-eaking cfanrekea U« »i» conrecrnte-l 
forty. nine yesrs ago (October *1, IMS). Hist-pi Horsiws, Mc- 
Ilvaixk. at-l Ih.aa* were- conn-crated «i the nw day in St. Paul'* 
Chapel in this city. Brebc*. Ssrot i* the twtly remtining bishop 
who was consecrated by Biediop W Mrs, and al*o tbe only one on tho 
list of American hirhops who has mctr-W Bishop Wain in tbo 
number of year* of bis episcepiie. 



NOVEMBER 16, IfSt 



NEW GOVERNORS. 

Kutmntea (« (tomnw held in live Mate* ilii* Tall 
U«ui linn-ir*. Virginia, Mi**i»»i|ipi. VVwnntiii, jiihI Min- 
iimiU. In Mii«iii'Iiim‘IIi, (Jiupnmr l.iiNti, wlnm* |».muil 
«M given In l lx- Wr.r.si.r f..r J41111.11> la nua rr- 
elected by »>.«»> luaJ.itifj-. Minneanln gtivr a majority nf 
nlHinl Id, INK) lor III* Kepnldlean Candida'*, tin- Him. I- V. 
Ill nii.ni>. alllxMiyli ilirr* «iw 11 icmmil feelmu nf npulby 
in Ibe rank, nfl-.lh puttie*, nml tlw voir wru* liylit ill coni- 
pnrmuii will* llml of it rrwddeiitiul election. Tin- amne 
feelili* pie. ailed in Wlaranalii nlan, alii'i* III* n-|{lwtty nf 
voter* n u «ne-lmirtb l*iw limn two yenra ono ; and III* In. 
Ini vnl* iu> .fill furl li*r reduced li.v III* alimnl iiii|ini*>nlil* 
mtnlillnii a( I bn mini try mail* In Ibn northern |...i r tin* of 
III* Sint*. Tbi* will arcniint !• •» lli* email plurality liy 
vilii.'h III* Itepnbliean entididiile. General JuifMIAII M. 
Rr«K, w:w elm-led. Tito I Venn* ratio eandidar* In Mfauda- 
aippi, Mr. Hnmur Low it v. woa of fniim 1 dnlnl lay III* 
Denim-mlic m*tbnii rnanil in I Uni Slide. 

'til# MINI In Virginia at. very bill nr. Them "fm In 
l*e elected 1* (latiniut, Lieutenant •Governne, Attorney- 
General, nitr In* If of lb* Klnle Senate. nml a full limit* uf 
lh'l*t;:ilr«, «lnl III 111* ao*1in Mill* an ailtnidinrill In IbeUon- 
atilullini nf 1^70 naa to lie vn»d npun, atrlklus nut III* 


rm|iiir*m*nl for 111* payment nf a eapitalinn la* na n qnnli- 
tleiilliaii In toio, Tli* Anli-fhmrlaiei nr Rendjualvr niiill- 
• In Ira fur Krai* ofllccra W*n> elected by large limjnrmra. 
Tit* K< ailjnili ni nlan enured a nuijnrlty in III* film* Legio- 
Ini nr*, ami lli* miMlilatinnnl ameudiwmit u-aa adopted. 

THE NEW SURROOATR 
Tiir elcrtinn of Mr. Damil fl. Roujxn in the important 
pii.il inn nf Surrogate in lltia ciljr give* nnipulilu.l Kaliv 
fnrlliail mllii.nl dlalilirlinci nf party. Tli* iulegrtlj of Ida 
■ hiirartrr. and Ibn Marked ability w til* which lie Ima tilled 
public nffleea ill III* paal, hare non for linn tile ciilil* cno- 
lidi-tn-r nf III* c-imnnnidly. Mr. KnuJX* ■» vlnrlml by a 
1*01* ni ,ij.«ritynverlber oitdiilarc iiwlcm-d by Tunnnany Hull. 

Mr, KiiUJNa i« n nuliva of (iml Kalla, K*« Ilainiwliir*, 
w b*m be wna Unn 111 lST-i. Hu fnlUri a a* ll.. Judge nf 
Probate of Slrutfnrd Ccninly. in tltal Stale, anil na* a very 
popular mnn, Young IJmUJNn wiin a very liriglil Loy. 

liming Biu-he. 1 lila rally Mhouling in lila UtUfr t illage. 
lie entered linrtmmuli Cnllrip, *lie» be tu gradnulul 

I 1 lirfnr* rrarliiiiK bin eighteenth year. H* wna aalnlalnriuu 
of ||U rllim, and among lila lellow-griiditalm were many 
ynnii(j men nlio, like tiiuaaelf, have n«en 10 diaiinctliMi In 
tbeir cboten walk* in life. 


I Mr. Hol.USA at lid ini law ill Hi* llurvnnl t.nw Stlmnl.aml 
lirmliiali'il In 1-N7Z. lie na* udnillleil In lb* l«r nf N*w 
1 1* m pall ire in IKEI.nnd practiced hi* prnlemioii in IVltlMad, 
Main*. In l"Uti li* rnnir In lliia rily, anil a*ie|>trd llir np- 
|H«il>lnielil nf Awilalanl Ulrilld Sliilra Dlalrlrl Arlnniry ||||. 
•ler llAMCl. S. llICKIXMix. and retained the pnMtinn iiuiIit 
H e *>ilwe,|ilenl atllliiliialralnn a n| I'nileil S'ule* l*i.lll.l 

Allnnirya l'oi*RT»KT and I'ininr.ii.vr. In l“<y Mr. lt>v, 
I.IX* rellinnal In prtvalr |irai tire u* n nieniLer nf III* Itn 
linn nf wbieli Mr. TltnMa* lUttUKH na* the oilier |iulti»f. 
H* pnielireil nslrnaively in Ibe United Male, maria ■mill 
,1 nonary I, I “Til. when, at lli* rei|io-»r of Mr. I'nKitw, win, 
then tnok nflke, lie aneflnl III* pmilhm nf Aaaialunl |ii»- 
I riel Allnniey. Mr. I’llMI'a bail K tvul rnobilenr* in Mr. 
K< il JJNa'a ability aa n |.|lblle |iln*<»nlni, u*nl In III* taller 

yeara nf bl* aaluiinialralinii 1nlnul.1l in Inin nil nf ilia 

ini|mrlanl ppwei nlinna in Ibe cuiirl* of tieorliil Srmlui a 
nml Oyer and Tenaiiner. 

In Jiinnury lu*l Mr. IlntXlN* wn» nppnliitol by Onverimr 
UoHNru. in till lli* nnrvpired leim <>1 ibe lal* Mr. I'uruw 
| In lb* idlin' nf ISalriel Aimenry for lb* ( ny m»t Ummly 
nf New Y»rk — a p"»linn w lib b i.i. luniiliarltv nub II. dn- 
li'*, n*i| lined in a art vie* nf *i|:bl yenra u* AwdaluM Iha- 
Iriel Allnniey, qnallftnl biui In bubl with f;*nt'tal «ul»»l,i<- 
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NOVEMBER 19. 1881. 


TF1E ASTOR LIBRARY ENLARGED. 

The Astor Library grew up from the. pru- 
dent foresight of two remarkable men. It 
wa* the favorite project of Wamhw.to* 
Ihmxo. which be »** enabled to eairy out 
by the liberality nf Jovtx Jaivin Aston. As- 
ti in'* keen, active, busy mind wn* interested 
easily in all literary topic*. Ills *t vere** in 
trade was dll* to lain lucjital rlmunew*. IN. 
gran rich by enterprise* that acemed to oilier 
turn raali, and by distant speculations that 
went apparently visionary. He founded a 
settlement on tlm Pacific iumI wlisn it wm 
a s*vng* wiMnrxRM, anil bought and sold 
ultb on intuitive perception of coming 
errata. Although not highly educated, he 
«» always glad to Iw Instructed. Foe tmokk 
and for literary teen be hod alwoyo n real 
rngard, for lEVtxn a ameere friendship. To 
am. b a man it woo o real satisfaction to found 
a library, for be eonld rosily Ihi in.uln sensi- 
ble of il* value, aiul hi* keen intellect woo 
auras toured to look into the future, lie 
waa desirous of aupplying a want that our 
eity had always felt, nod of gratlfytug at 
once hi* Mend and posterity. 

VVAHittM'.TOx Invtxu's teTeriein the Brit* 
ish Mimriiui is mie of his meat ingenious 
pieore, Ho sleeps in the uiidst of bluck-let- 
ter folios, awl secs the literary pilferers col- 
lect their rich pluwler. He bod perhaps 
felt himself in yiujth the need of a library, 
lie could hardly have written the iffMo ip 
of Snt }'«rk without many hooka, for it la 
foil of learning. In Europe lie had seen 
the comparative wealth of it* chief cities, 
osid folt the poverty of hla own. In DUO 
there w ns no library in the country of any 
importance. lHVIMO projected oue that 
should afford material for srlodars awl open 
new fields of litotnry researclu The moony 
and ranch of the intelligenee were supplied 
by Aanjg, the simplicity ami g>w*l sense of 
tli* plnu. IxnMO rantrtbntod perhaps the 
higher reflnemruta of letters. The plan was 
perfected, and happily a librarian was pro- 
vided l.iy gissl fortune the best sal toil of all 
for the work. Few men km left a morn 
looting impress upon the literary taste of 
the country thou Dr. CoMWBUL. Ho who 
• lover nf I looks «•> si ore re six! nnlcnt ns to 
equal the most famoas bibliographers of the 

past. He was a thorough, carefol scholar. 
His friends lttvwo, Hauxce, Ranchost. 
Tkikor, PBEaorrr, Rin.iv, and a wule cir- 
cle of literary men at borne and a broad, aid- 
ed him in li>» labor* Ho was never weary 
of his (ask ; all his thoughts seemed fixed 
upon hla Library. lie laid the foundation 
of a valuable collection in atiwnt every 
branch of kiMiwhalge, and before be died 
had clearly traced the outline of a vast lit- 
erary store-house of I be future. 

By the recent additions the Aator Library 
has horn nnarly doubted in site. The lib- 
erality of the AkiuK family linn provided it 
with new facilities for Ibn scholar. Joint 
JACOB Astor gars 111 moony tWC'.UX); WlLL- 
i am, hlA sou, |T>Ui,r.l6 b6: and his grandson 
John Jacob, for fb» new building, £60,00). 
The whole endowment Amount* to (I.IZi.I.V 
— * gift from a kingle Tamil) sehtoiu equalled. 
The new building is convenient, and even 
splendid. The Issiks are free to all; they 
number about ihHI.IHW. Ynt it coil scarcely 
lie said that the Aator Library, or all the 
libraries of New York united, «n> worthy of 
tbe chief City of thn republic. Before the 
European eojlectloua they seem stnnll and 
imperfect. The Astor Library has only 
300,000 volume* ; the British Museum lias 
1 ,£00,000. Thn HibUothCqno of Pans boasts 
•veu a larger ntunlier. Berlin sod Bt. Pe- 
tersburg have grant libraries open to wry 
srliolnr; Floneen, Homs, and Naples spread 
out their literary treasures. The Aator Li- 
brary in thirty ream has scarcely ranched 
the sice of scene collect Iona of thn smaller 
European cities, sad at its present rate of 
increase will not in many year* grow to an 
extent proportionate to tlie want* of Amer- 
ican stbolanhlp. 

Ynt It has lieen already of great use to 
anthora, scholar*, and inventors. Its Iras 
on its in bibliography are rich awl ram. It 
can show the first edition of Shakspcare, 
thn early works of rst’sT and CSXTON, tbe 
first edition of “ Paradise Last,* Ui« rarawt 
and rlcbost msuiiacripts, the most costly il- 
lustrations. Bat, above all. Hie careful 
outline* in scbolamhip wot WflflMfi laid 
down by Dr. GntwwYiA are being carefully 
filled out. Many an American author In 
tbe past twenty years bs* found the rare 
value of this wnll-clioaen collection, and has 
profited by the wisdom and liberality of its 
founder*. It has already relumed to tbe 
city • thousandfold its cost. It ha* eiiabbsl 
many book* to bo written that would otb- 
erwMo hare been laid aaide. It has help- 
ed tbe presn, and stimulated rawnrcli. It 
ha* town singularly fortunate in ita fnand- 
cra. T|io koen. dear luteUect of John Ja- 
cob AhTuR designed it an a teacher of pure 
republicanism and simplicity. The delicate 
genius of In vinci may well preside over ita 
literary tendencies. The interns love of 


books and of hla vocation that marked its 
first librarian » ill bo the proper guide of 
hia siirriwra. Other librori** must mms- 
•nril) spring np in our imuintssv city; the 
d.-omruU of ita scbuUi*lilp will at lost sur- 
|kws even those of Eiirafwau capitals. Ilat 
the fine collections of the Astor Library will 
also grow j It* grant Imilding will l» tilled 
with books and studenta; It* facilities far 
atndy must lie enlarged ; it may become the 
oeutre of the great rivlo library of live fu. 
lure, and amply fulfill III* design of It* era* 
a ton. RtMEXE Uvuttcr. 


AT MIDNIGHT. 

What sorrow fill* dial midnight boar 
Whr*. all la vain. 1 strive to deep. 

And while tbe mono looks ooMly down. 

My heart ami soul a vigil fcwp] 

Ksrk from the grave come shadowy form* 
To man, " full many tear* we've rhed 
Iterant* of you." Ah, llmv’rt I 'Ire asd 
To b»ar repnarlitw frimi ilw dead. 

And tWagble of all I should have dree 
Ami left undone flit through my mind, 

A *,J a* they pa«* they Irwvr regret, 
Jittwonw, aad hitUraes* behind. 

Ami from bit heart s»d soul I err. 

•O Owl. l" pray that Thus msyrt be 
Ron merciful when Hm l meet 
Thrui Is my MMIM Ml «*." 


tB-ron In II •aem'V Wun. Ns. MM, Vol. XZ2V.1 

CHRISTO WELL. 

a Oartwoor Cali. 

Bt a D. BLACKMORE. 

Arnma o* "M*«r AawnJiT." “Loans Doo«a," 
•• Caiees, nia Csanica.’' me. 


CHAPTER XU — (('ustruaed ) 

THE NOBLKWT MSN. 

“TtlEIK friends arnwr thn river took tbe 
fooling ut a brentli Like frags on Ibc leap 
they sprung over tbe bridge, caught their 
b.>rws, and clung to tbeir oecka, while tboy 
s|iurrw1 them anyhow, anywhere, anywkith- 
er, to lie oat of Hut block devilish wissj. 
Three or four were killrsl ngninst tbe brauc li- 
es ; the other* caught the main kit. and arid- 
mi to their terror. Bridles were not dreamed 
of; all won spur and lio-aloug; and honos 1 
throat* were knocked np by the heel* of 
horsew. ‘Tlie devil take tbe hindiiioat’ 
was the only ran, attmog as brave a kit of 
men as ever feared the Lord. 

"On* tvmn sloae nnuaiiied liehiud — an of- 
ficer, who had But abated III* |iau!c, but 
could no more stop it in tbe dark than you 
nr I could make a rabid dog sit np and beg. 
Tbi* was the officer who hwl rrtwsed the 
river: that is admitted beyond alt donht, 
ami shown by a carious circumstance, which 
I sliiUi nunoiulier by-aml-by, |s-rh»j» The 
brother in command I the senior in tha regi- 
ment. though the younger by birth) should 
have certainly ibum Ibis, towause that was 
the aide wbctc the attack would 1 m ; how- 
ever, It ap]war* from his own statement that 
the elder brother, Philip, was tlie brave oar. 
Tbs younger brother was the emus- of all 
the aliame. which was clearly shown to have 
liegiin with the officer who tvmaiucd in 
command n« our own aid* of the Tagus. 

“The rest of the story, my dear Julia, 
goes into a very few word*, and I am sore I 
owe yo« many thanks for having listened 
to so long a tale with so ninrh jiatieiKw. 
Our great commander, after siftiug all the 
facts, so far as the hurry of the time per- 
mitted, referred the matter home; for the 
sentence of court - martial, confirmed by 
himself, could not be set aside lightly. 
Horn* iulliinnee was brought to bear, no 
doubt, fur the father of the two young men 
stood high with tbe government, and had 
a spsrial huld, it was said, upon his Roynl 
HighncM. How that may have been I ran 
not say ; but such things never aoem to fall 
of tbeir due weight. The upshot of it was 
that tbe ‘ Headlong Human' (as we called 
them nut il they redeemed tbeir disgrace by 
dying almost to a man in battle) lost both 
tbe oOtoara of that great night scare. Tbe 
younger was cashiered, and the elder threw 
np his commiMiiiB, with appLaosc, having 
acted nobly, and saved his poor brother at 
tbe risk of hla own life."' 

“But, Tncle John,” criod Julia Touch- 
wood, who bail listened most attentively to 
that Umg story, ” you know Iwwt.uf manic, 
because you were there, and eaw it all. 
which makes all the difference; but for my 
part I see nothing wonderfully noble in a 
roan Jumping suddenly Imfere a lot of gun* 
to save Iim own brat her frwm their content*. 
Why, I would hat* done as much ns that 
for Dicky. Yon may think I am Iswling. 
and perhaps I am. But I feel sure that I 
Could do that mm li-” 

“Ko do I. I know you would," Colonel 
West combe answered, quietly. In "mo- 
ment* of excitement we thiuk nothing of 
our live*. This noble action was not that. 


Tbe nobility WAS that a ii-'blriiiau s bun Id 
tuke upon fatinaelf, for the sake of aywinger 
brother, the shnuic of arrant cowardice amt 
treachery — for that was charged, and *up- 
pnoed to lie proven — the mill «f his life, the 
contempt forever, the soora to bis regi meed, 
li>* relative*, and country. Ho wn* a man 
of tbe world ; he knew it; he knew that he 
won Id blast all bis young life to tire mot; 
yet lie foceil it all — to save bis brother.” 

" I should like to know something as to 
what lie hud been ."said the skeptical Julia, 
a* if to herself ; " I nuuun Iwifotu bo went ont 
to 8p*iu - whether ho had shown hlmnclf 
rei very nobl* then, or whether be hud been 
bewe and slippery. You knew what bis 
brother wn*. but nothing about him.” 

“ But, my dear child, these were tbe facta, 
acixinliug to his own roufeusion of them. 
It is a maxim uf law, which I have beard at 
Petty Bcasion* — " 

“ I don't care that," ahe answered, snap- 
ping her long, strong, tapering forefinger, 
-for tbo maxi in* of tire Jaw*, oven of the 
Medea and I'creiau*, which were the only 
law* worthy having, beenuae even briltery 
could not change them. My plan is to judge 
people by their nature, in nceorduiu-u with 
(heir ncta and their chnractcre nod looks. 
And | say that tbe mail who had proved 
himself thoroughly brave in a Uinu*Mid pet^ 
its could not bnvo run away, could never 
bare given the shameful order to run away, 
and would have stuck (o the bridge uf Iwifs 
forever, till Spanish starvation rondo him 
drop I >ct wren them." 

“Bui suppose that bo mi bribed, my 
dear, or bad some other cranked motive, 
Kometbing of the sort seemed to be implied 
in some side word*, or—” 

“ Tncl* John, I am quite ashamed of you. 
A man who saved your life, and stood to be 
shut at as well us even yon could du!“ 

“Well, il is mown, shabby, low. and nasty 
of my mind to bs cronusl with such rile 
ideas. Ami It never could have happened 
to me bnt for tbe quantity of tbe world that 
I have until." 


CHAPTER XLL 
DULY EXECUTED. 

At this vary limn tlrere wo* going on in 
London that aad bnt inevitable work of ua- 
t ore. the death of an old and once ptiwerful 
niHii. A breotb nf great heat bail gone into 
lire town, e muring tlie Tlianu-s fnun tiglit- 
aoiled bill* sod commons where fern soil 
funte were dead with fire, Great hent and 
groat cokl, especially tire latter, have to re- 
peat their onset long before they got into 
Ihiwe brick and stone tsiwela; lmt nuce let 
them get In, ami they have their reveuge. 
There are forests that nu brief storm ran 
enter. Tlie still mao* of air within them 
wulta nut BHimentary impact ; but when it 
once yields to pciwluteut prvuvnre, the fury 
of tbe IvalHcd wind is greater than on the 
ojH'n plains oulskle. Hn now, in this great 
Noptonilicr hent, IxuwliHi w*» a living fur- 
nace . Mr*. Giblrta nnd her daughter Mary. 
oeciiMlnnied to litre country air, uni trim 
Mr. and Mr*. Nnacks and baby buocks, luj 
pro* Irate. 

At tbe great bonne within tire old iviMt 
walls a special batch of hot air settled down. 
*o that the crusty IwIcIm were like a Inker’s, 
tbe wiimIows like oven doors, the gMM*-|d<i|* 
cranked ns wide as a frog-jiunp, and tbe elm* 
crisped off, with leave* a* brow ii Bathe warn* 
of a London greengrocer. The ]H>i>ple in- 
side, with the usual urban wisdom, threw all 
tbe window* open, thus sucking iu (to cool 
tlreiiiMelvcw) air thirty degree* hotter thin 
that of the boose. No that tbe big hints", 
which might have stood a siego of n work's 
heat with thn port-bole* down, was as hot 
in a day as tire heat outside. 

Wheu this bad gone nu for throe days, 
with a blaring sun, and hary nights that 
ruined the ruin'* work till b« came bock, 
when every slate was like a fire-tile, soil *v- , 
cry wiDdow-eill a be art h atone, and an egg 
might reasonably have boon roasted oil tire 
wtssl-work of llm frame*, it iiapjieiiieel that 
tbn lost room in the house that cowtaiwwl 
any coni air I rut it. This was tbn largest 
n*>m of nil, the bait-room of the younger 
day*, now luaile into two by a great Mark 
screen, for the sick lord to ait and to sleep 
in. Tire «l«rr, a double owe, with heavy 
purple hangings, fared tbo bead of lire brand 
old stutrenne, which wn* mode of rbrwluut- 
wood, with step* of only two-ineb rlee; for 
tbo ancestor* of oor pceoent hnildera consid- 
ered Uiliee* ankliw amt tbeir lovers' tight- 
ened knees. 

Now, in tbe depth of this hot dark night, 
when the «li*>t* were (brawn open, with a 
nrcilli-ss weight to stop them, and not even 
a window-blind bad tbe life to rustle, at tbe 
head of the stair*, a loinl voice cried, “Lew- 
is! Lewis! toy mhi Lewis!" 

The deep bollour sound, and tbn ImnclincM 

of it, frighti-ned every weltering heart at 
first; and they whispered in tbs ilarkneae, 

“ It la no concern of inino.” But the bousn- 
keeper, Mrs. Tubfao, to act a good example. 


ordered hock her tremblea, and coma out. 
Klie wn* dreased very nicely — as she always 
liked to lie -and bail not even pnt her 
nlght-eap on, fi»r tml wne the liolteai place 
of all, sire said, but waa doling iu a stamp- 
ed leather chair, and dreaming, in bar duntx 
' lMgliw," of tbe absent Captuin Tobbe. 
With a« little fear ns aba eoubl manage, 
this brave wuenau stole to the foot of tbe 
main staircawr. by the light of tbn inglit- 
lump Ivtiming in the hall. At the bead of 
the stairs slut brlu-UI a gaunt figure wrapped 
in a bine silk drewsing-gown, staudlng be- 
tween two white marble statuette*. Tbo 
rRlgiiia wore of two boys, young boys; and 
the dying father, who had lost them both, 
was rome to spend hia laat minutes there. 
Tbn weak breath of his end was nigh ; but 
hia rolee waa eloar, and his mind s* keen as 
in days of noblest arrogance. In tbe shall- 
ow of tbe images Ire spread one withered 
baud to e-lthor, mid lamecitod. 

“One. through wild indulgence, gone; and 
•me, through BaTage tyranny t la there any 
one faithful to me t How can 1 expect it!" 
Then Ire railed, with the pain of great wrung 
in hia heart: “Lewis! Lewis! my sou Unit! 
If I ronbl see yon before I die I" 

Meanwhile Mrs. Tubbs (who waa growing 
rather stout, from dining every Sunday with 
tier dear friend Mrs. Snneks) was working 
her way np tire log sliiitrii** ; for bis lord- 
ship's dcspuir of any loyalty hail touched 
her. a* well na the andiie**— so sire told tbo 
undertaker — “ of him having t wohimageaof 
boys, not grown into an) breecbwyat ; when 
he might have had two lire offleer*, with as 
iimrli gold-lace aa a foot mao, if it hadn't 
been foe bis own Wiekrelunm,” Being a wo- 
mnn, sire forgot every bit of hi* wickedness 
now, in his wretchedness. 

"My bred,” she soiiL approaching very 
carefully, breans* of lire shadows, and nf hi* 
condition, “ you were asking for son* oue 
faithful to you. I hare always been that, 
and have always bonve the bigbeat pouibla 
diameter for boncaty, tntegrily, Industry, 
high principle, combiired with an eagorues* 
to oblige — ” 

*' Then obi Igo nts by tHilding ymix tnugne. 
Oh, Tnbbal Of course it UTubtw. Tutilw, 
onroe in here," 

“Your luevlsliip look* very ill indeed," ob- 
•errml tire Indy, entering the large room, 
with some fear fur a pair of wax caudbw 
were bnt timid glioaiaof light. “ Let me put 
ou my lioniiiit, my bird — I have no fear — and 
run for Hit Jobn tills moment." 

“No, Tnbbs; Nlr John can do mo no more 
■OQd, raw barm Thanks to tbe fish monger, 

1 am dying. Ha M-nt no ire. It waa Gas- 
ton’* place to are to IL Ho bribed Iniu not 
t« wild it ; I urn quite sure nf that. For lie 
liconl Hit John **y that lieut would kill me. 
Bnt I will tlimr lum yet, if tie will only keep 
away. Where i* he F Dora he know that 
I am up ntul moving T He generally sticks 
to me na tight on any boeas fawefa." 

" lie must have heard your lordship's call ; 
tut you know wbat Mr. Gaston is in a thun- 
der-storm. And though 1 have not board 
thunder yet, 1 us a bright fissb of light- 
ning. just before your lordalup shouted." 
Even as site spoke a pale Idue current flick- 
ered tli rough tbn gloomy room. 

u I did uot call. 1 via talking to myself. 
Lightning ngniu ! If it would only last far 
two bourn, | would fight off iLnth." 

Mr*. Tubbs starced ; tor Ilia flash was 
mui-li nearer, ami a long peal of thander 
rumbled through the boose. "That wilt 
drive him Into the rnul-reltar~i.be said; 
“he ho* no fear of land, or of Satan; but be 
can't abide a thunder storm." 

Thu old man, trembling (not with fear, 
but wcakucss), went to the great roved 
window feeing to the aoutbeant, whence thei 
tampeet waa approaching “The curtaion 
are too heavy; draw them hack, that I may- 
see the night.” Following hla steps and or- 
der, tbe housekeeper drew tbe banging* 
buck ; taut of the night there w#a nothing 
to bo aren except black distance. Then 
there came a lifting flash that showed Kt. 
Paul's and the two shot towers — a far-away 
Hash npon tlie Kratish bills. 

“ Gaston is a coward," uid the earl, oa tie* 
fell iuto a chair and wiped bis forehead ; 
“til* Htorui is twenty miles away ns yot. 
Tnbha, are you aftoMl of iiumiior liglit- 
ningr 

“ Not I. my lord. In the very worst of 
weather, I frets myself under th* hand of 
the Lard. Mr. Gaston, yoa know, has leeo 
struck by lightning; and a burnt child — ” 

"Tnbbs.yun shall have atboussml pmuila 
if yoa fetch me a lawyer while I sit hero 
nlive. Give mo my elixir IlisL Double 
quantity — all in the bottle. When tbe cold 
PWEH, after the storm. I shall vlie.” 

As the bnavekreper hurried down the 
•tails she peeped into Mr. Gaston’s room, 
which oomtnniiiWd the approach to the o 1 «i 
carl's quartern, a* well at a general survey 
of the Lavement. Tbo rrsl-fared man was 
iml tlmre; he had fled to the cellarage, un- 
der tli* pan trie* and kitchen, a* th* turret 
refuge from tho storm. Mrs. Tubbs lurried 


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b*r no*** op, foe all* hatml that mnn, if |*o«- 
silile, more than she feared him ; noil thou, 
with fwlaiM Insolence. she took bis boat 
umbrella from the stand, atwl quitted the 
pro allow by lb* littl* door u hrn - poor Mr*. 
Knock. bod been ** atlwrlL 

Then- wu* no rain yet ; but flip* of re- 
Ugbt*inff, here, there, Mid every- 
where, •bon* ll l k " 1 the raodwny, or flicker- 
td at tbe corner, or tinted behind miiu* lug 
tree or black boaia.., Mra.Tubba went on 
bravely ; of Ibo works of the Lord eke 
footed man '’■ l 3 r > foiling him to l>» tbe only 
bod one. 8 Im> **W this to benwlf, to make 
the beet of thing* -bcciMine there were no 
men obont, but plenty of the higher work* 
of Proviilencn — a*t sbe hnstnuxl toward 
" Amalgamat-to^'iHn^thi! hospitable abode 
of Mr. Snacks. 

Thot gentleman was. up, and wldMnkt, 
carefully conning share liars — fur the wea- 
ther was never too hoi for that— and as 
soon m be hail beanl the tale he went for 
hie bat. a writing-case, ami a double-bar- 
relled pistol, which bn loaded and pocketed 
without tho knowleulgo of the ladies. “Now. 
well checkmate tho red-faced man," be said 
to Mrs. Tubbs ss they set forth together. 
“No lawyer 111 the land can draw a better 
will than I can. Ha! here comes the twin, 
and in earnnat too ! Take my situ, madam; 
] will keep you dry." 

The old boose was shaken to ita deep 
foundations by tbs din of rolling thunder, 
and tho long windows glared with the 6 re 
of the akiea ; but the old earl waa sitting 
with the leaded lattice open, cherishing the 
last breath of above-ground air. The but- 
ler of the house, a very timid old depend- 
ent, had bents sent up by the housekeeper 
before sbe harried forth, lie was standing 
by the curtain mrw, overcome with wsnt of 
coinage, flinching from the lightning sod 
the tempest, roar outside ; flinching oven 
worse from that which he must soon look 
straight at— the growth of death before 
him — and still, fawn habit, peering toward 
the cUirrsse door In fleshly dread of ku 
bogbear, Mr. Gaston. 

" Hero I am, iny lord," sold Mr. Knocks, 
advancing boldly, “grieved to hear how 
much your lordship has suffered from the 
recent heat- At loot the change has come, 
and I hope it will benefit your lordship." 

" Thai ia wo concern of yonrs. Von are 
here to draw my wilL To what flrtn do yna 
belong t" 

“The long-established firm. year lordship, 
of fin nrk> t Giblets, Tucker. & Co. I am the 
senior partner, William Snacks, entirely at 
your service." 

“ If yon were tint respectable," said the 
earl, with his OM keen look revived -for he 
did not like tho style of uian — “Tubbs wcmld 
not have called you in. And if you esn draw 
» valid will, it dues nut matter who you ore. 
Now put info legal form wbat I tell you. 
‘I, Eari Dela|M*ln' — describing ms aright — 
‘Inavo all that I have to dispose of to my 
only surviving son. Lewis Arthur, now Via 
conut Pole, for bis absolute use, and I ap- 
point him my sole executor, if he be surviv- 
ing. But if be be dead, I leave all the above 
to his obi hired, if auy ; and if none, to the 
right heirs of my luntL soil tit Us, appoint- 
ing in that case as my executor Mr. Thomas 
Latimer, of the firm of Latimer A Emblin, 
who bsva long been my solicitors. For 
legacies, I leavn £1000 to Mr*. Tuhba, roy 
housekeeper ; to each of my domra tip serv- 
ants, £30; and to my agent, George Osston, 
the pair of fell slippers which lie stole from 
me to come skul king a boat my doer at night.' 
Be sun* you pat that in. Tell uie when yon 
are ready." 

Entering into tbs spirit of the man — hot 
and imperious to tho last — Knacks, with his 
writing materials ready, called for a largo 
supply of candles; for the play of light- 
ning round the bouse and across the open 
window* dimmed, and sometimes seemed to 
q trench, the paid and feeble light inside. 
Then, with a good many amplifications and 
fine sweep of verbiage, in the manner of 
the most accomplished lawyer — who after 
slaying his slain three times drags bins nine 
times round the walls — Mr. Knacks dis- 
charged his meaning, and comparatively 
that of tlie testator also- 'There is no 
time to wusie in words; put it anyhow," 
auid the esrl, who knew much more of law 
tli all Ills new lawyer. “ 1 have little to dis- 
jM»«eof. The land is nil aeoiiced. The chlaf 
thing ia about executor. Gaston was that ; 
bnt lie won't he now. 1 feel better. It bos 
done mo good to discharge this lilt of boai- 
nosu. Knacks, you shall have fifty guinea* 
— though you an* no lawyer, any more than 
I ain.aixl I remember ao mo thing about you 
now — when yon bring me a receipt for this 
concern from Latimer A Emblin. They 
are to keep it dark, you know — not to write 
to n» about it- -only to MS that it Is valid, 
and giro you a private receipt for It. Now 
let ua have the witnesses. Tubbs it no 
good I Tubbs is a fat legatee— oo alliisiou 
to yemx figure, loyal Tubbs. 1 aiu not going 
to die yet ; don't you think it. I lore the 


lightning ; it has sot me free. Be off. all of 
yon, as soon as this is dene with. I shall 
go to sleep exactly os I am. Give Urn devil 
legal notice that I ilou't intend to die." 

Hu lordship was right. After duly exe- 
cuting this last will and twtamont, he turn- 
ed over in Ilia chair, and bia mind was so 
relieved that Ire enjoyed a bowl of ox-tail 
soup next morning. 


THE TRANSPLANTATION OP 
RONE 

Tlix engrafting of limb is a surgical feat 
which has been frequently accomplished 
with success; but the lint-known lusts one 
of transplanting a piece of bone from one 
living person to another w*» announced 
at a recent meeting of the Royal Society of 
Eoglsml. In IS?*, a young child was ad- 
mitted into tho Glasgow Id Urinary with ne- 
crosis, or martiflcathMi of tho right humerus, 
or hone of the upper arm. The mortified 
part was removed from the bone, but even 
after fifteen incut Its no fresh bone bad grown 
to fill tip the gap. This extembsl to two- 
thirds of the entire shaft, and it bccamn ue- 
remary to try aud transplant a piece of alien 
hone into Lbo place. Ot> threw several oc- 
casions portions of living bone were trans- 
planted into the child's arm, the p Lores )„>- 
log obtained from nweous rr edges which bod 
to be excised from the bsallby Ikmics of oth- 
er patients. The pieces wren divided into 
many small fragments before being applied, 
anti in course of tlnm they united together 
into a solid rod, thereby converting a help- 
less arm into a useful one. The operation 
is of great importance aa demonstrating that 
a piece of transplanted hone is capable of 
living and growing on another system, to 
the benefit of the Utter. 


THE TENEMENT HOUSE 
CALAMITY. 

Tin sadden colUpso of two old tefieawmt- 
b oases in this city a few days ago is a shock- 
ing illustration of the ignorance of builders, 
the Inhumanity of soenn landlords, sod the 
utter imbecility of tho deportment whose 
business it is to protect tbe community 
against ilia possibility of sneb calamities. 

To most people it would soom that- the 
brat thing to have done with a building 
half a century old, or more, reeling on 
crumbling foundations laid in wet "made 
ground,” and corned np on rotten walls, 
was to pall it down, and substitute for it a 
structure that was not likely to tumble into 
the street one day and bury Its living in- 
mates beneath ita ruins. But the owners 
tbnaglit differently. Two years ago, in- 
stead of levelling it to the ground, or 
strengthening it os.it then stood, they ret 
about to "fix it up.” The blundering stu- 
pidity with which this was done is almost 
Iacrodllite. The rickety concern coaUI hard- 
ly stand at it was. It already staggered, oo 
to speak, under the toad It bore, ami they 
limb rt»uk to " fix" It by giving it still more 
to carry. The corner building at the time 
referred to bad a peaked roof, sod was three 
stories high. Tin* builder changed it into 
a fiMir-story fint-roofod house. It la said 
that in making the altentieaa serious mis- 
takes were made, Tho party-wall between 
the houses, which was twelve inches thick at 
tbe basement and eight inches thick on the 
upper door, waa strained and overweighted 
by the insertion of Imam* and the building 
of an additional floor, while a partition was 
taken away to make the bar room larger, 
so that the beams of tbe second floor no 
longer reeled on It, aud oscillated whenever 
on eln rated railroad train passed, thua weak- 
ening their hold in the walls. Three risks 
were not warranted by tbe materials aved 
in erecting tho hoas* fifty yearn ago. Tbe 
wood-work waa not flrat-class, and the bricks 
were laid in mortar which was ns friable 
as brown sugar. Additional risk was in- 
curred when, in re-arranging tho saloon, . 
heavy Iron girder* were put over tbe win- ! 
dows in Grand Street anil South Fifth Ave- | 
nae. Au eight-inch Iron column was placed ' 
in front of the entrance to tho bqnor store, 
which rap diagonally across tbe northwest 
corner of the store. On Uii« column, fur 
several days Immediately pnor to thn acci- 
dent, tho whole weight of the building ia 
said to bavs rented. 

Ktraugu to say, the Halhling Department, 
after a careful (!) inspection of tbe pro- 
mises, gave the oerraiary permission to do 
tbe blundering work, the inspector declaring 
in bis report that the building waa " In a 
good and safe condition to be altered and 
enlarged in the manner proposed.” 

Two months ago the occupants of tiro 
limine remarked that something waa wrong. 
When trains pass e d on the elevated rail- 
road, or heavy wagons weut along Grand 
Street or South Fifth Avenue, it vibrated to 
au extraordinary degree. Furniture got not 
of place, articles left on tables fell from 


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them, window-casings bulged, and doors 
could not be closed or opened. Six weeks 
ago, at night, several prisons in the liousra 
were startled by a crack ami a jar, and dis- 
covered a yawning rant In the party wall. 
One of the tenants spoke to his landlord, 
sad insisted that a oomplaiut be made to 
the proper authorities, and that the build- 
ings should be repaired. Tbe landlord rays 
bn complained to the Building Department, 
but that nothing was done. A second com- 
plaint brought aa inspector, wbo examined 
the buildings, and reported them both un- 
safe. Why the ownors or tho authorities 
did not at once order tbe tenants out. nobody 
can toll. But the coroner's jury, if it does 
its duty. Is very likely to ask tho qiMuiaun, 
and to insist upon so answer. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Tar question whether eggs should be eotl by 
Cumber or by weight has been under dlscuaska 
ia Perl*, All of the usual argument* In favor 
of either mrthed hare been pat forth. Men of 
mathematical and Malistical proclivities lava born 
*t work on the problem, and have learned that 
•fOE" laid by the more generous fowls, each aa 
Block Spanish, Houiazn, and CrevrsCmun. aver- 
age seven tu a pound, while Ham burgs and scans 
other varieties lay eggs oo small that nine nr ten 
are required to Up the pound weight. It has not 
occurred to say ingmkns Frenchman that, in 
•v«w of tbe varying thickness of the obeli*, a 
axes equitable method than either of those under 
ifoaiwocai would be to open the eggs, and toll 
thorn at so much a quart for oo&d meals, aa ay*- 
urn, are fold 

Ifonry Johnson, a colored man In Sumter Gena- 
ty. So*ith Carolina, procured from a conjurer a 
chartnrd bullet, and abot John Daria, with whnac 
wife be was in lore, lie thought that ha was 
tli us protected from punishment, bat to bis sur- 
prise and that of the negro spectators In (lie 
(iMirt-rom, he wav found guilty of munlur, and 
suntenoed to he hanged. Re still expert* i>> 
rwcape the gallowr, however, and his belief la 
vlrengtbcned by the fact that while his trial woo 
gtdng on two of tbe juror* were suddenly taken 
•ink, aud hail to be replaced by other*, and that 
within three hour* after be waa sentenced, tbe 
shiriff, a robust moa ia tbe prime of life, dropped 
dead. 


TV* pen with which President Garfield wrote 
hi* last letter t«i hia aged mother i* m tbe pasara- 
■lun of White House Steward Cramp, wbo wo* a 
faithful attendant at the Prevalent' s bedside until 
be was prcaireted with malaria. 


Id an adreftisemrat offering fire dollars for her 
arrest htv father describe* the young woman as 
being “of a dsrk gingrtbreail -.nW. with a bushy 
heal of hair and fall eyebrow* " Loss may bo 
blind, but the injured parent baa tx> doulxe u ui 
the accuracy of Ids nainn. 


I The Baron Harmi-rle, the Austro Hungarian 
Premier, whore death orrnnvd r.x long ago, died 
literally of a broken heart. Tha autopev di*- 
<t»***l a rent more than an inch long fo that or- 
gan. European phyriciana regard tfau catu as 
o*e nf CKroordlaary interest. 


A wax figure of Guitrau has been placed In 
Madam* Tureoad'a " chamber of horror*. " This 
ia _* faUi that eren tho most vengeful of lb* 


An English newspaper ha* exchulre informa- 
tion to Uh effort that aa agent has twwu sarit 
from Ireland to gather |hiUU> huge in Colorado, 
to be Jrt loose In the folds of England. 


In order to stop a panic In hi* rfcurrh, a clergy- 
man in Bradford, Pennsylvania, tod off ed a hymn 
ax the top of hi* voice His tinging was so un- 
tnuairal (list the raegrvgation believed that he 
had Ivnav terrifiid beyond umtrol, and (he panic 
ineniaaad in vkiltmce. 

Mr. Hsrkn, tbe snnlaUo who ran for tha Ohio 
Ixycttlstnre in a Republican district, and was -fo- 
fnated. viicted President Arthur after the elec- 
tion. In the course of bis rail he remarked that 
In was "a half breed, hut not in politics." 


The French soldiers in Tonis wrra p ranee Ud 
with little plate* of metal oa which tluie uaitws 
were enrravud, to be fastened to string* worn 
around their nrcks. Tbe soldiers were told that 
there togs would enable the ssrviroea to idcutlfy 
the bodire of those wbo should fall In buttle. It 
is not difficult to think of an oeraiioa man cheer- 
ful than three proven talk** must fora bom. 

Tbe will of Gerhart Bechtel, who died so roe 
time ago in Berks County, Pennsylvania, contains 
thi* provision : " And I further dasinhent and pro- 
habit from partin' patron in the dwlrihutko of my 
retale such of my mate drortodanis oa persist ia 
wearing mustaches " 

It is told of » veteran horse trailer that when 
he went to sell the raruore of one of his unfor- 
tunate punrhaare la a soap fat man, he not ocly 
flit uoreprilvd to speak at length reno-ming thn 
kind ilUpreilka nf the animal, Lit knowingly 
sta lot the age of tha t turns ui Im MOW fire ce sax 
years Inst than It actually wo*. 


A man entered the dlning-roeai of a boeel in 
Demisg. New Mexi.ro, reppod a guest over the head 
with the butt of his revolver to secure attention, 
and announced that he was " tanking fur some- 
body on the shoot.*' He found a perms who an- 
swered to that description, and the ruffian wo* 
carried oat with a bullet In his head. 

A " bav preacher" has bran tried before a West- 
ern Conference an wreral grave charge*, among 
them swearing, drunkanii***, lying, smoking, and 
" claiming to bo a Bapuhhean when ho woo « Dem- 
ocrat" The last-named offi-woe shows that he 
was not wholly onllxis aa to what others might 
think of him. 

A colored gallant wbo eloped from Richmond, 
Virginia, wtth the daughter of William Brown, 
will be surprised, perhapa, wlwo b* reads the de- 
scription of hla bride by nnn wlui should know. 


Early in Ortober a peominent nawspapar at 
rertiiing agent wbsre hcad-quartera are In Con- 
nsoticut received a cable diepatoh from his eorre- 
spoodent in Loudon nuking him to procure a 
copy of an advertisement that had been sent to a 
Now Task paper, to secure its publication as 
” rmilfog matter'" in all the paper* of standing 
published smith of Fhiladelphia. and to charge 
the etpenre to his arcuunt. The adrertisemrnt 
wa* au ingenimisly wnrdfol attempt to “bull’* 
CunfiaUrate bon. I k Th* ioeUwctions were car- 
ried out, and tho mu* of orarrepondenoe by co- 
Mr and nf advertising were ik 4 a small item. 
The gir.i --niaii who aUmd.xl t*. the a>irrrtising 
in lliiv* cnuniry knows nothing further shout the 
London achemr; bat it is midfnt that tbe prr 
son* for whom hi* roerrepondewt w« acting moot 
for* sprat SIIII* lims rollreting Confedpnite 
!>edi, in order to fovn In- hi enough nf them to 
warrant tha nutlav in running the prire wp to tho 
paint at which (hrr eouU preAtmldy “ unload ” 



THE FONTAINE LOCOMOTIVE. 


Tins locosnodivn, a cosnpanloai to which 
has been in use for some time oo the Cana- 
dian Southern Railway, presents soon novel 
features of construction. It boa two seta 
of driving-wheels, one resting upon tbe oth- 
er on shown in our illustration. The larger 
driving-wheels are sweated U> an elevated 
axle shore the boiler, running In Iwltw sup- 
ported by a strongly braced frame. Tbno* 
w hinds do not touch tbe rails, bat have a 
firm frictional contact with the under net. 
The motion communicated to tbe upper 
wheels la transmitted to the lower nn«e 
by means of friction only. The lower 
wheels are constructed with two treads, the 
periphery Ruling upon the rails. The oili- 
er and einallnr tread enpparla the upper 
wheels, which arc of souinwlist greater di- 
ameter. 

The iuv«utoni of this locomotive, which 
was constructed at tbe Grant Locmxinti re- 
works, at Paterson, New Jersey, claim that 
it la capable of attaining a speed of ninety 
mites an hour ; but, after tnnl on the Penn- 


sylvania Railroad, experts declare that the 
damage to the tracks i* greater than tbe 
economy in time, and that white upon a 
perfectly straight rood the locomotive might 
moke a splendid performance, Ills not adapt 
ed to contending with the difficulties pre- 
sented by hoary graitm and sharp carve*. 
An officer of the Pennsylvania rood nays of 
it: “Now, for instance, we take an engine 
of the kind known os ‘ lung-legged loco. No. 
ID,’ bitch oa ten cars, and start her off. 
Away she goes, swinging nronnd curve* and 
climbing mountainsides, and giving tbe 
speed that tho buiUlrr calculated in hla 
model. I doubt If tho Fotitalos engine 
eonld make any kind of time up a mountain- 
side with one ear, and I should feel consid- 
erably .alarmed In a »»lng nronnd a curve 
behind the Dew machine. You run rest as- 
sured that such n style of cnglno will uever 
lie adopted on this road, and I do not think 
it will lie wanted In tha Wool, for it could 
not ran against the heavy winds they have 
on road* out there." 



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FOR CASH ONLY. 

Bt JAMES FATN, 

Act*.'* *# " Paw* R»tir." Oss Roue," 

"Wum'i Woden,’ 

“Wait III On IK m 


CILVPTER XIV.— (r«nfi««W ) 

ABZIXQ tub uo.« 

Hkriizrt took him first to the office and 
Intnoinccd him to that magnate, who aat in 
commercial elate, surrounded by speaking- 
tube*, and in rummuuiratina with half a 
dozen telegraph*. The worthy knight oe- 
entl; held hia visitor in much the same 
light as I>r. Johnson would have regard- 
ed a dauciug-inaater, hot it was curious to 
mw bow a few well-tdioeoii wonts and hon- 
eyed srnteurce anon won hia farnr: bn liked 
Ilia flattery in slab*, and Mr. Roden laid it on 
with a trows], Tho knight was studiously 
rourtoou* to hia partner's guest and rela- 
tive. bat if the task of conciliation had de. 
volved upon him, he would mrlaiuly nut 
have acquitted himself with snrli dexterity 
as hia companion. If war had chanced to 
have been declared between them, whot 
very different things they would have said 
of oue another? not the fact la that men 
of ihallow feelings and no convictions get 
on together in the path of life (bo long as it 
doesn't come to jostling) far more agreeably 
than their t letter*. 

“ A well-informed and intelligent man.” 
was Sir Peter’s verdict on bis visitor, as be 
left tile room, to Visit those works which ill 
hia ey ca, he said, hod always lioeu “ the 
archetype of England's commercial great. 

Mr. Roden's admiration for the Mtablisb- 
ment of Maaars. Fihbert A Lyttcr was not, 
however, an mixed with awe; he bad a 
whole* nue drum! of cogs anil wheels, and 
was exceedingly afraid of being caught In 
the machinery. At the very flmt start, in- 
deed, his prudence was oearty the death of 
him, fur In placing a safe distance between 
himself and the •• cotton opener,” lie hacked 
on to the “ scotching machine,” and was 
w ithin an one or King disposed of (In small 
pieces) as “ refuse material.* 

From that moment, as Herbert afterward 
remarked with some humor, tbs keenest ap- 
prebeuslou seemed to possess him Inst the 
termination of hia earthly career should he 
“ to be reeled off into the finest cotton 
thread, am! antd for 1000 yanta of it, when 
in truth be only made .*>00." When his guide 
•bssrved, "VTs am now going into tlie card- 
rooso,” lie hrightnued np a little, umtar tlm 
impression, jM thnps, that be waa at laat to 
see someth mg familiar; bat the room, I need 
not any, was not sack aa ho expected, and 
(except that it had "flats" in it) by no 
means reproduced the apartment of the 
same mune at (he Ranunculus. 

In ona portion of tlm machinery, how- 
ever. Mr. Roden seemed to take particular 
interest — the “tbrnelle frame.” Itmayhave 
lieon that mim poetical aaenriatioo with 
the songster of the wood attracted him to 
it, bat at all events be tarried t here for scene 
in in nt os watching the bobbins and tlwws 
who ministered to their needs. On the corn- 
el nsi on of their visit of inspection, they 
chanced to meet Percy, to whom Mr. Rodeo 
was most gr actons and effusive. It gave 
him the moat unfeigned pleasure, be said, to 
meet the future hatband of his beloved 
tuaM ; not only congratulated him on that 
eveut, bat ventured to congratulate himself 
upon the pnwpcrt of heeomitig connected, 
however indirectly, with the great li'oise of 
Flbbert. And Perry answered him, with the 
least curve of his Up, in the same high strain, 
while Herbert "tied by biting his lips mid 
wishing tho ground to open. Nor were hia 
embarrassments at au cud when that inter- 
view was over, for ns they went out togeth- 
er they came upon Herald, with whom Mr. 
Roden affaldy entered into conversation 
about his duties, (buogli, ns Gerald s time 
was mostly panned in Availing them, be (mild 
hardly be expected to be enthnaiastie on the 
topic, aud indeed showed his indifference 
to it very clearly. 

"To me," said Mr. Roden, “ I confess ev- 
erything has been intensely interesting; 
and, by-the-bye, what an uncommonly pret- 
ty girl was attending to that tbrudle frame 
of yonra!* 

“ It isn't my throstle frame,” said Gerald, 
turning very red. 

Nay, I only *iy * jours’ because Herbert 
told me it was inclnded in your department. 
The young woman 1 speak of seems wonder 
fully dexterous with her fingers. Ml so, in- 
deed, were all of thorn ; what struck mo in 
her case was her singular beauty and her 
delicacy. It occurred to im — not of ooiirss 
that it's my bnsino* — tl.nl obit ought not to I 
be staring about so ranch." 

" 1 don't know, I am mire.” said Gerald, 
picking soma infuse from ths floor with elab- 


orate care, aa if it had been a drawing-room 
carpet. “We employ so many hands that 
we don't know atie from the other.” 

Aa Mr. Roden aud hu cicerone returned 
home, the former returned to this eubjeet- 
“Ow has heard of tho want of sympathy 
between employers anil employed in the 
manufacturing districts," he said, “so differ- 
ent from the charming feudal feeling still 
to lie found lietwoeii landlords and truants, 
but that Herald should not know one •bind,’ 
or mtlicr oue face, from another — and es- 
pecially Biicb a very pretty one — ah, don’t 
it strike you as peculiar!” aud Mr. Roden 
nudged hi* nephew with the handle of hia 
umbrella In a very significant manner. 

" My dear air," said Herbert, “ the condi- 
tions of life ore so different here to what 
they are in the ooath. A man doesn't re- 
spect Ilia employ era 1ms because b* doesn't 
touch his list to hint, nr call him 1 air.' Out 
people ore more independent.” 

"Tut! tut! yon are fencing with me, I 
suppose it is not in nature that a young man 
should not so much as inquire the name of 
a pretty girl with whom he is brought into 
daily contact, however distant- Come, now, 
I'll bet a shilling you know the name of 
that girl yourself.” 

“ Well, os it happens,” said Herbert, with 
a* iudiffcrent a tone as he could assume, 
“Ido,” 

" Indeed ! Yet Master Gerald, In whose de- 
partment she works, has never acquired that 
information. There ia an absence of curi- 
osity about that young man which, if one 
was disponed to be uncharitable, one would 
aay Is rarely found associated with naive 
simplicity. The idea of hia trying to hood- 
wink me-”' raided Mr. Roden, wllh Indigna- 
tion, a* though Justice hetielf bad been sub- 
mitted to that indignity. " I hove a dcuood 
good mind to tell his father," 

“ Pray don't, sir," exclaimed Herbert, 
gravely ; " my uncle Lystcr has trouble 
enough upon hia mind already," 

“Ho! ho! there ie a teamlsl, then, about 
this verv young woman and Master Herald, 
ia there f* 

“ I am sorry to nay liters is." 

“ Well, well; | will he ss discreet os 
Mernoon. lint I acknowledge to sharing 
one passion with the gentler sex — that of 
curiosity. Wlial is this interesting young 
person's name !*’ 

" Her name is Rachel Vt order." 


CHAPTER XV. 
a tnvunnncp Di'UT. 

The oiitoteDsss displayed by Mr. Roden in 
riMiMctiuii with thA heroine of the throstle 
frame made a great impression on Hcrliert 
New too. A certain •implicit)- as regards 
social matter* Ie generally found aMocialmt 
with scientific pursuits, and the manner in 
which the man of the world's suspicions had 
been excited, amt the rapidity with which 
lie load cimiis to his coocIiiaIous, bad seemed 
to the yonng fellow almost miraculous. 
Though fully nware ill his own case of the 
grunt rvaiilta of Axehuive application to one 
or two subjects,, be did not iiudeTstand that 
scandal and intrigue could he til erase Ives 
objects of study, and that tlm Idler — with- 
in certain narrow limits -can be a mantel 
craftamon as well aa another. 

As a rule. Mr Rislen was so wrapped op 
in his own affaire that his thoughts never 
strayed beyond them, bat when they did u, 
the faults and follies of bin fellow. ainnera 
nut *> Idum imtM IbtawIvN to him, 
Nor waa this accomplished by any excep- 
tional sagacity on hia own part, since he al- 
ways took their existence for granted, and, 
like a man who is given to prophecy, it ne- 
couanly happened that he vu occasionally 
correct. As be hod frankly confirmed, he 
wav «l*o curious — a male guwiip — and, like 
an Italian greyhound which ha* started a 
rabbit, having hit upon Matter Gerald'* de- 
linquency, lie felt that that sort- of sport 
was hi* mta*iao, and kept In* ears pricked 
and hia eye* open. 

The afternoon wan dedicated to a visit to 
the Flbbert Mow mo, to which (Sir Peter him- 
•clf-had volunteered to act m hi* guide. It 
was really a handsome building, the erec- 
tion of which bad ■bwiblUw* cost a vast deal 
of money, bat, like all similar institutions. a 
little of its contents went a great way with 
the Amateur. There were specimen* of tbs 
geological strata lu ths neighborhood of 
Stokeville, specimens of Its Itura In wax 
(looking more beautiful than real life, anil 
a much lietter nolor), specimen* of its manu- 
facture* III all stage* — enough to make your 
head go round. Bat the great attraction, 
os it weim'il, to the visitor (aa they un- 
doubtedly wera to hi* cicerone) were the 
various effigies in marble, in planter of Paris, 
in terra cotta, and on canvas. of thefimiwlvr 
himself. Ill each of those Mr. Roden recog- 
nised something characteristic of the genius 
and energy of the original, while Air Pater 
•railed ami purred hia " Do you really think 
ao’at" and "So I've hoard it said's,” in a man- 


ner that would Iiava charmed a cynic, and 
sent a hmsnroui observer of human nature 
into fit*. I'nhappily there were no obaerv- 
*r» of any kind except tlio custodian, who 
lived in a gloaa box at the entrance, and 
passed hi* time, like a squirrel in a cage, in 
cracking not*. The i»uing of umbrella 
ticket*, which was hi* reUos (Tfirr, waa a 
sinecure office. The inhabitants of Rtoke- 
ville hail all seen the Mnseum, and none of 
them had ever come twice. The heiUtewd 
in which the founder had been bom, the 
model of tho cottage in which he bod passed 
his boyhood, bis first letter, and a ropy of 
lb* certificate of hi* knighthood, each in It* 
turn aroused Mr. Rodens admiration to it* 
highrwt pitch, and wben Sir Peter, at part- 
ing, observed, with a generous warmth, “I 
•hall look forward to seeing you at dinner 
to-night, Mr. Roden, with the greatest plea- 
sure," he meant it. On the other hand, 
when Mr. Roden, on finding biuiself well 
round the first comer, look out lit* handker- 
chief, wi|i«d his forehead, and exclaimed, in 
accents of interne relief, “Thank llnaven 
it's overP he meant that loo. 

At the Hall. Kir Peter'* hospitality, which 
wo* of the imperial kind, delighted him: 
from the turtle soup to the pine-appU every, 
thing was strictly in accordance with bis 
view* of Urn fitness of thing*, while his 
host's apology, from the shortness of the no- 
j ticc of im coming, for not having the mag- 
nates of (lie county to meet him, was the 
more graeiuasly accepted since the doctor 
and solicitor, who supplied the void, gave 
him the opportunity of dispensing pat run - 
I age. He hail never perhape been more like 
| himself — that ia to aay, more thoroughly ar- 
: tiflelal and affectedly demonstrative than 
throughout the banquet; hi* deference to 
Sir Peter, his devotion to Mis* Mildred, his 
geniality to Percy, his affability to Mr. Old- 
costle and Dr. Dickson, were perfect in their 
way ; if be bad Imru alone w Itli each mem- 
ler of the company, he wonld doubtless have 
mode a great success, but as It was, the sense 
of contrast rather marred the effect. The 
general tinpreatinn, in abort, which Mr. Ro- 
den predated at the dinner party, save on 
the boat himself, waa that be won a consum- 
mate humbug — n phrase which, curiously 
enough, I* applied to oue who falle in hi* 
attempt to gammon. After dinner he had 
the misfortune to loae the good opinion even 
of 8ir Peter. Any boat who knew Mr, Ro- 
den's foible for art would have pnt hi* stat- 
ues into the cetlar, and turned his pictures 
with their faces to the wall, rather than 
Imre given him the chance of talking about 
them; but in an evil moment it was pro- 
posed that they should take coffee in the 
plclore- gallery. Perhaps, after wliat lie hut 
suffered in the Muicuiu that afternoon, Mr. 
Roden thought that it was hia turn to play 
the oppressor; or perhaps (for there is no 
limit tu human vanity in this direction) he 
really thought hia views upon mediieval art 
were worth hearing; but at all events he 
it i Mounted upon it, coffee-cup in band, till 
his companions were ready to drop, poor 
Air Peter had little guessed what he bar- 
gained for, or rather what waa to be thrown 
Into the bargain, when ho Invested in those 
Claudes. Praise of hu property was toitdis- 
pleuaing to him, but criticism was quite an- 
other thing; and like tlie poet's brook, shal- 
low hut ceasrjosa, tin* critle " went on for- 
ever.” Ilia host, as in duty bound, accom- 
panied him from picture to picture, aud int- 
oned perforce, Ilka the glieat in Coleridge's 
ballad, though even the “ ancient mariner” 
wna not w unmerciful aa to discourse on 
art. At la»t.e***per»t«d beyond endoranec, 
the nnbappy kuigbt whispered," Hang him I 
atop him. Percy," to hia nephew, behind his 
Luml. 

Perhaps Mr. Rodeo, not ao wrapped in 
the old masts** as lie a|qmared to lie, may 
have caught a thread of this appeal, nr, 
what i* inure likely, Percy's half-smothered 
laugh which followed it may have reach- 
ed bis car; but certain tt i* he brought his 
lecture to an abrupt termination. Ho dash- 
ed were hi* npirit* and so wonnded hia feel- 
ings by that unseemly exhibition of impa- 
tience in bis audience that In tlie drawing- 
room. though crowded with the oldest and 
most hideous r»r rhino, he forbore to dilate 
upon ita attraction*. A Midden interest in 
the affaire aod tho state of health of hi* 
brother-in-law i-aured him apparently to 
give hia chief attention to Dr, Dixon and 
Mr Ohlcaatle, whose name*, as he took care 
to inform them, though under the disguise, 
a* It would appear, of Wirkvon and Newcas- 
tle, had long been familiar to him in the 
great metropolis. To Mildred, whom, how- 
ever, be seldom addressed, be waa atill de- 
monstratively polite, and mueuted entirely 
to all her aentimenU and opinion* s he bad 
not burn prepared, as be fraukly contested 
to hrr, to find a young lady in Stokoville *o 
enunr-ntly qualified to shine in Louibm so- 
ciety ns herself, and delicately hinted that 
in hi* opinion, though delightful in her way, 
hie dearest niece was wanting in mfUglrrir. 

“But you most remember, Mr. Rodsn, 


that Clare ia Jnat now In trouble," said Mil- 
dred, apologetically, " aud that you do not 
are her at her brightest.” 

"She is in trouble on ona band,” he ad- 
mitted, softly, “ but on the other she has 
reason to lie in excellent spirits. The bap- 
pinsMS of her own future, linked aa it ia 
about to be with your charming cousin, 
seems assured. “ 

And here, though he put up his gloaa, ia 
apparent admiration of a blue dragon ou 
the rtagtre behind her, hi* eyee never left 
hrr face. 

I “ Indeed it seems so, Mr. CodeD." 

“You aay ‘ seems,’” be rejoined, appre- 
hensively, though nothing could have t»»u 
more natural than the tone of her reply. "I« 
there, then, soy doubt upon that subject f" 

" Oh dear no ; 1 only said 1 seems' because 
you did." 

And though her voice was unmoved, amt 
her fan waved to and fro to tbs same alow 
ineitanre as before, be noticed that her foot 
was restless as that of a hound at quest. 

“They have known one another froca 
children. I believe f 

“ I Klicve •«; that («, of oouree I know 
It,” she added, quickly; "they have here 
neighbors all their lirea." 

“To be sure ; Mr. Percy Fihbert has al- 
ways resided with Sir Peter. A young man 
of charming manners, do doubt, hut ef 
whose taste in certain matters one may ven- 
ture to enlerlniu a doubt” — and Mr. Roden 
•rolled significantly, aud laid liis crush hat 
(without which he never went abroad at 
night) on the region of hia heart. There 
had been compliments paid within Mildred’s 
rang* of reading w h*re*t lbs heroine*, thsir 
recipients, should by rights have been mere 
frightened than flattered, but which aha 
had taken, as they did, as matter* of course ; 
but Mr. Roden's flattering speech alarmed 
her exceedingly, nor did any reply to it »*g- 
geet itarlf to her, save an uncomfortable 
laugh. Ere ir« lust titter bad died away, 
the butler had announced Mr. Rodeo '« car- 
riage, and so extreme was hrr affright and 
confusion that it ia hardly too much to aay 
(hut Mira Mi lit nil Fihbert would have pre- 
ferred it to have been that gentleman's 
bearae. Ou the other hand, Mr. Roden did 
not even yet consider that the insult to hu 
amour prvyrt hod lieen sufficiently avenged. 
Tho “purse-proud knight and his insolent 
whipper - snapper of a nephew,” as he pri- 
vately described them, had wounded hia 
nitlf to lire quick, and a*, for the time at 
l«w#t, they were out of hia reach, he hail 
made Mildred tlirir scapegoat and hia vic- 
tim- With hia natural curiosity already 
whetted by hia discovery of Herald'* weak- 
ncs*. and agog for new revelations of Stoks- 
ville life anil mannere.be had noticed, or 
fancied he noticed, a meaning glance or I wo 
Interchanged between Percy and Mildred; 
though the tongue can not be tamed, it can 
h# trained, it was hia experience, to deceive 
the ear, hut the #yo (which was, perhaps, 
hi* own excuse for a glass) ran imi man train 
to keep secrets. Moreover, unless hia own 
eyes had deceived him, he liail seen this 
vision In one of th* drawing-rium lookiug- 
glosaes : a young woman, standing with her 
face to tlie oompnuy, and regarding them 
with a ewiil* of tli* pi>1ile*t welcome, bad 
pot her baud, a* If nMehanir-ally, behind 
her, and for one fleeting instant it bod (by 
no means mechanically) been seized and 
preaseil by another hand — that of bet cous- 
in, who stood behind her. 

On his return to Oak Lodge Mr. Roden 
found hi* piece dutifully sitting up for him, 
and before retiring to rest lie had quite a 
confidential little chat with her by the 
drawing-room Are. He spoke of her father, 
of bet brother, ami of Hcrliert aa though, al- 
beit hitherto separated from him by malig- 
nant Destiny, they hod now become indis- 
solubly counseled with him, and then touch 
ed on her own future nod on Percy. 

" 1 ran etc for myself that be ho* charm- 
ing manners,'' be said, “and from what I 
gather he ia a universal favorite.” 

“He ia generally very popnlar. very," re- 
torn ed Clare, with a quick flush, " but there 
are some persona by » bom. unhappily, he ia 
misread- One con not avert prejudice, or 
surmount it." 

“ Yea, yea ; a prejudice is a difficult thing 
to overcouiv, no doubt; but, on the other 
ham!, my dear, *o Ie a peanliaat." 

" I don't undent aud yon, nude," said 
Clare, coldly, who believed that Mr. Roden, 
|>erbap* at l be instance of her father, »m 
shout to advance some argument against 
her lover. " My love far Percy ia no pen- 
chant." 

“Of course not. 1 waa only wondering 
whether, being, as yon say, *o popular, lie 
may not bare inspired a penchant difficult 
to get over in Boiurbisly view — in some other 
young Indy." 

(More drew hcraelf np, and looked at her 
companion with an air ao haughty that it 
wa* slmmt cimiomptuoiia. 

“That la really no affair of mine, uncle." 

“ Of ouoree not, my dear,” aaid Mr. Roden. 



NOVEMBER 10, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


THE BRAN DANCE AT THE 
APPLE SETTLEMENT. 


TllB ball given on Monday evening. No- 
vember 1, In (lie French awl (Inman gui»t* 
of the nation was a brilliant siicccm. Tbn 
boata vrn commissioners duly appointed 
by the Governor of the State, and comprised 

Wine of our beat cililcus, wIioNpsroit nothing 

to give splendor to tlie mcdc, awl to render 
the reception a fitting tribute to tbe fair awl 
gallant visitor*. The Casino wan preparml 
fur tbo fnatlvitioa with very grrat taste, awl 
the decorations, which were designed by Mr. 
CLSMISCS EntNUB, were graceful awl beau- 
tiful. Tbe Hinge was mm iiiom of floe era 
and verdure, in which bnght-hoed blomncn* 
and spray -like feres harmoniously blended, 
while from t«*tw**n the brant: bm bright 
mirror* reflected tbe glitter of the bun]*. 
Above the proaceuintn waa a golden ahirld 
bearing tbe name Washington in jewel*, 
and surrounded fay tbo Amuriran and French 
flags. Tbe gallery walla on cither aide were 
hung with Anted bine silk, fastened in tbe 
centre with square* which wa» briglitly 
glided, and bare the datca 1741 and I eel. 
Tbe gallery railing wan also panelled in blue 
ailh, with a while satin edging, and each 
panel displayed in silver Utter* the name of 
a diatinguiabod warrior of the Revolution, 
ary war. Opposite to the name of W*eH- 
DM1TOX was the name of LsrsYSTTK, »■*- 
I meet i groups of IVcuch and American flag*, 
among which the flag of tbe old French 
monarchy, white with golden lilies, was »• 
conapiram** M it had been mi the (Uhl of 
Yorktnwn. Nest in pride of place were Ro. 
miuiicA r and Dx Ghasnc, on each mde of 
the proscenium. On the riglit-haud gallery 
were the namae or CHAimcu.rx, Kxoz, and 
ViAkkxil, and on tbe left thnee of Cuomv, 
Lutcoln, and SsIXT-BlWOS. The namce of 
YON &TKCMCN ami NxisoN lUnked (he name 
of LmrmT. Tbo committee of arrauge- 
menU wiahed it to be distinctly understood 
that tbo prominence given to the French 
name* waa neeosaltatad fay the fact tbat 
the French visitors were a delegation from 
the French government, awl represented an 
army of allin*, white tlie German visitor* re- 
presented merely the family of a distinguish- 
ed soldier in onr own service. 

Tbe gueaU liegan to arrive about half past 
ten, and at eleven tbe otebeatra struck up a 
march, to the strain* of which tbe reception 
committee of ladies and gentlemen ram* 
upon the stag*, and the gueata of the even- 
ing w ere escorted in and presented. At this 
moment tbe scene was one of great beauty. 
Tbe elaborate anil tasteful decoration* uf 
tbe hall, the bright uniforms, tbe aplemlid 
toilets, tbe flashing diamond*, the glittering 
lights, tbe perfume of Unworn, the mow n of 
greewiry, and the animation of the throng 
formed a spectacle long to be remembered. 
The hall waa opened by a quadrille com- 
posed of Governor CflWMKU. awl Madame 
Ornunr, the Hon. Jonw A. Kina and Ma- 
dame La Marqnise de Rochambeau, Minuter 
Optkk y and Mrs Governor Ccnoncu, Gen- 
eral BoVLSJcam and Mr*. Jonx Jacob Aa- 
ron, Admiral Haujuon and Mrs. Judge 
IloKSC-E Rt'naMx. Marquis de Hoehsaibeau 
and Mrs. F. C. BaRLOW, Ohmol BomaI' and 
Mr*. Van KK.N**r.i.*i:»t, Cidnnel VoN ftlWC- 
nr* awl Mr*. Colonel WlUJaM J.vY, Count 
d'Ollone and Mrs RhisklaMiKH .Stbwsbt, 
and M- Die Cokcwixxs awl Mm-Coiuaujca 
VaxDKiuuu. Then dancing because gen- 


TIIK RACE FOR THE AMERICA 
CUP. 

Konrrjrit did not smile npnn the attempt 
of the Canadian sloop yacht .ffa(u»la to car- 
ry off the America Cup. In the (lrit now, 
nailoil on tbo 9th inst., shn w*s so hopelessly 
Iiestru by tlie Mitrtotf that it showed con- 
siderable courage and pluck on tbe part of 
ber commander, .Captain CCTHMEItT, fo court 
ilcfoal oil the following day liy thn ssiM 
cnmpelitor. The Groetr.nltliough not in tbe 
race, sailed over the course in company with 
other New York yachts, and, like the Mi *- 
rhirf, showed Unit the Camullsn yacht waa 
not to bo feared as n rival. Our illustration 
on page TT’i allows the yachts on live way np 
from Handy Hook on tlie day of tbn llr*i 
iwr. the .{tatasu well in tlie rear. 

Tbo Canadian yacht is very sharp for - 
wanl, and lier nearly straight stem curve* 
miller tbs bowsprit tu a graceful cat-water. 
Hut her nails are ill- biting, and afar » other- 
wise not in condition to anil with crock 
American yachts. Ivverol t'anutlsns wfao 
were eu tbe Judge*' bout on the second day 
said that Captain CUTUUKRT soiled tbrse 
roces against the advice of tli* most Judi- 
cious member of tbe Hay of Qniute Yacht 
Club, and they were not surprised at the 
result. Captain CvmncnT i*, howavor, not 
dUbeartoued, and says tbat be will see what 
be can do next spring when be get* bis boat 
in better trim. The .fbtlusta will *!*y hero 
i all winter, and it u pomible may uane an- 
I other challenge. 


SHORE SHOOTING. 

M*. Fmmt'*i realistic and well-drawn car- 
toon ie w> thoroughly exact In the minutest 
technical detail* of shore shunting that those 
who have reminiscciKea of the spurt as it 
formerly existed will feel a renewed regret 
that so attractive a pastime is font betom- 
ing one of the lost pleasures of the *port*- 
man's life. What with the introduction uf 
tbe decoy, brooch-loading shot-gun, and thn 
destruction of the eggs of the nesting birds 
fur tbe albumen they contain, a few more 
years will render snipe-shunting a legend 
of tbe past- 

In tlie contra! design of the page drawing 
tbe character and movement of the birds 
are so admirably portrayed a* to mark them 
at ones ns 41 lilack-l>r«a*Ud plover." Those 
who recall how abundant waa this variety 
of anipe bat a few years since will bo grate- 
ful for a clever pictorial repicusiitathiii of a 
bird now comparatively so seldom seen. 

A few years since, the black-breasted plov- 
er visited oar roast-line in couutlvMi num- 
bers. They appeared in noble flocks, whoso 
steady bat rapid flight revealed their iden- 
tity to tbe sportsman long before the mark- 
ing* of their plumage were distinguishable 
to the keenest eye. As they swept by tbe 
decoys in dense close line, and whirled head 
to tli* wind in anawur to tbo gunner's call, 
sixt build led together aa they prepared to 
alight, they presen led to the experienced 
shot au opjsirliiuity for slaughter which was 
availed of to the broadest extent. Tbcoo 
great flocks of block-breasted plover have 
been swept out of existence. To-day w* are 
content if a couple of voterans, the remnant* 
of tbo great army which formerly twice- year- 
ly visited onr shores, are killed during a long 
day's lodincM waiting. 

The curlew, by reason of its more wary 
habita, is in some localities oomporstively 
abandiint- On tbe occasion of a smoky «t»u'- 
westsr on any ilsy after tbe Fourth of July, 
eiuueroiis large docks of these birds may lie 
teen following the coast line of our bay* and 
sounds rw rvvtt to their fo«iling-gtuUo<la in 
the Stales south »f Maryland. 

1 hiring these Journeys they do not alight 
to decoys, but maintain a steady flight, one 


“TUET'a mostly Applns in that eeltle- 
said Mr, Jack Officer. - When they 
has a blow-out, they kind o' Jiuea together, 
and makes the feather* tty. Lucky thing 
for preachers 'f they take a camp-mootin' in 
ban'. They'll have the moTiers lively '{ 
they have to pres* every waggin an' old 
mole in tbe Cumberland to git ’em tfasr- 
They pretty much rule things ronnd here. 
'F one of 'em lake* a fancy to a good-look- 
in' girl, tbe other boy* lump away — they 
are shooters, them Apple*. Thar's a pow- 
erful lot of 'em. Old Grandpa Apple him 
that started the settlement— | H a-livin’ yet. 
He come over from Carlin y some sixty year* 
back, in a canopied waggin, with all he hod, 
includin' hia grot-uncle, ready to light oat 
fur Jordan, an’ a y alter dog — female, that's 
mwtlsered tbe best breed o' pupa on the 
mountain, lie had two blooded cows, an' 
a starin' young woman for a wife ; an' calves 
au' children came 'a fast '* he cnnld hoiuui 
'esn — faster loo, I reck in, for they had to 
teat it one hot summer. Tin* bnya they 
g rowed np, an' they mamed aroun’ tbe 
country, an' somehow they’ve had luck — 
lug smart hoo 'some families. An' their 
childcro is a- marry in' an' child-bearin'. 8o. 
yon see. old Grandpa Apple be see* tbe fourth 
generation. An' I gneiw tbe Lord ain't any 
please der In anrvsjin' the earth He bos 
made than that old man in a-eountib' Apple 
HHh 

"Tlicy're gain* U» have a bran dance to- 
■nnrrer over in the aetilesu-st. Ever mm a 
bran dsuret T* a powerful nice enter- 
tainment. Hotter atop over an' go 'long 
with me." 

We “slopped over.” Starting the next 
morning by eariieat cock-crow, we reached 
tlie Apple Sottleiaenl, *■> exhilarated — abl 
delicious air of the ('umherland ! — that we 
were ready to cut pigeon wings in a hrau 
dance until thn bran flew nlmut onr ears aa 
dry os tbe dust of a powdered mummy. 

Tbe scene was on animated as oun of Ho- 
garth's picture*. Horses, males, ox- wagons, 
•pnug-rarls, were buitdliHl at I lie gate. Peo- 
ple were moving about under tbe tree# w Ith 
the fantastic gravity that hide* inward Joy. 
Half a doxeu slim young fellows in blue 
calico shirts, opening to show their sun- 
burned throats, were masters of ceremonies. 
They shook our hands with serious cordial- 
ity, and nodded silently to Mr. Office r. They 
do not say much, these mountain people. 
How should they T Tliej might lie enrly- 
Iaoguagr makers, for tbe few word* they 
know. Jack Officer was garrulous. Ilut. aa 
he said of himself, he was bum with the 
gab ’ Besides, he reoil thn Bible and a 
weekly paper. 

Grandpa Apple waa sitting nnder a tree 
in the yanl. 

“ Looks like a peeled Apple, hr does,** said 
Mr. Officer, facetiously. 

This startling simile was tied inappropri- 
ate, tbe old man was so w hit* Mil clean. 
Hit head was hare, and ahoue like tbe snow. 
A long while Im-htiI dropped from his chin, 
and white overhanging eyebrows almost bid 
his eye*. Him face was white and wrinkled 
a* a yeasty tub of beer. Ilia trousers and 
shirt were of white liusey, and he was fan- 
ning himself with a white turkey -toll Tan. 
He would have served gloriously, backed 
np In a Christinas w ibdow, oa Santa Clans, 
or the Old Year. 

In tbe heart of a lovely grove Grandpa 
Apple hod Unlit his log-cabin. It w-ss so 
comfortabls-looklng, so entirely the right 
sort of bouse to be set among those tree* 
Tim log* aero sawed in two, and were worn 
to a nrb polish; thn spaces between were 
new chinked with white mortar. There 
were many rooms connected by little porch- 
es wkla as foot-path*. Doors and wiudows 
were opened wide. The floors wore hare, 
and freshly scrubbed. There were beds in 
every room, four red |>oeteni guarding fea- 
ther-lmd* of forty-goose power. Wood-cut* 
from newspaper* and fashion niagariuca 
w ere gummed on the walla Altbea Uongba 
wore thrust Into tbs cavernous depths of 
the wide Are-plarea, SDd in one room there 
w as a wonderful screen mode of hundreds 
of little picture*. 

The kitchen was tbe place to melt your 
so ill, A msH of coals that would have 
frightened Daniel glowed in tbe firo-pUce. 
A black pot bang Tnim a crane. Half a 
doxen ovens were ranged on the hnarth. 
mal* under and above them. From tints 
u. time tbo men lids were lifled with tbe 
bunted end of a brooai-liandle, revealing 
six little pigs in various stagea of hrown- 
mwa. The iloUiee of this place were smno- 
w bat w iicned Apples, sn to *|H*k. They 
danced once ; now they cooked. Hc> paste* 
tlie glory of mountain pinks. They IihAihI 
■ arm, and a little ansiotm. But now anil 
then tbey would plunge thair bead* into a 
basin of cool water, and came up, Uks Ihifly 
after Uhj third round, confident and amiting. 




HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


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Til* wrotneu were oral ly nil nascnahlril in 
the noon wiili On* m-rwii They «at ngniiMt 
Mil- walls -nil'll. II l>. Till') were dn**uit In 
clcnn liriiclil enlitocw, enl •» low n» tin* t'ul- 
1ar-l»iie. Hume— vain, iltemy erratum.— 
wore liniail flu • rrurbrlmt collars, mill lati»* 
nlia|H , il I il* i* thing birds. The girl* wens 
supple nml straight. will* ankle* nut offen- 

I lull* weir «.inr queer llgiircc. whose lai'lu 
nr rvdiiiidnitoiea were concealed by boopi 
mi. I ml •.()' will* li-.uU. 

“ l>mk« '* it I ln*iu sort ihikIii t» perch in 
I ho tr*e*," i.n.l Mr. Officer. watching n given 
calico dragged aeons* iIm. Ilnur. 

Tin' yiMing iiini glourrvd tn through the 
windows, nml poked null olbrr in tin- side*, 
milking n linin’ lielwcon longue nml thick 
Hilt unlike a prolonged cluck (U II Uiimr. 

Mr. Officer Iwhl a violin mnler In* chill. 
“Take your partner* !" hn call.. I, with n 

•'My fmr Ildilled," remarked Mr*. Officer. 
•• l*u I mil will. Him nkiH’iIlKMaaif Ml. • Ifllcer.” 

The young nii-u fame kit awl led uut file 


At tin* instant n lilllo Mack Inal- 
let li*.ial mi III rust la** il* I ho door, 
anil an Allintli Voire culled, with a 
*utnl nril dim Lie, 

“Man Two any ho iluno gin nut 

tie unliiMi." 

N-mul imi. Up jnm|H'il t lie offend 
fair, ami nislo-il a Dor I ho mes- 
senger, wlii> nm from tho alup tu 

“Star's a* mil*] im forty thousand 
wot howt," Ml ill Mm. Oflkwr, mildly, 
And we thought alio li.nl n right 
!•> Im. 

Kmui Hi* grave sounded tho in- 
spiring Mtraill of “Hill) III III* l.nw 
Grounds." Wr found the daurrni in 
a rustic ariinr. raffed with given 
lioogliu inter! wimal with hickory 
willsr*. Floor there nn Initio 
nave tho unnutb rnrtb covered 
IlmeiiHhoNiloopwiili wheat bran. 
Slightly iliiiii|H-»t*l. It uua (til'll- 
aaut to dunce on ; hut lleavru pte- 
nerve tli* tu when 1 1 toy ilanml il 

ill? ! 

Mon on nne aiilo. wtnnon on tho 
utiirr, stiff n* a lino of hayiHiotn. 

It w»» a mol they were to dam. 
Jark Officer att on an itivc-itrd 
barrel at nne nul of tho nrixir 
Ihiwu III* tuhlillo illinod tli. 
leading pair, and m|*initing w it It 
an nir of living braced for iluty. 
began l In* i t advance* ul op|io*ii* 
omla of the hue. It Wiu father 
heavy. Hero was their stamping 
ground, mill llioj riinio ihiwu tint- 
font oil. Suddenly n tetreeh oroatri] n 
pleasant ftMlfasIna. 

•• He trull on my font a-pur|Hmr,|>c did." 
crioil n wotuiui with rltksh lilnek hail, 
nhakiiig lirr (l*t at a young follow. 

Another unman, wife nr aweribeai-t.tv- 
n|*.iiili-il, with a proioklng ilrawl, 

•' What u»aile ycr tome t' n parly li'ar- 
footed r 

“ I'r'ti* Til have a* go.nl tli.t't a* yon, 
Jane (Uar. Tn) nuin mu in th' ground- 
hog w hiskey bnsinriw." 

••Collie. onoM’," lnler|K»mI a (muOll 
Apple ; "sprukiug o' griiuud bug. u bo'll 
liiivo a ilnuk 1" 

A bine wBirr-lmoki-l, in whirli a tin 
dipper limit* >1. waa t.rnuglii fntwunl. 

All took Tiluilie snips Then’ wu» 

| a smacking of lip* such n* wimiUI huve 
I il.mo nv'lil to a tournament of lot or*. 

" Ah- li * that'a the trite ('iiiiilurliinil 

l rhl” trloil the nfivslied till 

We tasted the 4 mule I land punrli. It 
w js lint in in to on the olio. two. three |*fli.ci 
plo, hut waseveu uion- »lm|tlo. It w»**ng. 



MAW TUM SAY UK DONE OIX Ol'T HE XOTluN. 


glila; one mount am waiJ— awl a prrlt.v our 
-lingered. 

•' Vow needn't aak die.'' abe aahl. riH|Uet- 
l.thly. “I’ve |ii..init*.t I., ilniivo the llltt 
•laute w lib Mr. T.nu Jared." 

"MiotlM like tokuuir whj lie don't enoie." 
•aid young Jack Apple; “‘iiear* *s if he ain't 
iu a burry ." 


srliwa. leniotilraa, w liter lent. ]l naaam»k.v, 
•tnmg. and limaglil tenm to the eynt. In 
•hut I, l! w a* while wliiakey mllvd with 
white uhlakey. 

“An' very nn uglheniu' t» the logs it is,” 
said Jack Apple, prowling il* offer. 

Tho dminng i» giin aguiu with i Igor.w itli 
llm ami fury. The music sped iu tripping 


unlot, and Mi t'ffii i i added fatarrnrkrd hut 
cine sliil voice: 


•lorry Mlib Itrownf 

Tin bran dried under their warm feel, and 
blew up in lit I It' nn ir Im. The uiunuluiu Imy* 
juin|,«’il until (belt hoaila knooknl ugiulxt 
the iMiiighs ulnivc, null given leuves w hilled 
throngh tlte llyitig iln*t. Kill* «>f Lnnglit* r 
liiil.hhil forth, rliookoil li) mmI.Ii ii , ,- igli». 
tJllU' lootriieil burr emiglil iiniinid the net 
necks of their partners, 


lh.ul you w*»|i no non, lOrfcl Jtny ; 
thin t yull m|i u> linev, hfitl.cr JwiiU. 

Miig Jlr.oniter. kuking hi- ftet against the 
Imrtel : 


know. We mtiveil in befit' it ui liniahed, 
uu' the pn>f >n hot partly Mliiiigleit. T»>« 
eoolish.auappuh wratlu-r, >u‘ I mail* rouniu' 
big hrvH. an' wanned the old rock up. An* 
one illumin' me an’ my wile au* the baby 
( Jack's graiMlpu ) w or in bed, an' 1 Iwuld a Kirt 
ugly sound himoisssl Tho inoinlii' wua 
dark, bill I pccii’il with young eyes at the 
llo*ir, uu' il M*'ii*rd lu he a-riniu' in curia an' 
waves -put me in tuiud tf Cany Eutk wheu 
the w imi in of n niodrnite gustiutss. I iwimmI 
oil UIJ elbow, an’ I ai|iiliitrd up twy eyes tor 
a closer look, an' 1 mid, • Lord o’ rival ino !’ — 
not that 1'tu a so arm' mini ; but them wan 
nliaken! an’ that night w nn euoiigh to uukc 
a man throw rock* at hi* grandmother. 
What a hit of 'tin. little nn' lug!— ■ many's 
I lie tv lire Apples here In-day. Miiyk* 'tsas 
kind o’ ptvjdictir. Well, I woke Nuncy.au’ 



THE UU.VN 1IAMR 



V.«. It W— llunm il. iu*w— 

" For to s*«v yon s A..iry-*»Jy ernuu.* 

“The ilevil !'' siMhlcnlv *\claim*d a maii'n 
life. 1 1 WII* one of i In Ulry lock hoy a. 
Tin’ dancing *«.i|iyieil : Jack Oltt-vr len|wi! 


"Char lint r* tried Mr IlfKnrr, gealicalii- 

ling Wild:. Ill two ml out c* the pliirc 
.. .. .Ic.i.il The Inoi.-ctthnl ali.uk. III. 
■uaki-diip wan monarch, hot there was 
1. 1 light to •urvey . 

.In. A A|iple stcppeii in, however, an c.|i«n 
l.l»p knitc in nne l^nd He pomtvil anme 
n liiihey *ai t lie gimnnl. ««-l sl.mj.iug. rwblml 
III. Other Iiiiu.l in llw Mil isllli nn 1 1 1 It KM 
.limin' and Hark. \Y In- tlu-r there waaantoe 
•i. *i*r i.niii aigniffennee in Him file, .w ho 
ln| It to of* urc n linnet grip, we did not 
'torn lint bo arited tbe snake Just hack 
if lit*, licud, and 
itmld 


tidil Ihi to roll up head, *»r». nn' hiihy 
I .luck's gtaud|ia) In the I .UnL.i l*: uu' t 
cr.iwhd up the hed-post an' out through 
thill blrwo’il hide iu ll>e roof. Uorlnuata 1 
hud a neigh l**r w itli n luu.ily o’ hoys, an* 
we got on boots, uu’ with nlks au’ wlii|*t 
we bciiI in for tbe lnggvnA snake-fight eitr 
seen this side if Jordon. Von see, tbtf neats 
was under the fork, an' my tire* hud niudu 
it b umi for 'em. an' they lirnl cunw s-eorc- 
srtowin' nut o' l bar w ■iitcr-i|u*tivn. Tell 
you wr stayed au' wo slew. Tho obi woman 
she staid kivetvd np.rkally afentd, sbe said, 
o' nu'ii an' auakrB, we got mi bloody a*' Serve 
to kill. I do s'poao ws killed a uiIIIIbo o' 
• hem rattlers - they was all rattler*." 

"Oil ! oho! Mt. A pi dr." sold Jack Officer ; 
“ them figger* ts l.ui high. T you klllstl 
mie tlioosund n ilay.'t would take you a mat- 
in o' twenty years to git shot of a million." 

• Now huik at thatr nsI .1 the old man, 
admiringly ; and, Mr. Officer's a powerful 
smart man — power f ul,*' said Jack's wife. 

Il km now imniii, and dinner was served 
Hi the grave. Tbe laldo wua nsadr of pine 
lioardu Htrvnhrd acmuarhair hacks It wse 
rtuwiUd with uavnry tlidies, ntol ss for thu 
dear little pigs, uorer wore pigs so good 


be fur 

ki-% f»r wotnb-r, 

one snuke of Itie 

world had tieen cut 
In twis. and mnld 
' "in* UgiM'i. 

• .l:tod|«l Apple 
lind silt try imI the 
>**un with inter* 


Ide. 


I’lirly well 

.rll," he Mi'l. 
come* natural 
i ho Apples to 
snake*. If I 


ugin.*' sutd Jack 
It Hit er's Wife, 
"Twits Wbl'll I 


Hruiwlpn Apple ; 
" an' 1 built on) 
liuuse on n tvtrk. 


simv tbe first thill 
It took tho horning 
of a lull to roast. 

After dinner the 
■lance began again, 
tint WO Wins Jilaal 
arid spent with 
laughter. Wc sought 
it far-off tree, nml, 
gored 11(100 admir- 
ingly by three small 
Apples, slejil UMI II 
tbe I iran dan re war 


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New York, Saturday, November 20, 1881. 


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THE TRIAL OP GUITEAU. 
flYHE opening of thrtrial of QrrrEAU bad tliree strik- 
I in it incidents— the sensible rating of the judge 
that the jury should not consist of idiots, the differ- 
ence between Gl'ITRAV'a counsel upon the question of 
delay, and GriTEair'a conduct and address. Of tlie 
terrible crime that was committed, and of its perpe- 
tration by OrmtAtf. there is no question. There ha* 
been no other question from the first than that which 
hi* counsel now rtum-. and which, indeed, is always 
railed when then* is the least chance of securing 
plausibility for it. and that i* the question of insanity. 
This i* always a very delicate and difficult question, 
but it i* a probable theory, supported by scientific ob- 
serration, that there is a State of mind and of the will 
which may las called strictly insanity, yet which does 
not release a man from responsibility for hi* act*. 
There is undoubtedly a general conviction among 
those who have carefully observed the Story of thi* 
crime with intelligence, and not with mere passion, 
that while Gt’mEAU is a man of weak and what is 
called ill-regulated mind, he is not an irresponsible 
agent. There is still a further quretion. Assuming 
that a person who is born with a feeble will, and wlio 
“lets himself go” without even attempting self-re- 
straint, may drift at last beyond the possibility of 
such command, ought lie to be relieved of the penal- 
ties of critnea that he may then commit f 

If It be clearly established, os in case* of certain 
diseases of the brain, that a man is no more responsi- 
ble than a sleep- walker, he can not be rightfully pun- 
ished. although lie ought to be secluded from all op- 
portunity of doing harm. But it will not be alleged 
that anything of thi* kind has yet appeared in the 
case of OlTTSAtr. His conduct in court, ns through- 
out his imprisonment, merely illustrates the natural 
excitement of a man who luw always "let himself 
go" in the appalling circumstances in which be finds 
hi nisei f. There are laws of disorder as well as of or- 
der. It is generally observed that men who hold 
themselves to be divinely commissioned to kill other 
men bear themselves tranquilly and firmly, like the 
man in Massachusetts a year or two ago who offered 
his own child as a sacrifice to God. Weak, ill-regu- 
lated, mentally and morally chaotic and desperate, 
OciTKAt* evidently is, but thus far nothing 1ms ap- 
peared which would properly acquit him of response 
bilily. A man who deliberately mak«s himself drunk 
ought not to escape the penalty of crime* committed 
in drunkenness; and men— and their name is legion 
— who "let themselves go" must he held to the re- 
sponsibility of their deeds. 

The general conviction of the country at the lime 
of the shooting of President GAMTELft — a conviction 
which has only deepened and strengthened with 
time— is confirmed by all that (Jt'lTEAU has said and 
written. The murder of the President was due to the 
system of spoils, which leads every light-brained, 
morbid, deeper*!* camp follower of a party to *up- 
|hh« that his " work" for the party entitles him to an 
office, and that he ia wronged if he does not get it. 
OriTEAtr's first and last plea is the same — the Presi- 
dent was bestowing patronage unwisely. If GirmtAU 
had known that place did not depend upon personal 
favor, he would not have fancied that he was entitled 
to a place, and that the President wus doing mischief 
and imperiling the party by giving places improper- 
ly. If Gctixac's crime was the act of a crazy man, 
and all that be says i* more raving, it shows at least 
the fixed bent of his mind. If he be not crazy, it was 
the deed of a man made morbid and desperate by this 
evil system, in which, as Mr. Shkrkax Rogers wisely 
said at Buffalo, lurk* revolution and civil convulsion. 
It is one of the blessings which spring from the ca- 
lamity of Garfield's death that it bus drawn the at- 
tention of the country to tin* imperative necessity of 
a remedy fur the evil to which be was a sacrifice. 


THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. 

The World announce*, what we trust will prove to 
be a fact, that Senator BECK will offer to the Senate 
the (iRITTKNDOf resolution of 1856 respecting proper 
provision for the Presidential succession. That reso- 
lution required the Committee on the Judiciary to 
examine the whole subject, and to report by bill or 
otherwise. The reasons for such action are very 
much more obvious now than when the resolution ] 


was first Introduced, and the President, with peculiar 
propriety under tlie rimimxtanees, could call the es- 
pecial attention of Congma to the whole subject of 
tlie Presidential election and succession. 

Tlie provisions of the Constitution upon the point 
nre general, nnd experience bos shown the imperative 
necessity of cureful definition by legislation. The 
provision, for instance, in regard to the Congressional 
count of the electoral vote is open to absolutely dif- 
ferent interpretation*, and the function of the Vice- 
President is left equally vogue. Tlie indispensable 
power of deciding u conflict is vested nowhere by tlie 
Constitution. It is plausibly argued that it must rest 
with tlie Vice-President It i» argued with equal 
plausibility that such a view is preposterous. Yet 
experience has shown that civil war may turn upon 
that very point. There is no doubt that hud the dif- 
ficulty of 1876-77 arisen twenty years before, it would 
have produced a civil convulsion. Not only Mr 
I'RITTKXDKN, but the great commentators STORY and 
Kejtt, and tlie must sagacious of political leaders, 
such as Senators Mortox and Edmcxds. have devoted 
a great deal of attention to the subject of tlie electoral 
count, and have prepared admirable bills upon tlie 
subject, which Oongveas could not do better than care- 
fully to consider and paw. 

Tlie succession is not less an unsettled question. 
If the Vice-President had liem disabled at the time 
of President GaRFIELIj'8 death, there would have lieen 
no occupant of the chair until an election could have 
been held, or taitil the Secretary of State, or the cab- 
inet, or some existing and recognized authority, with- 
out constitutional or IrgnI warrant, and by the sheer 
necessity of the case, hud called an extra session of 
the Senate to elect a presiding officer. To state that 
such a situation exists ia to demonstrate tlie vital ne- 
cessity of action. Nothing could more fatally accuse 
the national common -sense than to tolerate the fur- 
ther continuance of such uncertainly upon such a 
subject. There is no party question involved. The 
oertainty sought i* wholly in the interest of a common 
patriotism, nnd neither helps nor harms any party 
except that which should oppose or retard tlie neces- 
sary legislation. Senator Beck's resolution will be 
accompanied, we hops, with a renewal of that of Sen- 
ator EOKtntM, so that the whole question of the Pre- 
sidential election and succession may be disposed of 
at live coming session. 


THE STREETS. 

TflR problem of dirty streets has not yet been solved . 
but it is one of tlie most important for n great city. 
Tlie Committee of Twenty -one did nobly last year, 
even if they did not have their way completely. At 
least they aroused tlie State thoroughly a* well as the 
city, and' they procured the passage of a bill which 
would have secured excellent result* hod its power* 
been intrusted to a more efficient agency. The fact 
remains, however, that popular government is made 
lamentably ridiculous if it can not keep the streets of 
a great city clean. If it i* inadequate to that result, 
the same forces and obstructions which prevent its 
surersa will baffle it in other and more important ob- 
jects. The street* of New York and the C'upitol at 
Albany are two perpetual monuments of the failure 
of popularpovernmcnt at those point*. One i* a huge 
pile of extravagance and inconvenience, the other are 
filthy after enormous expense for cleanliness. 

It is not, however, the expense, but tlie waste, tliat 
is to be condemned. No city can bo kept clean with- 
out » large outlay. Unless wo am misinformed, the 
model cleanliness of tlie streets in Paris is obtained at 
a coal of 83,00O,OUO. The force of men is not leas than 
four thousand, and that of horses carts, and sweepers 
is very largo. Intelligent estimate* of the adequate 
number of person* for cleaning the streets of New 
York place it at something more than one thousand, 
and this is about the force contemplated by the hill 
carefully prepared by Professor Chaxpler. the head 
of the Board of ITealth. This bill provides in detail 
for the *' block system" of street-cleaning, and luuigns 
the whole care of this duty to an independent bureau 
of street-cleaning, with a superintendent at tlie head, 
and three deputy superintendent*. The Mayor is to 
appoint the superintendent, and to remove him for 
misconduct, after an opportunity given him for ex- 
planation. and the su]ierintendent is to name the dep- 
uties under the same conditions, which are to apply 
also to all other officer* and employe* of the bureau. 
Tlie annual salaries of the officer*, including a sur- 
geon. a paymaster, necessary clerks, and thirty in- 
spectors. ure not to exceed about 860.000. Not more 
than one thousand street-sweciiers are to bo employed, 
nor more than two hundred and twenty -five men, 
with suitable carta and bones, and an additional force 
for sweeping-machine*, at the discretion of the super- 
intendent. All the men employed are to be exam- 
ined by a medical board a* to their physical condition, 
to be classified and uniformed, and engagnd in three 
kinds of labor — street sweeping and cleaning, collect- 
ing garbage, and collecting and removing ashes and 
street-sweepings. For all these detail* the bill con- 
tains specific provisions, and i* not to be construed a* 
limiting in any way tlie powers of the Board of Health. 

Tlie subject is one of tbe highest importance to the 


city, and the present arrangement can not be consid- 
ered to b* satisfactory. Tlie Board of Health may be 
presumed to understand the necenwlies of the case as 
well as any municipal body or observer, and a bill 
which lias it* sanction ought to bn very respectfully 
considered hy a legislature, which must necessarily 
know very little of the subject. The bill in question 
has two great merit*: it fixes responsibility, and it 
provide* for prompt removal. It would be better if 
politic* could be wholly excluded from the bureau: 
but it is a hopeless task to try to remedy thi* defect 
by preventing removal except by a lawsuit. We have 
areu as yet no belter plun proposed than that of this 
bill. 


MORMON MISSIONS. 

A stthkikg but impressive argument in favor of 
Uuit prompt nnd careful promotion of education in 
the Southern Slate* to which Mr. Wnn-RRop earnest- 
ly called attention in his oration at Yorktown is fur- 
nixhed by the fact that Murmonism is sending it* mis- 
sion* amt ministers into those States, and that tlie 
public mind is startled and alarmed by the invasion. 
In Tennessee and in Georgia there is an organized 
Mormon effort to proselyte, which the Atlanta Cm- 
dilution declares to be extraordinarily successful, 
and tbe annul journal assert* that Mormonism in tiii* 
country must be pul down hy force. This, however, 
is not at all necessary. Public opinion and tlie law 
ran deal with the matter both conclusively and peace- 
fully, and without involving innocent pereons. 

Tlie first measure is to retain Utah as a Territory, 
and to furbid it to become a State so long a* polygamy 
prevails. It* present population is about 14-t’tKW, of 
which number the larger part is probably Mormon. 
The Mormon plea for polygamy is that it is with " the 
Saints" a religious institution, and therefore that it 
can be no more rightfully suppressed by law than the 
celebration of the mass. Tlie reply to this i* that 
under the law* of the United States, in all places and 
Territories subject to its jurisdiction, bigamy is acre mo 
punishable by a flue no! exceeding five hundred dol- 
lar*. and by imprisonment fur a term not exceeding 
five years, nnd that polygamy is a practice which no 
civilized state cun aafoly tolerate. The trouble in 
dealing with the subject, more than with oilier of- 
fenses again At the luw, is that organized emigration 
has planted the practice in Utah until it is sustained 
by local public opinion, which seriously eulnmuir* 
the course of law. A case of polygamy must be 
proved before a jury, and iu order to proof there must 
bo evidence of plural marriage. But not only are no 
records kept of such marriages, but it is scarcely prac- 
ticable to impanel a jury without a Mormon These 
facta, and the distance und seclusion of the Territory, 
with iU overpowering public opinion religiously fa- 
vorable to polygamy, and the assent of the victims 
of the practice, have mode prosecution* languid and 
ineffective. 

But obviously a determined purpose in Congress 
and in the court* of the Territory, and legislation 
especially directed to the subject, would soon Control 
the situation, und put Utah polygamy in course of 
extinction. Tlie subject has been hitherto tenderly 
and feebly managed. The Territory is remote, anil 
its population ha* boon mainly recruited frenn Eu- 
rope, so iliut the question ho* lieen in no way forced 
upon national attention. The Southern Mormon mis- 
sion*. however, may be the means of arousing so 
strong a feeling in that part of the country that 
energetic and positive action may be taken by Con- 
gress. 


SCRATCHING AS A SEDATIVE. 

There was great wrath two years ago with the 
conservative practice of scratching. But those who 
raged furiously have now discovered that there is a 
b»Ira in Gilead, There were some thirty thousand 
Kepublirnns in New York who decided to vote as they 
chose, and not a* a party machine chose, nnd they 
were vigorously abused und ridiculed. Except, how- 
ever. for the bolt of Joux Kelly, they would liave 
scratched to some purpose. "The Young Scratch- 
era" were tlie proof that political independence had 
nut been utterly crushed by tlie machine, and that 
Mr. Greeley's definition of the Whig party as “a 
loose aggregation of indiqwndent thinkers" was equal- 
ly applicable to a part of the Republican party in New 
York, which plainly held the balance of power, and 
must he taken into account even by a machine. 
And now the other part has come to be of the scratch- 
ing faith. Then, however, it wa* vehemently of 
another opinion. "Bcratchcr I Faugh I — jayhawker* 
between the lines." was tbe machine nnswer, which 
omitted to remember that men who have the courage 
of their opinions are not dismayed by blackguardism. 
Tlie machine tried iu own way again tbe next year at 
the National Convention — tried it with an insolent au- 
dacity which was characteristic ; and it was ignomin- 
ious! y "smashed up” by tbe national Republican 
party. When the party succeeded at the election, 
the machine, of course, claimed the glory, and pro- 
|XHted either to control the Administration or to de- 
stroy it. But it encountered a master, and the course 



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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


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of President Garfield during lira few weeks of the 
Presidency showed that it couid do neither. 

Hie recent election has shown the machine m n 
“Scratched Faufhl" Henceforth its little gun of 
ridicule is spiked. If arrutchci* are the pot, the ma- 
chine is the kettle. Yet its nttiivfc is very amusing. 
Some of the ‘’Stalwarts" met a "Half-Breed" on the 
day before the election, and declared that they would 
not vote for BCRU. But when the "Half-Breed" 
said that it was all right, and that he should vote fur 
an independent local candidate, the “ Stalwarts'' de- 
nounced him for opposing the regular nomination! 
It was quite right for "Stalwart*" to scratch a regu- 
lar State candidate, but it was heinous for a “ llulf- 
Breed’’ to scratch a regular local candidate. The 
truth is that the great value of the election was its 
uni venal scratching. Everybody voted as lie thought 
fit. and declined to support a candidate itirrdjr be- 
cause he win upon the regular ticket. If this were 
the general disposition at every election, the vocation 
of the scratcber would be gone, because names would 
be proposed which there would be no reason for 
scratching. 

The machine Kratcfacm however, failed to allow 
what the Young Scratclien showed two years ago — 
that they are eeaciitial to success. The event justified 
what we said before the election —that the machine 
would pmhahly try to prove that the State could not 
lie carried without it. But against all its scratching 
and sneering and bolting the State is carried by some 
twelve thousand majority. Tlii* is largely due to the 
very fact that the machine did not manage the cam- 
paign. No sensible man probably supposes ihut if 
the machine hod captured the Convention, there 
would have been a Republican victory at the polls. 
It is for tho new management of the party to under- 
stand that its strength lies not in an imitation of the 
old machine, but in cordial acceptance of the fact that 
the people and the party are tired of boose* and ma- 
chines, aud that independent Republican* are numer- 
ous and courageous enough to determine elections. 


THE TEST OF CIVILIZATION. 

Thi letter of Mayor Oracr, of New York, to thn Ho sol 
of Fire CoButjlwiiuiiera, in regard to the falling of the tone- 
toent -bonnes in Grand Street, is admirable. The ex i-uie 
offered fur the apparent official negligence In tbs ease was 
that tbi-rs ore not iiiaportnn enough for the proper super- 
vision of buildings. Tbe Mtyr.r asks an estimate of the 
amount of u»t>uey required to plscu l lie bureau upon an effi- 
cient working basis. “ Eltkieucy," bo truly remarks, " la 
tbe only acoiiuniy, and I tin bureau should be made perfectly 
efficient at whatever coat, provided there is no « aate or use- 
less expenditure of funds A catastrophe like that of the 
91 b insloril slxmld b* practically tanporelldo of occurrence 
in nor community, aud It is to insure this impossibility that 
the Bureau for tbe Inspection of Buildings exists." 

This is well put, and it is true. The falling of a bouse 
crowded with people t* a cruel and barbarous enloniitr. 
Yet anybody who cliancca to see mony houses when they 
are building must lie appalled by thn apparent pastelnanl 
walls of tbe lliickues* .>r a brick or two, amt the slight tim- 
bers stretched jM-roM to hold the doom and all that may bo 
piled upon them. It is no marvel that dames devour them 
so rapidly, and that they tiimhle down. 

The social philosopher » ho sold that If he wisbnd to know 
whether a woman was a good housekeeper, he dill not look 
into the parlor, but into tbe oellsr, and that tbo test of a 
man’s nixnrwra wss not bis conduct at » dinner party, but 
fa bisowa dining-room at home, was a wise man. The real 
tost at our eiriluattou is not the splendor nf Fifth Avenue, 
hot the comfort aud cleanliness of Baxter Street and tbe 
twankhoiM 


A NOBLE FAMILY MEMORIAL. 

Tux Unfa-off .Vrmorisf is a complete and very valuable 
family volume, the most nlalstirnte work of its kind yet pro- 
duced id this country. It is a solid and even magnificent 
quarto of 440 pages, printed handsomely upwti rich paper, 
and asluiirulily llliihlr.il ml with reprodiietluiia of family 
portraits, fac-slniilea of papers, and inscriptions: and the 
name of A. D. F. lUstnou-H appears vs (be publisher »f a 
book which is a ttHt illmlntiN of America* typography. 
The wotk Is lasoeil by " the proprietors," ami is limited to 
3U0 copies for private and careful distribution. It appears 
to be a complete record of tbe family, which is one of (he 
aiuet noted in New England, nml lire tdngrapliM* of Its 
more bnted members sre Interesting historical monographs. 
Tho task of the general historian is greatly lightened by 
these pious family lalmn, and it is in eiirti volume* as this 
that tbo atenlml <a lehrs the most tmlhful glimpses of tbe 
vary gvrm and detail of the ebarnctoriatiu early local life 
of the country. 

AN OLD STORY 

Tub com nf J. Howard Witi.Mta is another waning 
ogsiiMt gambling In storks. A man nf respectable cno- 
beettotM, with trouble before him, be mote threatening 
letters to Mr. Jay liutui, artfully evaded detection while 
carrying ou a corTeapoudence in llie 11 Personal" column nf 
a newipapor, and wss filially outwitted and tie tee toil by 
the police with the aid of a three of postal experts detailed 
from the Post-office. Upon liis am-» 1 , WKLLK 8 was appar- 
ently overwhelmed with Uranic mid grief, and bis counsel 
suggested that In- bad Imu always so respectable, and bis 
family Mmneetiou* were of such a charac ter, that it wsa im- 
pixwitite he enuld be saoe, and that be must bo considered 
to be deranged. 

Thw was s fair stroke of professional practice. But them 
is do more reason to sappowe Wfct.LE.-t to be insane than 
BaUiWLv, of tho Newark Bank, or any other of tlui tmmet- 


on» delinquent* of tbe same general kind. lie U Innoan, 
probably, only a« all criminals are. aud bis fate is a warn- 
ing against giving way to the niadnema nf stock-gambling. 
It in not a case fnr apology and extenuation an much aa fi-r 
eXpewnre amt coodem nation, beentme the temptation to 
w Inc h Wkllkk yielded Is a eiMmtaiit and powerful tempta- 
tion to hundreds of intelligent and respectable young men, 
But why should tbe details of the shrewd detective 
•choir** by which WKLLM was entrapped lie putdisbed f 
The detective art will tie noon banted if all its methods 
are to bo revealed. There are no more sagacious renders 
of tbe newspapers than a certain part of ‘-the dangerous 
elaAs," and they mail for instruction ; so that by confiding 
their tasr-tbnd* to the reporters, the detectives help to cir- 
cumvent themselves. Tbe account of tho capture nf 
Wfllea waa very interesting, but, sa was said of tbe charge 
at Halaklava, It >M not war. 


TRUTHS FOR THE TIMES. 

Tire speech of the Right Honorable Ltojt PlsTFaIK. Dep- 
uty speaker of the Ilouan of L'cirumcuia, at a Isle meeting of 
tbe Merchants' Club in Boston, was a very clear aud admi- 
rable statement of the English civil service system, which 
Is well worthy the MHtM of three who broimtly thiDk 
that selection at goveniuicnt clerks by merit inslesd of 
patronage is a pedantic and impracticable fancy. On thn 
contrary, it wt-iinw not only the uwol efficient service, hat 
Mlf-respeed in the inciiniln-iiu. who fe»J that they owe their 
preittoua to proved qualification, amt not to pcrannal favor. 

The subordinate civil service as tbo spoils and plunder 
of party victory lias been practically taken out of polities 
entirely In KoglomL Hat nobody w ho knows the farts 
would pretend to erecTt that either tbe nrivlce or polities 
is the worse fur it. On the eoalrary, there is no period in 
English history in wldcli the service won so rrnonaiiea], ef- 
Aciiint, simI bonrst, or when politics was ao free fruru core 
raption, oa now. 

“ Practically,” says lfr. I’urnn, “ctcejrt in one or two offircs, 

C lronapc has ceased to exist in the English civil service-. In (hi 
it Ministry I wss Pcwlinaster-fSeneril, and twcsinally had lav 
twern forty and fifty (houHun! appointments in my gift In reali- 
ty I had not one. Even the higher office* were c<«i, petal for by 
any otic in tbe service of the fa t offi ce , and the claims were adpa- 
diewted by a committee of ■aps-rlo, so that the Minuter was a mere 
confirm'd* offiotr. It will lw a splro-Hd day foe tbe United Staton 
when they las* their civil rente* t,n an open competitive iTiirtw 
Fofiticwl morality •• immenrely Improved by *ucb a system. t-taee 
we adopted it in England, the HouMe of Commons hat become 
much eieeaU'l iw iodspendc-ncw and political mural*. The educa- 
tion of tbe country has aha Motived aa untold uiHucdct.” 


A GOOD WORK TO BE HELPED. 

Oxk of tbo meat valnalda practical works in historical 
study which are conducted under American auspices I* that 
of the Arvhsologirjd Institute nf America, nf which I’ro- 
ftaenr NOKTosi.Of llarrard, Is prewldcut, unit which IrirlmlM 
111 it* membership and conimittcea many noted cllltons. 
Mr. Bamuklikm, who is perhaps lb* highest authority upon 
Spanish- Amcrn-on are.lurolirgy , u cornl noting iiiveetigntiona 
In Maxlro at C’holnla and Mitla, and Mr. Clarrr at Asms 
In Greece. The Institnt* announces that one of tbe chief 
objects of tbo Astsoo expedition has been accomplished, in 
tbe completion of drawings and measurement*, upon the 
publication of which the temple of Asa os, known hitherto 
only by moat imperfect and ionorrect designs, will take Its 
plaec among tbo lwot-kuown temples of tho Doric style. 
Many highly Interesting and v*l liable simtics and collec- 
tion* have been made, bat to carry forward tho work at 
Aasos to the end of the next year, with tbe general work 
and expense of the Institute, will require a stim of ItftOU in 
addition to the annual subscript! o« of nmmbenliip. Mr. 
Wilmam EfcDtcenT, Jun., is the chairman of the finance 
committee, and tubscripliotis will be thankfully received 
by Mr. IlKXRT L. Htoraxso*, of Heston, the treasurer. 


THE STATUE OF BYRON AT MISSOLONGHI. 

T«k especial friend of Byhon'a friend Thkiawny when 
bo was in this country, who met him first in Charleston fif- 
ty years ago, and with whom Tnutnrr lived for some 
weeks iu New York at tbe old Ilelmonlco’s.in llearor Btreot, 
gives ns the inscription npon the pedestal of tbe statue of 
Btrox jnst eve rte d si Miaanlooghi, in Greece, where he 
died. Tbe inscript leu, written in Greek hexameter*, is the 
work of Professor Skuitxui, of the University of Athens. 

•• Shop, traveller, and look on Brans, the glory of England and 
the boot* of the daughters of Mnrmcwrae, who loved him ao mveb. 

“ lu inuiouiy of the benefit i bestowed by him on their coonlrv, 
the Lirveki ul the present day bare sailed to erect to hrin this 

marfilsL 

" It was he who, when Grrere was in the agony of ber struggle, 
earns to her auuiancc and encouraged bee heroes." 


MR SUMNER AND MR. WINTBROP. 

A FKIRXD, who Is prrfuntly familiar with tbo facta, quea- 
lioa* the strict aeeuraey of our recent statement that the 
open letter of Mr. St MSKK to Sir. WlXTRHOP cndml forever 
their personal relations. Hi s*y« that tho alienation was 
nndcrsliMKl among th* tutitnato friends of the two gentle- 
men to have originated in private letters which Mr. f I'M- 
nkii wrote to Mr. Wixrilfcop, and iu anonymous attacks 
made l>y liim iu tbo newspapers! upon Mr. Wixtiiroj'a 
course, iimt that tho public letter waa only a summitry of 
tlxwo. Noii-iutercourae naturally mulled, and it lasted for 
•nine time. 

Bat during the last ton nr ftftoen years of Mr. ^t-MJtxfc's 
life Um two gentlemen, as waa generally known amoDg 
Itn ir friend*, exchanged visits and tbe common courtesies 
of society. The day after Mr. Svmu'l death Mr. Wis- 
THROF paui a public tribal* to his memory, and, npon tbo 
invitation of the city authorities, he served aa a pall bearer 
at hla funeral. 

It is evident that however widely different were their 
views of public question*, aud however impossible friendly 
intimacy mnst hare been after wbat had occurred, the two 
gentlemen, one representing the old Whig and th* other 


tho new Republican Massachusetts, were able at tbe last to 
maintain those courteous personal relations which should 
never be impossible between political opponent* who, de- 
spite absolute and radical differences of opinion, still re- 
spect each other's pvrsuDst character. 


PERSONAL. 


rcsTdrax-Ctmu Jakes was In Ucrkimre, New York, on 
the day of election, the guest of Kenatur Witvu Millix. The 
I* WMvruf says, “ The PcwlmaMcv-Gcewnl called sr die ifcvnoerni 
ofixe oo Tsewlay, and took great pleasure in looking over th* 
office ia which he let type twenty year* ago.” Few mm hare had 
«» rapid advancement, im th* ground of ability and fitness, u tbs 
rtwlRortcr General : Jet he never held ao elective offlcs from tha 
(imptc -, ami, for that matter, neither bad the Prealdcnt until ba 
was chosen to the V|ce.Pre»idw>cy. 

— Journalism ia France ie one of tbe turrit avranes to politics! 
preferment. In the present Chamber of Dvpuliet there arc forty- 
f«or jnuraaliot*, nearly all of whom ire connected with the press 
of Paria, 

— Mr. Enw tan Amawis, of Brntca. on eminent political anmo- 
nilil, deOvsred at the Atlanta (Georgia) Cotton ExpuaiUun an ail- 
drtwa In wtikh iw said that hie second son, now at Uarvard Collegia, 
•at a practical bUckcmuth and carpenter. The lUument " brought 
Joan l hr linuu ' with great rwthasium. 

— Mias .Verm Hraira*. daughter of Itcaxxv M. Uoorca, Eaq. 
(I'aitud ikatis VicwdkmwM at Farm), and Mrs. Lear IIakiltqx 
fi aorta, sustaiiisd a Inuliag rfile st so amateur performance re. 
e»nlly given at Monlargi* fur a charitable purpose. The piay was 
a ooc-oct coincdy antithd fW tktft f'ttolr. The day after tho 
ftHcrtaiiuMnl the Mart* of Mnntargw called upon Mitt floortm 
to ciprern In person his thanks fc* her caccpcratieo. 

— The peralctnil atody, the |iaiiMtaking attention to detail!, 
combined with hi* great artistic talent, hare won for Mr. Jotrv 
McCnioroB not rnoraly fame, but »h*t it very consolatory, a foe- 
ton* which promise* to Iw very large. Home years ago, when 
playing an engagoment at the liras. 3 Opera-house, Cincinnati, tbs 
receipt* were f BO. A few evening* aims, at the tame theatre. 
*ni under the ramc nsiugcr, he played to ||9ML During the 
five weeks la which he has jast |mwh pertonning in Chicago and 
Sk Lcsds the rerelpta w ere $Ki,OOa 

— Faznascs DocuLasa la now In a comfortable and well salaried 
office at W ashisgtnn. Bo has bueumc copioua in person and afflu- 
ent tn capital, hi* fortune being over | 1 G», 0 'S). He write* a fine, 
round, dear hand, ami may in all rrepvcU U counted the first col- 
ored gentleman of the time. 

— Sir Gan box Ataev, late British Asireeonwr Royal, has Imen 
awtrlcd a pension nf |BWKJ a year by llic gnveewmctst, 

—Mr. Bi a* sen, Ihe editor of JWA, is Uiv happy father of 
fourteen children. It la to thla rtmarkalAt paternal fnrt tint vr* 
tony attribute his pleasant, handscent fore aud yuulhful appear- 
sbcp. thnogh he it a trifle gray and btanlnd 

—Dr A. W. Wiirruar, who died recently ia West Newton, Mas. 
aaohuasUa, »»I fnr six mouths eanfluod In the l.ilihy Prism, at 
Rirtmcmd, during tho rebellion. While there ha, with srvwral 
other effirere, also prisoner*, wj* arntraccd to be shot, in retalia- 
tion foe several rebels executed hy the Ftdcmls. General IIctlir, 
hearing at this, promptly notified the rebel authorities that If the 
nun wsro shut, lie wuaid immediately shoot two rebels held as 
prfeurrtv* by Ida. TVs •booting did not occur. 

— Mr. t'KAiLEi H. Nostra sw. who died recently in New Ilaren, 
bequeathed flfifi.OOO to Trinity t'olhge. Hartford ; to Hartford 
Hospital, 880,000; Christ Church, 8 H 1 .COI ; Hartfcml Library As- 
•oeiation, |8000; and 8U.C03 m revet a elinpel at Cedar Hill. 
The rest of hla estate, about $600,000, is to be divided among bis 
belie. 

-Whte the late Mr. Auxairota Port, poet, hi hla “ Eseay co 
Man," asked. 


* f btoS 3 


he of coarse could tun have had thn gift of pre^hecy, nor fn reared 
that the foremost Bowoos of (ha Westers hemisphere in the pro- 
amt century not only • kn«w how tn keep a hotel," bot bow to dls- 

r !»e a princely Iwmevuls-nrei. (to the 14th of November. Mr. Jour 
Howaio, of Uurliiigtae, Vanaatsl. g»v« to die Home fur Dreli- 
tatc Children In that city the Howard Opera Jkibsc, twit two rears 
ago at a coat of $1K8,000. This la the largiwt aingle gif* ever 
male in Vermont to a ehariulilo lMliutiun. Daring the pereeejt 
year Mr. Uowaos'i gift* to puUse luatiiutinns ainuunl in marly 
$118,000. 

— Mr.Tknanw Won'# birthday, on lb* Uth Inst, was remem- 
bered by a mot number of friends, who railed la pay him their 
respect* and wish hint "many returns" of tin- day, Mr. Wat* 
tear* hi* age well, it as cheerful os ever, and aa hearts in wi-lnun- 
ing and chatting with tils old friend*. Ha i* a naltoaial character, 
and Iccg may he be preserved to w* t 
—Tbe friends of Dr. Jaud Sraoxu, of Drew Seminary, met to- 
gether a few works since to rougratuiate him cn i)» cre&plrtinn 
of lfflii d sii and Strang'* Cpiiopmdta /•/ Kliirmt, TAmLgirat, 
aud ArWrSMiCi.o/ Utmturr. Ttos rock, ahicb lus rUsWil'iil to 
ten vnlisroes. has been in hirsi for tweMj-llve yearn lit-. M'l’lja- 
rwra, one of iM projector*, bred cnly to are the (uurlh suIussm fin- 
ished. Tbe occaakm war 00 * of great pleasure to the company 
assembled Among the men of note present were Dr». Srnsrr 
and Tavtssq of the PretJotorisn Church. I>r. Cosrarr, of the Bap- 
tist Church, and Rioliop H H Forrsa, of the Methodist Episcopal 
Chwreh. 1= reply to the sddreatra of Kougratulatiofc, Dr. irraoan 
gave s very inlervwlimg avTation of the inception and progress at 
th* f.yfauMisfsa. 

—Mr Th«Na 8 A. HstNMUCtt raw that Rxvxanv JnmKcr was 
the atdret lawyer in tbs S-natc daring hi* terno. Cuakixs Pcwxib 
emhoilM more ef hi* view* ia tbe law* of tbe country than any 
»< lire man. Bd.-asi.KW, of Ptvmsylvania, wo# a debater of rare 
furor. (iskOSTT llstn was thu inwet fsaricM debater, tort not al- 
ways romadsrau- Itooum*, of Wiscouiin, was tbe finest orator. 
FfcMRSS***, of Mains, wsa tho aids** Brertor hi* Bute ho* pro- 
■lactvl ; he iHwor It ft a ]«*al unaaasre'wl, and was tbe radirst 
wn III the body. JirtSK Kutawa* wan stwar* prepared fee ocuon. 
Tai Kitt u. eralivut as a lawyer aud debater. Governor Maa- 
rtm sa* an aliia hauler, hut rilrenn- in bis eapreuiuns . atrengtb 
tad ramreloesA were hi* p«ruU*riiieK. 

— Tha Kj'». 0, H. FtoraiXOMAM, or rather, we should a»y. Jfr 
FanraianRAK, he haring nemo lias* wince withdrawn from the 
minis* ry, waa int>-rrWwed a few days since hy n representative of 
the New York Arming /bal, to whom be made the following re- 
marks; " i'o mv okl friends and follower* wlw may feel grieved 
*» ritch an ailmissimi nn my jiart, I woJd «»y that I am no more 
a brlwvrr ia rrtralod religion liulny Ilian 1 wna tea years ago. 
Hut, a* I said before, I have doubt* which I bail not then. The 
erred* of tn-ilay do not term in my eyes to be ro wholly gronnd- 
Ire* a* Uiuy mimI Ibrn, and while I beiiree that the next hand ml 
rear* wilt rat grtnl chaagra in llwrui, I do not think that they are 
ihwtiaed to di-Ap|w*r. To aom up the whole matter, tbe work 
which 1 have been doing appear* in Irwd to nothing, and may hare 
born gfeu cried npon luUtakin pretnlto*. Tlitrefore it la better to 
*UfL But I do tut want to give Uw impratnxi that I recant any- 
thing. I simply atop denying, oust wait for more UgbL" 



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NOVEMBER 2*. 1WI. 



CIWWD WAmXO POH T1IK CorUT-llOCM DOOM TO ora. 

THK TRIAL UF CHARLES JCLBS criTSAl* — F«n» Shtuiu n J. ft D*nwn*, 


NOVEMBER t*9l. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 



the mil orcriTEii'. 

O* HmmUj. Xinmlm 
II, cnumirui-rd Hu- i rial 

•if CtUKtA.* Jt:u;» li('|- 
ncM'i 1 1** ataamiu of 1’txj- 
•ideut UaM'IRI.D. It ia 
held in tbeCrnuliml < ’nort 
of Waahiiigtiiii. before 
Judge Cox, a jurist who 
liaa ctdaMstbed n reputa- 
tion for mure tbuu umiu] 
•agaeliy, flrutiii'*n.aiid >n>. 
partiality. It la probable 
Ilia! lie will lute l»U 
capacity In tlice dimc- 
tiou* taxed to tbo lit list i>. 
for lb* cue of (Ii iti: »r, 
though In I la iiiniti out. 
lima perfectly simple, it 
likely to lie rendered 
eoanpltoaied, ilel irate, ami 
difllctilt by tlie ■iiiumgc- 
rocut of tbe lawyer*. An 
to Uie fart of Ibe killing, 
not only i lie great major- 
ity but tbc mats of tbo 
poopio of tbe country 
have of eouraa Inns *iuce 
made up tbelr lulud*. 
Every detail of tbe nmr- 
drrwusareucin the Wash- 
ingtaii railway ataiiun 
on Ibn memorable till of 
July la familiar In tbe 
reader* of newspapers, 
not only ia tbe I'm ted 
Stale*, b-.it throughout 
tbe world. Tbo lying In 
wait for tlie uiirnnicioii.* 
victim, Hn tMtMlf aim- 
ed allot, tbe neeoml bullet 
•eat to liiiisb tlie work 
wbicb lire lint »a» In- 
feadeil to oi iHiiDplUb, I ho 
aasaxein's wild cry »l re- 
joicing, and bia aiilino- 
i| ne lit prompt arte *1, bn 
cowardly demeanor i» Idle 
in jail, and bia abject fear 
of aauuniuatiuii at Ibe 
band* at hi* guard*— nil 
t been are known, and n lib 
them (fan w retell* ante- 
cedent*. Ida irellc** pur- 
ini! of tdBor, bU in U lie- 


l*i-l tonal feeling, lila neuee 
of pummel Injury, lilaaL- 
aurptiou in Hn, dmpoie 
wbkdi was lend Ins the 
Republican party, bin 
own •taieuii'iil of the 
motives which actuated 
them. 

But U lurid tbia obvi- 
boily of known and 
nnlarioiiH facta will ariw 
tbc tralioHiny and tb« er- 
fiMBenU of ibe lawyer* 
a* to tbe itioaully of tbo 
murderer, ami ua to ibe 
lo-ulment of tlie l*r«»i. 
debt by bia aurgeania ami 
physic ion*. It | H from 
thetw that Ibe re uuy mine 
cnuaMemions wbicb 
would fairly pittite tbo 
meet skilled mid cxpeii- 
♦ticed Judge. Tlien It 
must lie lionie in mind 
that tlie Criminal t'narl 
of Washington is not 
gllbled by tbo principle* 
of natural justice, coi' 
even by ll|l> sell estab- 
lished doc 1 1 ini-* of law 

•ml the enactment, w l.i.-b 
exut In ii.iiihI of tbo 
States, nor >«t liy tbe 
precedent* and decisions 
wbicb mako op tbe ran*, 
imm law of Englutid or 
of any of our on u Sliilea. 
it ia obliged to lulmliii*- 
tcr justice nrrording to 
a I newt < nriiici.ly mixed 
body of authorities. In 
Ibe brat place. Iliere air 
I lie nlallltenof tbe Cnited 
Staten, mi fnr aa they ap- 
ply; in tbe ttwxl, there am 
tlie precedent* ami deci- 
sion* uhirb base fore* in 
tbe liialrli t of Columbia 
alone ; lit. ally , I lore am 
tbe slain tea ami preee- 
dents inbertled from ibe 
Stale of Maly laud. And 
all lliese are to lie np- 

tbe atriillny 

of skillful lan tern, to tbo 
•tUcatmil of JiiiimIk I i«,||. 




TUB TRIAL Ul CIURLG3 JULES 0CITEAC.-FDmiawTctu.aTJ O.DavB. 


790 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


NOVEMBER 20, 1881. 


to tire formation of tire Jury, to tbe form of 
tbo Indictment, to the admiaaiMt or rejec- 
tion of testimony, to tbe pleas of tbs de- 
fense, to tbe natar* mud extent of the pen- 
alty should a verdict of giulty bo rendered. 
Tints It happens that tbu trial of a crime of 
which tbe whole country knows tbe details, 
of which tbn bsiBouanttM is recognised in 
every quarter of tbe globe, and oa to tbe 
essential character of which no two aano 
men in any civilised lead would be likely 
to dttagree, may bn dragged akmg fur a 
month, with no absolnta certainty ss to Its 

Same of the obstacles to the swift retri- 
bution whteh all men would like to see vis- 
ited upon (Mineral (it*n*uV.» murderer may 
be appreoiatad by the trouble encountered 
in getting a Jary. Judge Co* , interpreting 
the epirit rather than the Inttor of the law, 
promptly reoolved u> admit aa juror any 
man, not peremptorily excluded by either 
aide, who, though be bad formed au opin- 
ion as to the prttomai'a guilt, did not him- 
self avow that it was a fixed and obstinate 
opinion which ordinary erideDoe would not 
affect. Yel even under this tilwrul ruling 
several humlmd men were exaimucd Iwfora 
the twelve jurymen could be obtained. 
Nearly all of those rejected were rejected 
because they shared tbe uplniou, amounting 
to a conviction, which prevail* throughout 
the country, that GllTXau killed tbe Presi- 
dent with murderous intent, sod wbutever 
his disorders of niitvd, was conscious of the 
nature of his act, aware of it* poasihlo con- 
sequences, and fully responsible fur its ac- 
complishment. Apparently, however, Ibe 
jurors who have been taksu am men of fair 
and sensible minds, and can bo relied on to 
render a verdict according to tbe evidence 
and the raise laid down by the Court fur 
tbnlr guidance. 

Uuinuu himself is doing everything in 
bis power to confirm the plea which bis 
lawyer* will put in, that ho is irresponsibly 
insane. But the very conduct which might 
be expected to strengthen Ibis plea uiay 
well weaken it. A man who was nan* on 
tbs 2d of July might easily have lost like 
mind in tbe mean time uuder the experi- 
ences which GlTTZac hse traversed since 
thst day. Closely confined, twice muni led, 
once with an apparent and once with a 
certain intent to take hi* life, in mortal 
terror that the anger of tbo people would 
break tbo barriers of Isw and order and 
make sure of tbo punishment which tbe 
law might rofuse to the author of tire nx»t 
shocking crimo of modern times, it would 
not be strange if a man who bad taken 
life in a psmiou of revenge, or deliberate, 
ly, had found his mind give way under tbo 
agony of fear, and pusaibly of remorse. But 
a man erased by a fanatical dvlusioo, his 
reason wrenched by tbo delusion that b« 
was the chosen instrument of God to save 
his oouutry from civil war, would bare held 
firmly and eveu oaiutly to bis belief, would 
have been dominated and sustained by It, 
and would liaTe accepted with a martyr’s 
courage tbe wont coowquencea of his act. 
GtTTCAU shows uo such condition of mind. 
He bod not only plumed his crime, but be 
hod also planned his escape. He even took 
preoantioue fur bis safety from ptjmlsr 
vengeance should be foil to escape He hud 
none of the fanatic’s indifference to conse- 
quences. During his long confinement, in- 
stead of reposing on the protection of tbs 
Deity by whom bo pretends to have felt 
himself inspired, be baa shown all the cow- 
ardice of tbo common murderer, and has 
wearied tbo authorities with his petitions 
and demands for extraordinary safeguard*. 
When brought into oourl to plead to the 
Indictment, so far from preserving tbs in- 
trepidity of a martyr conscious of Divine 
inspiration, be crouched between hie guards, 
trembling, pallid, and unmanned. Wlisu 
again brought to tbs court at tbs opening 1 
of tbe trial, bo bad bod his fear* allayed, 
and waa ready with au elaborate defense 
of bie course, which waa oonfnacd and silly, 
and undoubtedly the product of a weak and i 
unhinged Intellect, bat which was also quite 
inconsistent with the idle of a religious ma- 
niac, which ha has chosen to aasnnre. Ho 
signed with tbe commonplace conning of a 
fifth-rate lawyer the quration of the pbyei- ! 
eiaos’ treatment of the President, appealed 
with shallow shrewdness to those who had 
profited by bis act to subscribe to aid him 
in his trial, and finally, *hat no confirmed 
lunatic aver docs, arpacrf in otra iaoaatfy. 
The plea waa fashioned, in a clumsy and 
feeble manner, oa the nddressra of criminal 
lawyers who liav* had occasion to defend 
inordsrsn on the ground of insanity, and 
thst defense has so often and so mischiev- 
ously been euiploysd that it is perhsps an 
advantage to tbe community thst it should 
now be presented where all the precuooep- 
turns of the pnblio mind are against tits of- 
fender who interposes it. 

Our illustrations show Incident* which 
took place on tbs first day of the trial. Ona 
of them depicts the singular scene where 


OCTTBau objected to Mr. RiiMXSOB acting 
aa oua of his ooanacL, exclaiming, sxcitodly, 
os be sprang up aud struck the table with 
his fist, “I don’t want KiiSDCbON, don’t like 
his talk, and won’t have lino on my side if 
1 can help it. That’* peremptory." Two 
bailiffs then took him by the shoulders and 
made him «t down. 

Tbe picture of (Jrrrwsr in hie cell is a fae- 
slmllo of a drawing made an the spot by our 
artist, Mr. J. O Davidson. Gi’mut’ him- 
self approved of it a* tbe most correct litre- 
ihm ibat ha* becu taken of him, and in- 
dorsed it ns such with his own hand. 


[Began lo Itotvsa* Wmu No. 1*1, Tot XXIV.) 

CHRISTO WELL. 

S BsTlwoor e*lr, 

Hr R. 0. BLACKMORE, 

Atmos or "Mast AnaurT,’’ “Ireus Boost,” 
“ Cairo, m Cstaiu,” 1 TC. 


CHATTER X1.I1. 

Y It B ISLAND BOCKS. 

Brisk with air, and spsrkliug ways, and 
melodise of water, Island Glen, oa a sonny 
day, la a place to sit in patiently. Tbe nr- 
er breaking through a fissure of the hills, 
with twn dark ton to guard it, divides, 
among vast blocks of granite, into myriad 
gleam and shade. Standing up in scores of 
tons, tbe granite scorns tbe water as a thing 
that kiitMM to cool it* feet, and may drib- 
ble below its lustop. Tbo water, believing 
in its own business, and heedless of stony 
contempt, cornice on, with a thousand check*, 
but at every check Mattering bright loqua- 
city. Tbe gravity of gray-bearded bowl- 
der* only makes it leap tbe more, and spread 
in tumhliug shclvra around them, to meet 
again In same calm pool. 

Iu spite of hard rocks, them is brush- 
wood here, and eveu some leafy attempt of 
trees. Dwarf oak, birch, aud aider nestle 
below the brown ravage of tbe upland 
gales, with tbo kind encouragement of tbe 
stream, acroea whose spray they slied their 
own. And be**, beside the wblto foam, 
glisten scarlet waves of mountain ash, a 
companion cascade of coral. 

L’uder the largest trim, that lapped tbe 
water both with root and brauch. Graff 
Howell sat, with hie tong gun, wailing for 
.vuung Squira Wratcombe. lie was think- 
ing of his own sad plight, and the tangle ho 
was stepping into, lew through love of jus- 
tice, perhaps, than fear of sad injustice. 
For hn knew that not bis license only, but 
his liberty, waa imperiled by the freedoms 
of tbe outlaws now sesembliug at tbe “ Ha- 
ven.' 1 It behooved him, however, to b* very 
wary in his dealings with thst crew, nnlosn 
be were resigned (which as yet he was not) 
to contribute )**rs«nally to the nurture of 
the young birds on the ivied crag. Graff 
was a retaliate man, but owed bis life to 
himself ami his native laud. 

These rellectlous bad given him pause, 
and mads him regret, in the clear sunlight, 
the gratitude of his moonlight mood. Ills 
life had been saved by the courage of an- 
other; and fas certainly bad, for a limited 
period. Ml a sort of gratitude. This strange 
feeling— tbe rarest of all our sensations, 
aud tbe moat fugitive— was now beginning 
to bn explained awsy by tbe larger logic 
of the tranquil mind. “ lie pulled ms out 
of a bog, it is true ; but why did be do it f 
Why, to please bimaelf. Of court* ho got 
wet, bnt not half so wet os I was. It waa 
a wonder that be hooked me, for he never 
ventured nut of hi* owu depth. And, after 
all, I bad better have gone down than found 
things aa they were when I got home. Ho 
did uot even know who I waa Pooh I poob ! 
oas may make ton much fuss of thing*. I 
am tbsnkfuLof course, and all that. But 
still I am not going out of my way about 
it, Wbat I have to consider is. what will 
be most for my own good. And unless I see 
my way to something, I am not going to put 
my life in danger. Anybody might havo 
done it. I would have done it for biui, and 
never mentioned it. Directly you ooine to 
look fairly at it, 'tis an accident, net an ob- 
ligation. It will be vary nasty of him if ho 
think* I ew* him anything." 

John Wostcouihe did not think that Mr. 
Howell owed him anything, ne was not 
oonwi here to obtain reward for his little 
service in saving Ufa, and ho did not even 
expect to bear anything to core about. 
Hat lug been asked to come, he came: for - 
the place suited wall with bis laud-falls, ; 
and he thought to bear some trifle more to : 
interest thau cuoperu him, With his strong I 
light step ho earn* scrum tbn rucks, balsa- 
clog his gull upon bis shoulder ; while tbo j 
lemon-colored setter, having fonDd a retired 
wautring-plaoe, lay down iu it, aud lapped, 
and, witb Ins ear* adrlp, cherished a pious 
but futile hope that hi* flea* would go float- 
ing down the river. 


“ I hope yon are none the worse for your 
wetting,” said Weatcombe, os soon as be do- 
omed the other man ; 11 It was a lung way 
to walk home with wet clothe* on.* 

“ No, air ; I find myself all tbe better,” the 
innkeeper answered, with a lift of finger 
half way toward his oow-ekln cap; "I hod 
gat a bit of a cold comiug on, but the peat 
wate-r seem to have took 'un away.” 

“ I bare beard of that mure than once. 
So doubt tbnre is some good reason for it. 
The pest wager never is so cold as tbe river 
water, I beliere. But you asked me to come, 
about something." 

“So I did, air ; so I did. Rut a ticklish 
thing for me to talk of, and requires under- 
standing. Perhaps yon have beard of Cap- 
tain Larks, uot for from where you pull**! 
nwi out. Ha lie* to the bottom of it. But 
least aaid. soonest mended. What concern 
to you sc I, if they put a bullet into him f" 
"H would be a very groat concern to mo, 
and to you too, I should hope, to dream of 
such an atrocious murder. Speak out, How- 
ell. You had bettor tell me all.” 

"My own belief is, "said Gruff, quite calm- 
ly, ” that it Isn’t the Captain they arc after. 
What guod could be be to any of them f 
Bnt I hear them say that bs hath a young 
daughter, a very fine-looking maid indeed ; 
aud betwixt yon and I, air, excusing my opin- 
ion, what they wanta must is to get hold 
of miny. However, I tauter any uo more. 
Leant said, soonest meuded.” 

“You are wrong there,” asid Jack, with 
his eye* so fierce that lluwell went further 
hack under the tree. “ Kit Iter you will toll 
- me all you know, or I will patch you from 
| this rock into that black hole ; ami out you 
don’t ourae again, my fine fellow. Tush fur 
| yowr pm!— I will snap It In two.” 

Ho wrenched the man’s gun from bla 
' baud aa he spoke, and struck his kuee un- 
der the breech, to snap it arruM tbs stock ; 
but tb* man looked at him piteously, and 
did not move. 

“Very welL” said Wratcombe; “I will 
spare il. I don’t want to spoil a firm gnu 
If I eon help it- Bnt make up your mind 
that I will stand no nonsense. I hod no 
right to threaten your life, my man ; and 1 
iuii sorry that I did so, for it wm a coward- 
ly thing to do. Bnt nnleas you carry out 
your promise, I will march you to my fa- 
ther’s houas, and to jail yo« got* a IWlW 
accomplice. Make your choice in one min- 
ute. Howell. I am not in a mood to be trilled 
with.” 

This wo* plain enough without word*; 
but tbe old man saw that there waa room 
for reason, aa the youug one recovered self- 
control. 

“ Yon can march me wherever yon pleaere,” 
be said, aa if fas must pat np with tyranny ; 

*’ because you are a young man, aud I am 
an old otic, and you are twioe a* lug a* am. 
Bat fur all that, yon don’t got a word out 
of me without it is by fair means, Squire 
Weetoombe.” 

“ I should Ilka to know what yon rail 
‘ fair mean*.’ If yoa moan bribery, you 
shall hare none. Though, of course, your 
behavior would lie borne in mind when the 
licensing question arUns. Elan, yoa will have 
to quit for certain, as a notorious harborer 
of thieve*. Now make your choice in cue 
miaul*, Griffith How nil.” 

“ Well, sir, yoa leave little choice. Bat 
I care not much wbat cornea of it. No- 
tbiug lint one thing uiakee me to care to 1 
•tick In that old rats’ oastl*. Uise tiling 
only ; and I dare say nothing will conic of 
it, aa usual." 

“Tell roe what It is; unless It fa a se- 
cret .” Wratcomb* looked at him with a 
kindly heart, for bo saw by the glisten of 
the old niau’a eye* that seme tender freliug 

moved him. 

“Nothing, air. Only I ws* thinking of 
my son, a god about fellow, the same as I 
have been. But not a bad sort. Squire 
Wratcombe. As fine a ns tore aa tbe Lord 

“Let me know something about him,” 
asid Jack, with m> pursuit of bis owu ends, 
but treraoae lie had that gift of interest iu 
other people’s affaire which mad* the Col- 
onel so popular. 

“ It is a tong tale, sir, and a sad ons. Bnt 
a batter soldier never lived thau my son 
Rees, in the ftpamah country. He was in 
the ligbt cavalry five campaigns, anil I fol- 
lowed the army as much for bis aako as to 
make my pickings out. Since the penny- 
post came in they brought me a letter from 
bioi. And I been in h»p*» to tee hint ever 
since, aud if I was driven out from where 
I be, he might come, and he must go 
again” 

” You shall not b* driven out. I will take 
care of that,” young Weatoombe answered, 
aa if he were the chairman of the Quarter 
bemloiM. ** All y«n havo to do, my friend, is 
to tell mo everything yon know. Sooner or 
later, and perhaps very soon, a stop must be 
put to th« law loss doings that have Wit 
lb a disgrace of our neighborhood. When 
you talk of danger to Captain Lurks, and 


even to — to the member* of bU household, 
you must perceive that thing* are going 
much too far. Have yon thrown In your 
lot witb such miscreants t" 

“No, air. But 1 have let them creep in 
roaod m», and order in* out of my own 
honor. Thera was only oco at first, sod bo 
paid me fair, and came for his letters, anil 
all that. There seemed to 1* no hum. It 
w as no concern of inieo to know him from 
tire man in the moon, and so long a* be 
brought no other*, I put up with it, though 
I gueraod that be wm a wild one. It w a* 
not my place to betray him, was it, though I 
guessed that he waa a bad ona T" 

“Certainly not. You were quite right 
there. As long as he behaved well on yoor 
premise*, It was no concern of your*. Yoa 
stood in tire position of a hast to him.” 

“So I did, air, reasonably, and by sound 
Interpretation. But when he began to 
mako a fusatlug-placa of my poor ion, and 
bring atolrn sheep there, and black sheep 
from the mine* to eat them, it was a dif- 
ferent pair of shoes. I found myself put 
against tbs law, and tire law put against 
me, more and mare. And when I was or- 
dered about like a slave, and had to be oat 
of IkmI all night, and could not even get my 
money — ’’ 

“Ah. that was Tory bad indued- Tbo 
leant they could do waa to pay upon too 

Ball.” 

" That they did not, sir. And if ( said a 
word, they would roast me in front of my 
ow u joint* — leastwise what they makes me 
cook for them. It liava coins to such a 
pitch that I can’t abide it. Why, wbat do 
yon think their last move is I The erase of 
tbo world 1* free trade now, and free they 
rnakn with my trado. Every one may have 
of me everything he likea, pretty much at 
bis own figure, and then they come and clear 
ray till for ins. They toll <ue that is the 
true free trad*. Squire, It ia lint to put * 
stop to it." 

“ It shall be stopped,” Jack Wrateoa be 
answered, stamping on the grand* at he 
spoke. “ Wo bold a warrant now agaiuat 
one fellow; General Punk himself came 
with it, I •oca one there had been a good many 
before, bnt nothing was e.var den* with 
them, bo my father locked it np till need- 
ed, *ml Ibe General ha* boeai ill ever since. 
Yon might s* well throw it into the fire ns 
give it to tbo 1 police’ to siscat*. Hat it is 
quite new, and it should do something. We 
bitve found out bis right name at last — ‘Guy 
WVnlow’; they had it ‘ Georgs’ lrefore.” 

“ For sure, now, that made it all wrong,” 
aaid IIowelL with a Welshman's nicety in 
law ; “ we call him 1 the black gentleman’ ; 
for a gentleman Ire mnat hare been some 
day. You never saw any man so knowing 
of Ills vittlos, which downright proves the 
gentleman. But wire is to catch him, sir f 
I won’t be party to It. Although he has car- 
ried on witb me too bad.” 

“Howell, I reaped your feelings there. 
Treachery is of all thing* tbs lowest. You 
shall not bo asked to do anything of that 
sort upon your own premise*. At (be same 
time, you may, in all fairness, tell me what 
tbelrdrolgiat are ti]>oa Captain Lark*. Oth- 
erwise, you become a party to them. How 
many of them are there f" 

“ Four, sir. All of them draper* to oven ; 
enough to overpower any household. Every 
one of them carries his life in bis hand, aud 
little be seems to care for it. Wentow, aa 
you rail him. is tire muster of them, and rsu 
handle them aa he pleases. It ia clear to my 
thinking that be gets hi* orders from some 
one who keeps out of sight, somebody with 
mutiny, soil snare ends to serve.; or why 
should he deal with such a gang t Captain 
Lurks is at (he bottom of it; not to do 
tilings, hut to lie done by Sir, do yon know 
* liai ha* crowed ray mind f It waa through 
my thinking of my son that it came to at*. 
From wbat I heard say I made up myr mind 
to have a guod look at that Captain I Marks 
without hi* knowing it. Audio I did. And 
if ever I uv a mao well known to me in tba 
limes when tbe great lighting was. Captain 
Larks is the man, and no mistake.” 

“ We hare no bnsiDesa with what ho urel 
to do," Jack answered, quickly, in bin loyal- 
ty to Kuee; for he really feared, ifier many 
dark surmises, and hints from diver* quar- 
ters, thst tbe father of bia lieloved had il»ue 
Min vetoing beyond inquiry; ■ His only que*- 
liou we havo to deal with is, W*hat <lo thou 
fellows want witb him 1" 

“ Well, sir, that ia nrere than I can say,” 
replied lire keeper of the “ Raven” ; *• but 
Miiiretliiug to do with the old thtug, most 
likely. They watch hiiu close enough, I 
can answer for that. They don’t tell me. 
or course, what tlisir order* are, t»ut 1 hear 
l Ik in talk more than they think of. 1 (re- 
lieve their order* are to shoot him outright 
if be tries to go off suddenly. Rut if they 
get wind of his moaning to go, th«ir plan •» 
to carry off bia daughter, that be may stay 
at home to took for bur. Anyhow, ho ia not 
to go from home." 


NOVEMBER M, tWl. 


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THI TRACK r CHS "ED BT TDK " ALLIANCE.' 


CRUISE OP THE “ALLIANCE.” 

I.— Tint ISLAM* or mUCMBf. 


Hi ream, who*# wanoer water* lav# ir* dreary 
coast. Kuril approach, however. as it per- 
mit! is no (lie wcat «i<lr, iib on the eoateni 
able i<# prevent* a landing. 

TIm mountain" am very strep, aud in 
winter art* aa hard boo ml aa iron from the 
»«ld, while in auniiDer they aecui to be coni- 
|mw>] nf iliaiiriagratrd el ms * *. Tim llonla 
an* numerous, anil have been In paat titnen 
I he resort of whaler*. OlMhtl are in tin - 
iimraklH, stretching quite down tn tlx* ana. 
in ceil am acanouM of the year, from tbo ite- 
tritna brought down by throe g Laden, tbo 
sea prvwrnta a milk-white appearance. 

No <Mm haa aver yet dared to explore tbo 
interior of thia terrible Uland. Mountain 
peaks bavu been scaled, and a gliin|*ee of 
that great central plateau bae been hail, 
which la Home two thousand feet bImivo the 
lore! of the sea. During the abort auminer 
month*, regard hw* of the dangers of the 
navigation, HpiUbcrgon la resorted to by 
the None fishermen. In former y cure, when 
» return trip to their own country wa* food 
impowiible, «»«« have wintered here, and 
their suffering* have often been of the meat 
diatreaaing character. To-day it ia Ham 
uwrfoM and Trotnuo which wad out their 
•snail craft juat aa anon aa the way ia clear, 
formerly the water* in and around Spitz 
bergen alHiauded with whales, walrus, aixl 
Benin, and the BBtemw of tlm Norse tlabriwn 
waa great, hut of late yean the catch haa 
very much diminiabed. 

Nothing can exceed tlio aavago grandeur 
of the view* of HpilxberKeu. and the Ulna- 
trationa presented are exceedingly truthful, 
liBTing been taken by an oflleer aitaebrd 
io the expedition. The uam on top of tha 
page ia of the Mvru peaks of a high range 
of mouutaina which ahow boldly along the 
oooat. Between each two there ia an im- 
inouao glacier, which extend* to the very 
odgo of the bluff which overlook! Ibe atom y 
kl Thia range, amne fifteen miles long, is 
but a portion of almtlar |«iaka extending 
idling the coast. 

In tbo ceutro of tbo page a mountain 
•Imped like an extinct crater, open io the 
«eO> m ahow ii, p re nr n ting ill# appearance 
uf a vaat amphitheatre. Volcanic action 
ia quite perceptible in all the rock forma- 
timia of this ialauil. A p#rp#tual coating of 
miow iacaaca the inner aboil of thia mount- 
ain, and ita glaring wbitrneas ia contrasted 
by the rtHldiah ting* of tha aaiow, whloh in 
tlito particular eaae k* foond la a narrow 
streak many hundred* of feet long, extrud- 
ing on the left-hand aide of the view. Tli«a 
color in doe to a email fungoid growth, 
which roddena the allow deepite the rig- 
ora of the araaon. In tbia print ia arm a 
amall veanel, a hardy N**rwrgUu, wboae 
captain line r inked all danger*, intent on 
•wearing bia cargo of oil. At the right hand 
the Jflioae* ie fonml trapped in lb# iea. 
Fortunately, at tbo scammi of the year when 
tbk> vumm-I eucnnuteml the ice, rbaiwea of 
nipping wen aligbl. When a v<i*»] ie (hue 
incased, elie either haa to final with tha ice. 
nr by au|>erkimiMn effort* the barrier ia cut 
with saw*, if not too thick; and if a bUuuw- 
ahip, ahr ia pushed with all her power 
through thn restating field. 

Wonderful freaks of uatiun are fvUiid in 


THE “INFLEXIBLE." 

A rrw yearn bark a rnrrespniMleat of dim* 
of the London “dailse*," in doBa-Hbiug Ihe 
turret ehip dial tarn, sjuike of her appearance 
a* rwaMU tiling a cneei between a “ railway 
station nml a conking n]>|iarali>«." To dr- 
errilm 11. M. 8. In/Ulible as a n hole I* indeed 
a pn trier, According to her ng, aha In a 
"brig" without a bowsprit; Io her dimen- 
alona, a very long frigate with an imneiw 
“ beam": in other respect*. aim la a renibi- 
nntiou and a net-work of pneumatic tiilie*. 
■lHHin-plj«*», engine*, electric apparatus, eie. 
A* we wee i nl from tlie bout up I lie rompao- 
inu ladder to the deck, wo urn otandiug on 
iron plalea three im-he# in thickness otilv ; 
la-fun* u* run the gloet* plains in flroot uf the 
turret!, tbo Utter being no turned an tn ex- 
plore the four huge 9ff-toti gona, with >iu- 
rim large eiimigh to take inside a boy of 
leu year* of age. The eaae amt quid new* 
w ith which these enormoua atrnelumi move 
ia marvel Ion#, rwualderiltg that each, with 
tlio two gun* Included, weigh* <C*> tons. 
The whole moos revolve* on twenty-eight 
roller*. 

When loading i* about to take place, the 
turret la turned round until the port-hide ia 
partly covered by the glarL* piarca; the 
muzzle of the gun ia then drpreMwid, pr»- 
eenliag llaelf at an *|"-rttire below tbo deck, 

* *Bimll trolley conveying at him* the p»w ■ 
tier and shell along the rnila front the mag- 
azine until it Mauds immediately in front 
and nnilrruealh thn gun'* mouth, Nothing 
now remain* bat to hniat tlie charge to ita 
position, and rani Imam*, l>oth of which op- 
eration* are perforated by ateaui - power. 
The tnrrrt*. engine*, magazinm, and tbote 
portiuot of the reuse! requiring apecial pro- 
tection are situated in what ia termed the 
"citadel"— a rectangular incluaure lid feet 
long by ?b feet brood in the centra of thn 
•hip, v> hose sides are twenty-four incite* in 
thirkmuM, ami are roiiaidnretl to be im|>ervi- 
oua to any weapon yet Invented. Tbe deck 
over Ik • citadel, including tha glad*. oa be- 
fore Mated, la three itiriiee ill thickneoa; the 
other porta on the some anrfar* and away 
from tbo citadel meoaure bat half aa inch 
in thickness. 

Ill going into action, th* captain and an- 
other ottcer are utationod in the fan "ro«- 
ning" tower, standing on top of tbe " auper- 
Blrurtnrv,"aiMl within thia tower ia what ia 
termed tha "armor enw," which is com- 
pooed of two plate* twelva tnclina thick, 
"'•Hiding on tlie-r edge*, and intersecting 
each othar at right angle*, the lougeat pinto 
measuring ten feet, amt tlxiel nthwarl-wkipe, 
In one or oilier of the four angle* coiupovdng 
t lie " ariwur ■•nms" aland* the rnplaia, amt, 
what t* unwt Interesting, ho non tliere ateer 
the ship, revolve tbe turret*, tiro tlie big 
gnoa, nr dui-bargo thn eilhoierged torpedoes, 
either by turning a wheel, or "imply by praaa- 
ing an electric button ; on the oilier haml, 
lie can cvniuuanicate by apeaking through 
tlie vobo* tulwB with any one iu any part 
of the ship below. In each angle of tbe 
cross the appliances are the same, and con- 
nected owe with Ihe other, eo that if the 
officer til charge find blniueif exponed to the 
enemy'a lire, bo can protect himftclf by ihalg- 
ing round to another angle. The bunion 
i*“ conned" tfareugh horiroutnl slils iu the 
ctom platen in lino with thn eyn. 

The /ajtcriftfe boa everything dbw for tor- 
pedo warfare ; oil the lwwa ia acurvnt ibnoC, 

• lowu which the" Whiteheads" are launched. 
Over thn stern, on the top of the Miperetrwo- 
lure, i* an iron tripuil, the middle leg of 
which aliuga overboard, carrying the torpwlo 
away from the vcmol'a ahlr; and when tbe 
leg is within a few degree* of tbe perpen- 
dicular, the linli - torpedo ia automatiraily 
lonuehcd free, ami propel* llswlf toward ita 
olijeot. In the tor|iedo - tooen tha wea|mtia 
are placnl iu cylindrical In lira, the door* 
closed, and by thn application of powerful 
pneumatic piatoua, are forced thnusgli aper- 
ture* in the ship's mile ten feet below t)iu 
surface of tlie wider. IlcHidra two Gatling 
machine gnus anil eight iO - pounderx, *lm 
carries eix Nonlenfelt guns; each of the lat- 
ter la mount'd by two gunner* — one sight* 
t began, while the second, by inns lug a bier, 
dischargee one or the whole four of thn tiar- 
twbi, which are fed from a " hopper" placed 
over t ho breech, and ton tat n leg forty chargee. 
The Nordeufelt* are for keeping oil’ koeUls 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 


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FROM "PATIENCE" (A LONG WAT). 

"A Inady-das curl young man— 

A cU«p idtarrll* young on — 

A very lit biMaiy, 
llraiidiwB and dwtiery, 

Hard in din ciuwk young man.” 





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THANKSGIVING. 

(lea hay b all saved, and oar wheat Id all 
reaped; 

Our tutu is all giraercd, our tarns ax* all 
hnspsd ; 

Thank^ririug’ thank *gtt«t>g ! 

For Iho (un and the dm srd th* bountiful rain, 

For the irjOitj and fruit, for the »mm>Jiiiig (train, 

For tbe rose u>i the non*. Irt ua muVr again 
Thanksgiving 1 tbaaksgtsvng « 

fat tho quirk tilt of trad? that giv** life to 
our land. 

For the (kill and th* wealth at the working' 


■poil genuine beauty after all, wban su d- 
denly bn thought to aak, '* Khali I are your 
mother about the price t" 

“ I hare no mother ami ru» father. Tbs 
board ia three dollars a week." 

" Do you lira b*ra alone F* 

*• Yea. I teach the district ertmol, and in 
the loggia' seaaon I take boartlera — a mao 
from Canada, Hilly, they rail him. ami his 
wife. Then this room la generally wanted 
by some logger, aome one like— like— She 
stopped in her illustration, and regarded 
tbia new specimen of logger with a puulod 
expression. 


Thatikupnn*' thanksgiving I 
For the brains that bars tuled with some 
wonderful thought, 

Far thr drama that the artist and poet hare 
naught. 

For the old fight with oil to patiently fought. 
Thanksgiving! thanksgiving I 


Few the homes that with trwest (Arctic® are 
blot, 

Where bore nodes down like a bird in its 


Thanksgiving! thu-kigiiing ? 

For the worth aid the will tbit have made ua 
so fra. 

For our beautiful land from tea unto sea, 

O God of e*ir fathers, we give unto The* 
Thanksgiving ! thanksgiving! 


THANKSGIVING AT STONE'S 
MILL. 

Joicv Stoxe's lumber mill was in tbe 
Green Moon tains; so extra bands fur tbs 
v» niter's foiling sad hauling ("loggin'," oa 
it ia technically called) often came down 
from Canada. Stone was a powerfully linill, 
ungainly mail, with ratios* black eye* and 
a s » si thy akin, lie sat in hia office one No- 
vember day registering the names of some 
newly arrived “loggers." 

“ James Cooper,” be called out ; “ Sam 
Prreton; Michael Caassdy; Yorkaliirs Billy 
(how are you, Billy f). All right.” He spoke 
with a forvigti accent. "Next.’ 

Tbs next wa a a slim yoacg man with fair 
hair, who wore, like the rest, a rough flan- 
nel shirt, lentber lurlt, and high boot*. But 
the shirt rntlar wa* tolled bark with a cer- 
tain carelesa grace from a round comely 
throat, and held by a knotted scarf. Stone 
looked tip sharply — - ■ tba pleasant gray 
•yea, and aakod, 

" Are yon a logger I" 

“ No," answered tba young follow; " hut I 
want to bo.” 

"Humph! Ilow old are you, and what 
wages do yon waul f 

“Twenty- four, and I'll leave tbe wage* 

to you." 

"Seventy-five cents a day — all you are 
worth, and mure too.” 

The now hand looked rather amused. 

" What's your name J" 

“ Arthur Lennox.” 

Tlieu tho owner called out, *• Next," and ■ 
Lennox want out to hunt up a lodging. 

hi Moulton, a lank, traditional, cartoon 
Yankee, answered tho stranger's Inqnirlv* 
with a took that took In tba glowsy fair hair, 
the white teeth, the curling mustache, and 
the peculiar roll of lbs Wu* shirt collar. 
Thru Si robbed both corners of bia month 
with ini partial precision, nod said. “Gisoos 
there ain't no boordin'-hon** hero tbol 'll 
suit yer. ’itliuul il'a Kay's — fust hocus below 
tbe bridge.” 

In a few minatea Artlmr wee walking 
through a neat little rod boue* that aeeusrd 
doeorted. Bo he stopped Into the kitchen, 
and stood In tho back doorway, calling ont, 

" Ray I I aay, Ray !” 

A tall young girt came ont from a shed 
clue* by. 8b* had a basket of wood stead- 
ied by ons hand upon her shoulder. She 
passed by Arthur, who stepped aside with a 
“Beg pardon,” lowered her harden by a 
skillful little bo on oe upon the free hand, 
and then asked, 

"What toil I" 

"I was calling Ray, Mr. Ray, tbe owner 
of th* house, l suppose. I want a lodging- 
room.’* 

“ I'm Bay,’* said the girl. “ Yon eon oca 
the room I leave.” 

A* *he led the way, Arthur apologized for 
bis blundering entrauno, to the ooU of soft 
brown hair at th* bank of ber bead, fur tbe 
young jmtwon didn't ooudeocend to turn 
round, though she explained, " Everybody 
calls me Bay ; my uanie's Rachel Joyce." 

“ Why, th* room la very moo," exclaim- 
ed Artbar, “and so thoroughly clean too," 
Theu bo talked on in a familiar, laughing 
way, ret tempered too with a certain defer- 
ence fur !i*r sex, until the unbent something 
of h#r defensive, under bred rigidity, anil act- 
ually stood smiling before him in a natural, 
girlish, pleasant fashion, lie noticed what 
* »mgulsrly delicate face she bad — a New 
England complexion, pearly fair, but with 
clear blue syce aisd scarlet lips that told uf 
robust heal tli. Ho aloud admiring the lines 
of her nose and mouth, and thinking that a 
brown calico frock of a baggy make couldn't 


'■ Soma one like me,” he suggested. 

" No ; at least tbe loggers »r* not like — ” 
“True, they’re not lik* me. Mis* Rachel. 
They're strouger, bigger men. I envy them. 
Why, I only earn seventy-lire cents a day.” 
" I’ve charged yow too much fur th* room,” 
she said, gently. 

" Nonsense !" he exclaimed, with an odd 
littls laugh ; ” It's an honest board. I'm a 
hard-working boy, Mias Rachel, and I've 
something put by.” 

“I wouldn't fur tba world be hard with 
you,” Mis added, gravely. 

He answered, with an esmvwt look hi bis 
eyes, “ I think, Mias Bachs!, t on wouldn’t tie 
bunt with an; body." Then lie changed tho 
subject by saying, “ Yon must have a groat 
deal of work to do.” 

“ Yea. I have sums," aha responded, with 
th* gseiulns Yankee Idiom. 

A little while after, when Arthur strolled 
down toward tbe mill, 81 Moulton remarked: 
“Niro gal, Ray la. Gut Famin', an' a 
mind of her own tow, bet yer. Old Joyce, 
her fattier, owned this 'ero mill, an* when 
Ray waa fourteen year old— trace, that 'a 
six year ago — Joyce died. Wu'al, Joyc* 
was shiftless, an' there woa old debt# from 
when ho lived down to Bunin®, Them cred- 
itor* they come lip, an' things woa in a rnud- 
dlr, wbuii down comes Laroche— him that’s 
Juhn Scone now — from Canada, an' boys up 
the hull place 'cepl Joyce's house; that tbe 
creditors give ter Hay, out o' pity sorter. I 
t’poae. Wa'al, she's a smart school-teacher 
ihiw, an' 8 tone’s jist a-dyin' fnr t*r marry 
ber. Guess He twi.tlfimi his name over Ut- 
ter English jist ter he a-kiudur not'ral au' 
huuly like for ber. But sb* don't like ] 
him, she don't, an' Queen Vietorry outer her | 
golden throne ain't uuw* high on' uughty nor 
Kay w brai alio don't like a body —not Qneeu 
Vietorry; no, sir/" 

" W as Ray born ber* t" 

"Wa'al, no," Si admitted, with regret; 

" she's a nice gal, but she warn’t buns here." 

"I tbunghl tlivre waa soiaetblng in her 
speech I list — " 

*• Speech !" echoed Hi, ind iguautly. “ Nu- 
tliiu’ ails Ray's speech. Speak* good aa me, 
or anylMMly.au’ w* all ealc'Ute ter speak 
putty good remind here. Tell yer what, 
young feller, stay up lier* awhile, au' 1*11 
I sm yer ter talk as goud aa use." 

Arthur looked much more delighted than 
even this brilliant promise warranted, and 
Laughed long and loud- Then bn aaked : 

“ How about Thaukagivlng, Hi, your groat 
holiday t" 

“Wa'al, some folks eats a good deal, an' 
the men. bein’ off work, calcTato tor drink 
a guocl ileal.” 

" I inppoae yon have a crowd of people, 
flags, music, uud dancing, like a fair-day t” 
“Ya'aa — oh ya'sa,”8i answered, cbasrful- 
ly lying for tho glory of hia native place. 

“ Dunno ‘bout flags, but crowds — oh yea, 
crowds o’ folks. All rum* ber* ter her a 
big time- Crowds amt crowda— yes, is.” 
When HI bad gone away, Arthur wrote in 
a note-book : 

“People full of conceit amt shrewdness. 
Oirl at my lodging* quite well spoken, sweet 
voice, and uses tbe native idiom in a pardon- 
able sort of wsy. Bays ' I went tor know F 
as an exclamation. Baja *lt rains some-' 

Abominable" 

"Hi! llallo I Come here f” some erne waa 
falling to Arthur from th* mill, lie hur- 
ried over t li« foul way across the dans. There 
waa trouble about raising a heavy log, and 
as he stooped (under Stone's direction) to 
tbe lifting, a gold watch slipped from aa 
Inner pocket Into sight. He tucked it away, 
hut not quickly euough to escape Hlone's 

After that ft ret Hay's work a very tired 
noon wont home to Rachel's nest room. At 
supper be met his fellow -boarder*. “ York- 
shire BtUy” was lb* gentleman who ate his 
bread by scraping the butter aide au hia un- 
der Up, and wbo nodded to Arthur over a 
aaucerful uf tea balanced periluoaly on two 
fingers and a thumb. Hi* wife, Mr*. Y. Billy, 
known familiarly ns Jane, waa a rod. faced, 
kindly aoul, who continually admonished 
Rachel : 

" Hit doon. dearie. Ar loikc bein’ *bo«t t* 
fire. It's homely loikc." 

In like nut*- book tliat night vra# written : 
"Several capital Amenean tjpo* at mill. 
Note : grace only exists with strength. 
Landlady centre Hi* iron tea- krltle aloft, 

I .Sc a H- u- with her goldeu cup.” 


After Arthur waa asleep, Stone coma to 
tbe bouse. He stopped in tho front room, 
and aeked. gently. 

"Wall, Rachel, haf you soma kind word 
for me, cb f* 

“I’ve the asm* word always,” she aa- 

" Hat I sail hope, la It not f — always hope. 
Hee, I haf make myself American for yon. I 
go to the cbnroh ; I learn tbe English i I 
sail In* a good buehaod 

" DM t ; pleas* don't ,“ said Rachel. ■ Yon 
can't under* tond. If one loves, one loves, 
that is alL I can’t like you.” 

“ Bat ray lectio door on*—” 

“ Yon shall not call me that,” Rachel cried 
out, iudlgxiantlv. and standing erect before 
him. "I forbid it.” 

He flue boil so ugly ml, ami fnr a ommeut 
his gum] clothes suit well-brushed hair bid 
nothing of the peasant conning and cruelty 
that lurked beneath. For a moment be was 
Joan Maxi* Laroche, then be touk up his 
amiable rfile agate, tnml to neern at ease, 
and sat down in tbe kitchen by Billy and 
Jane. 

Later be a*k*d. rarelemly, " L that Bng- 
lecah boy — that chap with a gold watch — 
boarding here f* 

"An Euglishiiinn took til* empty room 
to-day,” Km.'bi'l anawerod. "I didn't **•• 
his watch." 

“ Gould watch r echoed Billy. “ Us didn't 
see no goelil watch." 

" I eaw it,” Maid Stone. " I'erbapa he baf 
It not hooretly.” 

Rachel soul, "He look* like on honest 

" He looks Ilk* a fool,” retorted Stone, 
hotly. 

“Haw I haw!" Yorkshire Billy laughed, 
"be ba m weak -look in' 'un. He got y tiler 
hair. all eoorly, lolke a babby'a. Haw ! haw 1" 

“ Tkee'agot sunimat loake a babby o® thy 
bead loo. an Id moo," Jaue struck in, with 
evident fueling on ttm new Imi ardor's side. 
“ Thee’s got a big bald spot stoop." 

“Haw! haw!" Billy langbed again; but 
Stone went hreii* Sullen enough. 

Th* end 1* plain. What us* to linger In 
tbe telling it t Arthur worked two weeks 
at tbe mill, coming home tired out every 
night, ami Rachel ticgan to take np»® her- 
self thorn little motherly wsys that more 
sorely than all protestation, mure surely 
than vows or t-ualasire, proclaim a woman's 
Under regard. Sli* bud a pretty triok of 
half scolding him, aad ordering him to work 
more leisurely, then looking at him with a 
dangerous pity. 

One night he sold, “ l'in going away jast 
after Thanksgiving." 

She moved ber lips, ber eyee grew wide 
arid uad, but alia found no words. 

That waa the night when Arthur entered 
iu his note- book ; “ Have abundant material 
for Amnrican skelrhre. Most secure some 
scenes from Thanksgl ring eclchrslinsi. K »- 
peTienee at null invaluable. Larocbe quite 
a WN-lrelramati* villain. I told Rachel Dot 
to say, ' I w ant t»r know !’ She turned the 
prettiest pink imaginable, and hasn't maid it 
since.” 

Thanksgiving-day came at last. Work 
was sciapebilsd, and HtoU*'* looked more 
deaolate than ever. 

“ Where's the crowd of people, Hi T" Artbar 

askml of I bo boastful native. 

Not to be crushed by th* mere force of 
stupid facts. Si answered, boldly, though 
there wasn't a creature in sight, “ Pourin' 
lu— Jlst crowds an' crowds a-potariu' in all 
reouniL” Tbeu he made off in a great hurry. 

Atone at bis h-uise was giving the men 
si mu-tiling in drink. As tbs gla s s es rlicked. 
Arthur could hear from o®t*idn th* foaiiliar 
brogne of Caassdy, tbe Irish hnnd. 

"Oh, bed id !* be said, “ workin' lad. is it T 
1)1 vil a bit. Hs’s a young lord ; got liapes of 
money. Did lie tell me so t Faith, bow do 
ye know bat I've been acquainted vid him 
afore T Mike Cassidy’s no fool, li’js. It wsw 
a young Juke, It was, In Ilia ouhl country, 
that herded out wid the piaantTy all for 
sport. Good luck to y*x, Mistbrr Stone. 
Here’s to ye*, Vys,” and Mike draiuwd an- 
other glsaa. 

Arthur laughed to himself, and walked on. 

Preueutly Stone went up to Rachel's bouse. 
He Htlrnt* through to tho kllchao, where she 

"Raclicil,” bo began, "will you be my 
wife »" 

" t will net,” site answnred, clearly. 

"Man Dtea !" he half screamed, with a 
frightful look of despair. “ After all tbeae 
year* I I haf reiMUiuro my religion, my 
eountry, my language, all for you, ami now 
you follow a strange man- -you go to be a 
lady in England Mon I»i*u !" He lieat lii* 
dark fore bead with his ojicn pal us, dishevel- 
ling hia black hair, and looking like a (lend. 

“ I don't know wbal you mean,” said Bu' 

M 

“ Don't know I You mock me. This fel- 
low ia so Me— you know well what I mean - - 
b* in a lord, a gen I lemon, a cursed English 
uuble. Ho can gif y»u jew cis, drewiie, mon- 


ey." He grew very hoarse, ami grasped her 
arm. “ He will steal you from in*. 1—1 — ” 
Bog* bad half strangled him, bat Rachel 
heard th* word* “I hato him!” hissed 
through 1 -troche's dry lips. 

Bbe daslicd upon him an instant lbs 
wliileivrm of her augry fan*. 

"Ah," h* crimt, with that asm* stifled 
•rreuui. “ you can bo terrible — terrible for 
his sake ! We shall seel we shall see !" Ha 
uttered, in hie own potres, some impreca- 
tion, sons* swift Jargon Impossible to follow 
as words, but fall of dire meaning. 

It was not fear of Laroche that sent Ra- 
chel to her raim, and threw her on her 
knee* lu ati agony of weeping. Hhe had de- 
fended and supported bcreelf from ehlld- 
hiHMl, and hardly knew the meaning of fear. 
Two hours later sb« came down stairs with 
ouch a look of peace, of renunciation, of 
self-conqncat, that Arthur forgot tba old 
brown frock, tho little proviuclalisuu of 
■|hww1i, the hand* somewhat roughened by 
toil, mud only thought, "She it like an 
angel." 

It bad been a raw, threatening day. and 
toward night came a wet, sleeting sionn of 
■now. Horae loggers dropped m to talk 
about tbe change of work. Felling and 
haubug began with the first snow. In the 
ovnning, Stone Joinml tlwm. Rachel gave 
biiu a searching look, liul lie wore a suillr, 
bod a leisurely air, and said to the men, 

“ Had a good Tanksgeevin', boys 1 " 
Uaassdy answered," Via, an r; am! may your 
whiskey Jug bo like Tim the Piper!” 

"How’s that, Mike f" 

" Always full, your honor." 

"1 teeuk,” said Laroche, "that somebody 
must go down to tbs mill and shut that 
sliding window by tbe saw. Tbe storm 
reuiiee in that way. Lennox,” be added, 
pleasantly, w|U you go f You haf Jure drunk 
aa we haf." 

"All right.” Arthur answered. Then, aft- 
«w crossing to hi* room, looked in again, waf- 
fled iu a lisavy gray l ister. 

“It re* very slippery an tbe foot-bridge 
ever the dam — take core," said Laroche. 

“ And bore, Lennox, pull tip the sluic* Itoutda 
aa you pa**, and let tba water aver the duo. 
The river ere too full.” 

Boon after, Laroche yawned, bid a civil 
goad-night, and want out. 

Rachel stepped into the kitchen, and qui- 
etly shut the door between tbe two rooms. 

Klnne's warning alxvul the foot-bridge 
was nut mistimed, Arthur thought. Ha 
could hardly bear op against the wind and 
driving sleet, and in the darlmres was near 
to stopping off tlie narrow plonking mere 
tli on once. The n a ter waa closed in at least 
twenty feet deep above tbe dam, and be- 
low there was an equal depth of slwer fall 
upou Jagged rocks. H* made directly for 
the mill, meaning to puli up the sluice 
! wards on his way back. Tbe window was 
ope®, and using ull bis strength, It* closed 

it. llien turned to retrace his steps Sud- 
denly be became conscious of a strong 
draught. Tbe door* that led out upon lb* 
tsIIh, mi which Ihs flnUbml work waa sent 
from tbe will were opeu. Thao rails were 
on a trralle-work, and reacbi-d the level at 
tli* Iwidg* just aluiv* Rachel's bouse, Ar- 
thur called out. gruffly, 

•• who is it r 

" Hush!” the answer cause hock. “It’s I 
— Kach.,1” 

" Rachel !" he exclaimed. “ Why, wbat's 
the matter f” 

In tb* darkiirse she reached him. “ I 
cam* on Him crow-lire between th* rail*," 
she answered, breathlessly. “ Yon must ax> 
tbe aaiue war. They are treacherous in this 
snow, hut crawl slung, reach tb* road, and 
make straight for Madison. An express 
pass es at eleven. Take it, and go away.” 
"Why, Rachel — ” he began. 

'* Don't delay," sb* pleaded. "You will 
be attacked to-night — perhaps mntdered. 
Laroche ie laying his plans now to do iu I 
know him. Oh. Arthur, if I’ve ever done a 
kind thing for you, do this fur mo.” 

"And yon f* 

“ I'm in no danger at all. 1*11 ran homo 
si-nm* the foot-bridge over th* dam. No 
one lias mlawd mu ; 1 arranged that. Ar- 
thur! Arthur! if you've any pity on me. go,” 
sin- entitled, and urged him toward tlie open 

"Rachel, how can I thank yoaf Hero, 
wrap up in my coat ; it will keep yon warm 

to tli* house." 

“No," she replied. Then, “Yea, I'll t*k« 
the coot." 

" But, Rachel, I may com* back 1” 

Hli* was gone into the darkness, and h« 
made his escape. 

Rachel paused, on reaching tbe plan It 
walk, to put on th* heavy cu| ; then aba 
stepjied lightly and lirtnly along th* trea- 
cherous path, stopping now and then to ltat- 
**. By III* j strung beneath her fowl *h* 
knew, about midway, that roiuu one was 
meeting ber. Hhe guesoed who it was, 
thought of Artbar, nut really safe yet, and 
then sbu belt Uracil avirod- Laroche's 



NOVEMBER 2fi, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


795 


breath wm on lier f«f, hie dreadful Jargon 
of curae* in her ear. 8lie knew that, 
wrapped in that coat, liu ml* took her, In the 
dark urn, fur Arthur. Hbo struggled wildly, 
hat ottered no cry. There waa a strange 
abook and pain in her arm, lima ah« waa 
battling with Ml* ley water of the river. 
Bewildered, ahe atill remembered the alnioe 
hoard* were eloaed, aud there waa tx> dan- 
ger of going over the <Uia. She held by 
the boarding all along the top of the ma- 
sonry and planking, and half swam, half 
polled henelf to abort*, joet under the mill. 
In a moment there «** a strong* roar, a 
mighty rushing tuiind, aud the whole force 
of the river waa tnmbling over on to the 
jagged rtxki below. Laroche had OpOMd 
the dam. A hnuiaa body in (hat water 
woo Id he swept along, dashed and torn to 
pieces, then lie, oast op somewhere, coveted 
by the snow, and by apring It woo Id be uu- 
recngnlrabls. 

Very late, Rachel crept softly home. She 
looked at her arm. It had beeu Blabbed. 
The wound waa painful, hot not deep. 

A week later the JobnaviUo constable 
came OTer to Stone’s, and indorsed the gen- 
eral opinion tbst Lennox bad fallen off the 
foot-bridge after having raised the aluiev 
board*, aud so been swept away. 

After a month. Laroche came to Rachel, 
and said, " Don't feel hard to me : 1 lof 
you." 

" Stay," Rachel answered ; 41 1 have some- 
thing to allow you." She brought the coat 
— the gray Ulster Arthur worn tbn night he 
wont to tha mill. There wen holes in It 
here and there, aa from unsuccessful knife 
lhrusta,and there vw a deep stain oi blond. 

Laroche tnrned livid, held by a table with 
one band, and with the other tremblingly 
pointed at the accusing stain, while ha vain- 
ly trust to apeak. 

'• Ever dare approach me again, and I will 
tell your crime to the whole world," said 
Rachel, very distinctly. 

In three dsye Laroche had sold out the 
property and gone. 

Rachel had a letter from Boston, which 
eh* answered in tills way: 

“No; fur I taught myself, tlia hour I 
heard of your rank and title, to renounce alt 
thought of being your wife. Yon shall not 
suffer (lie shame of marrying beneath you.” 

A latter came back In this style: 

“ My Darling,— With all your good sense 
and beauty, you are a credulous little rustic, 
after all. Pm no lord, nor juko, nor any- 
thing thoae intelligent loggers thought me. 
I'm only a literary fellow, a correspondent 
of papers, and ambitions to write a book. 
I’m fairly well off, and my father's a barris- 
ter. You won't b* a dueheas, dear, though 
you'll be the wife of the proudest man on 
earth." 

One day in the honey-moon Arthur asked, 
“ Why do you wear that hand upon your 
arm, my love I" 

Tben fnr the first time Rurli*! told him the 
whole story of Laroche aud hi* attempted 
crime. On his knee*, be kiseed tbn creel 
sear a thoaaand times. 

There's one English household in which 
oar Thanksgiving -day Is rallgMosly kept, 
and one little English boy lisp* to his play- 
mates, " In my mamma's country there's a 
day when yea get a awful cut across the 
arm, aud tben there's a awful sear, aud that'* 
Thanksgiving-day.” 

Tli* playmate* aro awed with the pecul- 
iar but tragical statement, anil look upon 
little Arthur ae an authority on Ibo cos torn* 
of savage lands. 


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CHAPTER XVI. 

THI TIMB-PIRCB. 

Or the real character* of Mr. Lyster and 
of Clare Mr. Bodeu knew aa little when lie 
left Stoke vill* aa when he came ; nor could 
be even detect the shadow that hovered 
ovnr the little household, ml cast its shiv- 
ering gloom on both of them. 

" I shall eooae and see you again in the 
epring, Lyater," were hia last words to hi* 
brother-in-law, " and In the mean l Lino you 
can always command my acrricea." 

Mr. Lyater had spoken earnestly to bim 
re* peering Clare, ami had beeought lite eouti- 
ael and good office* for her, when alia should 
be left without aprotectoc; and on the whole, 
although the other’s amimuives hail been 
somewhat vague, they had beeu profuse 
enough- The dying man, for bis pert, had 
beeu very willing to take bie protestations 
for earnest. It seemed to him only natural 
that, having one* made acquaintance with 


Clare, her ancle should feel a strong person- 
al interest In bar— of which, however, Mr. 
Roden waa not capable, lie liked the girl 
very well, perceived that ahe was a thorough 
gentlewoman, vastly superior l for all that 
he hail hinted to tbn contrary ) to her friend 
Mildred, aud admired her beauty; except 
for her genuineness end veracity, which se- 
cretly mads him rather uneasy, she had in- 
deed produced a very favors bln Impressiusi 
on him. But, like a voter at an election 
who wishes well to No. 2, hot hoe already 
premised Ills vote to hV I. Mr. Roden hud 
no "personal interest" to ditpouo of; No. 1 
had secured it from hu birth. 

However, the result of hia visit had been 
on the whole satisfactory to Mr. Lyster ; if 
the entertainment of his guest had some- 
what taxed hia feeble strength, the other’s 
promise of future help had given him hope 
— Mid hope wa* now what ha lived on. It 
waa. Indeed, most strange to uoticu bow 
hopefully he talked, aa though Death, io* 
stead of being not dour, was going on hia 
rounds upon the other side of tiia way. Es- 
pecially w hen Hir 1 Vter called, he summoned 
all hi* remains of vigor, and presented quite 
a cheerful front to him, which caused that 
worthy knight (fnr a reason with which we 
are at preecnt only in part acquainted) un- 
speakable mystification 

"The man Junks aa If he hail one leg in 
the grave," waa hia refiectiun after three in- 
terviews, "aud yet he has certainly great 
vitality. 1 look upon It atill as quite a 
tows-up." 

What (ho “it" waa did not appear, but It 
Could hardly be that he had any expecta- 
tion. however remote, of bis partner's resto- 
ration to health. "Then, again, Lyater is 
so cheerful; a man of his temperament could 
hardly keep such a bold face if his affairs 
were in Queer Street. Ami yet my inform- 
ant waa to be trusted. If that fellow Dick- 
son could only he got to speak ont t Old- 
cast le, too, I believe, knows more than be 
pretends to do. But there's nothing like 
confidence about there fellows." 

By which it may lie anrmioed that Hir 

what original, and wore even slightly aseo- , 
elated with the confidence trick which pra- 
suppoeee nrtue to be all on ouo able. In 
srfxmlauce with Percy's advice, which un- 
der prevent circumstance* had Hir Peter’s 
approval more than ever, Mildred came hat 
seldom to Oak Lodge, and no longer in the 
character of an amateur detective. Indued, 
any attempt to extract confidential infor- 
mation from Clare wa* obviously hopeless. 
That young lady always rseolved her with 
civility ; they even embraced as nsnal, but, 
as Mildred expressed it, it waa “ like kissing 
a soow man," which, a* Percy rather impu- 
dently otrerved, waa not at all the sort of 
kissing aha liked. The two girls never spoke 
of IVrcy now, though he was the subject 
of both their thoughts; bnt aometlmes hs 
would ealt at Oak Lodge when Mildred waa 
there. Then, albeit the "two" might not 
have been “company," the "three” indeed 
were " uoiie.” The ordeal to (Hare waa very 
Miwre. To have to ait and talk to the wo- 
man who waa plotting to steal him from her 
for bereelf was trying enough, but to *re 
him iu (be other's presence waa intolerable. 
Of course lie waa her very own, hut she 
yearned to claim him, to put her baud upon 
hia shoulder and say, "This man la ail up, 
aud will never be youra.'' Tlmuks to Per- 
cy's falsehood, ae we kriow, Clare did her 
wrong; hat, fur ell that, It waa wormwood 
to Mildred, though, of course, there wa* ua 
such claiming, aud for lees any endearments, 
to indicate that be hud promised himself to 1 
Clare, 

Tha man appeared most at fare, for ha 
had all that tact and dexterity of manner 
with wbkh the other se* is ao often errone- 
ously credited, but In hia secret heart be 
always dreaded an explosion. It waa a re- 
lief to them nil when even Gerald, with his 
sidelong suspicious look* Mid uneasy air, 
chanced to Join them. He waa more often 
at home now tbau ho lied been for yean, 
appeared really soli cite no about “the gov- 
ernor," and would volunteer to do little 
matters of basilica* for bim. anch as the 
acting as his amanneturi* and chocking his 
hooker's book. The sick man always ac- 
cepted those offers of service, and tha lad’s 
exquisite penmanship aud accurery of cal- 
culation never inisood their aired of praise. 
Bat the light that fire* the father'* eye with 
pride at even the smallest achievement of 
ht* offspring was wanting in Mr. Lyster'a 
care. That hi* ton was a failure, and aonie- 
thing worse, was a conviction Dot likely to 
bo shaken at a time like this, when all illu- 
sion* were vauwfaitig. To Clara be was leas 
demonstrative than nature prompted him to 
lie. fur emotion weakened him, anil above all 
thing* he wislmd to liueliwiul his strength; 
but hi* heart yearned toward her, and next 
to her to Herbert. Aa men draw near their 
end they cling to truth anil geuuiiretiMS, 
and love (o have thoss about them In whom 
they can treat ; and at Mr. Lyater’* wish, a* 


| the year drew near its close, his nephew 
took up hi* quarters at Oak Lodge. 

“ It la not a place for a nietrv Christmas," 
be wrote, touchingly, “ but yon will, I know, 
not grudge me your eociety. It will not 
iaat for lung, and it Is a favor I shall never 
s>k again." 

Day by day, and hour by hour, Mr. Lyster 
grew pairr aud frailer; aud aa iu the great 
water flood* thv watch -flog aiul the fox and 
other fuur-footod antagonist* will crunch 
together, watching the ground grow teas 
shout them, and the pitiless rising of the 
tide, ao, in view of the dread approach of 
death, Herbert aud Percy and Gerald teemed 
for the time to have forgotten their mutual 
animosities. To Percy, bound by duty to 
pnt In *u appearance In that melancholy 
honor, hat forbidden by the nature of the 
case to solace faimaelf with the carewse* of 
love, (be wfauln thing was hateful, and he 
could hardly conceal hie ditgunt and ennui ; 
whereas Gerald was merely aad and silent, 
a* became him. Within the last few days 
h* hod wore tils usual anxious ami appre- 
hensive Mr, but that hml now deserted hills, 
eud be seemed to breathe more freely. To 
Percy this wa* a problem which interested 
him, aud alnce bn had nothing cUn to dn, 
occupied bii attention. Herbert's aollet- 
tilde waa, in reality, divided between the 
*i'-k man and bis daughter, but appeared to 
bo alstorbed by tbo humor. Clara thought 
of her father only. 

What waa very strange, and g*Te a certain 
woirdums to Uin general gloom, waa that no- 
thing could persuade Mr. Lyster lo remain 
in his bed, w hich was obviously the proper 
place (iir liius. Hs got up at his usual time, 
or nnariy so, and waa o*>I*(m| to hit study, 
where ha now oat all day; oar, though so 
obviously nearing hia eod, would he have 
any one to watch him at night. 

This waa at first a great tremble to Clare, 
and not the leas so because Hit Peter, who 
had beard of it, had assured her that it was 
Iwit a sick nuui's fancy, which there, waa no 
use iu thwarting; her attitude toward tbs 
worthy knight (which, however, waa banlly 
to he wondered at) was not altogether con- 
ciliatory. Mid she distrusted his advice os 
though it had been the gift of aa enemy. 
On the other hand, when Dr. Dickson waa 
*|>]H.aJod to, he had dsoldi-d that matters 
should be left aa they were. “ This la one 
of those cases, my dear young lady, where 
the patient know* better titan wo do what 
is brat for himself. Thera are some natures 
which rewent tbs restraint* of a sick-room; 
wboaoem to recognise the fact that taking 
to their bed is the beginning of the end, or 
even the end itself ; soil who absolutely op- 
pear, 1 do not say U> parry, bnt to delay, Use 
stroke of fate, by their attitude of aelf-do- 
fanss." 

Since delay was all that could now be 
lookod fur, Uila argument waa conclusive (a 
Glare ; but when Str Peter beard of it, be 
shook fait bead, and, perhaps from antago- 
nism of character, veered round in hie opin- 
ion, and plainly told the doctor that U was 
hia doty not to give way to anch unbecom- 
ing caprices. 

“Tbs moil actually wanted to teach me 
my own trade!" complained the affronted 
physician to hia frirud Mr. Oldcaatie. “ Did 
you ever bear anything ao audacious aud 
unreasonable V 

" Never," aaaented the lawyer, but a dry 
smile curled about bis mouth, for, truth to 
say, it was hia private imprension (hat 8ir 
Peter had not spoken wholly without rea- 
son. That the worthy knight waa very so- 
licitous about his partner’s state of health 
waa certain ; for though tha sick man was 
now denied to all visitor*, ha sent to Oak 
Lodge to oak for the invalid twice or even 
thrice a day. Tha time was coming, how- 
ever, for a cessation of all such mesaagra, 
and for tbo beginning of kind inquiries of 
another sort. 

Christum* had com* aud goto. In the lit- 
tle household without its cheer. It i* one 
of the evils of having set time* for holidays 
and rejoicing* that when misfortune comm 
at those dales, the contrast between peat 
and present become* the sharper. 

"With such compelling etui* to grins 

A* dally reies I.--I*rhi.-1 peace. 

Art (WIm rtfm to Ms Strews*, 

Huw dw* <ss kstrp oar ClrlUsusreir 

Instead of mistletoe at Oak Lodge there 
waa rue, and in place of its white berrira si- 
lent tears. It would have ton * relief to | 
Clare to find tha season of merriment hod 
passed, bat that in ao doing it brought part- 
ing from her father nearer. To the surprise I 
of all, evho of bcrwlf, on the last day of the 
year he was aull alive, though scarcely in 
Arab and blood —he was a mere, shadow. 

“ It M Ills will that doaa It," Saul (be ilor- 
ter, with that admiration for stamina al- 
ways frit by members of his craft. "An- 
other man with lees strength of ]>ur]>n*r 
would hav* given Lu a week ago." 

Aud even now it waa Mr. Lyster’a wish 
that all things should go on ae much as 


possible as thnngfa that Visitor, whose step 
waa on the very thrrabold, uaa not expect- 
ed. It had been the invariable cuviuui at 
Oak Lodge to res the old year out aud the 
new year In, and lia desired it should be ob- 
served on this occasion. Of eon r*u he him- 
self retired at hi* usual early hour; but bo 
laid srriet order* on Clara Mid on the rest 
that they should cnaao up to him at mid- 
night, and wish bim— well, certainly not 
" Many happy new yean," but, let us say, 
pleasant dreams. Nut (bat Mr. Lyaterdreaiu- 
ed ranch, even a* sick men are wont lo do; 
hoc, I fear, even thought much of tbiug" 
apart from tin* world! The clergy of the 
t'horch of England hail but a small fiock in 
Stoke vi lie; perbap* it was the smut* that 
mode block »heep of them; at all aveuu, 
tha fact was that the great majority of the 
population were Done-jura*; but Mr, Lyater 
bail aren hi* minister, and apparently satis- 
fied him a* lo bie spiritual condition. Slues 
that incident, anil laitrad oo this very day, 
he had had an interview with Clare which 
had left her with paler check* and graver 
thought* than ever. It was piteous to see 
Iter non at the bead of the supper table, ua 
which lay the untasted food, and Mound 
which »»t the joyleo* guest*. Hnr liner 
was nett to Iter, and ever aud anon be made 
some observation to bar lu a low voice, to 
which abe replied in mowosy Liable*. Hhn 
never avoided hi* glance*, but met them 
with strange hoiks of tenderness and pain. 
"The old fuol haa been making hi* last pro- 
test U> her against me," wa* the thought be 
concealed muter that reverent manner, and 
masked with that gentle deprecating face. 
And the sagacity which bod ao often en- 
abled him to “track suggestion to her in- 
innat rail” In (lit* cure abx> hail not failed 
him. No one ever knew exactly what hod 
pamed between father aud daughter in that 
supremo bout, but it afterward came to 
light that Mr. Lyster’a reoolntion to iinikw 
the beat of what waa inevitable bad given 
way, ami that almost the Inal n*e to which 
he had put hia failing Lreatli w*« to induce 
her to break with Percy. 

Opposite oat Herbert, silent a* the grave 
to which all Ui*!r thought* wore tending, 
aud braids him Gerald'* vacant chair. The 
lad bad retired, overcome with filial emo- 
tion, it waa charitably Impod, t hough he wa* 
the ouly one who bad displayed any apa- 
tite for the viands, and wne smoking in lu* 

Prceeutly Herbert observed, gravely, * 1 
think. Clare, I beanl the town clock itriko 
twelve jn*4 now." 

“You are right," aha said, consulting her 
watch ; “I don’t know how I came to ouu 
it, for I seem to do nothing else bnt listen. 
Let ii* go up stair*.” 

This conversation, and indeed all that 
happened subsequently, became of eume im- 
portance. Tli» three roe* at once from their 
scat* ** bound on so errand, wherein it ua* 
uecemary to be punctual, bnt which did not 
admit of haste. At the top of the stair* 
they found (inrald standing with white lane 
at the sick mau's door, which was open. 
“ Come quick," be whispered, hoarsely ; 
" there is a great change." 

Opposite the door was the manULpiuee 
with a clock npou it that marked five min- 
utes post tbs hour, Clare took note of it 
mechanically, with a vague, psio«>1 seun* 
that they were behind their time. Herliert 
and Percy looked at it too. a* indeed they 
ouuld hardly avoid doing, aud Interchanged 
a raomraitary glance fell of significance. 
The uext instaut they were in the presence 
of the dying loan. Me was lying propped 
up lu bed, with a bulk of luleua* anxiety 
arid impatience, which melted, a* he recog- 
nixed them, into one of supreme content 
sod resignation. Then, before Clare could 
reach hi* pillow, all expraaiooii faded from 
hia eyes, aud the face oeaaiug, aa it seemed, 
to lie fleeh ami blood, became marble, It 
wa* mi lunger her father that lay before her, 
but a dead man. An hour afterward Her- 
bert let Percy out of the house of death. 
A* they stood on tbo dnor-etep tb* latter 
aald, " It la scarcely tbn time to talk shout 
anch things, Newton, but did you happen to 
notice the time when this sad event oc- 
curred P* 

“ Yea ; it waa five minutes past twelve by 
any uncle's clock." 

“ I made it five awl a half, hut that is a 
detail. Tbn point it that it wa* |>a*l 
twelve. You are aware, of course, boir im- 
portant this in V 

" You mean to Claw I" 

“ Yea, of eonrae, to Clare. I can not aay 
that I waa very anxious about Master Ger- 
ald. Good-nigbt." 

Herbert looked after him with lowering 
brow as he diaapjieared in tbn <inrki.cn 
“ There wa* one thought for Clara, nodouhr," 
waa Ida redaction, “ bat there were (we fur 
himself. Would to Heaven that matter* 
had turned out lew fortunately, for iu that 
cose alia might have mcapvd bim! Puur 
Clara! Poor Clare!" 

[to aa ooeevna] 



HARPERS WEEKLY. 


NOVEMBER 2«, 1«8L 




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NOVEMBER 50, 1891. 


HAIIPER'S WEEKLY. 


Digitized by GoogV 


W1U. WONDERS NEVER 0BJSE!-[S>i |-ig. j»j 


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THE STABS AND STRITES ON 
LORD MAYORS DAY. 

TUB London cnrmipmxl'al of the Jfew 
York UrmU gi vea, under date of NoYcmbcr 
U, tli* fullov log seeoant of tli« incident to 
which Mr. N*»t allude* in III* cartoon oo 
png* TV? i 

" Lon! Mayor'# Hay war celebrated at curiam- 
ary with a proccaakw anil a banquet at 

lb* (lukkUiall. To (lie general trablic tlx annual 
•boo was aoiMwhat disappointing. There were 
nether mn> In armor, Bor Indian elephant*, see 
ballet girt* ta nutiiiM repreamting allegorical 
picture*. 7Vt* time, in fact, all tbr glnrice of the 
part, vtixpt the giliied cuaeh and evergreen Sir 
Jon Uu>m, had disappeared. The authorities 
of I hr Tower hot refund to uauc any anita of 
armor for um la the Lord Mayor'* pageant, lie- 
cause ou the last occasion the callaot hnighta. 
hattag parUkeo loo frrvly of tbr Mowing Imwl, 
left their armor out all sight ia the open air, aad 
It being a rainy night, tbr valuable euit* were re- 
turned whh a thick cost of nut He the lord 
Mayor cirri, being In a dilemma a* to whore to 
procure a alnklng novelty for the ehow, hit «l*tei 
a bnlllant Idea for a Loot Mayor, namely, that of 
carrying the American Bag is peoorawn a* a re 
•pome to the greeting of the British atandard at 

luclctowa 

“So far a* it wrr.t. It molt be said that the com- 

C ient to America aaa retnktud prettily uoougli. 

banner war burn* by a DaggeU waterman, 
and retorted by half a company uf tlx CUy of 
London Royal F'ieileerr. with tied Ixytexu, | ev- 
er* led by the regimental hand, uhrrh played the 
'Star epangM llanm-r ' When the pageant at- 
tired at Wretnrineter, the Bag w*» plaiud In from 
of tho Company. faring the grand oc.lnia.-e uf 
WeatminMer Hall, in tho Palace Yard, and rv- 
taataed there while tlx Urn I Mayor tied waa 
Ukieg tlx oath." 


A NEW EX HI LA RANT 
Thb extraordinary exhilarating poser of 
“laugh lug-giu" la well known; but a Mtui- 
lar property haa yurt been disroterrel in a 
liquid mixture of phosphate of soda nod 
tincture of Ills ergot of rye. While treat- 
ing a female patient with tioctarr of the er- 
got of ryre for a painful affretioti of the knee, 
Dr. Luton, of Rbeiina, discovered that by 
adding a little of the pboapbate of soda to 
the medicine, It aeut the patient into uncon- 
trollable file of Laughter, which eviiUntlj 
epraog from tbs merrleat ideas. No eSect 
waa oboerred until three-qnarteru of an hour 
after the done waa taken ; and after the in- 
toxkallou died away, the patient continued 
in tho boat of humor for tome time. Ex- 
perimenta were then mods ou a number of 
perause, hut it woo found dial female* were 
th* moat auaceptible to the indnence of tbo 
potion. In the caee of some men. only gid- 
dines* atxl a alight headache was tlx rreull. 
It la wortliy- of nresark. In thl* connection, 
that rye bread In wet eeaaoo* ta apt to pro 
dure n feeble exhilaration of the uw kind, 
pvHiapx Ixcaum It contain* a Miiall percent- 
age of tho ergot. We tnut that doctors 
and diapetiaera will he aa ■poring aa poaaible 
In tlx tux of this drug, so a* to prevent I la 
employment as a »|xcle« of Intoxicant. 


HORS FORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE 

t.l DEBILITY. et 
I un found Horatord'e AcM P 
tarty KYlcnll. In uninml ut s 
tac deUUt) real luea at appetite. 

Mew OiknaU. 


Thu Riasxai wnr Rnti'i " A*irici» Pact 
Powuu" Siwumi at.i orottm— It oontalna 
neither Wed, sraeak, Imenuth, new other metallic 
•Utetancee to jM*am the *hln, It ooataina no 
(balk, whiting, isagmuia, or other harsh tagrv 
dlenU to dry or naytrii the akin. If goes no " 
*o amoeth and aeay, and elaya oo au inucli loogor 
than asy other. It knya tier akin aoft oad 
healthy ’ It 1a the only |>ru|i*nitioii wbk-li it not 
only harntlsaa leu rmU'y hnrJkntU lo ilw akin. It 
name* (be akin lei hare that beautiful ctaonxm 
tadicalir* of prefect health. It la abe.lod to ault 
all oeeaplexiooa, there being fir* list* white, 
fcah, ptak, brunet ta, and yellow. Sold crery- 
w bore. — [ Cam.] 



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NOVEMBER M, 1491 . 





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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 

New Yoke, Saturday, Dsoncm 3 , 1881 . 

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ANTHONY TROLLOPE'S NEW STORY. 


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THE PRESIDENT AND HIS POLICY. 
T)RK8IDENT ARTHUR keep* his own counsel, and 
i public curiosity to know the probable course of 
the Administration will apparently not be gratified 
until Congress receive* his Message. There have 
been suggestive letters and statement* in the daily 
papers, and the Democratic japer* especially have 
advanced speculations which are apparently intended 
to imply that the correspondent* are in the most inti- 
mate confidence of the President. and tliat he prefers 
Democratic channels of communication with the pub- 
lic. The grounds of such speculation, however, an? 
a public possession. The President's political and 
party associations, views, and sympathies ure perfect- 
ly well known. He was a “Stalwart." a sup]iorle-r 
of tlie third-term scheme, a devoted friend of Mr. 
OomcLOta, and an efficirnt head of the New York 
“machine.” This is what live lawyers call “ familiar 
knowledge.” It is very easy to say, llierefore, and it 
is certainly both a plausible and a probable saying, 
that the course of the Administration mar b© forecast 
from tli two fact* The Weekly hits utreiulr said that 
it is only reasonable to expert that the President will 
lean to the side of the party with which he has always 
acted. 

Yet there is no doubt that if the President should 
organize his administration in the interest of a wing 
of his party, and tlmt wing the one which was the 
evident minority in the- National Convention, it would 
be nconaarily regarded as a reactionary administra 
tion. When Mr. ARTHUR became the olUciul bead of 
the party, he logically erased to have un interest iu 
any wing of it. because he represents the whole party, 
itiul because its union is indispensable to the success 
of his administration. While It L* natural that be 
should seek a harmonious cabinet, it wotild be un- 
fortunate if he should seek a harmonious party by 
proscription, In plain words, a third-term cabinet, 
with the civil service reorganized upon a third- term 
basis, would certainly not conduce to Republican 
liannoiiy and success in 1884. Tlie President is un- 
doubtedly quite as able to see this us anybody else. 
He has tin? reputation of a shrewd politician, and it 
would be a politician very for from shrewd who 
should suppose that under existing circumstance* the 
way to a prosperous administration and to Repub- 
lican success in 1884 lay in going backward. Then- 
is probably no mure careful student of the moral of 
the autumn elections, and especially of that in his 
own State, than President Annum, To suppose that 
he believes those elections point to the expediency of 
attempting to reconstruct the Republican parly, by 
means of the patronage, upon what is called a “ Btal- 
wait" foundation, i* plainly to suppoeo him not to be 
a very shrewd politician. 

It is true tliat the bcIkniI of politics in which the 
P resilient huu held a high rank adopt* a* its motto 
“Thorough,” and that it stigmatizes moderation and 
conciliation a* sentimental nonsense. Hut the nat- 
ural ambition of the President is to hold his party 
together, und to avoid imputing upon his administra- 
tion the disagreeable distinction of ending the long 
Republican ascendency. A* we have said, he in no 
longer engaged in a contest to give the party control 
to his wing. He liu* himself the ofliciol control, and 
all the responsibility that devolves upon the Chief 
Magistrate for the welfare of his party. That wel- 
fare, it seems to us, could be secured by nothing so 
certainly os by disappointing the expectation, which 
is but natural, that his accession is a “Stalwart” tri- 
umph. Tlie general conviction tliat such a triumph, 
in the full import of the word, had been achieved. 
Would be the alieiiatinn in feeling of the must power- 
ful dcui.ut of liu own party , and the consequent de- 


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light of the Democratic opposition. Nothing can be 
plainer than this, and nothing more evident to the 
President- While, therefore, tlie wholly “Stalwart" 
course may be logically anticipated, and could not 
logically surprise any observer, it is very pumibte 
that Mr. ARTHUR, the President, may take a different 
view from that of Mr. ARTHUR. the chairman of tlie 
New York State Committee. Whatever President 
Arthur may 1 I 0 to favor progress and reform in the 
directions indicated by a strong public opinion and by 
u powerful and independent element in his party, will 
undoubtedly strengthen his administration. What 
ever In? may do to limit sympathy and support of his 
iulministrulk.il to a section of his party will be a ca- 
lamity for himartf, a disaster for his party, uud a mis- 
fortune for the country. 

TOE MEETING OF CONGRESS. 

CoMiitKss meets with every branch of the govern- 
ment Republican. Tlie Democrats, who elected a 
majority of the House of Representative* seven years 
ago. made such use of their power as to deepen the 
profound distrust which is felt for them as a party, 
and the Speaker now la be elected will be a Repub- 
lican. The Senate is altnnst equally divided between 
tlie parties, but the Republicans practically control it. 
The Republican party. Uierefore, ha* onoe more re- 
covered complrte responsibility for the gaverument, 
und it will he a great misfortune if it dues not meet it 
in a manner to secure general approval ill 1884. Tlie 
singularity and the obscurity of tin- situation arise 
from the fact that upon the leading questions which 
will probably occupy the attention of Cotigres* nei- 
ther parly lias a clear and positive position. Tlie sur- 
plus revenue and the arrears of pension* will at once 
challenge attention. The tariff question, in various 
forms, will require adjustment. The liual determina- 
tion of the Presidential election and tlie succmsion to 
the Presidency arc subjects of the most p rawing im- 
portance. Tlie land laws, the Indian question, the 
Mormon problem, the settlement of claims, the relief 
of the Supreme Court, are all matters dint will hr 
prow ntwl. U udoubtedly, also, remedial plans for tlie 
cinngorniis abuse* of patronage in tlie civil service 
will be suggested. Yi-t upon ull these question* there 
can huidly he said to be a distinct party position u|X»n 
either side, 

The Republican majority is so small that it is im- 
possible to foranuA action upon any subject. No- 
thing. for instance, is more Imperatively necessary than 
a simple and satisfactory provision for counting tlie 
elrctonil vote. Such a provision is jierfi-rtly fea*ilde. 
ami in no sense whatever purt i-utii. It* vital necessity 
lias been demonstrated by the imminence of civil con- 
vulsion because of the wont of specific provision. 
But five years have passed, including u Presidential 
election, and it is plain that the country it willing to 
“run for luck.” It should not be surprising, there- 
fore, if tho session |xv.«* without action, although 
the KbMUXTm bill still remains for consideration, as 
admirable a measure, probably, us could lie devised. 
Bo with tlie tariff. Neither party really take- decided 
ground upon it. Tlie Republican platform of 1880 
declared tliat “the duties levied for the purpose of 
revenue should so discriminate os to favor American 
labor," and the Democratic platform demanded “a 
tariff for revenue only." Hut the Republican* did 
not ask a tariff for protection, und the Democrat* 
abandoned their demand during the canvass. The 
original Democratic contingent in the formation of 
the Republican party brought with it. a* in the in- 
stance of Mr. HhVaKT, the principle of tariff for reve- 
nue, and the younger Republicans born iu the party 
naturally incline to that view. But the Whig eon- 
tingeut. which wo* the larger, brought with it the old 
and captivating cry of II EX I Y Clay, “ Protection to 
American industry," and tliat feeling is very strong 
iu the party. On the oilier hand, the Democratic 
party has always played fast and loose with the ques- 
tion in order to carry Pennsylvania, and a fondness 
for subsidy uud tariff is undoubtedly arising in the 
Southern wing of the party. The situation upon tins 
question illustrate* that upon every other gn at issue 
which is likely to arise in Congress. 

Tin- regulation of corporations, steamer subsidies, 
and free ships arc all subject* that will appear in 
some form, and it may be assumed that wluitever 
action may be taken upon any of them will depend, 
not upon grrsit general principles, but, according to 
the genius and tradition of the English race, upon 
considerations of apparent expediency. It is to he 
hoped, however, that the responsible majority will 
remember that a jsirty gains by a positive nnd line* 
by a negative policy. The worst thing Coitgrrat 
could do, iu a party sense, would lie to leave members 
of the party in doubt where it stands upon important 
questions. Th* oourw* of Mr. WoUT and hi* friends 
in Pennsylvania shows that the time has come when 
tlie argument for udhering to one side because tlie 
other ride will do no better ha* ceased to be conclu- 
sive, Tlie WoLFH movement represents the senti- 
ment which demands that 11 party sliaJl be an agency 
to secure certain mult*. If it does not secure them, 
nor even profess to attempt to secure them, it is not a 
very powerful plea to say that another party does no 


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better. Why not have a party that will secure tle-m • 
It U the possibility and. ut tlie light of the W«mt 
movement and of event* in New York, tlie prohalHli 
tyof such a question that tlie Republican majority is 
tliis CoDgress may well bear in mind. 


SHOOTING GUITKAU. 

That President O akeiklo should liave been «*»*- 
sinatnl. although a great and incomparable calamity, 
doe* not affect tlie national honor, because a desperatr 
criminal or madmun may shoot anybody, and pni 
dnee incalculahle mischief. Bui tliat the Prreidwii , 
iuuiuhii should not be punished with due and solemn 
and scrupulous care of every form of law. but should 
1»? destroyed by a mob or a desperado, would be s m 
tional disgrace, because it would show that the liwii 
not capable of giiiuxling those committed to its cam 
und that the fury of a mob or an anusuu is abit to 
take the place of law. 

Any degree of extenuation of tlie atUrnipts to shat 
GpiTlUC is * wrong done lo the American name and 
character. Nothing should be more desired by every 
man who reveres the memory of G.UtriKLO. and wliu 
■roiiqweliends the signilicuncc of his loss, than tlmt 
hi* murderer nhotild be punished in strict accord an t* 
with law, after trial in which he should enjoy the 
sum© opportunity of making hi* defense that tlie mur- 
derer of a tramp would lie allowed The one thing 
to 1* sacredly cherished is respect for law, and re*> 
Inlion to defend its procedure, for nothing tomb ■> 
much to secure laws tliat ought to be resptetod «ud 
obeyed. 

There U nothing heroic or admirable in shorting 
at a man handcuffed in a prison ran, and detrsud by 
the community Hottentots and savages may W 
out the bruins of public offenders, The diatincUnn nf 
civilization is thui it doe* not. Every man in Ik* 
country, the sneaking pickpocket or the PmakiH. 
murderer, is rightfully tried and punished by the de- 
liberate majesty of law, not by the frenzy of popular 
jmsMinn. If anybody wishes that it were other* ut, 
be is, so far, a savage. 


THE POSTMASTER-GEN ERA L’3 REPORT. 

The n [M .i-t of the Postmaster - General luu lr«Q 
awaited with pmmliar interest, and it will not dhup 
]K>int expectation. No appointment of President 
(!.iRnnji was received with more unirarsal satUfac 
lion than that of Mr JaMIKi to the head of the depart 
meat of tlie public service for which he lmd sho«a 
especial capacity. The satisfaction which greeted 
IW appointment was a mgnal illuNtration of tlie wide 
spread public seutimetit that in the public srrriir nf 
this country, of every grade, the principle of leketn-n 
should be Shut of Nai-oMCoN, “the tools to those who 
mu use them." The Bret point in the report which 
arrest* the gratified attention of (lie country is that 
while the actual service has been extended at an ex- 
pense of some 1600,4100, there has been a reduction of 
ft, 700,000 in the Star Route* ; nnd that while thsre 
has loint I a -ci 1 on aiilmul deficit of several miUknuuf 
dollars, if there slmuld be an increase of revenue id 
right per rent , which is a moderate ertimate. tbr d. 
ficit can lie made Ires than a million, while if it should 
be about leu per cent., the punts! service would la- 
conic self -supporting. In this situation, and with 
certain change* and economies that the report rerem 
mciul*. the Postmaatur General thinks tliat a rela- 
tion of letter |Kmluge from three to two cents would 
be at once feasible. 

Tlie report proposea nn extension of the postal -nr 
d<-r ami miuwy -order systems, and the establish®? ui 
of ]Kwtul ravings deponitories, and deprecate* the u-e 
of the Po*t -office as an express n>mpuny to carry eser 
chaiulcM. It states that the conveyance of third *nd 
fourth doss matter is steadily nn remunerative, and 
tends to prevent the self-support of the proper pozUl 
aervioe. There in somelhing, however, to be sari m 
opposition to this view. Tlie principle of the greet 
est public oonvesikmco. upon which the inom-y -urdrr 
and postal • orilcr systems are to be justified, may be 
pleaded also for carrying book* and seed* and small 
mercbaudk-wi of all kinds throughout the spare- ir 
]a-opled frontier, which they would uever reach oth- 
erwise. Tlie Post-office in this country has lern 
always regarded 11 * in this way an agency of civiliza- 
tion. and we think that this view may he reauoiufc.* 
maintained. 

But tli© moat significant point in this adminUr 
and suggestive report i* that, a* the Post-office !»■ 
partment was the tlrat to be methodically prustitutel 
to the basest u<*w of political and party patronage.!* 
it is Um head of the Fort office Department which re 
commends a thorough reform of the evil procure 
After a strong and simple statement of the true few 
ci pie of tin? publk' service os a public trust, and "i 
the fact that the disregard of this truth involve* the 
character and *uoc©«* of republican institution!-— »? 
print elsewhere this portion of the report — the IV-l- 
master - General argues that minor appoiutnifo'- 5 
should not be mails by personal favor, loit by prep? 
qualifications ascertained by impartial tests, opea W 
all applicant* upon equal terms. This reooamwmL- 
tion lias the greatest poraibl© w eight, because it pre 



DECEMBER 1, 18S1. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


soS 


crH'<1h from lhe ablest administrator and mnd expert- 
encwl chief of a department novr in the public service, 
who ha» thoroughly tented the practical value of the 
method that lie iwcimnwniU Thia testimony anil 
proposition of the Pna-tniastcrGeneml an* by far the 
most iui|M>rtant sign of the pruifrvss id opinion upon 
thia subject that has appeared. It will certainly he 
one of the signal distinction* of the Amtiiir admin- 
istration if the reform suggested by its PoaUniwrtrr- 
(xem-rul should become the practice of the department 
and of tli« Administration ; olid it ia evident thut this 
firm and temperat* and detailed recotumeudatiou 
makes it impossible for Mr, Jamer'k successor to re- 
turn to the old abuse of the drpurtmrnt ns a party 
machine without impairing general confidence in llie 
Adininutraliou. 


A SECOND FAILURE. 

The failure of the second niuremrnt in the Star 
Route prosecutions, so soon following thut of the first, 
is at least singular, if uot suspicious. Thoee who are 
believed to Imi involved in the frauds, or who are 
friendly to the accused, have been declaring with loud 
assurance that nothing would be done, and that tlic 
trials were a fnree. If the country should be com- 
pelled to udopt this view, it would be bard to persuade 
it tiut the Administration is in earnest. 

The evident effort to " breakdown” Mr. MtcVuns 
upon the part of those who are uot very ewphutie in 
sympathy with the prosecution may gradually he seen 
to spring from the opposition to the effort to punish 
the robbers. If it was supported thut the prosecutions 
might fail, it is clear why there should be a desire to 
hold Mr. MacVkaum responsible for the failure. But 
if there were a serious determination to press them, 
and to take every step In secure the conviction and 
punishment of the rublx-nt. it could make no differ 
coo* wbe llwr Mr. MacVeaoei resigned or remumed. 
Everything in connnction with the suits thus far, ex- 
cepting the professions of irnl upon llic part of the 
government prosecutors, tends to favor the theory 
which has been advanced that Mr. MacVkaoh doubt- 
ed with bow much energy Utc suits would be urged. 

It has liven also stated that his resignation was not 
accepted becuuse it was understood that he had ex- 
pressed this iloulit. aud it was feared that if ho retired 
and the suits failed, his doubts would appear to be 
justified. But how is Urn matter helped by declining 
to accept his resignation when the course of events 
seems to vindicate his alleged apprehension I The 
unprecedented attempt to cast discredit and suspicion 
upon a member of the cabinet for resigning, under 
circumstances which made bis resignation both natu- 
ral and pruper. is unpteusnnlly suggestive. The Ad- 
ministration could do itself and the country no high- 
er service than to show unmistakably its determina- 
tion that the force of the Whiskey King prosecutions 
shall not be repealed. 


A WORD FOR THE STREET-CLEAN ERA 

Mr. OoLKHAH. (lie head of the Street -cleaning Bu- 
reau, feels that he has hardly had fair play from the 
Weekly in the matter of the recent condition of a 
part of Broadway between BeVeutecuth and Twenty- 
third streets, and we gladly give place to his explana- 
tion. 

For Himi: weeks the Deportment of Public Works 
was repairing that section of Broadway, and the aide- 
walks were piled both with the stone that was re- 
moved and that which was to be used. As the pave- 
ment wo* laid, it wo* covered ns usual with sand to 
the depth of an inch or twu. This was not sprinkled, 
as the Cunintimtoue-r of Public Works, who boa ex- 
clusive control of tlw Croton water, thought thut he 
had not a sufficient supply for sprinkling. The inevi- 
table result was clouds of dust, and great and just an 
nor u rice to the people at that point But there wua 
no just complaint against the Street-cleaning Depart- 
ment. for that department can uot forbid Uw " Pub- 
lic Works" to repair the streets, nor to cover the re 
pain with suit!, nor con it command the use of tlw 
water or remove the rand. In this case, however, 
the street -cleaning authorities did aek permission to 
remove the sand, but were assured by the "Public 
Works” UiAt they would attend to it. 

Ill tills con Ilict of authorities the street -cleaners 
were apparently not to blame for the dusty result, 
and Mr OOUDIAM has been unfairly reproached 
Broadway is cleaned every night from the Battery to 
Thirty-fifth Street, and we presume that the real dif 
ficulty and ground of complaint elsewhere, as in the 
case we hare mentioned, lies in the want of exclusive 
authority in the Street-cleaning Department to do 
whatever is ncceiaary to keep the streets clean. I^g 
islation of the kind that we mentioned lost week us 
embodied in the Chandler bill may yet be found to 
be the only effective remedy. 

ANCIENT ALBANY. 

A W#1 At- enmmitt** of tbe Albany Institute, of which 
Mr. W. H. Bihuxt U chairman, baa pn. fused a aim pin plan 
of local menu. rials which ought to become universal kn Una 
country, it is that of marking the tilea awnciated with 
faiKHiiw men and events, and tbu uiovauwul le well begun in 


ancient Albany. Tim ovnicnilt** plewl also for llie pr» ner- 
vation of two old building* llie l*nfRRKTnx hi. .<*>-, of tlw 
time of Qnren Atm*, as a relic of uii|n»ndlrl«l historical 
value, illiielratiug the very f.*rro of the original and early 
Albany. Theotlwr ia " U10 fClltiYl.sa maiisiuii tin- bususs 
of General ficHV YLKH, in which AuuvMtu lUuti ros *m 
married, ami rich with nnlrivilici aacaxatinaiK It ia Mtg- 
gealml that the city bey the former, land (be Stale tlw latter. 

Tim cunumticc further propose that the line of the an- 
cient stiH'knile defense of the city against the indium. and 
their alliee, the silo uf Kurt Orange • hen the city was UU- 
ilei tlw govern limit at Holland. and of Fort Freddie when 
it was ruled by England, shall be romuiriauruted by plain 
aud suitable marble columns duly iusrrilied. They fnrlbi'r 
m-nriiuM-iid a marble tablet to allow the silo of tlw buns*. of 
Fuiur Ltvtsiisreur. who slgnml the I tec la ration of Inde- 
pendence. and another tablet to he placed upon the wall of 
the new City Hall to perpetuate the gracious milululion of 
Oborok Wa*iiixhto> to old Albany. 

These pioa* suggestions are excellent. They involve an 
expense which is incoMsdcrable, sod they invest tlw city 
with au intelligible ami grace fa I interred. Hneli inrenorUU, 
Indeed, out only prtwervn distinctly the recotlectinn of fa- 
mous men aud places, bat they attest tbu public spirit uf 
those who erect them, aud thereby doubly uonnsb that 
Jimt local pride which happily ailei-u both cfaaraetor and 
action, tihonld the proposition* be corned into riled, they 
would prove tbe Albany uf to-day to be inspired by the 
same feeling which tnakrs the names of Soil' TLEIt aud 
IjMXOtnuN illnktliolW. 


BOOKS FOB THE SEASON, AND FOR ALL 
SEASONS. 

Tux lI.Mirrnn have Just published several valuable and 
delightful books, a few of which only we run name, hat all 
af which are worthy of the attention of that mipretnl |iet- 
miu, tlw huy rr. There will bo no mure Interewling nnd Itcuu- 
tiful gift book this year than Tkt llntrt of rAe If rite .Vims' 
•»is». by 8AMCEL AlMVtM Drake, with illustrations by W. 
Hamilton Omaux. Mr. Diiakk's familiarity with New Eng- 
land scenery, and his felicitously descriptive pen. are- known : 
and Mr. GtlttMjy, whore last year's holiday Imok. t'<utnrul 
Days, is niciounil.to as the nsust rupiiMtu serins of uihmI- 
i-bgraving* ever waned, finds himself among the moimtoina 
in bis moat sympathetic field. 

Of Dt' CHaILUJ'B fowl */ l*r UiJm.jXl Su», a vivid a imI 
charuiinx pirture of Keiuidlliaviati life, we have already 
spoken, llmrftr' • ' >W«yurdlti 0/ .Imrvtcvis //« ter*, froai the 
earliest to the latest time, is the last w ork of that indefati- 
gable historical student Mr. BKRMMt J. IximtMl, and lls 
idea U bulk ivovsJ amt admirable.. The Cy cfepKfiu U de- 
signed for the mass of readers who can not ciwimniid time 
torusstcr tbe great histories, and furnishes at once I be spe- 
cial information niton praam* and svanta In Auwrlron his- 
tory which they rci|uiro. This is furowbiil in tbe newt 
concise mail nor, so that ss a book of historical rufiuvaoe it 
ia unique. 

Tbe publishers of Yenisei Pxoruc have naturally remem- 
bered the boys and girls. The volume of Yol'NO FWCU it- 
self for I re-1, with iU fi3t pages and ~M llliiatrsMolw, would be 
an exceedingly attractive and welcome gift to all tbe Christ- 
mas expectants. The third part of Knox's flsy TVarvJArr* 
in tAs Far /art is faacitialiug, and its pnifawi aud capital Il- 
lustrations happily tell the story to tbe eye unit fire the im- 
agination. Tkt I rwUt of (Ac ** GAort,” by W, L. ALTKN, is a 
ehorniiDg voyage in funiliiir wsleta dererihad with the ha|>- 
py knack of “an old boy.” Indued, of tbe llsiireas' holi- 
day Hat it may be said in the word* of tbo old advertise- 
ments, ‘‘every twite and puree will lie suited.” Aud sur- 
veying the Clirialma* literary wares upon all aides, the loi- 
terer in tbe hew ibUring shops, rejoicing that the days of 
'• Keepsakes," "Sou venire,” soil " AunonU” are passed, and 
that tbe days of really valuable and intervating bookahavo 
■-■mm, may wisely empty bis purer, thunk Uud, aud toko 
conrage. 


WORDS FITLY SPOKEN. 

Tlte recommendation by the Foatmaster-Gcnieral of the 
methods of administrative reform which Haiii-rm's Wkp.k- 
lv baa long advocated is ail event so irguifii-Aiit that we 
gladly cojiy his wonts. Tliey seem to as to state sound 
principles upon the snbjert tern per* lely, atrengly, anil con- 
cisely, Tin. i|iieatlaii will aiidiHabUslly Im taken up iti Con- 
gress, and this rxprcMlon of opraioti by one of tbe higbeet 
ortloers of the government, at tbo bead of the great patronage 
department, will necessarily have a powerful influence. 

"Carefwl uhesrvatiuti ia this depirtueut and tdiowhore lias but 
confirmed mv ouavWtiun uf llu- great public bem- (it to to du rivml 
frulu cuoducting the puSilic bailiirss <m bioinest priaclpkcs. tumm 
un.-tkod of relief ami be proddud train lbeu>i.-rwludiulag pmsue 
fur apfolulimiiit U> rhrkdilp* and oiber eulMiidinale puiitiimt, anil 
f rum the oijiial |irtwsurc ful Ibr rumutal of rape Ms and lined 

uiliunu to make- luum for ibusu sbo are aut mure ouin|H<«ia. 
The public sn-cles I) s poUic trust to which ever) liiio u may pne 
perly aspire, sod the public iun-rest plaialv Ji-ouh that uilous- 
stoa to It shuuld nut drfs-nd upon )wrsuoal fuvur, Iwuuim mwIi 
favor can not well be impartial, and bccaiwr a syiloa of ap|Hiim- 
ment by mere influtace tuav t-c rraililv pervenud’ to the pMmcsiuii 
of piivats Intrresu and personal amiMdun. Appiititiiii-al bv in- 
fluence naturally results la tasking the tenure of ottrs ■h-|HS>-i, toi 
upon fidelity aud idbcietsy in the discharge uf Uficial duty, but 
up« tbr iMoioois cultivation of tlw taeur of a pstnm. Such a 
ten are ii incompstihle with the ad (-respect of U.r ns.iwWat, and 
the service most nccremrflr tuffer f ram tic decline of lu mcsalc. 
Hit the evil oociscpicnces can not be limited 1» the ptblle servlee ; 
they affect all potila.*al anion, the purity and vigor uf tlu- -govern- 
ment. a&J the natiunsl character itsrif Tbe qstsliuo then-f.nv u 
one of far higher importance than dial of the coiU|>aisUfu Utm-u 
of ckrks in the employment of the gcnerniuenL. aud ruslly ococran 
the r ha Pieter and lueccaa of republican insrilalioas 

“ The first step, in my judgment, toward tbe relief of iho ap- 
pointing officers, and the promulsia of the greater eltieier* v and 
economy of tbe civil service, would be a iMthwl of DUM-r appoint- 
saent which should he in.lepecsAcnl of pmstal or torvlsuii iaflu. 
erne. In some importaat guiemini-nt olfiies of w trill I have had 
[ersonal knowledge soc+i a system n already in opera dcWL In 
(how- iiffiiva minor ai^KnuUnreiM arc dctcruimed ndely by prep.-r 
HWaKfitatkiac, uo-rtaim-d by Impartial tiuta men to all appii-ranti 
•ipoa vqual terms The gnvii vutveta whku uus alwiried tbu 


mechoil of sefer-tion prove* it* praetieatdliry. while the gooil rvwnlf*. 
birth ia the serviie and in tbe eluirnniv of the oflh-an lli-w select- 
ci. demonstrate its valuw. The ovuneksi of this ui.thod wider 
wnifurm conditions is •■urwesrlr to lie desired, Isah to u»m-t fa- 
iwlisr esili III din public sen ice itself, and t» rutuuvn dm Mill 
gvwvi-r rvd. which spring from iheln. 

“ In my oploasi. tW» tame geowral prinripM shouM guvrrr. the 
selreikw and iMetitkw of emplnyra in d>« wpsitmenL ' Tin- puli- 
br m best served t>y booest. capey i cwcwi. sod rauipctent cclcc re, 
and cksngni tbere-furr abcsiM be mad* carefully, and only fur rva- 
sooa aff-HCing official eundutt. My »i«w* u|hhi than aalijcct nrs 
■ 111- rmull I if prol. 111 gnl ufficisl e»p<ri.-ni>., sad 1 am persuaded chat 
dm pnutiral applies post of thi*** priwipAns wostd promote pot-lin 
morality, iscnaw tint "cummiy and cttciimcy of tbe public service, 
ami assuage dm fury uf party s*iirit. against whkh WaoBUcrroM 
warnwl llu. cuunlry as its chief peril .' 1 


personal. 

A rar»vi. in Bcllianv. West Virginia, allo.ling to the mrtioe of 
the willow of Alkxasusm tUwNU puhisahed in ths Wutir >=< 
.Notiunlter fi, says - “ YrMrshi nuirulug iNovrealiee 4| Mrs. Cawr- 
KU walkml from hi'f b.iuss- ta the ixdli-ge, over half a mile, aad 
sis iu the chapel u. llow fur prayers, at rigid o’clock. Thia for a 
lady of rights is doing prvcty wvlV* 

— L'uKt I'aire, one of dm few survivors, If not the only one, of 
the tiaUiii of AustcrUu, lives la West Liberty, tlhte County. West 
Virginia. Although au old man, lie was aide to cultivate a su. all 
gar-Jeti daring the. |aat aumomr, and is nuw very busy ia caiing 
for his crop of fail vegetables. He fought under fioxarasn, aid 
carries two score as tokena uf that stcvlre. 

— Mr. W. IL ifisaoe, Urn author of iMm-Jd, is now iu Soutbccu 
CabfoniU, with a spratsl artiri, preparing a series of illuwlnilcl iia- 
|srr* on dial regioa fur Usman's Hir.urM. These will follow hm 
|i*|ira on Mmuml, tbe first of which will apfKar in tbe January 
unru lier of that Ecriodical- 

•— The saore that ia |MiMhshcsl of the late Baron Jawns Roths- 
rinui. the n»: re intcrrstins bcocuDca his rharaoter. He ww tire 
literary mcmlier of hi* family, ami habrt»Hlly fns|ac«t«si lire Na- 
t:-. ei'il Library. D»*t winter be c-xocsl twenty tboomsmi linre «if 
aa ancrcnc Krenib week. He dhl it bim*el(, Imcwusv ths work ilw- 
man-k.1 great aorantcy, aud he would oca trust a mpyi-t. Su re- 
markable wan has bwit lore that Iswkaflmi, when si fault, wouhl 
edtes* refer to him. H« sever iliorel cart, ne'er played card*, nevre 
wrrrt to ebbt. In die evening he wurkwl at Ids fsvurile |mrwoila 
until midnight. Yk lie was punctually at tin. uflice of dm fsnuu* 
bowse, where die three brvcln.ni and two Nephews snst every day 
at -l.-tcn, Hi- gnwmaiMr ia Mid u. have hreu diatis^uksbed by 
peculiar delicacy and lnudm-ss. 

—Mr Jisirs JirriRNis, in a recent ktlur to a gimtlcnian ot 
(iRctnead, swya dial hr drat apwored 00 the stage IVtmory t», 
I SI'S, ami odds - **1 have plii.-d ILp Van Wbikio alwut twi-nly- 
Sv* buii.lnvl tiuna, for which tray I be forgiren lu aaothcr and a 
t-in.r world, wlrnre ihurs. will be oo uiaturtra and u managers.'* 
Rather bard, that, ott tbe mauagrra. 

— I 'rv3.idr.it Atnira waa elected the lSti. Octoher n hono- 
rary iawu.U-r uf the l' iimn League Club— « 0. junction very rarely 
.v.sifcrrot only a bust a duten pcrausia tiann* been th^s I... norad. 
AnniUK the m are the names ol Aatunaa Ltvix.x, General Uaasv, 
tieurru Siixniras. Admiral FasKasirr. and Adqural Ptarva Pk- 
Tia I'd w»* and the Rev. Dr. Bauow* are dm only onus elected in 
nrcviit ynare. 

— Is.nl IsTTvnt had alwara the pervottal ytnfiarfty of writing 
in perfect iredat*.*. Hi* *t»Jy *»» nwtwM, ami all waa f..r- 
toddrtl While writing, die Ibuir ahuul him would Im strewn * ill. 
books and pa|wrs. and »o jealous was he of dm privacy of that 
■wm-lido that few were wreir ailnutlrel within Its walla, la bia lat- 
ter data be never gave nuwv dian llinw In... is to cvmipusldun. A fi- 
le riWndy eating a light breakfast, lie would ia>tei list slwly at test, 
and ngaiarly at ulm o’clock he would uumigc, ha* work over for 
(lie day. 

—A fortnight afu* ho waa shot, Pro.Jrat fiaKTtrto attcu.ptc-i, 
at the re<|Uuit uf one uf Ibr fi lends about hint, to use a |mo. lie 
• rertn uu a shp uf paper : ‘Join A. Gaxmtji. Straw gwlitos pro 
Republics.'" 

— Rishop Kir, of San Franciaoo. reccntlv joined in wedlock ths 
Rev. Waltkc Cmxu Yocso and Mis* Aw Tiw. Mr. Yurso i« an 
Efi^.upal roiuiauv relwrateti ia the Eastern Kates, and Miss Tut ia 
a cultivated young lady of Hone Kong It w»* llie first failiwsre- 
ble Ckdncee wedJtug in thi* country. Tht groom wore his denial 
rubes, i:d the bride ratirei of Ckincwe cat. iwludiwg a doak like 
dre-sa of blur, lined with bright starlet and trimrorel with gold ivj,*-. 

— l-Uwaw Tssjun ia to preach the sermon in Iwhalf uf the l*ru*t- 
ers' Fenaxo Corporation al tin- «. veiling of the Cat tv* mnweeial 
window in Sl Margaret's Churvh, Westminster, of whkb Caaew F. 
la rector. 

— Tnasre Psirrsva ref Siam »w cuaspkvnna among the gorata 
at die recent crewrt ftwllihiwt in Vienna. He was i-iol in gold- 
cinbraldcrvd shoes, triolet silk i<iwhiiigs,grjilemhn»hsn*l awnlk, 
and gtAicu helmet. He peesewUil to tk» Friaewss ritasuaxix wad- 
ding gift* of the most grigeow* S*amea« dwripliuii. 

—The Rev. Dr. ^insure, of Hmuklyn, iwadi. the recipient of 
an agreeal.le surprise toi the eveoiag of Nmvmhvr 1*. thu thsrty- 
Sfth anmeersary of his paalcrau-, when he was pnmutwd by hta 
friends with a «rtiM ami few ISA.UOrx 

— Mia. Lrrer Ilswitvsi* Hooter wnlsw from Paris «f Qurem 
MsuHturra of Italy - "lam ud.l that there ore few ladhw in Eu- 
rupo eo well vt-mrel is Am.-runn literature aa slur, leiio.rit.uiW 
ranking ftret and II wraua** sumud of oor aulbora. It ia alao 
soi.1 that she cheri-hea dm »Vw uf ocut day anuling the yre-i.g 
I’riKe of Naples to A u»u»-a to study our msiiunioiis osd preiphr.'' 

— Froaidrert W iMiuKar bellerea in tbo «<|ititiaa. He la h-|iui<d aa 
wiring : “ When I was |irrshhui( uf Yale Culluge, I waa aikeii If I 
*mM lie wilUng to admit women aa atudi-iit* there. I repllod 
that I would if Vaatar College wuolJ admit louag wo. That 
■M the fljauRaaloR,” ITjwr thu ika / n .trjnJni naaika : - We 
uiggic**- I hit Your was finite Uni lm-*u»r women neuld not hare 
the advantage* they HOStM ill Yah- College. If Yale sa-t ocher 
ndlrgm had nut 1 i.-luihrel w.uoitt, iioImkIv would lays thoeght of 
•uriing Vs tear Colhge. W Imn, a a is fast corning to be the case, 
the oH college* gch.-rallv aitaill g.rls.w* shall expect that the 
girl*' adhttre, will Ui uiiito as fee os the boys'. Wc allow that 
|HwsiUv a Yak atui a V ran may lie left that will remain •• dried 
and *l=il dryiog apremusw — foeaervtd. as it were, in atomic.” 

— Mr Casi M xr M In n o is known to the cmmlrv as one of 
llie ubln-t of uulilical speaker* and mart feheit/ms of after. dinner 
bilker* He ha* rccso it ir developed a new faculty liy dropping 
lulu diudtyv. A abort time since he sk-iirertd an aiidresa at tlie 
—j truing of a fair mder the aoupiies of the young Udies of ibe 
Ghurvh of the Uearcuty H>-*t. and eiimfMi familiarity with Bib- 
11. ul hhrtoyy by saving : “ Long ago the oburehc* were allowed to 
hold fain, and while they wire in twEras* I hr tncrehant* wen. 
ton. pell. if to ctoae their plscre of bavines*. When the lltxli.ip of 
Winch cater held his great fsir, die doom uf all the simp- ia I*.n- 
dim wit* tkerd for a week by law. With Ibe prsawls of tbo 
(air wa- reared a temple that »» the pride of ecclesiastical Eng- 
land. If the bods and bear* nf Wall Street ware m tout rilxiut 
their pnjflts to this fair white in pn-jp***, they would lay up tnva- 
survs never before ere- tiled to litem. 





HARPER'S WEEKLi . 


DECEMBER 3. 1M1. 


BCSKI IX COOT 


DECEMRKR 8, 1881. 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 


605 



TI1B GU1TRAIT TRIAL. 

"CinaK IUxtox," wrote Thomah Taixk in 1JW, "dnr- 
log tbo American Revolution 1 nitoemod (ha OIKUVMU* 
evil# growing ool of I ho apjonru of t'nngreu within llm 
jorindicttnn of each of several municipal government*." 


an improvement an (hat of a Urge rilr. None of I ho cities 
in winch the Coflgrma of (hr Revolutionary lift holil II* 
acmiim* woulil have tolerated such scandalous occurrence*; . 
niMrio of (ho Htalm in nliicb that* cl II m acre situated hut 
con hi have provided a bettor tribunal, a hotter pollen force, I 
ami a general system more efficient, secure, anti dignided, | 


I ere aw in the vigilance with which bo I* protected. Thn 
' attempt on hi* life which took place on Saturday, the ll>th 
of Xovrrahcr, vra« »urh na might have been expected in 
Leadiill* in the caoe of a horse- thief. A recklcm man, 
tiioontoil on a Reel liar**, w*a allowed to follow the ptiaou 
van fur more than half a mile, approach it. locate hi* victim, 



Thee* be dawrihed aa especially arising from the effort* of 
the people of the temporary copitaU to control the action 
of the general government ; but If Ur. Ptm hail wituern- 
ed the disgraceful incident* of the trial of the Pnwirienl’* 
aa*ani a, aren hla loeredalona mind would have connrdod 
that tbo pop a lace of a capital “ apart" i* net neeeaaarily 


than that of which the nation now beam the dUcredlt In 
the Diatrict of ColnmbU. 

The manner in which Ocrrear ho* been guarded ha* 
been to the loot degree atiipld anil Imbecile. He ha* now 
been throe time* am* lilted, twice with obvious tannlernui 
intent, and these attache hare produced no perceptible in- 


and then fire at him, with only aueh danger a* * single 
policeman'* rapid and unskillful allot prodiiceiL It make* 
no difference whether the assailant waa. in the ewrrrnt 
tilling of the hour, a "crank," nr whether he waa one of a 
hand of determined coctapi rater*. The evidence which hi* 
act give* of the utter iniafflciency of the precautions taken 



806 


HARPERS WEEKLY. 


for the |»i i Miner '• safe ty . mil of t ho niter fail- 
ure to appreciate the narinoal importance of 
keeping din prisoner *nfo, i» llw same. what- 
ever the umiIIvo of i lir wi.ol.I Vw miinlerer. 

Considered solely with nfMMM to Utn- 
t Kali's nun foie, probably few of iw non lit 
euro T»ij much whether he Hll»Wlli>n4 
death from one cant# or soother. Mo him- 
self say* till Ik- " in RM lAlU to die if the 
Daily will* it, hut that be don not wish to 
be nb.it down like a dog" ; iu other wonts n* 
lie shot down hi* Hliistriotis victim. Titer# 
would Iw * rmle J ml ire, whirb the treat 
lew- abiding world rm^nitr, in such n 
death. It n imt for lii« sake. it i» for the 
Italian's nuke, that he should bo gnanUd 
with the ntnumt vigltanee and energy. That 
the national government. in ito own eapi- 
tal, over whit It the lawn of Congress have 
aim .Into sway, should ho tillable to met in 
to lt« own trllMmal* anil lu own agencies 
the pmil*hnw-iit of the nmnlerer of the Chief 
Executive, i» something intolerable- 

Quite of » piece with the wretched care- 
lcMness of the guieriJineiit officials in guard- 
ing the prisoner is tbe tnautirv in wliirh lie 
U mailt 1 let exhibit himself to the people w bo 
r ore to visit his prison. Ou ttuuday, the 
90th, the day nfler the linutia attempt at 
murdering him iu the van, there won a great 
(leal of c iclteineut in Washington. Tbe 
resilient population of the city ia of a very 
promiscuous character, and, apart from the 
govern nieot employ At, mostly of au mfartur 
cilia*. It la net a community which feels 
very stroogly the proprieties or the rrti|o«n- 
•IldlilMW of citizenship. ami it la unforto- 
natcly only laxly controlled. The prison 
where Gl'mcat' was connived was thronged 
on Sunday. Viwtora wen* aceompanieil 
through the corridors, and the gnarihi w ho 
attended them complacently engaged Get- 
TKal* in conrrnalion for tbo grntilicstiou 
of th# idle euriwiity of lh« crowd. At one 
time a scene which would (rein impossible 
if it were not reported without any reserve 
by the Associated Prris, «»« enacted A 
(MoiHiitt-rnlilonunilwrof visitora having gath- 
ered in tbe main eorridnr of tbe jail, the 
warden scot wont to GtTTlUt’ to come out 
of tlw rell ami show himself. This i*qM| 
tlie fellow, who seems highly pleased with 
the attention be attracts, promptly com- 
plied with, He paraded hinirelf for mime 
itiiiaaeoU, and then bo retired, making a 
semi-military salute to tbe crowd, “with a 
smile," It is difficult to umlerMantl how 
American offirliila with (he slightest sense 
of the requirements of their oliicc could 
bare permitted, iniich lew could have ar- 
ranged, sue.h an outrageous exhibition. Ill 
tbe drst place, it was furnishing a com 
piste opportunity for any crazy (allow who 
wished to ito so to fir* at Grmtatr. In the 
next place, it wna a gross riolntion of the 
reserve which ooiiwoU'amif arol minuion 
decency should impose w it)i rvfrtvln-e to llito 

atrocious criminal, who shoiihl be kept an all 
poasiUle seclusion until tbe law shall have 
dnierniiixsl hi* foie. Tl*st the wretched 
being whoae mad act threw a ahadow of 
deep gnef over every civilized cxmininuity 
in the world should be placed on exhibition 
by lu* guardians, exposed til the gaze of the 
idle crowd, and allowed on tbe ifablintli day 
to display Ins cheap autiea like a half-tamed 
chimpanzee ill mum wamtcriiig menagerie, 
is a thing so bnpeleasly vulgar, winked, and 
disgusting that it makes one donht tbe re- 
alily of the program in social refinement of 
which our age nnd our land are wont to 
boost. We may seek to console ourselves 
with tbe reflection that this unseemly oc- 
currence would liavo bucu Impossible iu any 
of onr larger cities, ami that it is doe only 
to the whim of a eet of carelvsn officers in 
what ia realty a cnuni unity bshiw the aver- 
age in decency ; hut to the world, Washing- 
ton is the national capital, and the disgrace- 
ful way in winch its government conducts 
itself is supposed to represent Uic feeling of 
the American nation. 


[ Begun In Bonsi Vinu No. MM, XU. XXrV.] 

CHRISTOWELL. 

O Dartmaor Salt. 

Bt R. D. BLaCKMORK, 

Arrsox or “ If sar Aniaur," “ Laui DoOU," 
" Cram, rnx Csaaixa," etc 

CHAPTER XLII (f ostiawsi) 

THE l«UMl BOCKS. 

“ CfOS my word, a very pretty state of 
tblngsT Jack exclaimed, so loudly that the 
ether put Ida baud up. 44 A gentleman U not 
to leave his own house, not lo go about his 
owe biiBlnvos even, without tbe pcrniisaion 
of a lot of sheep-stealers l Howell. I don’t 
believe a word of yoar Donmimc.’' 

" Well, sir, please y corse It ale>nt oil that. 
Only I have told you roy opinion, at the rak 
of my life ; and If yno laugh at it. you can't 
well blame me afterward, Squire, I wish 
you good-afternoon." 


“No. yon shall not do anything of the 
sort. Here yon are, and here yon stop, un- 
til I have Mimelbiug settled with yon. Wlttl 
gloat do you do nse by vague warnings f 1 
want to know hoar to stop tbe mischief, and 
tn punish every mother's w«n of iheni- If a 
srivtmdrel »*• scheming against me, to suit 
bla own raacatly purposes, do you think 1 
wouldn’t have it oat w ith him T Ami when 
it ia doe# against IIiom* that I love, am I 
likely to run away slid let them do it ! 
Howell, I shall go with yon to yostr bouse." 

Whatever bis license may lie, no man 
deni era to lie coiiauiuvd OU Ilia own pfOltliwH. 
•' No, sir," »*id Howell; "it would make a 
great row. which is just the thing to be 
avoided, And wlmt good could you dot 
You lire strong enough anil Iwave onaugti to 
inert one mail. 1 dare say. Hill here are four 
of tbem. and all with heavy lire-arra*. You 
liai* emi-d my life. sod I will lint de«ln»y 
your*, w Inch would be dotio at once It you 
run in aiming rheas. Tbe ' black gentleman' 
lias a liking for your father — that 1 know, 
Imra many lliing* — but It would not keep 
liuu from blowing out your brains, sir, if yon 
tried to emus him. Yon mat bear in mind 
how long be has lived out-of-doors, and that 
make* men think imiicIi Ivas of life. I have 
tern oil l -of-door* myself for mouths togrth- 
er, sin! life becomes a puff of air aouing suth 

“ What you say Is sensible. And 1 have 
no right to bring yon into danger. You 
have acted fairly and kindly by me, nml you 
shall hum o.i reason to regret 11. Hut tbe 
wont of It is that 1 don't ace what to do. ] 
sun nothing of a bond at scheming. Tell me 
hnir to atop it, and it shall he done. My 
plan Is to collar the ringleader, to lay Won- 
low by tbe heels iu Jail." 

" Not at my bowse, sir." Howell answered 
— “not atmy bouse, whaCoveryon do. There 
is iw house within three miles of mine. I 
should be murdered, if you tried to do it 
there. Hot have him in his own place, if 
you euu. No pack of bounds ran feme nigh 
un old Tor fox, anil no regiment could catch 
Bog Wetilow." 

“KuMilsti! 1 should only Ilka to join 
bauds with a certain friend of mine, who 
knows that fellow, nnd within a week we'd 
have him fast enough. 1 don’t know him hy 
tight, or I would hare a shy at him inntnv 
diateiy. He shift* about, here and there 
ami everywhere, they say, according to the 
weather and lit* wants or whims: but C'ran- 
mrre is his head-quartern, I believe, and I 
k now Cnsnmere at well as any one can know 
It. 1 have boon thorn several turn* to look 
far hint." 

" So yon might, air, fifty limes, and be he 
there all (tin time without you twigging 
him. I can give yon a cose of what 1 know 
to be a fast. He Inid a guinea each with 
them other three chap* that they weald 
not find him there tf they searched all day ; 
and he gave hit honor to go on aa usual, 
cook his dinner, stunk* his pit#, sit out in 
the son — If tbera would he any and goon 
like a common turf-cutter. Well, sir, they 
hunted all day. mol they vowed that there 
maid not be a snipe there, out of mark, anil 
that bo was a liar, and they were blessed 
if they would pay, when auddeu there he 
was tn tbs iiiiildli' of tbem, with one of them 
new-fungteil pipes in hit nsouth that ate 
made of the froth of the sea, by alt account. 
He bad I wen tbera all day, hoiking at them 
■suiictiiuus, kuiiv times not OMOtfuafi to do 
it." 

“ I don't believe a rap of all that story,” 
said Jack, who «m hardened into disbelief 
at Oxfold. " I don't menu to soy that you 
exaggerate at all. You believe it, no doubt, 
because you heard them tell it ; and per- 
hap* they believed it. Hot I don't, miles* 
(lie day won full of thick fog; arid of that 
there has not been lunch, you know, for a 
most unusual llm#. The springs are very 
low ; the hop are down, t’lunuion- is only 
three or four miles from bere. Howell, make 
your mind at ease. I shall have that fellow 
iu a day or two. And of course 1 shall hold 
yon clear of it- Nobody shall know that 1 
bare even *eeo you." 

“ If I may risk you a favor, sir, it would 
Iw to leave It till my soil come* home.. He* 
ia the bravest man that ever stopped the 
earth, and might have been au officer, rx- 
cept fur being bashful. Me knows all tbo 
in* and ont* of half the hog* ou Dartnkoor, 
ansi tbe turn of hi* mind is to catch the 
proper end of tiling*; nut to gn dwelling 
••II this aide stroke or on that, blit to lay 
hold ou the core of It, and pull it up to day- 
light. Ah! if be had only been horn when 
I was, be would bare aloud next lo III# Duke 
hy now." 

“Then I wish with all my heart that he 
was here,” said Jack, » lints forehead w as 
wrinkled with a world of doubts. " My fa- 
ther has been a great officer, hut he waits 
for authority always," 

“So lie iMtght.sir — ho b# ought ; and I beg 
you to do the same, Squire Vt'catcombs, con- 
cerning of ray poor premise*. I have pul 
myself straight, anyhow, with you, sir.” 


“ Ye*. Is a certain extent, you have. I 
shall take my own course, Imt 1 will keep 
yon clear of tremble. You want to la* off. 
Uood- hy, my triend. Let me know at one* 
if your sou comes home. 11 


CHAPTER XLIII. 
two mor# six. 

Lf spite of all tbe*e ttirmnil* on tta hank*, 
the Christow went on well, although the 
summer was so dry' atxl long. K«r this wa- 
ter came from a noble depth of bog, purely 
inexhaustible : and the bellropes of (ho 
church, with three men upon a plank, bad 
fulled to give sign of its having any hoMom. 
And not only so. Imt if anything happened 
to choke tbe gullet of that hog, tbin fortu- 
nate hriwik piiMwwwiI at least a dozen little 
pi tetter* In-, hint in tbo bill-aids, and with 
eryst si radiance brimmed. Each hod a very 
Mnall supply to start with, and a stone could 
onrsMn, or a clot of dry rush bury it; 
but after a little run, they rau faster, and 
rejoicing, leaped into one another’s Imaorna. 

Therefore (here still was greensward here, 
and green l>u*he* waving off all dreams 
of autumn in the Captain's garden, w here 
tlw ann was mild. Refreshing sounds amw* 
through the brush-wood overhanging, anil 
the ploy of light was pleasant in the chan- 
nel of tbe shallows. But what bred do men 
pay lo such trifles when their minds are 
working and their hearts are up f 

Two proud men stood facing one snot her 
on the quiet gras* bank here beside tbo lit- 
tle river. Not proud oiijuslly, neither man- 
ifesting pride, nor even eonre-ioiu of it, 
though its power underlay every tone of 
their voters and turn of Ibeir thoughts Iu 
litUe things there eoukl have been no hum 
Uler lur-ii, none more gentle, aulf-paw mmm d, 
and qoick-heaiied. 

" Am I to nodurstanil, once and for all," 
linked firjouo! Wrateomhe, looking firmly at 
the other, whose eyes met bis with equal 
firm news, *■ that you refuse me any kind of 
explatiatiuri f* 

“ Beyond any doubt you moat nnd#rs(and 
it so. I am sorry that it ia so. Unt so it Is, 
and must be," 

** Havo you rimoidsred that it is not only 
yoar own question, bnt also that of others T 
Thst this ret obstinacy wrecks tbe prospects 
of on# who is dearer l« you tbso yourself f 
I me.au not only as concern* ray sou — (hough 
he loves her dearly, and would have made 
Iwr li-vppy — but also concerning all her 
chance of icttliug iu her own rank of life 
with s man she covld respect 1“ 

" All that 1 bavu thought of. not only now, 
bnt for years, ami it grievrw me deeply, hut 
It does not alter my resolve." 

41 Yon admit that you could clear yourself 
I f you clowe - — Hi# ('olmier* glance wna very 
keen and almost stern; “you admit that a 
word from yon is tbe only thing needed In 
make your daughter happy, with ns nr clso- 
whsre, as well aa to sot yourself right with 
tbs world— and yet. from some numerable 
pride, you refuse it." 

" I have not ailmUtcd anylhing of tbe 
kind. Yon bnvo pot your own cnu*truclion 
upon the case. And it is nut for yon to talk 
of pride." 

•• I oca what you mean. You have re- 
baked me there. Hat only from tka ox.. I 
romantic point of view. Ciui yon expect 
me tn hark oier tbs position iu which you 
choose tn stand I” 

** No, Colonel YVtstcntnbr, I do not," Mr. 
Arthur answered, calmly ; “neither would 
1 1st you do k>, if you wished It. Tbe re- 
medy u simple — have noihiug more to assy 
to us." 

“Ami yon ran put it all aside, like tbatf 
aa if you hod no flckli or blond lo yon T* 

“What else can you expect 1 It la tho 
manner of the world — ths world yon belong 
to. and which govern* now your actions. 
You scorn me because 1 despise Its opinion*. 
You must act by ita judgment. I act by uiy 

*' I can believe of yon," Colonel West- 
combe answered, with a gaze of deep aston- 
ishment, “anything aud everything when 
you talk Ilia*. There is nothing that curb 
a man may not do, beeanae he la lit* own 
standard. Unt theTe never yet wna any one 
BO wise ami grand ns to measure himself 
aright by hi* own measure." 

"That is the last thing I would desire to 
do. I hive t he good upi n ion of nil good mrn 
— »ui|«*|aicii»lly yours, Colonial Wiotcuwibc 
lit* voice was inuky, and ha turned away; 
then the Colonel, wbo wu looking rather 
harwlily at him, Irerans# he thought him 
arrogant, saw something In hi* eye* |o 
change the to do of thought and feeling to- 
ward him. 

“ My dsar fellow, we havo stood together, 
with our lives upon the wind, noil caring 
for them as little as for the wind itself. In 
deadly peril yon saved mo. But for your 
woiobirfal courage I could not Its here now 
to speak to you. 1 hops that I Dover waa 
a coward ; but I could better believe it of 


DECEMBER fi, 18B1. 


myself than of you. I hog yon. a* one who 
mu III love you aa a brother, drop this datk 
ay utir y between ua. If you forgot yonr- 
self (nice, toll me bravely. There are mn. 
nienta when nous of ua konir what we do, 
Only sweep off tbe horrible notion of 
tresi'biTy, which wa* imported into that 
tad huatneas, anil 1 will fane t lie world almut 
it, side by side with you ; and your Km# 
and ray Jack shall be boppy together. 
I ’ole, a* a dnar frinntl, 1 take your hand and 
beg you." 

Mr. Arthur turned to him. and concealed 
no longer tbe symptom of weakness in hia 
bright l.rave eyes. Touched by tbe bind- 
not* of bis old frirud -the man of integrity, 
unspotted honor, wide fame, and large be- 
nevohmee — he Imwml his bead and said: 
“Give me oire iiioiith lunger. Otio miwitb 
mote is all 1 oak. And Ml rely your son, 
rather hasty a* he ia, will b# a life to endure 
one month of donlit." 

"Jack in a hol-headcd fellow," said the 
Colonel, smiling, aa lie alwaya did when h* 
hmt to say aitylhiwg about hi* son; “a 
month to Jack t* a* much aaa twelvemonth 
to ns, who know how timn goc*. Jack, 
upon «h# whole, ha* liehaved most wonder- 
fully well throughout tbapreenoilinga. You 
scarcely aceni to underktatnl ray ww ; hut at 
leant yon will do him justice there." 

“Gladly 1 will," answered Mr. Arthur. 
“ I have been tough to him none or twice, sa 
much for your sake ns my own. Beeanae 
1 know how you would lie vexed about this 
Hut 1 will own to you that if 1 had the 
choice of the world for ray oon-in-tan, I 
would choose your s«o." 

"Nobly said, ninsl nobly •oiil!” cried th* 
ColnneL,with great wartutli reiring the hand 
of 4h« Captain, ami getting a good grip from 
It ; *' arel I will tell yon, my dear fellow, that 
though I have anon **ry little of your Ro#e, 

I love her aa 1 would lovn a daughter of ray 
own. Voo may think me very hasty ami 
vary resiliracutal. Aral it is nod for me to 
say otlterwkM. lint my judgment ia con- 
sidered by good Judge* to Im very sound 
and slow. May ! tell Jack what you ham 
said about him t H# is slightly depressed, 
nnd rather melancholy. Huriiup* you hsv« 
funml me harsh through that, lint what 
you havo said of him w ill set him op agaiu." 

“ Certainly, fell him. I owe him great 
amends. I waa very short with him when 
1 caught him going ou - ynst nndi-rsfand— ** 
we might have ilwn# In our yoong days." 

“ Y**, yea. True ereoigli, we fearer make 
allowtioecs. We are hound to kiep them 
down ; we must scold and snob them. But 
when we notun to 1 li ink of it. wh liegin to 
feel that we ought to hare remrmbered wlial 
we ii*«m 1 tn do. What a pair they will make, 
if tbo laird allows it I They teein to have 
bean mt oat for mm another. Hut wn won't 
tell them that till it eotnes to smooth nailing. 
They sbaVt so* each other for a month; 
that is certain. At any rate, not with out 
approbation. Jack is uixler rxeclIcBl die- 
clplin* — Punk olawrved it with great admi- 
ral ion — though now anil then he gets over 
me; and he enu manage his motber more 
than I ean. However, we will pot him upon 
his honor. He never feils of that, aa you 
know." 

“ Well,” replied the Captain, with a twin-; 
kle in his oy*a, u bc would not h# like his 
father if he nver failed tn that- Ami he ia 
like hi* father, aud that set mo in his favor 
tbe first time be tain# to rstcb my fish." 

"Ahaf* <>irlaiuwd th* Colonel, to whom 
a very obvious Juke waa iumiii tbe lew at- 
tractive; 41 and he lis* canglit your flah, 
your p#| of all fishes, Bnt Ik has not quite 
landed her y«t. Tint# will show. But let 

ns have patience. I sra satisfied to feata 
it so. How glad I am that I came to see 
you at last " 

few as osmuris) 


TIIE SALMAGUNDI CLUR 

We take pleasure ia preueiiting to the 
renders of Haiu'kii'b Weekly n jmgs of 
•keiclnw from the splendid collection of 
walk* in liLairk slid v bite, lh« preslurtiona 
of uicmbers of the Kaluiagundl Club, which 
now gram-* tbe wall* of the Now York Acad- 
emy of Ihwigw. TIi# annual exhibitions of 
this society havo grown in interest and im- 
portance year hy year, until they have Ire- 
coin# oil# of th# moot attractive art events 
of the winter aeaMut. Th# first exhibition, 
in lffd, excited but languid attention ; that 
of IHTfl attracted more visitor*, aint revel, it| 
more notice from the preen, snil from critics 
who perceived t lie tendency and importance 
of tbe movement, Imt Mill It fatlud to pay 
expenses. Undisroumged by the apathy 
of thn public, tbe mernlieTS of the society, 
mostly young men of high aim* and ambi- 
tion, preputwl for it third exhibition, nod 
fairly took the city by slorm. Nothing like 
it hod ever been seen in New York liefore. 
It was unique sod unrivalled in tbn history 
of American art exhibit'™*. 

The fourth annual exhibition of this so- 
ciety ia in many respects aa advance npoa 



DECEMBER B. 1881. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


807 


that of luat year, aud visitors In the A* ;ul- 
cmy * ill lie rewarded by the Might of work* 
which *«M have Ian irnpimiinlitiea bet# 
before the organ ixut ton of the •'Inti. Thrro 
aie many reader* of ll**rru‘» Wmir m ho 
ran renivnilwr w ben picture* hi walcf-enlnra 
funned an limlgniliriuil and hardly twillceil 
feature of tire exhibit me** of the Narronnl 
Academy of Design, anil how slow and ol- 
mnot inapenvidiliW- w.i# the grow lit of the 

ooriety wlwnn exhibition" liavw for a#- nut 
year* rivalled tln« of the older orgauixa- 
iion. The Salmagundi Cluli baa enjoy oil a 
n»nr» rapid growth in pahUr: i«( imarinra ; 
work* in Muck and white are no longer »I- 
hilnieil in conjunction with od'|nu»tinj:* nr 
water-cnhini ; mid the public. eduraled liy 
Uiuaa exhibition*, awl by the woeidarfal id- 
raise# tu the illtutrutinii of uiagaxiur* and 
books, ia able In appreciate and enjoy theuu 


CRUISE OF THE “ALLIANCE." 

IL-OMEX HAY, KNTtKKrX. 

Dirncrmias of navigation may be aaid 
to reach their maxnniun in the arctic *eaa, 
and rlnring the cruise of the United Stale* 
ateaan-wtilp Alliamrr many were the danger* 
ake encimutercd. AImmU oh neriotia a one 
a* any win that which threatened her on 
the Mil of llgltl I ant. 

The waal «« altirting the lea on the 
Greenland const, and early in the morning 
ire wan seen on the alnrlnard, lent shortly 
alter* ant what wan thought lo lm a clear 
passage wna mode ont. Then a heavy fog 
aet in, accompanied by strong wind*. Now 
arotir navigator*, when tln-y notice that 
little* aea ariaca from a heavy gale, come at 
once to the conclusion that there mnat lie 
ice-field* in the neigh bo r ti nod, which keep 
down the mm A* anon an it waa potoild# 
to HOC, tlic fag having lifted, the officer* of 
the -f /friar* found that their ahip wa* font 
being Mimottldeil l»y the ice. They had 
Mill'd into a pocket, and a nip waa to be 
prevented. This nip la the gieateat wwirce 
of danger to nretki explorer*. Ironist rid* 
ia the ire pirmnto. A vewwl i* HlirtiMltulnl 
by he. w hu ll i* impelled by a force which 
ia fur lie) end human estimation, One of 
two thing* then happen* — either the ahip 
ia ern»li'd with a* 111 lie t«sn]i» aa a filbert, 
or ahe i* lifted up above the iee. lu the lat- 
ter cuae there is every chance of her being 
ever after lUselessl, for »!»• haa liern twi-tnl 
and "trained. c*r alie n quite aa likely to re- 
main held aa in a vine for yeani to come, 
drifting hither and thither aruinnl the polar 
circle. Fortunately the watchful Ice-pilot 
aaw a ainall clear hlaik apace to the east- 
want, ami the .llfioare. with nil tier oil lmil- 
ora brought Into IMS, *1 earned !■> the open, 
and retracing Uer conrac, barely niiiriiigccl 
to get through, and w aa anted- "llad we 
hr# ii," art tee one of the officer* of tlw Jlti- 
narr. " hut a half-bonr biter | making through 
tbia narrow ice etrait. a dwriptiwi of bow 
il all happened would never have reached 
the world.** 

In Green Bay. in Spitrhergen. a anperb 
glacier waa aeon, and the illrarrotioa rtnr- 
vey« antim hh'a of It* quiet graiolenr. It 
oxteinia for many mile* along the coaat, the 
part allow n in the engraving being wnue ten 
mite* long, with a heigh! of 112 feet. Bird 
lifn at certain aeaaona aeema to be plentiful 
on thi* inboapilahle ialaud, and the eider, 
duck aboinidk- On the left -hand aide of the 
engraving ia abowu a favorite rewort of the 
birds. found by the officers and tneu of the 

Aihaaee. 

Inounii' ruble were I bo inonntalua visible 
on tbc coaat of Iceland, and the volcanic 
ridge* in tbediatnuce presented views imaiir- 
paiued in weird magnificence. Tin* marks 
of the fiiaion of the lava, and the aoutcc* 
from wbcuce the molten material came, ore 
alway* evident. Of all the awful and grand 
scenery in the world, that of Aluiannugja ia 
niianrpaMwd. If llccla at ill poora forth her 
torrent* of lava, there are many extinct 
VolcHunea which have loo'll aileut ever aim 
man Inhabited Iceland. The extinct volca- 
no of hnacfrll waa viaited liy the explorer* 
front the jilliantv, and iU gloomy height ia 
reprvM'bled at tlio bottom of the 
IKnatratiuo. 

If llccla ia an appearance more terrific aa 
a volcano than K at login, the latter i* de- 
cidedly the more destructive. If a shading 
can lie given to volraiioca a* rxprewivn of 
their varying powers, Icelandic one* may 
b# mid lu be ** paroxysmal, and the timet 
dangerous and treacherous of til* whole 
family.” The erupt ion of the Skaptar Jo- 
knl, Mwiiit ninety mile* eaM nf iiecta, which 
occurred ninety -right year* ago, » *« the 
namt terrible on record. Such w** the J»- 
menae volume of Uva and ita thicknem that 
It took two year* t» cool, ami aa In the 
amount of mat ter ejected, it waa estimated 
at on* hundred tbuuannd million# of ouhie 
J ant*. 

After the ararch for the ./•#**#«# in Hp-Stx- 
hergen. and craioe* between the coaat* of 
Norway and Iceland, the Alliamtt returned 


to Reykjavik, Iceland, but not before hav- 
ing encountered a gale nf wind unparallel- 
ed for its •svertty. Fortunately, a gale of 
tliia character m the arctic *ut#iu.t I* not- 
accompanied with greatly mra-aaed told, 
else the suffering* from exposure would In) 
very dangerous. ('awes have been authen- 
ticated of vemela oil the Iceland coaat hav- 
ing foundered from the faet of the freezing 
of tbs water threw U on dock, until flrom ita 
accumulated imw* anil weight the vractci, 
Is-resniug unniutiagenhle. was loal. 

In three Northern clime* nothing can si- 
cced the magnificence of the Batura, anil 
though the fancy of the artist can draw ita 
oatliue*. Ill# coloring of it must forever es- 
cape tbs painter'* br«ah. Away op in the 
bigb hravebk apivud awl "hoot these lights, 
iwiw trailing a* in fringes, now sweeping, 
reliiug, and dancing on thenisslvi-s until 
they uiako the heaven* reaphudeat with 
their glory. ^ 

BARTOLDI'S STATUE OF 
LIBERTY, 

0* page *13 will be found an lllnaf ration 
of mi interesting event which look place in 
Faria on the Sillh of October, in the e*l»l>- 
llahincnt whore- the cast of M. IUwtcWJW’* 
fiimon* Mat <ic of “ Liberty Illuminating tbe 
World" i* iu Coarse of preparation, The 
walla won* decorated n itli tbo rolora of tho 
I' mted 8tate* anil Kruncs, atol the oeeaaimi 
wa* the driving of tbe first rivet in tbe ped* 
estal on which the atatua will rest. The 
Ainerlviui Miulstor, Sir. Hoiito.x, wa* la- 
vited to officiate, and to drive tbo rivotwltb 
his own Laud. Many notable persona were 
present. 

After tho ceremony, all present signed a 
document writ ten on parchment, ornament 
ed with portraits of LafaYITR, Rocham- 
near, and WAUUNJtUM, *wt|ing forth the 
detaila of the occnsinn. It wna a plcaaant 
ami graceful tostinumial of the friendship 
which exist* hwlwssa Fraaosaud tho Uuit«d 
1W«A 


ENGLISH GOSSIP. 
[Fans Ont 0»a CoanixmanKKT.] 


IlmimiM Mnnry. — lllmllar IiWmhL — A Uunq 
lUk.in.r Mlk.ri'i. IMwiiiMkranr*#.— L'l#tnAmi 
insight I'Ut »r. — Ttie t’nilirelU » woi- 


It tins anfortaMtclr come to light that those 
fw* of lender rooBrienm »hkh hive given ih# 
Mievcc ia human nature to nmol ooafMt, in 
re«TK<-1».-« with tlie payment of omiUtxl iiuvo# 
tax to the fbamrlloc of the Kiclu^me, Lain Sot 
•lie good motive that lia> lawn a*>ip»d m Ihsta. 
Tbs «iv tluHiramt awl wld pmukli, fur • tainplc, 
so paid dutfsg cast late linaucml year, have Iwvu 
i two, il Mono, In linud tint* foot the lliratuc 
Tax CYiinmikkitiM**. “ wliu, un duuivtrjig mi.*- 
nilmwn of iaccsue, otfet the deiiiiirtxutx this 
aorthnd of middle* pmaMiltluli." To u«o the 
wold* of Ih* /-.imd from whlib I tull thi* in- 
fnnutiun, aud which ef Ihciuaclrni are very Mg. 
aitl rant of tliu Mate of the moenl* of stone pcti 
pic. ** They do out far n lOietni #W ywy qp sa. 
til they have been found out.” 

I’lair tviywim ha* I oil a wife in Zulakunl 
lie *i>esk» of her aa if she ««» hi* rely tune; 
aay* “ hi* heart i* darkened about bee.” but ream 
plain* he ha* " u partimlari." It is clrer to 
n,y ailvl ihat he ia to doubt aa to who it ia, for 
oritv four. I Iwfievr, are nlloaeil him ia III* rap 

tivity. He U like the k>»cr who «ir 

the dewidoocr in ha <V*k, hut could not rein cm 
her “who thr denre it >w (list gave him that 
foegct-a*c-not.“ De is half resolwd to own* to 
England, and lay tlie stale of h» affair* In-foc# 
the national Powwow, that i* to sat, Parliainret ; 
" ooJy," he Mir*, " I do *o dreml the ma," I 
*ympalhi» with him. I wmddn't iimlcruk# a 
•oysge from the Cspe even to bo a imvsJwr of 


A stray t hot from the rifle purltr# nf the crew 
of the < level! bin flnwh an amient Irishwoman 
in ih- howi asd the government lu* awarlr.1 
hcv CS'"i in comfwnnitMWi. If Ik# “ bleeding 
•nuntiy” cc»M p.t similarly mwiijoiiawl, *u 
slumlii hear M n*nv of it« wowod*. I picture 
to myself the Onmlf liewef.eth lawit by brgw 
crusiU from the KineraM Ids lawtchicg for a 
aliav -Imt or twu fur the hive of Kt. I'alrkk. 

)I*Tk-|itMi»r baa given a banquet to l«» nallra 
iHitcli-t, Mr llarriHiii Aiuiworth. No rew sill 
grolgr tbe old v«*e*n hi* Ininurs, tlKiugh it can 
hardly be Mold llirj luire Ihwii wiiii ia Ih* bleak- 
ly aMignoJ to thein. Ill* laiKmi„rr nuceta am 

by no Bwun* h*» bswt, llmugh upm the ucoutoo 
in quests" k was natural lie klm-M diwcanl ijud 
them rstlirr Ilian mi hi- neirv appreciated and 
lacurhoown (•nkluelwos. I suppotc, though M 
didn't uivur U, the Muynr to tnuitiua it, that J*ek 
Sktpfnnl « Mr. Aliwworth's most pif.uUr work. 
I rnumnls#, *1 a boy. dvUghttbg in hU Tvner of 
lev inn. In Uc killin'* lefr •/ Scott, If 1 reunan- 
lire right, wc flod Sr Walter praUlmr the young 
ami gifted aotlu.# of CrirAbm. What aa idea 
of pared time this auxgvsu! Mr. Ainsworth'* 
modest remark, “ I Buy ho allowed to obaerre 
that for upward of forty war* my pen has rarely 
been Idk-, and oeeasluiialiy a novelist is a konter 
worker than he la aupiioaoj to be," l» iwaewortiiy. 
1 wonder hnw mini *o-caUcd “ working- men" 
have worker! so banl a* be. 

Three hu t«n a great »tir la (dr about the 
nuiiicrc-t* ‘‘uiystcriau* dlmppearaaec* ’ that have 
taken place, and then: is ao doubt there n much 
mure of BiyMeey and of tragedy in human tile 
than commonplace folk* have any idea of. IbU 
as to these " disappearance*," a large minority 


nf linen take pfaoc through f rvak. aad •• vm ennui. 
The “ three roopcvtaMe y-retig girl'" atm vanish. 
ed fnim Birkenhead the oilier dav have here 
found *afe and well, wi.ilr tbe motive thev give 
foe thrir act of fully, if not very rtarooalde, l« at 
h’asl intclligil.tr They were lairoi to i rii.ui.itv 
bj tbric huadrnm lif- at borne. "We wrae alt 
tlml of Biikcuh.rad.” they aver. Very wrong, 
mi doubt; l.ul I A art known pcppA* who have 
found even Ijiiqaal a triAr itnll. 

A KxSidmian rallisg hiin-clf the M H-nl lad. 
die” I# playing •* fan-well uanlihe." at ilraugliU — 
of al.i.di, il 1 1 I SS S , lie U “ Ih* cliain|i*i "-— pc#- 
tkwlv to hi* (Wfarture fne Alncrira Of whit 
nett will there Itr cliinipinn* * Vet I Mqipo*# it 
nuut tar Mfwcthitig lu lM,*ckb0wl»Sf*d graml mas- 
ter even of titilulAr-pwppy oe lit-lal lo. A* to 
drowghu, hoarver, I have ai*ay» uoAr>t»kl that 
»»*-<./ H.M Mlc plar.ra It I* the lll*U who ** win* 
the Uim"— that i«, iiikkc* the Aval mu#* — alio 
win a Edgar Pue.tf 1 NWcmhar right, glviw the 
(•aim of iiitrUrvt'ni! wipctiuriiy not ouly lu wbut 
(which I can himIv tnugibrj over cheat, but rvi* 
to draught* (which I can't). 

A rich llebrrw haa >lr(Mrud, learitg liym-e* 
tririiimcratilc to charilstAe a»*ociaU.es »giccitf<l 
with hm creed ; an-r«g them, to the ‘ Imtitullno 

Cllli'l ‘ Mr Sliiur.-* Nephrah."’ VThel del tills 

neon J It rounds like o .lemsh pcon.mcUtbgi 
of " my thieve* of nephews" ; hut this nau hard- 
ly lie. as he have* hi* nephews money besidr*. 

A eo-m has at Him Ikcii taken into custndy be 
poking ont a woman'* eye with hi* umbrella. 
This is really a great step on the road to public 
justice. Hitherto, to judge hy the way axn car- 
ry thrir umbrella*, it has I eon tboight quite a 
vcttixl offense to Mind a fellow passenger The 
mode i». *immg nur young gotillemrm of fashion, 
to "tick thrir nnilwvlla* under thrir arms, with 
the point twhtod tlictv, eiactS on a level with the 
atvragv femaV'a eye, and tbrn, on aay awldrei 
•Irqqiigv, out it gw*. I aaw too onhap|.y Indies 
actwally “ .kulgiac” two men * wtohreflw. thus 
prcwcntcd to then like flx.'l bayonet#, half way 
dsiwn Keg*nt BtrerC tobiiky, " Anntbr# «at," 
aa lire naik* wsy. i* for thaw# Iio'a to tom rwt-d 

suddenly to bwilt iatoasheq. window, wlwo thrir 

Umbrella* uk< a *wor|i like till. *li**;| rd a 
scythed cliariul, whwt Ibrrw is quite a Aalto* of 
•ye*. K. Kkaat-i:, of LomIou. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Furr* Wt pereuni are quoting the late WilTiam 
Pena'* tilmwvwUtm, " Eww ia apinrel i- a eust- 
ly folly.” and arc asking bow it waa with regard 
to hat brim*. 

Jww J»m» kwthrw hud roNim, If he bad 
krai ill the Ew-t, hr would know that lunik rob. 
b#r* are the snstiuwi of the State- prinm« h 
tlmw caauuonltiia within stone wall* a prisiilrer'* 
standing a lib hi# fellow* depend* cutiroly u|nui 
wbit be ha* done, and Dot u. any way upon what 
he may be doing while 111 prison. A bunk rub. 
her scrubbing the tUoe dreir of the corridor U 
lrtwtt<l with * greater degree of delermec by tbe 
other crtifMiis is than is a defaulter who ia assigned 
to duty in one of the otfirc rooms. 

“ No idle man here,"*aya a Bototnan City (Kite 
**») newspaper Not a 1*1 npev.ing for some of 
tire idle rum wlw tramp the dusty reads of the 
Ea-t. 

The name of a trarrlling salesman, whose fleU 
i* the Sunny South, is CTieck. 

Tire Mnyt# of a Wisconsin town ordered th»< a 
red fl*g •• displayed from a tawae wbrvu there 
wn* small pin Before noon tbe huibiirsg was 
sucroundcd by the frugal liinwwivcw of the place, 
anxious to kr-vw whin lire auction was to begin, 
ami to raise their own hid* on recsiml hand Mew. 
pant and rkutoadiot*. The Omnium Oounril is 
now dcsaiiiig iniwna to pravred the direase from 
becuming rj.alcnuc. 


A candidate for a ds O acrv if e appointment, 
while undergoing rxaawioatku*, mm- to tire ques- 
tion rcspccling the dwlancc of the earth from 
the row. Haring in mind the change* made in 
astronomical figure# by mcwruremml* mail# with 
imulem iMtniawnta, he wrote, " f am nnslde to 
Mate accurately, hat I don’t beliere the fun n 
near rmaigh to iiUcrfcrn with a jnvqwr perform- 
anoe of ray duties if I g*t * clctkaliip," 

While a train »a* suipping at a station near 
Mura. Grorgia, a jiiuiig naipl# Hj«» 1 up in the 
aisle, and were mule hwhaiel and wife " This 
affair," aay* the (hmoiolar, " wa* red a runaway 
match ; il «u only a ac ln wai to avoid the wed, 
■ling cord*, wedding lirrakfast, claw-tiamOK# ceot, 
and white drew* IKHiM-lise ” 

A leaobc# in a HaMourl n-hnrj took what the 
thought to lw a small metal l»>« «f cliewiag gwm 
from uoe of ill# pupils, anil tried to break it open 
with a I winner. H provid to b# cure of lire «ly 
nauiitc k#]Mbi«w mad* foe us# ia giving ilangvr 
sigaaL* to railway train* The Isai-hre wa# s#- 
vcrvty hurt, and ail tho pupiU uuw carry ihwir gwm 
la sau*U uetal Imxni. 

The lasraa hoy axlsu in Ikranscticut Ha mo- 
ther sent him lu a tuaghlMir'* hnus# after a cap 
of sense milk. Un luiing b>U that tlrerr wa* none 
bat sweet milk to be out, he hel|wd lilmMtf to a 
chair, aad swbl. - Wed, Pll wait till it roura." 

It U aaid that Horace H rooks, a life craiirl in 
the Ohio PuLiiciitiary. who ha* boati there for 
twenty-on* rum, and I* now aovamv-four yean 
of age, ow mil a farm la the saleikt of IlnsUad, 
which haa since tweome a part of ih# cits, awd 
auule him enormously rich. The atnry ha* it that 
a tram ran uver soma a beep be longing to him, 


and the railroad eompany refused to make gv«l 
hi* h*u, wbsreupmi be ptaonl an otMirurtion ™» 
the track tliat wrecked tho tram and kilM five 
luMapn 

Th# vocabulary of *laag i* growing rapidly, and 
the t-hnice *rem* to he given to abort won**. A 
*• croak" i» an insane juroun, *i>4 a *' crouk" ia a 

tariely of crimkaaL 

Hmniur Mahon#, whu mod* a famous saying 
when 1'rakliog and I'Uu took llieniselvra mil of 
tho Sr li* to, lias again Ivoffls the kiilbnr of a 
ImUbln uttoismcv. It i* lie who sui.l that Vir. 
glau lias " Iwwii raising too many sUtosmrn. and 
u*> llule grain." 

InformarWii comet byway of a Sow horn chan- 
nel tliat I'rraldrtu Aitliur wilt nut alluw genilm 
men from the Weal to pot their feet ou III# dusk, 
or address him aa “Chet." 

Aa a slight variation upon tbc usual announce- 
nitiit that “ our taWuu-l aud liandKcno young 
frierd" haa lawn "speeding a few day* in nur 
lieautiful town," a Tt-xa* paper nnoo>isee* chat a 
flnaston jndgr. “nno of tire wglirat, jnllieir, and 
Iwet natnrv-l men in the world, was in our eily 
hurt Thiinalay, sloshing about in tbc mud." 

The fiood* of l*#t swaretcr swept *w»r the rail- 
way track foe a diatanne of aWtt seventy mile#, 
wave a abort section of the embankment in Grand 
Cafton, on which • passenger train was aianding. 
Tho train is standing there yet. 

Hunter* nf old iron and lead have fessnd profit 
H«rr siare the civil w.tr in ararriirng over the bat- 
tli' fobl# in the vicinity of Pvtovrirarg. Virginia 
Tire "apply is not »•• evhauiited. large qnaiitiiic# 
Ilf lai(ton*i trallrV* and fragwrentsof shell* «Uh ho 
tag uffcnsd for miUi ill llw Petonhvg junk ehup#. 

A few jam mom of the dbavmisvatinn of know - 
lodge, and |M«pi# will bo kmgpr brmr th» 10111*11* 
ivfvrtwl to a# the uotAs ml s-n of lb# forest. 
liMiivcdrt mad# in a ravewn in Arisma prove 
that utett th»> liutiaii* of It# far West were ad- 
duHcd U> practiriug un the flute rears and year* 
before tho writer" ut roman ca* took lltsun up, 

(Uie of Qmwn Victoria's house • servants, tmt 
long ago, luM a numUir of key*, aiming oliich 
were u*«c tliat gave now to ayartim-sla cun- 
Uiaing pact ci re* and •. Inua of untold sahfet. Ttu-re- 
tlpon trialed wauhmica were tut to guard lb* 
nicer# until ecr.- thirty new locks haa 1-cen put 
in tire placr* of those which could be opened with 
tbe lost keys. 

College carmen consider a three-mile pull, at 
the top of their spraL abuut as much at tire* can 
casdure. hut three crew* of Minxs:»)ta ham lx rirwn 
recently niw#d an cigliteem-mile race in aurkisg 
boat#, which wa* hotly crateok'd to the finish. 

I'anperisiii ba# lent lire latne of LetmgtOQ 
Township, Main#, for trearlv liftv year*. When 
the town was iii.royuratoil, in IM3, it wa* then 
oiarbunienod w.ib |iau|n<r* A family that w»* 
at tliat lime iupjK«i.d by Ih* town I* still on the 

S uper list, and lias thus, far cost tho la ( payer* 
rty-two thwesax-d dollar*. Tbsre are right* ««l- 
caw, ami the town'* debt la about thlrtirn thuu- 
stnd dollars. 


A ccirrrapicealrnt, writing firan tho* aty, a*T* 
that tlin rviaul liurntog af a Mg lire we rr cm Staten 
IsUnd desl roved an uhi Imilibng in which Gari- 
halill. the Itiiiia llUrralor, raro#<l a living #omc 
thlrtv year* ago by making candles. Ammling 
to this authority, *ome of th# reridl t a in Cfif- 
tori *lll I remember the red fcbirtod candle-makiw, 
whom thoy then rcy;*rdi-J a* a sort of “croak " 

Tire tomahawk* of the one liundrm] surviriog 
Modoc Lxhans have been molnphorseallr liswten 
into implements far spllttlxig ktodllug-wowl, uni 
tbe sqtiawa wiekl them. 

A person who calls bcraelf CuluniMor, and who 

wa* I . •wight to the Untied Hales with Ills# Itern- 
hardt's tnaipe of theatrical players, ha* written a 
booh shoot tho American pcufjii. Ucsldre what 
she •«» of them from Incotapicooita places la- 
him| the foot-light*, she hud the adrantag# of 
denser c4s*croatra among hotel porters, hall girls, 
and cabmen, ao that she Ian do doubt of tho ar- 
ea racy of her getwralimtioni aci coeelusMaa. 

Japan ho* learned the value of rampctiUra #i- 
hUiitkM a* stimulant* to roduitnxl cflocts. la 
187#. «" view of tire decadence of silk and ton 
production, the govecnreenl opened ao exhiUtlon 
in Die Town- Hall at Yokohama, and offered pciaaa 
fur ill# tw*t display* of tlusse and oilier product*. 
Similar eibililliiw* were afterward held in tho 
principal wise* uf the real's, and tbe result i» a 
gratify big hicnwM in the roluaDe of foreign trade. 

Thai torpemt »r®ra> i* a remedy for dnjpep*i* 
i* one of tire 1*1 eat diwcorerifu of medical iwo. 
The I#mdiHi let a ret say* that M. Lacrol*. a mem- 
ber ill Ihd SocUt* de Biulngie. ha* ilrtortnincd hr 
cijwrtiuunt tliat Lire venom of tlie faclnii cAaio- 
hrulii lut* lira neu|H#ty uf digiwliag a'-bnminoiis 
tuUaamvs and of #niuh»ifying fat# A pieee of 
beef cut In *m*ll pidros, aud |ibre<I in a c* prole 
with dx* tilled water and a few drop* of the poi- 
son, rapidly became *ufu-unl tiiagnlatod egg al- 
bumen wa* completely dis*olsi>J in twenty fwir 
hour*. A Faris physician l* aakl to haie'awal- 
lowcd, without 111 effect*, five or tit ihegw of the 
veniMTi of the deadly cobra. If it la in# that 
serpent venom l* a voluble reunify, il i* form 
note that d y apef n t* I* the dssvas# for which il ia 
a specific, for few patriots are more ready than 
tboise suffering with that ailment to submit to 
heroic treatment. 






DECEMBER 3. 1881. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


THE SALMAGUNDI HR ETCH CLTB — rOl'RTH ANNUAL BUCK AND WHITE EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. 
Fta* m Ajmrr*’ Surtax* — (Sxx P*« 808.J 


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810 


HARPERS WEEKLY 


DECEMBER 8. 1881. 


In Hssvn'* Wranr Tin. MB] 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

Bt JAMES PAYS. 

Anno* or •• Phi* Kilts.- “ I'mi Own Boor," 
"Wum* Wk’ 

- Wart Ha Oof II »s. - SVC. 


CHAPTER XVII. 

rlKH HASH H A II OB. 

Tiioeatt it ia pant on* o'clock In the new 
roar. Sir Mn ha* not yet gnu* to lied when 
Parry renclw* the Halt; lie I* kitting la Ilia 
stndy, wide awake amt nervous, and for once 
dom ing no consolation at all from the con- 
templation of lit* umim'Iiiii In Biiiiiuliire. 
Hu strained can catch the rattle of Inn 
nephew’* latch-key in the door, anil be giro# 
out and beckon* him into bin litlle room at 

" Wall, welt, yoo hare news, 1 roc," soya 
he, in a h oniied Mini impatient voior- 

" Yea; all » over, Sir Peter; poor Mr. 
Lynter In goon." 

“Ay, *y : and when did it happen f" 

"A little after midnight* 

“A little after! How ran yon talk like 
that F Pray he explicit, air : perhnpa it waa 
n little before f* 

"No, sir; it wan five and a half minute* 

p**t twelve." 

■* Ob ! then it a ee a ai yon ran he correct 
enough when yon please. 1 can tell you 
this will lie i>n|Mirvd Into. Do yon know, 
air. It Mini bn a mutter uf jCrO.OWl out of tlie 
1 mm I n— r 

"1 should think if things go <Mn at the 
present rate," rrplieil Percy, coolly, "It 
would lie a bondrrd thoasand." 

“ Indeed, yon seem to have been going 
into very nice rnh'lilutlolia upon the sub- 
jeet. On the oilier hand, ns regards this 
affair, I need scared)- remind yon that y on 
are not an altogether imlo|*'iidital wituem." 

“Perhaps not," answered Percy, nmtltng, 
(bough beneath bis smile there was n vol- 
cano of passion- "As it blip prim, there was 

Another will ies»," 

“Gerald Lystvr, I anppeae; a fellow 1 
woaldu't lielieve on hm oath, awl one more 
itiierntted in the matter even than yonr- 
aelf." 

“ Nay, I hope not. Sir Peter," returned 
Percy, gravely. The io-lfrainm»nd of tlii» 
young gentleman, naturally headstrong, sad 
bitterly ciiiiteniptooua of bis adveraury, a na 
marvellous to see. He luul the sir of a ju- 
dicious sick-nanw who has t« deal with a 
praputlerou* patient, nod gradually brings 
lum to mwon. Gerald, however, wa* in 
the room, aa you suggest, and Horhert Now- 
ton also" 

•'Oh, tbit is a different matter. On the 
other hand, perhaps Newton did not take 
Any particular notire of the lime, since he 
lust no reason to do so." 

"You forget, Sir Peter: he lind ten thou- 
sand reasons, or rather the interest oflhvsil. 
Ami, os It happens, he did take notice; he 
made the time live rmnutew past twelve, as 
he took occasion to iuiptvM upon me." 

"You all hociii to have had a prrtli sharp 
aye for business," soul Sir Peter, corlly. 
Then, after a pans*. daring which some feel- 
Ing of deonney »p|MSrootly pushed its way 
through the us hew of disappointment, “ I 
hope jmioc Ljster did n«t suffer much.” 

“I think not, sir. Hi* face was fixed on 
the chirk when we came In; and I am sure, 
Irons the expression of it, that his having 
overlived the year waa the last thought iu 
bis mind— and of oouiwe it waa a comforting 

•• I dare say. It is not, however, on com- 
forting for other people. Upon my life, it 
is uiiL-omiMou hard to lose the profile of A 
whole year; ami such a year 1" 

“You mean Mr. Lyater'* profit*!" pat in 
Perry. 

"Wall, of course : hot they would have 
hern JUJT profit* had he died nine minutes 
earlier. However, there's one thing, the 
money remains in the business, and wr shall 
w nut every farthing of it, and more, for those 
new vc [it area" 

"They are very promising, no doubt, sir, 
hut — ” 

“ Bit what f" exclaimed Kr Peter, with 
irritation. 

11 Well, 1 «a« going to ear they went Jost 
a trtrlo risky." 

“Oh, indeed ; that'* yoor opinion, i» it! 
When I H»k for your views a pun Meb mat- 
ters, it will he time enungh for you to ex- 
press llicDi. You think, perhaps, 1 snppooe. 
iwcauwe von may now hare the control of 
LyatePo shurret as well as yoor own, yoo are 
going to dictate to tiro !" 

•* Indeed. Her Peter, nothing was further 
from my though to." Amt to do Percy Jus- 
tice, be spoke the troth. He always avoided 
the least semblance of die tattoo, tint at the 
name time the course of action of the firm 
hud of late, ami imperially since Mr. Eyelet's 
ilium*. been shaped by hi* advice. What- 
ever waa “rialty," hut at the name time 


promised huge profit*, had always his m- 
cc-mmcndatiofi, for he was a gambler to the 
•nr*. It did not displease him, however, to 
bear SirPe ter aocribingtb* more speculative 
unitertskings of the firm to bis own proper 
notion, since if anything vent wrong with 
them, the responsibility would lie on Me own 
shoulders, it was also agreeable to him to 
hear Sir Peter hint that be wits aliont to 
have coutrol of the dead man's shares in the 
bnsinrwu since it implied the otlser's consent 
tohisiDHiriagc. HU union with ('lore might, 
in fact, be now considered certain, though 
he was well aware that it wo«ld still l»«»t 
with opposition in one quarter. Indeed. at 
I weak fast, the next morning, ho woald glad- 
ly have confined himself, in Mildred's pre- 
sence. to speaking of Mr, Lyater'a ilefulsn, 
without reference to it* op|M>rtu lioness as 
rcganled the mean* he had left behind him ; 
Itol Sir Peter was much too full of bis own 
disappointment on that point to keep it to 

himself 

- Upon tbn whole," be aaid, “as I worked 
it out last night in my bed. for I ooald hard- 
ly sleep a wink. Lyslor mails about £1^000 
a min nt« not of us dnring bis lifetime iu the 
prewcut year.* 

Mildred, who knew nothing of her father’s 
business mailers, looked up In extreme «nr- 
prise, as well she might ; her eyes, aa Percy 
fell, though be averted his own from them, 
were fixed on him. 

“ Why, no, ntiete,”hc replied. In n» indiffer- 
ent a tone as he could nosumo, " that is hard- 
ly correctly stated; Mr. Lynter gained no 
more by lii iug five minutes into the new 
ysor than one.” 

•* I did n't say lie did," growled Sir Peter ; 
"only if it bail been one minute, I should 
have hail a word to aay — as indeed I may 
have even non. Kor my part, I don't like 
such door shaving." 

Percy might very reaonniWy have urged 
that Mr. Lyater wrnutd have liied longer If 
he could, and could therefore be scarcely 
held n-sponsiMe for the shaving in ques- 
tion, blit he knew bis unde too well in argil* 
with him. Moreover, h* would have gladly 
avoided all allasdoo to the subject before 
Mildred, Thut young lady, however, bear- 
ing of what had happened ft— her maid, 
hod com* down to the early breakfast with 
the express intention of getting all the in- 
formation she wmld a Wit it. And no noon* 
*r had her father retired, aa iMital, to his 
den, to read the morning'* letter* over hi* 
eignr, than she turned to Perey for an ex- 
planation. 

"What on earth it this T" she said, with 
an anxiety very nnosoal ujlb her. What 
does |k*|k» mean by Mr. LyMer's having 
made Ale.UtiO a rninuie nut of ns in the nine 
minuted lie survived nfler twelve rv clock !" 

" Well, a* I told him, lie wns mistaken." 
said Percy. “ He in ode eum-t bing, of enurae. 
but, *ft*T ad. it was only * rnniiogent gain." 

Don't fence ; I want to know all abont 

ir. sir. and I will know. Please to use word* 
that I rau understand.” 

Perry fell Hint he wo* in for It. He had 
aero lit* cousin moved by pmuiun I < fore. but 
without the resolute determination which 
it wa* now plain underlay ■(. He hail a 
very difficult game to play with lier *11 
along, but this was the crisis. 

" Well, it'a only a matter of tiiiainesn, Mil- 

|y* M Mgtm. "I —old km tuid yoo 

about it lung ago, hut that I know Low- 
business bores yon. The atticlea of part- 
nership in yoeir father’* firm are drawn up 
Iu this way ; In rose of the demise of a 
partner, bis etitnle Iwcnracs rosjMiDsiblc for 
the debts of the firm, and of cnonw shares 
ill it* profit*, for the current year, whether 
l I k- roiuainiier of it he mu<b or little. If 
Mr. Lyater hsd died yesterday, bis estate, 
then-fore, would Iiavc Mufiemi im hiss ami 
derived no benefit from any future eon a no- 
tion with ns ; bnt as it lias happened, sinre 
he lived over the year, bis reprewnlativos 
are our partner* fur twelve month*.'' 

"And that will be a great gain to them," 
said Mi hi ml. 

" Well, it may be. Tlier* is * revival in 
trails, and thing* arc looking np ; so that, a* 
I have said, it will be a contingent gain." 

“ A gain of ninety thousand inroads ; that 
i* what papa *aid." 

" That u what he bos estimated it to be ; 
bnt tlwn yoo know wbnt acaagnine man he 

is. It may be half that, or it may be no- 
thing — nr it may even he a loos." 

* - I understand," **id Mildred, dryly; “I 
am not »•> very foolish a* you tlnnk me. 
And Mr, Ly*t*r's 1 rapn-Mrutativ**,’ as you 
call them, who are they f* 

“Nay, that is impossible to tell till we 
have seen the will," 

“ You lie." Her voice was firm, but hnr 
frame quivered with emotion. 

“ You lie," she reiterated ; " you know that 
It k Clara who will have all this uioway." 

“ I know nothing of the kind, Mddrvd. I 
a»y again, that will depend on the terms of 
the will. Indeed, in the eys of the law, so 
fur as I can use at present, Mr. Lysttr'a rep- 
resentative is Gerald." 


He spoke *o confidently that for the mo- 
ment her convict ioimwere shaken; lii* voice, 
loo, wa* *tern and ciiUI aa it bad never been 
before, and she was a little frigbteued. 

"1 don't know what yon mean t»y saying 
'yon lie,'" lie colit in iied, perceiving Ins ad- 
vantage, and pushing it nt once. “ That is 
twit language which 1 will pot up with from 
any human tiring, even ftran a young lady. 
I am not In the liabit of having my won! 
questioned.'' 

“ Yon have broken it to toe," she pal ill, 
pamimmtely, trot the obstinacy of manner 
had failed away, and in her eye* there were 
tears ns well a* fire. 

'* I have not. Mildred. Yon know a* well 
os I do that we have both Iweu the victims 
of clrrmiMtanre. Would your father per- 
mit me to marry you. if I asked him mow. 
more than at any other tune I You know 
ho would not. Ilo would be just aa Ml 
against it as ever.” 

" But be ia no longer set against your 
marrying Clam." 

" I don't know that. The affair is at tea*! 
bow poat pnned indefinitely. We must trtul 
to the chapter of accidents." 

" And in the mean lima you will go nod 
ms her dally !" 

" I know that I have mode a fool of my- 
self, Mildred I have already ackiiuwhdgoil 
aa mack. Bnt n* u taon of honor I can not 
behave aa yon would have me. It woo Id be 
different, of course," be oilded, dropping hi* 
voice and speaking very tenderly, “ If you 
ami 1 were fro* agent*." 

“ If yon really loved me, Perry, you woald 
risk anything." 

“ Aral an I won Id. Bat it is MOt 4 ques- 
tion of risk, but of utter rain. Kir peter 
* unlit never forgive either you or me. You 
are saying to youiatdC my darling, that 
where there is a will thors ia a w»v. That, 
of roarer, is true ; hut I urn not so sclfikli a* 
to take it." 

Sire shook ber head iui though she hsd her 
doubts nlsrot that Ia*t scut uncut, oral Irogan 
to walk its* room tuijmtlently to and fin. 

” Yon don't koon w bat I suffer, Percy ; 
every lirair that yon spend with that girl nt 
Oak Isslg* takes a year from my Ilf*." 

"It docs not seem to do so," he answered, 
smiling, sod with admiring eyes. "You 
srein to me to grow yraiMgef aral nine* lwan- 
tiful every day. Anil sliive you talk of 
Clare, do yon suppose that I tlwi do not suf- 
fer when Frank Fsrrcr ciiwmw to call D|hiu 
yon r* 

••Frank Farrrr:" It wa* im|vo**ilde that 
acom could lie ext u vws o d wmre bitterly than 
in tiro totm in which alia proiiuiincml that 
young gcuHcmati'* u*nvc. - Yon know an 
well as I do that I rare nothing fur Frank 
Farrar. Hilt yon and Clara, that is quite 
dittrrciit ; for you love her, sir. Yaw yon 
do" — for lie- waa about to speak "you do, 

Percy shrugged Ilia shoulder* with n faint 
pained smile. " Yon arc certainly the moat 
unreasonable," h* xlgbcd, " us you *ra tbe 
iiiiwt charming, of women. You liavs ins- 
thing to propiwc yourself, aud yet you re- 
proach uir with inaction.” 

“I am not a man," answered tiro girl, bit- 
terly, -hut If 1 woo, I think I should lm a 
brave one." 

“You ara brave enough aa it is, Mildred," 
he answered, quietly ; "iwitlicram I, I hope, 
a coward. I' coufcw*, however, I have but — 
for that is what your confession comes to — 
the coo rag* D f ■ln*]ia«r." 

“ That is because you have do reason fur 
despair," wo* the quick reply. 

"That is true," be answered, gently; 
"there is no ivaaou for cither of u« to de- 
spair. There ia only need for patience; w* 
are not master* of our fate, lull Fats may 
du tv* a good tarn yet. A good nun uf hnsl- 
nero, m however great difficulties, think* 
little of them if ho has only time to tora 
about him-" 

“I should have thought that that waa a 
sharp, ml her than a good, man of busiucas," 
observed Mildred, curtly. 

This wa* probably Ihe wisest speech she 
had ever mode in her life; or, rather, it was 
a stroke of grains, for »ho was unaware of 
its wisdom; it had Im'oii suggralcd by do 
knowledge of th* world, but by Irritation, 
which the other perfectly well knew. Hit 
affected, however, to misunderstand her. 

“ WelL os to good, I don't pretend to be a 
model I»r ail th* virtnea, MlUy, liko Master 
Herbert Newton. I confess that I am but 
human —very human." 

"Bay rattier nun-like — vwy man-lika," 
allawerasl the girl, Utterly. 

"How nnkind yon are, Milly, and liow un- 
reasonable !" he Hid, with a tcoderniNfi ac- 
companied by appraprlMU action. 

“ Yew ; you preach patience, blit in an- 
other boor you will be comforting pour 
Clare, with yrair arm round Acr waist. 

Hut though alia re]iroaclied him tbna.ahe 
did not draw hack frnen hi* embrace, 

" Coder the circumdatice*, my ile*r Mil- 
dred," h* want ou, id a tone in which re- 
proachful gravity mingled with gentle per- 


snnsion, “your imputations ara very era*!; 
and if yon examine your other stricture* 
upon niy conduct ilispmsiouately —I mean 
with coninsoii fiurriMM) — you will find them 
equally fiasclen*. That m c are Mot act iug a* 
we would wish is very true, but we are doing 
the Uwt m* can for ourwlvtw. Ju*t at pre- 
sent, at all event*, it U plain I can isul dis- 
continue my visit* to Oak Lodge. - 

Thl*i of craireo, wns not the point in di*- 
pnte, hut it w **, a* Percy guessed, tbe t horn 
that w unjust now pricking Jealous Mildred's 
braaet. 

" I *up|mao nol," *he »ighed. “ No, Perey, 
I won’t bn kiMcd ; it 1* not right, though it 
uiay be very plrasaut far jus." 

The fair student of ButtrrfKei had still 
souic notions of propriety, aral fell that tbe 
copyright iu a yonng gcnthituan'* nniwa 
should not be shnred. 

“ J«*t one to make It up," said rercy, im- 
ploringly. 

Aa if I was a child," returned she, with 
(ml Ignat mu. “No, sir, I -oh, Perey, Percy, 
yrai are breaking my heart f" 

A* Perey said to hlmanlf, file minutes aft- 
erward, a* he started for Oak Lodg«,lii gar- 
ment" of woe, but with a cigar in his mouth, 
" If It had ant been far old Matthews coal- 
ing in iu the very nick of time to take sway 
the break fast thing*, there would have been 
a dcuc* of a some." 

He fall tolerably convinced, bowei-er. that 
lie had ktaved off any further inanifn*(ali<in 
of diseatisfnetion on Mildreil't part fur the 
present, and bad oldaimd that great bavi- 
uesa drwideraluia, " time U> tom about in.” 

Jto *a vusrrosaiv] 


FRANZ LISZT IN WEIMAR. 

Ttlt'BB is a Grand Dnke in Weimar. with 
his palace and his court. Hut there ie also 
occasionally a grand muaiclan in Weimar, 
w it bout n palace, it M trne, but srith s court 
wbii-h pay* him iKunagi- as great aa that 
l>aid to any Grand Duke, nr, indeed, to any 
European potentate, arid certainly more 

sincere. 

When the flraral Duke of Weimar arrive* 
in hi* Aetafi-srdadf, there Is a little stir; 
but when Llturt rnmtw, it i* heralded all 
over flermany, and alwnsd too. Tlron the 
litlle town throws off it* dnllnrns, nnd for 
tbe moment oectus to rr fleet tha brill iaary 
of a fund gerverntiun. when it was culled tlm 
Northern Atlmn*. Oortnnt, ScHHARB, and 
l.i « t — these are tbe iiaiuc* that have read" 
world-wide the fame of a small proviuclwl 
town aud its ruler* ; for sonretliiog nt lvn*t 
of I be lustre of these great tuuraw ha* fallen 
upon their dncnl pklrana. When linmit 
sod KCH1L1.KH were tberr. it wa* the centre 
of German literary tlmugbt ; whenever Lwt 
I* there, it licconire the rwntre of German 
musical thought, the fundament si chord, so 
to »peak, in Gnrvnati harmony. That Lwt 
U a prime among masvi-ians any on* who 
bs* attended hi* coart at Weimar will affirm 
" Aral yet," smite will ask, “ why is not all 
tilts worship given to Wacxbk, for be is. 
after all. the greater cont|>OMit T" Til* i(ilrei- 
litro i* very |iertinrnt, for WaOrat is un- 
douLtedly the grantor remtpoMV. But LtMT 
l* singularly gifted. Hi* art i* reproduc- 
tive aa well a* productive, l.'ndnubtadly 
the greatest pianist that ever lived, he is 
alno on* of tbo greatest cnmpinere; add to 
this a mast gracious addre** and wltiniag 
milliner*, ami withal a personality so msg- 
netic that thoee who Mirmaud him move aa 
III a charmed circle, and hia influence is 
readily anderetood. He srean to sooud bn- 
man nature with a touch s* light yet aa 
unre os the touch to which hi* instrument 
respond* Indeed, they m.v his pcrsiMiatitjr 
i» on fnncitialing *» hi* playing, that bn 
reeni* tiro Incarnation of his art, and that 
he i* always the same good-humored, eiwirl- 
eoo* host. Tiro following anecilotca show 
how lie can prenerve hie equanimity ooder 
rattier trying cireutmtaiicre : 

Once, it is said, bn anuonneed a concert in 
a provincial town of France. The cveuiug 
come, tbe ball woe brilliantly lighted, bat 
only twenty-four men sad arts woman were 
present. Ltsxr catue ou the stage, survey ed 
tlie audience, advanced with a good-natured 
smile, luol before sitting down at the piano 
said l * Lady and gentUincu.our circle U so 
small that I must look apou this aa n social 
gathering I will play yna all the piece* I 
hoi down for oil thn programme. After that, 
yon must come to lay hotel and have aaip- 
per with me.” 

Ljcuct played that night a* though ho 
were playing to thuasand*. and aftvt ward 
the small but entliasiutie aadicncc *up|M-d 
with him at his hotel. 

Chi arm ther occasion, when he wa* to give 
a cnecert at a French sea-port, a nrhout of 
mackerel came ap tbe harbor. All tbo in- 
habitant* wont fishing, and in tbe evening 
not a ticket fur Lien's concert bml Irecn 
sold. “ lint then," write* Lisrr to a friend, 
“how can a pianist expect to hold hia ovtu 
against a school of mackerel V 

Liszt’s disc iDgnohud pusitlon s* a pianist 


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lias enabled turn to bold aloof ftnn the 
drudgery of giving lemons l"i ■ livelihood, 
•Dll Cow or tbn ULaby who cull thmirelvra 
bin pupil* have • nght to tluit distinction. 
•* A pnpil of Litter” ta often one Tilio baa but 
pin veil for the great pianist wire or titfOO, 
•oil received, pertn»p«, Home words of eisrn- 
nmndaliun. praapM more by the heart 
than by his judgment. Vn.v l.»:N4, ubo wan 
LlsZT'a time pnpil, gives nn interesting ac- 
count of their mooting In 1'aria when l.uarr 
wo* but seventeen years old. One day Vnjr 
Lnt reod Lurrx'.i name on a programme 
posted on one of I be Boulevard ImlMiim. 
A convert o of lltmiiiVKii kil the pro- 
gramme. In I line* days I'ans knew little 
of Bonom, ud n pianist who played 
him in public bad to lie intrepid aa well an 
accomplished, mi Vnn 1 . \ r , who waa eu bla 
way to apply to K AlsrittNNJU for pinto 
teutons. decided to apply to LtUZT, Go. ugh 
he bad never heard of him before. II.. w na 
IHit dUoourngml when they told bun at 
Soui.K-«i\(.r h'h that Llttt wn* no pra/caarar 
dr purse. mid ilid not give leannmi. lie de- 
teraiiiwd Ui apply to blui not w itht-tamllug. 
He round him at bia bnwre In the Rue Men- 
Undo*-- « pale, alim young man. with very 
attractive feat urea. He was lying on amifn, 
Mimandad by three pianos, onjuy lug a pipe. 

" 1 wua aeut to Paris by my fnmily to take 
teason* of KaUtBR&XXGIt, but I eelne lo yon 
lwcsiine I have braid that you am going to 
play h Hkxtiuivxn concerto in public," stud 
Vow Lr-vz. 

“Well," said LKZT. with a Mnilc, "you 
might play mniwthing to me." 

" I can play K.iLximK.'i.Nrti* sonata for 
the left hand.' 

" I ilim'l want In hear that. I don't know 
it, and don't want to know it." 

Vow Lkxx waa aomewbat nhnshed. hut 
he was resolute. He bad just learned Wr.- 
BP.K'8 “ In v ital i«*n it la voire," and l*e t bought 
bn would play that. 

•• Don’t play ou that piano." Ltaf r called 
ont from the sofa, w itliout ehanging hiapo- 
ailinn. “ Play on the «uo next to it." 

Vow l.r.v* tried to play on the piano in- 
dicr.trd by LlsXT.bnt it* action was so haul 
that he eiMsId scarcely produce n wuind. 
When be got to the opening chorda of the 
voire time, Liszt t called ont to him: "Stop 
a moment. What is that! It »)nma wall." 

" 1 should think It did. It la a rondo by 
WtamiL.* 

“ By W'Ktitrli f We only know of his f'rri- 
rrkilt ; here. Hits lie aim i-ooijknl-il fur the 

•• I hare in my trunk m*t only this coro- 
pnaitrnn, Iwit also two polonaise*, two rou- 
dim. four book* of variation*, and four so- 
natas.” 

“ Well,” concluded T.I«rT, “ as I have first 
heard through you of \Vr.«cu’s piano eom- 
posltloits, I will fur tbe first time in oiy life 
consent to give lessons. Yen iway Ih* nsy 
scholar My asking yen to play am the pi- 
ano with the ban! mtion was a little plea- 
aantry. No one ran play on it but myself. 
I have it an thnt when I play one scale oil 
it, || dues use os inui-li good as if I had play- 
mi ten seaiea on u piano of ordinary action." 

Lisrr became so enamored of lh»«e rvirn- 
posiliiMW of Wr.nr.it that lie would sluive 
Vow Un fro® tbe piano stool when he 
was in the midst of one of them, and ti it inti 
it himself. 

Tbe following Is an outline of Loot's life. 
He won born in Uaduig, Hungary, October 
23, 1811. At nine years of age he played 
the piano fur a party of noblemen in 1‘res- 
butg. ami so delighted one of them that he 
furnished the WMwey necessary for his fur- 
ther education. This be rumphited In Vi- 
enna, chiefly under RauwKI. lie gave con- 
certs in Paris in IrtW. and in UNS prod noil 
there au opera entitled /*•»» -Saar**, oa U 
CteStaia dr r.imtmr, w Llrh failud Iguoniin- 
ioualy. Kliortly after this he withdrew 
from public, and doToteil bimnelf to reli- 
gious meditations, nntil IKti, wlieii, incited 
liy i’ar.AXtwi’a Slier cm in Paris, be again be- 
gun to play in public, and at once gained I be 
position be baa sinew held. A trip to Italy in 
I eCU , a series of cmiieerl* which brought in 
(D.INJO ttun us to the Itonu BxETItnVK.v moil II- 
ment fund, includes his nvnl iuiportuut art- 
work, until in IN’ he was callvil to Weimar 
to conduct the court eouevrta anil opera. 
Here be brought Richauiz Wsuxck's music 
to tbn noliew of the puhlic, and produced 
some of bi» own Work*. lit IStil lie went to 
Koine, where lie sonu beciiiue nmiuatc with 
tbe Tope. He is fond irf Italy, and wow di- 
vides mewl of bia time between Koine, Pealb, 
ami Weimar. 

Now Llazrr only occasionally plays in pub- 
lic, a ud only frw have beard bim iu these 
latter years. But every chord be aitikew 
scents to vibrate the nmbl ever. And tills 
ia, after all, tbe newt beautiful reward for a 
true artist, that hi* art-work, even when 
wrought in reclusion, * HI Ideas and enlight- 
en the, whole world. Respected by all and 
Vein veil hy many. FluM Ll"/T must feel 
that I he laurels which grace his brow were 
■well cnicitxL Qrsrav Koiuif.. 


THE LANDSMERE HOUSE. 

This LialHMI* House is able re with 
light aod astir with life. Bio great stpiare 
hull alone seems shrouded in M-Dii-iiarkneisi. 
Three huge logs bum in the immense old- 
foahinoeil fire-place, IliiHhing flickering ra- 
diant nn-teiiia arroMi the nuk-wooil floor; 
high - bsi'kivl chairs and renrarkaldy stiff 
•Hires recall the day a of grvat-great-grand- 
pan-nls, while Maid, gruo family portraits 
Umk down from the old fundior walls on 
tbe eld familiar arene with n Mntik iinsre- 
ing slnre that wm* to say, "Life la but a 
•fiort-lived ilrvouu at !s»t." 

Cllffoni I jtiiisiucrc, tire owner of thia 
splendor that bus descended in direct line 
frvvm anrreiur In ancestor, Mamls leaning 
against the mantel watching the dancers 
tilt piuit the dourwuys with a smile of ex- 
ceeding bitterness, for his heart is heavy, aa 
men's hearts are apt to be when thalr sucot- 
bearta flirt with other lustcolirics. 

Ue has loved May Goodwin bi'ikw tbe 
daya of bahyliml, Ibis rurions anun wbo 
has never lovwd but olico ; and his isulatod 
lot mokes bis love tbe one all - abscriring 
(kmsiou of his life; yel Ibe very intensity of 
his duvulioti makes the girl miserable. 

May (iixslwin loves other* ns well. He 
love* but her. 

Laudunere is young, rich, and Ills own 
master, with no living relative to crow bis 
will. 

Miis Goodwin is one nff a large family, 
tbe daughter of a clergyman, who finds it 
hard to make ends meet -a man auxions 
to confide his daughter's keeping Co more 
moneyed hands 

Tire two became engaged when May Good- 
win wo* seventeen; tbe two an* atill un- 
married. though May Goodwin ia twauty- 
tliree, 

** Why do tliev wait f" ask the villager*. 

“Ay, why I" echoes the rectory. 

“Ami why," says Clifford Iannis me re, 
“ must I wall so Irnigf* 

The girl nestles bet bead upon his shoul- 
der and whispers, “Next year, Clifford," 
And it ia “next year” still. 

The long delay undermines Laiulsmrre'* 
health. Ever before him is tbe feur of los- 
ing May Goodwin forever, lire dread of aee- 
ing her slip from his arms into ilusw of an- 
other mun. He grnwa niorlmlly jealoua, 
tortures himself into an insane madness 
t list tnnitnifim straws Into liny -at neks, and 
tlo-ii bmmuiis bis owu wrakuem. It is dar- 
ing for swrh a man lo Make his happiness 
cm ibe whims of a wayanrd woman. Ho 
seldom Unite eoutcutiBciit ; he aa rarely 
nnsM-a misery. 

Miss Goodwin is a bom reiqiirtUi. Men 
act upon her Ukn red cloth on a bull. 
They sharpen ber wits nnd brighteu ber 
faculties; yet tire girl ia not an wrong aa 
people think loir. Hbn can no more bnlp 
flirting than alie can help breathing, and 
half the time sins niiconscinasly. 

Miss Gomlwin trww the loyally of h«r 
lover lo fire utmnnt ; but where another 
mail woaUI have flung her off iu ocoro, Ire 
ouly droopa and sndiieiin. 

“How long will liu bear with her Task 

tbe gOMl|HL 

The <|uestion reaches Mim Goodwin's ears. 
She bolds her he*,l more prmntly, anil an- 
swers, " Always." 

“ Ah, child," says the old father, sadly, 
“this rmrld is not eternity. There is no 
always here." And the girt smiles her smite 
of noose ions power, *t>d re»ts secure In her 
own strength. 

Once, and once only, Clifford Lauda me re 
rebelled. 

Tbe girl looked at him with wnle-ojtcn, 
startled eyas as be told her even bia pa- 
tience had a limit. Ten minute* later, her 
w Mill aconmpiishnl, LuruUiurrn pie ailed par- 
don, awl tho girl laughed at ber awn fraia. 
Sire bod long ago forgotten the whole affair. 
Not mi Limd-reere ; lii» superstitious nature 
khrauk from the fulilUm. nl of hi* own pre- 
dictions. 

Laudaniere ia mrdinni'aiied, with slight- 
ly "looping shouMerH and prelemaln rally 
bright eyes, hut on every Una of fnco met 
figure ate plainly visible the germs of that 
dread dia c a ai cwiisiitiiptinn, the disease that 
makes tlie l^ndMiierce n sliart-li veil |M'o]de. 

Miss tioielwm enjoys aorMljr; so fur her 
utke Laii'bmiere /reipiently entertain*; for 
her sake Ire gives the hall to-night, though 
to him all giiynlv Is allhit Intolerable. Ho 
watches ber walking with Monroe, clinging 
to Ins orin, looking ap into bin fsoc with 
epiitkling, ciMjirellidi eyivs, listening to bis 
uuni* mlb that flattering attention sug- 
gestive of interest in tbe speaker. Still she 
cares nothing f**r M no roe, ataoluUdy no- 
thing. It Is ouly her way. 

Miss Goodwin is pretty, not so lunch 
through positive pret tineas ss from lack of 
positive plaitiuem. She 1ms a bright, Intel- 
ligent, bhmdo face, that sometime* lights 
into actual beauty, and agiun sinks iuto 
utter common plainnesa At prenent she is 
looking bet heat. 


“Yon wbo have no devoted so admirer, 
Miss Goodwin," nays Moume. MndioiUy, 
“tnilHl And tbe rest of our aex dull." 

"My admirers are obliged to lie devoted, o* 
they cruse to be my admirer*,*' she unswere. 

“ Devotion to Min. Gcsidwin must lie a 
happy slavery," with • look to enl'urco bia 
meaning. 

“ But even slaves require bemls," »b« re- 
tollH. 

"Very good," laughs Monnre, dully; 
though sonn-how. fully digested, the good- 
ness rather derreasea. 

Tliungbt* dwvulop slowly in Monrce'a 
shapely hi- oil, but osn-« rcKited, I rear fruit, 
Mn-h as it is, ten thoauiidfidd. It gradual- 
ly dawns iipoci Uini that he has been tbe 
sport of Mire Good U ill's wit. The idea 
rankle* in his mind. He, tbn winner of tbe 
Talsmatiir walking match. stmUo oar in tire 
TalantauR- rowing crew, the treat wrestler, 
boxer, ami Jiinipei fur ndlcs around ! No 
bead, indeed 1 

Monme's nature is a peculiarly vindictive 
one. He never forgets or forgive* an in 
jury, and •• an eye for an eye" is tbe only 
text in all the Bible whose truth Muias 
bottwi to bim. He bus hot one mode of 
pointing argument*— great brute strength. 
Miss Uoodw-iu t» a lady of high aorial stand- 
ing, therefore not to lm <j«ui|iiered hy au|>e. 
riol- miim-ulur cl,- iiilojiiu.nl, therefore be- 
yond Ills reach. 

Clifford ljunfcnverr is rich, and has won 
May Cooduln. Kohrrt M.wiroe is poor, 
•ud covets ber. ‘Tims ran* his credit-aml- 
d eh tor occormt. and Monroe intends sett ling 
it in Mill a nuuioer n« La mten iere will re- 
member. Ills love for Mire tlmslwln la the 
love of n senMinliat aud an egotist. He 
wants Irer aimply because he run not have 
her, and to wiu lmr fhxn Cliffunl Ijhi.Imih-pv 
is bis one desire. 

A onrioiia place the haunted honae, with 
n curious Itislory. Judge Hare, I he former 
owner, had heipieatbod the property to a 
diatunl cousin, with strict Injunv-linua that 
none but a tunic deaceodoot should inhabit 
the | dace, Hi* own two daughters, tbua 
tinned adult, left the village iu which they 
hint been Isira anil reared, and in which 1 hey 
bad h«p»d to die, nnd journeyed to far-off 
lands. Th# place w as dear to them, and 
they could not alt with folded bands watch- 
•■nil S»«<* ruin. 

The diataot cousin, a iKschclor in the six- 
ties, ami a resident of India, found tin- pro- 
perty a bore. cursed the giver, and declared 
" it might go to the dogs fur till him " 

It tisik him at his word. It bud goto' 
tl> r<- 1 i’V 

The place, fremi Ireonuing neglected, lw- 

conic sbiliined. Now the gates hung rusted 
on their binge* ; belated travellnia tell of 
lights flitting tn anil fro; tbe ivy and poiwvu- 
viue intertwine their tendrils around the 
honw, fust growing .lump simI tnoilldy ; Here 
interlace their branebes over a rank under- 
growth of shrub* nod hushes, while the 
fruit In tli* orchard ripens ami falls lo the 
ground uulieednl; even I ho school - lutya, 
proverbial revellers in stolen sweets, leave 
tbe penis, hanging low oti the bought, Un- 
tunciied. 

Laudaniere anlm in Ilia imaginative, 
iion-pnic ticul manner if the glinsts of the 
liauuled house are actually spirits frum au- 
otlu-r w ot hi, or a hausl uf dcapeindoos, us hssl 
lately Iweu rejsirtcd. 

“ Cliffocvl I" Tlie voice recalls him to him- 
self, ami be tnrtM to suails down on the fare 
of bM pretty sweetheart. A petsou seeing 
him nnw- w-nnld nut know him for tbe Clif- 
ford Laiwlsinere of five minntes ago. Ilia 
fare softens into Inlinitc feudertii-sM. Tbe 
very tune* of bin vutve betray his love a* be 
speaks ber aame 

“ Why do you stay here alone t I have 
looked fur yon every where," nay* Mis* Guod- 
win. 

And be answers as he draws her to him, 
“I ran not stand by and watch ynu flirt 
with such men as Dawson aud Monroe." 

"JenJocisJ" with a quick contraction of 
ber pretty Iztow-s. " Cliff dear, I wisb you 
would trust no-." 

" I do, lint 1 don’t trust the men." 

Her frown deepens, and she «ya, with 
some oold nio a: * I s»e Mr. M»tirei> Im.king for 
me now ; I am engaged to him for tbla dance. 
I slide a second fur yim, Cliff; hat you evi- 
dently don't wisb it." 

"<>f iHiwrwe" — bitterly — "some one ia al- 
ways engaged to yon. I never see yoti- 
How Long is this to last I" 

Mim Goodwin is silent, and puts up lit-r 
face t« 1st hired- He klsres lief, as he might 
have k.red any one bod duty required it. 

"Clifford." aay« tlie girl, onaxiugly, hurt 
by bis coldncws "whevi I marry you, you 
will shut me up In a beautiful honor, sim! 
let no one see me. Let mr have my good 
time first, then yon shall marry me when 
you wilt" 

He mnkea nn reply, so tbe girl steals a 
round, bared *nn nroiiud his neck, and press- 
es her face close up to his- Tlie man is not 
proof sgalunt »uih eudvurnionto. Ho kimea 


ber half fiercely, then pushes her away, and 
bid* her leave him. 

I have so little oelf-cowtrel. I am better 
nlone," be explains, sadly ; and Min Good- 
win joins the dancer*, linconsetoa* of tbe 
wlslfal, pamionate eyew fallow ing her every 
movement. I atwlsmere's teeth shut tight 
together a* be wutelica Mouroo whirl her off 
in the dance. lie turns his hack upon the 
gayety, and loses hiuwelf id bitter spM-uln- 
Uuna on bis future. 

“I heard • wager coneerning you to- 
nlght," w his|iers Mom, us he go bins Mis* 
Godwin uiiim the liall-ltMim. 

“ Wbo dured t" quest nm* the girl, hotly. 

"That I cao’t tell," with a soft stnila; 
“ bnt you thull hear the wager," pausing 
to look into her fn*. 

“Weill* falling into step and moving 
slowly onward. 

“The haunted house!" 

Miss Good* in understands; free* herself 
with a quirk, impatieat movement, and an- 
swer*, with some i-fiuteiupt, “ Your friend* 
uniVerrate my power: Mr. l.nndsiiiere would 
do more thau visit hanuted hoiisos at my 
asking.” 

'• Ye* f* inrieduloiiaty. 

“ Ay. yea, as I shall prove," 

“ Will you lent yonr power now t" 

Mim Goedniu aiweiits. bhe ia too proud 
to ask pertulMiou to make tlie request tui- 
witiwowd.so she places ber hand on her es- 
cort’s urni ami allow* him to lead ber to 
Clifford LoiiiteBH-ri!. 

I^mdsiwere starts, flushes hotly, amt look* 
to Miss Gimcln in for explsnatinn. but tbe ex- 
plsnnt iun is not forth-oondag ; f«r the first 
tune ill lier life Mis* Goodwin la aslismml to 
look ber Invar iii the face. 

“8lill goring at tbe bsunled house f" asks 
Mreir«e. flippantly. •• Why not give the in- 
habitant* a call t Yon anight find them rath- 
er disagreeable, hut uue shouldn't stop at 
triflea." 

The fiery blood of bis ancestors tingles 
through Landsmen's veins. He feels rath- 
er thau sees the band laid on Ills arm, Ita 
light tnacb thrills bim, and fan answers, 
with a quietness that surprises no one in,, is 
than himreir, “Biers aro enough disagree-- 
able jieoplo in tbu flasli, Monroe, without 
seeking them (U the afdrit." 

Munnre forces a laugh, and more* back a 
•top. Has Unite strength quails lie fore til* 
look in Laud-ancre's ey e«. 

“ Clifford," interred, « Mim Goodwin, " will 
yon visit I lie haunted failure for tw T~ 

LaiiiUmere recoils, anil bia brlHiant eyea 
real full upon MiasGiHsIwin with an incred- 
ulous, bonified IX press ion. HU hnlf-Maef 
id ghosts is a well-known fact, aiul ia aver 
humored and treated with geutle courtesy, 
for every ana know* of the lerribls fright 
he reeeried iu cbiUUioud that brought him 
to death’s door, aud planted the seed* of 
that superstition he has never entirely out- 
grown. 

Mny Goodwin’s eyes fall Wfore ber lover'* 
gate, and she Mansis abashed. 

“Wo might have spared ourielvea the 
trouble." sneers Monroe. 

Mi»e Go, sin in’s eyre flash. She will prove 
her jMiuei, or I weak with Clifford I^induiirre 
forever. Monroe *lmll not taunt her with 
impunity. She will turn the laugh on him, 
or Isresk ber eiigngenvnit — one of tbo two. 

"Clifford," coming wry close, and speak- 
ing very softly, “do this thing fw uie, and 
I * ill marry you before tbe next full moon." 

Monroe, failing lo catch tbe words, won- 
ders what tbe girl Its* said to illuiliiuaf* 
Landsmere's face so strangely. 

“I» ill go," answers Clifford Landmine, 
simply. 

Mire Goodwin occompniiies licr lover down 
the wide atone steps. while Mounts, with an 
nrll Millie, drops softly friun a window, aud 
speeds arrure the lawn. 

" Clifford dear, don't look an white," brga 
Mias Gucslwiu, conacience-sirickeo, though 
•till deteniiiucsl to prove ber power. "There 
are no such things aa ghosts in all Ibe world." 

“Your not believing iu them, little one, 
makes tlirm mine the lew real." He shud- 
der* slightly, aud draws bis baud acrom bia 
eyes. 

The girl dings to him. loath to let him 
go. He blares her loolerly, and then be 
leaves ber. “Hurry bank," she call*, laugh- 
ingly ; but he makes no answer, only plods 
steadily on along the path that leads to the 
haunted honor. 

Mim Goodwin shades her eyre with her 
band, and walcbre hiiu smilingly out of 

“Mire Goodwill!" eric* a sharp, startled 
voice at ber elbow. Jibe torus slowly. Mill 
smiling, and faces Mr. Lento with all her 
dimples iu full play. 

“Call bim back. Mire Goodwin. The house 
is filled with a band of desperadoes. They 
would shoot bim as they would a dog. Tbe 
pollre make a nud on the placa to-night. 
Call bim back Iwfnre It ia coo late." 

“Clifford! Clifford!" Wild and clear 
through the daritoeM rings tbe terror- 
atrlekcn voire. 



DECEMBER 8. 1961. 


812 



••I HAVE SO LITTLE SELF-CONTROL, I AV BETTER A LOVE* 


Hash I" interposed young Lento, gently. touched by the 
silent misery of lief face. " Con** with me. We will nave 
bin yet.” 

8bc lor* her hand in hi* without a word, and without a 
word he lead* her, with swift half- running steps, down the 
long hmad avenne underneath the arching tree*, into the 
moon-lit space lieyond. Tim night-bird* circlo round their 
heail* with whrtll unearthly cries a* they speed hko children, 
hand in hand, racing against death. lint already (Milford 
Landunere hoa reached hi* jnnmey'a end. Ilia face loolu 
ghastly in the moonlight, and his eyes distend with tenor 
aa he lays hi* band npnn a window-ledge and look* within. 

A figure riot bod in white, with anna extended and head 
seemingly all. line, p an s e a before bia eye*, ita body twined 
with rhaina that clunk with a dall dead thud aa they ilrng 
their glittering length neriwa lire tloor. 

Clifford l.nndsnirre titters one piereing scream, ami drop* 
like one dealt, while the ghost — white robra, (laming head, 
and all— takes to Its heels. 

“Well V intermgatew a cbonia of nnkempt, savage look 
Ing men os the glim! bund* headlong into their midst. 
'* Have yon seen the devil himself, that you stand there 
tongue-tied f" thnndorw the leader. 

“ I saw eyes shilling at me from the darkness,” stammers 
the ghost. 

“Eyo* have hends; liends, bodies ; bodice, legs; legs lie- 
long to men. That mentis we're watched. You snaking 
Idiot ! Yon may hare ruined n*. Come, men, away with 
onrselvcs and our booty before tbo moon tells another 
hoar!" 

“Ay, ay," in smothered chorus from the men. 

Outside, Robert Monroe gloats over the fallen body of 
hia foe. 

Laudomere regains consclonsoesa, and attempts fo rise. 
Monroe force* him back. His hot breath fans Land»iu*ro's 
face. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


“ Listen r he hisses, with a foe* distorted with rtlge and 
jealousy. “ I owe you a debt ; 1 pay it to-night. The world 
Is too small to hold ns both. Clifford Landsmere.” 

There is no resistnnee, only tbo sharp click of a pistol, 
ami Landsinere's tilood-stainod faco looking moon ward with 
sightless eves ; and at tile same moment a bond of uniform- 
ed men sncirele the hanuted bouse -ourcvcr-walcbful.our 
ever -vigilant police. Step by step, carefully, cautiously, 
they feel tbeirwny, nnd between them steal the dark Agnrew 
of the burglar*, nmleleeled. 

“ Halt r whis|iers the trailing radian, ond the bond of 
desperadoes come to an abrupt stand-still. The rubbers 
watch the bine-coated men search the house from attic to 
cellar, and come forth empty.hnudcd. 

“ The birds have flown." eaya one. 

•' It’s a fool's trteh.” odd* another ; and tlie bnrglnrs langh 
In their sleeves. 

'• Murder! Help!" rings through the stillneas, and ImiIIi 
pursuers and pursued stop and listen with dismay. 

It is voting Lent*'* voice echoing through the night with 
that piereing shrillness, and hi* word* are dung back to 
him from tbo hlll-alde, a* nature cries out against the crime. 

"The doctor," fuller* May Goodwin, raising her lover's 
bend upon her lap — 41 send for tlie doctor." 

Young Lento nadly shake* hia broil. He himself i* a 
medical student, and he knows Clifford LaudstMTO's hoars 
are numbered. 

Tlie girl pale* to the lips, and yonng I-ente torn* his fsce 
from the ere* liesccehing him bid Iver hope against hope- 
lessnen* itself, while a grant sob risew in his Ihmat, ami bn 
Mauds there lu-lplrm, watching Clifford Landsmen- die. 

" Can nothing aavr him f" moons the girl, pitifully. 

“ Nothing," answer* young I-ente, and the alienee of death 
fall* between them. 

“Stand back!" any* tbc lad, sharply, as the police force 
come In sight. “Let him die in pear*;’' and tlie men, nn- 
ennaclnnsly influenced by the brave young voice, step bark 
reverently, and await death'* coming. 

“ Sweetheart !" The word, feebly aa it la spoken, arouses 
MU* Goodwin into life. 

14 He has stolen my lorket, sweet heart —the one with your 
picture." Tlie wards come more and more feebly, 44 Don't 
— let — him — have — you — too." 

44 No one shall hare me, Clifford — no on* but you," tbc 
girl answer*. quietly. 

Landsmen - ’* hands grope feebly for the band of his be- 
trothed. His eye* literally carem her. He smiles brightly, 
and the girl, with wonderful fortitude. smile* back. 

••Ask who took tin* pie t iitw,” suggests non of tbc hrass- 
bnttoned gentry: I wit yonng Lento puslie* him back, and 
whisper* low. 44 4 Dead men tell no tales,' and he is dead.’* 

Miss Goodwin stoops to kirn her lover, and looks up 
Martlcd- The deathly cohlnc** of his lips penetrates her 
inmost being. 

No one tells her be Is dead. Thera Is no nerd. She read* 
the tmtb In the sympathetic, pitying eyes, and she knows 
that she is loverleas. 

44 Dead!" she whispers, in an awed, dull votoe. "My 
Clifford dsaflf 

Yonng Lente bows bis head In silent token of assent. 

“I don't believe yon," she cries, with sadden lleTee defi- 
ance, and bursts into a laugh sadder than auy tears. “1 
will wake him,” sin* continues, smilingly. 41 He will answer 
me. Clifford, my darling"— laying her warm cheek ngmuat 
hi* cold one — “tell them yon arc only making believe." 

Death gives no sign to tlie living, and the girt, with a 
white, scared face, looks from one to aoatber of the men. 
Their ejee (ill, and with gentle hands they bear her (him 
tbo field , eonselKM. 

Yonng Lente telU hi* tale in a manly, straightforward 
manner, nnd prove* Monroe the murderer. Bot the de- 
tectives are unwilling to accept so simple a solntion to til* 
mystery. They smile indulgently, and assure young I-ente 
** the c*i«» Is ono of nnasnal complication.” 

" But," protests tlie lad, "1 beard tbs shot, and saw Monroe 
mn. Find the man. I'll prove bis guilt." 

The detectives look wondrous wine, exchange mysterious 
glances, nnd follow their own far-fetched clews, and wbils 
bemoaning tlie ignorance of non • profcaaioonls, weave a 
chain of circumstantial evidence that promise* to condemn 
an innocent man to death. 



Monroe wanders at large. The detective* touch their 
hats politely aa they pasa him In the street, while the locket, 
in ita conspicuous diamond setting, hangs from hia chain, 
and flash** It* brightness in their eyes, blinding them to its 
Identity. 

Young Lente leave* no stone unturned to bring the mur- 
derer to his just deserts ; so at last Monroe find* himself in 
dangrr of arrest. He consult* bis lawyer*. They advise 
a full nnd immediate eonfcwMon. Monroe refuses to fol- 
low their advice, but prefer* to trust to the nncertalnty of 
tbo law. and the law, bandied by clever, unprincipled men, 
proves wondrous merciful. 

He is tukcu to the Tombs, confined in a narrow cell, and 
comforted by Americans at large. Robert Monroe tlie mur- 
derer find* himself a for greater personage than Robert 
Monroe the quiet ell Iren. 

Ilia cell bloom* with flowers: men furnish him with the 
latest papers nnd the bout cigars; women comfort him. and 
bemoan bis fate All humanity oeotoa leagued against 
justice. He finds himself a hero, and rather likes the noto- 
riety. 

Tli* verdict first given i* 44 mnnslanghter in the second 
ilegrao." Exceptions are mode to certain fillings by the 
Judge. Then follows a reprieve, nnd another trial. Moa- 
nin'* lawyers are clever men— strangely clever men. They 
prove to the satiraetlon of the Jury that at the time of the 
murder the accused wn* snffering under temporary insan- 
ity. 

The verdict is given in accordance with the cnnnlngly 
devised defense, nnd Monroe is set at liberty, and U free to 
become ** temporarily insaiii - ” again whenever be may deem 
it best. 

“Tim verdict ' hanged by live neck till dead' seems oNo- 
lele," exclaims young Lente. with righteous indignation, 
laying aside the paper*, in which Monroe's gallt has been 
Irwned step by slop into Inuocenee. " A man seems able 
to commit any crime under our pre*ent management aud 



•' THE MOHT-BIKDS CHtCLE KOt’NI) THEIR HEAt** 


escape scot-free. Is it the fault of the law or the lawyer* 
or yet again of the people, that sin liecomee innocence, aa>l 
crime virtue T" 

1 can not vouch for the tmtb of the above; 1 but tell Ik* 
story as It was told to me. 

Tlie haunted honsp still staods. Rats and owls Bike 
their home beneath the caves, nnd rat* mn riot sswy- 
where ; hut the ghost of to-day Is a wreck from the ghost i 
of the past. 

Friend* showed me the haunted house last week. Mi 
eyes filled a* we watched the yonng- fared woman with 
snow-white hair walk restlessly to and fro. ner eye* look- 
ed throngh and beyond me, and raw visions I eonld not sec 
Rcr hands ported the long gram as all* smiled down at th* 
face she imagined smiling up at her— tlie face that lay o*M 
and silent in the grave. 

It wan a strange, sad scene. Tlie cedars wailed ill the 
night wind, the gras* rustled fitfully, and the branch** of 
tlie grand old elms soblied dismally over her head. Back 
and forth, lmrk nnd forth, she paced, muttering CIMbrt 
Landsmen - '* name. 

I saw her pause, place her band above her ear, nnd stand 
In an attitude of Intense exportation, ller eyes deepened, 
darkened, brightened ; a smile gradually overspread her res- 
tore*. till her whole fare was radiant with a glory Mt *f 
earth. 

“What do yon hear V I asked, gently. 

“ I hear him," she answer**!. without mining her bead. 

8bo heard tlie vote* of lier lover calling her from above 

To-day (lie bell* arc tolling in l.nndtairrc town — tolllif 
Mny Goodwin's hnppinnw. A long proeension is even no* 
winding amongst the hills, carrying Mny Goodwill W the 
wile of tier lover, and a man who sold hi* soul to win her 
love wntebra tlie cofliu lowered ont of sight, knowing bU 
sin was nscless. He has blackened bis name for notbisg. 
For there is one Jndge who ont role* all judge*, and this 
Judge has condemned Robert Monroe. 

The hells are tolling on earth, but I think they mart be 
ringing In heaven, for May Good win aud Clifford I-amUrocfe 
rest side by tide. 


DECEMBER 3, 1691. 


HARI’KITS WEEKLY. 


*13 



TELE VERY REV. GBURGK GRANVILLE BRADLRY. DEAN OF 

VnmilWK&-riHVOMAr«» «* J. & Uun 


THE LATE DR MACKENZIE. 

I’unrotsAruB n htMb 


TIIB LATE GBoIM.K UW, 
FooI'miA . null »r Ewimtwn Inn iki 


THE NEW DEAN OF WESTMINSTER 
The successor of the lute Dfu Stanley »t Westminster 
in one of (lie three personal friend* who are nouilualcd In 
Dean SrxNLKY'K will to ail as consnlling Rirnm with re- 
gard (u III* publication of bin literary remain* uinl corn*- 
apuitdencc. TIi* K«-v. (lEoiuiK (Jeaxviij.r Headi »;v, Mii* 
ter «/ I'nlversity College, Ox font, ami ('anno of Wtnv enter, 
in n nun <tf the lute Her. tll.uil.i-* HEADLEY, vtrnr of 
tllanbiiry, Brecknockshire, and incumbent nf Sc. Jauvm's 
Ctupham. H* wnn Iwru in 1WII, and wan educated at the 
«'U|iIi»ui liiiiiiinnir Sr In it »1, umlcrllte Kev. CiiaELEs Peiiiti- 
aiui, m>w SjHintrrian PinfcMnr of Antronomy at Ox/urd. 
lie afterward entered rmvrrnlty Cullrj|C, Otfnnl, where 
lie took bin line bclnr's degree. lie had conferred ii|ton 
kiln the fbgreo of LL.D. by tl*e t'nivenity of St. Andrewi 
la 1673. II* «« oedalurd dnaeoii m |KV* liy Dr. Tart, llin)io|> 
of London, anil priest In iln* aaino y*m by Hr. IIamiltiiN, 
Bishop of NnlUlmrr. Mr. DiiaOLEy «n lle.nl Muster of Mur I- 
borough College from 1*56 ilowu to 167*.'. when be wan ap- 
pointed Master of L'nivereity College, Oxford, lie wan ap- 
pointed Examining Cbaplitln to the ArrUbinhop of Canter- 
bury in 1674, wax .Vied Preacher al Ox fort l I'nlvsrslly lu 


1 67-1-7!*, and Honorary Chaplain to rim yueoii from 1674 to 
1*715, when be *u appointed Chaplain in Oidiuary to Iter 
Majesty. A few moutlm lie fore his preneut a|>poiutuienl he 
was niiiale a Canon of Worcester Cathedral. We are In* 
de bled to the ronrteny of the Rev. HENRY M. FIELD for tlm 
photograph from which our portrait of Dr. Headley in cu- 
gravad. 


THE LATE DR MACKENZIE 
Dk. K. Shelton MACKKX7.tr, who for half a erntary ban 
been known lu thin country and abroad as one of our most 
industrious ami sncceuiful literary men, died at hi* home in 
Philadelphia on theSInt of Novemlmr.at the ngo of «*veaty- 
tao, ||« wo* 1mm iu Irelaml, tint ennm Co New York In 
ICU, and ninth- thin conulry his home. Since then be boa 
been an indefatigable worker as an anlbor and contributor 
lu the ningounrs uud daily iiewspniiept of New York and 
Philadelphia. Henna irnmt aniiahto and agreeable gen- 
tleman, and a charming compauma. Ilia fiuniUarity with 
literary history and iucidenta in the livca of literary men 
waa remarkable. He could give place and date with the 
grrateat promptitude, uud supplement It ■ ilk anecdote that 


was always apropos. To newspaper men be was widely 
known, and w as greatly esteemed, and the newn of bis death . 
wnn Tend With deep regret. 


THE LATE GEORGE LAW. 

Tlir. ntireewifiil Unglues* caieer of thin well-known man, 
who died November 1**, in the sevcnly-aixth year of bin age, 
present* a remarkable example of the facilities which lbs 
Putted States alfmdn to young men of energy, peiweveranor, 
and capacity. The non of poor parents, bin strong w ill, 
nmbition, sturdy intelligence, and qoirkuem to setae eiery 
oppurtunily of adviiucrairiit, placed him al an curly age 
nlmve want, and carried him into cntcrjirisra winch iu a 
fnw yearn made him one of the rich men of the country. He 
was engaged a* contractor on tunny important public works, 
such ns the Crolmi Aipn-duct and High llrolgc.aud 1m>k a 
large internet in the rniinlruetiou of the Panama Railroad, 
aud also In narrrnl linen of steamers miming to the Isthmus. 
Ho wan connected with several street railways iu this city, 
and with various ferry companies. Of late he lived in re- 
tirement, and his unoie hail dropped out of the sight of the 
general public, 



harpers weekly. 


DECEMBER 3, 1881. 


MLLBL SARAH BERNHARDT. 

To If mom W 8. Hi kib 1 I 

like y**ur AwrrLsii I':tce IVwilcr i f n mucli. it 

if ... .VIkoW- Hll-1 |iiin--.ln.l make* till 1 «kio io look 

«•> beuriiftiL Pettuk mw to <..ii|P^rol«l# tuu uo 
ytmr (Treat rwtw V«n Mtnvh, 

—[Ad*.] N.KII B*tu.|U*PT. 


rilOM J B. THOMAS Rki. 
uu* or Lesot C. rMnimi BeoMW* (Press. 

dm, X. Y..K#*. 1. 18*1. 
take pleas re to Mjrlnc Shi* 1 
rn, m-| | Min, there it liu Mhtf llnlnrent e«»»l U> 
Jt DIM <m h re re t . bMotf *«rr powerful, sad It Ires 
O kU HUl*. (rsMt, «* UU|llM*BUl KUlU 


KMebli 


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blwlietl Ui 




HORSFORD’S ACID PHOSPHATB 

lNnisrKSBAiu.t 

I wru M du wLtIkuI IloiKonl * Arid Pli. replete 
U ta “ "a'j.w.'.-.'iT* *“ 
UrbdareaiJilU*. T-rea- — lA«k.J 


l« >mm ■> Mr. preal rrfoUtOf 
Ml m,r Ure virrki. U.-r. it In 

umtrf or dnuglk lo» Uu 

unrd bj Dr. J.G. B. ttnior 


ADVERTISEMENTS, 



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JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS. 

I'ttlON MtlUARK. 

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WH'B*, mirpindMS. OwniM, (umnst, Ac, At 
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8oM only in auklmoi tins H and Lb., lalxllal 

JAXbS Erl’S A «J. tfowunfwlAw CArmwtr, 
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A 100 to 250 :... „. 

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tlotb.. Lire*. Bette readily *i 
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Wensowd abaohitaly f*«re 
Cornu, from whkb ilia eittere 
of ttl bee l ull Mioui, It it ■ 
dedclout drink, nourltblng «J 
•moyilKolDg; sa*tljr dlgtrled; 
admirably rellfUed (or lutolild 
M reel! aa panooa La henllb. 

MM by Ore*. is everywhere. 
W. DAKEB ACO., 


STAIEV l*L4\D 

FARCY DTEING ESTABLISHMENT 

Oflk-e, 5 end 7 Jreha **., N, ¥. 
OCtlirU i I < M bradset, ew SMb SL, K. T. 
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OFFICES ' dh.'BelRtelwv- 

Jh». (Yum, «i*l Htfl*it A Umui i mod. mm] OtrwreU 
‘ umCWt n.i«.d*„«deU/i»*vus, taf 
_ . lialuctt* e()Ue, Mettled of dyed eoetees- 

t *ofetlem.u V^lnnmest.. ciuntof c Jprd vtudr. 
Conner, W indow - Sluder, Tib l. -Covers, Cerprta. 

Kui|ilr-/lur Hit Ust attalniMr skill end miut !m- 
crmiel enniaii-^, sud listing »ytle*utl»*1 tnuw rrety 
iliyurtrewnl n( mir honors*.. we lwii iMuadewllr t womlu 

' 0^*'Iw^,^nd^Mt^rerefb» , u^nse 0. by mill 

UlMIH.f l. !IVPHIW» d < <«•. 

A eud 7 Joint N. V. 
« The Jfary Hurt nmtm lArwwpb Im't Ua*U. m 

THE HARP-ETTE, 

SI. 60.— <» — 82.50. 

A XKUICAX JL I TO SB. 


NEW YORK, 1883. 


of the 
it It tin- 



Tub Sc* for 18H2 will make iU fifteenth adtuimI revoluti-jo nodor the jirvtent 
mitna^emenk bhiiiimr, m iiiwatH. for all, big 1'ttle, n*tn «nJ gtadoaK conMated 
ami unlutpp)', Ri'piiblicnn mnl Dentocralic, depraved and vutaoua, inldlljfMl and 
oUnne, Tu* Si: it’d light in for mankind nad Woniailkiiul of every HMTt ; l-.lt it* ffenial 
wamilli ib far tlw good, while it pours hot discomfort oil the blistering backs of tlm 
persistently wicked. 

T»i« 5i\* of 1 888 wits n newspaper of * new kind. It discarded many of the 
found, and a nntliiludc of the superHuous words and plirusoi of anrient ji 
It undcrliKik t*> u*iwtrt in a freob. succinct, unconventional *ny all tho n* 
world, omitting no eveeit of human mtemt, and commenting upon affair* 
fcaricssueiM of abwolnte indepemtenoe. Tlte buw*»* <>f lb** ttperimi’nt wit* tm- tuc- 
mu of Th* Sr k. It. cffccti-d n pcriniinotit clinngt^ in the sty le "f American new*, 
papers. Evcrv iinp*irt«nt jotiriial estsblisli*'! in this o wintry in the dozen year* 
part has been' modclUd after Tilt Si sr. Evcrv impnrtMlt jonuml already exislilig 
has been modified and bettered by tb« force of Tut Srs’n cx.unplc. 

Th* Si x of 1882 will L-e the sttmo ouUpokcn, truth-telling, and interesting uews- 

* ^ISy a liberal w« of the uimiia which an abuu-laiit proffnsritjr affords, we ahull 
make it tiettur than ever before. 

Wr shall print all the newn, putting it into Kodahlo »Up-. and lncnsniiiig i>« 
iniportiuice, mil by the traditional yardstick, but by ito real niteWnt t»> the people. 
ftisUmce fn>in Printing House Stpiare i* not the first eomideratiim with In* hc*- 
W be never Bnytliing hapiieus worth reporting we gel the peuticalnrs wbctltcr it hap- 
pens in Brooklyn or in lk>klmm. 

In politsca WC have decided opinions; and *» AirH-Mmtxl to express tlwm in 
lAngvifcjo llwt enn be understood. We say wliat wc think about men and eienK 
That habit is the only secret of T«* Scx’a polilk-al cimitn-. 

Tint W*aatr Sc* jMtbers into eight p;ig>.*' the l«M mutter of Ik seven daily 
An Agrieiiknral Ikpartinent of unnrjoallnd merit, full market u-portA, m 
a lilierul preipotiion of literary, scientific, mid domestic iatclligeaoc complete l in 




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r L'i'ETi 1 :? ? ~ J. 'i L BJilKt 


ckklv *Sri, and make it the best newupnper for the fanner's bomabola tlmt was 
ever printed. 

Who doc* not know ami n-atl and like Tub Rvxday Sr*, nwh number of which 
is h Gotcottda of interesting literature, with the lawt poetry »f the ‘lay, prose rrm' 
line worth mailing, news, humor — nmtter enough l>> fill u good-died biwik, and iu- 
fiuitely more varied nod entertaining than any bonk, big or littVF 

If'onr idea of what a newspaper should l>e plea*w~ you, seud for The Sex. 

Our terms are ita follow*: 

F«»r the daily Sis, a four-page shed of twenty-eight columns, the price by mi 
postpuhi, is 66’ cent* a month, or $6.60 a year; or. including tire Sunday pip 
an eiglil-jMige sheet of fifty ai* cxilumna, the price i* 66 cenU per month, i-r $7.70 
a year, postage paid. 

’ Tlie Sunday edition of Tu* Six is also fnmidied Mpantelj at $1.20 a year, 
portage paid. 

The price of The Weekly Sis. eight pages, fifty-*'" column*, i* $1 a year, 
portage paid. For clubs of teu sending $10 we will semi an Win copy free. 

Addrea. I. W. ENGLAND, 

Publisher of The Srx, New York City. 





NICOLL THE TAILOR, 

820 BROADWAY, 
and ISI la 111 M#a,rj, *«• V*rk. 

PAST! TU OlUiUl, It.ie TO (IS to. 

arm •• •• inn ■ *•*.«& 

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SnrarlvM will lla— ■ fcr Hrtf-Mre.iirrenrel srot 1 -T mdL 

brim * uTomnt is ail rai Mirti, n iu*. 

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WELLING 

VOirUkurtB ITORT SHI. III. iURITIDi. 
While flrstf.. MHree. and C*»ih, llrellon* «•». »“ 
— ■ bollu UlreC rsar. ButUrt Bella *V. !«"* 

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HcibK Bulfli.lll rwllh Mw*-1. »■» Birta, Cre* Urt 
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Iran oaareple. IS rents. 

U. A. IISLBBN, SB 1 Sixth Hs .ll. 7 . 


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HOPEt-DEAF 

Dr. Peck's Artificial Ear Drums 


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nr NT* WAITER l» Mil Pi <’• •m*'i *>» R*' 1 * 
(Ins Us CUAGBTS Prtetln* Huuar. Ann Artur. ReA 



DECEMBER 3. 1W1. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY 


815 



BOYNTON’S 


GAS-TIGHT DURABLE FURNACES. 


roflilr.l 

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i. ind am Hi guwd « 
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mil* 111 |«r. w.rm air 
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■i*il> Ppxliirliic I fire*. ».► 
pcrtmtlr fraa. fin™ c.ui 

ml ult.imll; •Knaln. nn tin uiuun. 

HM'IIAIMIMOS. BOTXHIS * 1 Ruarbrlartra. 
m Wain ML, *.« lari. A »« Ubr M„ « hlnao, IU. 

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

or MEAT FINKKT AND CIIEOPIttT MEAT 
FLAVOUIMI STOCK TO II OOLPB, |1AI»K 
DISHES. AND Ji.U i KH. 

LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

or MEAT An luaWaabto alto ncnld. tm.v 
la all amm of wmfc dlr—U.in tad ilrW. H •• li 

a MIBB— —I i >..111 pgr nath— — Mild 

tool mHilL ’-A'e “ Ncdlial Prvaa," -Luiua. ‘ 
-KrTtlal. Moll. .1 Joaruil. ' Ac. 

CAUTION amtj .HI. ton lac-Hmlla nl 

Bir» Lit big • bigueiuia In tola Uk km la. 


LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

Or MEAT. Tn br hul ali Mi.'f.krp ( ^fi,iir<.-.r. 
ami Clrtmltt. S..n Adrnca Urn I bo ('eMail Man . 
(•Hnl-.i. null i, C I>AVU> A CO.. U Mali 
Laaow London. Eiigltnd. 

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WITH A vamikkHEKK. At KKK. MEURaLI, A 
PUNDIT. McKESoN A HoliHJNn. II. K. A P- K 
THUUIEK A CXI., W. IL Miltbl't'KI.IN A <X> 


WrTTOTP I I"* A— a," ••T.«r lamlr 

NlUoIb 

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The »pa»on l*or welling 
Mlk« at H Im- 

injj alMint at an end. 
JAtlKH Met REERY A Co. 
bare IruinafrrrcU their K\- 
I I 1C i: *tock of llroeatelle 
and l>umn**e *ilk* and Rat- 
lin from the n ilOl.i^Alj; 
Department to the Retail 
Counter*. 

Then* ( o o d ■ prr«ent a 
multitude of elegant «le- 
*isn», and In order to *ell 
them AT ©X'C'E they hare 
been marked at OX F HALT 
of the price** at which they 
eould he replaced. 

JAMES ti(( Ki;i:KV a t o., 
II roadway and lltli St., 
Xew York. 


DRESS 


TRIMMINGS. 



•Ill Itallam In «arn«|aail. 

E. A. SIORRIHOV, 


s»3 Rrondwny, Xew York. 

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wakly |iiVnlM, c.M.iaiuiuf v.irka id Trawl, 
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ranging from |4 in Bum. pci iiuinUr Pull lira .1/ 
It* rj~r 1 P. anil.. 1 Ay wn Library will ba ftmltoiod 
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ar HAMPER* CATAIOOI-R cnayatolof llw 

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A BEAUTIFUL BRUSH, roWiMs. 

9 win amid It — trial. — imIL «• wwtir at MA.OO, natch will 
rrlnrwHl If net aa rr*nw«i»4. 


Over 3,000,000 Sold— Phenomenal Success!! 

DR. SCOTT’S ELECTRIC HAIR BRUSH. 

An Honest Remedy 

PRESCttlliKD AND I'SKI) BY UUK BEST PHYSICIANS. 

f»»"t ta BabnJ, torn. o.rtUI, tart.]raad by lb. 1-rloe.acU ItW 

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THE END OF THE POLITICAL CALM. 

"tONGRENlS will have begun it* w*«on. the Rpeak- 

J cr will have been elected, and the President'* 
>h-«uge will have been published, when tin* paper >* 
issued. These events will put an end to the long po- 
litical calm. For some month* the ship of nlate baa 
been rocking like a *hip in tlie “ Doldrums”; but with 
the imoeinbliiig of Congmai. and the mdk-atiun of the 
Executive policy, brisk winds will spriug up from ev- 
itt quarter, and the placid scene will change The 
Hpcakrmhip contest has been a contention within the 
party, ami it was notable for two things: one was the 
plainly marked line* of party division, the other was 
the reported declaration of Mr. KasboX upon the pro- 
tective principle, which was in harmony with the 
statement iu Secretary BLAINE'S letter to the Tariff 
Convention, " lliut at no previous time in the history 
uf our country has the principle of protection of 
American industry boon so strong with the mum of 
the people as to-day ” Mr. IL fS OX complements this 
Statement by his reported assertion that “the whole 
continent of Europe attributes to it our great prosper- 
ity and rapid growth in wealth.” 

The drawing of linn# within the parly lias been 
along the old division. It in deep and bitter, and to 
obliterate it will require great address upon the pan 
of the Administration. The term* Stalwart and 
anli-Stalwart merely define tendencies. The Bour- 
bon, stationary, reart ionary element of the Itcpub 
lican party i* called Stalwart, lu principle is the 
old conservatism. " Ixet well enough alone." It pre- 
fers the traditional bane*. and avoids and detests pro- 
gress as ilangerou* agitation, imperiling the ascend- 
ency of the party. The one word which it especially 
hates U reform. The party is the “ be all" and the 
*• end-all.” The younger, hopeful, progressive, rr 
forming tendency is the anti Stalwart. It insists 
upon recognising the situation as it changes, and 
new issues a* they arise, It regards agitation a* the 
natural exercise of a healthful political spirit, and 
laughs at the theory that stagnation and torpidity 
are essential element* of well-being. Party it views 
as a means, not an end, and fidelity to party princi- 
ples it believe* to be compatible with unflinching crit- 
icism of party method* and repudiation of illicit par- 
ty action. 

These are the two ancient and familiar tcnih-ncir* 
in all Organised action, which ill the Republican 
party are distinguished a* Stalwart and anti -Stal- 
wart. To say this, however, i* very far from saying 
that every adherent upon each iudo recognizes or ad- 
mits the truth of the statement, or illustrate* it in hi* 
action. Tha Stalwart* are notall “hide-bound, "and 
the anti -Stalwart* are notall “reformers." Immense 
iiicon*i*tencics, contradictions, and laughable absurd- 
ities abound. Thu* the opponents of machine meth- 
ods ore generally anli-Stalwart. but there are anti 
Stalwart* who out-Herod the HRROD of the machine. 
If a church or a party, or the divisions in church e* 
and parties, were to be tried by the views and act* and 
character of individuals, there would be a *urry ex- 
hibition of inconsistency. If the cause uf the Union 
hu<l been tented by the bounty-jumpers, the train)*, 
and the cowards in the army, it would not have seem- 
ed to be very glorious. If, therefore, it »hall up)ivar 
that the Administration, whoso probable general 


spirit and tendency will be diserrned a* thi* paper i» 
i-aued, is to he distinctively Stalwart, it wilt be ac- 
cepted a* a reactionary Administration. The elrcur 
perception of that fact would he a grout misforl'iiie. 
and Uie tni-ssuge will be carefully wanned to discover 
the sign* of the course to be pumued. with the earnest 
hope of tlie great body of pr<«grv*eivo Republicans 
that the party i* to go forward and not back want. 

TFIB STAR ROUTE ROBBERIES. 

It is to lie hoped that the Star Route robbery pmse- 
cutions are not regarded by anybody a* a quarrel be- 
tween the Administration and Mr. MacVrauh. But 
it ia evident that the friend* of the robber* cnnimand 
a powerful influence. An elaborate and thorough 
rr|inrt by Mr. GlBSOR bn* been puhli*hed. which tell* 
in conclusive detail the »tory of the robbery. It is a* 
fatally damaging a statement as could be made, re- 
vealing a system of knavery by which the country 
has been enormously defrauded, Tlie publication 
was immediately followed by a letter from the acting 
Attorney -General, complaining that Mr. Giemox had 
taken some title that did not belong to him. and that 
hi* report was hrought to the ulLioe in Some informal 
or rarrlrea way. Under tlie circumstances, it was an 
extraordinary letter, for without questioning the 
truth of a single statement in Mr. Gibson's report, 
the letter was plainly intended to throw discredit 
upon him by exciting prejudice against him as an of- 
ficious meddler. Tlie question at once presents itself. 
Why should the prosecuting authority of the govern- 
ment attempt to break tlie fore* of a report *o strong 
and so useful to the government, which is seeking to 
expose and punish public crime* t Taken with the 
two failures to bring caste to trial, and with the loud 
and truculent assertion* of tlie Star Route Ring that 
the proceedings were a farce, and meant to fail, this 
letter is a very significant incident. 

We trust that the Administration dor* not misun- 
derstand the feeling of the country upon this subject 
Tin- re is a profound conviction among quiet und in- 
telligent amt observant citizen* that a *y*tem of tnnu- 
Ntrou* fraud* lias bceu iu operation for a long time to 
steal money from the public Treasury, and that some 
pereou* are concerned in it who would withstand 
the exposure of the truth at every east. There per- 
sons are plainly understood to intimate tliat they 
command influences which will prevent such expos 
lire*. It i* pari of the conviction that the absurd 
fuss about Attorney -General MacVkauh’s resignation 
is a mere trick to divert attention from tlie frauds, 
and to prepare the public, mind to bclirTc an alxuidon 
meot or a failure of the prosecution to be tlie result 
of Mr. MacVraoh’s impracticable conduct in insist 
mg upon retiring. The great and intelligent body of 
citizens who hold there opinions are watching there 

I Star Route proceedings very narrowly. Tbey will 
judge, and the country will judge, the Adiuiuintratiou 
by the result. If there is tint the cleareat evidence 
that the sucomb of the preventions i* desired, and 
they should fail, the effect upon the Administration 
and the Republican party would be like that of the 
event of the Whiskey Ring prewreutiun* in lR75-<. 

[ The extraordinary performance* of tliat prosecution 
and the result went fur to persuade tlie country that 
! it wo* about time to change the party control of the 
government, and if tlie iiifiiR-iiCo* that were gratified 
hr tlie failure of some of those prosecution* liud not 
been defeated at Cincinnati in the nomination of a 
President, the Republican party would have bceu 
overthrown. 

The Star Route prosecutions are not a legacy from 
President Gakpikui nor a quarrel with Mr. Mac- 
Y Kao 11. They are actions iiguinst public rubbers 
which the government of the United Htati-s began 
some months ago, and which that government is 
hound to prosecute with tlie utmost energy and 
rigor, whoever may be President or whoever Attor- 
ney-General. Whether Mr. MacVeauh remains or 
retirrs, whether Mr. Gibson be a deputy, an aoustant. 
a detecdive, or a coadjutor, the expectation of the 
country anil the duty of the Administration are | 
wholly unchanged It would be more encouraging 
if the reports from Washington were fuller of stories 
of the seal of the prosecution Ilian of captious com 
nients upon Mr. MacVkaOH’h obstinacy and Mr. Gw 
son's title. 


THE SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIR. 

THK South American complication is not intelligi- 
ble upon any publishi-d information, and i.'uugrcM 
will undoubtedly require ait the paper* in tlie cone to 
be laid before it. It will not appear from the papers, 
prolmhly, unless there ha* been a remarkable depart- 
ure from sound principles, lliut wo have undertaken 
to n-gulute the relations between Chili and Peru by 
prescribing to Club the terms upon which she might 
conclude peace with Peru. We are not aware of any 
treaty which empowers us to take auch a course, and 
it is certainly not justified by any principle of public 
law. To call such a proceeding an “active interpret 
talion" of the MoNltoB doctrine is merely to try to cov- 
er unwarranted conduct with a meaningless phrase. 
The MoNHOK doctrine is plainly defined in President 


Monroe' 9 Message. It may be useful to recall his 
precise word*, lliut it may be seen what “active inter- 
pretation” it will hour. 

President MoRMl'R declaration was the result of 
the correspondence of Mr Rt'Ml. our minister iu Eng- 
land. with Mr CaXRUKI, the British Foreign Secreta- 
ry, in 18S3. It WOS then plain that Spain could not 
recover her control of her South American colonies, 
and equally plain that France, then successfully in- 
vading Spain, would aim at re-kmburai-incnl from 
thuse colonies. To prevent thi* result, Mr. C-UUIM 
propow-d to Mr. Ri'hh tliat the United Stalo* and 
Great Britain should unite iu a declaration that while 
they dkl not propose to take any of the colonies them- 
selves, nor to obstruct any amicable negotiations with 
Bjwiii, " they could not see the transfer of any portion 
of them to any other power with indifference,” Mr. 
Rente agreed to take the responsibility of joining in 
thi* dec-Luraiiou, provided thut Great Britain would at 
once recogmre the colonies. Meanwhile Mr. IlCaH, 
of course, hud communicated Mr. Canxino's over- 
tures to his own government. President Monbob 
asked Mr. jEfmwOM'a opinion. Mr. J ErrEamiN 
warmly approved the step proposed by Mr. C auxin <J. 
The cabinet concurred, and ill his Mrasnge at the 
opening of Congre»a* President MoNROK said : 

“We owe It ilii-rt-fuic to tmuloe u>d to lb* smksliU reUliuM 
rusting betaota thr lullnl Smu-» mini Uuw p «■,->* tu 
tint He >111*1 lit i-caalilur any *ltroi|il nil tloir part In i-tlrnH tln-ir 
ayitrra iu «oy irartaei of tlii» livuiuplii-n- m <laii|fi'Rn» l» onr pr»'* 
a-»i mtrtr. n'ilh Ibr i-li>lili|r eoliMiha « of any 

KunijMwii jHivyr »* bate mil interfered, ar*i -Kail not interfere. 
Hill aritli tlie gneeramenU hare deeUred Ihrir independeere 
and mainlaiiit'l h, and whom imJeje-nileni-e «e hare on freal con- 
a!i]cr»ti>:ei and on jaet prineiple* iKAno-ole-lged. we coo id aot rittr 
«i interpoeition for (he purpore of cfiprooing them, or toalrolling 
in any manner their dreune, by say Lurcqean power, in any otbur 
lifhl than *• a mani/eaUtioa of aa unfnemily liiipontioa lo*ard 
the United States." 

This wo* the declaration in regard to Spanish 
America. In another part of the Measogu. referring 
to negotiations with Russia about the boumlaritn of 
the two powers on the northwestern coast of the con- 
tinent, President M ox ROB said 

~ la ibe diM'uiwa fai wtiicti thi* iatenwt ha* fcwes ri«e, the oo- 
eseiuli ha* Imm juilgreJ prnpor for aim Hing oe a jirim-itJe in winch 
Ito rights ami im.wl «r the t'niml State# sre inrolted, that the 
.lf»rrii.-aa ruiitinenu, by tlie free amt iadepemlent ronditara which 
they laaiu louiwil ami maintain, are henceforth not to be ton* i- 
stvd a* Mtliyecl* foe future (utooiratkm by any Euru|tc«D power." 

These two declarations form the Monroe doctrineL 
The American continent* are not open to future col- 
onization by any European power, and American 
states whose independence we have recognized era 
not to be controlled by any European government. 
It was an Executive declaration which lias never re- 
ceived an authoritative legislative confirmation. In 
substance and effect it was an assertion by the Presi- 
dent that the United States, as the great power upon 
the Western continent, held tliat the continent must 
henceforth control its own destiny. It was not, how- 
ever, a declaration that the United States would as- 
sume the autocracy of tlie continent, and it would b« 
an exceedingly “active interpretation” which would 
find iu the words of President Monroe an assertion 
of a claim to regulate the mutual relations uf two in- 
dependent American governments. 


THE NATIONAL TARIFF CONVENTION. 

The meeting of the National Tariff Convention in 
New York and a late similar meeting in Chicago, 
with the " Fair Trade" discussion in England, show 
n disposition to renew the general debate upou the 
subject. We pointed out lost week the altitude of 
part*-* toward it, nnd a vigorous and decisive agita- 
tion at this lime might have equally decided political 
results. It is a question of priniary importance upon 
which neither party has taken a position . Tlie actual 
situation will be revealed, probably, by the oo opera- 
tion of both parties in Cungroai to appoint a commis- 
sion to investigate and report. Tins will be the pol- 
icy of poMponenieut, of which parties iu critical times 
are naturally fond. Even so extreme a Democrat as 
Bcnat nr Yihikhkk* is "shaky” upou the question, and 
a* the Democratic leader in the House will be a Penn- 
sylvania Democrat Mr. RaXDaI-L— we may expect to 
ace the Democratic parly furor n " POLK, Dallam, 
and tariff" policy of deluy. 

While tins is tlie general party position, the tend- 
ency and weight of opimou iu the country may be 
easily inferred. The whole force of tlie old Whig 
tariff tradition remains in the Republican party, mod- 
ified ouly by some of tlie younger men who hold the 
modern views. Blit they hold them very much a* 
President Garxikui held them— tentatively and spec- 
ulatively. On the other hand, there are Democratic 
lenders who recoil from free trade. The opinion of 
the Southern wing of tlie ] tarty incline* to protection 
und sulMtdua. Some of it* chief papers acknowledge 
thut no hopeful contest can be made against protec- 
tion, and it* campaign cry of free trade in 1880 was 
practically revoked. It ia n ; lesa significant a sign 
thut the Natioual Tariff Convention meet* in the great 
commercial metropolis, tlie chief seat of the free -trade 
doctrine. The experience of the campaign of 
was conclusive. The moment that the Democratic 
party was put upon the defense of its plank of tori IT 



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819 


for revenue only, it broke and fled. The argument 
that the Democrat* were seeking to reduce American 
laborers to tin- pauper wage* of Europe was decisive, 
and Utr brief dncawian, which tvias but a late episode 
in the eainjwign, threw a great deal of light upon the 
situation, 

The general debate, however, will be most service- 
able if it I cmlx to a reasonable reform of tariff taxa- 
tion. The vexatious details of a tariff ought to be 
corrected, although, as it Is a kind of log-rolling 
scheme, correction is exceedingly dillicuH. If the 
bellows-inukers are protected, there is no sound rea- 
auti why the brush -finishers should not lx; protected: 
and if it be unfair that the culko-printer should be in 
danger of pauper wage*, it is uo less unjust that thn 
cotton spinner* should be exposed to them. It be 
comes at last a corn|H>tili<Mi of interests to be protected, 
and as the interests control votes, a general compro- 
mise and adjustment is inevitable. But to lay a tax 
of more than MO per cent, on whiting and l‘»n» white, 
an n correspondent of the Timet point* out, and to 
collect $1% 000 in duties upon a cost of 17000. is ridic- 
ulous and indefensible. A tariff may be plausibly 
sustained upon the ground of fostering industries 
essential to national independence or to diversified 
labor, but it is always nccouuiry to show in what way 
n particular private monopoly is a public benefit, A 
tariff is a public bounty to certain citiwns to enable 
them to do a losing business. The community ought 
not to be expected to grant this bounty unless it can be 
proved that it will necessarily benefit the community. 
To grunt it fort he reason that it is pursued by certuin 
persons or classes is to argue that ever}’ pursuit and 
profession should 1* subsidised. 

A PROUD TALE. 

The twenty-ninth annual report of the Children's 
Aid Society, which has just been published, tells a 
tule of whk'li New York may be justly proud. 

“ It may lie truly «ahl tlmi there I* ae occasion iu>« for snx child 
In New York to l»- limnelw* nr alrsct-wandcrtng. No child need 
beg or steal fur n Using ; imi Imy tw |M engaged In ■ street aw 
pal** is obliged to Ihi without » home for the night or * sc bod 
fee Instruction. Every tree raw noil* BimI a place where Moral 
*«d religious instrection i- given. Xsironr, In* IbunsAiul* of the 
poor children tu M W WU-llWIWI wt» srv ton ragged Slid dirty for 
l»>e putdlc schools, or ■ pen of wb*e day Must always tw spent it* 
street occupations. tore schools now adapted to their tmria sod 
Unit •mployaMM. 1 * 

Tb® significance of such a slatement U immense. 
But the remarkable result which it records is due to 
tlfoughtfnl and persistent care and observation. It 
is the natural fruit of that wise spirit of modern 
charity which holds that mere giving is nnt chari- 
ly, but tlust charity conaista in intelligent giving. 
Charity is a virtue, and its true operation helps in- 
stead of harming. But mere giving U mere harm. 
It is not a virtue because there i* no sacrifice in giv- 
ing what i* not felt to lie a loss; and it is still 1 «m a 
virtue because it is selfishly intended to take tie? place 
of personal care anil trouble. If anybody is touched 
by the apparent suffering of the beggar at the door 
or in the street, let him not give until be know* that 
giving is needed; and if he cun not ascertain for him- 
self. let him apply to those who will investigate, and 
give to them. This is the efficient principle of mod- 
ern charity. It i* sometimes sueeringly derided os 
scientific, twit it is of the very cmmmigo of Christianity. 

This )* the principle of the Clnlilrvn s Aid Society 
—we luul almost said of Mr. Brack, for the society and 
it* beneficence an* a* much his work aa the reform of 
prison* was the work of John Howard. He has 
been for a generation noiseltwsly building a monu- 
ment more enduring than marble. During the year 
the society has spent about 1930.000. Thin money 
was well because systematically and intelligently ex- 
pended. Two hundred thousand destitute boys and 
girl* were sheltered and fed in the lodgtug-ltouses; 
100,000 girls were taught in (be industrial schools; 
1348 person*— all of them children but 340 — were sent 
to home* in the West, making more than 63,000 so 
provided fur since 1853. The Newsboys' Lodging- 
Huuxe lias cared for nearly 180,000 boy*, beside* re 
ceiving from them aa Baring* bank deposits nearly 
853.000. The twelve physician* at the Sick Chil- 
dren's Mission have attended 9600 patient*. The 
cost of the work i* not gm»t. In the industrial 
school* it i* 822 SI per year for each child ; in the 
Lodging • House, fcCS HI; iii the expedition* to the 
West, (X 211. The claim of the society that the work 
of intelligent charity in the city has lessened childish 
vagrancy, and that youthful crime does not grow 
with population despite the influx of foreigners is 
sustained by facts which the report cite*. The num- 
ber ol commitments of girls and women for vagrancy 
fell from 5880 in infill to 1541 in 18M; of girl thieve*, 
from 1 In TJ!> in 1803 to 1 in 3870 in 18S0; the num- 
ber of male vagrant* wa* diminished 900 in twenty- 
one year*; of male thievr*. fit 5 in the same time, not- 
withstanding the increase in population. 

How much of all that thi* Society lias accomplish- 
ed during the roar with 8390,000 would have been 
achieved if that sum of money had been given indis- 
criminately and carelessly I The report of the Chil- 
dren's Aid Society should be the most i«-r»ua*ive ar- 
gument with everybody, a* the winter begin' and 


turn* all heart* to charity, not to give in the street 
or at the door, and not to be content with not giving, 
hut to send the child to the Children's Aid, or the 
adult to the Society for Relief, that every applicant 
may have his case considered. 


ally ami hopelessly with decline sad death. A co-opera* 
ting commit Ice of literary genllMHea hi every jmrt of tbo 
country hs* Ihn-ii faiaml tii receive cotilritiutloeiH, nf which 
Merer*. Au:xam>i:u IIiuiwx A Sons, hankers, In Halil more, 
will hate charge; anil soy sam m muled for so piuii* nml 
grateful • purpose may be sent to G. W. Cento, at tbo of- 
6 c« of Harper'* WKKKLV. 


Flow TO TAKE A niNT. 

With the bappy-un-hirky grace of t bn American leruper- 

sim-iii, w« may have forgotten l tint a fnw week* there 

«M * general apprehension of a water famine, ami of un- 
told tirlmn woes from tin- ami pestilence. Thn copious amt 
welcome mine of the aiilnmti hnve washed away cmr feats, 
but the fact nererthelcwi remains that the arrange went* of 
the water sapply f«t tbo city are inadequate. Tbo test of 
j-imd sense is stiiltty to bn warned J to set tl|KMi tbe hint, 
sod not w sit for thn kick. Tbfs ho* ktcti the merit of Kng- 
h*h dscnostle siutcismuship (hr nearly two orntiuiea. The 
foot, Indued. Iiim ts-eu energetically lifted Mate tbsa once, 
hut timely n< tu-n bus spared it the nnvwsity of kicking. 

Mr. lit kkiiT O.THuMPSor is an author whose works may 
nut Is- wo familiar an tin** of Mr. Tt'Pl’RK. but they are 
much mure vslnalite. In hi* latest production, doled at the 
t>r|Hirtnient of Public M urks, this interesting author ap- 
prise* the reader that in three month* ITotn July 14 of tin* 
year the nalurul flow of the Croton ilerrrased from »j,OOO.Ot»J 
gallon* jwt day to lew than 10.CW, Ct*> gallon*. Tbe entire 
Croton waler-ohed l* cx| jtualed to furnish * daily water sup- 
ply of son, (tun, ttOO galhnia. This i* all at our service if we 
will furnish tlie »torago loom, and it would rvitiuva the fear 
of water famine for m*ny a year. 

Tii* learned author propose* another storage reservoir on 
the eastern hank of the Croton. There should lie no don Id 
of it* apeedy erection. lhiblic works, indeed, involve great 
and costly Jobls-ry ; but thi* is s vital public uresmity, and 
taking every pomllde precaution against Joist, thi* drvuui of 
the poet of tlie puldie works should ho uiailn real without 
delay. 


PUBLIC BENEFACTOR& 

Tlix Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York la rapidly 
areaninlatiiig tbe treasure* of whieb it is tbe tin In ml rim 
todisn, and General Dl CKKOUt reception in Europe dur- 
ing tin- last summer shows bow highly esteemed be is in I be 
highest circle* of atvhirologicwl art. The Museum I* nJ- 
tviuly one of Ibc most interesting and fascinating public re- 
act t* in the city, and the technical school*. which the mn- 
ni licence of some of its friend* baa auatained, have been of 
the greatest service for lliecr pnrpowe. 

One of tbe incidental advantage* to tlie puldir of the 
Mi'irupolltsn Murenoi i* that hy it* mean* the puldir fall* 
beir tu tbn most ruluatilc collect ten* of art treasures, and 
become* the teuefleiary of nien of wealth and taste. Every 
generous collector instinctively wishes to aburc tbo enjoy- 
ment and tbe iiinlriietii.n nf tii* collections with oilier*. Tbe 
true lover »f beauty nrkuow Inigo* Its native right to oui- 
versat admiration. And us tlie waters flow from all aide* 
to tbs river, tbe art collections of individual* rmistantly 
tend, and we hope will tend more and men-, to enrich tbe 
galleries nf the Museum, 

During tlie last few month* the Mnrenia has received 
costly gift* from Mr. M*ngr mmi of axquUllo anvieut glii*% 
amt ffom Mr. H*iu>»w of old irrra cotta, mol from tbo Ui- 
<|iir*t of Mr. XramxM WnirxKY Pikamx. Hi* gift u d«- 
II lied in hi* will aa alt bi* “statuary, iiil-pniutiugs, draw- 
ing* in water -color nml crayon, etnlwoideriea, trained en- 
graving*, fmiiK-d litbngiapba, fruited pltolograplt* (exoe)tt- 
ing those relating to the history of tin- city of Non York i. 
I*c>|m<r-w*rr, curving* in ivory, wood, or in* lid, Jude or pte- 
rion* atones, tironrra, enamel*, roek-riy*tal and glass, pot- 
rclain and faience. coin*. silverware, and motaicv'' It la a 
thoughtful and munibrent gift t« lbs ph nsnre ami inrtnie- 
twin of bis native city, and helps to make bn native city 
pleasanter and more malturttvo to the ciiltensof all cities, 
It is by such a spirit In Its people that a city benoues a turn 
inetrupolia. 

CHIEF JUSTICE ANDREWS. 

Govr.iiNuK ('<*nxxtj.‘* np|HiintniPUt of Judge Am>iif» h 
to be t'blrf Jilntice of the Court of Appeal*, ill place of Mr. 
Fotrirg. bus teen received with grout *uti*fartinn. Them 
are four rliief (|nalificationa of u judge : inflexible integri- 
ty, intellectual ability, burning in the law. and the judicial 
temperament. If to tlieor- are atlded long experience and a 
just ariiw* of i In- dignity of tha beucli, tire result isamogi*- 
trato lire* algae raCaadsi. 

There tinatiflentioua are combined ill Chief Justice Au- 
DitEWs. lie is one of tire judge* wbn were originally elect- 
ed. and he was, we believe, tbe youngest judge npon tho 
liench. He bn* been tried by yearn of conspicuous service, 
snd although, a» ia unavoidable in lbs heat ol litigation, 
there baa le-eu sometimes decided diflerence of opinion, 
there ha* been no doubt of character or question of ability, 
and tho nlevafhm of Jndgs Axhni:w* I* otm of th* acta of 
tbe Governor which ore univenially contmeuded. 

The Govarwor'a Mleetion of Jnilge flgx EDICT to repiacn 
Judge A.MiMKWa was also meat ■atisfuctory, and it is u Mib- 
ject of public regret that Judge IIk.nkhkt boa felt txm- 
attaincal to decline. 


THE LANIER FUND. 

Some of tbe leading eilleen* of Ba lt imore, desiring to 
roinlorniovsle tlie career of u gifted man of letter*, whoso 
Ilfs was a sharp struggle with the uxalaily which carried 
him off untimely, propose to raise a fund for the widow and 
children of tbe late V Lavivu. The fund is to l*e pnl 
in trust by a committee nfflve of tlie bret-known ciliteu*. 
tbe incom- to he |nld to hi* widow dating her life, and the 
principal to be divided at her dentil equally among her 
children. Tlie movement took form nt a meeting under tho 
auspice* of tbe John* Hopkins L'ttivemity, In which Mr. 
Laxiem held a lecturer’s chair. 

Mr. Lamkk* reOued and heantifol character iuipremed 
itself as iteeply a* bi* geuiuA upon Dome who knew him 
most lotianatcly, and the appeal i* made to thww w ho *vm- 
patbir* with the temperarucut of gcuiua struggling heroic- 


PERSONAL. 

Tin Irascible hut epcn-lsarti.l em of ImiiawM and lawyer who 
is »« frequeartiy pte„-r.iiii on tho »i*pr »< going *«-r<ily 

doing gmid g<nereli*.*Bd liUslilBg in liml it known, tint ofu 
ua *[-|K*r in real tif* . »u.i ir U ivrv sekiom inib-i-J tluit Iii* virtue* 
»re pnoehol in a rourt of taw, lint a ftw d aj* »go the hreM of 
the isle J.- 0 I* R. Towvsxkn, apinaring by his son. Jests 1>. Tewv. 
HAk of thi* ril*. reqiimled SosTOgnte Caivix to aintit sitiuat ct- 
aniinilhNi the so-omita of the line a-hnintstrstor. Kairru. Tsj-iie 

■ sal 8k>iiuori; who had bad charge uf tho estate for thirty-die 
years. Tiw Snrrog»tc of oowrse conscntM. hot on bukhig mru- 
ally over the ictvyrets he founJ that Mi. Sainwux ho! made ioi 
ehiirgc fur bis services, but had left a iMswAastJuiu lo tlie I'ffivt 
tluit Mr. Towxstxo boil twen Ilia “ very il.-»r frtclid,' amt ihnl bis 
ehtldicn must accept Id* aerrires aa AdniiiHSlrator a* "a latwr of 
kite." 

— TsurKKKiT oinei wrote is tbe Kf.obsrvjA /Treirir sc article on 
X l". Willi*'* /Ju«Ar* <a Li/*, of which Jirraxr wrote to tlie ed- 
ilur. Mr NsriaM, “ Mr. VTiuis migM n* well hive liocn U-t alone, 
and Iii* reviewer is not much be Her thin himself." T>iings list* 
changeil rinew W tXLIs'a day. What wa* then tcgardid a* an Im- 
pertioieit invasion of domestic prtracy is Id our tioav a priucipal 
staple of ImrincM with tlie h-aJing isucioiy journals of both knwr.1- 
"pherei, unit the saying* and doings of |H-tgdo of |auiliuo, i* seet r 

■ alt of Ufc, are fem-trei out ami Mporod as if the worU were 
Agape fur that sort of goulp, a ad that only. 

—King IlmsrxT of July, while recxoilly in Vienna, esprowsed to 
Mr. I'liKLr* our mii.liliv, liis higli appreciation ot General Dt Cl* 
sola, and thought It a great p.iy that Italy should k**e such a 

— t!spUrt) t'HAMLEa W, Ke*N* 0T, of the White Star steamer 
f«*TTuu»ir iluaigti a whiietisirtd man, is ueicrthclcwa one cf 
Ills are-isnlert of oatrinera, having crossoi llie AttanUe three 
humlrnl lines. The notable fart ws* duly and property ccle- 
Imilrel st Dklsospu's rm tbe rvening of Nwvembor S3 by a din- 
ner, at which a lirae cahinful of gioiltcfiucn avi-nud. made s|awcli- 
e*. shivered their timbers, and were served Uidr rmtiuaa uf greg in 
duo navlicsl atyle. Among ocher einlncni roysger* prvH-ot who 

■ ere piped fur speech and ancedutai were M»ur* i'luvacET M. 
ISirau-, William 111 tub ItracA*, (umuimlnre 1 Hauvwi*, I' I. Ttr- 
east, K. A. Beat, W. D. Bumnr, Ijl tikasn C*saoa, Atsunu 
Tatlob, senior *iul junior, sic, rtc, who liad dune tlie briny with 
tlie L-i-nth-mAidy *kip|wr. 

— Mr Wiirua K Hirst, * gnnth-tnan of very old family, the 

huetisiul of I July Aasa Hu at. Loci Bvaos's Kranddaaghter, he* 
revrtltlr p-ilih*h«Ml a vulumv of prwms * liicli are highly commended 
in London joartlala. I*<l* A*** Bu*T is the awibor uf Th, Uni- 
mnn TVvAea »/ tit % very interrtting taa-k, pubUsbed 

here hy II i>n s A Itsiron to, to which is preliieJ an imtriictiic ac- 
count of Ibe AratAiB horse, and the best simian of the asimal 
known in the East Indeed, tlie volume [oMuats all tbe chatm 

—It M no loader a scvrt-t tbit acrcral montlis ago Postmutrr- 
r.cnerxl James engaged to acerpe the prwskbuey of a new hank in 
this city, to be vailed the Lino.n Nattobal Back, the rwpcul of 
which, with tlio eicvption of a few *k*nw, was premiptly nba by 
lb« Mcwr*. VasnuiUiLT and a few cellar cwpilaliil*. Ku oagvr 
a i ce monevvd men tu ulitsin Ua stuck tliat (m Umrec tbe wumbrr 
of sliAtvi not Ukrea by those who are to centred H would hare 
IhwK toksa in twrWty-fiMir hour*. Tlie W» iliatituliuo I* to lie In. 
ratrei near the (Sniiul Central DeiNd, awd will add to its hanking 
features dial of a Safe Dejioait G«*a|wny. Tlie basinos* of people 
residing on the line* of the Central. Il crlem. and New Haven rail- 
road*, »-M<-i to the drposits of tiie YiansnnnTS and up- town resi- 
dents, will tw certain to make tbe instil utson one uf tbe most pro- 
Ikabln ie New York. 

—Mr. Mackat. the millionaire, »u hwikol ii[oe when nt tlio 
Hague a* a putontate of high degree. Ttw landlord it the hnut 
wts-ce he stop|sd asked hi* sc-rrant if tea lussUr went wca a king 
in his own country, lie was assured that king* and queen* sera 
nut known ha America, hut wa* nut to bt oswvinoed. Kmltiug 
uvsv hi* wcaiihv gw.tr, b* in it day relit to ime of I tie city jour- 
lists an aocuunl of th* arrival at hi. hotel of “tbe Kii g and 
Ijwecn of tho Bonanza M-*.<iLdo* of California." 

— Mr. W iLitaM II. Esolimh, Iste an oepinral for Y'tce-rrewidtctinl 
lioswvrs. and owner of the ImJianannlie < '["tra-boosc. Inti put s 
statue nf his late wife in Ibe lobby along with tigure* of the Umcea 
and Most*. So taith the jhaisy /W. 

— Mr. tli.KBY InvtMi drliverel recently in Kdlntnrgh, by inrito- 
tluli, an addiess on the drama, which elicited freos tbr pr.re of iLtl 
city, a* w.ll as the pees# cj I jxujt*. very limited approval. In 
tliut *|>ovrti lie relaUd tbr following -. “Tuikiug to a very rtusliKlit 
bi.lmp one day, 1 muI to him, ' Now, mi lord, why is it, with tour 
hnv and knowledge of llw drama, with your dorfi interest in tha 
stage and all lu Is'longing*, ate] _»uar wide Mvupalby with all that 
cioo Jdiw »nd rvfifw* cor natore* — why i* it liiat you never go to 
the theatre T' ‘Why, sov dear lavims.' raid lie, ‘I’ll tell nst I 
am afraid of The KutJt *i..| 71* Hmnl. ' " Exactly : the religion* 
prtsa would altcwd to hie twre widi ri-li.h and celrtitv. 

--Stun tor ArnmsT.of Rbule Mond, has a specially — the min- 
ing of poultry— and every year naikcs it a cusacan to send a tine 
on key to each of the l iittod State* Senator* and ei Seintoe*. 
Tbry ih. nk vary higldy of Senator Avunwt Seuator tViu ian*, 
uf kunlucky. i* I'luulou* uf Senator A uo ibe poultry quuMion. 
Kreontly iw sold hi* tohmvo atfi, prolmv-d from lew. ilmn ninviy 
acr«w, for 628,000, and pcotuimd at the ticne of the .nle to give lo 
earh huyew of a bcgelowd a premium of a tv# fat lurttey, l.tn 
Thank egivinguity be fwllSOtii tbe tow liy rending to rath of the 
forty-three purchasers a twenty pwsnd turkey. 

— The private law.offire of Jihau P. Haaiawix in London is 
furnished wilh two plain chair*.* table, and * few Isw-Jwokz Tlio 
cli ik*' imui adjoining, though piain, is fnrnUlud with an etrgaueo 
U-llciiiig ono uf tlie wealthiest praititluncrs in hngluiui. Though 
axtrnmly *lui|dc and ccuuMimwl in his peimual vaponsc*, ha is 
rw|Mirtfd to gi.v large sums in rbarity. 

— Mr K. C. U«a»» ill* Mi fcL»v, who i. known the world over ** 
a man of letter* and a man of the sisll, **jh ilwt Dr, Talf, Areh- 
bishop of Omterhnry, it the !tr*t Sosehnun w|mi ha* attained to 
the pnmavy of thr BnrU CJitlreh. " He owe* nothing to birth but 
the nuelu-r-wit which has enabte.1 hire to win the variow prires of 
his profeMiun. Any day row b*it ehmicc to sec Dr. Taro walking 
about the strati* uf Loudon, and haply suilng into tlm ih.jp *ln- 
dowo. Be will protwbly tie attended Im a ehu|-Lin ; and ol i*no.e 
ho wlU a iwr the uniin|si*ug( dress of bis onin-. Tbr imagllialkai 
must make a slight effort nr retli/e that tbe agirt, milddonkuag 
gimlhtixin in goilurs U the lirst Brili.h *ulij.i-t afWv tbe prinnw 
of the IiIihmI, ami Bttt Ibe plaew '.®eo filled by IjUmsc anil Blex- 
Kt and Lasnnia, by CaaaMRa **rd Lain" |W Tilt is now seventy 
ytsra old. 




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A OIGANTIC DF,VIUFIf»ri- 

Ox Thnmlny. the Iflth of November, Iwo fishermen of 
Portugal Carr, Nm (Vunidlsnil, wen* loitering 111 lira neigh- 
borhood of Him public wharf nf dial little oea-port. when 
they ohoervod a lurg* gray -col need miua outstretched and 
Itoatiug toward tbi- ■hour. The wind anil tide were acliug 
on the land, and the mysterious object aooti graw more 
lU linilc. and. to tb* eyes of III* wondering IIsIh iuimii, soon 
mil lim'd iiM'lf Into tl»o »liapo of a “ btg squid.' And cer- 
tainly, to eoiuparn great tiling* with uunll, it doe* be nr a 
strong family liken*** to it* congener the tiny bait squid, 
or I 0 U 99 . aa known to natural history. 


WIicii Hi* minister had reached tho 
shore, Hie fishermen discovered llmt 
it was dead, hav ing |teriah«d thmugli 
rxbnnstinn ill the rain attempt to ex- 
tricate Haelf from n rref with wln.li 
It had tacumc entangled at low lid*. 

When the water tlowvil, it immediate- 
ly floated clear of it* rocky fetter*, 
and wn* carried lijr wind and sea to- 
ward the strand Tlic lUbrrmcu drew 
it ashore on dry land, ami having pro- 
cured barrens, ratriud It ii|i ami de- 
posited it in one of tlieJrfishiiig-etngrs. 
Intelligence of the rapture having 
ranched St. .Mum, til* present writer 
iuimeiliali'lv slutted foe PortttgnlCovr, 
and teeuted the lUh from the raptor* 
on moderate terras. It was immedi- 
ately brought up to Kt. John*, aud 
after an lumps delay to enable tho 
photographer In Minke a pirlorv of it, 

■teps wern at once taken to liiaure it* 
preservation. A large woolen rasa 
wus prepared, ami u supply of ice pro- 
enreit. Tlie Ihb v>»» carefully trout 
ferred to tbi! box, .mil Ire was plenll- 
fully parked nrauml it. It was then 
shipped on board the atcomcr <’**•*«*. 
of the from we 11 Line, and consigned 
to New Vmk, under the care of Cap- 
tain Ihvnw. 

It in the tir*t s|we imr 11 of the great 
ilerapml the ilrvil-tlsh that lia* boon 
sc- nerd in a thoroughly fresh and, bar- 
ring Mime slight damage to live larger 
trutai uht, iiiiiii<ililnt<d rnnditioii, and 
worthy alike of the notice of I be •how- 
man mid of the man of science. Aa the 
hli lay 11 |mvii I be sea ■ •Imre, it wns 
mrasnixl lay lns|i*rtor MflsMIV. who 
gave the follow lug as it* dimensions 
Is-fora any perceptible shrinkage had 
taken place: Length of body, exrln- 
MTO of bend ami tail, 5 feet ; total 
length from extremity of ennda to tip 
of beab.fi foctfl Inches ; length of two 
longest tclitaenla, «;l fret ; length of 
eight litwrhio. or short anus, from f» 
to li> feet ; (irrntnfcreiire i»f head, it 
feet *2 I iir ties; Iswgth of beak. J> ineli- 
es ; circnmfcrrnec of Issly, 4 fret U 

This s|H'cimeii is not quite wi large 
a* tlie one that is now, in a tlecom- 
iwml and mutilated stole, to t<e ktii 
at the New York A<|iiariniu. The hit- 
ter whs raptured in the autumn of 
1*77. and was pnrrhnaod in SI. Julius 
by Captain liKxxinT, of our of the 
Cromwrll Line steamrni. ami brought 
by him lo New York. It was there 
pnrrltaxd by Messrs. Kf.iciii: A Itiua- 
llir.lt'. and placed in the New York 
Aquarium, lint unfortunately it was 
very stale before it reached tit. Johns from Catalina, I bo 
scrim of it* rapture, which occurred during a violent gain 
of wiud that blew in from tlie Atlantic Ocean on tbo land. 
It wo* tlirn exhibited during several days of warm weather 
in the Volunteer Drill Ilall of til* city, and by tho time it 
ratne into Captain BrvsnTa hands it had passed i 
advanced state of decotupcsdliiiti. 

Tbo present s]ieelnu'n ks very fh'sli. live weather having 
lirrn slightly frosty after its raptatv, amt earn having Wen 
taken to pack it away in ice a* promptly as pnwilde. It ' 
now in a meet condition, either for public rxbil.it ion. i 
nllimuto preservation in slmlml or by rliemienl soliilionn, 
or (or tho dimretiou of the enrinus ichthyologist. 


Neientlfic readers need no! lie told that tho plaee belong- 
ing in the natural kingdom to the gigantic devil-fish is 
among the .Ifottasra, and that specifically It belongs to the 
sub order of ilecapodoiis or head -footed molluskH. It lias 
in all ten linns. T*« of them*. wfaicli lira usually fnar time* 
tlie length of (lie main ImhIj. am railed u loug arms," or 
tentnciila, aud are expressly designed to caplnre, bold, and 
resign to the lender car » of tW shorter aim* the natural 
prey of the animal. The short ordinary arms, or brae Inn. 
eight in number, arc much more powerful, thick, and iiibw- 
ive than tbr longer ones, and are possessed of a much larger 
number of snrkrni. Within the head, from which the mor- 
mons arms radiate, is a beak formed by two mandibles, said 



Cl'ITEAU ON THE WTTXES* STAND — Foote a Sumi by J. O. — [811 Pm M 1 .J 


Digitized by Goc 



822 


DECEMBER 10 , IS 8 L 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


by ntlxraliiU (« strikingly reacmbla the lull 
of a purrol. It h piwnurd of miMlrun 
strength, noil in capable til crushing into »t- 
•■oil the Iiarriest-sliellrd crostaceu. The** 
lower form**! bivalve animals roost I tut* lliu 
chief prey iif lb* voracious devil-fish. 

IVrhups tbo Hn>4 specimen uf tbo colossal 
devilfish tlmt arrested tbe attention of stu- 
dents of *cieu<« waa tbe one that lb* crew 
of a French corv ell* unsure* wsfnlly nl tempt- 
ed to capture alioat Inmlj yrtn ugo. Pro- 
fessor Kf.vt, Into auprrtntcudiog naturalist 
to tb« Urigliton Aquarium. thus drorribea 
tln» fusion* rcuroulre with u gigantic tir-vil* 
fish : 

“ In Dunolitr, lr61, M. IkiH'VKR, own- 
mandant of the French corvctt* .Ifn-tim, 
ami M Saiilv ilruTiimoT, French mumuI at 
the Canary Inland*, craiunnuicatod to the 
fro noli Academy of KrJsivre*, through M. 
Vaiu,AXT, tlm description of a gigantic cal 
anmiy I'Ui-uuntcrril by that vessel Ivlwrrn 
tin- inUual* of Madeira ami Tern- rifle. This 
monster was found floating at the surface 
of tbo *»(i'r about mid-day, November 30, 
of the nuuio year; ami the vowel being 
klnpjM-d. iuittii-dliltr Nti'li* were taken to rf. 
fnl ira capture. A volley of bullet* which 
» bn find discharg'd into it caused the a»i- 
t«;i I to pill tag* Ih'h.'iiIU the diip. A |>]o-uritig 
shortly after mi Uni oilier aid*, It a a* at- 
tacked by both harpoon* unit hrn-anua, nei- 
ther of wlih'li, however, appeared to make 
runrh imprensioD upon its soft, yielding Arab. 

“After diving bcDi-alb tbe surface and re- 
appearing several times, otto hall tdruek it 
with nocked effect, tin* e rent urn imomliuto- 
ly discharging a i|iiantlty of foam, mixed 
with blood, mu) at the same time a strong 
innsky oiler made itself perceptible to all 
on b-.ard. The aoilom were Burnt antrum 
to lower the Units and carry mi the attack 
at closer qnsttow, but Cupiain Ikiwviin 
forliadn this, tearing tbs rtvature's power- 
ful anon might aeisi nud capsize them. At 
this point a noose was successful ly cast over 
tbe animal's body, hot, owing to the nuiorii li- 
ne** of tbe Utter, failed to tighten upon It 
until it arrived ut the posterior extremity, 
ju*t w tiers the broad expanding fin* took 
thr4r origin. Efforts were norr made to 
bond tlie monster on deck, and the greater 
purl ion of iU Irmly <n already oat of wa- 
ter, when the enormous weight caused lbs 
rope to cat the animal completely through. 
Tin- posterior part, a ith the bus, n *» brought 
on hoard, but tbe n-muiader, with the bead 
and anna, disappeared beileatb tbe waves, 
and wan rmt aeon again. Tim length of this 
gigantic catainary was estimated by the na- 
liM-roua witnesses to the engagement to he 
sbnat thirty feet, of wbkh between eight- 
een and twenty feet Vie loligrd to the body." 

Tbo longer lenluelus bod lieen lust, pro- 
bably tom away in rotitoM with sntnu other 
jtrtdjKteU Akh. Hlneo that date rlowu to 
tbs capture of the I'oitngul Cove devil-fish 
no less than twooty-tbree well -authentica- 
ted apecitueun have challenged the atten- 
tion nf naturalists. Of t h e se nearly seven- 
righlla* were fragmentary, consisting of a 
poll inn of tbs tentacles, u beak, or some 
other slender fraction of the monster. 


ELECTRIC-LIGHT TOWER AT 
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. 

Trite tower, constructed at the intcraro- 
tiou of the two Wiuin husincM streets of the 
rity of Kan Jcofi, Palifornin, is tbo first of 
tbs kind yet constructed on that plan. It 
is ballt of hollow iron, frutn the four comer* 
of in teraertiug atrests, In *u.-b n manner, as 
will lw seen, ** not to otstrwl the streets 
or sidewalks, the object being to place the 
light directly over tire centre of the strsnt 
crossings, thereby lighting both of Halil 
sired* perfectly. TbU tower U suicnty- 
five fed at lbs linsn, two tnaudri-d feet bigb, 
ami In ooantrwctrd of hollow into, with (ir- 
cuUr braces for tbe first four sections. 


GUITEAU ON THE WITNESS 

STAND. 

As the Criminal Court in Wushiugton *n« 
about to siljouni on Mnmlay nfli-ruunu, tlm 
IWlh ult.. Mr, SCOTItU, tbe brother-in-law 
and counsel of Grmut', placed tho prisoner 
ou the stood. Ills purpose, as animnimerl, 
was merely to euahhi hiiu to idrntify 
tionie paiwnt, but this slight change m hi* 
position seemed to awaken the wretched 
man anew to a sense of tbe feeling which 
even so unrepresentative a portion of the 
AiDciicau jmOpWi os a Washington audicm* 
1'io-t have- for biro. He turned pule. Ills Ups 
bocuiuc L-olorless, and ho trembled ns be 
mounted tbe stand; ami Ins sclf-powssiou 
was only partially re*ton«l when three of- 
ficer* ranged UivDinelvea lN>biml him, form- 
ing a wall which hs seeniml to think no on* 
would take the L-bancs of bitting in firing 
at him. The next morn mg, after consider- 
able hesitation, be again couaeuted to be 


In any ordinary trial, all discussion of the 
ti"*timnny of a man on trial for bis life,** 
of tbe iisamirr in which it might be given, 
would lie rvrogiiired a* improper; but in 
tills e*w ir M lit i| *iHei Idv to prevent it, llur 
I* It desirable to do so. (Il imt 'H agency 
in the death of Mr. (imntui is undoubted. 
Mis crime was against tbe entire people. 
The aid Norman law phrase of Utr-mujoiM, 
itcsrrlhing a violation of the life or pertsui 
of ths king, applinv to it, n* lines even inner 
closely tbo modern t'rvii< h iimdiKi-atiim of , 
tbe trnn, fesr-AV/isWlij*/. Whatever might 
lisve been the character of the l'rcsidcnt, 
the asssult would hare been nn odciise 
agaiisti the liatnw, for tbo principle of re- 
plevnlative government is impuired if the 
emliodlliwnt of the Imtionsl sovuiwiguty in 
its truly chosen Chief Executive U not ve- 
to re from all injury, or appu-liciislon of in- 
jury. This priviner acknowledges that bis 
baud took the 1‘reaiilent'a life, and he sets 
op, iu his own nume, the defense that he was 
■Utpirod nud dint-led of the Deity, thut bis 
owe will waaeitacnd, lb»t he bad <-u»ml tu 
have control of bt* actloas, and was tbero- 
fore not rcspriiisIMo for the awful cruise 
which be riHiimitted. If this he a true 
slalemeut of the condition of hi* mind, the 
Ausertrxta proplu will lm satisfied to see him 
go unhung, but cmiAbmI whsru bis delusions 
would uo longer be daugerous; but It Is 
plain that they have the right, ami that it 
is of the utmost import a»ce to tbrm, to 
know whether Oornuu was realty under 
the Inllnsnce of any such delusion, and if so, 
whether it was an overwhelming, imwisli- 
blo indiseiiee. To aaccetaUi Ikow fuels, tbe 
testimmiy iu this trial will he anxiously 
scrutioired, and ionic more so than that of 
llw prisoner himself. The people have fair 
cmilidmxe In lb* good fnirh of the Court 
ami the Jury, but they have no reason to 
suppooe that thcar nr* infallible, or even 
that if they act uuiler tlie law, tbs Law it- 
self may not be defective. Iu any such 
ruse, whatever llw fate of the prisoner, the 
w hole i| lie* lion of the asfcly of tiro head of 
the govrrnuwnt, the rundllkma of rraponai- 
bility for lutirdcrmis nets, the tltiM-Mi of our 
judicial system to enforce tbe law. comes 
up. aud uiusl lie judged iu the light of the 
teotiUMitiy given. 

Qcrntat' ha* bee n ll»u* Ur any thing Imt 
wbat the law yers would call a " unity" w it- 
uess. His memory is very trimvinm and 
prompt; bis mind act* clearly in tbe ior- 
Biolaiiori uml slalcnwiit of h» ideas, and 
csjH'i'ially III tbo admit rtplanatHUa of bis 

imitivcs. He is highly nervous, and partle- 
nlariy with reference to hi* sojourn iu the 
OuridsCoaiinuuiiy, all recollection of which 
seem* to itispiru him with tbe moot violent 
disgust, lie. Iium evJdaBtly kM of an fl- 
treaudy ccociitno tcmiwramoi.t fnun boy- 
hcs*l. Ill* manner toward hi* father and 
heather, liath of whom lie has assaulted, and 
townrvl hi* sister, wlintn he at one time at- 
tacked w ilk an ax*, shows tbul he was liable 
t« artrnloiM of extreme rage; hut II doe* 
not appear that tbw were uugoiornablH. 
On the contrary, his violence Iu each ease, 
having beeu jirouiptly tesciitcsl aud rcstraiu- 
eil. he did not repent it. The must striking 
feature iu hi* conduct, remark*, anil te*ti- 
mouy I* Mi* niissmteiicy with which bo Con- 
stantly suggrsts, i-iuphasiww, and argitm the 
evidcuoe of bis owu insanity. Tlila was 
begun, a* we pointed out at tbe time, in tin 
fvuinrkable publish'd address at the open- 
ing of the trial. It has been persistently 
maintain'd since, aud often with a shrowd- 
Iicm* and impudence that, in spite of lit* so- 
lemnity of the occasion, baa brought a smile 
to the lip* of judge and prueer tiling lawyers. 
When (iCIRlTt brother testified that the 
primmer was iu hi* opinion responsible “ 1«>- 
fotw <i«<l,*tlHi priMUis r bmke iu with, "The 
last time I met my brother bn was i>fleiidi*l 
with me; he due* uot come bene with the 
ordinary a fleet ion of a brother." Again, 

“ My father rau me into tbe Oneida foamm- 
nity, and my brother sympathised with tny 
father.*' Kill again, refetring to a i|uamd 
Urtnrv-n t belli, '* 1‘list account* fur In* poor 
opiniuu of me." Another witimss having 
tecoauted (st Meat's queer cundnct in a 
Chicago boarding - house, the prisoner re- 
marked, “ Probably he aud other people 
thought that I was very cranky at that 
Muse-*' Tlie mum* sustained purpose run* 
through his own testimony. He dell ncs his 
father's condition of mind, his delusions iu 
regard to healing tbe sick, in regard to de- 
mon isc piMtosoiMii, and n* to tbe doctrine* 
of the tbteida Cotumnalty. II* point* out 
Iris own subject lull to the terrors held over 
him at Oneida, tbe intensity of hi* convic- 
tions, his feeling that “God » us responsible 
for his iHmrd hills,” etc. 

AH Ibis »liow* nil uiiowuimI utitxl. Of that 
there t* no doubt. Hut that tin* mlseralile 
CimttUTv, consumed with a unwind egotism, 
attnbuting his follies with more or 1cm sin- 
cerity to tli« inspiration of the Almighty, 
treacheruus to bis fricDils. false to hi* fam- 
ily, p*s*ioimt«, aud •owii'lniMw brutal in Li* 
aclfishiitisa, belongs to the class whose amide 


are wholly rngnuucd by tbe icuanr but 
lolly aetiae of divine domiaut ion, anil whose 
supreme coov irtion delien dauger and de- 
spises cousui|t>*tM««, is something of isbich 
as y«-t them la not the shadow of evidence. 


[Bsg-ia la Ussrss'k Voui No. tttt, Vol. IXIV.J 

CHR1STOWELL. 

a Dirtvoai CaU. 

Bt R. D. BLACKMOKE, 

Arroas or 'Mm Aurntrr." “ I^utsi Itooix,** 
“ Cum, rux Cabsixu," etc 

CHAPTER XLIV. 

auntniKra, 

BATluriAT, in it* proper rourw*. came 
round, bringing to M-lmul-laiys hnlf-bolidsy 
(h'ighlcu«*l with a tir-abed to-morrow), to 
working -meal wages aud intellectual de- 
lights, to wonico ii baste to go marketing, 
and ao emulous desire, tod to cheat, but to 
get the right side of tlieir little bargains 
(for the plstumru of proving their wit by it* 
fruit*). Slid to gentle turu iu gettersl. ami 
ladles void of nsefulDrwa, a decent gratitude 
tlmt the week wis over. 

This was the large way in which the 
flight of time w as regarded front the heights 
of Touchwood Purk. Not tbat them was 
any pride iu any Immsuii th*ru. l.a<ly J oin h- 
Wuod was sum that iustoail of going up, 
sis* was come down, more tliau she could 
deurribe, from wbat her ideas used to be. 
At one time she expected to be iu tbe House 
of Lords; arid mulling but the way in which 
Sir Jieepli would tlvslst U|*il> Nrring bis 
money i-ooiii back again bud sti-pjo-d her 
from being there at the coronation. Hut 
tlie only way to get up there was to lie iu 
Looil-'ii. and to give parlies to the royal 
family, mid people on Mi* stairs, vwpei-iwlly 
Prime Ministers; and Kir Jimrpb eoobl af- 
forvl It as easy us u glove ; but lie stuck to 
bis money, and be stuck to the dirt. How- 
ever, she was happier as she was. Though it 
hail been said iu l’lynmcilh she would udom 
tbe highest rank. 

Ml** Touchwood t bough I that tb* people 
iu Itoiidmi were probably ipiite as big funis 
us thown iu Devonshire. Hut every young 
Isdy iu her position bud n right to go nod 
see what the others were a)*u>t; and it 
wrestled to her very stingy nf her father to 
b* giving trumpery gy|«o parties, when he i 
ought to have taken them all to town be- 
fore tlie season w as over. For her part, sImi 
*» tired of Ibis neighborhood. Nobody 
seemed to iMlilervitand her. If sbe quoted a 
line of Hy roll, Js-oplo thought it rnme out 
of a vab-utiiM-.ainl asked her confidentially 
w ho bod sent it ; and even a French ur tier- 
man proverb was supposed to come oat of a 
cookery book. In a word, there was uooeni 
to HHwocisto with. 

Her brother, Squlrs Dicky, took n differ- 
ent view of thingii. He detested clever 
girl* who i-ucild quote his bead off, and 
were shocked st tbs idea of having l*-*-r for 
breakfast, lie bad Been enough already of 
society for him, and in Itis plain opinion it 
was humbug, llu bod inner known more 
than one girl worth tbo end of a cignr, and 
she bad sucked him. Or at any rate tier 
dad had done it, and he knew she was Ion 
good for him. Hut he wa* lilcsmt if be was 
going to lie miserable. Tbe time for pop- 
ping at tbe birds was runic. He would send 
fur the finest fellow lie hud ever know n. who 
hail promised to bo with him ill Septi-inlwr i 
and tkea there was nothing bo would wish 
for better tbun to catch that stuck-up West- 
oombe pouching. 

Accordingly he sent for Alee Howe of 
Trinity, a young nun of great hoik acid 
stature, who sai happy nil day with him, 
but wretched iu tlie evening when the time 
i-arnc for swallow-tails and white cbokcr. 
Miss TotKhwnod enjoyed this yonug visitor 
with prolmigud delicious cruelty. He nos 
as sby «* any youth can t>* who has never 
met a eluvur Hint aecninpllabwt girl, and has 
to do the graceful to her at n table where 
everything is beyond his understanding. 
Julia, Wing iu a very spiteful mood just 
go*, from a variety of csuim, tniseed not a 
singl* opportunity of deepening and liarlr- 
lug bis baslifut eiaharruMDObt. lloueath 
her clear fine bis great hand shook, and lit* 
big Up* opened and closed iu silence, and 
nearly a* much of his Si Her y or Ilock pann- 
ed outside an inside his threat. And yet he 
was a geiitl'oiaii by birth, aud of cleaner 
dmcent tlian hi* fair tormentor, only uot 
familiar with wealthy ways. 

Now this yonug man and his ho«t, the 
noble Dieky, were crane borne from a long 
day's shooting, that second &itoptny in 
8epleii|li*r. They hint 1I0M well, fur H»W' 
wa* a line shot, and Dicky pretty g.«Ml if lie 
began well, though when be l«-gau ill lie 
would shoot amiss all day. That day he 
began well (by sbootiug a cal that w*s 
huntlug young rablrita iu a turnip lie Id), 


and he had gone ou well, killing two birds 
out of three, wbkh is uot l*ul work for a 
Cam bridge man. Also they bad shot a haw k, 
and two nhinibreb, three or four latMl-riribs 
and *nim> hare* and cullies, making alto- 
gether a iilr-e mixed bag, w hich I Lev spf end 
out on tbn capping of a low curved wall, 
u here the road to the stables ami the kitch- 
en part* divided. This waa Dicky Touch- 
sihhI'* beloved ('limping- place, rotuuiandiiig 
easy arevwa both to men nud women. arol al- 
lowing him to got into tlie view of either, 
or upou oicKsliMi to meiliate between tlieiu. 
And to any that tbe acrvniits always liked 
him to he there proves that lie was a very 
honorable youth. 

When Picky and his friend and here Aire 
hail spread out their came to the utmost ad- 
van tago, nmt studied mid fell uverv thing, a* 
if tbo dcfuui-Mnn of it* virtu* went ini* 
tlie slayer -as tlie Nonetnc-ii aud Usd lu- 
dian* l«c lie veil - they spread out tbeir own 
noble Isxlies oil the handy, or rather perhaps 
legsoim-, height of tlm Ion wall. How e. Iie- 
ing six fs*t and a quarter high, found the 
wall rsthef tm low for him, but Dicky had 
his legs hail King abuse, ground, and bis neat 
Ims-Ih drumming. The head gamekeeper, 
with bis honest hi affiles*, stood a little way 
off, bsAing affable, for the young gents had 
not hurt his feeling* much tbut day ; and 
admiring staldn-men lu tlrelr sliirt-sli-evo* 
appronclied, with a venerating hope of beer. 

" How do you feel, Alec f askisl the light- 
some Dicky. “ 1 am us dry aa a hard -rued 
red herring. Wbut do yon vote for, C'fanm- 
pagnu or swipawt Tliere's a first rale 30 
of Huriou, Just on ta|».” 

“I go iu fi.r that,” answered Hows, la 
whose mind Chanijsigiir was now sadly oo- 
MH'ialed with tbe very dry sparkle of Julia. 

"Mu do 1, with all my heart. Bat tbe 
driwe of It is tlial I have IihkhI a key work- 
ing the old governor's l**>t lack, wb*r* la 
keeps some Mutt that lie think* uo end uf. 
Ami 1 fee) that 1 shall have earned no rase 
of nitiid until I have bad a g»od |ieg at iL 
Tell yon wbst 111 do, to tnske it vpiare. 
We’ll enjoy tbs swipe*, and those chap* 
sliall him ('hauipsgiie." 

“Don’t lie such a fool," said Aloe Howe. 
Although he hail uot yet seen Mir Jmcph, lt« 
gm-woot, from many sources, what he waa 
like. Hut Dicky was off to carry out hia 
m-w idea. 

“Why shouldn't they bar* w bat they 
like f* he impiiml. coming hack, with young 
Solomoii U-hiasi him, wli-ntc (ace wa* lu a 
buUldo of antici|NitioD. “Sow this boy 
pours out Inshing* of wine perpetaslly, ycT 
be never taste* it, oxcejit when he lick* tb* 
glasses. Kid, lay Lad, you shall Imvo firet 
bumper. Sec- your father draw the corks 
for you. Why. yuur name ia Cork — you are 
the sou nf a cork. Now arc how 1 Bind yon 
up into Hi* liquid sky." 

Of tbo loftier bansanilica fostered at Cam- 
bridge, a main eat# w»* the art of dis- 
charging a cork full hwug front a tout I* of 
poppish Hold without loos. Tlie process re- 
quires some experience and quickuesa, but 
Dicky was a Master of Art* therein. He 
took n long pull at the pewter of ole. look- 
ing toward Alec, and in three half-niti ultra 
bud three bottles of bis father'* luost i-buies 
comet vintage "on tap” (as he termed It) 
fra- tbe brave stablc-aven. The keeper stood 
aloof, anil wouUI taut touch it. 

Htiihlelily In tlm very midst »>f them stood 
the master of Uin place, Kir Jwpti Tourb- 
woud, cold and pale with quiet rage. With 
n sweep of hia band he struck over all tbe 
Imttk-a, then emptied the can of ale upon 
bis eon's head, mid without a word to any 
one strode off to tbe front, dour. 

" My rriky 1 w * or* in for it r the poor 
boy splulterrel, through the di-lugs of Lerr 
which hud cluu-kfd bis breath- “I never 
saw the governor in such a way before. But 
don't you lie frightened, my good fellows, 

1 n III take all the row. You umuln't turn a 
hair. Aud yon shall bavs your three lsit- 
tlea, if I buve to buy thrai. What au ex- 
travagant old cove it is !" 

falling hi* friend Alee Howe, who was 
trying to smilu at this great outbreak, the 
hi ir uf tint TtMrhniHMl* went In, with all lb* 
dignity be Mold rraiipnm, Uv tbs kitrlivw 
dour, msile Alee pump over him at a serv- 
ant*' sink, sod then hurried np to hi* dress- 
Ing-riMwii. H* strove to Ira wrathful, but 
fear was foremmt, ami his teeth chattered 
sadly us bs got into hu bath. He would 
have given all ills rcaily rush — which be 
kept low — far a little private talk with bt* 
deur mother. Hut ber ladyship waa dress, 
iug, ami h* gut no chance of remit ug a airs 
sags to her. 

Very soon bs waa trying to i-.ieup.ee bis 
mind by smoothing the pile of a velvet 
waistcoat — for which be owed £3 Mb. in 
Cambridge— and admiring iu the glass the 
gentle dawn of reddish w hiskers, lirigtiteiied 
and streugtbeiMsI, os cxatnioatkin showed, 
by the rich shower of (1ue-hodU-d at*. " I 
will rub them with the very best U*** ovary 
day, aud iierhaps then Hose will like me." bi 
v. ao say mg to luuuvlf, whea a knock at to* 



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door made him jump, and a little note mine 
under it. Kuiiuiug to the door, to c-altol 
out, "Judy! Judy dear! darting J iuIv f* for 
hr know tto *outid»of her ilnn light »tvp ; 
•’ J uIU, 1 want yon desperately." Hot cither 
*hs coiihl not or she would not hear, aod 
the whisk of hor dress wun a memory round 
the corner. 

“ I •lisell have to do it all hy myself." bn 
groaned, for to giieiu*-d too Well what the 
letter wwt. “ In for a penny. In lor a pound. 
At any rat*, tUo relieving officer shall know 
whue I think of him. Halloa” 

The relieving; officer -a* the male parrot 
wna railed in those day» at our great uni- 
versities — liad eel down t beer few wolds fur 
hi* I tody: '* Hicharri, ns there will Ini no 
dinner lo-duy, 1 ahull lie glad to aor yon In 
tile diuing-nswi five minutes from receipt 
of thin. (.Signed) Joseph Touchwood.' 

“What a kettle of tisb ! Doii't you wiah 
you may catch it T 1*11 hare a liar out. 
The stable tod* shall aupply me with grub 
through the window*. Itnt tlm governor 
would cut It, witli a demon langti, and Irani 
a hruce of Ifogbemca to mu me in. 1 will 
quit me tike a nun. 1*11 go down and bnvc 
it out. ‘Surer any die,' is tbe ticket for 
soup.” 

When the young man appeared in tbe bar- 
ren dliiliig-nswn, bn auw lit* fut her killing 
in the atx-h'ggrd chair, too drop in thought 
even to look at him. Ilia face waa very 
atern. but wilh trouble more than auger, 
and Dicky aaw tbnt larger things tbiin Ilia 
luvl gntie amis*. He togati )<> swy. Jauntily, 
••Why, where'a the dlwnert" which «« a 
Minima concern to him. Itnt bia father 
made no answer; ao he stood and wuteiL 

“ Wlio ia there I Ob, Richard ia it f Boy, 
■land and took at dm. I am net going to 
talk to yon about mv affair*, but simply to 
explain what your* will be. Hitherto you 
hare led a life of Mile pUiaanre. Henceforth 
you will lure to earn your own bread. Be- 
fore I woa half your age I waa doing that. 
It will make a man of yu«. How do you 
like the thought of it V' 

“ Not — not at all, *ir. In fact, I could m-t 
do it. 1 have never been eoeutoaed to 
aucli treatment." 

“ Very wcIL Yon need not begin till Moti • 
day. To-morrow yno will get your olotbea 
together, and live ut my expellee, «a ivoiul. 
On Monday morning you will shoulder what 
you want for iiumediat* nmi, and lis off at 
aix o’clock for the office of Mr. (Irowgray at 
Moiieliomwi. Mr. Grow gray i* a well-known 
dry -waiter, and through my counertrnn with 
him be has promised nioat kindly to find mi 
openiog foe you. I have paid a conslih-r- 
able premium to him, and your anbury will 
lie a pound a week— a great dual more, I 
fear, than you will hr worth, fur a very long 
time, at any rate. Your at nek of Hot hue 
will lut you for at total two year- ; and I 
aboil endeavor to allow yon five ahllliuga a 
week for pocket-miHic)-. Ako yon will be 
allowed to ensue and ace your mother aod 
your aiater (wherever they may be) one Sun- 
day in every three mouth*.’’ 

•'It ia quite iuipoewble that you can b* III 
earneat. Sir, you moat either be—** 

“No, I mii neither mait nor Intoxicated, 
i>or even hasty in this arrangement. It bon 
been thought of for koine month*, while you 
were busy with your ruts and rebbita. Na- 
ture baa made you a fool, and nlnilMlIIIWI 
have concurred with Nature. You are now 
providnl with a good *turt in life. Fools 
always prosper live beat, in the end. I hare 
often beard you boast that almost everybody 
likes you. That laya the foundation of a 
large soilud trade." 

“But I can't bo a dry-salter, and I won’t 
be a ilry-aalter, anil I never could put up 
with the anicll of it,* Squire Dicky declared, 
aa he fell into a very luxurious chair, and 
embraced it, “Why, I should have to ait 
upon a three-legged stool V 

“No; yon might stand all day, If you pre- 
ferred It. llowarer, that la all the choice 
Wt'oro you. Now Irave me; I have more 
important things to think of." 

Dicky Touchwood woa quick of (benight 
almut himself; hut oven on that anhjnct 
now bin n-aili naaa waa gone, so sodden waa 
thia outrage, and mi overwhelming. He 
arose, without looking at hia father, ami 
made off; bat hia spirit came bach when be 
got to the door 

“Sir, you will to sorry fur attempting 
thin," Ire mid, with hln voice half choked by 
indignant team; “I have plenty of good 
friends who will atand hy me. I will not 
go near any vile dry-aalter. If yon turn me 
out of doors, I will gel mi bowel living aa a 
rat-catcher. *ud contract fur all ttm rata at 
Plymouth." 

CHATTER XLV. 
tctvun ant. 

Dartmoor, many-fountained Dartmoor, 
mother of a my riad streams, and wet nuree 
of a million mists, is not often scrimped 
with drought; bnt when the drought otxa 
gets established, liow it HUiUa Ui« rocky 


laud I Fnrxe and heath, dwarf rnMli and 
bracken, even tire out tou-gntaa ofthe swamp, 
and sedge that linen the tinkling rill, fade 
Into oimi drowry yellow or dingy red that 
Jade* the sight. The power of tbe dry sun 
ia reflected from the stark rock*, dowu ilia 
vales, and nothing ia hidden from l ho boat 
thereof. 

When such wtuaa come, tbny are ao for 
asunder (in Urn lulls and valleys of the dis- 
taiil year*) that nobody reiuemtoni that 
they evnr came hofnre. And with one ac- 
cord the people there, not being uaod (like 
brick-bound townsiDcu) to an iiuveotilatod 
oven, begin to make aod complaint and out- 
cry. which mid leu jier cent- to their tem- 
perature- Then they ton thcBuclvcw with 
tlreir liiiHtiande' hat* — oa many aa have got 
Iiuhlmuda — and they feel that they owe it 
for a duty to the world not to to ovm-hnr- 
itablc. Iu fact, they are crow*, ami tbny 
make the worst of every thing, iu tho spirit 
of the Hire that enter into their weak places. 

Even at Christo wall (cool and crystal, at 
least In pretty plants, with the impurt of 
tli* brook) dryness of the ground and of 
tlie akin begou to tell upon tho children, 
and the women, and the men. Not ou* of 
them ull had lire leiuit idea that it ntailo 
any differeur* to her or to him, hut every 
on* hail a very large perception that imi one 
eta* wo* a* be onght to be. Horse-flies be- 
gan to descend upon mankind, in lack of 
their nobler nurture, spotted Hire, with 
broad heads and big Iv-rn-m; and wherev- 
er there «w moisture for a goat to uip,be 
nipped, and woa exceedingly thimty. 

But if ill the valley, where the gTSM still 
grew, ami the leaves still cherished tire 
nursing of the brook, Nature wan depressed, 
and her migbtv maulers iiksuiiie, Irow much 
vunw nuiat the peel of aMaoa be ou the 
brown, unshadowed, and uuswarded crags! 
And wore* of all round the dry deoert of 
“The Karen," where mine slag, yellow rocks, 
and spelter dust combined to glare with in- 
tense beat, and cast it all around. All 
around was b*al and drought, dull tremor 
uf tire air, and pulse of bare that twiuklre 
when tile dews uf night are il rumod. Even 
the luc-or-meu wonhi not come to get their 
usual pint ofale.sndly although they needed 
it. for fear of the lire of the heat urouod it, 
aud the outi-deiilh in the glare of tuck. 

However, tha house, with its thick gran- 
ite walla, and atone tloani watered from the 
well, was fresh with cooling abode inside, 
aud the glistou of OOOl tank urel*. " Oeiltla- 
mau Wen low"— as lie now was colled, Irani 
tha dluiMini be hod given there — not without 
reproach in a cool linen shirt (freely bor- 
rowed from Parson Short), and considered 
the busineM that lay before Inm. The heat 
«f the weather hail slopped UIm parties for 
tha moment, because no meat would keep, 
anil hia guests declined to face tha yellow 
distance from their greener glens. Upon 
tho whole, indeed, this gentleman waa not 
much displeased with that. H woe quite as 
well to abdicate the durim of a beet while 
this roan ting weather held; and to steal 
fJicop enough for bla own consumption 
was aa much aa au active man could do. 
Therefore it was not social need or sense of 
solitude that looile biin frown ss he sat 
with his cooling pot of elder, ruin, aud bur- 
age, (liinkiiig huw to carry out the orders of 
l-U patron. These were easy enough to tui- 
drrstiMid, but not quite no easy to execute, 
even with the aid of tho blackest boon creui- 
piionow. Anil tin- mailer, from a moral 
point of view, was not altognthnr to hU lik- 
ing. Fur a lung lime, now, he bad been 
compelled to appropriate other people's pro- 
perty. But he had striven to do thia with 
a lenient baud and a fine regnnl for justice, 
robbing only those who could afford it, and 
robbing even them at tolMWl intervals im- 
partially. A1I b>* laxities were of necessity, 
slid bis lapses caused by largencas. What 
man bus any right to own the earth, w ith a 
hundred better people born opou it every 
minute f And if Ire can not own the earth, 
a* the whole Includes tli* parts, how eon ha 
own any part of Itt How much leas, then, 
call he be the owner of the things that move 
about an it, and have got four lego, while 
he who lays claim to them has only got 
two! Sorb reasoning ia unanswerable ; or 
if it van I* answered, the lmsl of tire argu- 
ment is with him who baa had Uni dluuttr 
and digested it. 

But what Guy Wenlow did not like, aud 
iu spite of his reputation found to he out- 
side his province, was the riuniniesion of 
downright murder In until blood, Mid with 
no exeusn. Captain louts bait never harm- 
cd him, whereas George Gaatoa had been 
hia rum; with pleasure would lie have shot 
tbe latter in conflict, or apon insult, where- 
as u»w the retell liras fore* of facto was driv- 
ing him tan surely toward the tireomity of 
shootlug tbe other. His orders newly re- 
ceived were brief, sadly to the point, and 
stringent: “It ia ton late for weak measure* 
now. To carry off the girl is waelean. If 
bn leave* homo, you ahull awl ug for it- I am 
not like tho fuols round Dartmoor. Make a 


short Job of it, for yoor own sake. With 
management there can be no risk. Trod 
to me for yoor escape, and a be tt e r land to 
winter in, with ptsuty of cash, and no more 
sk Hiking. Let lire hear of tiu mure delay. 
If I have to cubic dowu, it will be the worse 
for yon. I am watebiug yon. aud you have 
no rocBjir from uw or without me. Turn 
upon mo if you darn. Obey tor, aud you 
shall lie free, rich, and happy." 

[to m eosvisunO 


WAIFS AND STRATA 

l'o* the first time ia the hirtory of the city, 
«be gowioliera uf Venire hsvc been on a strike. 
Their gnevsnee arose frwa llie placing of small 

•Irani launches on the canals A goaiMkr, so 
axiltnx to the picture* ia which they are figure*. 
Is a friUnr in page's costume who inooaea in the 
atm uf s gococ-ncckcd bust at in wnaurndy hour 
of tire night, while x y uung man wtlh lung luiir and 
a guitar gits upon tliu prow and wngs Mbg* to 
a bay-window. The wundiv it bosr a gowdullrc 
could BUinmon energy cirough to Mriku ugsiaNt 
any gricvxnre. 

Tliis. from an Inwo newspiprc, slio*» what the 
uiin.-*rrred use of the editorial “ w c " moy les-i 
to : “ Wc, the tenior editor, extend* hi* pcofound 
thank* to Captain Henry Bsllcnuno and Mr. Joe 
Hunt.* for a sack uf the tlncit Ausr we tniru ever 


fUnin vtm M iillrr, curstiir of the lutanival gar- 
dmi in Melboucwe, *»y a that he hsa »« i*p- 
perminl-tree* four hundred and eighty fret Ull 
uii the baadenurx rsnp.' in Anrtrslia. Think of 
the yuicp ooc of them would make 

The Oty Couwil of IXirton, Ohio, has impn*ed 
a ux of three dollar* each oo gnat*. RnidenU 
of Dwylon can board their gc«u un the upper 
put of Manhattan Uknd till tiny die of oU age 
fur lt*H than the smgaint uf tax for use year. 

Mirror, measuring fortrS.e hy fifty-two fret, 
and weighing almut eixtren hundred pustule, hare 
tecentlr bet-ii put up in the Graud *>j*ni Uuure 
at Paris. 

T>w Uriiarti vr* Whom the lUlrit nbbkey dlatilh-r* 
hi the DNiuiiUiiM uf the South auwa fiwr or* lire 
bnmee riddiw be Us* rsvmne nflk-ers. An «M 
“ niooiiahinre*’ my* that a liura* nw Kent * die. 
tUlcry two mile* away; that the animal throw* 
up his head, •niff« the sir. and the bridle being 
dropped on hi* neck, enrrie* hi* rider to tlie ipX 
where the iflrgal work i* going un. 

Hcary Ladd, uf Arkana**, qnsm-IM «ilh hi* 
wifn a hint a panaev in the BibV Ladd drew a 
pUtul, rboc her through the holy, and then tried 
to kill himself. It wo* believed that the woman 
wo* fatally hurt. 

A FhirhU city avinpalVir.u sltli aliuthi* in It* 
“wreetling with lW prolihun uf a biiiu-hutulrvd- 
dUUr mnyor." 

Ri-mroyi, tbe violic.i(t, i* now written down an 
Inwwx-latt, haring Imre icported aa uyiog that 
ag* dun not benefit a ricdlu at all 

A party of (triune student*, who arrived at 

Shanghai from Alui'ritm early an OcCuImw. Were 
at once locked up in an old bushing ill a remote 
part of die man, "the gwrurmweiit'* incontaow 
ireing apparently to eraitiiii* them liefnre they 
hail a chance to sca tt er to their homre." The 
first party, eimipri.it>* sbewt forty student*, who 
were ordered home, were rent to Tii-n tam to be 
cuipkijod oa kdegraph work. 

A Wcrtc-m newspaper rnccklv expreuet tho 
hojir lint if Irnitcau can not be hanged foe mur- 
ihrie* (ha Trcwidret, to may at lout to tilled fur 
carrying a cuncwalcd weapon, 

Frank Widl*, a lUsi, wound a ad won a wid- 
ow rerriimg near Potato t'nwk When the Ixmr 
for tto marriage oervnmny wan cloee at hand, be 
borrowed a gold rin* and tit dollar* from the wij. 
orr, and on iistire-Ua from Nathan Twrnipoced. and 
dirappoarcL To utch lengths are persons led 
liv tlm tuxtiia fur poMcssing other people’* wo- 
btallas 

An English cotton buyer claims that ia one 
tole rereivc.1 from A m e rica he found slsmt *e»vn 
pound* uf old iron, and in aimlhrr "issnr dark 
liemr *utounce, weighing mure thoa the cotton 
itovif." If to flattered hinwrrif that be would 
find nuggets of gold and rough diamonds iu bis 
Aimu-xau mure, he was greatly uiotaken. 

It is liwrMrl by war of England that Mr. Edi- 
son is si prrwctsl supplying rhv.-n hundred huurw* 
in New York wilh (lie uliwtrlc light at tto soma 
rale as that pm-knuly cliarg.rj (or gao, and i* 
making a very largo profit. 

A newly married ooeple OOterwd a Friend*’ 
tfinrch in Lafayette, Indians, sfter the rewrite 
had begun. A* tliey walked up the sinle, the 
prosetn-r stepped in tto middle of hi* exhortation, 
and exclaimed, “ Behold, the bridegroom ounv 
ink !" Then to ontcroi upon s dinroune go the 
i Indus sad rtajMuuitohuca of wedded life. 

A Ti-raa tdltor rot* forth in he* penipertu* that 
to enter* upon his do lire with Mmu-Uiing which 
he dtrwrito* os follow*: “An Uaprriou* ixae 
reioosnem of s pa-rsniisl iwauinitU] to lit* high 
mural rewpunribilili** Isridettl to a (Nwilion tr- 
cognised by intelligence and morality a* a repre- 
sentative and formative entity, moulding aud vi- 


talizing tto intelligent roostltucnry who |HTprto- 
aU-» by prwgativo us exlMnwv " He clorer by 
pn«n=.liig to make hi* paper " tho monitor bro- 
om of tin- present, ami the moral, toon I. and In- 
Ullrctuol fonostivu nljUKt of the future.'' 

At a rewnt banquet of the .Spanish Monarchi- 
cal Ih-iroeritic p*'tj a toast was dtunk to "tho 
King and Liberty." 

On a dark wight not long ago a young man 
walking au tto idd Cokey Rai Ircwd track near 
Htwhiu came upon a wagon otamfing directly 
aernsa the (rack. Tho drtrer tremod to to sta- 
pc<6cd, and the young man could nut suit Ito- 
te#m. Trains from each direction would to due 
in a frw minute*, lie ran at tin- tup uf hia tprod 
to a station, and bocrow.d a red lui.ni uf the 
•caboo-koeg^r'a wifn, (to only (stmiii he mud 
find there. Then he ran hrodluug iluwu thw itark, 
met the ttralutoat siprerw and stoppod it, siwJ 
after a brealhUtf* nm io the ether ilim-Iion pro, 
vcdUnI all aoocaaluudalkm tnvui from runiilug into 
til* hoary wagon. He went his way, avadily arui 
Umi. ud la the neat morning'* newspaper* to 
read that " two tram* wire brought to a rtaud- 
rtill near Sarin tael creuuig hr a drunken fellow 
with a red light." 


LAWN TENNIS IN TIIK SEVENTH 
REGIMENT ARMORY. 

Ip any evidence were reunited to prove 
the popularity of the game of hiwn l.-niiis 
other thiui it* alnuxt nniveranl wloptioti mh 
nu out-door aummer i-a*ttuie, It l» loiitul In 
the growing t'uvor with whicli the game ia 
■neetiug as an in-door winter oiunaeiueeit. 
There i> bowover, an iueiinnonntuble ob- 
Slocll. to its general adoption »* II winter 
gaoic in the simple fact that tbe whole sum 
of diMir ares* in the city of New Yurk Is cot 
“as big a a ull oat-doora." Tennis requite* 
for its practice uti expanse of floor *|ur« 
which iu a private dwelling would to re- 
gnrdnil as utaguifirniit. Nut even tbe fioret 
tnansicniN on Fifth Avennoewiitaiu any rnoeus 
large enough for the game. Moreover, if 
auy one of them did powocts such a room, 
it ia morally certain that the owner wonhi 
oppow* sirring olijclioDs to such an apart- 
mvut being devotod to tenuis, ami, it iu«»t 
to admitted. With sonic show of niason. 

Such au obstacle oa this uf limited floor 
space might well discourage the devotee** 
of tui.v other game, loit not so tennis-play- 
erw. In tb* fall of l*»t year vntliiisiMtH to- 
gan to rust iungiiig eyes upon the various 
large hall* dottrel tore and there iu the up- 
per poet of the city of New York. Tto ar- 
iiwirt«B especially, with ttolr grand exponas 
of perfect fliHirtug, serened to invito just 
«nrli occupancy us the entliuslaata were 
eager to Iwstow. 

Artiriin-ra were approached with liberal 
olfora, and tolug of u kiuilred nature to Jan- 
itors, tto snggestiuli of perquisites was not 
ungrateful to them. Accxinlingly.it was not 
long before the spectacle of a down ladies 
aod gentlemen sporting of afternoon* over 
their well-kept di.maitia tHHame familiar to 
Uie guardian* of Urn otrotigliolds of our city 

■01m. 

ltut tho gradient of oil the armour, re- 
mained uadtweerated — if the authorities 
chose to so consider it — by tto popular 
game. The splendid drill hall of tto 8el- 
itirlJi Keglmciit hail known * bugs fair Mini 
n mobster musical festival. But for tha 
fear of an action for libel at the lisnda 
of tho builders »« might almost say that 
its tungalttcrut floor actually gaped for ten- 
nis-players. Ami now tto dream uf many » 
tenuis devotee has been partially mail red. 

On the evening of November MO tto hall 
was thrown open to tennis fur tho gallant 
soMirrs, anil, consistently with their gal- 
lantry, to their lady friends. 

Tto spcetacle, which our artist has spir- 
itedly depleted, waa a novel Mid brilliant 
uiml Twelve courts were laid out. ami a net 
woa *1 retched from one cud of tto hall to 
tto other, to prevent tlie bulla need in the 
courts on oimi side of (lie net Irropsming 
into tbil courts on Ito other. T»n of the 
courts were occupied by player* in every 
variety of costume, from tto severely con- 
ventional of tto street to the strictly 
tijunr of the tennis lawn ; »nd a few ladies 
were courageous enough to (ako p:art iu tlm 
galore, which were watched with evident 
Interest by a large uaanpany of visitors In 
tlie galli-rica. 

Tto meeting woo, an tto whole, a success, 
although tto plajers had a difficulty to 
contend with in tto iimnfficlerit light. Hi" 
perfect practice of the guein requires tho 
tout pnreible light. itaznHy. daylight ; aud 
tbe further the available light recedes from 
this, the leas enjoyable is tto piny. Tho 
soldiers ploctsl cviilldcooe In tbeir brilliant, 
array of gasjeta; but on* of the wires used 
to light a portion of tto chandeliers by elec- 
tricity was broken, ao one aide of the hall 
w oa only partially illuminated. This, bow. 
ever, ia a defect that can easily to reme- 
died, und if the committee would deride to 
mark out tto conrta in black, Instead of 
white, and to u*o black or rad balls, tho play 
would be greatly benefited. 



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I'll A ITER XVIII. 

lUAVKa. 

Turns I* a bc-autiful Eastern poem which 
describe* * mother with her dead ehihl ap- 
plying to her lie it, r for its resuscitation, and 
being recommended by way i»f prescription 
its being rubbed with tuutdanl need, begged 
from MUm> house into wImmo door* death bad 
never entered. The mustard Mind u os to ha 
got in plenty, bnt not, of cuarec, under lh«we 
eNiUtioi* 

“ Them h> n> Murk, hiierrrr vstthul Sbl IiiiM, 

11.1 om iki.l lath 1 » tit.lv ; 

Three i» HU liftmitc. Ik m e MaM. 

Itsl iua mtu iKtut dub, 1 ' 

And in tbe CMC of tbe aged and infirm 
tbe calamity is still wore I'lwiwnn and to be 
Uinki .L fur. Hut though site knew all that, 
mu! hod been expecting the stroke to full 
for many a day, lier father's death for tbe 
time unite prostrated Clare. Independent 
of spirit as she was us regarded her frllow- 
vreature*. she wo* not iim to tvbol against 
the will i>f (lot), lint resignation woa ut first 
1ni|iiHwllile to her. Abu had hern.na we know, 
tbe very apple of her father's eye, and t lirre 
had been Mine to sburc the love she had re- 
ciprocated 

Her affect inn for Percy was of course of 
another kind, ami though her regurd for 
Herbert » aa very great, it Imre no cvuupari- 
anu with that she entert timed for her parent. 
So long aa the tie, bon ever frail, which had 
bonnd tbe dead muu to life existed, she hod 
interested herself in all that interested him, 
entered into hi* plan* (si* much of them a* 
h* confided to her), ami in all hut non thing 
(a Onset Important rxcrpfnwi, however) had 
coo formed herself to hi* w islien. Aud iws, 
when she had lost bint, it almost seemed to 
her that site no looger belonged to the great 
Immnn family. It wu* not only first she 
was orphaned, but isolated. There was iw 
loving Isisom on which she could full arid 
discourse upon him; to Percy especially her 
lips were sealed, for bow- could she speak of 
him to one who loved him not T Herbert, 
indued, could have aympM hired with heron 
that topic. Olid the know ledge of tlis fact 
endeared him to her ; hut em-unMlanre* had 
interposed to prevent her obtaining that 
solace ; wliat site wanted was MUM one faith- 
ful flic rid of her owu sex, and that wo* de- 
fied her. The state of her father’s health 
had of tale w ithdrawn him much fn«n so- 
ciety, a* the fact of ht* second marriuge hail 
formerly dime, ami she had made it a rule 
never to leave bun for any purpose of mere 
gayety ; so that Ihoagli lie loved by many of 
the pour folks lu Htokevllle, ainxlig whom 
alie was a constant visitor, Clare had no in- 
timate acquaintances amiing those of ber 
own rank. Mildred and she had never been 
sympathetic, and nnder present circnro- 
stall res that young lady's society wae any- 
thing but agreeable to her. For the few 
stays, in short, that followed her fatbi-Ks de- 
cease, Clare felt that the only true compan- 
ionship left to her wus with that irresjn.ui- 
aive something above-stairs, to which tbe 
inexorable law compelled bet to pay her last 
ailien. 

When that wa* over, she wrote to the 
only woman in the world whom sbn could 
call her friend, and who had already written 
to her on her bereavement, to braeeoh her, 
for the sake of old t lutes, to come to Oak 
Lodge. 

This lady wo* a Mo* Dwelt, who had 
beau a pupil -teacher at the same school a* 
ber mother, anil bail remained her life-long ! 
friend. Subsequently she bad started an 
educational establishment of her own, and 
having met with somew hat exceptional »uc- 
ccua, had retired bjhii. lier mi v lug*. Clara 1 
and shr hail constantly corresponded, and 
the elder lady hud mote than once been her 
father's gutwt.but she hail nut been to Atoko- 
ville for many years. 

The kind-hearted old lady had answered 
lu person ber young friend's pressing Invi- 
tation at Mice — but a day too soon, for Clara 
was not only in surra w, hut in trouble. Be- 
fore John Lystcr wus cold in his grave there 
lml la-en n constant babble in the neigh 
borbnod about the stale of bis affairs, some 
of which perforce had reached Clara** cars, 
though far from attentive ti> any such things. 

A he hail desired to Le left alone a little with 
her grief, anil not to have it intruded upon 
by biiner topic*, hut Ibis had Ipwii denied 
to her. Tlie very cnsnhilmiraiis offered hud 
been in inatiy eusn* un welcome to bur,a!nca 
they were accompanied by vague allusions 
to tbe opporluuejicss of tbe calamity they 
deplored. “ We nil rejoice to bear that your 
luiilerial interests will still remain rmiticct- 
v«l with tilvkov ill*. Sint* It WM to be, 


ala* ! dear Mint Lvstnr, It la a great satis- 
faction to us to rclleet that it happened 
when it did," etc., etc. In one instance, 
from one of her poorer pmMgdw, tbe allu- 
SIIMI Was even atill mure direct: "We are 
thaukfiil to think, nil**, for your sake, that 
your poor fat lire dual in the very nick of 

With a worn and weary air, in which 
there was little indeed of curiosity, Clara 
bad inquired of ber cousin to what these 
*1 losintis referred. W ith a delicacy and feuw- 
1 bought that Very literally dill a* much hon- 
or to his heart a* his head, Herbert not only 
answered her quest ion, hot went beyond it. 
To the outside world the whole transaction 
appeared in tbe light of a lucky stroke of 
bowoiwn; they kuew by this time that “‘obi 
J«ha Lyster" (for being dead, b* was al- 
reaily ohl), by living a few miuntew into tbe 
current year, had thereby secured his part- 
urnibip in the Arm far the next twelve 
niuiitha ; hut they diil not know wliat a dif- 
ference it bail made to those he hail left be- 
hind him. They imagined that they would 
have Ihwii rich enough In any case, hut as 
It wa*, tlmt they would be millionaire*. If 
they had been cognizant of the dying moil's 
hnpes nnd fears, of his passionate longing 
to protract existence, the profit mining from 
bis snerras would have been a enfficienl ex- 
planation of them. Hut, as Herbert wall 
understood, tills would not have been til* 
com with Clare. To her luiud tbe strug- 
glua and anxieties which she hod witnessed, 
and of which the secret woa now revealed 
to her. would have had no adequate cause; 
nay, that her father's mind at such a time 
should have been so mm>n|Nilired by tba no- 
il msitiou nf gain, for gal n’s sake, would have 
been a serious moral shack to her, and gone 
far to taint an unsullied memory. It wa* 
therefore necessary for him to hint wliat 
Mr. OldraatUi had confided to him as bis 
"suspicious," I wit which to Herbert's ear 
(Iswulrs explaining many thing* which of 
lute hail puxr.h-d him) conveyed a certainty, 

I via., that Mr. Ljsltt'i private estate was fur 
from being what it was supposed to be. 
Ilerliert began by speaking of it to ber as 
“ far from* large,” and ended with ” IndSsd, 
]Hirlia|w unit to nothing, "as though It wvra 
intelligence that required “breaking" — a 
piece nf tact and tenderness that wa* how- 
ever, thrown away. Iudecd, arrange ns it 
may seem to those abuse motto is “ For 
| t’u»h Only," thn poorer lie mpmutad her 
I father to have Uvn, thn more grateful was 
thu new* to bis listener. For tlie poorer he 
had been, by no much the more explicable 
became his eager desire for life, not for its 
own sake, but for that of oilier* ; Instead 
of self, It wa* pliuu that sclf-sacrifin* had 
lawn actuating him, anil that that stubborn 
resistance of bia to hi* death had been, in 
fact, a heroic struggle. 

To hi* view l>r. Dickson, who looked lu 
daily as an old friend, guv* uncinuclim* oor- 
ndaiTiitiiMi. In telling her, as he had pre- 
viously told Air Peter, that in hi* opiuion 
Mr. Lystcr* life had bceu prolonged by his 
owu marvrllinui power nf w ill, he bad meant 
to |H>int a moral, to show that the depres- 
sion nf Mdud and body from wliich she her- 
self was suffering could Iw mitigated by lier 
own act, and to preach tbe duty of "making 
an effort,” from ber father's example; slid bis 
efforts, though lie mistook tbe cause of their 
sucres*. bora fruit ill an increane of cheer- 
fulnees ill bis patient. H Is some consol*- 
tion, when one has loved and lost, to know 
bow worthy was the departed of our regret ; 
awl to the sorrowing eyes of Clare the dead 
man seemed not only ber father, hut a hero, 
almost a martyr. Tbe lightest word that 
threw a shallow of a shade ujmu hi* memory 
whs abliorrent to her; and in this ros;iect 
the society of her half-brother was almost 
intolerable to her. Ilia behavior, a* wa 
have said, during the latter portion of lit* 
father’s illnesa had improved, and hia habit* 
grown more domestic or orderly ; nor could 
it b* said that in tbe house of munniiog he 
conducted hinoudf with any imlecent levity; 
hut it was now very eluar that his Isle de- 
pression of spirit* had not been eauami by 
■dial sorrow, but by anxiety upon his own 
account. And what was very characteristic 
iu the yoang man, be credited lit* half-utter 
with tbs sniiiw feeling*, only overlaid with 
a thicker tarpaulin of hypocrisy than it was 
lu hi* natore to assanir. Fur aevvral days 
he hail restrained himself from talking on 
the matter which, as be was convinced, lay 
nearest to both (heir heart* but on theuigbt 
Isr fora tlie funeral, fireliug himself alone with 
Clare, li* ventured to touch upon it. 

” To-morrow, my dour sister, " he said, 
"will deeute our future positions in lit*; 
but I am sure it will make uo difference in 
our mutual relations.” 

Clare, deep iu sorrow fill thoughts, looked 
np sinoxid, a* much ]wrhaps at the uiiaoriis- 
tiiuicd eiaboratiut) of the young gout Ionian's 
language, which wa* worthy of Mr. lb-den 
himself, os of tbe sentiment it oouveyed. 

" Indeed, f Jerald, I hupu we shall not only 
b« uo vowo liieutU than of yore, hut much 


better. That you are your father’s nan la a 
tie that has been ever hireling to me, even 
when you have strained it most ; aud now 
(bat In* is gone, yon are, in s sense, all of 
him rival i* left to too.” 

"Just so — Ills represeiitstlvo,” said Her- 
ald. " Itut, as Mr. Oldcoatle say* that 
which means everything to-day may moan 
nothing to morrow.” 

“ I don’t uudiTHtund,” said Clare, prawing 
ber hand t» ber fbtvbcsd and looking at him 
wearily hut not unkindly. 

"Well, yon sre.it will depend upon tlie 
nature of hi* wilL" 

“Ob, I see," she sighed; “you ora think- 
ing of hia money. Don’t yon think that 
at all events to-night, Gerald, we might 
•pent of him with reference to other sub- 
jects, or not at all I" 

"No, dure. It distresses me as much a* 
yourself to talk bnsiuea* at such a time, hut 
to morrow would, in some respects, be too 
Ute for disciMsiug the matter. I wish to 
SMiire yon that notwithstanding our ilear 
father ho* made me hi* brir, as I have rea- 
son to believe In* ha* dime, I shall take ad- 
vantage of no leg id technicality, bnt share 
amt share alike with you." 

Clare knew her half-brother pretty well, 
and excusing arid pleading for him a* she 
had often doue to Of her* bad been conscious 
of a weak cause, ami, to say tba least, Mi 
“ unsatisfactory client,” but *Ji* could not 
hcHcve that lu such a solemn hour (htrald 
w ould tell her a deliberate I is. Abe lie- 
licved, liccnnse he hod said it, that her fa- 
ther bad maile him hia heir; aud she gave 
him credit for tbe rewdiilion lie expressed, 
or rather fur the momentary impulse that 
luovml him so to express himself. 

“ Your offer i* a very generous nos, Gerald, 
and gives rue os ranch pleasure from ita in- 
tention os perbayw anything could give me 
just now. Hut my acceptance nf it is out 
»f the question. If my ful lier lias mule you 
hi* heir, he luw dime It fur muon pnr|Hw> 
that seemed good to him, and I hope util 
prove guod for you, sod nothing would in- 
duce me to be a party to any tnumaction 
counter to his wishes. 1 never wanted dear 
papa's motley, but only his hive, aud that, 
thank Heaven, lix gav e nni." 

" Yea, lint one cau’t live on love, dare, 
nnd far Iras on (be recollection of It. What 
I suit to aasare you i* that iu auy event I 
will take care to see you comfortably pro- 
vided for. 1 assure- you that makes a groat 
difference, as Percy hi now If will t«|] yon. 
He is very found of you. of cirarso, and all 
that, bat if it turn* out that you have no- 
thing to speak of, only a few thousands, if 
m> much, nr a small share in tbe business ’ 

Clara draw Ivorvwlf u p proud ly , and looked 
hire straight iu the face. 

Uerald saw that this line of argument was 
altogether dangerous; it was os though w list 
lie bad taken for a foul was deep water. It 
was difficult to retrace lit* steps, and bo be- 
gun to ffimmler. 

“ Of course bn will keep his word, aud 
marry you at all orents ; bnt— blit tilings 
would not look rosy. Air Peter, who think* 
of nothing bnt money, would, for nun, bu 
sura to object, and, iu short, it might be very 
unpleasant." 

- 1 can not help that. Herald." said Clare, 
ia icy roues. “It may lie a* von say.” In- 
deed, it struck her for the moun-ni that her 
father, in bis extreme dislike to Percy, might 
have left her portionless with the very ob- 
ject of breaking off tlie marriage. “ If Per- 
cy does not love me for my ow u rake, or even 
partly for my own rake, it i* better that we 
should not marry. As to Hlr Ivter, I care 
nothing for his consent. " 

*’ Quite right," raid Gerald, thankful to 
have got to land Miinehow, aud glod to have 
found a topic of agreement, “ Air Peter is 
a mercenary old aennmlrel ; and iw to his 
daughter, I am aura it's un great feather in 
yuur cap that you should bav e cut A*r out, 
nasty, puree-proud thiugT 

“ Cat her out 1" 

“ Well, that's all pool and gone, but it’s 
generally believed she used to throw sheep's- 
eye* at Percy. People always said you 
wire worth a dozen of her; but if you were 
fort dowerless, and hn cried off’, of course 
Mildred would be pleased — that’* only lu 

Gerald had drawn hi* bow at a venture, 
but perceiving that tbe ILret shot had told, 
ho won ready uilli a whole quiverful. 

"It i» not iMKcarary, I think,” said Clara, 
“to dim ns* Mildred Ftbliert’* character, nur 
to retail all the ill-uaturod goiwip that may 
bo alloat in Btokevillo concerning her.” 

Abe spoke coldly, aud her face waa fixed 
and white, bnt at heart her half- brother's 
word* had affWtod her even mure than he 
suspected. Khc hail every noiithlmoe in her 
lover, hut be hud spoken to h<cr of" ruin” iu 
cose hi* uncle quarrelled with him, and if 
■lie »ae iudecd a beggar, or what Hlr Peter 
would consider so, the knight would, with- 
out doubt, a* Gerald Mid, “ object” to her 
mamagn with his bopliew, and if (hat woe 
broken off— Mid at thu thought of it Clue, 


I who wa* hot a woman, though a brave oee, 
felt sick at heart - it would certainly be a 
hitter humiliation to her, aud a triumph to 
Mi hind. 

“I care M more about gossip than yon 
do, my ifosr Clara," condoned Uerald, with 
nn accustomed energy ; " w hat preplu say 
gww in at une car and not at the other; it 
is the facts that stick. You and I am now 
alocu in the world, quite alone” (it waa Ger- 
ald's habit wheu lying — upon tbe princi- 
ple prrha|i« of two negative* making aa a f- 
tUniatlvii — to reiterate ilia ]>*rtli iilar fahw- 
bood he wished to inculcate), " aud should 
hare all thiuga in cnmmna." 

He hesitated, nnd Clare only half hearing 
him, and with her thoughts on ocher mat- 
ters, inclined her head. 

“Just so; I mu bo glad that ynu agree 
with me," ho went no, quickly. " Sow 'all 
things’ of course include* the properly, and 
I do assure you it would he a great ntfnfnrl 
to me, notwithstanding my own reiaouabln 
rvjMtrtutinus, if you would, as I have pro- 
p«'*wd, agree to share and share alike. I 
have a little memorandum in my pocket, if 
you wouldn't mind patting your name to it 
along with mine." 

Tbe importunity of his manner aroused 
her; she locked up suddenly from the depth 
of her Borrows and forebodings into Gerald * 
fare. 

It wa* th* countenance of • lad but of 
seventeen, hat disfigured by a crowd of evil 
passion*: hate feigning love, Iw expecta- 
tion struggling with despair, rapacity, greed. 
Abe nhrauk from it n* if it had brcn the 
Gorgon's. 

"I will sign nothing,” she sail], with an 
involuntary shudder. "I will talk no 
more with you to-night-” 

"As you please, " he answered, with an 
Ugly look. “ I meant no offense. I’m aura.” 

They sat over the fire, side by aide, with- 
out *[H-oking, f*w a minute or two. Then 
(Jerald time w Ith a yawn. 

"It is growing lata, and to-morrow will 
lu a trying day— a very trying day — for 
both of u*. Yon should taka all the res* 
yon ran , Good night, dear.* 

” Good-night,” 

She roiihl u»t bring herself to odd the 
"ditar"; she felt as if the sight of that evil 
face had i-eeii a revelation of the other's 
nuture. It re -occurred to her again mud 
Hgain in the night -that night of ail othrras 
on which she would have thought of other 
things — and gave Ui her melancholy dreams 
a tinge of horror. 

[to as oostosuI 


BENIGHTED TIIAVELLEBS. 

D. THOMAS HARDY, 

Aimiua t» ”F*a vase ms M.seona Csevro,* “A 



L 


It wm a cold aud gloomy Christ imos-s r«. 
The maM nf cloud overhead was almost im- 
pervious to Mich daylight a* still lingered 
ou; the snow lay several tnrh«w dorp up<m 
tbe ground, ami the slanting downfall which 
still wont on threatened to considerably In- 
crease ||* thicknras before the morning. 
The Prospect Hotel, a nearly new building 
standing quite above on tlm verge of one of 
the most |»ctar-*que glens In Groat Britain, 
looked bo lonely aud so astir** at tuich a 
time a* this that a passing wayfarer would 
have been M t« rorget summer puMibihtini. 
and to wonder at the cuaiucrcial courage 
which could invest capital on the basis of 
tbe popular tast* for landscape in acoitulry 
subject to such dreary phase*. That the 
dtatrirl was alive with visiture in August 
Mvilunl hut a dim tradition in wcatbrr so 
totally opposed to all that tempt* maukiud 
from home. However, then* the lintel stood 
immovable; aivd the ruined castle. Which 
was tbo primary attraction of the spot, ris- 
ing in Hill view on the opposite side of tbe 
valley, was irow s stern angolsr outline, 
tinged over with a grimy dirtiness rathi-r 
tbau tbe pearly gray that In summer lent 
such beauty to its appearance amid the 

Within the hotel commanding tlua proe- 
por.l the lamllotnl walked idly abuut with 
hia bomb in hi* iKVcket*, not in tbe least ex- 
pectant of a vtattur, ami yet unable to settle 
down to Miy occupation which ftlioiild miu- 
peuaate iu some degree for tbo limn dial 
winter idleness entailed on bis regular pfo- 
fawiiHi. So little, indeed, waa anybody ex- 
I we Gil, that th* coffii*-n>ofu waiter — a geu- 
fort hoy, whoso plated button* iu aumao-r 
were as close together upon tbs front of hw 
short jarket as pess in a poll —now 
od iu the Iwck yard, metamorphosed into 
Ui» unreougnixable elispeof a rough country 
lad in corduroys and hob -nailed boots, 
sweeping thu snow away, and talking th* 
local dialect in oil its purity, quits oblivion* 
of the new polite accent lie had learned id 
tbe but weather from the well-behaved vis- 
How. The (rout doot wa* cloned, anil, u if 


DECEMBER 10, 1881. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


I- exprres nlll bhii* fatly tlx. routed and 
cbryulis MaU of lb*, ■■atahliahuiviit, u sand- 
bag »M placed B4 tlie boltocu to keep out 
the insidious snow drift, tbo wind suiting in 
directly from that quArtor. 

Tbe landlord. eu lunug bis own junior, 
walked to tbe large fire »liirli it was »!«■*- 
lately neoOMtary to keep up for bln comfort, 
no such blare, tmiutng In die rotfoc-reom or 
rlsewbore, and aftc-r giving it a at ii return- 
ed to a table in tbe lobby, whereon lay tbe 
visitors' book— now rlnaed aud probed luiek 
against tbe wall, He careleisdy »|iefli-d It ; 
not a name bail been entered I bore ainva the 
lffth or die previous November, aud that 
waa only the name of a niau w bn bad arrived 
on a tricycle, m ho, indeed, bad out been aak- 
ed to enteT at alL 

While be waa engaged thus the evening 
grew darker; but In. fore it waa aa yet loo 
dark to distinguish objects upon (tin mail 
w Hiding round tile (Ml of dm bill, tbe taint- 
lord jierneirnd a black a pot on the diatont 
while, which speedily enlarged itaelf aud 
drew near. Tbe prolsabilitiee were that tbia 
veldcle — for a vehicle of some aort It seemed 
to be — would |iasa by and pursue Ite way to 
tbn diet ant town, a* other* bad done, llut, 
contrary to tbe landlord '■ expectation, oa be 
atood cunning it through tile yet uuahutter- 
ed window*, tbe Military object on reaching 
tbe corner turned into the betel front, and 
dror« up to the door. 

It w an a conveyance particularly uu*nll«l 
to Mich u Mraaoii and weather, bring nothing 
more anliatnulial than an open basket-car- 
riage dtawn by n tingle borer. Within aat 
two penssis, of different sexes, as could soon 
l>e discerned, Iu spite of their m.ifll.'d atlire. 
Tbe man bold the rein*, and the lady lout 
got aanm shelter from the atom by clinging 
close to hi* Mile. The landlord rang the 
hostler's liell to attract the attention of the 
stable -man. for lire appioot li of lire viaitoni 
lind horn deadened to mdmdcMMtesa by tlm 
enow, and when the lowlier had come to tba 
borer'* brad the gentleman and Lady alight- 
ed, tbn luiidlonl meeting them in the ball. 

Tlie male stranger was a foreign -looking 
individual of about eight-and-twenty. He 
wum rlnrr-sliaveii, excepting a Wiuatarlre, 
hla real lire* being greet, and oven handaoim-.. 
The lady, who Mend timidly behind him, 
seemed to lie much ynauger- prewiM.v not 
tonre Ilian eigbtren, though it waa difficult 
i» judge either of Irer »g» or appear* Ore in 
Ixu p evaeut wrappings, which, though of 
amis u bat rich material, w ere inappropt late. 
Tlie geutloiuao expressed hi* wish to May 
fur the night, explaining somewhat anno- 
ccwsanly, considering that tlie borne wasau 
i (i li, that they bad I>—*| unexpectedly be- 
liiglitml on their drive. Such a welcome 
being given them a* landlord* can give in 
dull times, tlie latter ordered fire* ill tlie 
drawing aud coffee twins, ami went to the 
buy iu tire yard, who sown KnhM blmself 
up. ilniggi-d hi* mnuldy,diHiiMsl jnckrt from 
Its box, polished tbs bat tone with bi* sleeve, 
anil uppi-nred civilised iu the boll. The 
loily was nhowu into a rwm where she could 
take off her Miow-dsini—1 garments, which 
she sent down to 1st dried, her companion, 
n**at>whiti, potting down a couple of sover- 
eign*, a* if aniloii* to make everything 
smooth aud comfortable at starting, aud re- 
questing that a private tilting room might 
be got ready, Tlie landlord amured him 
that the font up-stair* parlor — usually pub- 
lle — should la. kept private thl* evening, aud 
sent the maul to light tbo caudlea. Dinner 
waa prepared for them, and. at the gentle- 
man's desire, served iu the same apartment, 
wbere, tbe ymitig lady having joined him, 
tlrey were loll to the rest and refreshment 

they scvumhI to lined. 

That something w as jvecnlior in tbe rela- 
tions of the parr bad more than once struck 
tbe landlord, though wbereiu that jieculiw- 
ity lay it waa hard to deckle. Hut that his 
grout wn* one who | said hla way readily had 
boen proved by hi* conduct, and di*Dii**dog 
conjectures, he turned to practical affaire. 

About nitre o'clock he re-entered the hall, 
and every tiling W>og done for the day, again 
w alled up and ilow ii, occasionally gating 
through tire glass door at the prus|>ect with- 
out, to aaccrlniu bow tbe weather wo* pro- 
gress ng. Contrary to previous prngtuaiti- 
aalioiis, amis- lied mwied falling, and, with 
the ruing of lire muon, the sky had Wn 
jvartlally cleared, light fleoce* of cloud dull- 
ing ocrvNM the silvery disk. There was ev- 
ery eigu that a frost waa going to set in 
later on. Tor these reasons the diitaut ris- 
ing road was even tours distinct now lie- 
twes.ii it* hedges than It hail boon In the de- 
clining day light. Not a track or rut broko 
the v irgin surface of tbe white mantle that 
lay all along it. all marks left liy the lately- 
arrived travellers having town sfwedily ob> 
liters loll by the flak*-* railing at lire time, 

And now the landlord In-bcUl by tba light 
of tbe moon a sight very anuilar to that bu 
had seen by tbe light of day. Again a black 
ajiot waa advancing down the road that 
margined the valo. He waa In a moment or 
two enabled to jxmciv* that the preaeat 


veldcle moved onward et a more headlong 
jiaee then tlie illtls carriage which had pre- 
ceded it; next, that it waa a bnragham 
draw u by two jMiwerful bunas ; next, that 
tbia carnage, like the former one, w as bound 
fur tbe bn tel door. Tbl* desirable feature 
of reovtaitilaue* ramasl tbe Landlord to otiue 
more withdraw tbe * and- bag sod advance 
into tlie porch. 

An old gentleman was the first to alight. 
He w us followed by a young one, aud both 
unhesitatingly earn* foiward. 

41 Ha* a young lady, leas than nineteen 
years of age, recently arrived here in tbe 
oompauy of a man some y ears her senior f" 
aaked the old gentleman, iu boat*. “ A man 
cleanly shaven for tbe most part, having tbs 
ap|<ea ranee of an ojiera-aiiigsr, and calling 
himself tiignor Suiittosnl f" 

•• Wn have bad arrivals lately," said tbe 
landlurd, in the tone of having bad twenty 
at least -not raring to acknowledge tire at- 
tenuated state of haianuas that afflicted Troo- 
ped Hotel iu w inter. 

44 And among them can yoor memory re- 
call two penuxisKUch aa those I describe f — 
tbn man a aort of barytone f" 

“There certainly ia or waa a young cou- 
ple staying in tlie hotel ; but 1 could nut 
; ►renounce on tbo ccui|>a*e of Ilia gnu tinman's 

“No, an; of conn* not. I am quits bs- 
wiUlcred. Tlrey arrived in a hnnkel car- 
riage. altogether badly provided 1" 

"They came in a carnage, I believe, a* 
moot of our vial lore do.” 

“ Yea, yea. I must see them at once. Par- 
don my want of ceremony, and show n» In 
to where they are." 

“ Hut, air, you forget. Suppose the lady 
nnd gentleman 1 mean are not the lady and 
geulleinan you mean T It would Ire awk- 
wnrd to allow you to m*h in ii|h>h t liven 
just now while they are at dinner, snd 
might cauee mo to lose their futnre patron- 
age.” 

“True, true. They may not be tbe same 
{•envoiis. My anxiety, I perceive, makes me 
rash iu iny irowinplloim." 

11 t'pnu lire w Mile, 1 think they mnat Ire 
tire same, Lucie, lames,” sold the young inan, 
who hod not till now spoken. And turning 
to tbe landlord, “ You possibly have nut snob 
B large areemhl age of visitin'* here on this 
MJtu* » bat forbidding day that yon quite 
forget how this couple arrived, and what 
the lady wore f* His tone of addrewuug 
the landlord had in it a quiet frigidity that 
wa* not without Irony. 

"Ah! what sire wore; that'* It, Charles. 
What did sire w ear F 

" 1 don't usually take stock of my guests' 
clothing," refilled the landlord, dryly. for the 
reudy money of tbe first arrival bad decided- 
ly biassed him in favor of that gsnlleuian's 
casus. “ Ynu can certainly sse soma of it 
if you want to," be oddmL carelessly, “ for it 
ia drying by tbo kitchen fire.” 

Bribe* the words were half out of his 
month tbe old gentleman hail exclaimed, 
“Ah!” and precipitated hunwdf afoug what 
•■'Clued to le tire jreoaage to tbe kitc hen ; 
but aa this turned out to be only the en- 
trance to a dork china closet, he hsatily 
emerged again, after a collision with the 
inn china had told him nfJii* mistake. 

" I beg your irerdou, I'm sure; but If you 
only knew my feelings (which ! eau not at 
jmwcut explain), you would make allow- 
ance*. Anything I have broken 1 will will, 
ingly pay for." 

*' Don't mention It, sir," said the landlord. 
And sliowihg tire way, they adjourned to lb* 
kitchen without further parley. Tbe eldest 
of tbs party instantly seined tbe lady'* cloak, 
that hung npoo s clothes-horse, exclaiming; 
“Ah! ye*. Jiunco, it is here. 1 knew we were 
on their track.” 

“ Yea, It I* here," answered tba nephew, 
quint!)-, for bo waa much lota excited than 
hi* companion. 

41 Show as their room at once,” said tbe 

" William, bars tbe lady and geiitlemau 
In the froni idlling-cornu fmubral dining f” 

44 Yea, air, long ago,” said tire hundred 
plated buttons. 

•■'Ibeu show up those gentlemen to them 
at once. You stay here to night, gentlemen, 

I presume f Shall the faoreo* Is- taken out T" 

" Feed tbo burses and wash their mouth*. 
Whet lie r wo *tay or not depends ujion cir- 
cumstance*," said the placid younger man, 
aa he followed his uncle aud tbe waiter to 
the staircase. 

44 1 think, Nephew James, 1 * said tbe for- 
mer, as Ire paused w ith hi* foot on the first 
step — '• I think ws bad better not Ire an- 
tiouibccd. but take them by anrpriao. She 
may go throwing herself out of the window, 
or do Mime equally desperate thing-” 

44 Yes, certainly, well enter uoaonounoed." 
And Ire called back tbs lad who preceded 
them. 

44 1 con not sufficiently thank you, James, i 
for ao effect nall.v aiding me in tbia pursuit," 
exclaimed the old gentleman, taking the oth- 
er by the hand. 41 My increasing iufirmUlM , 


would have hindered my overtaking her to- 
night, had it not been fur your timely mid.” 
“ 1 am ouly tin) happy, uncle, tu have been 
of acrvlcv to yon tn tldsor any other matter, 
1 only wish 1 could have accumpstiiod you 
ou a pleuaautcr journey. However, It ia ad- 
visable to go up to them at once, or they 
may hear ns,” And they softly ascended 
the stairs. 

JlO SB OMTISDSlv) 


DISABLED IS MID-OCEAN. 

It la tire uniform testimony of officer* and 
jvaMMingrr* that tbo atoms mi tire Atlantie 
during the last few week* hava law • mure 
violent aud dangerous than any that have 
been known iu many years. The captain 
of tbe Cify <tf Cicticr, which reached New 
York last week, after a voyage of fourteen 
days, dcclaroa that bu bail never before ex- 
perienced such | xinloii* weather. Thu ship 
wa* to«»«>d abont like a feat Irer by tlie enor- 
mous wave*. A rushing mam of w ater cov- 
ered the deck, and awejit away everything 
that was nut securely laahod. In tbn for- 
wan! part of the slop a uiimfor of break- 
waters had boon uunsinicted of heavy beanre 
of wood to protort tbn forecastle. These 
tiiuheni were eighteen inches wide aud uine 
inches thick, yet the force of the *svm was 
such that one uf them waa snapped off like 
a reed, and whirled about with such force 
a* to shat!*? another one in pieces. Tbo 
waves at one trine were so high that they 
frequently struck tbn captain's bridge, twen- 
ty font above tbe uiuin-deek. 

The stanch Cilf »/ ft refer cams safely 
through Ibis awful trial; but auppoao that 
the shall or any ntber material portion of 
her iiiachiiiery liad broken while the storm 
was at Its height ! Tlutn there might have 
Imicu a sccun like that sx> fufeitily depicted 
by Mr. Dayilhmix on page «£*. The Luge 
and now unmanageable ship, driven and 
IcmomI by the terrible wares, the signals of 
■liNtrvw* displayed in tbe almnat vain hope 
of aaslstanco from auui* pasting veaael, aud 
all on board waiting tbn event with the 
ralunrea of courage or tire delirium of ter- 
ror. Night intensifies tbe bnrror if not the 
danger of tbe situation, Tbe officer* and 
crew have their duties to keep their hand* 
arid niriul* occupied ; bet tlie pMocngersy 
confined iu the cabins, have nothing to do 
but wait. Every one who has been at **w 
iu a heavy alorni, as a passenger, knows tire 
effect jtrislucrd by such a situation on the 
inibila of timid or inexperienced | > crscii*, 
and even tlie bravest are alfoctod by tbo 
sense of helplessness. Hut no oim ean fully 
real ire the burrura of a storm at sea w ho has 
not met with the experience delineated by 
«ur artist- 


THE PHILADELPHIA ART 
EXHIBITION. 

Twit exhibition of psintings now open at 
tbo Founaylvaiita Acailwmy of tbe Fine Arts, 
in Philadelphia, ha* a partkcular interest 
and importance from the fact that on ear- 
nest effort has been inode to give it a repre- 
sentative character. The works comprising 
the collect bro are by American artist*, and 
have Iwan gathered, at tire expense uf tbe 
Academy, from the principal American cit- 
ies, and from the European art re litres wbere 
American artists and art stiidenta moat do 
congregate. Unfortunately, owing to a dif- 
ficulty fotweon tbn Academy authorities 
aud tba Philadelphia Society of Actinia- a 
quarrel In which a number of lbs artists of 
New York aud elsewhere hava sympathised 
with tbe Society — tbs collection u not so 
complete a a it otherwise doubt lea* would 
have lawn ; lint although the ratalogue does 
lint contain some names that should be 
there, tba exhibition accnoijili*li«« with tol- 
erable completeness tba object of Its pro- 
jectors, and gives a Tory satisfying anil 
gratifying demonstration of present and 
pnapective American art conditions Foe 
the exhibition la not only a gratification 
itself, ou Bccoaut of tbo vast amount of 
highly meriturioua work which it contains, 
bat it holds out excellent promiec*. A 
goodly unmbrr of these pictures are by 
young moil and young women who still 
have reputstloiiM to make, ami it is especi al- 
ly noteworthy that a great deal of tbo meat 
refined and most thorough-going workman- 
ship in tbo cullectinu is by puiuter* who 
have bad all their training on this aide of 
the Atlantic. 

As compared with recant previous exhild- 
tlons of an analogous character In New York, 
Philadelphia, and other Eastern ritias, tire 
marked characteristic of this collection ia 
reserve. There sre very few ; no tares which 
can properly be described a* aggressive or 
exjwnmeiilal, and even snob works aa make 
tba roost I lucrative duuand* ii|hoi tbs im- 
mediata couaideratiou of the apootator* do 
ao through qualities which are tbo reverse 
of those which marked the crude bnt as- 
sertive canvases which rondo such a hiihlinb 
in art virtles* few oeatc-UM ago. Mr.ViTllfi- 


827 


-rut*, for instance, in bis ‘‘Arrangement tu 
Gray and Black" — a jHirtrait of the ortlat'a 
mother — bus apparently gone out uf bis way 
lo accomplish M»iucthlng that mtglil better 
have been accomplished with Iras indirec- 
tion. Hut it is nut to be disputed that this 
really t* a beautiful tone study, or that, it 
room* iicsr Iwing a Dobls picture despite it* 
uflvctatiiHi — for >1r. WriINllJtg ap|*areutiy i* 
u fleeted rather than eccootric. Tire largo 
■ anvas of Mr.Ciuiu.rx SPRAOCR PlUCfi 
professing to represent tiro lodie-ading of 
John tbs Baptist, while it is un alnolul* 
failure subjectively, is BeTerthelsss dasorv- 
iug of rrsjHict, and rommaniti respi-or. on ae- 
ro nut uf the masterly pointing there i» on 
it. Mr. ITunck may not la* able lo treat 
great lite m — ba ha* tried a nuuilier of 
trines without achieving much auixww* — but 
he Is certainly a draugbtamau and a jsaluUT 
of aujicriur attaiiriileiiU. 

I Tlie key-note of tbe exbibitiufi may ho 
said to bo given by Mr. HgiucMaN's •• Inter- 
esting Game." a Cairene atudy, aud taking 
it all in all, tbe most aatixfortiiry picture 
that this artist baa recently oboun in this 
couutry. Mr. Hhiihiman's more — uWtiriUt 
cMuya always have a ilistinct lacking. Wo 
tnay admit their great technical merit, but 
they awuredly tail to exhaust tbolr subjects, 
uml suggest |KMsitiilitica that have imu Wen 
nitainiHl tu. In (his represootalrioi of a 
gatuu of rlo’tM in a cnflve-faocise w induw tbo 
artist has had a theme entirely within his 
jioweri, while it has afforded him abundant 
opportunities to disliiigulsb hinwlf ns a 
draughtsman nrid a* a colorist ; for it is 
worth noting that both this aud Vlr. Itniuo- 
man'b other exhibit, “The Hey of Couktiin- 
tmo receiving Vi*itors,”arv bettor in color 
than ■* umiiiI w ith him 

Mr. EaKISs is an artist who is apt to as- 
tonish and to irritate by bis aurrUoti of 
a very unique individuality, but even he 
please* rather than excites autipathriw by 
his chief cuutrllMiiion to Ibis collection. It 
is true that he sbnwa Ids 41 William Briah.” 
Which wa* the subject ol‘ coriddcrahk' din- 
jnite when it waa exhibited in New York 
soriw soasmiB ngm Then, however, It w as 
an aggravation »Biong*t nggravatiout. « bile 
in tbo present PhtWIelplim collection it ap- 
pear* to fall into place nulurally with its 
surroundings, and iiiktead of commanding 
eousUleratioii si all hozariU, it bos to U. 
•ought for. Mr. Kainxs's other canvas re- 
present* some fishermen triomliug their net 
on s gentle acclivity by a river-side. It is 
undoubtedly the most pleasing work that 
this able hut eccentric uiti»t has thus far 
executed. 

It ia imjMMsible, of coo roe, in a general 
notice of an exhibition mode up uf four 
hundred and twenty-tiro canvases, tu give 
even a mention of tbe many picture* that 
are well worthy uf detailed description. It 
moat suffiew, therefore, to say that of tho 
important ountrilmtiuus to the collection, 
some of tbe nrnat nmiaqiieulisl are Mr. 
Eatim** JuuKmiK'a 44 Funding Hill”; a very 
charming portrait by Misa lh.it* WlHtxucg, 
which lo'iir* lbs title 44 Under tbn Tulm"; 
Mr. F. It Biiowmku.'A “Abel”; Mr. C. N. 
Hwtrr's " Dragiwnrs de Hnhlo" ; Mr A II. 
I'mixiss “ W reck of the Hrapera*” ; Mr. U B. 
Hariuim.i.v’n “ Ketiira tram tho First Cum* 
mu n ion"; Mr. W. P. W. Daxa's " Bleak Day 
— Ccuwt of Brittany,” and "Off the French 
Coast — Moonlight” ; Mr, W. L. Ttcxsxu/a 
‘•Lo* 1'rtfs dv Nb-Yaast” — a superior piece 
of IbhiUcb|>c paiutlng, but Unking tbe po*i- 
ti»o qualities of his oxliihlla or last year; 
Mr. T. Jrtil.Aklw'H “Tbn Invasion" ; Mra. 
Hakak W. Whitman's •• Tortrait of Thro* 
Boy*"; and Mr. FKaNK Muss's “Christ iu 
the Midst of tlie Doctors." 

The bulk uf the exhibition is made up of 
medium-sized canvAse*. representing for Hie 
most jiart studies of every -day life or ov«r>- 
ilay scenery. It is worth iroliug that fow 
of our lstntica|te pain lent nf the preseut day 
seem to regard a snare h for the si range or 
uucouunou ns neccueary. Tills cibibitiun 
contains a multitude of Wuuiiful picture*, 
representing a lot of nicudow with sheep 
grazing or children playing, a picturesque 
street corner or doorway, n forest glade, or 
any one of * hundred similar unpretending 
subject*. It i* first-rate execution that car- 
ries Hie day with them. Tbny are full of 
light ami air, aud they impress one a* bciug 
tbo work of iron who have felt thn warm 
sunshine and mjoyad tlie fuel of it, wliu 
have breathed the pure air null) they have 
lunged to put their imprtn«iou« of saiwhiuo 
aud breathable ataiuaphere ou caavaa. Not 
being s» jirotuntiou* a* tbe topographical 
eauvAscs which were wont to anlunisb the 
public hut a Tory fow years ago, and lack- 
ing perhups tu too great ail extent high sug- 
gestive qualities, there are uerertlwlcM de- 
lightful pictures which mu*t adequately 
fulfill these artistic oonditiuaa What they 
mean is that a multitude of our younger 
artist* are getting very near to tiro grist 
heart of nature, and at the same time are 
acquiring the skill necessary for the inter- 
prwlatiun of tbe artistic secret* of nature. 



HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


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llurrireoX 8. Decapitation of 8c. John the Baptist (C. 8. Pearce). «. S*nd> Dunce, Sausbon I II crrv Chase). 7. En VH» Calc-ado* (W J llentteser). 8. The Antiquaries 
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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


DECEMBER 10, 1801. 


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nieret Mim«iiidtnp> II la Wd braltli. Tlirrr ,rr rite. 
eeablv pr.ii.lf a t.inl l.wtav with am- toot In lie grave, 
a bottle .d |-»rti«'.>)iiv>«'Toobi wmld “ — 

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tiiaklt .(rug Him In till* city, prepare a 
w Ay n.me f It ia Mini; JlU.-r- 

a all nthurs, bring a mutt limling and 
Ix-m-d.-ial preparation. W e n>»-d.'iitmo,l j oaxa 
immil it UnTl, TIim (mailer will i>uiul *v.>ry Inal, 
eren that of (he s.>dr. For ah rTnrt- 

wbrre. Urpot, 37.3 Sixth Avenue. Knee id rla 
per but. Vlm.r aim prefer a liqnid preparation 
will And Hiker'* Cream of IU*t* (he raooi aati*. 
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NEW YORK, 1882, 


Tiik Stw for 1982 will ninko itm fifteenth annoul rcrolotion under the present 
managwmenl, sbininif, n* *l»»yh, for nil, big and little, mean and graciona, contented 
and unhappy. Republican and Democratic, depraved and virtuous intelligent aad 
obtuse. Tut Sex's light is for mankind nnd womankind of every aort ; but ita genial 
warmth U for Uic good, while it poor* hot dUcomfort on tbe Wintering backs of the 
pcwintcntly wicked. 

Tin Sl*w of 1888 wm a nc •‘paper of a new kind. It discarded many of the 
forma, and a multitude of the mirx-rHuon* word* and pliraam of ancient jonrimlinm. 
It undertook to report in a frcnh, tuccinct, unconvrntional way all the new* of tl*e 
world, omitting no event of human interval, and commenting upon affair* with tli« 
fearleuiliesa of absolute independence. Tbe rucccsc of thia experiment wa* the *uc- 
ceas of Tic* Sun. It effected a permanent change in Hie atyw of American news- 
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b*ll Itvculslorv, made either in Kfccoj. 
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WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. 
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AUEXiw run the united states. 
KEW YORK. 



THE ORGUINETTE, 



cause rr os. xmiBATic Brairti. cxsixm, 
nr* omiAxa, bxkk vbuanh, aad piano*. 
Tli* nnl win. Ireful nimfc-pred'Klag Inwra wi r t* 
In the wnrlA We, eearyUilnf Am/ oat can play 
tbma Nu mnekal ksov>M«r required. Call sod sss 
Um, or send lur Cleeater to lbs 

MECHANICAL ORGUINETTE CO., 

SSI Bread war. bet. 1 tih sad 13th Sts., 

NKW YORK. 

LT0X 1 HEALY. 10! Mat* M-, CYiea«s. UL. 

Wboksale Agrota (<w Xkblten.Wtecne. 

Nelewei*. CuliiMdo, Sul tlw PsrUK O 


NICOLL THE TAILOR, 

020 BROADWAY, 

and 139 to IS! Bowery, n«ot York. 

PANTS TO OHDBII, M«* TO 110 on. 
aerra mw •• ttata 

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atmptee and Kates tar IWil Mm»nr.w--i,l mat b, m*IL 
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LIQUID PAINT*, ROOFIHO, 

H.W. JOHN* id Fe ed. S7Elji.I UN.B-T- 

A Child's Histoby or Ebguhd, 

By 0HA1LE8 DI0KEK8. 

1LLIYIBATED. 

2 rets, ia «M, ISao, Half Uslbtr, <0 cent*. 

Pahllaksd by BAIPEB A BBOTBEBS, X«w Ter*. 

W IM Ay msdL foatpoU, en rft«s* of l*r priee. 



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ewwor. KYwrrl>e»««aw, I primed 
Inetrartteos. CaMlnrse of P us h * 
Type- ( 't>Ma Be . (or t alampa Ad- 


HARPER’S PERIODICALS. 

Per Ysmti 

IIASPKTrS MAUAZINE. J4 s* 

MARPBire W BULT « OT 

BABPER-R BAEAR 4 d* 

Tka THREE etuee publirMl..oa M «• 

Any TWO above nanad ....... t dd 

harp bit* Ttnurj ptoplb i m 

(lASPBITB MAGAZINE t . 

IIANPKHR TUlINO PBUPLB f * 

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DO YOUR OWN PRINTING 

Treeseo »r.d cmtttt bnn M (n BH 

afield**,!* Mm"/ t u " < 

hThooybb; rhiu., p fl . 

in Piotopply. 

.< M.I7T. Jnne II. 1BI. Tb»e vrbo eeeore 


"wSfra! 


table lur amMi. ! 
iOd unrt-rwbt W Yt 

It, 10 in a Street, Bu*i 


VON BKItUKN 


Oue Tetr (W Nsmbwel ■ - 
Pmb HV Pro, It all alumw ta lAe PMW Baba 
ar (baata 

HAKPEKW FRANKUN NQUARB LIBRARY: s 
weakly pjblitallxn, oadMlf works if TmvsL 
BI.«e*jJ,y, Mlatery. Plctka, and P.ietry, *1 prtest 
raiiKlug (r at l* Ui B teat* per nniaha, Pall Ual nf 
Harper , PisnMea fbf>an Litvaey will lie AiruUhed 
“ — *- an SfoUesi'.in to II .area A Baorusaa 


•#- HARPER'S CATATdXU'B, r..m|irt»lot I be 
Will be scut by Bad ** receipt of NMa Oeuia 

H A RPRIK A ItltOTHIlKft. 

Franklin square. New York. 



DECEMBER 10, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY 


831 





HARPER k BROTHERS' 

LIST OF NEW BOOKS. 


OLIVtB GOLDSMITH • WOSKS tl<1nl bjr I - *. 
“• *f. P&A. Fpmd Rn 


b atmLPUt* I'.utulL I 


>AL»4, MMby, a..t Hi Unit, al- 


S — -b—MuM 

ffl.oi 1“ 1*14. < -xitaiiiliic BrWI skxubn Iu>- 
mium Broil* uul Ci.r—i—mi Armra. By Ku- 
•UK 1 L»|>U, A.II.K -Tl- Kl.lb H-..L U lk« 

tUtulnikm," KI-M-K-k ..Ilk* War ..f IMS" to 
liviMralnl by TM Bi nrl rial* FurtraM- ami i.r#f 
](M> EsurarUifi*. t’NUk.BujalM’ntfeUi.ttJMi 
IT. 

THS BOY TUVIILIM IN THI FAR t AST. 
Putlll — “ - 

i!.X 


PAUL THE MISSIONARY By Hr., Wiu.ua «. 

I at...*, D I>.. Miul.i«r ..f lb. BkmIkii TjImikIa 
N.w Ytrtlllj. IUkMMmL Ibuu, t'lulb, $1 0 *. 

VI. 

OC GUlNCiV. B. DkoMukk. Unm. 01 .HA, » 
ikui. nu ux m< r<A«< w m ix. l.v<..a Mm 
VlAlro 

VII. 

THE HEART or THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. 
Hy R.hbkl Alim IH.sk. ITItkImI t. r W. II. a- 

II I— <«»». to, 1 IIMUMW .1 Clnta, bill IM|M. 

fit*. Ill a But. 


THE NEW NOVELS 

HARPEll 4 BROTHERS, Nnw Totk. 


Tl»r season Tor selling 
»llk« at U UOLEMALi; h 
Ins about at an end, 
J\m:sR(< Rl i uv & «'o. 
have trantlVrml their EX- 
TIRE stoek of Br<K*atelle 
and Damaoe Milk* and Mat- 
ins from the U'UOLEM.tLE 
Department to the Retail 
Counters. 

These good* present a 
multitude of elegant de- 
signs, and In order to sell 
them AT ONCE they have 
been marked at OXE II 11 . C 
of the price* at whirli they 
could be replaced. 

JAMES MtlUEERl A CO., 
Broadway and 1 1 III 8 t., 
\ew l'ork. 


* A s its? 




SJSfi « 


'ssMernAA 


A OKNT9 WANTED to MB IN 
> B-n. You n—tM-ymir 

lire- Dt L HAMAS Prtbtla* IMim, Ann 


A DEAUTIFUL BRUSH, IASTIN 1 FOR TEARS. 

«> will mad M a* fatal. FMNli aa racvlat (IM-Hi — Ali-S —III b* rmrnnl If til a- namraut. 

abaa 10 aaato utr* .«l «a *uu«t.u» - air <i»n<*ry lain jmit bub: nf -al —mill byaipraM. r.o n. at Foul rite—. *«(. |alrlb«p nf aranloMkoi < 


ARNOLD, 

CONSTABLE, & CO, 


UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. 

N<iv»ltlf. in Tiin—man Porll»re«, Broradca, 
ruin Hilka tad Raw l*ilk Turrnmtat for 
f'nmiturr Curcnn^y anil Curtain Malarial-, 
UnitMila ami Antique Lace Curtaiur, Bid 
Beta, to, he. 


r A *'<r« Kina WWW VmMm lin.i.w evil*, Naaa 
fill <» HrFlnl Tjix- mail >■' *, fo>irrav»S Cart, * <la « 
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iDOltr*. Adilrtm lUliuml 

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•Mb year. ‘ j«af— llln.Nt Hmct- 

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A OEM T 8 juBBotYrjfT. , < wKriTr »* 1 tFf! 


4.400 

$5 to $20 

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Broadway and 19th St. 


LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

OP MKAT Aa inralntbU uul nliuHr tm.ir 
la all r«— uf -r«a .!<«.— tm and .viillliy - I. 
a *iKf<— an.l a burn Tor •V- li — iltona tboaU | 
feel mrHfKL' -S<e " Mrtfeai Prea*’ "LanecC.' 

•* BmUh Mitral Jaarml." Ae. 

CATTION. — Ibnulha .inly ntlli 111. tac-aimllf «> 1 
Baron U>lni> HltMttn In Bin* Ink wiu U» 

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COMPANY'S EXTRACT 


/A™ 

THK PIRBT 

Japanese M’fi and Tradim Co., 

BAS Klin I Dll' IT, Saw York, 

iurouT&Rs or 

JAPANESE GOODS. 

XOVELTIKM 

PUS UOUSB DECURATIOK AND 

C il.l. TRADE. 

A CATAUMil’E MAILED ON APTUCATION, 


^letiiiOWatlrig 


Joft fat £1.50 at alt SlalKmtit, o* 

KEUFFEL 4 ESSER, 127 F„lt» a, N.V. 

; 9 mpntliu cf 'fidiuln^ ?Kdlii«lb. 


BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY PRESENT. 

Man and Woman in America should Use 

SCOTT’S ELECTRIC FLESH BRUSH. 


Brcnnw It nnlfkenB the circula- 
tion, opcni the pores anil enables 
the system to throw oil' tlu.m- 
impurities whldi caiibe disease. 
It lustantljr acts upon the Itlood, 
Nerves and Tissues, Imparting 


A Beautiful Clear Skin, 

New Energy and New Life, 

TO ALL WHO DAILY USE IT, 


IT IS WARRANTED TO CURE 

Rbaumiiiim an* Olaaaaaa of tha Blood. H-rroui 
Complaint*, Ne*in»l«i-».Tooth«cti-, RSalarlal Lam«- 
naaa, Pnlp tmlon. Snnii»*ia nnd all palna eauaad 
by Impaimd circulation. H promptly aUarlntaa 
Indlsaatlon, Lltar and Hfci nay Troublao, qulebly 
nmiXM thopo *" Bank Aoh*»" paeullar to Lanlaa. 
and Impart* wonoarfui *'*or to tn* wtiola body. 


DEALERS WILL REFUND PRICE 

IF NOT AS REPRESENTED. 




HARPERS WEEKLY. 


DECEMBER 10, 1681. 






fARl & W I IS ON S 
MENSlINEN COllARSANOCUff! 
/ j "ARE THE BEST' 

. raw sate Eves v a m( a •: 


BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY PRESENT. 

DR. SCOTT’S ELECTRIC BRUSHES. 

l:XTK tOKDl MHV OFim 

During the west W duy* any Drug or lanry Wore will lot you hare either Ike Hair 
or FV*fc Brutk ou trial, and if thee (ail to (lire Il.mlaiii.v, .\iaar*l(ia, Rheumatic Pairj, 
he.. in * few minutes or quickly Cure Dandruff, f oiling Hair, awl liaMnmt, lake them 
lutrk ia c*<*3 conditioo aad the I'ric* will bo refimdnl They are not Wire bat Pure 
Urintl* Iimake*. .' i eut on the aune term*, |*vM[atki, on receipt of three dollar*, by 
OKU A. bOtlT, (Its Broad* or, New Yutk. K-> large rut ou in ride page. 


SMOKE MARSHALL'S 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &c. 

Sold by *11 Druggist*; or send 25 cent* for sample box by mail, lo 
B. HORN K it, fid Maiden Lane, Mew York, U. 8. A. 


C. G. GUNTHER’S SONS. 

Seal-Skin Saoqnoe and Cloaks; 
Fur-Lined Garment* ; 

Fur Trimmings, Muti'u, and Collara 

184 Fifth Ave., Hew York. 


mm 


SPECIAL OFFERING 

OP me KllKJSj. ll X .VHlli.il < Un as and NAN- 

Discount of 10 Per Cent 

niOM REOn.AM PIUOE*. «Ueh are marfenl la 

tV.« ; ’ greaU are cnareaMd KUterCLM^red 

I I IIOI TIM. Hilt A CO., 

S I laloia Nqianre. New Soria. 


Rawson’s 


JOSEPH Cl LLOTTS 
STEEL PENS 

SwaBr All DfAURSLreHKwar^ WORLD 
. I.: V- • ' 'AM I :. I - !'- r. • 


Sat. 


IMPOH I KII BXPREhKl.T TOR 

THE HOLIDAY TRADE. 

NIPPON MERCANTILE CO., 
310 llrnadua), New lurk. 


11 Metklax n IiIumii Laber.'i 

hOREHOlWD&TAR 

TI1K <2 It EAT NATIONAL BPBCirtC 

roreiix. tei.ov oimriLr HRKiTftixa, tsn 

Al.L mMTIokw of Ik- TllftlllT, (1*011*1 II 
Tl AKK.aiad M Vlkw, I.KIIHSV ••COSM'IPTIIIS. 

Cioni-wul 0 1 II, r <4 I be ydant llunAnuiid. 

I in rhraiical unluu wilt Tas iU.-u 

Tk»' win. lure D1..I ll Mr I lal Hal-' a Unary t* H nre- 
l bread A Tar la wnuiWrlullr nwinllal In all rarre irbrre 
l.-eagana ut r—plnllrw ar- all., ml, and tkat VI* arfluu 


kis;h;kh]mk>t! 

TWINES \N I) NETTING, 




VEUVE 

CLICQUOT 


PONSARDIN 

CHAMPAGNE 


WALTER BUHL & CO., 

UI.IHOIT, Silt H. 

Ijadlrw’Seal Ntn - i|ucs Del- 
until*, Mink (look*. SUk 
and Satin t'ur- Lifted Gar- 


YELLOW WHITE 
Lfthrl. Ijtbel. 
DRY. RICH. 

Grand Vintage 

1878. 


I UAV r.klHXIDr A rl TI IIK. N. 1..S-I- tareta. 


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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


833 



Osnt Christman eve our little Ndl, 

Sated with tw«<« delectable. 

And longing fur n little quiet 
Away from all • mr miolrap mil, 

• Stole sent] y to aontbrr n> on 

. . Km peace within it* slithering gloom , 

• And. with a ■Imwl wrapt rlo«.'ly rewind her. 
No maiden* then w»* ever MMintlrr. 

Ftref. looking through the window. «he 
By tlie fa*t fading light rnn tee 
Home Ktraggh-r* only, wading *low. 

Yet cheerily, through tank* of mow 
But— horu*’-poru«'— *nan the wrne 
I* changed rut lir » Palnr Qixeti 
The urri'l, prewhile «o dull. U rife 
With right* ami unutxU of merry life. 
]Mia*haprn snow ludl* hoy* lout made 
Are all alive, with light arrayed, 
like pumpkin-lantern- urchins make 


N F. L V. I P/l 
To i'«inr tlie little otxw In uiiakr 
Ami dll' the saury prank.* lltry piny, 

A poor irirl llllinj with di*may 
Who rnnirbiw on out dooruco rilling. I 
With nil lltese *oow impn round her Hitting 
They fiend to lirr with courtier grace. 

Ami arehlv smiling in her fare, 

They wink nod blink, and ilnnre nliaat. 

The noWeri, merriest. mnddewt rout. 

You never *nw nirh funny rriwltirea. 

And all with the grntcaqnr*) feature*; 
Straight from their head*, like Itllle |>ry» — 
They linve no hadl**— «00ie their ley* 

TbU a range Ire-pudding. bullion* rare 
Hold nil wayfaring folk In rtive. 

Who feel their feet on nuddeo foil tlx in. 
Nor know wliot trenrherou» fm* »~oll tltetn. 
Nor hear the « lft*h Uuylt bnlCftakl 
Out bursting from those golJin* spherical. 


DRE A M. 

Ilul suddenly tlie wine take* flight. 

More quickly 'limit it reunc to Uyht 
Nell mix lor ry«w with «o*ne wirpriw 
A* ihii« the fairy virion tile*; 
site look* into the quiet Mfr.t— 

No maiden now I* on the *r«t; 

Tlie ration'* mlVI rn)» ate .nivtly rireping 
Whi rr imp* their rantr*|x late were keep 
injf; 

And tint a rewind i* louder heard 
Than rhirji of Nellie'* little bird. 

Or Polly on the huh *u«urriny. 

Or Pituy on the hearthrug purring, 

Or tMiw'nnd then the clinking fall 
Of red hot elmler* tluii i* all. 

What wn* the talisman that lifoke 
Tin* charm her fancy dal evoke* 

The conjurer wnn her I wot Iter Fnstldy. 
Loud-screunblg. "Nellie, ten i* ready!'’ 


Thought* of tlie ylrl veied Nellie's lire net 
Wot she n phantom like the rwi? 

Or aarar forlorn one. doomed I i 
Such liitter oiyht. without a homer 
Nell threw the front ilooc opr*. Lo! 
Tliere lav the child, half nwulhod in snow. 
Mictrhrd at full lenyth. innnimnte. 
like some fair cnrpx; laid nut in »late. 

N« II lifted, bore her to the hull. 

Where won, in an«wrr to her cull. 

Flicked ready belpaiutes lo her *idt'. 

Who pronqa maorntiviw applied; 

Niir vain our effort*, for agnin 
The life Idood rmiraret through evrry vein 
Ho what might eUn hove I wen right tragical 
Won turned to Joy hy Love 'a might urn 
ideal ; 

And huviny Miatrbsd from Death hi* prey. 
Mode tweeter tlill our Christmas-day. 


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BOOKS FOlt THE HOLIDAYS. 

Axothkb holiday Maaoo in near, when the inti'r- 
rhaitge of tokens of love ami friendship brings glad- 
nrsw to all hearts. Tlwre i* literally no end to the 
beautiful anil tasteful things displayed for the iitspcr 
lion of those in search of holiday gifts, but no one 
need bo reminded that for young and old Liven* is 
nothing I tetter than u good book. A good book is u 
continual source of instruction ns well as pleasure. 
The most beautiful trinket sooti wearied its pownmor, 
and the most attractive toy is before long thrown in 
the comer by it* little owner as a worn out and use- 
less thing, but a book is like a friend, a constant and 
delightful companion for all times and seasons. 

“ Nothing," suid Dr. Channing, "can supply the 
place of books. They are cheering or Mouthing com 
paiitons In solitude, ill new. alllietion. The wealth of 
both continents would not c<.irn|ieii*ate for the good 
they impart, I-et every man. if iKwsible. gather autne 
good books under his roof. Almost any luxury should 
be sacrificed to this.” 

Many golden words have been said of bookH by 
wise men of all age*. Cicero, the great Roman or- 
ator, wrote: " Book* arc the food of youth, the delight 
of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge 
and comfort of adversity ; a delight at home, and no 
hintleraiioe abroad; cum |kiii ions by night, in travel- 
ling. and in the country.” One of the most graceful 
tributes to these faithful companion* in the house- 
hold is by Petrarch. "I have friend*,” he says. 
“ whose society is extremely agreeable to me: they are 
of all age*, and of ©very country. ... It is cosy to gain 
acres* to them, for they arc always at my service, 
and 1 admit them to my company and dismiss them 
from it whenever 1 please. They are never trouble 
some, but immediately answer every question I lude 
them. Some relate to me the events of past ages, 
while others reveal to me the secrets of nature. Sunn- 
teach nic how to live, and others how to die. Home 
by thrir vivacity drive away my cares and exhilarate 
my spirit*, while other* giro fortitude to my inind. 
and teach me the important lesson how t:> real min 
my desires and depend wholly on myself. They 
open to me. in short, the various avenues of all the 
arts and science*, and upon their iufonuatiuu 1 safely 
rely in all emergencies,” 

Hooks for the household should lie selected with 
great cure They should ho not alone instructive, 
but, specially when intended for the young, enter- 
taining and interfiling. Many in search of Christ- 
mas prmvnts commit the emir of going to a bonk 
store as they go to a toy -shop, without! lie faintest idea 
of what they arc going to buy. The multitude of 
book* is bewildering, and in the confusion of tin* mo- 
ment a handsome mid guy ly colored cover is very apt 
to he the thing selected. A tasteful cover is n brwu- 
tiful thing, but what lint inclosed within must also be 
worthy. Buyer* of book* should carefully consider, 
before they start out. what they are in search of, and 
choose their purchase by a thoughtful estimate of its 
merits, and according to the taste and requirements 
of the one upon whom tliev wish to bestow a gift. 

In the list of publications of Messrs, II akit.ii & 
Br./THEKs may be found elegant, entertaining, and 
instructive books adapted to all ages, tastes, and cir- 
cumstance*. 

A new and magnificent gift- book is The Heart of 
the White Mountain# : their Legend* and Scenery, 
by Samuel Adam* Drake, whom delightful studies of 
Nook* and Comers of the New England Coast are 
familiar to a large circle of readers. Mr. Drake's 
new volume is richly illustrated by W, Hamilton 
G nnotf, who, with llie peculiar artistic grace in which 
he is uriiurpiusrd, pictures mountain and valley in 
summer sunshine, autumn haze, and driving storm. 
Mr. Gibson is a poet with his pencil, and while his 
drawings faithfully reproduce the scenes they repre- 
sent, they are rendered exquisitely beautiful by that 
idealization felt by every sincere lover of nature, but 
which only the true artist can portray. 

This sumptuous hook is one of the most glowing 
tributes to American scenery ever publishes!. Mr 
Drake's power at picturesque description, combined 
with Mr. Gibsons artistic skill, is sulllcient In render 
a dull subject beautiful, but when that subject is the 
region of the White Mountains, the mull is simply 
delicious. Winnipiseoge* never lay fairer under the 
summer sun than it repoee* in Mr. Gibson's exquisite 
drawing; the North Conway meadows, the haunt of 
many artists, were never more tranquil among their 
mountain walls; cascade* dash through dusky ra- 
vine*, nnd one can almost hear the music of the water 
as it splashes nnd bubble* among the rocks; the old 
stage-coach rattles over the shaded mountain roods ; 
and on the walls of the Flume, a round the suspended 
bowlder, which always seems falling, yet remains 
steadfast os the eternal hills, shrubs and vines droop 
in graceful forms, as they have done for hundreds of 
summers, and will do for hundreds to come. With 
this look the readers may live over again by the win- 
ter fireside the delights of the puwd-away holidays 
of summer. 

The Heart of the. White Mountain* is an octavo 
volume, elcgnntlv printed on thick paper, gilt edged, 
and attractively bound in illuminutcU cloth. It is 


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one of the most beautiful gift-books of the season, and 
dearribn* one of the most celebrated localities in the 
United State* in its most intending aspects. 

Another exquisite book, which may be considered 
ah a companion volume to the last- mentioned, is f’a*- 
loral l*i y*. both the text and the illustrations being 
b v W HaJOUOM t Hmom, who i« • fwinntlng author 
a* well n* artist. This volume is a special delight to 
those who are condemned to live perpetually uniting 
the brick walls and paved streets of large cities. In 
its grace and beauty it is like a garland of wild flow- 
erx, always fresh and blooming. Its eleguntly print- 
ed pages record Die memories of a New England your, 
mid the changing glories of field and forest and mea- 
dow. Spring is represented by willow pussies, early 
blooming flowers, apple orchards resplendent wjth 
bbneoms. dump meadows, and fields where birds 
search for snug corners for their nests, ami other 
graceful token* of nature's awakening. Bummer is 
pictured in wav-side tangles of grasses nnd flowers, 
among which revel butterflies, in moonlight by the 
river, nnd in all the gorgeous abundance which na- 
ture shower* upon the earth from June to September. 
In autumn come llie harvest fields, the sunny days of 
Indian mi muter, when nuts patter to the ground 
among fading leaves, and storms which sweep away 
tin* lust glories of summer, leaving the woods hare 
and randy for the soft mantle of snow which falls on 
the land during nature's sleep. Hut even in winter 
Mr. Gibson's faithful pencil find* many beauties 
worth recording. The skating (Mind is gay with boy- 
ish life, and along its ice-bound shun* rabbits seamjier 
through the thicket, and fantastic snow draprrie* 
form among the naked branches of trees and shruba. 
It is not surprising that Mr. Gibson’s exquisite por- 
trayal of nature in all her moods has called forth the 
highest praise, not only throughout his own country, 
but also from the leading English papers, which pay 
glowing tributes to his work. 

A magnificent folio volume, especially suitable for 
a Christniua gift, is CoLKRIIKJES weird poem The 
Rime of the A orient Mariner, with illustrations by 
Gustave Dottfc. wlioae pencil was never more con- 
genially employed than while picturing the strange 
scent* of that wonderful work of imagination. Both 
the binding and printing of this book are of the most 
sumptuous character. It forms ono of the most at- 
tractive und valuable gift-books ever published. 

A new book of travel by the celebrated author 
Paul B. Du Chaillc is The Land of the Midnight 
Sun, Mr. Du Chaillu is one who knows bow to 
travel. Tlie art of travelling u one which is only 
Inamc-d by ypar* of experience. A person who finds 
hinurtf in a foreign country for the first time is not 
capable of writing down his impressions in such a 
manner om to oonvey a corracl picture to Die reader 
of llie people and places described. However intpiar 
tial lie may strive to be, the uiemorlaa and tradition* 
of his native land cling to him with such strength 
that lie must perforce view other peoples and other 
customs ns placed in comparison with those among 
which he has heretofore liTcd, lie falls constantly 
into the error of noting down exceptional occurrence* 
uh characteristic of the country through which he is 
travelling, and his work is either overloaded with 
misjudgments, or p* m»«*»es such a glamour of romance 
as can truthfully he thrown over no country except 
that happy land which exists only in the imagination 
of the poet. An incx]«irienc«d traveller may make a 
very mutable book, but it will lie of little value to 
an;' one who desires a true statement concerning any 
distant laud. 

Mr. Du Chaillu stands in Die front rank of experi- 
enced travellers. 11c has been travelling all bis life, 
and is equally at borne in the wilderness of an Afri- 
can forest or in the crowded streets of New York or 
London A mere narrative of travel describing only 
the outside of things ha will not write, but he studies 
the people, he enter* into their home-life, and becomes 
their friend, and for the time one of them. He 
travels os they travel, nnd lives as they live, ami 
makes their (Niat and present history a special subject 
for investigation. His preparation for a tour of the 
Scandinavian peninsula was to study the language of 
the countries in which he was to travel, for even a 
person of experience can leant hut little of the inner 
life of a people with wlioin he can not excluinge a 
word. 

In June, 1871, Mr, Du Chaillu land'd at Gulebory, 
the second city of Sweden, from which place he went 
by rail to Stockholm. Eren before reaching the 
capital he had nn opportunity of ex|ieriencilig the 
delights of Swedish hospitality, and bis observations 
of Die people and of the country through which lie 
pas*** are so channing that even ut tlic outset the 
reader becomes enthoaiaatto to continue the journey 
through the land which Mr. Du Chaillu cluiracicriw* 
in this exquisite descriptive passage: 

“There it s hcawbfnl country far »*«i Ins uni the icy North. 
It U s gtwtai* Unit. wfcb aims r.'tmld, and magmikcnl nvxr.toiio . 
dorp, narrow, niul wtH-wooM rilV)* ; blrsk jiUlenux and «lop» . 
wild mrle.-t ; oliar nn. 1 . pirlan*M|ti* lake* ; imociiK foNSU of 
Wrth, pinr, Mid lir tieiw, the Militude ot » tiii ti oeciul to auulto llm 
n»tliH* spirit ot man ; largii Mid mipcrb glui'itrv unfit ailed «>W 
•tore in Kurepv foe »i*e ; arms of the urn, called fiord*, of «j. 
tress* beauty, reaching Cor inland in the midvl ut grunt K-racrr , 
nurabcrlew rivulets, show crjstal waters in; la shndv and color 


f v« the rays « f ite «im rtrike spun thnn nn their journey u>«*nt 
the on-ail, pustdiag in mothsi raic-tdt* and rapid*, til lug the 
•nr wiih the niunc of thrir fall, rirera and tircatut «bk\ta thar 
'cirrind emnw f mm tte heights there to tin- rlisain below, plunge 
in guild water fall*, os Uuimlil, ■lute, and v-hailc that the lie- 
teUtr uevi-r tires of bioklS# at Item : Un i apjwar like as eo- 
■-liaiuiug vltlutl brfurei him. In the reality of •huh hr can hardly 
toluivc. t.oiitrw»lcil wiLli ll»«« arc imuit**r ana* nf dex.litu 
Slid Un-tvii had and rook*, afiru umaml with Iki* litre*, whlrti is 
many phus* arv |dinl hwm ami liirr* in thick mum, awsm^t 
and iiMMirlanda. all «« dnory llml they impraia the stranger wall a 
fivlinjt of hnielinr**, from wliioli hr trii* in rain to i*c*|ic. Tlrru 
an* aim matirrupwitc «_rlr»n Urrtewprc, mq«K(.*o pU-litn-».pir, 
liy tW r-.-a and -i*r*. by the bill* ar.i the muunuln^uiic*. hy the 
rinen and is the glider, thnl one drlighu to lingrr am. mg ilum. 
Inrjj* and *nial] tractn of enhieated tend «c frulttul gU-a*, and rat 
lry« boanded by woails or roclu, »ltb fann-txniaoi and ratispEs, 
around shkh falr-teUrvd i-hildn-n play, picarst a atrikinj; pirture 
of cwiteiiirnent Sui-ti arc the cKuactrtlaUe feature* of the pm- 
moiU of thwadlnavla, suitnuudvd cllm*A <-tery where by a wild and 
austere cj«i»t. Natore In Norway ia tar bolder and more aairaUc 
than In tiwftm, but nriain juris of the mut akrag the Ualtle 
prtaoiu cliartning rirwa of rwraJ Utalwspc." 

From Stockholm Mr. Du Chaillu proc*oded to 
Hsqiarunda, a town at the uurthcni extremity of the 
Gulf of Bothnia, when* lie Htnpped to prepare for his 
overland journey to North Cn|w, on the Arctic Bca. 
Many war* tti* warning* given him by the good peo- 
ple of Haiwranda— Urn country was wild, there were 
no roods, and he would not be able to eat the food. 
Roods were of little cutiacquenoe to th* mail who Lad 
penetrated th* interior of Africa, and as to food, “ I 
can cat auy thing." he answered. But even in th* 
extreme north of Norway be found homes and open- 
handed liimpitality. 

He carefully olmerved the phenomena of the mid- 
night sun, the appearance of which be describes aa 
follow*: 

* Ttie tirlltkiiry ot th« ^dradid nrli nri« In intenoty, like that 
..f ureal and marts* seeutdlng to th«* *ute at moisture of iha 
■rmwftara tlun day it »riill l» nf • deep red color, tingcing ct- 
■-ryUjiiig »Uli a nireaUi bur, atid pmduprnc a drowiy cOr.-L Thtra 
are Unas »ton One chanp-H in Iht- color trtween lh< aanret ami 
►vinrire inik'lit to omipsnjd to the rariariuo* uf a e haraal fln-, sow 
l-jriilng with a Bi-m.- red gtt.w, then fading away, and rekuidUog 
■ ilk greater licigtilnreo. 

“ There are day* "hen the- «un hn a pale, ■hitoh appiwraaee, 
and "ton even it (.un be keAcd at foe all or *»v« e InHirr lirfore 
uiiibiichr. Aa tfcw tomr appniclica, the auii beomi.e haw glaHne, 
gradually changing into mm c tinlliu.1 iluutoa aa it Jip* toward llie 
lower* point of ita courae. It* Toutiuii u wry akiw, and for i|«ito 
a while it apparently follow* the tine of tto huriain, during which 
lln-re Ki-n.i to la- a naum, n* whsn ilm mis reaches nwm. Thu 
i< raldnlght. Foe a few inlnute* Ito glow nf lemv* mingle* with 
il.il iif >01111**, aud cilia- con nut udl which prevail*; but toun tio 
ligtit liceuiiii* aud gnoluailv nxire brilliant, aanowniiag the 

birch ft auucbvr day. and uflen tofore an hirer hai dofwcd the *oa 
lH«Nur* ao dox/Img that one taa not knk at it with the naked aye.*’ 

His wanderings in thes* high latitudes were so full 
of interest und enjoyment that he decided to return 
in the winter "to wander with Lsqilandcrs and rein- 
deer over snow mountains nncl along frozen VAlleys 
and rivers." 6 o intense is the interest of the reader 
in this portion of the nurralive that he can scarcely 
restrain himself from turning at once to those chap- 
ter* where winter among the Laplanders is graphical ly 
described, Hut M r. Du Chaillu starte southward, nnd 
the reader follows hint with new interest at every step. 

South of the arctic circle the traveller found farm- 
era busy in the latter part of May sowing grain, both 
men and women being in the field. His description 
of the buildings of a Swedish farm givrs a most vivid 
conception of tbe simple life of Dteae peasant* of the 
North. 

“ Th* builifinr*,” be write*, “are ceeopnwil of decocted houses, 
nurnitiiiiUnjC a wirt of ysnl ; all are p*unlr.i red when the tuaatee 
w thrifty, aret. at any rate, the dwrlllng-Iiou»c . kltehra ur (tower 
gnnli-ii* may be rai'l to to vniutown aUKing ite regular farmer*. 

“la the rrevplwn - ruoen. kept Kriipaltiiuly cUvii, tlm floor la 
trore of le*» covered with hcene-maclc rag*, anil a f.imbun Hire*. 
nwM or square, p-occaJIv while, reacbei to the .filing, a height 
nf about ten fret The •lovpiug-hmiiiv bate niraforublv tod*, sail 
the ixiirtrcrsea and pillow* air lutaHaMy Klimt with fewtlicra. 

“The ifreat mam la Uw kiu-hnn, with it* heigbl upon fire-pUcr, 
shlch give* light In the uivuing. and gladden* a* well a* warm* 
the bmt toh old ; hare, of oHirre, the nNikii\g and prepay ug of tlic 
ue-aU tab* phice, olid il* fwniilurr »i simple sod wrriocable. 
Along the a all* am eliding Ik*J" of plain brwnl. larel a* scats dur- 
ing tire day, and HIM with straw or hay for the night . those tads 
on* bo (i|HvmI ■i>ie enough to aedaunodate two or threw. Th* 
vied, bmuehohl sleep m that »ame roroi — brolters and lUhrs, 
men and nwiai *er v* win ; the women always with thar skirts an, 
and the men p*nl t dn-naciL 

“ In this genera] lirmg.mom poles are sreurod near tit* ceiling 
hy tlic fire -place, upon •tieh ia tto ev.-idug die eluCliiug mn*l stock ■ 
inp* are hung to dry. The collar is uuilrr tliii nsaa. and ia accw* 
ibV- thmtiph a trap-<|por in Uir Itmir ; ttom die pi.u;...*, Ii«r. b»rt- 
ter, cheese, and auadry octiw article* one teg*. Ill thi« living-rocaa 
Ito every-day cuiupuny ia rec«ir.d ; the men eanokc. fpitt mg on the 
dte.-ir, which 1 * waihej every SaluriUy. wlu-u a gevw-nal cleaning 
lake* place. Talde-H.ah* are no< uae«l, but the board is heft 
dean ; fork* are unknown, sod platca are rarety used, tbe bread 
la-ini! UMr, l >rv*i-**»*l. A large bowl of potatoes il placed in tka 
eotilre of the table, frets which rack one htfp* hiuwlf ; Die lnitur 
i* gi w wra lly portiuned rot beforehand, and often the meat or fir* -, 
eai* betji* hinreetf atei from a targe woolen bowl cooloining avor 
milk, after dialing It welt 

” The people, except on extra occasion*, change thrir linen cw 
snder-ckittMS onee a week, on Saturday nivniog. after the work la 
hoisted. Often tbr family wa*lilii|t take* pJac* null trace ia three 
month a and the amount U Una Minnnous" 

Summer life on the meter* among the Norwegian 
bills is most graphically described by Mr. Du Chaillu. 
Iu the latter part of June, when the mountain p»* 
turn ore covered with luxuriant grass, a farmer, ac- 
companied by two girls, drives the milch cows fmm 
their winter-quartern to the hills, and during* the sum- 
mer the girls are left alone to attend to tint dairy. 



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“In July and August," say* Mr. Du Chaillu, “I do 
not know of ■ more healthy climate than that of tfw 
•ai-lcrs, especially when they are situated from three 
Ui four thousand fret above the level of the toa. The 
atmosphere at that elevuttou is mint invigorating und 
beneficial, even to the Norwegians who live mt the 
shores of the fiords or in the lower valleys. The air 
pawing over the vast undulating and barren mount- 
ain plateau is peculiarly dry and exhilarating.'' The 
mountain life is » very busy and active one for the 
girl* left in charge of the cattle. 

Mr. Du (.'huitlu spent nearly five yearn in ftrandi- 
naria, during which time he traversed the pcninKiiln 
in irregular courses, leaving scarcely a district which 
he did not study in minute detail. The fiords and in- 
terior waterways of the country were all visited, and 
in nearly every village and hamlet this enterprising 
traveller made friends among the simple, warm- 
hearted inhabitant*. The glacier* arid geological 
formation of Scandinavia were the object* of careful 
study, and the leading orchmolngisU of loth Norway 
and Sweden assisted Mr. Du Cbailhi in hi* rracarchcs 
concerning the prehistoric and Viking ages of the 
peninsula. The chapters devoted to tin* stone, bronze, 
and irou age* contain much information of the high- 
est value to student*, and numerous illustrations are 
given of ancient weapon*, domestic utensils, runic in- 
scriptions, and other object* of interest. 

In England Mr. Du Chaillu* new work ha* called 
forth ex'pmuionx of the highest praise. The Specta- 
tor says: “ It is a great pleasure to the reading world 
to renew their acquaintance with so old and cherish- 
ed a friend as M. Paul I>u Cbaillu. Their first intro- 
duction to him was a memorable event, and has been 
a source of satisfaction to both parties . . . The au- 
thor's thorough liking ami respect for the people 
among whom he travel led and lived, hi* sympathy 
with their tastes and their warn, his determination to 
learn Scandinavia by heart, beginning with its lan- 
guages, and his abrogation of the custom of solitary 
meals for travellers, which at onoe placed him uu a 
footing of familiarity with hi* hoot* everywhere, give 
his hook a distinctive character that render* it ex- 
tremely interesting. He is a wonderfully close and 
comprehensive observer, . . . No writer tut* made 
travels in desolate regions more attractive: he seize* 
upon every object of animal and vegetable life, and 
he diversifies the closely descriptive portions of the 
work, ia which useful knowledge is packed with pro- 
fessional skill, with personal detail*, anecdote*, and 
remark* that carry the reader on in an invariably 
pleasant companionship.” 

The Alhemrum is equally cordial in its expression* 
of admiratiun. In spcukmg of the cliuruclenKtics of 
Mr. Du Chailtu as a traveller and author, it says: 

“ Every one must appreciate the thoroughness of his 
plan of action. Devoting a certain number of year* 
to his task, beginning by a study of the language, and 
afterward adopting the costume and the wnv* of dif- 
ferent claxMrs, and living by turn* in the closest inti- 
macy with each, he has made the subject peculiarly 
his own. The result is a book which is not only full 
of information on a variety of topics affecting the life 
of the people and the country they inhabit, hut enliv- 
en*d throughout by the author’* strong and— a* ho 
not unwillingly allow* us to pcrccivo— eccentric in- 
dividuality." 

These opinions are also expressed by oilier English 
critics, whose words are weighty in the literary world ; 
and from the reviews of his own countrymen Mr. Du 
Chaillu* book hoa received universal and well-de- J 
served approbation. The Land of the Midnight Sun 
i* published in two elegant octavo volume*, with a 
map. and aver two hundred and thirty illustrations, 
which are mostly from photographs token expressly 
for this work. 

Mr. Du Chaillu’s books of African adventure for 
young people are already so popular and so widely 
known that it ia scarcely necessary to remind those 
Hcarching for children’s books that there is no read- 
ing more entertaining, or containing more interest- 
ing adventure in a wild and strange country. 

Harper’s library of travel, containing wurks by 
the very first authors, is extensive and varied, and 
embraces authentic and picturesque accounts of all 
land* and peoples. A small and beautifully illus- 
trated volume of travel is Tyrol and the Skirt of 
the. At]*, by Oeoruk K. WaMNO, Jun. The Tyrol 
and its picturesque inhabitant* never found u more 
appreciative admirer than Mr. Waring. His descrip- 
tions are graceful and brilliant, and refreshing to the 
reader as the air of the mountains among which he 
travel*. He combines with scenic description much 
information regarding the people, their life, and thrir 
industries, and any one meditating a trip to Ural 
beautiful region ran not prepare hi mar. If better for 
the journey Uian by reading Uiis book ; others not so 
fortunate may enjoy the Tyrol by Uieir own fl modes 
under Mr. Waring a guidance, walk the streets of its 
quaint cities, climb its mountains, and take delight in 
the delicate beauty of Edelweisaand Alpen rose*. The 
volume is exquisitely bound, and in every way suit- 
able for a tasteful holiday present. 

A valuable and interesting volume of travel and 
exploration is /Vru, by E Obomi Hqcibb. Tbe re- 
cuut disastrous war between Chib utul Peru has turn- 


ed the attention of the public toward tltat. portion of 
South America. Many ancient Peruvian monu- 
ment* liavc been destroyed or carried away by the 
Chilian arm is * , but a complete illustrated account of 
them exist* in this book. Mr. Squier’s whole life 
was devoted to the investigation of the ancient monu- 
ment* which am all that remain to tell the story of the 
extinct races of the American continent. The inter- 
est in these relic* of an almost prehistoric past, which 
stretch from the Northern United State* southward 
through Mexico and along the western *lope of Sooth 
America, wo* never more intense than at the present 
time, and Mr. Squier's book, while of exciting inter 
cut to all readers, is especially valuable to arelnvolo- 
gica) students. 

A magnificent work of African travel is Through 
the Dark Continent, by Hemet M. Stanley, illus- 
tratvd with ten important maps and one hundred 
and fifty wood-cats. Mr. Stanley is the most daring 
and successful of all African explorers, and the story 
of his journey aerns* the continent from the western 
to the eastern const is of the mnst thrilling interest. 

Another work of geographical research and im- 
portant scientific information is The Heart of Afri- 
ca, by Dr. Georg Fchwkinftrth, also with many 
maps aud wood-cut*. Dr. Feb we in forth entered Af- 
rica from the north, and thoroughly explored the 
central portion of the continent, following a route 
entirely different from that afterward pursued by Mr 
Stanley. The investigations of these two renowned 
travellers arc of equal importance and interest, and 
together with the work* of Mr. I)u Cliuillu and of the 
lamented Dr. Livingstone, form a complete library of 
African travel. 

One of the most interesting books of travel and sci- 
entific investigation relating to the sea is Sir C. W Y- 
Y1I.I.K THOMSON'S Voyage of the Challenger, in two 
octavo volume*, illustrated with n portrait of the 
author, many colored maps, temperature cliorU, and 
wood-engravings. These volumes give the result* of 
tbe voyage in the Atlantic in 1K7II and the early part 
of 1876. The narrative ts peculiarly attractive. In 
an easy aud graceful hut vigorous style the author 
gives not a mere narration of event*, hut exceedingly 
clear description* of all the forms of nature discover- 
ed in the deep sen ; and hi* work, while it is a most 
worthy contribution to physical geography, to eth- 
nology, and to zoology aud botany, is one which the 
geuernl reader who ia not particularly interested in 
scientific details may peruse with delight Tlie illus- 
tration* are beautiful specimens of wood engraving, 
and nothing can surpass the elegance of the typog 
raphy and general “get up” of Uie volumes. 

Tina work relates only to the researches in the At- 
lantic; hut readers who desire to pomees a delightful 
sketchy account of the eutire voyage may find it 
in The Cruise of Her Mqjewty'e Ship Challenger, by 
W, J. J. Si'KY, RN. It is n crown octavo volume, 
with map* and fine illustration*, and tbe narrative 
consist* of a aerie* of uttracti vc sketches of scenes and 
incident* of voyage* over many seas and in coun- 
tries visited by tbe Challenger It is full of pleasant 
little “ bits by the way." The islands of the Atlantk- 
and Pacific oceans. Fouth America, Asia, Australia, 
Africa, and a host of other lands, an; successively vis- 
ited and described. In almost any case the account 
of a voyage around the world would be entertaining; 
in Mr. Fpry's volume there is tlie additional interest 
of scientific investigation and discovery, told hi a moot 
charming aud attractive mauner. 

An instructive and at the same time entertaining 
book of American travel i* New Colorado and the 
Santa Fe T’rniX, by A. A. Hayes, Jun., u handsomely 
printed octavo volume of 800 pugra. illustrated with 
a map and sixty-one beautiful wood -engravings. Mr. 
Hayes is an oboervunt traveller, and his narrative and 
descriptions, written in a clear and pleasant style, 
abound in information which intending settler* in 
the region which he traversed will find to be of tlie 
highest advantage, os be took nothing at secoud hand, 
hut verified every statement by personal investiga- 
tion. It would be impossible to name a more useful 
book for mining engineer* who may be looking to- 
ward Colorado a* tlie scene of practical operation*. 
Mr. Hayes paeseettee a keen eye for the humorous, and 
his page* are frequently enlivened with racy anec- 
dote* ami stories of character and incident. 

For a Christmas present to u c.ergymun, or indeed 
to any one who feels an interest in the Holy Land, 
nothing could be more appropriate than a copy of 
Southern Palestine and Jerusalem, by Dr. W. M. 
Thomson. Thia elegant and sumptuous volume of 
nearly six hundred page* contains two carefully en- 
graved maps, thirty five full page illustrations, and 
109 inserted in the text, executed in the highest style 
of wood engraving. A residence of many years in 
Palatine, with special facilities for travel and investi- 
gation, combined with an intimate acquaintance with 
the languages of the Bible, and equal familiarity with 
the common language of the country, together willi 
a spirit of earnest piety and reverence for hi* subject, 
peculiarly fitted Dr. Thomson for the task to which 
his life has been dedicated. Many years were con- 
sumed in the preparation of this volume. It may lie 
raid that the author explored every foot of Palestine, 
until it bocame as familiar to him as a garden plot. 


He hu* visited every city and village, invent ignlcd 
ruin*, observed narrowly all customs and habits, all 
peculiarities of dress, tbe implement* of all maimer 
of craft*, the physical conformation of the country, 
it* plants and animals -everything, in short, which 
would tend to throw light upon the narratives and 
teachings of the Bible. Hi* style is easy and famil- 
iar. and although hia work i* the product of immcii*n 
research and great erudition, there is no purodc of 
learning in his pages, and nothing beyond the com- 
prehension of the common English reader. An ad- 
mirable feature of the illustrations is that they are 
not intended merely to delight the eye by their ex- 
quisite delicacy, but to impart instruction. In every 
ruse they have been mode from photographs or care- 
fully executed sketch M; the landscapes lire accurate 
transcripts of the scene* which they portray, and the 
costumes, features, and manner* of the people, their 
implement* and dwellings, are represented with abso- 
lute fidelity to truth. The work would lie an invalu- 
able addition to the library of every student of the 
Bible. 

A very inle resting book of travel in the Eaat ia 
The Land of the White Klejthant, by Fiiask Vin- 
cent, Jun., of which n new edition ho* ju*t been is- 
sued, with an important supplement containing tho 
rrault* of the latent investigations in Burtnah. Siam, 
Cambodia, and Cochin China. Especially interest 
ing nre the researches in Cambodia, for which coun- 
try Mr Vincent hn* endeavored to do what Stephens 
did for Y ucutan, anil Sqtiier for Peru. Not even the 
investigation* which have shown to u* the buried 
cities of Cyprus have thrown more light upon the 
excellence attained by Eastern art than have tha 
splendid and stupendous ruins found in the interior 
of 1 into China. Since tlie first publication of hi* 
work, seven year* ago, the author has bestowed much 
time and study on the subject of these mysterious 
and wonderful antiquities, with special reference to 
the solution of such problems a* tlui probable date 
when the cities were built, and by what race*, the 
present home of the deaceudunta of the builders, and 
the religion to which their magnificent temple* were 
dedicated. The result* of his researches, greatly con • 
denned but cimriy stated, are set forth in tbe supple- 
ment to the new edition of hi* work. The Land of 
the White Elephant is a handsomely printed octavo 
volume, splendidly illustrated with maps, plans, and 
numerous finely executed wood engraving* 

A new book of present interest is The York! mm 
Campaign, aud the Surrender nf Corun-allit, by 
Henry P. Johnbton, author of other historical stud- 
ies on different epochs of the American Revolution. 
Tlie centenary of the Declaration of Independence 
and all the lesser episode* of the Revolutionary war 
have hen celebrated throughout the length and 
breadth of the United State*, the hurt on the Ifltli of 
October at Yurktown. The outline* of the history 
of the Yorktown campaign arc familiar to every pa- 
triotic school- boy, but Mr. Johnston'* book give* this 
iinportaut episode in its fullest details in a style in- 
teresting to both old and young readers. Tbe recent 
publication of Wasliington'a manuscript journal, 
covering the operations of 1781. hoa placed new and 
important material in Mr. Johnston * hands. The 
letters and journals of aevrral French officers have 
also been lately translated mid published, which have 
served to throw new light upon many point* of tbe 
co-operation of the French with the American farces. 
In the appendix to hi* hook Mr. Johnston gives a 
list of the authorities he ha* consulted, together with 
some extracts from Washington’s journal. letter* 
from American officers, and other paper* of interest. 
The volume is illustrated with map* and portrait*, 
and i* a most valuable addition to the library of Rev 
olutiouary history. 

A very recently published work, the vast impor- 
tance of which will be at once recognized, is a Popu- 
lar Cyclojnrdia of United Statee History, front the 
Aboriginal JVriori fo 1876, by BOMOM J. LOMOMO, 
the well-known author of miuiy book* on American 
history, and the best living authority on thot subject. 
A work of this character lias long been a neoeoaity, 
as the information it contaius has hitherto been wut 
tered through many volumes, which rendered it un- 
available for tboae who hod no leisure to spend in 
the perusal of books without end. Even in tliose 
families which purisms a eumpb-te and well-read li- 
brary of American history, quattfana are constantly 
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srPPT.EMENT, DECEMBER 10. HUM. 




HISTORY THAT IS NATURAL. 

HTAlt-FINll. 

"Tiiiwe rnatuixw arc oxmdinjjly roimwm in out own 
country. All *t*r fMim nra wry wonderful Im-hik", and 
well irjxiy a chac unit lengthened examination of their 
luihit*. If it be I aJd'ii up, it diuurlc* helphwdy from the 
lumd, and u|>|mn to be one of tlie moat innocuous btdnjpt 
on tin* face of tire earth. Yet thi* very (venture liao in all 
|iroliability deround great numbers of the edible niolliudm. 
Although it* body i« •*> soft, and it i* destitute of any jaw* 
or lever* aurh a* an- employed by other moUuak-eatillg 
inhabitant* of the tea. It can devour even tin* tightly shut 
bivalves, however firmly they may clow their valve*. 

"On looking at a star fish it will he won that it* mouth 
ia in the very centre of the niy*. iiimI it ia through that 
Miuplcdooking month that it i* aide to dm a- it* sustenance. 

"Even if it nhould eome u|*>n n mullusk which, like 
the elnm, i* llrmly attached to Motue object, it is by no meana 
disroneerfed, but immediately ptiax-cdx to action It* Hurt 
pmcewi i* to lie U|*m it* prey, folding it* arm* tightly over 
it, imi a* to hold itself in the right pnaition. 

' It then applw* the mouth rhnrly to tin- victim, and 
dcin>rratcly and |mtiently does it* work, and in tune tlm 
haplran molhixk aum'ndem itself to the devourer. By 
non it* wonderful power the slur -Bah is enabled to detect 
prey ul auniL* distance, even I hough imi organ* of ngllt, 
iieanng. or scent can he absolutely defined. When, there 
fore, the llslu-miun lower* his Imit into tlic *ni, the star- 
llali ofleu M'itca the hook." 


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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


DECEMBER 17, mi. 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 

New Yoke, Saturday-, DaottMB IT, 1881 . 


HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 

An Illustrated Weekly— 16 Pag**. 

Hasith's Young Prmi.il /IV, iii./hMhW Dtetmkr 13, 

efleri lit mJin a fimant /m.'iru -■/ Ctrntrmu in a Itary fy 
Mrs. MitCAiUT Kviixtix. rutMnJ " Ln,ty writ iiw a A- 

mt 1 rail's 1 H 1 , itr*rtan ty S01 Lyi-ingb, Ium. 'tin it /o’W iy • 
Very ultra; (re art nit, tntnie,i “ Iht /!'/>'» finugi,' wifi nr ig«u> 

fatten t iy fit nutter, M *L SorHI r 11. IlH.lnm. Jimmy Armen 
r rl, rill, Mrik fit trip tf an i.inrtr, meu, mrneihtr ef in rtmnriaiie 
rftrti, tiit time n airly rmunfui, It fleam Ail tUtrt. lit etrmrri 
thefttrof" Tailing tri*r*\” liiniir.rh,/, is %lrrytrri*rlatm>tf ; ttini 

tie iit’-fir ihuirt .IU.I faemi Jufiay ekfMIttritlH hirhnun anJ 
arifinatity. Amany trim u .in in/turiinf artifie iy M KS, 1 1 El 1.1 
S- Cona-sT. «u ” 'Jit CitUrtn tit /‘nnUmrmefl wili tun nriil- 
nut liinitratiaui. hr very htttt inuiert fart u a fagt ef merry 
Jingtli, liinifraitJ. 


deait point* out tliat the Mormons are settling in large 
number* iu Idaho, Arizona. and other Western Terri- 
tories. and tliAt the whole lawful jiower of the govern- 
ment altould be turned to the extirpation of polygamy. 
There in always {Treat difficulty in procuring legal 
evidence of the rriinn, and tlie President suggest* ft 
modification of the law which incapacitates a wife 
from (ratifying against her husbuiul, and Uie pa.utagti 
of an art providing tluit a woman married to a man 
charged witli bigamy shall not be disqualified a* a 
witucw, and an not requiring, under ulringvnt penal- 
ties. n properly filed certificate of marriages iu the Ter- 
ritories. Tlie President treats at length the question of 
reform of the civil nervier, nn<l this part of his sug- 
gestion* we consider in a separate article, Tlie Me* 
Huge has impress nd the country very favorably, and 
witli tlie reticence and dignity of the President's bear 
ing slice bis aewrenon, has won for him a regard and 
confidence which we trust will be retained throughout 
his administration. 


HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE FOR CHRISTMAS. 


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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. 

T HE of the Prevalent was expected with 

utiu»uul interest, and it was so vriaely and care- 
fully guarded before it* delivery that it* cuuteut* were 
entirely unknown until it was sent in to C’ongnm. It 
is a comprehensive and clear statement of the national 
situation, opening with n becoming ami warm tribute 
to the late President. Its tmitmclit of our foreign il- 
lations is exhaustive, and President ARTHVli devoirs 
much mure Ilian the customary attention to the condi- 
tion of the Soutli American state*. His alluaiun In 
the troubles between Chili. Pern, and Bolivia is wholly 
fire from the " hiimjiliijus'' tone which neen» to have 
been antiripulcd in some quarters. He says that an 
early peace between these repuWics is much to lie de- 
sired, because their continued hostility threaten* repule 
licaui government on this continent, and “ Dm: b**t ele- 
ments of our free and peaceful civilization, " Tliis is 
not very clear. Soutli American quunvis do not po- 
litically affect us, and so long an OUT government exm- 
tinura, Uic republican principle is safe. Tin* President 
lias pnqsard U> England tlie modiflialion of the Clay- 
ton Hulv.IT Treaty, in respect to a joiiit guarantee of 
the Panama Cunal. 

Tlw* Mewiagc cuucupa ill the general mianinniih 
tions of tlie Secretary of the Treasury. Tlie silver wr 
tilhatos arbitrarily M*m-d at a fixed rale, and represent- 
ing ft ilepreciatrti coin, he regards an uarlem and undo- 
siratde. L'omiiulwwy coinage of silver, also, he Hunks 
should hie discontinued. The surplus revenue should 
lie prudently reduced. Tlie President recommend* tlie 
rvjs-ul of all internal revenue taxes except thus* on dfcs- 
tilled and malt liquors aud tobacco, arid such liremsc 
f«*s as enable the government properly to control tlie 
collection of there taxes. Whether lire mte sliould be 
reduced should be carefully considered. He diNajr- 
proves the reduction of U*o del* by payment of pre- 
mium on bond* in open market, and suggests that (lie 
three and a half per cent, bonds remain, unices they 
can be refunded at a much lower rate. He reootn 
mends a revision of the tariff Hie Indian question is 
admirably treated. Tlie President shows, in nreord 
anes n'ltli the kuwuis of experience, that Uic root of the 
trouble lire in regarding the tribe* il* nat ion s Tlw 
Prreiik-ut recommends tlie aliwwjiuon of tlw Indians in 
the mass of Die citizens, their protection by Law, and 
oitmuaqnn to the court*; aim the allotment of laud in 
severalty, witli inalienability for a term of years ; ami 
tlw lils-ral support of schools. All that is said upon 
tliis subject is excellent N«* Ires so is the brw f and 
strong s la lenient of tbt* BBOWity “f legislation regard 
tug contested electoral votes and the inability of tlw 
President. All is moderately but fully and plainly 
Mated, and Congress can not justifiably uvoid acbiui. 

Upon the two " burning" question* of the luomeilt, 
the Star Route frauds and the pensions swindles, the 
Mcwnge speak* temperately. In the Star Route cases 
the President states briefly that he has enjoined upon 
the prosecuting officers the utninsit vigor. Tlw pen 
Moi ii matter is more fully discuswd, The Mrasnge 
cotifirma the Olateinent of the enormous sums that 
must be paid after allowing for all deduction*. With 
tlw present florae of clerks, the proper dcqxwitum of 
claim* cau uut be made within lew lliun six years, and 
an increase of the force is recommended, and also a 
speckd appropriation to prevent frauds. Tlie Presi- | 


TUB PRESIDENT AND REFORM. 

Thk Pnaident discusses at length tlw question of 
reform in the civil arrvice, and with a candor which 
is in the highest degree commendable. The space 
which he allots to the discussion, and the frank ad- 
mission that there are grave evils to be eradicated 
and abuses to be corrected, show both the essential 
importance of the question, aud the force with which 
it )um taken hold of tlw public mind. President Ah- 
TilfK, like President GaRTIXU), feel* that reform can 
not U* coniplHc or thorough without tlie co-operation 
of Oodgno, and he dec lam hia perfect remlinre* to 
co-operate witli Congrem. Indeed, he say* distinctly 
tluit he sliould feel bound to give his approval to a 
method of selection for appointment bused essentially 
upon the competitive system as developed in England. 
Tliis is a frank ami wise and unexpected declaration, 
and it is not the lwa significant liecaime the Presi- 
dent proceeds to state tlw usual objections to the 
competitive system. Nor do wc rrgnrd his remarks 
a* a mere tub to the n-(i>nniiig whale in view of the 
improbability of any effective action by Congress. 
When a IVcnident who was generally Mipponrd to be 
liw incarnation of the spoil* system officially an- 
nounces hia conviction of great evils in that system, 
and hi* entire willingness to enforce a remedy for 
them advocated by the most resolute and intelligent 
reformers, it is very evident that there are forces in 
motion which Congress cun not long resist. 

The objections which the President tentatively sug- 
gest* to the system adopted in England are a tife ten- 
ure, odtuiistiuii to the service of young men tmly, and 
a retiring pension. These, lie thinks, are not ugrec- 
able conditions to American*. But a life tenure, or. 
iu other words, immunity from removal except for 
good came, is simply the constitutional understand- 
ing, and it was the general tenure until In the 

great ilelsite upon the |K>wer of n-moval, at the iriau 
guiotion of the government iu 17K9, Mr. MaBWON, by 
the weiglit of whone authority tliat power wa* given 
to the President alone, declared tluit if lie sliould re- 
move, except for proper cau*e. he would be himself im- 
pcacbvd and removed. Mr. RaMiall, the biographer 
of JErncwMiN. although holding to the spoils system, 
agrees tliat it was undoubtedly the underutanding that 
there should 1* no removal merely for party opinion ; 
nnd.IgrrKftHO.v himself, in his reply to tiw New Haven 
increlwnta, admit* iL So long us the responsible pnw 
r-r of removal is left free, and at the same lime is do 
pn veil of all motive for it* illicit exercnc, there is not 
only no ue«d of arbitrary limitation of term, but tlie 
term can not be limited without producing iniachievou* 
result*. If a civil servant knows that good seme* will 
not nsceswily retain him, but that he must fight for 
re-appointment at the end of a fixed term, he will de- 
vote his time and efforts, not to the discharge of his 
duty, but to securing re appointment. At the expira- 
tion of hi* term, also, the whole force of preamire of 
|H-rsunal favor and political influence will concentrate 
upon the appointing power with all the demoralizing 
L-ousequmixa both to the service and to politics anil 
the public character which it is the object of a change 
of system to correct. 

The limitation of age. the President thinks, might 
exclude a great many intelligent middle-aged per- 
sona But that is a point which )ta* been carefully 
considrred, and upon the whole such exclusion is 
found to lie a dimul vantage very much smaller than 
the advantage of securing young and vigorous men 
who will rise by merit and capacity, and furnish the 
experience which is indispensable In the service. No 
plan, indeed, can be devised which will not exclude 
*•01110 person* whom it might be desirable to include. 
But no lorn to the public interred lias been practically 
felt in tlw English service because of tikis provision. 
Thn President says also that certain indispensable 
qualities, such a* tact, good sense, probity, good tem- 
per, potienos, goixl manner*, etc., con not bo deter- 
mined by examination in knowlreige of books. True: 
and still loot can they be determined by the reeom- 
meuilation of a boas, or a committee, or by an irre 
spousiMe petition. But tb« President curiously oniiU 
to mention that the reformed system propone* to as 
certain these qualitie* in tlie only way in which they 


can be satisfactorily and adequately ascertained ; that 
i», by probation. Probation is os emential a part of 
the Hvstem os competition. The competitive exami- 
nation dupotimi of personal and political iufluenre, 
and selects the applicant who is apparently most gen- 
erally intelligent and most specialty fitted. But he is 
not finally appointed until by iui actual trial of six 
montlw, or, as Comninaaoncr Ratm suggrats, of a year, 
be is found to be po u se me d of the very qualities which, 
as President Arthur says, no mere examination can 
determine. It will be seen, therefore, that the objec- 
tions which the President suggests, and which Con 
g!SB will undouliteilly echo, are really disposed of by 
careful consideration. Meanwhile he recommends 
an appropriation of I^S.OUU to carry od the work of 
the existing Commimion. It is of the highest signifi- 
cance, however, and of the best augury, that the Pre- 
sident sliould have professed his willingness to co-op- 
erate in enforcing the general system which the Post- 
maatcr- General so unequivocally favors, and which, 
witli some, modifications which further consideration 
would suggest, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 
recommends. Those who contemptuously declared 
that the administration of President 11a rm buried civil 
servios reform out of sight, have discovered, after the 
lapse of a few mouth*, that they were profoundly 
mistaken, and that a cause eau-ntially acceptable to the 
intelligence and common-sense of the American peo- 
ple is sure to prosper when it is one* fairly under- 
stood. 


THE NAVY. 

Tax Secretary of tlie Navy lament* our want of a 
navy, and the Naval Advisory Board recommend the 
immediate construction of a proper system of naval 
defense. They propose to build forty-three ships and 
twenty five torpedo boats for twenty-nine million dol- 
lon*. or leai thun one-third of the surplus revenue of 
tlie pad year. Thirty -eight of tlw forty throe ships, 
they think, should be unurmored cruisers, anil five 
should be steel nun*. Twenty of the cruiser* sliould 
be wooden gun-bout* of on ureragr speed of ten knot* 
an hour, and the other eighteen should be steel ship*, 
two of fifteen knot* speed, six of fourteen knot*, aud 
ten of thirteen. The fifteen-knot shij* would carry 
four eight-inch aud twenty-one six-inch rifles. Tlw 
other ship* would have four eight-inch and sixteen 
six-inch riilc*. A* the question will undoubtedly 
come up in Cuilgftm, we trust that members will refer 
to a brief and instructive paper upon modern military 
engineering by Colonel William Ludlow, which wb» 
n-ait lwfore the Engiiwer*' Club in Philadelphia Luat 
March. Tlie old day— and it w*a only twenty years 
ago-of wooden ships and stone fort* ha* passed. The 
Mrrrimac in Hampton Roods, as Colonel LUDLOW 
state*, effected a complete naval revolution, ending 
in a complete ulMuidonment of old material, and a to- 
tal change of type. Tlie navies of the world, except- 
ing our*, have been reconstructed within ten vean. 

1 ‘ Tlw hull of tlie modern armored VSOtel is of iron or 
steel, or both, and is driven by compound engines with 
one or more wraw-propellen. Tlie portiuu below wa- 
ter is a double shell, divided into numerous water- 
tight compartments, The engines and boilers, the 
machinery and the magazine*, are all placed below 
the water line; armored bulk heads protect them in 
front and rear, and a shut-proof deck are he* over and 
covers all vital part*. The side* are clad with heavy 
armor, extending to wane distance above and beneath 
the water-line— iu witne comm funmug a te ll six to ten 
feet in width, extending the entire length of the ship; 
in others, concentrated in the middle third or half of 
the vwsril— for tlie protection of the guns and apparatus 
for working thorn. Electricity, steam, anil hydraulic 
power are used for most purpini to which they can 
he applied.*' 

The English Inflexible i* the imwt powerful mod- 
em lighting - machine or moiled cruiser. Her di*- 
placeiuent is more tlkan 11,400 ton*, of which nearly 
one-third is due to weight of armor Tlw walls of 
the citadel, which carry two revolving turret*, are 
forty -ono inches thick, of alternate layers of iron and 
teak. At tlw water line the armor is two feet thick, 
in two courses of twelve inches each, wparated by a 
course of tink. The turrets are of steel - faced iron, 
two feet thick, of which sixteen inclua ore metal. 
They can be completely revolved iu one minute and 
a quarter, and a* slowly us may be wished. Tlie 
uni lament conaista of four eighty -ton rifles mounted 
in pairs, and turned at pleasure in any direction. 
The calibre i* sixteen inches. Tlie shot wrigli* l?6o 
pounds, and with the full servios charge of 480 pounds 
of powder Inarm the muzzle with a velocity of more 
than 1900 feet per second. At a thousand yard* the 
project lie would pieree through twenty eight inrhea 
of solid iron. Hw ship draws twenty five and a half 
feet of water, aud can be driven at a rate of nearly 
xixteen milrean hour. The ru*l wu* 83, 150, ; 000 . The 
French and Italian* are engaged in brisk nuval com- 
petition with England. Tlie Italian* hare rilled gun* 
of HK> ton*, throwing a shot <»f more tlian 3tHxj pound* 
weight They are building two vowels of not Iwm 
Ilian 13. BOO tons dis|>lftcen.rnt, with an armament of 
four lixi ton guns, and eighteen others of less weight. 
The building of tlw vessel* will require four or fivo 



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y retro. They will tail at the rub* of sixteen knot*, ami 
curt $1,000,000 each. 

Colonel Ludlow dot* not roomnnend entering into 
rivalry with such structure*. lie think* that we rauy 
wisely begin the ooastructioa of a navy with swift 
cruiw-t* of iron or Steel, making twenty-one and a half 
mill* an hour, or with ro w h of iron and steel ahealh- 
nd with wood, having strength, durability, speed, salt- 
wort Inures*, and earning a heavy armament. Or there 
am the ••composite” vowel* with metal frames, double 
plunked und copprird. They could not cope with the 
Inflexible*, hut they could evade them ; and with such 
vrewls, uf 3000 to 4000 tuna, a sj*-rd of fifteen to an von - 
teen ktuiU. carrying ten or twelve inch rifle*, and coat- 
ing from $300.1X10 to $1,000,000. we can begin lo rebuild 
our navy. The theory of the Inflexible need not be 
the theory of our navy. Our need in that of awi/l, 
onaily managed ship* in the bands of skillful seamen. 
Thi* i* the proposition of the Naval Board, aa it is the 
suggestion of Colonel LCDLOW. We need, above all 
armies and navies, however, a policy just and gener- 
ous which dues nut jwnvofco war. With such a poli- 
cy and a proper navy, we shall remain at pwoe with 
honor. Let us trust in God, but alau keep our powder 
dry. 


THE PENSIONS FRAUD. 

There was never a more universal protest than 
that which haa been made against the Arrears of Pen- 
sions Bill. The Communiouer of Petuiona estimates 
that nearly 300,000 claims will have to he granted by 
the time that the law expires at the eud of 1883, and 
Unit $833,000,000 will ho required to pay them. It is 
not doubted that lin n an* enormous frauds perpetra- 
ted under cover of the hill to obtain the $1300 which 
is tin* average sum paid lo claimant*. It is a start- 
ling expense which the country is called to nscct, and 
there is a natural inquiry into the responsibility for 
the dilemma. 

The facts appear to be that the bill was passed with- 
out careful inquiry or proper knowledge. Tlic real 
influence that secured its pMMge was timidity. No 
party, and few individual members of Congress, dared 
to alienate the “soldiers' vote,” The appro] was made 
in the names of thorn? wounded and diseased in the 
service of the country and for it* salvation. The im- 
mense fraud* which arr always sure to attend such 
bills were overlooked. Moreover, there were lower ■ 
lions that *18,000,000 or f35.OOn.tlOO would be the ut- 
most sum required. The bill was passed by the vote 
of both parties, and it would have been doubtless punt- 
ed again over a veto. 

Tbo evil can not bo undone, hot its continuous ill 
cooaeqtunoee can ho arrested. Congress could do no 
belter service than to order a thorough and sharp in- 
vestigation of the whole pension list, and of all the 
circumstance* uf Lite pumagu of the law, including the 
influence* that procured tlie removal of CatnmiaMoncr 
Bentley. It ought to be evident to tlie dullest poli- 
tician that tlie increasing uneasy suspicion of vaat 
systems of fraud in the disposition of tlie public mon- 
ey, such as tire Whiskey Ring troubles, the Star Route 
cane*, and the Arrears of Pensions Bill suggest, is a dan- 
gerous portent for the party of tlie Administration. 
A thousandfold more important for the welfare of tlie 
Republican party than tlie propitiation of " bosses'' is 
the demonstration to the public mind that there is a 
resolution to probe in every direction, and to expose 
and pursue and punish without mercy swindles and 
crime* of every kind, whether perpetrated by Repub- 
licans under a Republican twlnuri miration or not. Tlie 
anti-Republican argument drawn from the disclosure 
of such fact* is not half so powerful as the pro- Repub- 
lican argument drawn from their unhesitating pur- 
suit and punishment. 


OLIVER GOLDSMITH 

There could bn no more kindly holiday visitor than Ol* 
IVKM GOLDSMITH. His sweet and gentle and humane genius 
sr-euis l<i living Christmas and good-will with it. The story 
or tm author is umre familiar, and nooe is mors fascinating 
and tonchlug. In all the litsralurv of tlie last century, no 
■train i* purer or more pvrnsaunnt than hi*. No (ale i* 
mote perennially charming tlum tbo Tioar •/ H'akrjbttl ; no 
English poem is of a truer pat ho* than the - Deserted VII- 
l*g«." GollssMITM is one of the very lew anthova of any 
tune who inspire personal affection, whom we love and pity 
and admire. 

It I* tn a beautiful library form that the Harpers pre- 
sent him in their new edition. It is a reprint uf Fri»:R 
CuMKIMQlUM'*, the best Goldsmith, anil It i* uniform with 
Hie series of histories and biographies and eaaay* — the 
House and Gibbon and Motley and Hildreth and Macaulay, 
which are amoug the Guest American insure of gre*t au- 
thor* ut a reasonable pries, which make* them universally 
areaaaibls. 

It i* pleasant to read a good book in any form, but it ia 
pleasanter to hare a book of poniMiieiit value ia a Iwcom- 
ing form— a form which, ia fact, nan never grow old. Ev- 
ery lover and reader and owner of hooka ha* work* npou 
hi* shelve* which may be a half-century old ur older, but 
I hey are so neatly trod Imrvlsnurely printed that be is never 
tormented wilh a desire to replans thorn, and never look* 
with envy at the Inter edition*. The new Goldsmith in one 
of throe works. It is so satisfactory that it will hold lta 
place on the shelves, a* GutiolMnn bolds hit ia the heart, 
agauut ail future comet*. 


HOW TO GIVE ALMS. 

Tmt other day three or four excellent persons gave, un- 
known to each other, a largo mib of money at the door to a 
beggar-woman. She wa* a notoriously uudeaerring person, 
of the worst character, and well known to the committee 
of relief in tbo neighborhood. Tbo mutiny waa worse than 
wasted ; but with the careful organization of charitable re- 
lief which is now common, almost every cent given at th* 
door ami in the street is wasted. It is impossible to know 
the truth of the tale told at the door, and experience baa 
inoantretaldy proved that It I* generally false. A small 
part of the monoy ahaoluUdy thrown away tn this ignorant 
and Mmseleas almsgiving would suffice for tbo proper rare 
of the poor in any community. 

There ia plenty of actual want and suffering. Rut to 
give money ignorantly only increases them. The course to 
pursno is not to «Ubu the door in the f*c* of the beggar, 
nor to shake the head and paa* him in the street, hat to in- 
quire into the reality of the necaaaity. And a* thi* can Dot 
be often done pentooolly. It may be dense by proxy. In 
many villages and counties there are aocietiea nod commit- 
tee* whose I i*i si nos* It is to conduct personalty these Ln- 
qnirioa; and »« know um town in which, co - operating 
with the rtuperinteiMleut of the Poor, the committee has re- 
duced the neremary expense* for the earn uf tlie poor to a 
nominal sum. In the eity there ia the Society fur tbo Ke- 
tirf uf the l*oor, of which ticket* can be procured, and if the 
beggar I* in need of something else than a dram, upon pre- 
senting the ticket at the «Bu« hi* com will he promplly 
InvestlgateiL 

Ordinary almsgiving la not charity; it is merely oostly 
selHabneaa. The money i* given to escape trouble. It is 
because be knows thi* that the beggar is troutdranmn. 
Let it be understood by experience in auy cocnmunity that 
giving at the doer ia abolished, but that every applicant’s 
esse will be examined, and the applications will cease al- 
most altogether, and the motioy that Is given for the poor 
will not iii-crease idleness and drunkenness, nor help to 
breed hereditary pauper* and criminals. 


WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA. 

Tmt wonderful delicacy and beauty of the illustrations 
In American ntagaeinen excite intense admiration in Eu- 
rope, where nothing of the kind appear* to be attainable 
with the methods practiced there at preoent, and the art- 
ists and critie* of the Old World are pnuled to account for 
the difference. In a recent letter to the publishers of Hak- 
I'XKl Maoawml, the editor of a 1‘aria illustrated paper 
widely known for the force, dash, and brilliancy of its or- 
tlstio work, ask* for information on this point, and cape- 
* tally iuquima whether tlie magariun illustration* are pro- 
dared, to quota hi* own worda, “ by the ordinary pruceo* of 
engraving on wood and electrotyping, which aeeras to us In- 
adequate to produce such very Hue work, or whether yon 
iih* mum particular way of reduction by photo-engraving." 
Ha also desires to know what kind of firiatiog-preutee are 
used, and at what speed they work. 

Bulb inquiries are pertinent. The delicacy to which the 
art of wood-engraving has attained in this country would 
he thrown away if it were not supplemented by paper 
which Is superior for the purpose to any which i* man- 
ufactured in Knrops, and by the most delicate refine- 
ment* of the art of press-work as regards machinery and 
manipulation. Id there branches America is far ahead 
of Europe. A few years ago a Frenchman would hare 
answered with inin-duloua smile and shrug the inaiun- 
ation that any thing vunoeruiug art could be learned 
from America, but lie now acknowledge* with frank cor- 
diality that tha world Is indebted to tliiu country fur the 
licet work in wood-engraving and Lit line-art printing. 
Notable instances of this superiority are to be found in ev- 
ery number of HaUI-Eh’S Maiiazixk issued in recent years, 
aud in aneb books aa Gibson's Pastoral Itap ■ and Ike Heart 
of (W H’Aiie .Vnulww. Aa a singular triumph of American 
prews-work It may be mentioned that (he first edition of 
DonA's ill astral um* to The Juries I Marmer, printed by HaR- 
I'eh A Hkotukes from French electrotype plate*, wm ac- 
knowledged to snrpoaa the French edition iu all the qual- 
ities that have railed preue-work to the grade of a fine art. 


THE GRAND STREET CARD HOUSES, 

THE events of yesterday are men forgotten, bnt the ca- 
tastrophe of the falling house* in Grand Street a few weeks 
since i* Mil! remembered. Two teneoieul-bouiMO, one owu- 
ml by Jake* O'Brjkm and the other by Jmjra L*VY, foil 
midden iy, aud ten persons were buried in the rnma ami kill- 
od. Tim jury that aat npou the lnqneat heard everything 
patiently, aud fonud that it was to the careleuaneaa of the 
Building Department of 1878, and to the gross negligence 
of O' B WEN amt Levy in not informing their tenante oPt-he 
dangerous condition of the building*, that the disaster ia 
due. 

Thn Jury found also that the mode of proeednre of tha 
Fire Department, in the management of the Building De- 
partment regarding tbo notification to owners and leasees 
that buildiug* are unsafe, ia" highly reprehensible" and il- 
legal, aud that the Fire Department ia indirectly responsi- 
ble for the (Kvideot. It finally exprvws " the opinion that 
a system which reudors such accidents powlbla la highly to 
be deprecated." 

It will lie intereating to observe whether anything follows 
from tbia verdict, or whether inch houses will continue to 
be run np and to tumble down aa heretofore. 


THE FRIEND OF ANIMALS. 

lx a recent letter Mr. Uxkuh with Jn*t pride assert* the 
groat set? ice that the BocMj for the Prevention of Cruel- 
ty to Animals lisa arcoinpllahotL tfeforo its organisation, 
anya Mr. Hcaau, and truly, 

“(he err* of the ritixrna were mnlla-aally coa fronted with thr 
mast painful and dranondixing exhibition* of cruelly to domestic 
aaiiiials. CaHee were tarried aksig througli thr etrreta in a maimer 
shocking in behold, dug and cock fights were of nightly oveurrenur, 
sad kind treatoMnt of that noblest of auiaasls, (lie horse, was the 
exception soil not the rile ; tad what is worse than all, a sentiment 


of inhumanity was imgttxhrvd thwreht, which made itself felt in 
all tha relation* of life. 

" No reepwrtahbi Journal or ritual will deny that daring the *3x- 
U«m yuars of iu mutrifirii labors a rest reform haa taken place in 
everything relating to Die treatmret of animals, and that a spirit 
of Cefi-Jenwro sad mercy toward those humble creature* has lakes 
the plane of slmcrt iniiremal ladlffivenot Storting sW In lid* 
civilising work, at the begtuiiuig, it has spread Iu «Lampte over 
two third? of our vast coualry ; and, Inure than llial, ha* given lo 
it and to the world the Aral urpsniud iiiiiitulioa fur Ibe prutectiun 
of the children of mankind frem cruelly ” 

There la do doubt that the *|H>ctarle of inhumanity haa 
largely disappeared, ami that every driver who falls into a 
rage with bis horac i* rratjalued by tlie rousciouaues* uf a 
probable cloud of witnesses. Indued, when we think nut 
usily of our dependence upon the domestic animals, hut U|*io 
tlie fondues* of every household for iu dog nr horse, It is 
surprising that no vote* was lifted with authority and pow- 
rr for these dumb friends and com pan ions until Mr. Bk&oh 
spoke. 

If only Ibe dumb coaid apeak, and the Item-liu*l know 
their benefactor, no itatesman in the land, and probably no 
other man, would bear a chorus of gratitude at once ao uni- 
venal and so sincere as that which wnold aulute the untir- 
ing friend of animal*, Mr. Hemhi. 


PERSONAL. 

Tux beautiful Mrs t.xaoTKr again occupies the attention of 
Lauifca Musty Jnuroab, for htr complete success ia a dramatic 
perfumMuir* recently gi»eo at Twickenham few the benefit of a 
sespltal, Mr. Eiunao Yatu. in (he Mm-W, lays that, "to tha 
astunirhmFnt of some and the del I phi of all, her performance wa* 
rwaHtnl by neue of the embarrassment of tlie debuisate. No* only 
•lfcl the appear quite at ease In all her movemento on the atape, 
bnt her voice never bet raved the iljgbteU treinur or wsakiiiws." 

— Mr. liavav larnro * recent enpagement of twelve nigtiU at 
Edinburgh, where be ptsact his student theatrical life, was, lie 
says, the roost remarkable one la any theatre ia Great Britain, tire 
receipt* being fXl,blN>. Ills (ils*gowr aiigmgi-rnrr.t smountr-l to 
over tto.uwi. Mr. larian’* llulu spwvh si the ronclurUm of the 
psrforniaiuw was very frlwihiiw. Indeed, hi* lecture at Edinbsrgii 
on “Tlie fitag*'' slime* him i« t«- aa much at home cm the plat- 
form is Ire i* before the foot lights 
— “ A .Von-roddent Americwn.” in the N'oeembcr number of the 
fWmyxmirv Kr*\rw, tuy*: " The liicwtrus of New York are wry 
iiuaneniii*, and of eeery viriety, tnclirtinp one belnoptor to an 
Episcopal dergTman, and conducted oo reiigxus priacipUa." This 
" Ncm- resident American" is altogether uiutofcm. Tl.rre Is no 
theatre ia New York bekucinp to an Episcopal chirpy man, or any 
other clcrgymaa, bo* has there been use. It Is known shut lbs 
Madison Kjoare Theatre U th* pnqwnt of a gniitloman who i* pro 
prteto* of a retlgwus Joarnal, but bo ia Bat ami never bo* been a 
cbtrpyman. 

— Aprcqra of thn pmwiop appreciatiun of American art in Eu- 
rope, to which albiKon n madn e ls e where in thi* jiancr, we may 
noutiau that the Noviwnlrer auiulwr of L' Art, the well-known IV 
ritisa lliuvart Jcatrtial, contain* the fir-t of a series of papers oo 
Faro* »K* K. (Mimw, of Oin city. The anther gives a critical 
and highly appreciative analysis of Mr. Curlew's mm and 
acliievesaenta, illailraud «rih fine reproioctluna of time of Ills 
etching* — “ A Pastoral,'' “ The Witch's Daughter," and “ A Chilly 
Day.” 

— We were inaccurate ia sarin* roccntlv that Mr. Jon P. Ilnur, 
aan'a gift to the " Home" in Burlington, Vermont, wa* the larger* 
■ingle gift ever made la Vermont !u a •-WiLahb- iwlxtution. We 
had forgotten that “ The Mary Fletcher llueprial" was Imili in 
BurLnpion aoaM five years ago, aud its charity founded in the gift 
of 8 * 00,000 by Mbs M aar Pucrcwxu, who still live*, and ia held in 
dewwrvwl uataMun by lire Karlingliinisns. A few yearn before, km 
Furo-Hca and her mother founded the Free Library of that inly 
by the gift of IM.OOO. 

— Jts*T Liam, according to Mr. M. D. Co*war, now resides in 
London, snd ia by no snesna the aped lady that acme report* de- 
acribe. 8 he is sixty, but does not knk fifty, her hair alightly 
tingoi with gray, her eyes bright and happy, and bee fora* well 
preserved. Rcr home ia apaclotu and aitrartiv* Slin retain* 
warm memories of America, and fits kindly weU-tnmd and s>lvi*e<l 
the yoonp American tixgees who have nought her out But her 
general advice t» ssjdraiit* i * — •tm t 
— Mr. Jots* Hassimnia'a Helen's tULim is ss>i to hare sold to 
Uia oalenc of 1 40, Car) ocqnrn. Bit play of /Mow* C'rsnlrtt, now 
mooing at the Mndiwcu Sjuare Theatre, bids fair to surpara even 
lb* popularity of thuse remarkable riifanta. 

— Mr. E. k. Fartve.*, the historian, recently riel ted the first 
school lor colored children iu Baltimore, and was much Interested. 
Mr. Fbikmam is an English magistrate, and whda tits* ia giving 
special atuetku to American lorliprndennj. |!n viaiud tire Bal- 
timore Common Pita* a fvw days since, and occupied a test on 
the bench beside lire Judge. 

— The klo Paul Daoliso, of Br-ookvUh-. Jefferson County, Penn- 
sylvxnia, was * liunoritt, snd a very gi**] hwimirirt Iu hit will 
lit* Iwquwalhed 884 to sx-Ccmpnwsman Gxoint A. Jcve*, “ bucwuve 
I aa p re Hid of him n* ■ Jeffi-raon Coenty prodoreion, and like 
him aa a man" ; 884 to Judge Goscos, of the Supreme Court, “csi 
account of our long friendship'': to Jwige W. 1‘. Jem, of the 
JefTerrou Couotv Court, “ whom I hare known so long when tt 
were not worth 8 » *' t, hut wr have both time dug along. 8 U'' ; to 
“ J. II. GaaEMcw, Joirv T. Tuourwax, aid Jiarru Bars, each tSOCU, 
to betp them in boaroeM : and to Jakdi A. Canutes 8 M*m, to Sft 
him out of trouble." Truly Mr. Dahush mu a darling. 

— The ditutoc oo flatonlay evening, Dwcsiubwr 8 , lo Mr. W*m- 
LAW Kmd, preahhut of the Lotoa tloh, by tire iwwoIkt* of that 
faMitiAting ucgsnnatiiMi, wu a very bright affair, bringing out pat 
and witty »|»-o hrs from Mr. Kvahts, Mr. Da raw, General Poana, 
KlCHaan O'GokMas, and others. 

—Mr Tmwtvsui R Faxm*, es Mayor of Utioa, who died a few 
days line*! st the age of eighty seven, was oue of the early pro- 
moters of the electric telegraph, in which he added to a fortunw 
prrvioaalT targe. Lake many of his associates — MnuaAS, Weal*, 
8 islet, I'cojniA, etc.— he was a public benefactor. Hu fouudwd 
the Old Ladies' Horae and the Boms for Agrd Mull, of Ltlca, and 
faro Faiton Hall to that etiy. 

— The Sremmj Hiyrtst and lummy Mail having stmriwd escb 
Irer, ao lo •p><ak, art aaihtig along n-ry Wccs Dsfully under the 
managroMtit uf Maji>r Btsnv, so widely and hiplily etcremol by 
the editorial prof-won of thu ccmnlry. The typugraphiew] ap. 
iwwrsnoe of the new journal is bright and attractive, and worthy 
) bright and attractive control*. 

— Tbe Rev. W. H. Mjt.sran’i friroda acattered throughout the 
eosntry smt tic interested to know that he has fixed hi* resident* 
ut No. 1411 East Twroty-aevratb Street, Iu ibis city, and Is prepared 
arrange with lecture committees tad lycwum* for tits AsUvery 
any of hia Lectures, which have attoluol ao wutw and duwmvd 
popularity in this country and In England. Mr Uilbclv alio 
‘ i himtatlf In resdutev* to ulticaato umporerily for clergymen 
may have oocaxton for Id* Nrvioss a* a prsachsr. 



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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


DECEMBER IT, 188L 







THE CONDITION OF IRELAND. 

Tumi: i* nothing in the flt'Iil of modern politics so cnri- 
ott» aiul so panting m the romtilimi of Ireland. All iote- 
gnl portion of one of the (met naliim* of tin* world, gov- 
erned by n «j»l* , m w llleh ha* Imtiiwio, In principle, tin' model 
«u which all (.'"»< timntii) peoples ore toon* or bua directly 
trying to raform their iiiktitiilinnt, Iivliind U in n inlo of 
spoil, violent Inktirrurthm. with which the groat flriiisb 
Empire i* apparently helpless to ileal. Tlir go* oninii'ol oo 

ulinan lUiluilnon** |Im> never sols U unable lo protect 

life, liberty, o* propel 1y In a little Uland at ila very .loom. 
A ministry uiulrr whoso nnhl nud liberal rulr million* of 
turn in minute In ml* lire happy ami contented t-an not rr- 
ronriU to the law* of the mulm n community of Eagiiah- 


| speaking people Uniml by ehmn.l lira Kith I bo |woph< of 
England itself. On (liar other IiMiiI, a r«<. hmilv. art no, 
' aiul naturally warm- hour lad, am in a state of ho|ictr*a con- 
fusion. wlhilv. anil to all scomiug hopelessly. driving for 
vioonury remedies for evil* Ihnt multiply with the straggle. 

Il would W I bo bright of pmuinptioii to nanimo Unit in 
lln* wiilr-opmul mol intense conflict going on III Itwlnml 
riihi'r I bo Kovoniioxnl or I ho dUomrtanlesl among Ibo lilnl* 
uiai altogothrr light or altogolbrr wrung. Tlul the farm- 
rr* of the ninth ami treat, iti which disorder mostly |>rr 
voile, have gnat cans® for tboir discontent. i« conceded h> 
many of Uio moil intelligent English critics. Tim luml 
in lliaam part* of Irvhnnl in ulima*l llm sole warn of haoli- 
Imoal. |( varies gmutly in pmductiviiua**; but, poor nr 
good, it ha* loan, fur III, uioait port, bardonm! with nzrrsva- 




gout anil often extortionate mule, exacted year by year 
« ■ I bout lenses, and with no security to Uia tenant for any 
iinpnivomcuta lie might make. In apite of this fact thn 
Innil ia eagerly sought, Ixirauw it must be had : I bo farmer 
mart get land nr starve. I .and may only postpone starva- 
li»n. nml the longer bn holds It the mom heavily in debt 
he may run hlnisrlf; hat however bant Ilia trrme.il must 
lie hud. 

Nome thirty yearn ago, a general estimate of <h« rental 
value of lauds, known as “ Gjurrmr s valuation, - was mod* 
by Ibo government ns a baai* for Uie nascasrornt of the poor- 
rates. I'm twenty year* paat at least the tents actually m- 
■inimil bavn lw. ii an tbe average fifty per cent, more Iban 
this valuation, and have sometimes tmeu threo or five tunes 
higher, finch a burden waa intolerable. and its exi*Muc« 




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formed a rational anil substantial lioaia for 
Irish discontent. It was equivalent to on 
irrevocable sentcuc* of hopeless poverty, 
ami no people, oven though rr.nr li more «ub- 
mlMlve than the Iriab, canid continually en- 
dure. it. lint tbo Iriah are not the sabmls- 
aive race they oik* were. They have frit 
tbe influence of tlioeo of tbeir mini her who 
cam* to this country and found conditions 
almeat invartahly mure favorable, mol n life 
infinitely more free, easy, bnpeful, aiwl pnm- 
permit. It ia no wornler that they misted, 
ami. gi ven their temperament, tbeir general 
ignorance, ami the galling and irremovable 
character of th* oppression from nlilcb Ihny 
suffered, it ia uo wuniler that their resistance 
became violent and general, involving the 
innocent with tbo culpable, ami that they 
tell at borne, na they Imve too often fallen 
here, under the guidance of demagogues and 
intriguing adventurers. 

Tbe GlaIWTONK government haa had 
thrown upon it tbe double and difficult task 
of removing the caunt-e of discontent, and 
suppressing the disorder* to which violent 
rceistance lied given rlae. It undertook tbe 
former with conrage, high purpose, nml hroail 
philanthropy. It punted the l^uid Act, which 
In auhatniico reforrod all rent deputes to 
Impartial tribuuala, with power and obliga- 
tion to aettlo equitably tbe nghtaof teuanta 
anil landlord*. The priuriple of tbe act 
was radical, and in the eight of the mast 
powerful Moelluii of the English is-opl* It 
was revolutionary. Yet the stctling ban- 
eaty, the pro found sincerity, and tbe polit- 
ical genius of Mr. Glamtokk hnve won the 
eonaent. If not tbo approval, of England, for 
the measure. Mot to tbo second part of tho 
work Mr.GtAtisTii.VK and his ciniiicnt naao- 
cintes bare not shown themselves equal. 
It it difficult at Gi is distance to discover 
tbo oxact rauwi of tboir failure, but that 


organ ired, hot determined movement to 
abolitdi rente. Evict Inna are uselcin, lie- 
nuis* no one can taku laud from which a 
tenant bus been evicted except at penl of 
losing bis stock, bis crops, and very likely 
bis life, Fifty thousand annrd inen are pro 
lectiug landlords auil rent-paying U-nants 
In two-thirds of Ireland — forty thousand 
soldiers mid teu thousand eoustatiulary — 
but in vaiu. Tbe “ no-renters'” will neither 
pay nor allow others to pay. IVwtrwrtiou 
of pnqH'rty, burning of ricks nnd l/jina, 
uiaiiuilig and killing of nlieep anil cows, as- 
sault uud aasatwinaliou uf mnu and oven of 
women, are tbe uieaua employed to drive out 
tho hiinllorvls uud all w ho acknowledge any 
authority in tlo'io. Ami uieanliuie the L»ml 
League, uuoflkcreil, ami pursued wherever 
it openly show* it* organization, is expend- 
ing Mime thousand* every week iu support 
of this singular revolution. 

What may to tho nwtcouia no pendent per- 
son pretends to say with any riMiAileur*. 
Tbe problem haa grow n graver and the g«v- 
ernmeot more nppnreutly ineapolde of ileal- 
Ing with it with every day. For tbe time 
•wing tbo Laud Act Is of imi use Whether 
tbe English people at bumo will Lave the 
patience to bear the national liumilintiou 
of this scene of lawlessness norms tbo ('ban- 
ned until tho alow euergiea of the Liberal 
government can l* rallied to effective ac- 
tion, or u bother, to a moment of mgf, it will 
place the force uf the empire In tho liumla 
of lit* party which believes that Kviik'm 
bloody rob. in Jamaica ia the key to the rid- 
dle of Ireland, lime nh.no wilt tell, 


they have failed in rentnrlug order, even 
when clothed with the most extraordinary 
powers, is beyond question. 

TIi* agitation for reduced rents and great- 
er security to tho tenant has spread and 
changed its objective. When tho govern- 
ment arrested Paiimcll and three other 
members of Parliament, n manifesto wu 
aunt not from their jail exhorting the Irish 
to pay no rent until thoM leader* were released. And now 
through two-thirds of tbe cultivated porta uf Ireland no 
rent is paid. The original pnrposc of tbe movement is for- 
gotten. Tbe people are mad with tho uotion tbat while 


TIIE NKW SPEAKER. 

Titr lion. Joskmi W. Kkiffk, recently 
elec led .'‘penkcr »l the IIoiimi of Koprenruta- 
tivre, hns lieen elected to I'oiigrma* three 
times from tbe FonrtlitHiio Lbstrvrt. aud has 
a military record i>r honorable aervicea ill 
the war for tlso I’lilmi. Ho was Imcn in 
Ilclbid Township, Ohio, January X, lrt*% 
nnd his early life was paio. il on ills father’s 
farm, Ids education being licgun in the com- 
mon schools, and cdNiplelesI in Antioch Col- 
lege. lie began the study oflaa in Spring- 
field in li*6ti, ami two years tutor <u Bil- 
low rents and fixed tenure are good, no rent and tenure at I mitted to lb* bar. Ho was practicing in hr* prolrmiuu 
tbeir own will are better. Probably If pAIWKJ.t. aiul til* i when lb* war of werniuui broke out iu lHQI, when bo 
rial were freed to- morrow, this mania would not lie much I iibundnnnd Ins practice and volunteered in I lie I’ldnn army, 
abated. Nor this alone: there la n spontancoci*, slightly | being couimiuduiied Mnjor of the Third Ohio Infantry, Aplil 



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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


DECEMBER 17, 1881. 


27. 1861. Ho wa* pronto tod to tbo Liouten- 
aut-CoUmeley «r tbn regiment February 18, 
1*1!, ami mode Colonel of tbo Oxir-bundred- 
and- tenth Ohio Lnfaulry on StpUakw 30, 
I>6« He waa conspicuous for bravery in 
tbo bold, and waa severely wounded iu the 
battle of ilia WitdoiboM, May 6, IrtM, after 
baring nerved in enmpaigua in West Virgi- 
nia, Kont’irky, Tennrasec, AUluuna, and 
Georgia. He wa* lirevetted Hrlgadler-Oon- 
eral November 30, MM, fur gallant and men- 
tnrum* earvtes* in the battlca of Opequon, 
Fisher's Hill, tuid Cedar Creek, and is the 
following month waa eommiiaioued Brigo- 
dior- General by Presideat UxcuLV. llo 
waa made Mgjur-General by brevet July 1, 
lHfiS, three days after he had been mustered 
out of the roiuuteer rarrira, in w hleh he had 
•erred four yearn and four month * , and had 
been wounded four timoa 

Tli» political career of Mr. Kbiteh began 
In IrttX, whon he waa elected to the Ohio 
Mats Senate, and (erred iwn year*. Me m 
a prominent member of the (fraud Army of 
the Republic, baring been appmuted Com 
m sudor of tbo Department of Ohio for the 
year* IflBg, IMS, and 11*70, and elected Vioe- 
Cnmmander-ui. Chief of the organisation. 
May d, ttfTS. 


THE NEW CASINO. 

Aboit a year ago Mr. Hoimn Anoxeox, 
the projector of tbo Metro) lolitau Concert 
Hall, suggested to a nomber of wealthy 
geollemvu tbe idea of aatahltahing In this 
eity a thoroughly European Can no, with 
aereral novel feature*, where both public 
and private entertainment* could be given 
throughout the year. Mr. Aronson received 
such encouragement In thia undertaking 
that he immediately aet out in the forma 
tion of a eompany for the erection of a suit- 
abla building — to combine a restaurant, 
reading ■ room, theatre, foyers, ball - room, 
and an open-air garden, to be urinated di- 
rectly upon tbe roof, and ooreritig the whole 
area — and through bis energetic work aoo- 
ceeded in raising aufocient capital for tbe 
purpose. 

Tbe property situated on Mi* eoiriheast 
corner of Broadway ami Thirty-ninth street, 
immediately opposite tbe new Opera- liinu*. 
lias been secured, and the erection of the 
structure is now being rapidly pushed for- 
ward , ao that it may be completed early in 
April. Meesre, Kimhau . ik Wiagnaix, build- 
er* of the Mailiaon Square Theatre, are the 
architects, and it is promised that no mod- 
em improvement or novelty will he over- 
looked in tbe erection of tbe Caaina. 

Tbe building w ill be constructed of brick, 
•tone, and polished terra cotta; ia to be four 
atoriea high, with a stone tower rooniog 
twenty feet above the roof, and in general 
design of Mooriah are bi lev to re. Tbe hneo- 
rnent will contain the kitchen, •tnee-rootna, 
steam appurtenances, cooling and fanning 
apparatus — to keep tbe atructure at all 
times at a pleasant temperature — and tbe 
necessary psraplrernali* for tbs illumina- 
tion of the Casino by the new incandes- 
cent light- Tire grand entrance and lobby, 
forty-live feet by fifteen feet, ia to be on 
the Thirty ninth Street side, and to guard 
against every emergency there are to be 
eight twelve-feet elite. 

On tbo Broadway ground-floor front tbe 
restaurant, caff, and reading-room- -under 
the supervision of one of our beet-known 
restaurateur* — are to lie situated, and will 
be fitted tip eumptiumsly In I-ool* (jitaioree 
style. Tbs room will bo eighty feet aqosre. 

Two wide atooe stairways are to lead 
from tbe Thirty -niuth Street entrance to tbe 
“ foyer” and theatre, tbe Utter sufficiently 
large to accommodate 1500 persons, and to 
be fitted op In light woods, and decorated In 
white, bine, and gold, similar to tbe theatre 
attached to the Newport Craino, Here, 
during the summer, light comedies and op- 
erettas will be performed ia conjunction 
with the regular concert*, which will take 
place no tbo " roof garden," and In winter it 
will ho uaod for lectoree, meetings, concerts, 
private theatricals, balls, etc. An open bal- 
cony or terrace is to encircle tbe third story, 
looking directly into llie theatre, and be eo 
arranged that during the fall aud winter it 
may be inclosed with glam casing*, and be 
used aa a “ foyer,” aa well oa for floral and 
art exhibitions. 

Tbe fourth story, or roof, will be laid out 
as a beautiful summer garden, and besides 
1 •« log prettily Illuminated will he ornamonb 
ad with many rare exotica, to be loaned by 
several of the stockholder*. The music 
stand is to be ao constructed, with a new 
form of sounding-board, that the orrbre- 
tra will be distinctly beard throughout the 
building. A anile of rooms, forty by mvea- 
ty-tive feet, with separate entrance on Broad- 
way, is to Ik set apart from the hall and the- 
atre, si> that private entertainments can take 
place without any interference from oilier 
parts of ths structure. One of tbo feature* 
of tbe Casino is to be Its admirable ar- 
rangomcnU for balls, etc-, there beiug ade- 


quate ladies' and gentlemen's hat and toilet 
room*, and every other convenience fur such 


GRANDPA'S DARLING. 

A 00c.bc* brad, and a pair of eyas 
Blue and roeny a* summer's shire; 

Dimpled cheeks and a dimpled chin, 

Where many kiism hare tumbled In! 

7V< grandpa's darling! And oh*re is heT 
Enthroned, u usual, on grandpa's knre, 
Anuchin* pockets in cost and rwt 
With nuschlcrou* finger* never at rest. 

Tie grandpa ever fin, Is time to play 
With hit " UrMblrsom* comfort" every day; 
Never too tired, never loo nod, 

To make the little one merry and glad. 

There are kisses for every braise and tumble, 
K’tata for even s scowl or a grumble. 

And s best of secrets, I will confess. 

Which nobody ever is shle to gates. 

So dear old grandpa, with silver hair, 

And "grandpa's darting,” without s care 
To shades the joy of his little hrmrt. 

Are rarely mch from ths other sport. 

And e'en when the twilight comes at last, 

And the drowsy blue eye* are closing fort, 
From grandpa's arms and from grandpa's breast 
Mamma must bear her boy to not 


[Began la Uiimt Warner No- IWt) 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

Br JAMES PAYN, 


CHAPTER XIX. 

JUKH-JIONXV, 

How often it happens that even the av- 
erage man one who u neither thief nor 
scoundrel — gore to his last home without a 
single genuine mourner; women, as a rule 
(and it la a good on*), do not attend funer- 
als, and it ia the women wbn bewail onr 
lot*. Widow and daughter ait at home 
reading the prayers that are said over tbe 
dead, and bearing iu imagination the earth 
strewn on the coffin lid. They will mins iin 
as our own sex, who have other friends to 
fall bock upon, oilier things to thluk about, 
will never do, anil they know it. “A man's 
rare tears,'' a “Well, well, be was a decent 
fellow,” amt onr I set duties are paid. 

It was so In John Dyater's css*. Herbert 
Newton alone was moved ns the earth closed 
over his old friend and relative. Sir Peter 
stood — with hia eyre abut — regretfully 
enough, thinking of that unfortunate five 
minutre of survival which had so seriously 
marred the promise of hia gams for a whole 
twelvemonths. Percy, while taking » couch 

more cheerful view of that particular inci- 
dent, tmtbooglit him with serine* face of the 
state of the deceased’* off* ire. Prom all be 
could gather, though he hod no doubt of her 
inheriting tbe hulk of hia property, there 
would be very little ready money at Clare’s 
diapcual, and be wonted ready money. Mr. 
Oldrsstle, who knew more than anyliody 
aliens tbe matter, and yet not much, wa* full 
of cogitations on the same subject- Dr. 
Dickson, more than professionally moved 
by tbe aad oeremnny, repeated to himself 
the date upon the coffin plate, and passed a 
silent eulogy upon bis lost patient's pluck. 
Mr. Roden, who had boon very unwillingly 
summoned to Stokevillc, leaned over the 
grave and mournfully shook his head ; tbe 
•now was oo the ground, and bn was doubt- 
ful whether Ilia feet were not getting wet, 
in which rase a raid was certain, accom- 
panied by a total deprivation of taste- He 
had been informed by Mr. Oldrsstle that he 
hod beeu made trustee with him and execu- 
tor, and be was wondering how he could 
with decency refuse to act- Gerald outdid 
tbe mute* in looking ths very picture of 
wo*. He wa* thinking of how matter* 
would stand with him an hoar hence or no, 
when the contents of the will should have 
beeu made known ; of tlie wife he had se- 
cretly token to himself a few months luck, 
aud of whom already he had grown weary ; 
and of a certain other matter, small Iu It- 
self. but the consequences of which might 
be tremendous and overwhelming. There 
was, indeed, good causa fur hia white face 
and haggard r_v ns. 

And all thia time Clare was in hsr father's 
room upon her knees, with thoughts unut- 
terable. and a bruised heart that abe almost 
accused of harduens, because it would not 
break and safer her to Jure him whitherso- 
ever he hod gone. 

l.'larn did not attend tbe rending of tbe 
will, which took place immediately after the 
funeral, in tbedrnwing-rnoni of Oak Dodge; 
and ber abeenr* woe |ierhapa a fortunate 
circumstance. There wa* no scene of any 
kind, hut the expression of lieitdd's listen- 
ing face would probably have frigbtenud 
her for the seven d time. That ynang gen- 
tleman most have been misinformed when 


he bod stored to ber that he was hia father’s 
heir- He had but one-sixth of the property 
outside the firm, while tbe remaining fivv 
sixtts and the whole of tbe money iu the 
firm was left to Clare. Wrapped up tu tine 
will, whiuh was tbe same which Mr. Oidcaa- 
tln had drawn up for the deceased, wo* a 
letter for Herbert Newton, " to be destroyed 
unopened If I live to tbe 1st of January,'’ 
and which tbe lawyer accordingly put in 
the Are. The money for Gerald waa left, of 
coarse, iu trust. “It is my exprew wish," 
the testator added, " that no lump sum bo 
given to my eon Gerald, while under age, by 
hi* half-* isles, onr at any other time, unless 
under such condition* as shall insure it* not 
being squandered.” 

I'or.t-.ngently that is to Bay. If tbo ex- 
pectations of the Ann respecting their re- 
ceipt* for the current jeer should prove 
correct — Clare was thus left a great beirvas. 
Bat what Mr. Lyatcr had died possessed of. 
Independently of bis share io the firm, ouuld 
not at present be ascertained. There was 
a long memorandum of shsrt* and eecuri- 
tico, arranged in tbe most methodical uinn- 
ner.ovorwhlch M r. OMeaalle privately ihook 
hi* head, hat to which be made no reference 
on this occasion. Air lVter looked aa if be 
would have liked to hare asked a question 
or two, but it waa clearly not bis buslnm* ; 
while Gerald, who was so Mill/ concerned, 
said not a word, lnd«*d, Judged by the ear, 
ths young man had behaved very well un- 
der what were undoubtedly trying cireum- 
stances ; bnt his face, especially when that 
reference to tbe “ lump sum” wa* being 
made, wore a very sinister look. Ous might 
bare almost fancied it a picture designed 
by some weird artist, under which he had 
•crawled, "The I'amoidc." 

When tbe company had diaperx-d, Gerald 
did address a few words to Mr. Oldcaatle, 
who listened to him with considerable com- 
miseration. “No doubt, my lad, yon are 
disappointed. Whether deservedly or not. 
your own conscience is the best judge, I 
am bound to confess, however, when draw- 
ing up your father's instructions, I myself 
made do protest. Your behavior, you most 
be aware, haa not Inspired confidence." 

“ So It seems,” aaid Gerald, bitterly. 

“ Still, there is nothing in this,” continued 
tbe lawyer, laying his band upon the will, 
“ to cause you disquh'lwile for tbe future.” 

" 1 udrad ! OMM x 111 of w hat my fattier haa 
left bnlilnd him ia not a fortune, 1 suppose t” 
" I am afraid nnt : I should indeed say, 
though I hare not looked into the matter, 
far from it- It may be even a misfortuue; 
that Is, there may bn a large deficit. Your 
future will depend U|n>o your good behavior, 
which is what, as 1 conjecture, your fsthur 
intended.” 

“ I don't understood," said Gerald, dog- 
gedly. 

“ Well, If your father had dlnd before tbe 
year was oat, 1 could not bars ao put it. 
In that case you would have had bnt a pit- 
tance at tbe very best, lieaidns your salary 
from tbe mill. On the other hand, Clare 
would have been no bettor off, partial*. ” 

“ You think lha residue so small a* that f* 
“I think it may amount to lesa than no- 
thing. Blit even supposing it bad amount- 
ed to a few thousands — yes" ( this in reply 
to a stifled execration, which th* lawyer 
charitably wt down as a groan ). *' Tbe (act 
in, your father's speculation* bar# beau moat 
unfortunate. He took his own way ; ho wa* 
never a man to aak advice,” he continued, 
almost in soliloquy, “ aud generally, I must 
say, incut Judicious. It was the desperate 
•(loci to recoup himself, no doubt. Other- 
wise I can't account for it.” 

“ Yon were speaking of the residue,” aaid 

Gerald, hoarsely. 

“ To be sure. I was about to observe that 
the iu lores! of five-sixth* of it would not, la 
any can*, hat* exceeded yonr own Income. 
So far, in short, Clare and yourself ware 
placed on tbe same footing.” 

“What!" biased the other between his 
teeth ; “ with all tbe luuney in the buainosu 
left to ber absolutely T 
" The mousy waa her mother's, not puar 
mother's, Gerald. You had no sort of claim 
to it. Excuse me, but yonr manner compel* 
me to he frank.” 

“No doubt —thank you," answered tbe 
other, mointening bin lips with hi* tongue. 
“ Notwithstanding all this franks***, yonr 
meaning a* to my not being • disquieted,’ 
and the advantage of my being am my ‘ good 
behavior,' ia nut clear to me.” 

“Well, I mean that Clare has it in her 
power to help you, and 1 am sure will do eo 
to any reasonable extent." 

“ Hut tbe will forbids that." 

“ Only as to a lump sum. There I tbiuk 
jo nr father was quite right. What ran a 
hoy like you waul with a lump loiui f I 
khall sdvlso your sister to allow you a cer- 
tain income “ 

" How mnch f 

“ Well, really, Gerald, that ia a matter for 
ooenml* ration At prawn t your expetiaru 
uss hardly b* very great- You will conttuas 


to live here, of course. What can you want 
of iiMiney f” 

“I do want It," wa* the curt reply. 
•'Well, wall, wo will soo about all that. 
Clare Is not one to close hsr pun* strings 
against any oue." 

“And when Clare is murriod. am 1 to be 
dependent upon that infernal 1‘erey f” 

“ Hush ! bnsh? Pray restrain yourself. 
No ; I (hi ilk lb at would he very improper. I 
shall do my tost to porauads Clare to keep 
bar money in her own hand*.” 

“ Bbo is iu love with him, and a fool lie- 
tide*. Bbe will give it him all." 

“ No, air. Tour sister is not a fool. Mare- 
over, she ha* a tebu* of filial duty," answer- 
ed tbe lawysr, *tornly- “She will. 1 know, 
be guldod by bur father's wuhn* in Hits mat- 
ter, which he expressed to bm very pre- 
cisely." 

“ Why didn’t be tie tbe money up f asked 
Gerald, passionately. “ He knew how to do 
it, it seems.” 

“ You are su ungrateful son, air, aud your 
paauon bliada you,” answered tbe lawyer, 
coldly. “It ought to be suflicieut for you 
to know that your father had hia reason*. 
One of them, moreover, was, I am well con- 
vinced, that Clare should 1>* at liberty to 
act toward you with libaraUty.” 

“ What duos all that cams to t" returned 
th* other, contemptuously. “ Put it in fig- 

“Tbat is impossible Ju»t now. Tbe 
amouut will dvpesid upon your needs, but 
still more upon your downs. Thai is the 
point which, os your father* friend, amt one 
who will be youre if you will let him, I wish 
to impress upon you.” 

“ You mean that I am to be in leadmg- 
•trlnga all my Ilfs I” 

“ At all events, lie fare you are out of them, 
yon must convince ua —that ia, your trustees 
and your sister ■ that yon are competent to 
take care of yourself” 

Mr. Ofdeastle turned away as though be 
IumI nothing more to say, and sat dona at 
the dead man’s drak. He opened it with a 
key be produced from hi* own pocket, 

“ I wish to say,” laid Gerald, In a subdued 
and humble tone, “ that if 1 can h* a( any 
use to you in arranging those paper*, I ntudl 
b* gUd to help you. My father employed 
me of late in all hit smaller himiiiea* affaire 
— tbe petty cash, and the chocks drawn oa 
hia private account, and ao no.” 

“ Very good. I will apply to yon In eo** 
anything require* an explanation. In the 
mean time a*y nothing of n bat I have told 
you aa rrepm-U your late father's private 
estate. Thing* may turn out better than I 
expect; and on tbe other hand-moch wore*. 
In either coie it will make little difference 
to you.” 

“You mean that tbe anticipated profits 
of th* firm this your art' ra large that this 
other matter is a mere flea-bite f" 

" I meant nothing of the kind, sir. Tbe 
profit* of tbe firm, whatever they may lie, 
will not W youre. I only wished to impress 
sijmmi you ones again that your prospects will 
dopeud upon your own conduct- I have no- 
thing to odd to that.” 

Gerald frit that be had not conciliated 
tlie lawyer, anil had done himself mote harm 
than g»o<L. But conrilialiou is not eaay to 
us a Ueu th* eblrf doeire of our minds i* to 
ponscM a hatchet, and the opportunity of 
terminating with it tbo live* of one'* Im- 
mediate friend* and relatives. Never, ba 
thought, in tbe history of tbe world, bud 
any one bran ao lufammxsly treated a* be 
bad bran. Ttm idseof 111* future decoding 
upon his good behavior was especially al>- 
borreat to him, and indeed aeriucd almost 
cynical, like a bequest to a man with a 
wooden leg, which should be mode contin- 
gent npon bis dtetinguiaihiiig blnvwlfiti )iq- 
deatriauiaiu. That a chit of a girl like (.'late 
should hold the puree strings of hi* aupptl** 
waa the circumstance that galled him most 
of alL How much more in accordance with 
the fit near of tilings it would have been to 
have made him the almoner, and lurr the 
recipient ! And this terrible dkuutwsiUnra, 
although his loss and crowning misfortune, 
waa not the wont thing that could befall 
bim. He wna euvinmied ou every hand by 
tronblm. which were not the Ira* hateful 
berauao they were of hi* own making. Be- 
side* having to cringe to Clare, and if pos- 
sible to cqjole ber, it was neceasary for bim 
in other waiters to wear a mask of sereuity. 
and though his very soul was hnniiiig with 
chagrin and impatteiire, to movo with cau- 
tion, and pick his way. 

As be was about to mount tbe stair* to 
Clare's boudoir (fur tbe task of conciliation 
could not be begun too soon), be saw Percy 
coining out of it. He marked him close tlie 
door, and stand for a moment outside with 
frowning face. The interview, he rightly 
conjectured (like hi* own with Mr. Oldcoa- 
tlr>. had Iwen an unnatisfaetory one, aud it 
bad cost bun something to play bis part in 
it. Ho w*» waiting, no doubt, for the tbnu- 
iter -cloud to clear from hia brow, and the 
Simla to coma back, with which it wa* hia 



DKTHHBEn 17 , 1 W 1 . 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


custom to Mart his fellow -crest urea when it 
Wan worth hi* nliiWi to «|n »»- W* It pon- 
all4n that. after all ihst bud rono> aodgonr, 
('Lara bat) refused him f To Gerald sorb an 
event would hove Upon unload welcome; it 
waa most drairsMe that alia should hare 
her miunl fro* from t ln-ught* of hive, ami 
fixed on duty — Urn duly of provkliug for hue 
nearest relative. Hut that nurmrd too greaS 
a piece of lurk to la tmc. It waa clear, 
ho wov or, that there was a rift in Ilia lute 
of love; Its harmony bail received Mime 
chock, and apparently a ride one. 

IVrry dwxwjnhal step h] *l*|. with dowrt- 
rut eyes, ami no wrapped In tlMingbt that 
ho did led tw the other till he waa clone 
npnn hint. 

"What the deuce are you grinning at! 9 
he then exclaimed, imperiously. 

“OrituiinicT I waa only looking at you. 
A eat may Junk at a king, and grin too, fur 
that matter.'' 

"lam glad yon are in aoch good spirit*.” 
replied Percy, with a sneer. “ 1 ahould hare 
hardly expected il.” 

The buatile character of these remarks 
waa immensely heightened l<y their Mag 
Uttered on lurth sld« in a enlHtnrd tiMin, tie- 
rnmluitcd by the cimwutmicM of the case. 
Each of tbc autagnuista wna careful not to 
make a disturbance in tlse liouae of mourn' 
tllg. Perry's laat Innuendo, refetri lig, an tier* 
aid well uiidetuloral, to tlve content* of Ilka 
father’s will, waa, however, almost insup- 
portable to him. It waa with difficulty ha 
restrained himself from an outburst ; aa it 
was, he glared at lbs ether in silent fury. 

" After all,' continued Perry, who, havi ug 
found an object, waa evtileiitly giving rein* 
to the 1-aseluM which he had hitherto been 
obliged to suppress, “ It is out aa if yon want- 
ed money. A lad like yon, without incum- 
brance -a gay young bachelor at moot ■ 
can afford to smile at Wing. disinherited.' 

“That's true, "said fiemld, slowly. “ If I 
had realty expensive tastes, aneh a* keeping 
raeo-horwM, for example, ttw thing would ho 

“ Race-homes I Who ke-'-jw race-horses t" 
answered Percy, His tone waa indifferent 
and even etintemptwowa, ter to osm who «ri»- 
sorrod him nearly (and for oocc (irrakl'a 
eyes gated posot-hlauk upon his inteiWo- 
tor), it eoulcl be aoni that he turned a little 
pale, and that his mustache was twitching 

*' Oh, I don't know ; let ua nay, fur exam- 
ple, .loitiilugn.'' 

“To bo sure,” said Percy, with a fuiut 
smile, and In a voice that was also faint. 

“Well, he would soow-tinsro want iironey, 

I should think. And aa to dtainlirritSiinc, 
why, that is a thing that might happen to 
any body.” 

“(Jmtc trnr, firrahl. 1 won wrong, how- 
ever. to make light of it in your caw The 
fact i». 1 have been pul out, acid scarcely 
knew what 1 said. Kuegtre mn." 

This was n |Hditt ao very opportune for 
(be ntlorauca of Ida favorite interjection 1 
that (Jerald couhl not trsist it. Indeed, ao 
far from rejecting it, he gave it full stress 
and significant-. *»> that It nnuivd.-d like the 
nmlignanl snarl of a dog. 

“Yah." 

" Come, don't lie milky. 11 naiil the other, 
qnlotly. “I nii'im you mi harm, bill iptile 
the contrary. You siv not, peihs|<%. I n hui-Ii 
a bole aa you think, ami if ynn ate, I may br 
aide !<■ Isclp you out of it. If there's any- 
thing prcaaiug — " 

“I nut twenty pounds," Interrupted , 
Gerald. 

“Twenty imamU,” repented Perry. HU ] 
face Usd Ireronta very quiet and thoughtful ; , 
ho ap|M'arvd to bo reflecting aa to whether 
ho bail tliu money about him. for be fell in I 
his hrrast pocket for bis note- book. Hut 
the mill question he w»» putting to himself 
w«s n fur noire Important one. “If 1 suffer 
this borw-lnorh to ilrair blood for ouce, will I 
Im cling to iih forever r 

” Yea." he snid. drawing four ■•aok-llutoe 
from a Urgixh full of them, "I will lend yon 
twenty pounds with pleaaino, mol I ilar* awv 
we ahull not quuirrl about the repayment." 

“ I dam aav not," sueered (lerubi ; “ ami aa 
to brlplug tne in a general way — 1 mean sa 
to the allowance (but ia (c. t» made to me 
l»y Clare, and so forth— I dure say I way look 
to you fair that also f 

“My influence will certainly he exerted 
In your Itobatf.** 

" That sounds very pretty, but I am not 
going to he put ©IT with a pittance- If that 
is all Clara docs for me, it Kt'wt Im mad..- np 
to me by sowietxidy «lac, do yon undencand I" 

"Make your mind quite easy upon that 
subject, Herald' 

He ixHldr'l msMiringly na he lei liiiowlf 
out nl the trout door, aud walked down the 
gravel sweep, twitching hu onto... Gerald 
gased nflcr him with grim admiration. 

“ What a fellow bo ia to carry a thing off! 
He Is the te»t and greatest liar alive, I do 
believe. One would think that that twenty 
ponnds waa all he would hava to pay to 
yours truly. Bat be knows as well sa 1 do 


that it's only the beginning of our little 
running account. Ham Cliigw*ll,von«i-iwin> 
drel, I owe you a good torn for thin ; imt 
that yon meant it, however, for you would 
neveT have lei the cal ont of the bug if jolt 
luolnT been drituk. Aud I didn't kunw 
ateiut it myself fur certain till I saw the fel- 
low’s face twitch. Tliat'a n hint old Iri.k- 
sou gave me, which I have Ixvt forgotten. 
‘A mini’s mouth will often tell the tnilh 
when bis tongue lies.' Thai ‘ let ns My, for 
example, Jennings,’ *a» a bold stroke of 
lui lie. Hut what a find I was to say twenty 
Instead of fifty ! To think thst some follow s 
should go about with rolls of notes, wImiu a 
man like me is in want of a sovereign ! It’s 
diegnatisg. However, I shall not want for 
tevercigus now — thanks to Jennings.” 


TUI! FOREMOST GTNUSICI IM THE WORLD. 

Hr WILLIAM KUIEiB, 

Atraca or “ How to Grr H-rioso san Saw to 
St sr na- 

Iff. 

Ir STcry college and nni certify in America 
had a department even souiclliiiig like the 
gymnasium deonlbcd In preceding papers, 
what a Ikmui It would be! And yet, groin) 
work aa is being done at Harvard, ia there 
doing all that could — indeed, sbueld -lie 
dims at a iiniveraity for the physical cd- 
■icHtlon of h*r mmih, tlve only docent phys- 
ical ndneatlon mi many of them are ever 
likely to got in alt tbclr lives I Not to 
moke them athlete*. That, as a rate, dues 
not pay. both taking cue's mind from moee 
important work, and often dulling that 
mind for the time for anything w orth catling 
work, whlls || generally uvnrvte vtilops the 
parte of tho body used, ami neglect* the oth- 
ers. lint to luri ng each out a hnle, sound, ef- 
ficient man. tnnat likely to aacctaafnlly meet 
any drafts his after-life may make upou 
him. Iho's SsMOKNTdo this fur all this host 
of students f No. Not fur ono-hatf of them 
And why not t Bccanar, out of upw ard of 
thirteen buoilrod students in the universi- 
ty, more thsu one-half do not exercise fre- 
•inetilly euouglt to begin to get the good 
t!my might and should get of tho groat ad- 
vantage* lines ready at (heir hand, to lie had 
simply for tho taking. The gyniuoainni la 
easily acrewsihlr to nhont oue ihoUMitd of 
lbs *1 itdvc ts. the ol hers living ill Boston at 
(ho medical or denial arh.wd* or st tho Hus- 
sey Institute. Hut nren of this thousand 
near by, tho rooord shows the attendance to 
run alinat thus: about SO attend six times 
a week ; 1*10, five times ; StW, four time* ; ISO, 
three times; I0O, twice; HW.oltor. 

Here, then, only live hundred ufilicm, and 
very likely the rive hundred mho iwml It 
least, attend as often aa threw days a week 
or ofteiiex aud this wlwtt the attendance is 
largest, uam.dy, in lire winter nKintbs; fur 
in the fall and opting tho athletic nicn are 
in tlte field, olid tbn Irtkattug Boon on Ihn rev- i 
or — while llwi a veiage daily attendance all 
the college year round will not exceed two 
hundred and aevesity. 

lint to get the giwwl of *X»ttdor, aud to 
make real progrew* fWmt it, yurt want to 
take It aa ytnt do your breakfast, not only 
regularly, Imt daily, certainly at lcaat os oft- 
en as four dais a week. (Specially if the al- 
lowance ia only moderate. And why, then, 
io it not M> taken, and by all this favored 
thousand t Can net Mannrvr give time to 
each, enough for his sjiecual needs f No dif- 
ficulty ou tbnt *eore. Working them in 
rlasars, ratting the day up judiaiutstly. and 
aided by traiued aw Intacta, he can ewsily 
manage that- Tlren why does ho twit do it f 
blniply tercanso, very willing aa ho la, higlrer 
posers than bo, greatly as they have aided 
him and helped ou the good work in many 
ways, w-eui net to have awakened to the fart 
that, wise as ihoir favorite elective system 
may ho in tli* pnnnlt of knowtedgo and iu 
training the mental faculties, It will not do 
willis man's physical education. The scores 
and hundreds of alim arms and tUt, half-built 
lavdies no common among students of any of 
our colleges, altlKxigh they have fair gym 
iimU right at I heir hands, might have shown 
them thte. Which will pay rho average stu- 
dent lwtter In confining lu-door after-life, to 
devote his spare tinlf lxmr or hour now after 
he is Ihrougb with his other stadias to at- 
tending tortures ixi "Geraiau Pbilooophy of 
th» present day — fMopcnhanere Hie Writ 
ate Wlllo mot Vorstcilimg, and Hartmann's 
Philosophic dea Cnbewuisten," or on "Qna- 
lerniona," or ou "Koatanroqoe and Gothic 
Art from the year 1000 to IJ50." or, on the 
other hand, to building up tlsl insuring to 
himself capacious lung*, sound dlgeoUuti, 
and B viguruus set of Tltal organs gener- 
ally, with knowledge of wbnl ho will tired 
to do through Life to keep them w», and the 
bahil fortne*! of doing id Many students 
of a geasrattea ago eutarrel ruling* alremly 
built up and toughened by years of aasnasl 
Labor; but the tons of men in professional 


*47 


and mercantile lifn are nut so favored, and 
the average I'reslinian of to-day, at any of 
our Eastern redtegca, doea not bid fair to U>- 
eoMiHS man in later years of nearly tbn vigor 
and vitality which would serve him so well 
if bn hud them. What liettor proof could 
they with a* io whether a body built np to 
vigor and power, amt hy systematic v ven-isc 
kepi there, pajs iiwloor incu or not, than 
tlin Words of Harvard’s own prenident iu 
one of hte later animal rcpiwta T He soys ; 

“ To flffui* siovts* mail Intflk nf sfrrw in 
BDy of the Usmcd profemioiiu, iuelmling 
(hut of teach ing. a riyveoui Audy U rtU-nifk 
csMwlnf; a lutsy lawyer, editor, nitiustvr, 
physician, or teacher baa need of preolrr 
ydytiiul raduranrf than it farmer, trader, 
nianiifactnrer.or incehante. All profcmhin- 
al biography teaches tliat to win lading 
dittinctiun in sedentary, in-door ocrii|Ht- 
tiolM, which task the brain and the nerv- 
oils system, ♦atroenfomry leayksess of terfy 
amt ocnnajMay oxtraordiuary usental puw- 

If the onthoTitlea barn now fairly tried 
the elective system in the matter of the 
Student's physical education, and it fails to 
roach one-half of the students, and the half 
probably who tno*| noed it, wuuld it tmt l>e 
well to try it for a year na a iryaiml branch T 
If “a vigorous body’ 1 and "greater physical 
endurance" and "extraordinary toegbne** 
of body” are so “erwenlUr to the suecesa- 
ful student, as I*re«deot Kuo7 himself says, 
then why not see to it that every graduate 
of this groat university lushes at least twin 
mendable progress during hte (bur years In 
obtaining these so desirable tilings I The 
lonls ami the teacher nre ready at the diwr, 
a* tine Ho ttwmey ran buy. If this sume 8*K- 
iskxt eouM at Howdniu in aix mouths in- 
crease the girth of the chnsta of two hun- 
dred student* an average at ou* and three- 
quarter iuebeo. their girth of hip au aver- 
age of two and a quarter inches, and their 
other weasnrenieots to eorrespvqid, and yet 
take on If kalf am Aewr a day, /ear day* a 
tend, to do It, wluit la U> hinder every stu- 
dent in Harvard I 'Diversity from being like 
favored f Any one w ho has ever triud sys- 
tematic phydral exerviae knows the inti' 
mate eonneel i»u Mown a vigorous and 
well. del eloped «ct nf niiku-les, kept 111 gcad 
couditinu hy a little dally Work, aud sound, 
jwvqierly working vital organs within. Ami : 
if th« am so aide the other, yet is ao reaslily 
altalnahle, and of such ipcalciilablc value 
all down n man’s Ilfs, why iw<l extend it b> 
all, instead of. oa now, to hut a parti 

Aud if they would make thi* grand gym- 
naidiiin not merely a rich man’s finishing 
hall, biit would extend its bniH'lils very 
widely, why could not ffsmiXXT, fur a tew 
weeks iu nmiBirr. while tbc students are 
nwnr. Instruct chimes of teachers here, from 
far aiwl Mar, ill a trilling charge! They 
iu tuns could Mug much good to iIioiimhoiU 
and tens of tlnMiasiMls of the Ihivs hihI girt* 
who Dumber million* in nor laud. Could 
the time bo better spent, iw young Mr. Ilu 
arxwtr’* nmnitlrvnt gift ho turned to a 
better iim t Atxl wuuld not its prewent M*e- 
fnlncas be uiercaccd thus a tlrnusaiidfohl t 


WAIP 8 AND STRAYS. 

Mstxx's spcucivriiio trade anoint* In forlr 
tteomnd dollar* a year. PEpfaui! gnwilpvre liar* 
had it that ncariy all of dm pnidiu*. U cansurawl 
In the reniTig ladlas' hoardingaebad* ; but too* 
comes lanii the cusMcwetiiMi* M*U*Uciso,'snil 
brings figures to prove lint ihn Isreswi eomign. 
cornu trv ihlfqHi! u. Lasrsinx, bouull, BhJdeford. 


I front of a store, and pntered to attend In won* 
| IsnniH's*, Seeing hi* hurret starting ho ran 
, toward them— thniutli tlte open dirnr, a* l:e 
, llKigght — hut when lie reached the ddcwslk. ho 
| fewoil that he had gnac through s nine by fi>o 
1 fevt platoglass w«nduw. 

Keatpspcfs and nmn>*^iug« rxilritxdi are 
espsily iiicresrteg Hi Toss, slid patriotic Truss 
regard the iucruuv uf iwrh an i goal unii-n. 

It is Dihl of a Tola* rosipV wIki Mood wp to lie 
inartWd thM when the cbegyiMU saw the handle 
nf a pi«tol protruding from the bridefnmm'* 
taH'.kel, and Hiim.-rotcd Milt il I*' for thr nwnvml 
Inhl slide, lb* hri'le dromrclr drew a bewiivksite 
(mm Ite' folds of irtr rolw, uini time) it betide 
the ulbtv weapon. 

Kragment of the re|Mitl uf a tern Tistiosso 

In the Iloplilr* com. Judge Tien talri tbst hn 
would Itppulnl Mimv* llnpk. admioirtrwtnr, and, 
cvtiiostlfeg llir 'iiiN'ith-d riwidiiH nf thu tour* al 

H. XOO.IKS), •wU Ntprini * teuulof fiia.nort/sirt. 

liillKU II* Ilia "Tlisl *U1 Herd 

III sociiritHo tebind l».” 

Till Jnsis. "Yro." 

tisssail. lUascx. "All right ; I’U bring it ap 
in Ih* uinniing. I haven't got tbc change with 

Thr Ki«g of Siam list rtvmtlr bnngfat in lin- 
den twelve hun-lnri su-J fifty thousand dolUiV 
wnrtli uf funiit'uc, and It is rimoidi lluu he is 
gang to boiisckurptng iu s riot. 

Throe Is much bi * uw, A man in Porta 
CVata, (tellfurtiui, wtsi Iml lung btwn ktioao in 
that rarghin as " Hard TimtM landing," wu nr- 
cvbtiy fuuad liiinu*l to dtwth in bis rates. 

fllisra (buky Sue, bto of thr Orirnt, hns 
rywaivl i» San Francisco s rfslsurast I Is Midi- 
ran msn. in which cnrlrrr sod other hardware 
take the place of cbw*tkk.s, sxnl stnsks, cbnpt, 
rvwsts, itewt, Slid similar dwlic* sre Hned. LI is 
theory, as set forth by hmist-lf, is, "fhliiniusB all 
oar Mrlicao msn — gel tired, want change" ; sod 
bis success is verifying his (hoory. He makes * 
specialty of oft D«r*. " tliiusiusii b* like oyster 

stew or tty," says Charley Sag, 

Tito flitted Hutto ivsttMul st Drwirrsra, Honih 
Aincriro, ssggtota (u thr Dtpsrtaaent of Htste 
that all vtostdv sailing lienee for that port he 
manned, if poasildr, hr evdoroi rrewt, ia view nf 
thr jrlkto /i-vee r|iidcinic now raging there. This 
suggratiun is not » ernri to negro sesraen as It 
might seem, since colored aeu srewhully exempt 
(mm the disrate. 

The LceA*. 7 Vmcs Is pleaasri to tuxo that th.ro 
Is l.iilc dlsyiosltiua on ilu- part <d tbn itncjurs 
In tint city to bv» “the Mitul-gswetriuot lif» of 
rists" — a style of dvvlltog-|iUi’- shut Is re(cj|y 
Incrvoroig la nuiwtef lit X<* Ymk. Tho faclli- 
llcs fur rapid trsnrit in Lt<>Joii iiiskn U posaetda 
(nr the ctu-aca *h» uuiik] live hi fist tnuim to 

“ IVriufM," *ays the JIiuoi.'' the IwsA sgn>««l>t* 
frwluh' b. the expaBJMMi -,r lacdra, It Urn ... 
cnw**d facility il giviw f.w ttu 1 io.li.lgvi.c* uf 
Um< hiwlthr iiulincta which jirvfiT a rotlagn soil 

a |u.U'h uf yms to far more (w»ioolro. I.»lg. 
•ng* in gigsnlk barrack* nearer tltr .win uf 
ite town. 1 ' One nf tte Mtnmw between rap. 
>1 wsnrit in London and rap>l transit in New 
York is thst in the former city it carrire pss- 
srnarrs into tbc sxhurbw. wterc eottsgre and 
lswus sre pusildc, while ia New York it esrries 
pros cri* from Uh- Irciiirss parts of the town 
tbromfb tli« Um of the grrat upper district, 
which proud*** to be *lm-.-i • bully oceupwd by 
fist, sjiartswi.t, and DwrliMlil bousew Wlioa 
trains lugiii running at .mn - n.lwota Intonate 

I. n* tte Harlem, cn*r Ih* l.ig Ka-l River Hrldge, 
and tl.nmgb Ite \urth Rj.rr Tunnel, rapid tmoilt 
will b« tu Now Turk In a lucreu.u a tel H te to 


there sre many fur 
btry girl* 

Ttefhmarial writ- 
er* of the tendon 
press bare reorwtly 
cosue to a ooskIus iou 
which hu born rtreL 
fa*tly Btslntalnrd fur 
several years by tte 
tramp* of our own 
fair tend, namely, 
that there Is too lit. 
tte gold to go srewl.d, 

A four-teygi*) fi*h 
ha* Imt raiigbt in 
Ksiuah It ia re|* 
posiri totes pm. 
duet uf tte put era- 
win's * ilrsonf.usry 
drought. 

A writer uf repute 
is authority for tbc 
ststemest li.st tho 
small numher of 
prominent Knglldv- 

Asorolcwii wives sre 
- isasdily Amerirwii- 
tolng Kumpusu lants 

A man drove into 
Bra Inn from one of 
ths outlying rural 
districts, halted In 



CAP TMC, TMF ttop(AX, 


Digitized by G< 



PEfEMTlEH 17, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


on* nf whlrh Bar valurd partner, Mr. Em. 
blin, will have great plenaure in banding to 
you. l'rrhapa yon will praw il. anil in- 
form ns whether you liarn any thin# of lut« r 
date.* 

Mr, Emblin lift**«l hia long form, and grim. 
Ijr mil ill nf, held forth a sheet of draft paper 
beaded, •• Copy of tho will of the Sight Hon- 
orable Earl Lteiapcde, etc, *t«., besriug dale 
September 5, lriff' Gaoten glanced at it, 
took it« tiieaning In a moment (because it 
waa not a lawyer'* work >. and quelling hi* 
rag* by a desperate effort, made tho Uat 
cant of audacity. 

" Really, gentlemen," be Mid, “ perfaa)Ni 
the heat thing will he to rail in mane « 
elae — some nne quit* r-entral. and not anu 
lawyer. The poor old Korl'a mind waa 
Tael Hating lately, and designing jioople plied 
him ao— that Tuhlw, fur inatance, who gnci 
in, I aee, for £1000 in this dornnient — that 
it seems to roe only too probable that i 
of theae will* will bold water. I M 
that mine— I wltt not lie quit* certain, for 1 
knew not that the date wonld be m> impor- 
tant — la two day* mitocqnent to thia of 
your*. Ilia lordship rallied, and hia miud 
improved. He again perceived who was bis 
real main-stay, and lie reiocuiliered the baaw- 
r-i'vi aud crnelty of hia non. It matter* hot 
little to me, yen are aware ; for my position. 
In any cam, la a mere trasteeehip. Ilia 
lordship haa not made me the heir eren nf 
the little he could dispoae of. The hulk of 
the property is in settlement. Only I feel 
perhiapo a little guwd»d at the idea of Wing 
kicked oat (after *» nxa»y year* of conll- 
dnnee) thmngh the intrigue* of a woman 
like thi* To lit*. It waa probably Tnhb* 
who got this will made. She baa long lived 
apart from her husband, if she ha* one, and 
hia lonlahip waa given to gallantry." 

Here waa a new light abed upon the •ob- 
ject. Mr. Clanton raw that he hod made a 
hit, and folded bia arm* for hi* word* toaoak 
in, while he was trying to remember wheth- 
er there would be any chance of shifting 
snugly the dale of tbs will under which he 
wse tint master, 

lawyers generally perpend — to use a 
word of their own — toward that aolntion of 
a problem which involve* the lower view 
of human nature. Moreover, there always 
is among them an inclination fur old chan- 
nels, a desire to treat still through or with 
tbs "party" through or with whom they 
have treated hitherto, and a hovering doubt 
about loaa of good connection by siding with 
the power* not established yet. Mr. Lati- 
mer looked at Mr. EllibHu, and that loyal 
partner returned his gaxe. lint suddenly 
Mr. 8narks cut lu. 

“Gentlemen." be said, “it can not lie pre- 
tended that I have any interest ill this cara- 
Mr. Gaston has pr»|>naed to call a third par- 
ty in to settle something aliout dates. Well, 
here am 1, a thin! party fair enongh, aide 
to pat down twenty thousand pounds, and 
without twenty pence in qiwwtiofi her*. 
Also, although but a layman, ah I* to make 
out the date upon any document in the Eng- 
lish w riling of tho promt day. If this good 
gentleman doubt* about hia dates (which 
are apt to go out of the best head, in trou- 
ble). let him put the other will to my hand*, 
and I will very Mon tell yon which is the 
eorrect card. He spoke of it a* being in bia 
pocket now, or at any rate he lapped hi* 
coat over it : aud if lie will hand it to me — 
why there, we need have n» more trouble." 

“Sir, it is a sensible and frank proposal," 
Mr. Latimer replied, with some relief; ** and 
if Mr. Gaston meet* tt frankly, we will abide 
by Ui* issue for the present— at least as re- 
gard* tile prrernt custody of effects" 

Rnt Mr. Gaston would not tn*e4 the chal- 
lenge; for the T*ry good reason that bo 
could not. It would take him some hour*, 
at leant, to shift tho date, and bribe the two 
attmtaut*. 

“All this wranda very well, hut it is not 
bosine**." he said, with all bis ancient arro- 
gance. “ It is fours like child's play than 
sound legal sense. I stand here alone, with- 
out any legal aid ; and I will ask Mr Lati 
mnr and Mr. Emblin, a* experienced men of 
law, whether a trustee, placed aa I am. in 
great reaponaibility, would tw lining Ins duty 
by aswentiug to each a hugger-mugger style 
of basinm*. Gentlemen, you know that I 
am no lawyer. I am acting entirely in the 
interest of other*, and I might have a bit- 
ter account to render if I Gaik another step 
without legal advice. There is no advtoe 
that I should prefer, if the question were 
my own, to that of the lcnrned firm here 
present. Hilt they are precluded by their 
position from giving me their valuable coun- 
sel now. I bop* to have recourse to them 
hereafter, and probably largo dealing* with 
them, a* his lordship's habitual advisers. 
Eor the moment, however, I must ascertain 
from other sources bn w I stand. I have re- 
alized by yeat* of honest Inline a sufficient 
competence t<> make thi* matter one of su- 
preme indifference to me. But, acting for 
other*, I moat do my beat, and 1 shall oat 
fliucli from an nnpleaaant duty." 


“ Gammon !" sold Sir. Snack*, or began to 
say it ; but vu requested to reserve hia ob- 
servation*. 

Then Mr. Latimer, after a little quiet eon- 
ferenoe Willi hia partner, arose and spoke 
decisively. “ We have no wi*b to take you 
by surprise, Mr. Gaston, or to force your in- 
tentions from you. We will gladly inert any 
one appointed by you, and consider bia vievra 
in an amicable spirit . Neither do w* enter- 
tain any iiloa of ’kicking yon ont,' os you 
rather strongly put it. On the contrary, we 
hope fur your good-will, to which we ahall 
have some claim by relieving you from on- 
crons and unprofitable work. Our course is 
dear, aud nothing except 111* production of 
a will Mpcreeding this can oust ua. Wo will 
not for tlse present remove your seals, bat 
simply pise* our own beside them— a dupli- 
cate socurlly, so to *prak--and it will help 
ua ranch to follow your suggest ions of value 
by Doting where you have sealed. Our sen- 
ior clerk, who «M out on bitntii***, will he 
here by this time, and will do thn manual 
part, aud remain in chargo until further in- 
struction*. If yuu will come round with ns, 
so much the better, or send with ua any one 
you think lit. You clearly understand that 
we must do our duty, and no sensible man 
can tAke offense at that." 

Whil* thn senior partner apoke, Mr. Em- 
blin lingered the little golden boreeshoe in 
hia white cravat — which was all the game 
•omenosa be dared to carry about him in of- 
fice boar* -and fixed his eye* as keenly 
upon Gaston a* if bo were the Derby, nr a 
great sculling match- Also Mr. Hnscks was 
regarding him as sharply sa if lie hail been 
* share list. And Gaston detested to be 
stored at. 

“ How much more of this T" cried lie, with 
hi* furious temper leaping from his eyes, 
and his bread face in • Mac* again. “ You 
are taking a little too much upon yourselvc* 
with until* dirty paper yon have forged. 
tfiii ji* aud quirks, and Doc* and Korn, and 
block rogue* all the lot of you, I’ll tell you 
what I'll do to settle it : 111 kick out you 
two thieve* myself, and retch up a scutlsry 
wench to put out this obi ass with the shoe 
paste, who Is too weak for me to handle. 
Full up your coat tails, you two sneaks, and 
give me a fair run at you." 

“Try it with me first," said Mr. Emblin, 
calmly. He whs not a weak man, though 
of slighter build than Gaston. 

“Allow me first honor," cried the ever- 
ready Snacks. “Here I am, sir; kick me 
out." 

Mr. Gaston could have don* it without 
much trouble, and began to make a mod 
charge at him. Hut suddenly hi* face tnru- 
od purpU-lilaek, hi* closed fists fell at his 
side, aud his thick red neck could not sup- 
port hia head. Down In* fell upon tbs floor, 
with a t rash that slunk the mom. The tire, 
of hit rolliug eyes changed into a dull fixed 
glare, and a gush of bright blood from his 
month aud nostrils dyed bis breast. 

“K»m for a doctor !" cried Mr. I^ttmer. 
“Give me that cushion ; keep hi* head up; 
cut bia collar «p**u w Ith your penknife. Ob 
dear, oh dear, what mischief come* of tak- 
ing 111* law lu to one's own hands T 


TIME AND ETERNITY. 

Bt a r. LATHROP. 

I wsta with men and coldly (peak 
Of wbsl one* hu« l» no more: 

Thee do not hear the stifled shriek 

That bursts from out my bran's dared door 
I my, * When Frencie -iiei” — and then 
Go on with kou dull word. He " died" ? 
No, no; tlisl i* not tcoe. For when 
He went, T*aa Tnue, not A «, Ua* dted. 


DR JAMES M. AUSTIN. 

Tin* estimable gentleman, whose death 
occurred in thia city on the 3d lust., tilled 
the important and respond tile position of 
Grand Secretary of th* Grand Lodge of Free 
and Accepted Masons of the State of New 
York for more than twenty-eight years. 
White engaged In the discharge of his du- 
ties iu the Morainic Tempi*, on the 85th of 
Nuvomber, be received a slight shook of ap- 
oplexy, and was convey nit to hia roMileuc*. 
He rallied somewhat within tho next forty- 
eight Inwit*, but anWquontly experienced 
a second shock, which proved fatal. He was 
apparently in hia naaai health up to the time 
of the attack, and it was liiqwd that hi* ro- 
bust constitution would have enabled him 
to survive th* shook. 

Dr, Arsns waa born in Salem, Wishing- 
Inn County, New Y'ock, on November 18, 
IP13. He was graduated from Union Col- 
lege, Schenectady, in 1H35I, received hi* di- 
ploma os Doctor of Medici on from the Al- 
buny Medical Collage In 1*411, and for some 
years pursaisl til* practice of hi* profession 
at Laneiiighurg and Waterford, in this JM ate. 
In 1NM ha removed to this city, ami at the 
session of the Grand Lodge held in June of 


1 that year waa elected Grand flecrv I ary- Hie 
death will lie sincerely noon ru ml by Ihoii- 
baiuU of brut her M aeons all over tho country. 

GENERAL K1LTATRICK. 

Grvr.ru i, Ht'GH JCMOM Kiu-atiuci, 
flitted State* Minister to Chili, died iu hab- 
liogo, on .Sunday, Hw-emlwr t. He via horn 
iu lteckerto wn. New Jonwy, January 14, 1*96. 
Entering West 1'oint, he graduated th* year 
th* civil war broke out, and on tho llrh of 
May, H*i|, wont into active service, and iu 
his first battle, at Hig Bethel. he was wooed- 
ed. He was promoted hi lb* Lieutenant- 
Colonelcy, and afterward to the Colon* ley, 
of the Second New York Cavalry Vcdiin- 
tMirw, atwl siMHi l>*came noted aa one of thn 
mont d selling and daring, if nat one of thn 
moat judicious, young officer* in th* army. 
He took part in the fights on the Rappa- 
hannock, second Bull Run, and lu Maryland, 
and was promoted to be a Brigadier -General. 
Ho did valuable service at Gettysburg, 
and roams udrd th* cavalry in Sherman's 
" March to thn tins." In |HB> be was com 
missioned a Major-General of Volunteer*. In 
NoT*mlH-r, IritlS, he was appointed United 
Klatcw Minister to Chili, bolding the posi- 
tion for three y**rw. His first wife, who was 
a Miss Kuslxb, died during the war, and 
while in Chili he married • lady of that 
country, who accompanied him home. In 
tb« spring of this year he was again ap- 
pointed to tbs Chilian mission. 


AMERICANS ABROAD. 

Mr. Kelvh art's picture on page “4H H- 
i ml rate* on* of tbs many SDUoysncea to 
which travrllsr*,aiMl enpecislly Americans, 
are subjected iu the Old World. The bill 
paid on leaving the hotel may state expli- 
citly that charge* fur service are inrluiteil in 
tho items, hot neTerthnlms the traveller's 
carriage bt besieged liy a whole army of 
waiter*, each one petitioning fur a siuatl 
gratuity. Iu Germany It is for 7VuUprM, iu 
Fra no* for ywsxtwirc — jnst to drink yonr 
health, you know, and a pleasant Journey to 
tl«* next stepping -place, dome of the guide- 
book* apecify Un> exact amiMint which cus- 
tom prescribe* ; but it smnn* so ridiculously 
small that Auierioana travelling fur tire first 
limn in Europe ore tempted to double or 
triple it, for fear of appearing mean- Thn 
expe nonce of a fee weeks, however, is pret- 
ty certain to core them of thte aBDsitivsueaa, 
and to teach them that the more they give, 
lli* more will lie expected of them. Thn 
rapacity of European waiters grows apace 
with what it feeds upon, and tbs more lib- 
eral and open-handed a traveller may lie, 
the more preening their demand* booonsn. 


AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY. 


To Ur Editor */ Jlmrpa'i Her tip .- 

Dkak Kin,-- Among thn many discoveries 
Important to science, philology, and history 
which I made this year during my invnati- 
gatioos iu the ruioeil cities of Yucatan, from 
whnne* I have Just returned with plans, pho- 
tograph*, mould* of inscriptions, and ins 
cinga of mural paraiinga, one of the unit 
interesting is that of the existence of Ma- 
sonic symbob iu one of the monument* at 
Uxnial. 

Noon after leaving th* o*m principal of 
the augor plautatton, turning sharp pi the 
left, we enter the road that lead* direct to 
111* ruined city of L'xmal, or rathnr Oxnial 



In the Inseriptlon* carved on the western 
bftdt of the sanctuary. This name Oxmal 
nseaoa three time* rebuilt, iu the Maya lan- 
guage nr being three, and ma! a particle 
that, united to a number, servo* to indicate 
that a thing haa been repeated. 

At a mil* distant i* seen an that road, 
I no nt lug In solitary grandeur, a monument 
built on the top of a high artificial mound 
of peculiar construction. To a height of 
fifteen meters fifty centimeter* it ho* thw 
shape of a truncated elliptical none, the up- 
|H-r elite of which serve* as a base to a build- 
ing compound of two rooms — a sanctuary 
where, liO year* after the ooDqneat of the 
country by the Spaniard*, Katlrer COOOL- 
LCt*o found that sreii* aborigliuia host cele- 
brated rite* of their ancient worship hut a 
very abort time lie fore hia visit to it. Also 
to an oblong, gradated, perpendicular, trun- 
cated pyramid eight meter* fifty r*n!ime- 
t«* high. Tli* top of thia pyramid form* 
a lerrao* tw*nty-*ec*n mcrur* long from 
north to sooth, aud six meters eight centi- 
meter* wide from east to west. On thi* 
terrace i* built the edifice commonly call- 
ed, according to an ancient legend, the 
dwarfs house. It I* Mini, ou account of 


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I It* lofty jxwitioo, from uauy mites around. 
Its lunger sides fm-e east and west, the line 
at n rinticstiiin of it* wall* being north five 
degree* west of tho ciMnjiaas, the variation 
of I lie needle being now live degrees east. 

This building is composed of three apart- 
ment*. having originally no communication 
with each other. HoUw have been bored in 
their partition wall* that have much weak- 
ened tho eonatructiou, for tshat purpose it 
is hard to tunnise, since the room* are com- 
paratively small, and cun not bava served, 
nor were they intended, for habitation. 
Those at tho sxtremiti** of lit* building 
are of equal ssse, nuioauriug each five nietev* 
fifty ceutimetei* by two mater* twenty c*n- 
tltni-ter*. They opened toward the east on 
a small plat form one meter fifty ceotimetere 
wide. That of tb« middle is seven meteni 
twenty-five ceuliiae-tet* long and two meters 
twenty centimeters wide. It* door raced 
the west, and led, by means of a small atnir, 
to the terrace formed by the roof of tho 
•ancillary. From there lb* learned priret* 
aud aatruu-omot*, ftevaled above th* niista 
of the plains below, aould n ithont hluder- 
snoe foLlow the course of tbc celestial lindifts 
in the clear rloudtes* skies of Y'ocnt an. » here 
at t into* the Htmosphere is mi pure and t rails 
parent that stare are clearly visible to th* 
naked eye that require th* ant of tLo t»lo- 
aoop* to be seen iu other oouutriea. 



Theae room are three meter* eighty five 
centimeter* high, their wall* being eighty 
centimeter* iii thickiiees. Formerly tho 
floor* were pit itiiod red, and elevated eighty 
centimeters over the terrare. Their ceil- 
ing*, like those of the apartments in all th* 
moil n merits of Y'uratan anil Central Ameri- 
ca, form a triangular arch. This an-b, found 
also in the atn-leut tomlu of Chaldea and in 
the oldiet monument* of Egypt atMl’Greece. 
was adopted frem choiee, not frets igtio- 
rsore, a* sum* preteiul. by the huildem. 

In the ceiling* of lli* ronai* Militated at 
the north and *nuth extremities of the build- 
ing* are placed, in peculiar sod regular or- 
der. stone* in tbe centre of which are carted, 
in deep intaglio, reuii-sphere* t*u centime- 
ters in diameter, int«t»d«l to represent tli* 
jdaiict* ami star* that at night so beautify 
tbe flriuAiueut. Inside of the triangle form- 
ed at each end of Mid rooms by tlte non- 
verging lines of tli* arch are aUo to bo no- 
ticed several of the** nciii i-splmre*. Those tn 
the north room form a tnong|c, aa iu Fig. 1, 
while tboae in tbe south room, five io num- 
ber, figure a trapecinm with one of these 
half-eiibvrea in lire middle, aa iu Fig. 8. 


Ft*.!. Ft*.t 



tioii* of any aort. Thu arc*** to the north 
and *nuth rocmi* was by a grand stair- 
way of ninety -six step*, twenty oeutiiueter* 
each, that led to th* upper narrow terrace 
surrounding III* wliote mlifice. This stair- 
way, situated on tli* coat side of the monnd, 
la fourteen meter* wide, and so steep a* to 
reqoirr uo little practice and care to ascend 
and descend it* steps with comparative 
safety aud can*. Father CoooUt lsi iuf-rto* 
u* that when he cause to drecend, he tell re- 
gret for having over ascended them, and 
then they were in good condition. 

The middle chamber could be reached by 
walking on the terrace round tbe building, 
but I feel certain that tlios* whom privilege 
tt wa« to assemble within ita walla reached 




it from the went aide. There wna a staim ay nine nirtrn w ide, 
beautifully ornamented, leading from the court-yard adjoin- 
ing the priests' palnce to tbo cotrance of the sanctuary, 
Thence aiMilln-r •malt staircase two meters forty cenliiiH- 
ters aide, situated on the north side of the sanctuary, toil 
to the upper terrace unil to the roof of that luoiitimrut. aiwl 
then-fare to the middle chamber. The court-yard at the 
fitot of this western stairway was surrounded hy hi|th and 
masairo walls; in its centre stood an altar, and on It a sym- 
bol of tho phailir worship introduced in til* enuutry hy the 
Nahuall at the beginning of the Christian era. 

A few cen time U rn aUn« tbo llatol of the door of the 
sanctuary is a cornice that surtouuils tbo whole edifice. 



On this cornier am sculptured, In relief, the above symbols, 
Basuy times repeated. 

Ou Use under part of the cornice am ring* cat In the stone, 


wherefrom curtains were suspended, to bide the sascfsai 
•anrJurmm from profane gate. 

Tbs stone n-pivm ulnd in this drawing was found III tbs 
first days of the month of August lost, in the court of tbo 
prieata' palace at l.'xmal. After 
carefully taking a mould of it, I 
had it placed in one of (lie morns 
in tbnaonth wing of tbs building, 
to save it, as uincb as poaalblr, 
from being injured by bre. rain, 
etc-, aod there I left it. It rep- 
resents the portion of the body 
from the waist to half way down 
the thighs of a man six fort high. 

Judging by the sire. | 

Another atone, fifty-fivo centi- 
meters long by forty- fire centi- 
meters wide, no which are sculp- 
tured cabalistic symbols, was found alao t» 
incut. Notwithstanding a mould was mail* of it. It has been 
impooaible to obtain a photo, on account of the position in 
which it lay, and from which it could not be removed. / 
soon aa convenient, photos will be taken from the cast. 



Cmas -bones form also part of the ornaments of the cast 
wing of I he priests' palace. This portion of the building 
seems to hare boon set apart fur the use of the bigh-pricsi. 
Them are alao decorations representing tho links of a chain, 
and no doubt other aymbola will route to light when the 
rubbish is removed. 

To geolngista, paleontologists, anil philologists it belongs 
to determine the dute when this temple and the other edifices 
that surround It, eonstniried evidently at the some epoch, 
were raised- Their builders took aa symbol of Deity the 
mastodon's head, on which they carved inscriptions with 
Egyptian characters. This symbol forms a prominent fea- 
ture in the ornamentation of the most ancient monuments. 
Besides diameter* purely Mayan, the mural iaacriptiona 
contain many letter* of the Etruscan and Egyptian alpha- 
bets, the arutenem being written in squarra,* In the most 
ancient Cbaldaic writings. 

M ewers. ConXKlJV* IN utter Buss, of the New York U tr- 
ail, and Loris H. Arxft, American consal at Merida, who 
Tiaited me whilat at work among the nuns of L'xmal. in 
the middle of June last, can both testify to tba correctness 
of the foregoing descriptions. 

A. Lx Plohgxom, M.D. 



TI1B WEST rAVADE. Til* TEMPLE MOUND. • 

TUE D WARTS U0l*SC AND BAN CHART, USUAL, YUCATAN -Pmmaiasruxn at Da. A. U Ktosoius. 


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|. Uuulot' Camp, Warwi Hirer. 1 A Satire, Warnl Hire*. S *>4 4. IlippopoamiiMhootini: nn tho Wanii Hirer. fi. Zrbra-ehooling, W»mi Hirer. 8. Culling off 
the Haul of the Hi|)|mt»i4aniu*. 7. Buffaloes flghtiag. fl. A Sttaiu-Lttiach. 

BK ETCHES IN ZANZIBAR. 



SKETCHES IN ZANZIBAR. 

Tmi name include* the we1l-knnwu UUnd ou the cart 
rout of Africa, ao freqii* nllv mentioned in the account* of 
the UVIXUSTOXK search expedition*, and a lung atrip of tlin 
opposite tnmi.Uud- Our sketches were taken by a party 
of hunter* who tried their fortune* along the bank* of the 
Warn! River, ia the latter part of the Sultan'* territory, 
where game of many varieties I* found in great abundance. 
The authority of the Sultan of Zanzibar ia only nominal on 
the nminUnd, at leaat beyond the few walled town* which 
are garrisoned by hi* troop*. The country it Inhabited by 


wild negro tnbra, and although it >■ extremely fertile, 
producing all kind* of tropical growth*, including cotton, 
coffee, sugar, clove*, nutmegs, indigo, and cinnamon, twoides 
■mtize, rice, aud millet, very little lias been ilowo toward Hie 
development of Its natural resource*. The forest* abound 
in valuable liiiil.nr, and the riven are well stacked with flail. 

But tho principal attraction of the country to Europeans 
at present ia the quantity aud variety of game with which 
it abounds. It is a perfect paradise for tho hunter. The 
elephant, liuu, rhinoceros, leopard, giraffe, and aoveral kinds 
of antelope* roam in vast mini Imre through its Imnioiue and 
tracklcos fo rests aud over it* wido plain*, and tho bippopot- 


nmu* and the crocodile are plentiful ill its river*. Wild 
cattle, aheep. gnau, and fowl of many varieties are also 
abundant. European sportsmen generally engage a steam- 
launch to takeiheui up the Wnrtli, the Lilfiji.or lire Hovuma, 
ns they may clmum, as this convenient means of cucivvyance 
cuahlo* them to land at auy point which they may select 
for the pur|WMe of making short excursions into the country 
in search of game. The Warni i* navigable for email 
craft to a distance of over twenty miles from its mouth, but 
it abounds in sImkiIs, especially near the banks, from off 
which the unwary navigator U often obliged to pole hie 
craft with great difficulty. 


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A (WOKT KTORY. 


"Yew'll IxttrT Ur in bod," »be mid. 

Tilt dtaar «■> auciml t+4 hi g nr. 

Slit »bo for till i year* hud wti'l 
The hou»e, « lint now the ruUv, they u 
“ Yooll nut to lol • Then >M you hate, 
My Ladlr* Maude and Harr, and atl . 

PH tell luu ii< that lady Mil 

WIiiimi portrait ku(i un ynodiv nail. 


the May. time o'er ll 


the May ) 
ii a milk-' 


1 Ruuilr lire wild Sir (iroffrey pawed; 

- |(‘Am tnafn/ rWrew «4-fT Ante aw. I 

TVy tame Imre hi l liter lorn re meant. 

AW *. ft lunar nflrr tinfrry, ml, 

| Which •mere a arm endowd, aba * 

Ste. atartuas, wtike; the dream had limn; 

In Miyuicu t umed to hllli-r toon, 

Id-* found. Iliai day. her lord w*a gone 
Till «wme the tidily winter-time. 

" 1‘nr wild Wr (indfnrv grew more wild; 

When all the land waa wrapt in anow. 

The hutbami— who had lately twurn 

The lady waited Ida return , 

T« lore and rliniih — now repaid 

If er frodermw* with atrlfc and ararti. 

Ikat oft would through the <a*tlo go. 

The penile wife l valid only wreji ; 
All night aVeve Uir aat In tiara. 

" But iliieflr <M her fnotetep* atey 

In that great liall of Portrait*, whew 1 

Till, at the a Intel m-wtniig dawned. 

I'm in floor lo tilling, cAowelt ringed. 

A whtefvr xenird to teach h»r ears 

Were pictured fcrdi and Udio fair. I 


Auumc linin' antnhw* I '•lair'd fiilh 
So many Ihv.lTwyr met lur pare. 
The lady oil ltd cat llirtn liy name, 
Anil hdd her grief ; It way her era 


e air, 

TVi lady'* frantic aurrua droiv 
I lei linii'ly heart to wild deapalr. 

And in that liall. where face* gram 
• If earU and liarunr. kulghta anil due*, 
Sir lleolfrey’a ainwetiira nt yore, 

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" 9(0 Mingled nut the port re It itmi 
Of him, tbe Old Kr (foeffrey, Knight 
Cnm4(r, foremost of ihclr hue, 

KiiHnniil iii rounell nail in light 
Ax- 1 railing bin to help Ihi t or, 

•Sir Osaffrey, lime J truM,' the mid. 

Aid mi Iwr blue*, with raservd rrta, 

Pull halt La hupc, ami half in diuuL 
“Tbtst, gliiwmrri ng in the ninnnllghl n>T 
That *hn*id lliu knight in ariuur adit. 
Hr w twj to aln-ti-h an Iran hand, 

Which nf ll.it lady's arm ukA liuhl. 

At. that it dUL and W^i Inc at .'” 

(.hit Spoke the tUtra, with Hidden plpi 
"Ay, iu«t like tfew” — she clutched the nrtn 
0( Maude, to jlkow the spectres grasp. 

Tbrn midnight t we l re o'clock d«l aoumi 
With awful ilntkra to break the talc, 
i»to;.|«d tluil old hc*=t*h«.jNT'» Jiuuoric. 

And then rwuh yautliful fare gn-w pale, 
A*. •«! tbr atair above, they heard — 

Tory raw — the muflkd form . bourn d 

Of — Jamor. the butler, tome in time 
To kick the doors, and make as end. 


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BENKillTED TltAVELLIiltS. 

Bl THOMAS HARDY. 

Arm a* •• P»a run rna M uhm Caawn,* “ A 

n. 

Om the door being opened, a room too large 
to be comfortable, ai.d lit by llm bcatbrancli- 
ranttlrslicks of the hotel, was dlschiMd, be- 
foie rim tire of which it|Hirtinebt the truant 
collide were witting, Tory innocently looking 
over the hotel scrop-lMH>k and album. that 
contained views of the twigliharbnm!. No 
Nienirr had the old man entered than tlie 
young lady — who now * bowed herself to lie 
quite an young na deacrihed, and remark 
•My |irr|oMMeming lain (titans — percepti- 
bly turned pale. Will'll tho tioplicw enior- 
ed.nlis turned alill pah-r, aa if alio went go- 
ing to faint. The yooug man described aa 
an opera-singer nae with grim civility, and 
placed chairs for his visitor*. 

"Caught you, tliiinV Odd!" said the old 
gentleman, breathlessly. 

" Yen, won* luck," murmured fvgnor 
Siuittoxr.i. In wtlvi I • oiliii 1'bj.liah, that 

• I i It'.ubrd nU, i. : . mg. In f.,r »l rat Been 

jktlu a . B ■ ■ I. “blie 

*• ir«M have b*ri- mi no -.oofTin , And 1 
■' in v - 'ir~i ~ < nil ■ r i It uiitintiaa 

i uenlb^'f •- ' ' 'll dr It .» lady's 

•joe-4»l*l In « he 0 H i nm,ir, Joat lit* 

‘'Never!" raid the old gentleman. " Here 
is a girl tinder age, with, Kit experience - 
child-like iu her maiden innocence and vir- 
tue — w hom you have plied by your 'lie arte, 
till this nu, tiling at dna a — " 

"Kir, were 1 not bound to respect yonr 
gray baits — * 

‘‘Till thin looming at dawn yon tempted 
h»r away from her father's roof. What 
blame can attach to her conduct that will 
not, on a full explanation of the matter, 
be readily passed over iu her and thrown 
entirely on youf Locelta, you return at 
once with me. I should not have arrived, 
after all, early enough to deliver you, if it 
had not been for the disintcivatiidnew* of 
yonr matin, Captain Northbrook, who, on my 
diaeiweriug your Might this ninciiing. offered 
with a promptitude far which I can never 
sufficiently thank him, to areiunpanv me on 
my Journey, aa the only male relative I have 
left. Como, do you heart Put on your 
things; ste are off at ouoe.” 

“ 1 don't want to go,” pouted the young 
Indy. 

" 1 dare my you don't," replied her fa- 
ther, dryly. "Hut «UMm never know 
w bat’s beat for them. So conic along, ami 
tnut to bit opinion." 

Luce 1 1 u was silent, aud did not move, the 
opera gentleman looking helplessly into the 
Ore. and the Indj'aeoiislualtting mediUtive- 
ly culm, aa the single one of the four »bi«e 
position enabled him to survey the whole 
escapade with tbe cool criticism of a com- 
parat.ii e outsider. 

" I say to you, Luce Its, ns the father of a 
daughter under age, that you iustautly 
come with me. Whatf Would you compel 
ute to oie physical three to reclaim you P 

“ 1 don't want to return," again declared 
L licet la. 

“It la your duty fa rrlsm neverlhelesa, 
nod at once, l Inform you.’’ 

" I dou’t want to." 

“Now. dear Luccttn, this Is what I say: 
return with me aud yonr coaain James qui- 
etly, like a good and repentant girl, aud no- 
thing will I* said. Nnlssly knows wliat 
has happened na yet , amt if w» start at once, 
we shall be home before it la light to-rooriuw 
tin, ruing. Come." 

"I am out obliged to come at your bid- 
ding, papa, and I would rather not." 

Now James, thu coaiu, dnrlug this dia- 
logue might have been observed u grow 


I, on buck, 

when he could keep silence no longer. 

“ Color, insiUm," be spoke out, “ thin farce 
with your father him, in my opinion, gone 
on long enough. Just make no mure ado, 
and step down stair* with as." 

Hbe gain herself an Intractable little 
twiat, nuil did not reply. 

“By the Lord Harry, Loretta. I won't 
stand this!" be said, angrily. "Come, gel 
on yonr things bef»ro 1 cu«ue and cniu|u-l 
you. There is a kind of compulsion fa 
w hleli tin* talk is child'* play. Como, mad- 
am— tuatiuitly, 1 say." 

The old gentleman tamed to his nephew 
and said.mildly;" Leave inetnUisist.Jnmes. 
It doesn't become you. I cau s|«c*k fa b«t 
sharply enough, If I rltoo**.” 

.In wins, however, did wit heed bla ancle, 
and went on fa the trcui blrwonie maiden : 
"You say yon don’t want to come, indeed! 
A pretty story to tell me, that ! Coute, 
niurrh nut nf the WHim at oner, aud leave 
Hist hulking fallow for me to deal » Ith utt- 
er want. Cut on quickly — conic P and be ad- 
vanced tow ard tier on if to pull her by the 

"Nay, nay,” expostulated the old gettllo- 
tnan, much surprised at bis nephew 'a siulibiu 
demeanor. " Yon take too much upuu your- 
Bclf. Leave her to mo." 

“ I won't leave bur fa yon any longer." 
“Yon have no right, James, fa mbit*-** 
either me or her in this way; so Just hold 
yonr toogun. Come, my door." 

•• 1 have overy right,” insisted James. 

“ How do you moke that out f” 

“ 1 have the right of a husband." 

“Whore husband T" 

“ Hero." 

"wiuttr 
" Kite’s my wife." 

“ J nenns I" 

“Well, to cat a long story short, I may 
say that she nrcrollj married me, lu spite of 
vi air prohibition, altoul three months ago. 
And I nmat add that, though sbo cooled 
down rather quickly, every thing went on 
smoothly enunglt between m* fur homo rim*, 
in spite nf lit* aw k ward new* of meeting only 
by nfealtb. W'e wnc only waiting for a 
con vcit lent moment to break the news fa 
yon » ben this idle Adonis turned tip, and 
after poisoning hermind against me, brought 
lier into this disgrace." 

Here the operatic Inminary, who hail sat 
in rather an abstracted and nerveless atti- 
tude till the round made libs declaration, 
fired np and cried; “l dedal* before Hea- 
ven that till tins momeut 1 never know 
sbe wo* a wife! I found her in her father's 
bonne an anbnppy girl -unhappy, as I bo- 
Have, because of tbe loneliness and drrari- 
Drsn of that establishment, and the want 
of onriety, and fur nothing cl*® w hatever. 
Wliat tht* statement about lier being yonr 
wife moans I am quite at a loss to under- 
stand. Are you iudesd married fa bLtu, 
Lnoetta P 

Lncettn nodded from within lier tearful 
handkerchief. "It wna bccnate of my annm- 
uIimih |HMiitloii in being privately married to 
him," she sobbed, "that I was uubappy at 
borne -mini —and I didn’t like him so well as 
I did at first— and I wished I could get not 
of the mess I was iu ; and then 1 saw yon a 
faw times, and when you said, ‘ We'll run 
off/ 1 thought I saw a way ont of it all, and 
then I agreed to come with yon.” 

“Well! well! well! And is this fusel" 
mnrmnrod tbe bewildered old man, staring 
from James to Lucetto, and from l.ilcwtta to 
James, aa if bo foncind they might Its Itg- 
■tM-nta of the intsginatioii. "Ia tbia, then, 
James, the secret of yonr kindness fa yonr 
old auric in helping bim to find his daugli- 
terT (bH*1 heavens! Wlisl further depths 
of duplioHy are there left for a man fa 
learn !* 

“ I have married her, nnele, aa I said," an- 
swered James, coolly. " The deed ia done, 
and can’t be undone by talking here." 

“ Where were y on married P* 

“ At 8t. Mary’s, IVirtimol." 

“ W lien V 

“On the SKtb of September, during tbe 
time abe was visiting there.” 

“ Who married you t" 

“ I don’t know. One of the curates— w« 
w«ri> quite stiangore to the placo. Ho, in- 
stead of my aaaiatuig you to recover ber, you 
may aa well aeaiat me." 

“ Never ! never 1 Madam and sir, 1 beg to 
tell yon that 1 wash uiy bands of tbe whole 
affair. If you ate mail and wife, as it neerus 
you are, get reconciled as lieat yon may. I 
have no more fa say or do with either of 
you. I leave you, l^icctta. in the hand* of 
your ItuabaDd.aml murh joy may yon bring 
bim, though the situation, I own, is not en- 
couraging.” 

Say lug this, tbe indignant speaker pn*b- 
ed hack Id* elixir against the table with 
such faree that the candlesticks rocked on 
th<4r buses, sod loft tlie mi in. 


l.o cotta'* wet eyes revnd from ooe of the 
young men to tbe other, who now stood 
glaring at each oilier, and, being much 
frightened at their aspect, slipped oataftbe 
MHirn after her fallier. Ilian, however, site 
could bear going out of tbe front door, amt 
not knowing where to take shelter, sbe crept 
into tho darkness of nn adjoining Ixslroom, 
aud there awaited events with * palpitating 
heart. 

M*an«l*lls tlie two man remaining iu the 
hlttlng-ronm drew nearer to each oilier, ami 
the opera-singer broke the silence by say- 
ing. "How could you insult me in the way 
you did, railing win a fellow, and aerating 
win of poisoning lire mind toward you, a bon 
yon knew very well I was a* ignorant of 
your relation to tier aa an unborn Italic f 
“Ob yea, yon were quite ignorant; 1 can 
Iwlievo that readily,’’ sneered Luce tt a s hus- 
band. 

" 1 here roll lioavuu fa w 1 1 ores that 1 
waver knew !" 

“Kecltativc — tbe rhythm excellent, and 
the fan® well sustained. Is it likely that 
any man could win tbe confidence of a young 
f»ol her ago, and not get that out of her T 
Prepmterous. Tell it fa the tmiut improved 
now pit stall*." 

"Captain Northbrook, yonr inaumatiocia 
areas despicable as yonr wretched petwou," 
Cried (lie barytone, being all patience. And 
springing forward he slapped the captain iu 
tlie faco with tlie palm of bis hand. 

Northbrook Miiiehed bat slightly, and 
calmly using his handkerchief fa learn if 
bis nose was Ideoditig, said, "1 quite expeet- 
<nI this iusall, *o i came prepared." And he 
drew furth from a black valis® « liicli be 
carried lu bl* hand a small i-sm of pi*uds. 

The barytone started at the nncxpectod 
sight, hut recovering from his surprise, said, 
“ Very well, as you w ill," tboogli jierlisps L is 
tone elrowetl a slight want of cniMtHt. 

" Now,” eontmuMl the liusbantl, quite oow- 
fidently. “ »e want no parade, no nonsense, 
you know. Therefore we'll dispense with 
seconds »" 

The signor sligbllj nodded. 

“Do yon know this part of the country 
wellt" Couslu James went on, in tlie hum 
cool and still maimer. " If yon don't, I do. 
Quite at thu hattosn of the vale over there, 
just beeide I be stream which flows thrungh 
It, Is a ssuuolb grassy s|i»ce, not so much 
shut in aa fa lie out of the iiiuuulight; and 
the way down to it from this side is over 
the little bridge at the top of the cataract. 
Just hy the cell of the Two Sislerw. A path 
of steps Is eat in the ships, anil we ran find 
our way down without trouble. We — we 
two— will find our way down ; hut only one 
of us will Mud hts w ay up, yon umlerstAnd V 
" Quite." 

'nnm sapiHwe we start ; tlie noouer it ia 
over, the bettor. We can order supper tie- 
fore wo go out — supper for two; fur though 
we ore three at present — " 

“ Three P 

“ Yea; you and I and she—" 

“Oh ysa." 

*'— Wo shall he only two hy-aml-hy; so 
that, aa I say, we will order suppor for two 
far tbe lady and a gentleman. Whichever 
csmww Uauli alive will Up at her door, aud 
rail Iwr In to share the repost with him - 
ahe'a not off the premium. But we innst not 
alarm her now ; and atiovo all things we 
must not let the inn people am ns go oat ; 
it would look so odd for two to go out, lUld 
only mi® come in. Are yon ready P" 

“ Oh— quite." 

“Then III lend tbe way." 
lie went softly fa the door aud down 
■tains, ordering supper to he rosily In an 
hoar, oo be hod said ; then making a faint 
of returning to tbe room again, he beckoned 
fa llie singer, anti together they slipped out 
of the bouse by a ahl* door. 

m 

Tlie sky was now quite clear, nml tbo 
wheel marks of tbo brougham which bail 
bora* away Lucetla’s father remained dis- 
tinctly visible, boon the verge of the gleu 
was rnaefamL tbe captsiu Icmling the way, 
and tho barytone following silently, roaring 
furtive glances at his ciwupaniou, ami be- 
yond liiin st tbs scene ahead. Iu doe mure® 
they arrived at tlie wooden bridge over the 
water-fall. Th* niillook here was wild aud 
plctiirmqiie In the extreme, amt fully justl- 
bed tho many praises, pain tings, and photo- 
graphic views fa which tbo spot had given 
birth. Wfant in summer was charmingly 
green and graj, waa now rendered wuirel and 
fiui last I r l-y the snow. 

I’rom under tho centre of the bridge the 
caocode plunged downward almoat vertical- 
ly to a ilcptli of eighty or a hundred fuel, 
and though the stream was lint small, its 
impact npuu jutting rocks in its descent di- 
vided It into a hundred spirts and sploshes 
that sent up a mint toto the upper air. A 
few marginal drippings had been frown Into 
icicles, but the centre Mowed on unimpeded. 

Tlie operatic artist looked down aa he 
crowed, but bW thoughts were plainly Dot 


soaiL-wliat twain®, and even impatient. 
More than ouw- he had (**rt<«l liis lips to 
■peak, but sccmihI thought" enrh tlisio held 
Tire niouisnl bad eouiie, however, 


of tho liennt.v of the aceiwt. His rompxninu 
with the pistols woa tmusnliulrly in front 
of bim, mid there nos no hand-rail mi tbe 
aid* of thu bridge toward the rn|MiU. Obey- 
ing a quick impulse, lie stretched ont Ids 
arm, and with a superhuman threat sent 
Llieetta’s hudmnd reeling ovtir tbe bridge. 
A whirling li n ui.cn shs|ie, dimlmehitig down- 
ward in Ihi' timon’s rays farther and farther 
toward tuviidlillUy, a tsunck- smack npua 
tlie projecting li-ilg<w of rvck— at first loud- 
er and heavier than that of the stream, anil 
then scarcr-ly to be distuigulsbed from it— 
then a ce ssa t ion, then th* splashing of tbo 
water 8* before, were all the incident* Ibat 
dlsltirbud thu ctistocnsry Mow of tho water- 
fall. 

Tlie singer waited In a fixed attitude for 
a few txniiiitcn, then turning, lie rapidly re- 
traced his steps down the declivity toward 
the read, aud iu lews tli.ni a quarter of ■• 
hour w as at lb* dour of the hotel. Nipping 
quietly in as tire clock struck ten, he said 
fa tbe landlord, over the liar hatchway: 

“ Tbe hill as soon as you can let me bavs 
it, ioulilding rbnrgrs for the supper that 
was ordered, though we ran not slay to eat 
It, I am sorry rii say." Hn added, with 
forced gaycty, •• Th* loily'S father and cousin 
have though., better of intercepting the 
marriage, and after quarrelling with each 
other have gone borne indcpewtently." 

" Well dose, sir!" said the landlord, who 
atll! sldsal with Ibis customer iu preference 
to those who bad given (rouble and barely 
paid for baiting the horses. “‘Love will 
find cult the way/ a a the saying Is. Wish 
you joy, sir." 

Kvguur Smitfairi went np ataire, and ore 
entering the sitting-room found that Lncct- 
ta hod crept out lrntn tire dork adjoining, 
chamber iu hia aiwcnce. Khs looked up ut 
him with eve* red from weeping. and will* 
•ymptoni* of alarm. 

“ What la Ilf — when ia he f" ahe said, ap- 
prebeuaivcly. 

*■ Captain Northbrook lias gone hack. Ho 
says he will have no more fa do with yon.'* 

“And I am quite abandoned by thorn! — 
and they'll forget me, aud nobody care alwot 
lire any more Kbo liegan fa cry afresh. 

“But it la th® luckiest thing that could 
bars happened. All la Just as it was be- 
fore they came disturbing na. But, Lio-ct- 
!». you ought fa have told me about that 
private marriage, though it is all tbe saure 
i»ow; it will b* dissolved, of course. Yon 
are a wid — virtually a widow.” 

“ It is no use to reproach me for what is 
post. What am I to do now f" 

" W* go at onoe to Portpool. The hors* 
bos rested thoroughly these last throe boors, 
and he will liar* no difficulty in doing an 
additional acven niliea. W« shall lie there 
before twelve, and there are lato hotels by 
the railway. There we'll sell both horse and 
carriage to-inomiw morning; and once on 
board, are aafa." 

“ 1 agree to anything," sire said, listlessly. 

In alioiit ten minute* tbs bore* was put 
in, tbe bill paid, tbe lady’s dried wraps put 
round her, and th* journey resumed. 

When almut a mile ou their way. they saw 
a glimmering light lu ailvaooe of them. “ 1 
wonder what that ia," said tbo barytone,, 
whose manner hod latterly bncnnre irervoita,. 
every sound sod sight causing him fa turn 
hi* head. 

** It ta only a turnpike." raid she. “That 
light ia tbu Lamp kept burning over tbw 
door." 

“Of course, of conne, dearest. How «ta- 
pM 1 am!" 

On reaching tire gate they peroeivedthat 
a mail on f'H>t had approached it diagonally 
by a path fawn Ihn Interior of Ike vale, and 
“ its, at the miuneut they drew uji, stautllug 
iu courcniatiun with tire gate-keeper. 

“ It ia quite impossible that he could fall 
over th* cataract by accident or tho will of 
OimI on aueh a light night aa Ibis/ tbe pe- 
distruu waa aaylng. “ I'luwo two childreu 
1 tell you of saw two men go along tho path 
toward the bridge, aud ten minutes later 
only INIS of 'em came bock, walking fast Like 
a mail who w an tod fa get out of th* way 
because he haddou* something queer. There 
ia no manner of doubt that ho pushed tbo 
other man over, and. mark me, it will soon 
rausv n hue- and cry for that man." 

The candle eliotre iu the face of tbe Signor 
and showed that tlrera bad arisen upon it an 
exprvwaion of gluwt Ultras. Locultn, glan- 
cing toward him far a few moment*, ob- 
served it, till the gate-keeper having me- 
chanically swung open tbe gate, her com- 
panion drove thmagh, aud they were soou 
again enveloped In the shadow* of lbs trees. 

Her conductor hod said to Loretta, just 
before, that he meant to inquire tire way at 
this turnpike ; but It* hod certainty u it 

As soon as they hod gone a little further 
tho omission, Intentional or not, began to 
cauic tlrem some trouble. Beyond the »*- 
eluded miMintaiuoua district which they 
now traversed ran the main road, on which 
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hablr already l*n«l there to some extent ; muuirated >11 she knew. A* fur a* nonlil 
but they bad not yet Mu-hod It, ami having bo judged, be had wtue b* k to the tar- 
no one to guide thorn, their Journey began rtage alter searching out the way, and find- 
to appear 1m feasible than it had done be- ing tire y»oog Imiy mowing, had looked 
fore starting. When the little lane which about for her till be waa tired ; thou bail 
they *1111 Followed asceitdr.l another hill, driven uo to PortpooL, aohi the home and 
and teemed to wind round In a direction carriage D«xt morning, and diaappearwl, 
contrary to tha expected route to Port pool, probably hy woe of til* departing steamers, 
the question grew serious. Ever aince over- the only difference trow Ida original pro- 
braring the conversation at the turnpike, gramme buiiig that bo had gone alone. 
Luoelta lia>l maintained a perfect silence. 

ond had even shrunk somewhat away from *’ • 

the aide of her lover. During the day* and woeka of that long 

Why don’t you talk, Laeetta," he aaid. and (odious recovery Lenntta watrbml by 
with furred buoyancy, “ and suggest the her husband’* bedaiito with a teal and **- 
way we ahonld go T" aidnity which would liave considerably ex- 

"Oh >ea, I will," ahp said, a CliriOM fear- U-nualed any other fault aavc one of such 
fillneaa lietug nudllda In her voles. magnitude aa bora hail been. That her 

After tbie ahe uttered a few occasional tilt* hand did not forgive her waa whki ohvi- 
srDtencea which seemed to persuade huu oit*. Nothing that she could d» in ill* way 
that ahe suajiecteil nothing. At lied bo drew of ainoothilig pillow., raaiug hu iioaltlou, 
rein, aud the weary home atonal Hill. shifting bandages, off admiuiatMiugtllMgfata 

"We aro In a tlx, "he aaid. onnid win from him more than a few mea- 

fibe auawererl. eagerly I’ll hold the rein* .a red word* of Ibsnkfulnrws, such aa he 
while yon mn forward to the top of the would probably have littered to any other 
ridge, anil aee if the road takee a favorable woman on earth who had performed tlirwe 
turn beyond. It would give the bone a particular services for him. 
few minute*' rest, and if you find out tn> •• Dear, dear Jatnra," ahe aaid one day, 
change In the itlrortion, we will retrace this bending her fere upon the lied in an excess 
rood, and take the other turning." of emotion. *' How you have Buffered ! It 

The expedient accrued a good one io the lia* been too erne I . I am more glad you are 
circumalaoera, especially when recommend- getting better than I can aay. I have pray- 
ed hy the singular eagerne** of her voice, cd for it -and I am sorry for what I have 
and placing the rein* In her hand. — a quite dime, and- -I hope you will not think me so 
mineceaaary precaution, considering the very had, Jinnee." 

atate of their hack — he atepped out and "Ob no, On tlie contrary, I abn.il think 
went forward through the snow till ahe you very good — a* a nurse," he answered, 
could see no mure of him. the caustic severity of hia tone being appor- 

No snownr woe lie gone than L met la. with ent through it* weakneoa. 
a rapidity which cixilntstnd atiaugely with Laeetta let fall two or three silent tears, 
her previous atilluma, made fast the reins to and said no more that day. 
the corner of the phaeton, mot slipping ont HoiwoIkiw or other fflgiior Haiitton.! mom- 
eu tbs opposite si>le, ran hock with all her ed to he making good bis escape. It tram- 
might down the bill, tilt, eoniiug to an open- pirrd that bo hail not taken a passage on 
Ing in Uin hod**,*hs scrambled llirongli it, boonl either of the suspected • (camera, 
and plunged under the trees which bonier- though he had certainly got mu of tlisoou ii- 
cd this port mn of the lane. Here she stood try; aitognther, tlie cliauco of finding him 
in biding under one of the large trunk*. «u problematical. 

clinging *» closely to its rngged surface us Not only did Captain Northbrook survive 
to aouiu but a portion of lb, mam, and list- bis in juries, but it soot) appeared that in the 
on ing intently for tbe faintest sound of pur- course <>f a few weeks lie would find himself 
suit. Hut nothing disturbed the stlllui-m little if any the worse for the catastrophe, 
save the occasional slipping of gutlx-rvd It could also be seen that Lncotta, while 
•now from the bows, or the rustle of miicmi Kcrrtly hoping for her husband's forgive- 
wild annual over the crisp lUkc-bra patter- ness for a piece of folly of which she saw 
ed herbage- At length, apparently eon- the enormity tun clearly every day, wa* In 
vinced that her focmerconipnoion was either grvat lUmld aa to what her fntnre relations 
unable to fioil her, or not anxious to do »*>, with him would be. Moreover, to add to 
in Hie present strange slate of affairs, sire the complication, whilst she. as a runaway 
crept out from the tre™, unit in loss Ilian all wife, was unforgiven by her husband, atm 
hour found herself again approaching the and her husband, s* n runaway couple, were 
door of tbc Prospect Hotel. uuforgtven hy her father, who bad never 

As she drew near. Loretta could see that, oncoeorumnuicated witheitherof tlieno since 
far from bring wrapp'd in darkuem, as sire bis departure from the inn. But bur imiins- 
miglit have expected, tbero were ample signs dials anxiety wan to win the pardon of her 
that all tbe tenants were on the alert, lights husband, who possibly might he bearing in 
moving about tire open apace in front, riat- mind, as He lay npon bis conch, the familiar 
iafaction was ex p ress * J in her face when word* of llralrantin, “ 8 he has deceived her 
she discerned that no re-appearance of her fattier, and may thee." 
harytoire and hla pony-esrilage wascaunibg Mailers went on lino* till Captain Nortli- 
this aenaation ; hut it speedily gave way to brook was able to walk about. Hr then ns 
grief and dismay when she saw by the moved w Itb his wife to qniet a pari men Is at 
lights tbe form of a uian b»n>e<in a stretch- tha sca-*iile, and here lii* recovery was rap- 
«r by two Others Into the purrh of the hotel. id. Walking up lire cliffs one day, sup- 
"I have caused all this," she murmured porting him hy tier arm aa nsual, she said to 
between bar quivering lips. *' He bus mur- him, simply, *' Janies, if I go on aa I am gn- 
dered him." Riiuning forward to the door, lug now, and always uttend to yonr small- 
*h« hastily aaked of tlie first person she met cut want, and never think of anything but 
If the man on the stretcher woo dead. devotion to yon, will yon — try to like me a 

"No, ini**,” said thu laborer addresse d , little T" 
eying her up and down as an unexpected "It la a thing I mnat carefully consider." 
apparition. “ He is still alive, they aay. hut he aaid, with the same gloomy dryntus 
nncmiscioiiH. He either fell or was pushed which characterized all bis words to her 
over (lie uater-fall ; ’tie tbiuighred he was now, " When I have ooiwidared, 1 will tell 
pushed. Hr is tbn gentleman who came you," 

here Just now with tbn old squire, ami went He did not tell bar that evening, though 
out afterward (as is tboaghted) with a she lingered long at her routine work of 
stranger who had come a little earlier, making hie bedroom comfortable, putting 
Anyhow, that'* as I hail it." the light so that it woald not shine into fats 

Lncwtta cute roil the house, and acknnw- eyes, seeing him fall asleep, and then rntir- 
ledgiug without the least mw-rvo that she tug nolMdewdy to her own chamber. When 
was the injured raon'a wife, bail soon in- they met In tbe morning at breakfast, and 
stalled herself as head nurse by tbe hod on she bad naked him as usual how he had 
which ha lay. When tbn two sorgiMin* wln» passed the night, *br* added, timidly, In Uo* 
hod been sent fur arrtvwL, she li mned from sileucr which followed hta answer, “Uavo 
them that hi* wounds were so severe aa to you considered 1" 

leave hat a slender hope of recovery, it lie- "No, I have not considered wffluiently to 
ing little short of niinM iilims that be was give you an answer," 
not killed on Uin spot, which Iris enemy hail Loretta sighed, Unt to no pnrpcm ; and 
evidently reckoned to lie tbe rase. Him the day worn ou with Intense bravtueaa to 
knew who that euriuy waa. aud shuddered. her, and the customary modicum of strength 
Liicetta watched all night, but her fans- gamed to him. 
baml knew nothing of her pre se n ce. Dor- The next morning she pot the aaure qneo- 
lug the next ilay li» slightly reengnired bee, tiou. ami looked up despairingly to his face, 
and in the evening was able to sjwak- Ha as though her whole life hong upon bis re- 
informed the aurgooiM that, as waa aur- ply. 

mim-d.be had been poshed over the cats- " Yes, I have considered,” he said, 

reel hy Signor Setilbnii ; hot he enoununi- " Ah I" 

eated not b big tu lmr who nuiwml him. not "We mast part-" 

even replying to her remarks; be rowblrd "Ob, James r 

courteously at any act of attention ahe ren- "I can not forgive yon : no man would. 
<le red, and that wan all. Enough ii settled upon you to keep yon io 

In a day or two it waa declared that ev- comfort, whatever your father may do. I 
ery thing favored his mcovwy, ootwith- shall soil out, and disappear from this beuri- 
standtng tbe seventy of In* injuries. Full splint*. " 

search waa made far Smittaui, but aa yet " Yon have absolutely decided I" she ask- 
there was no intelligence of his where- ed, miserably. "I have nobody now to 
about*, though tbe repsutaat Luoelta com- c -e-care for—" 


“ I have absolutely decided," bo shortly and the season approached that hud ae*« 
returned. " We had better part here. You the unhappy adventure for which she so 
■ til go hark to yiwir father. There l* no long hud suffered, i'll -tnu. pp.miail to 
reason why I should accompany you, since be rather w«l than cold, and the trees on 
my presence would only stand in the way the onukiru of Loretta's estate dripped 
»f the forgivenra* be will probably gnut you monotonously from day today u|M>n lb* 
if yon wp|Hnir kefere him alone. We will turnpike-road which bordered them. Ou 
say larewnll io each other tu three day* from so aflrtnoou, between three and fbnr o'clock, 
this time. I have calculated ou betug ready in this week, a hired fly might liave been 
to go on that day." seen driving along tha highway at this 

Bowed down with trouble, she withdrew point, and on reaching the top of the hill 
tu her room, anil the throe days were panned it *top|wd. A genth-ninu of middle ago 
fay her bn* hand In writing letters slid at- alighted from (lot vehicle, 
tendiug to other htuiucwa matters, saying "You need drive no further,” b« laid to 
hardly a word to her tbe while. The morn- the coachman. "The ram hernia to have 
ing of departure cume; but liefurc the borers nearly cessed. ITI stroll a little way, and 
hod teen put ill to toko the severed twain return ou foot to tlie inn hy dinner time." 

In different directions, out of sight of rar.li Tbs flyman touched bis bat. turned the 
other possibly forever, the pcntuiau arrived horse, anil drove back u* directed. Win n 
with tbe morning letters. he was out of aight, the getttluuuui walked 

There was one for the captain ; none for on, but he hod nut gone fur before tbn rain 
her — there were never any for her, llow- again cniue down pitilessly, though of this 
ever, on this ocrasiou something n as ii»cli»*ed lbs pedestrian tiaik BUI* bcrel, going lei* 
for Irer lit Ins, which he handed bar. Khe sore!) on wont till lie reached Lucrt la’s park 
read it, aud looked up helplrs*. gate, which he paused through. Tbe clouds 

“ My ilear father - is dread I" ahe aaid. In were thick and the days were sheet, ao that 
a few moments ahe added, in a whisper, " I by the time he Blood in frout of the mansion 

must go to tha bouse to bury bim Will It was dark. In addition to this his appear* 

you go with me, J aoie» f" anna, which on alighting from the carriage 

He musingly looked ont of the window, had been utitartiislied, partook now of Ilia 
“ I suppose it u an awkward aud melan- character of a dreurhed wayfarer not too 
cboly nudertakiug for a woman alone," he well bleaaed with this world’s goods. Ho 
said, coldly. "Well, well — my poor uncle.’ balled for no more than a moment at thu 
— Yew, I'll go with yon, and mu you through fhwit entrance, and going round to tlm sen - 
the buHiimm." ants' quarter, aa If he bod a preconceived 

rio thsy went off together Instead of purpose in so doing, there rang the bell, 
asunder, ss planned. It is nnnecesaary to When a foot boy raws to him he inquired 
record the detail* of tbe journey, or of the If they would kindly allow him to dry hiut- 
aad week which followed it »t her fatlieris self hy tlie kitchen Are. 
hiiowr. His seat was a fine old mansion The page retired, aud after a murmured 
standing In Its own park, and there were colloquy returned with the cook, who in- 
plenty of opportunities for husband and formed the wet and nimbly m*D that though 
wife cither to avoid each other or to get re- it ■** imt her custom to admit siningrr>>.>it>« 
solicited, if they were to minded, winch one *liould have no particular objection to Mr 
of them WHs respectively. Captain North- drying himself, tbo night being so damp ami 
brook was not present at the reading of tha gloomy. Therefore the wayfarer entered 
will. She came to him aftcrwanl, anil fouud aud «at down by the fire, 
him pocking up bis papers, intending to "Tire owner of tlii* biwisc la * very rich 
start next morning, now tint, he had seen gentleman, no doubt f he asked, a* Ire 
her through the tunuoal occasioned by Irer watched the meat turning ou tha spit, 
father’s ib-ath. " Tin net a geutlccnan, but a lady," said 

" He lias left me everything," she said to the cook, 
her husband. “ Jatnua, will you forgive me " A widow, I presume t" 
now, and stay V “A sort of widow. Poor soul, her hus- 

" | can not stay." hand is gone abroad, and haa never becu 

“ Why not I" hoard of for umtiy year*.” 

" I can not stay” he repeated. “gli* sow plenty of company, uo doubt, 

“ But why f to make up for bis ahacDoe f° 

" I don't like you." “No. indeed - hardly a sonL Living hero 

Hu was true to Ms word. When she camn is os bad as heiug in a nunnery," 
dowru stairs the next morning ahe was told lu short, the wayfarer, who had at first 
that ha had gone. Immi so coldly received, contrived by Ms 

frank slid engaging manner to draw tb* la- 
dies of the kitchen into a most confidential 
I. licet ta Imre her double bereavement on conversation, in * liich Liiretta’s bi*tory w s« 
heat she could. There waa the vaat man- oilnotely Ontaihul, Irowi tbe day of her Mis- 
sion. with all it* histone contents ; hard by baud'* departure to the present. Tbe aiilieut 
lay tbe nudulating park, studded with trees feature in all their discourse wus her anting- 
a dozen times her own age ; beyond It, tbo glng devotion to liis memory, 
wood ; treynnd tire wood, the fanna. All Having apparently learned *11 that Ire 
this fair and quiet scene was here. Hfaancv- n anted to know — auioitg other tliinga tliat 
ertbelcwa remained a lonely, re]ieDtant, dc- she was at tbu moment, as always, alone - 
prewaed beiug, who would have given tbe tlie traveller aaid bo was quite dry; and 
greater part of everything she |k««s*«| to thanking the servant* fur their kind ueea, ile- 
insur* tire presence mid affectum of that hits- partml on be bud come. Ou emerging tutu 
baud whose Tory austerity ami phlegm — tha darkness he did nut, however, go down 
qualities that had formerly led to the alien- the avenoo by which be bad arrived. Ha 
stion between them — 1C noted now to be simply walked round to tbe front door, 
adorable feat tiro* in bis character. There he rang, and tbo door ■** opened to 

i*he hoped and hojied again, but all to no him by a man-servant whom hr hail not mren 
purpose. Captain Northbrook did not alter during lus sojourn at tbe other cud of tlie 
bis mind and retnru. He waa quite a dif house. 

frrent sort of ruau from one who altereil his In answer to tlie servant's inquiry for bis 
mind; that sire wa* at lost despairingly name, be said, "Will yon tell Mr*. North- 
furred to ml in it. And then sire loft off hop- tirook that the man *lie unread many year* 
ing, and settled down to a mechanical rou- ago, after a frightful aoeiilcut, baa called to 
tine of existence which iu some measure thank berf 

dolled her grief, hat at the expense of all The footman retreated, anil it was rather 
her natural animatloD and the sprightly a long time before any further signs of st- 
wlllfutnss* which bad oik* charmed these tentt-nn were apparent- Then ho was slioii u 
who knew her, though it was perhaps all into the ilrawing-room, aud the door dimed 
tbe while a factor in the production of her behind him. 

unbappincea. On tbe conch was Loretta, trembliag and 

To **y that her beauty quite iteparted as pale, She parted ber lip* and hold roil her 
the year* rollod on wouUI he to overstate haud* to him, bnt could not *|ic*k. But Ire 
tbe truth. Tine is net a merciful master, did not require speech, and iu a moment 
aa we all know, and be was not likely to act they were iu each other’s arms, 
exceptionally in the case of a woman who Strange uews circulated through that 
had mental trouble* to hear iu addition to mansion and th* neighboring town on the 
the ordinary weight «f year*. He this a* It next ami following il*>*. Bill tbo world lias 
may, eleven other winters come and wont, a way of getting used to things, and the in* 
and Luccttu Northbrook remained the lone- telligeuee of the return of Mra. Northbrook's 
ly mistresa of the house and lauds without long-absent husband was souq received with 
one* hearing of her linslnuid. Every' proLa- oomparutiv* calm. 

fallacy smiled to favor the amumptlou that A few days more brought Christmas, and 
be hail dind In aoiue foreign land; and of- tbo forlorn homo of Lueetta Northbrook 
fere for her hand were not few aa the preba- blazed from haaenn-nt to attic with light 
hility verged on certainty with the long and cheerfulness. Not that the house wn* 
laps* of time. But tb* idea of roiBsrrisge overcrowded with visitor*, Imt many wore 
*«> BUM t Iiavor to have snWrod her head for present, and th* apathy of a dozen year* 
a moment. Whether ahe continnod to hope came at length to an end. The animation 
even now fur hia return could not lie dis- which set tn thu* at the close off th* old 
tiiH'tly asrrvtainod; at all event* she lived year did not diminish on tb* arrival of thn 
a lifo unmodified in tl» ■ lightest degree new; and by the UusoUMwolv* months had 
from that of the first nix uiouIIm of bis ab- likowlso run the couraa of it* predpeessorw, 
aonco. a ami hod boon added to thu dwindled line 

This twelfth year of Lncotta'* loneliness, of the Northbrook family, 
aud the thirtieth of her life, drew on apace, Till KSt*. 




HOPES AND mm. 


" • A* Arm mm onk, nnd free from care. 

Tin- sailor twili U liU IwHrt at «*■» 

Thl« wus the onus tin U««l li> sing 
Whrn Johnny flr*i came courting me. 
The night i» dnrli. the wind is high. 

1 hear line breakers on the shore: 


I Irish I had him wife nt home, 

Ami he would have me never more. 
'Come night* deep noon. and ne'er * roooo 
Or star nloft n watch to keep'; 

Three wire tlw words lie used to sing 
When little Jack wit nxked to sleep. 


I fatter I can hrnr Ills video— 

TIs W the waiting of the storm! 
Mr l»cart U glad to fie deceived 
by shadows If they take Ills form,' 
The children playing on tlw hearlli 
Wondered to soe their mother sad. 


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For ihry wrro (nil of rhildUh *!«•. 

Anil wubul hrr aim to bp glad. 

Slii' bruohrd tin- Marling tear awnv, 

Ah Hllpatlj hIw knelt itnil prayed. 
8br tried lo mint her orbing lirart 
And humbly naked (of Hearts'* aid 


"O RqW o( the earth ami okv. 

Thou batdeal rerun in Tby hand. 

Hare non on nr rhildrrn dear. 

And woil their (other mfr to land T 
With hopr mir wni *Im kimed hrr holm. 
While bp for whom ‘he linnthul tbr prayrt 


Morel Htpad(a.<t on the liriny deck. 

" A» tirm a* oak, anil free from care." 
The wind went down, tbr gale to open!. 

Tbr good Uii|> madr hrr port nt noun. 
The xailor kimrd I.U wife nod l<airno 
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the German of Sebastian Hensel by Carl Kunge- 


MANN and an American collaborator. Tliis work, 
which is in two volumes, is mode up from letters and 
journals covering tlie period from 1729, the dote of the 
birth of Moses Mendelseohn, to 1847, the year in which 
Felix Mendelsohn, the great musician and the grand- 
son of Move, died. To Sebastian Hensel, a son of the 
musician’s sister Fanny, this family biography has 
been n labor of love. Combining personal reminis- 
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tained in letters and oilier documents, he has made a 
book of rare interest, which treuuqiort* the reader into 
the most cultivated social life of Germany, and brings 
him into familiar intercourse with many celebrated 
personages. 

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United Netherlands. Dutch Republic, and John of 
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volumes which compute Mr. Green's work cover the 
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the date of the bottle of Waterloo. He is one of the 
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outset the reader rocngnixns the fact that he is in thor- 
ough sympathy with his subject Entirely conversant 
with the works of all previous writers on English his- 
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many important events. In the task of p ream ting 
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M Aii.vrrv. Mr. Byuiouds's work treats exclusively of 
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The Hoy Travellers in the Far Fast, by Thomah 
W. Knox, a fascinating ua welt us instructive reading 
fur Iwys, and is overflowing with adventure* which de- 
light boyish hearts. The third volume of this popular 
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other early missiouarie* labored and suffered for the 
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by their good friend Dr. Bronson, and their future des- 
tination remains a mystery. There is, however, every 
prospect that tho boy reader* who liavc become their 
friends will be able to travel with them through other 
strange ami interesting countries. 

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East are profusely illustrated with maps and interest 
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coven, embellished with appropriate designs. 

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and adventures are told mostly in dialogue form, 
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" Harper's Young People Series" is composed of fas- 
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per's Young I'eople. Four volume* are already pub- 
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ton, author uf Helens Babies ; and Toby Tyler ; or. 
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Charles Carleton Corrat'B books of historical 
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nations to gain liberty and to establish right and jus- 
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hardships, sacrifice*, and final triumph of the heroes 
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post five hundred years. In this book an outline is 
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freedom. It is shown how momentous renults are 
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merous important episode* are pictured in this volume 
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other histories, and study the frame-work of which 
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Old Times in the Colonies contains a graphic de- 
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Another interesting volume of history for ynuthful 
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Bknhon J. Lowing. This book contains the story of 
the life of famous naval heroes an<l their noble work, 
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lustrated with portraits, picture* of vessels, and view* 
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A small and prettily illustrated volume of natural 
history for children is Friend* Worth Knowing, by 
Ernest Ingersoll. Many at the inhabitants of woods 
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stone wall, <ir scamper about the fields, Mr. Inger- 
soll introduces his readers to the little homos at these 
"friends," and give* many interesting facts about 
their habits which are only revealed te> a careful ob- 
server. Natural history is always an interesting sub- 
ject to children, and one in which they should be early 
instructed. 

Another attractive volume for children, containing 
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mutton concerning physical aud political geography, is 
HTtol Mr. Darwin Saw in his Voyage Round the 
World in the Ship Beagle. This volume is compiled 
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seph Wolf, an artist who from his youth up devoted 
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this Isxik are full-page, and nqiresent the animals in 
their native haunts. The descriptive letter-prua* is by 
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Fairy storii* are a continual source of delight to 
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W. J. HaYb, a story for girls, of intense interest, tuid 
containing a beautiful moral. 



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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 

New York, Saturday, Deuexrku 24, 1861. 


HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. 


THK CHRISTMAS NUMBER, 


uturJ Deembrr to, u » arranged ai to Ar tewpleie nr tilr/f Ml 
Serial Story and haling Art-* omitted rn order to grre 

place to a fienetnde •/ eijnitde Chnttmcu lore. It ttuhtmt a meet 
Journaling fifty toil, emitted 

"SHAMROCK/ 1 

b Mil. Fsaxk R. S roe* i ox • a fven, catted 

" MISTRESS SANTA CLAUS," 


b Mil. MAKUAtEI Eytiho* ; a charming itery, entitled 

"A PERFECT CHRISTMAS," 
iy M». \Y. O. S luDDAKI) i end a inch Tantemteeu, wiled 
"THE MAGIC CLOCK," 

4r C- B. Barti.i 1 1. 
ike 

ILLUSTRATIONS 

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I'V LX. and the ini/mnland artlltie cater. deitgned ^Ml Thomas 
N*» t, Il/Y wd only remar hrehU fat their definite and lympalkthe 
sdaftafien to the text, hat fee their itiiting and fetultar excellence. 


HARPER'S YOU SO PEOPLE jsr yaa ... 

HAKPEHs WEEKLY.,-, TOO, 

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SUPPLEMENT TO HARPER'S WEEKLY. 

An Kinm-iACK Sui-HHMt.hr, eentoeninf the eemluiian ^fiSn. 
K. U. biACKMOsE't fenrrrfnt and fauinetiug nttel, 

"CHIU STOW ELL" 
and a rf i riled deuHefagt ill nitration, entitled 

- STEEPLE-CHASING," 

>1 iuned yrntmtMity tin h thii cVmnSer cf Ihmtt't W'keKi Y. 


NEW STORY BY W. CLARK RUSSELL. 

A f.i in mil ny Sea Story, ty the anther ef ' The H'reth ef the 
• Ci Mtnwr,’ " entitled 

"THE 'LADY MAUD,'" 

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Hmx* AV. 53 , IV. x/r. 


MERRY' CHRISTMAS. 

S ANTA CLAUS cumu this year with overflowing 
hands, mxl bin aerial reindeer never drew so 
heavy and so costly a load. The general prosperity 
i* evident. Tho shops were never mow beautiful 
and never more thronged Tlie spectacle of Christ- 
mas in the shop* for week* before the happy day at- 
tracts crowds of visitors to the city, and be who can 
not buy nor give can yet feast hi* cy«* and hie im- 
agination with gazing at the windows and the heaped- 
up counters. The tradition of the English Christinas 
is that of good cheer, of barons of bncf and store of 
poultry, of plum-puddingund tnince pie, and foaming 
flagons, and rub}' and spurkling glasses, There is al- 
ways a background of mistletoe in the picture, and 
morrice-dancer*, and waiLs singing in the moon-lit 
snow. It is the Christmas of Irving and Dickens. 
and a bright, roystering. generous festival it is. In 
his recent charming story of Irving's life, with his 
just and delicate analysis of Irving's genius, Mr, 
Warner might have said even more of the fact that 
traditional England is nowhere more practically de- 
picted than in Hrarrbridffc Hall, and none of the 
chapters of that book is more delightful than that on 
Christ mas. Tluste who have read it in some edition 
witli the pretty vignette of the author opening his 
door upon the bashful children, carry always in their 
memory a sweet and unfading picture. 

Our Christmas is of another type. It has the good 
cheer and the family meeting, but the German Christ- 
mas tree belongs to it, and the profusion of gifts, cost- I 
Iy aud simple, is as striking as the festive eating and 
drinking. Indeed, the profusion makes the embar- 
rassment of riches. Beguiled from one beauty by an- 
other, lost in the delicious perplexity of equal charms, 
the bewildered buyer ib at last sure that there is some- 
thing still better than what seems to him best, and 
however satisfactory the object in hand may be, that 
the one in the next shop will impart a still higher 
satisfaction. The volatile butterfly born in a bower, 
and sipping sweets from every opening flower, is not 
more restless than the Christinas buyer flitting from 
■hop to shop. He lights upon every blotmun, but he 
can not slay. Lucky loiterer if he lues homeward 
with honey enough. 

The public advantage of a day devoted to good feel- 
ing and generous emotion is incalculable. It is by 
what is called sentiment that progress is amured. 
Religious and patriotic and political feeling are large- 
ly the interpreters of history, and they are sentiments. 
Like the plants whose imperceptible growth uplteavew 
huge temples, the lineal sentiment move* tho world. 
The sentiment of the Sabbath -day, due to religious 
feeling, is an inestimable benefit to the community, 
and it is easy to see the justice of THACKERAY'S gen 
crous tribute to Dickens's Christmas stories: “ Wm 


there ever a better charity sermon preached in tho 
world than Pickens's Christman Carol f 1 believe 
it occasioned immense hospitality throughout Eng- 
land, was the mean* of lighting up hundreds of kind 
fire* at Oiristmaa-timr. mused a wonderful outpour- 
ing of Christmas good feeling, of Christinas punch- 
brewing, an awful slaughter of Christina* turkey*, 
and roasting and basting of Christmas beef. ” Such 
a tribute, indeed, recalls pleasantly EMEJHON'R sly 
«aviiig that the Englishman's "good” is good to rat; 
but how heartily, and, as it were, with a true Eng 
lish grip, Thackeray shake* the liand of his brother 
author, and praises his work ! It was the very Christ- 
mas feeling, humane, generous, kindly, lliul Dickens 
expresses. which recognized its own portrait, and was 
enamored of its own beauty. His Christmas book* 
were popular because they were true. The two great 
humorists are gone, and Christina* books seem to have 
gone with them, but the Christmas feeling remain*, 
and we do wisely to cherish and deepen it us they did, 

MR. PENDLETON'S SPEECH. 

It is a pleasant fact thut the strong and decisive re- 
commendation of a definite scheme of reform in the 
civil service which was made by a Republican Port- 
nuwtcr 'General in hi* annual report should have been 
followed by a vigorous and admirable speech in favor 
of the same scheme from a distinguished Democratic 
Senator — Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio. Mr. Jamkh is ut 
the bead of the great patronage drptirimrnt of the gov- 
ernment, ami lie lias had long und extensive practical 
experience. Mr. Pendleton is a leading member of 
the body which is constitutionally associated with the 
President in making appointments to the highest and 
most important offices, upon which the great multitude 
of the subordinate places depend. Both of the gentle- 
men are conKpicunuH party representative*; Mr, Jakesi 
is a leading Republican. Mr. PENDLETON a trading 
Democrat. They commit tbrmsrlvr* unreurrredly to 
the principle of the pEXTiLEToX bill, which wo* pre- 
pared by member* of both parties, who ugrre both on 
the necessity and upon the practical method of reform. 
Botli gentlemen, also, iu treating the subject addret* 
themselvea exclusively to it* merits, entirely witltout 
party heat, and simply in n spirit of laUriotiiun. Expe- 
rience hns shown each of them that the evils of tlie 
spoils system ran ho no longer safely tolerated, and as 
sagacious politienl loader* they feel that the frankest 
expiration of that conviction will be hailrd and suje 
ported by the moat intelligent opinion of tlie country. 

Tliis is a significant sign of tlie time*. It shows ilutt 
tlie country is no longer to be put off with tire stinglnw 
platitudes of platforms but that a clear and precise po- 
sition upon the question must be taken by public men. 
Mr Pn>l>LEToN is not afraid at the word conqietitinn. 
Why competitive examinations I he usks. Because 
pans examination* have failed, he answer* ; and he 
show* why a puss examination for ouch a purp<*te must 
always foil. If personal favoritism is to be broken 
down, it must be by competition. There was no trim- 
ming in the speech. It was u strong, coherent, and 
conclusive statement and argument for taking tlie non- 
political civil service out of politics, not only for tlie 
sake of the service, but of the national character and 
political life. It is true that Mr. Pendleton is a Dem- 
ocrat, and that his party controls no national patron- 
age. But unless we are to assume that honor nnd pa- 
triotism are extinct in public men, this fact is of no 
importance. Cob DEN sa«l that lie would gladly re- 
ceive the repent of the Corn Law* from the Tury liands 
of Sir Robert Peel, and tliat ftir Robert's word wu* 
not to be held false because he was a Tory. Mr. Pen- 
dleton's firm and detailed adhesion to the principle* 
of reform is of a kind from which he can not retreat, 
and his words are these of a party chief who will do 
what he can to carry his party witli him. 

Mr. Dawim's reply was unfortunate, It is un- 
doubtedly true that a permanent reform can be accom 
piixhod, like every great political change in this coun- 
try, only by public opinion. But to uppisic specific 
measure* and to insist that public opinion is nut yet 
ripe is a sorry way of securing pragma. Public opin- 
ion is to be known from its repmeututives. Mr. 
Dawen represents a commonwealth whose opinions 
upon tliis subject are decided ; they have been elabo- 
rately exprewd in favor of the principle of Mr Pen 
Dutton's bill. It would soetn. therefore, to be the 
duty of Mr. Dawes, if lie only awaits tiw a x p wiun 
of public opinion, to sustain the bill, lie says tlmt 
the existing act provide* for nil that the mart unicut 
reformer can dr*iro, But Mr. PENDLETON'S bill odds 
nothing to what is done under tlud art. Mr. Dawes 
objects hi a central communion. But, under die act 
that he cite*, a centra] communion now exists, olid the 
very object of ouch a coiiuniicaun is to make uniform 
and general tlie precise scheme which Mr. Dawen sje 
plamLi in tlie New Y’ork Custom-house and Post-of- 
fice. He speuks of the proponed commission as irre- 
sponsible, und as practically charged with a kind of 
supreme control. But it is to be nominated by the 
President, and to be removable by him, and its ac- 
tion. as now, » to 1*> by recommendation to him and 
by his approval. Tlie bill of Mr. Pendleton is the 
matured result of great experience, knowledge, and 
intelligence, and if its principle he ad m i t ted , it will he 1 


very hard logically to annul its provisions. We trust 
that Mr Dawes will take oecaadon to state his views 
more fully. 


THE WARNING OF THE VIENNA CALAMITY. 

THE terrible catastrophe at Vienna lias produced 
the «**!*] expressions at apprehension of our own 
thratres, and the usual report* of their comparative 
security. There is no doubt Unit I be awful disaster 
in Brooklyn four or five yean ago led to excellent 
results in the New Y’ork theatres by providing better 
means at escape, But it is not fire, it is panic, which 
is the nail peril, nnd that can be prevented by moral 
means only. The way to prevent panic and its fright- 
ful consequence* is to provide the atburance of safety. 
There is no panic on the ground-floor of a dwelling- 
house which lakes flrn, bora use there is a conscious- 
ness that «*.apo is easy. Persuade an audience that 
there w no serious danger, even if there be fire, and 
you have done what is pcsodble to prevent panic. As 
theatre* are built, this is a very difficult thing to do. 
Pock hundreds of purple into a gntlery under the ceil- 
ing of a building enormously high, and known to he 
peculiarly exposed to fire, and even if there be a doteu 
narrow door* and a broad staircase straight to the 
street, a sudden alarm would be followed with ap- 
palling consequence*. How can tho* people be paci- 
fied I Not by telling them tliat they can escape if 
they keep cod. because experience shows this not to 
he enough. It is tlie rush to be first which make* the 
mischief. They can be controlled more readily, there- 
fore, by the knowledge that the fire has been foreseen 
and provided for. 

Tlie obvious way to leuch this is to employ in every 
theatre an ample body of men thoroughly trained anil 
often exercised in dealing with lire. The method h 
akin to that on shipboard, where tlie duties of every 
man iu an emergency are pfe-arrangtd, and bo is 
drilled until his action lwcotue* almost automatic. 
The experience of fires in theatres shows that the 
panic Iwbmd the scenes is as great as tliat in tho 
house. There is general helplessness, despair, and 
destruction. In sotnc large theatres there are bodim 
of firemen already, but there is no adequate system 
of thorough discipline. Iu one theatre that we know 
in a large city, during a certain performance, a fire- 
engine wo* "steamed up" in the street, the how was 
brought in behind the scene upon the stage, and the 
foreman held the pipe ready to play if there should 
he occasion. Of course the performance of a play re- 
quiring such precautions was au outrage, and should 
be must strictly prohibited by law, and a manager 
who permitted it should be punished by a want of 
public support. The exposure to fire in a theatre un- 
der the most favorable circumstance* is so great that 
extraordinary risks should never be tolerated. 

It is abundantly demonstrated tliat private inter- 
est can not be trusted to secure the public safety in 
places of amusement, and that legal provisions far 
that purpose, properly supervised and enforced, are 
indispensable. The necessary exits from all such 
places, and the general situation and arrangements 
of the buildings, should be carefully defined by law, 
and cunstaut legal inspection provided, with regu- 
lar public reports upon conformity to the require- 
ments. With this there should be a complete body 
of firemen in constant training, and a few illustra- 
tions of their cool promptitude and success in mana- 
ging a fire would do more to allay panic than any 
other precaution. It is a disgrace to civilization that 
such calamities as those in Vienna and in Nice and in 
Brooklyn should occur. Something has been done 
in New Y'ork theatres to avert disaster of this kind, 
but everybody knows that the burning of any crowd- 
ed theatre in New Y'ork would involve a fearful loss 
of life. 


CABINET CHANGES. 

The selection of Mr. Frelinuhcyren as Secretary 
of State will be generally approved. Viewed witli that 
of Mr. Benjamin H. Bkkwhtkr, as Attorney -General— 
who is Iras known to the country, but who is a lawyer 
of high reputation und conceded ability — it show* that 
while the President naturally choose* his cabinet from 
among throe who have acted and sympathised witli 
him and his party, his choice dors not us yet full upon 
tlmar who are peculiarly offensive to tlie other side of 
the party and to the country. Mr. Frelinghtyben is 
a gentleman of the purest diameter, of cuuceded abil- 
ity, uf experience in public affair*, of conservative 
te mp erament, nnd of urbane manner*. He belongs to 
tlie class of public men of which ex . Secretary Fisil is 
a cuuspicuous example, and of which it may be dis- 
tinctively said tliat they are honorable, sound, and 
lode. We doubt if tlie President could have selected 
from among tluste who are known os " Stalwarts" a 
gentleman for tin* State IVpartmmit who would be sit 
acceptable as Mr. KltKLINUHl'YBKS, and his conduct of 
tlie department may be reasonably expected to lie dig- 
nified, temperate, and satisfactory. 

The successor uf Mr. Jakes as Pcatmaster-General 
will be anticipated with very great Interest, not only 
because of the immense importance of the department 
and the vust number of persons employed by it, but 



DECEMBER S4, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


867 


bIhu becnum* <vf Qie vigorous wliainut ration of Poet- 
ninalcr-Genrrul JaUBS, anil hi* prompt mid unsparing 
puntuit of crime* and crinrinkla against the wrviw. 
The opportunities for fraud and robbery which are 
offered by the vast extent and nature of the jwetal 
aerriee. and which hare been diligently improved, 
and the similar opportunities of corruption by sulwi 
diiing the local pres*, which are furnished by its enor- 
mous patronage reaching into every town and village 
throughout tlie Union, make the office of Poatauuter- 
(.teneral one of the greatest power and influence in the 
government. Its direct pulronage far ourpinuten that 
of the President himself. The President's selection 
for it, therefore, will be most closely acrutiulied, und 
it would be a public misfortune as well as a serious 
injury to liis administration if a choice should be 
made that is not the earnest of a continuation of the 
good work of Postmaster-Genera] Jamkk. 

Some pwwna have been currently named in connec- 
tion with the department whose appointment would 
be a declaration of war against those who desire that 
there sUnll be no relaxation of reform, and a procla- 
mation of return to the system which is detested by 
the moat intelligent public opinion. Tlw appoint- 
ment uf a Pustmuater-tteneral who is notoriously op- 
posed to the principles and spirit which have governed 
the recent postal administration would be a sudden 
and disastrous blow to the general high regard in 
which the President is held. His experience of two 
months must hare shown him clearly that the ap- 
proval and support of his administration are assured 
if he decides to retain public sympathy by a progress- 
ive spirit and impartial conduct. The p restore to sur- 
round himself with a ‘‘Htalwart" faction, to abandon 
his administration to reaction and the promotion uf 
personal umbitions and revenges, will be tremendous. 
But his ability to withstand this pressure will be the 
test of his ability to commend himself to the confi- 
dence of the country. It is in this view that every 
•election for the cabinet wilt be carefully and discrimi- 
natingly weighed. M r. FRRUNcf HCYfcEK, Mr. FoUiKR, 
and Mr. BRRWwTKR are appointments with which, un- 
der the circumstances, there must be general satisfac- 
tion. We hope that no nuui of different character 
and standing, no man identified with views and prac- 
tices which the intelligent opinion of the country con- 
demns, will be called to be their associate. Public 
opinion moves rapidly, and the President must be 
aware tliat the situation is mg what it was when lie 
went to the Chicago Convention. 


TIIE SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIR. 

Or* antidilution that the instructions to our min- 
isters in Chili and Peru would not be found to be of- 
fensively dictatorial to the government of Chili it 
fully justified by their publication. The letters of 
instruction to General IIl'KLBl'T in Peru and to Gen- 
eral Kilpatrick in Chili were dated on the same day. 
June 15, 1881, and they take the same general view of 
the situation. The communication to General Kil- 
patrick is more emphatic and detailed, and contains 
one or two questionable and inconsistent assertions. 
But the sulwtuuce of both letters is that Chili lias com- 
pletely conquered Peru, and that Chili alone must de- 
cide whether a cession of territory shall he the neces- 
sary price to bo paid fur peace. Without oauiming 
to interfere, and speaking only as a friend, the Sec 
retary thinks that, for many reasons, in the llual 
settlement territorial changes should he avoided os 
far as possible. Justly interpreted, the instructions 
import that llic Uni toil H la lea would prefer to see the 
difference composed without such cliuhgos. There 
ia, however, no threat of interference, and no “ hunip- 
tiousnew'' whatever. Yet. like all diplomatic in- 
structions, they imply intelligence in the instructed 
agents, and they certainly authorise nothing like Gen- 
eral Hl'RLBI'T'k conduct, which the Secretary sharply 
reproved in a subsequent letter, which is also publish- 
ed. The only wonder is Quit General HtlRLBUT wuh 
not peremptorily recalled. 

There are. as we suid. some questionable assertions 
in Gie letters of instruction, which can hardly be ac- 
cepted as maxims to govern our diplomacy. In the 
letter to General Kilpatrick. the Secretary remarks 
Quit *' nothing but a necessity proven before the 
world" can justify a forces! transfer of territory, and 
that the victorious state can not be accepted as an im- 
partial judge of the necessity. If this means that 
the necessity must he proven to some kind of gmrrnl 
tribunal, it is historically on incorrect statement. 
The iipceauty of our acquisition of territory from 
Mexico was not proven before Qte world, nor even to 
this country. If Qie necessity of ceeaiou of territory 
may nut be determined by the victorious power, and 
if its dreiaiuu 1* subject to queatiou by other powers, 
the United States hod as much right to call Germany 
to account for Qie absorption of Alsace as Chili for 
absorbing Peruvian territory. It is undoubtedly in 
the American view a right of the people of a country 
to govern themselve*. and according to that view, the 
question of a fundamental change of government 
should be determined by the people of every stale. 
But if the war is to he regarded as the act of the peo- 
ple. because waged by their representatives. Qie settle- 
ments accepted by their representatives must be re- 


garded as equally their act. And even if the people 
of any conquered state are not consulted in Qie final 
settlement, is it to be the duty of the United Sutra 
to correct the procedure f 

Tlie essential part of the instructions, however. Is 
what we liave stated. There is no dictation -, but read 
in Qie light of the Secretary's temperament, there is 
discernible in the letters, perhaps, a disposition "to 
Ura the job" of the settlement. Tlie whole affair 
emphasize* the neutrality of a wise seJrcrtion of agents 
to whom Qie conduct of such delicate questions is to 
be con tided. If our relations with other states are of 
a kind to require resident ministers, they arc of a kind 
to require discreet and intelligent ministers. Tlie pro- 
per qualifications for Mich pusitiunii can not be deter- 
mined by the personal solicitation of applicants, nor 
by the easy and irresponsible recommendation* of in- 
dividuals and committees. If they are not determined 
by reputation and general standing, they can be ascer- 
tained only by discriminating inquiry. 


AN ANTI-CAUCUS PLAN. 

A OOMMOMriUOfY aaggewt* that an objection to (lie 
scheme of uuailtiAUOB by grusral ballot ts Ibst tint result 
would be at tbc nirrey of the mob of the opposing psrty ; 
that la to say, that Democrats would vote to nominate Re- 
publican candidate*, and rice versa. Bat this objection ia 
net well considered, because, as every voter would hare bat 
one vote, if bo threw it sway tv innke mischief iu the other 
party, be would liave lust It to bnlp bin usn. It La true that 
ill districts where one party should tm to ail overwhelming 
majority, It would have votes to spare to confuse the nomi- 
nation* of tbe other. Bat such exceptions would neutral- 
ize esch other, ood ** both psrtien would fasve their divi- 
sions, tbe voters of neither party would care to throw away 
their voles. Tin* uomtimtlou tu tills respect woubl not dif- 
fer from an election, at which few men divert tlwfr vote* 
from their own psrty candidates to make trouble fur tlie 
other side. 

Our correspondent further proposes a plan which seems 
to him simpler and loom feasible, and which he ahull state 
in bis own way i 

“Tbc solution uf Uin problem I., however. lb rough legislation, 
sol require* only a slight change Is* war election Its*. Codec 
this plan, reinvents un, neuspspers, ami uulm.iiuli may nominate 
or snggrvt one or May pnrtv candidates, and the partisan voter 
may cote far his ovn choice and yet oat throw away his voce, 
alule th* iavarisble mult ia tbst the urougest condiilsw tu lira 
slnegvst psrty la the ooe elected. 

" ladvptodttt voting sad pony effieirncr sre both preserved lu 
the plan, which, Uiough uaUku Profmaor Bass’s, is called 


THE FRKPER8HCX VOTE. 

“ It* rules sre : 

“ 1. The voter may pUrel one or many names on his ballot, but 
only one (the flrvt named, wnl«*a otlierwise designated) w consid- 
ered his /nt dais; and sll othere his sc Intitule or serefuieA tier 
qn»l»lilM for the office named. 

"H person named on a majority of all the ballots coat Is 
•toted, and a* bet seen two or oscee persons each named ea a 
majority of all tbc bailees, tliat one who Is so named a ijtm cAvsrr 
on tbr iargiwl number of such ballots Is the one olocted. 

“ 3. In the |KMslUe event that uu person U tumrel on a msjoei 
tv of the ballots, then the person naurel on the largest sumbei of 
ballots i* tbe one » levied. 

“ [Onefratinn . — A district with 10,000 Republican voters restive 
under Machine osatred. sod MM docile Dessocrala wlio aodur el- 
uting taws usually ttot their caoreie curdidste. 

•• Thu new law reuses in forre, an*l the Democrat*, as usual, mnn 
inale and vote solidly for their andidkle, Mr /- 

“Thu Krpnbbcnn coaferenocs ami newspapers (without the 
usual Ulidiog eouress) bring forward Messrs A, it . ami C, Wading 
men, one nr the other of whuoi is entirely satisfactory to all nsem- 
br-rs uf tbe party, The obkgatl'Ki reeling on sll Republicans is 
only to support ae (rev-ad rAoirr ilie preuninent party candidates, 
but any vuler may for hi* jfnt eAotre name any person. The eice- 
Ooa is bfl-i. and the mult is at*oal as follow* - 
9.SOO balkes are rest for Mr. Z 
4yMXl “ “ •• M-'ors. A..R.0. 

2.«KI “ •• “ “ B, A., r. 

«.lon - .... - x., u. 

!»>*; total villa, A majority U *Jhl. 


Tl.e returns are made up as follows : Tbe first oefama Is the name 
Of the ralitliialu , tlie vetxmd, the niauilM-e uf laJlut* un w hick he is 
named as linsl ctoare ; the third Column, the number of tnlkHv un 

which he ia nunrd a» a w-nind choice ; the la»t rotamn w his 


Z *.V« ... ».»00 

A. »7»« 10,000 

It . USISI 7*tNI 10,1100 

C. »IUt» fllHM) 10,000 


Each one of the RepnbKean candidstes is named on a majority of 
all the ballou east, and Mr. A., haring bet« named as jtrU lAuire 
on die largest number of those ballots, is ctoted. 

“Thus, with no machinery, and in the oar set of vutl**, rauctn 
and rutirviitiuri sre brought under the restraint of law, and the 
remit expresses ttMire bniriy thoa under say other plan yet pro- 
poarel tlie will of tbe majority-"* 


ROBERT S. HAUL 

lO Qie drill li of RnnxitT 8. HaU the 8Ut« lowrw one of 
its bios! valuable citizens, ami his fiieudit a mow! charming 
companion. Mr. Hamc’s due and alert iiilmt, his retentive 
memory and delightful cultivation, hi* Joyous t*ui|>eraii»riit 
and manly courage and independence, rotuhtnrd to makn 
a eingulariy attractive man llis tovtowic, which sprang 
from s sincere frieaillitMwa of usture and enjoyment of so- 
cial sympathy, aud which mrittrul in livrly jeet and 
ttsaliing re-partoe, and apt quotation and alitstiun, never be- 
truyisl him into pusillanimity and weaknttM- In public oa 
iu private lifn it distinguished bun, but in both it left his 
self reliance unimpaired. 

Mr. Hale wm an admirably accomplished lawyer, and 
his quick ucn* ami securai y and tbnruugbnem were remark- 
able. Imlrrd, the variety and fullueM of his powers ana 
life were such that there Is a peculiar seuoe of bereavement 
in his death. He had been ill for two ysar*, and be knew 
the probable issue. But he did not relax hit bold u|n>u his 


old Interests, even when Ills persons] activity was necessari- 
ly- suspended. For m.iii* yuan, and sines hi* IwHrsmsut 
from Congress, he boil l«ecn withdrawn from publie proui- 
ueoce. Bui hii wise influence woe constantly felt in tbe 
Board of Regents of the University, and hid place in that 
Hoard will not Ire easily supplied. 

tinch man ore the treasures of a stale, and to keep tli*ir 
memory green is to strengthen and atiwulala the public vir- 
tue, opou which the true prosperity of the commonwealth 
depends 


THE PEOPLE AND COPYRIGHT. 

We have more than once pointed nut that tbe object of 
copyright laws is tbe benefit of the people, not lire pro- 
tection of the author. The clause of tbe Constitution 
which sathoriM* such laws la this country is iu the enu- 
meration of power* granted W> t 'uugrure, and Is as follows : 

“ Tu pramtitc the pragma uf setrnco sol the useful arts by se- 
curing foe limited times u> author* snd inventor* tbe exclusive 
ngbl to their respective writings sad discover**. “ 

The (Supreme Court has dscblsd that an author has no ex- 
clusive property III a published woik, except under some 
art of Cougrem. This doctrine woe stated in Euglaud by 
Lord Chancellor CaIRXeis, and it ia the Eugliah precedent 
that uur Constitution and lawa follow ; 

*' The bitention of the srt is to utoain a IwueAt for the people uf 
this errantry by tlie puklirstiun u. them of works of learning, uf 
utility, sad of smueemenl Tliis benefit is obtained, ia tbe opiuiun 
of the Legislature, by u (ferine a curtain omc-unt of protection to 
tbc author, thereby inducing him to pubiiih his works here. This 
is, or may be, a benefit to the authors, bwt it is a benefit given no* 
for the lake of tbe aothur, but fur tlie sake uf those U. whom the 
work is communicated." 

The intention of the Constitution is frustrated, and tbs 
people are s» far defrauded, by refusing to secure to autbure 
fur a limit.*! iIbw tlie. rarlusive right to Ihoir writings. 
1'lia International copyright treaty ]>ru pore* a simple ptsu by 
which this right con he secured, aud it also, so far, gratidn* 
the sense of Jnstice which accords a moral right to the au- 
thor aud inventor as to tbe producer of other property. 


PERSONAL. 

On Puaday, th* llth Ins*., Mr. lUac-uu prescind on* of lbs 
muse interesting (cumin* of bU life, un psti.'mv, and the reward 
of those who rite superior to their mirruuuili&ga. After the aer- 
tuon, while a eollaetWl wu Imiug made, he red: "I dislike to 
ukn a cullrelkui for any otijecA, a* I think it dcnionilizing. It 
gi»*w many |Mople an eicure fur evading their duty. Many men 
of aliiph. meant evade llu-ir full nbiigatiun by putting in a ceo- 
wnl or a fi.e-cwnt piece. Now I like to see pewnia in llic basket, 
because I know that they are put in by children , hut when 1 sre 
tbe dime* and tbe aickcla. 1 sar, * Here conic the amv of mean 
men.' We ought never to take a collection here of less than 
|10<*>. and freen that to fiMKeJ, and U la my duty to say 0i»t if 
yra dun 'l do belter in this respect than you have duos, 1 shall au« 
permit you to bare ■ collection at all.” 

—By an inadvertence in writing, we Uot week referred tu Mr. 
FuiiKaicK E. I'ltrtcu as tbe subject of sa appreciative review in 
L'A rl. We thouM have said Mr. Faxncan-a B Cnt sew, whose 
exquisite etchings are wi-li known on hulk widre of the Atlantic. 

—Mr. Hkxmt Jasxs, Jus-, is duw nearly forty years of age, of 
muiiurn height, Ann figure^ full nuldr face, high forehead, dark 
liair and syea, and full, t tow out bewrd. Be is said to bear a 
*ln.ng reswinblasKu to the Prime of Wale*. 

— Mr. W. J. Rcitrx whore editioa of Shakspeaie la rapidly ap- 
proaching completion, ha* been made one of th# vlowpwaUenta uf 
the New ttokspeare Society of L/Jtvton. Tho trilrar Amariou 
vuv-pevsident* are flinuus Uos«r VVicirx, Mr Pruczas, Mrs, Ft a. 
!>«», Mr. Ill resow, J**ti RrasxLL Lowaix, and Profesmri Cmu«, 
Craws. v. arei Maoru. 

—The King of liavarim has roufsered s hereslitatT bsrooy oa 
Mr. L vas Fsbkr, proprietor uf the faiaone pencil factory of A. 
W. Faaca at Ada, u«ar Nnrraberg. Besides Mr. Faixa's csUb- 
lial.iusnt in Ibi* city, Ira lure Urge mills at Cedar Keys, Florida, 
where radar log* are Insight is immense members and uwod up 
into aissu Rl fur ei|wt. Mr Fasta hie also succes^ully trial 
the experiment of transplsoling small tin from Florida to Crer- 
many, where they are thriving admirably 

— Hsppv res the venerable Captain Isaac H.turrr. the dooe. 
keeper of the United States Senate, whu on the Mb of December 
last completed fifty years of rartlor in that lady Be war first 
appointed as a page uu the rwecwnraendalkin of Hascxi. Warn 

— Mr. Dr CaaihLC’s Land of Uu .IfuAu^Af >*toa at haring as ex- 
trao nil nary a tain in England u it is ia tiiis country. Al the an- 
nual diiiser given by Mr Mrsoav, in London, a few data store, to 
trading iinmlx-T* of th* book trade, two Ibouoand cof'.iea of that 
work were aiilasrribvd— an unprecedentedly largo nusutrar fur so 
costly a iraldivatioti. Almost at the same tiiuo wlran this high 
rompliusent to Mr. Be Cwituc was paid to bins at the literary 
centre of the Old World, he was the recipient uf a bouquet at He- 
tnn, Colorado, by the leading eiuoaii* of that town and region, 
haring recently finished eilcusivu vxpbsratitnis in that Territory. 

— Mr. Gxxmiik M- ITlusv, the uriginatc.r uf and main man m 
the Pullman Palace Car ( omyiuiy. is about fortyueven years of 
age, and h said to kata sivumwlated a fortune of from f 1 1 , 000,000 
to twi.000.00u. charily in (hat organitatkm. A few rears agu hw 
tuugbl about RCKs.1 raves of law) nw sixteen uilte* from Chicago, 
at a root of about 8 1 .OOO.isXl, and there cocnmtOKud to build a city 
toaring bis name. Hr has erected vast shops foe Mkiag rare, 
and employ* freon M >00 to R 0 iH> workers In wwd. Iron, giom. paint 
era, upholsterers, etc. The city is laid out. graded, sewered, etc . la 
the most perfect menace, and the public building*, churches, free- 
school bouses, and a • UNI, Oral liutui are wsoKIs A preanineot 
feature u tbe admirable and taaluful style uf dwelling built for the 
workmen. Mr. Pnxwaa has a palatial resident*! in Chicago, and 
line summer placsw at I-ong Branch and oa tlie ft. Lasrrence. 

— The Kv« l>r. Cc vies, wnling of Canon Fanaan, says lhal “ ha 
sttnu-U great crowds, every Sabbath that be preoebea la tbu Ab- 
bey. Americas* contributing Uirir fall shore tu Ike throng. He ia 
a tail, manly, ictellcdual-koking personage in llic pulpit, are! de- 
lis era bis brilliant diwcouraes with much rmphasi*. Ksarywtrare 
and always Fiuua b in drad earnest. Hue hi* superb nfemn 
un Christ and flainl Pare, and his f.arltm rh^uence against the 
drinking usage*, have won for him lira enclira.ia.lk- adaniralKCi of 
tecs of thousands. He fct a largi>- hearted and lovmbte man, with a 
pru.ilgK.cs i w| tti.lt* fur wuek Among Ike ministry the Arch- 
bishop of ('aaiarimry and tho Archltohop of Fork ore widely re- 
liwrd.nl A* the l»s slrougsWt xoen is th* Church of England. ' But 
among tho laify Canon Faunas and Canon Liodon are regarded as 
the two missi brilliant preorbetw." Canon Faaaaa'n weeks liaeti a 
wide sale in Ike United Staten Of his last work, Jfcerj mnJJmfy- 
mem/, published by E. P. Dutton, one edition ha* already bewn ex- 
hausted, while of Eternal Uvtu over five thousand ruck vs Law 
bets sold. 


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ELECTRIC K.1ILK01DS. 

Ox It «f tbs Most in- 
teresting features of 
tbs Paris Internntion- 
al Electric Exhibition 
was ill* clectrtr rail- 
road which wmuvt'il 
passengers tothe build- 
ing It was a modi lien 
lluii of the system ex- 
lubtted at Berlin In th* 
exposition of l*7y. ami 
employed iu the l.itli- 
terfeld line, which was 
ope lied May 111, 1WI. 

"'lieu sleetiicily was 
lira! utilised for proe- 
tieal purposes, the cost 
of generating it was so 
high that it could only 
l»* applied to muiiII, 
delicate apparatus re- 
quiring weak currents. 

Bat about fourteen 
yearaagotbedisroiery 
of tbs dynamn-electrii' 
principle placed at 
mail's disposal power- 
ful electric currents at 
a cost which enables 
a* to transform the **- 
perlmenta of the lulio- 
ratory into eoiuinercial 
professe s . Motion can 
be converted into eler- 
trie force, awl electric 
fume converted into 
Motion. A steam-en- 
gine. or indeed an y ot h- 
er mechanical source 
of power, sets in rapid 
motion a dynamo-elcr- 

trie machine — which iMjr be roughly described ns an iron ' 
cylinder surrounded by a coil of copper wire; the curtvnt 
tbna produced can be conveyed liv n Ires to any distance, 
and compelled to display it* energy by producing motion 
In tbe first experimental rail rood nt Berlin, constructed by 
Mesars. BlINKffl and HotxKt:, the electric current generated 
by the stationary steam-engine was transmitted to tbe steel 
rails on which the Incnroiitivn run ; lYoai the rails it passed 
into tbe wheels ; from the wheels, by mesns of tbe axles, II | 
passed into an electric machine placed beneath the floor of 
tbs car, and then into the four driving-wheels. Bat this sys- 
tem was open to many objections: snow awl rain enfeebled 
the current*, and the passage of tbe car sometime* pro- I 
dnecd au entire interruption of tbe elertric stream. Incon- 
sequence of thia liability to acv-iilont, tbs latest Siriir.x* I 


Kucntic tt.vu.vrAT at dxujx. rnrasiA. 

line, from Charlottenburg lo Span. Inn. lia* adopted elevated 
wires !M Conductor*. 'I'liroil wire* are Mikpcinlrd Oil posts 
lirudi the track, and from them tbe fluid is earned by tucaua 
of wires attached to little policy* running along the coo- 
ducting wires through the motor in tire car, awl then hack 

by tbe same method. 

The rar itself has nothing citnmrdinaiy in its appear- 
ance, the motor is concealed heurnlh the floor, and the only 
thing visible Is the lover which the rimer ba* in hi* band. 
A touch on this lover, and without unite, without sirnike, 
without apparent effort , tlie loaded rar glides off, driven 
by invisible force. Another touch on the lever iirraks the 
contact, and tbs train slops— nl least it ought to da ro. but 
on one or two ••evasion* In the Hurls exhibition it refused 
to olwv. One day there was beard, arnnl the scientific calm 
of the palace, 
n loud shout- 
ing.^ shell as 


check it by tbrowiug 
■Iowa io It* way rail- 
way ties or other ob- 
stacle!. over which it 
went bobbing aitd bop- 
ping till it dashed into 
the ticket office. As 
it attack the building 
the comluctariaapped, 
mid a flash of genuine 
lightning lit up tbe 
scene. 

The advantages of 
elrclrio railroads are 
numerous. Thepower- 
productug loach I II* It 
in the depfit, and thus 
relieves tbe car from 
all the load of fuel and 
water which burdens 
tbe atesm locomotive. 
There is no annoying 
nuioke, no deafeuiDg 
noise to frighten 
horses, and no sparks 
to get into the eyas of 
patoeogen. Like all 
other great diseov- 
ones, or rather like 
all new Applications 
of great disc over ten, 
many improvement* 
will have to he made. 
Thnl the system will 
he gradually perfected 
we have do doubt. 
Tbe epeed. which at 
Hints wm about six 
mile* an hour, will be 
increased, and mesns 
of arresting tbe pro- 
grees of the care be 
rendered mure certain, 
for elevated rond* the electric motor tt ait ahefltute neces- 
sity, which would dispense with all the noise and nuisance 
with which we are now afflicted. 


a horse is run- 
ning away. 
The electric 
ear came Into 
the bill Ming at 
its full speed, 
all the attend- 
ant* trying to 


THE IION H n. R1DDLKKKRGBR. 

Tills gentleman, nominated fur I'nitcd Stales Senator by 
tbe Anti lVinrbonsof Virginia, resides at Woodstock, tu tbe 
Shenandoah Valley, a stronghold of Ilrmocrsey known as 
tits Tenth Ifrgion. He publishes a paper in bis native 
town, and i» pioM-rnthig attorney for the district in which 
lie live*. He i» a lull, *|driMlidly built, athletic-looking 
man. with a good face which show* courage In every line. 
A eorrvs|Minileiit of the l'hilndclphia Tlnr* say* of him: “He 
is as w arvn-hearU'd anil impetuous as most true Southern 
I me u. ' Pie Game-rock ol~ lbs Shenandoah’ be ia railed in 
| Virginia, iloubtlew* on account of Ilia pluck slut endurance. 
He ha* been General M.uiuW- right atwi III that aertlou 
of the Stale, and such a fight as be bn* made there, where 
tbs sentiment of the people is against him. and where tbe 
inline nee* sod methods of the Lie morn* tie putty are bos* 
powerful, ha* never been excelled in any political straggle 
in the history of ibis country. He is dew ended frosn one 
of tbe oldest families ia tbs Valley, end ha* a psdigrea equal 
to the host." Mr. BiMurarRura is ahnat forty year* of 
age. a line « tiler, aud one of tbe most cflcctiv* political 
speakera of I lie Hare. 


TUB BK«J T1IKATIUC, VJfcXJtA, BBCESThT DE8TBOTED BT nUK-Paon t Iimr«l«*r» _;.Mrn p,.,» •;«.] 


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Wiikkk grown tlu* ( UrlMiibb. live— 

The own, divivrwiWd < tii i-i iim* trw’ 

By wlt»t heave toil, lit n Ini' rirh »>il. 

Cun spring iIk liWunliig OntMnw liver 
I* ll fn>m prnlrW hronil mwl dii-p. 

When- future him-i- Ntfllr alwj*. 

Awl ttocka of actio, fur And free, 
lip k-vcl *« A WAVujrwi nrnT 
Or U ll when? n lirvMenkriii iwlnra 
Betwcm the li>fly-|iliiiiiagtd |iiiie«t 
Or where ■»*>'! ultbr Languor rovea 
Among thr Wouthlnoil cininm- gwvmT 
Or blootiM It bwt 'mill oily liumea, 

With Wealth'* unniuulirrvd »piri* nml damr«V 
Or I* U when*. through ihangrful iluy, 


Till' nuniiitMUi tliiuluw* creep mul JiIuV, 

Ami *«ift n gh-umtiig *1111 IW.I rlik-- 
Along I hr lull cliff'* lUpplid dilr** 

Hull grow* I In' I'hri-lllm- tree. 

The iwrel. love plnntod I'hrWIiti** tree — 
Where'er extend* lf»' I111111I of frii-mU; 
Wbeivvcr bciirl ran-— lug* be. 

Whal (ware Hu- 1 ’hriidiiiu* lire— 

Tin- Iwlglit. rich fniilnj Cliridina* frw? 
Whal gml»cr llirv. e»|ir« trial my. 

Who ihroag nrmiod the (liririniau trw? 
Icnrr*. picked by luve inolnirliil ul 
Krnm lift lire* Imutcbm of the limit ; 

Kruii* rulkil from every tree and vine 


Whi rr jn |Jivm tlv unii •uulirnm* mIiIiw 
Whale'er i«ii lirighlen lo nor g»*r 
The trembling dawn of childhood duya; 
Whnti' rr ran fmi mow clear nml high 
The ll.uiw of youth'* evprc t mil rye; 

Whnti' iT mu 'make morv rlrhly good 
Tim IiI'HmI of moil or vt > i|imaii 1 iiw« 1. 

Or lilrl oM iipi l.H.li fulling round 
Ai grtiM of earth-joy newly fmind; 

Whiii'Vr run my, " While -irvngth I'ttdurea, 
My llfr he* love nml help fur your*." 

Mil'll irlnw* the ('hri-lnm* tree, 

_ Tit* hearl-twuleeteil < hrifitia* irvr— 
With token* 1 bur tlul luring man' nrar 
Uod'n ntrlk lent luve lo yon nml me, 


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DECEMBER U, 1881. 


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THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE. 

Tin! lion. Ehwarp McPrawnic, recently 
rlrrlsd Clerk of III* Ho«M of Representa- 
tive*. van born In Gettysburg, PennsylvAuim 
in 1831. and *u graduated Irom Pitinaylta- 
ni* College in 184H. For »vtr»l yearn he 
wa* engaged in the printing business, nod 
in 1861 became ml it or of a paper ill Harris- 
burg, continuing in that place until ill health 
compelled him l» tom lii« attention to ag- 
ricultural pursuit*. In IKiH be waa elected 
lo the TUirtjr-aixth Congress, and waa re- 
elected in ledO. Ill IriEl he waa appointed 
Depot jr-CoBimiaaioner of Revenue, serving 
in that capacity until hie election to tlie 
Clerkellip of tbe II»n*e of Representative* 
in tbe Thirty-eighth Congress. He whm re- 
elecletMo that pewillon in the two suoravd- 
ing CoagraMO*. Mr. McPwcnitos boa pub- 
lished aercral political work*. Including a 
Political Ilitlory a/ fht railed .tialn dariay the 
Gnat BiMUcm, political manuala for aercral 
yean, aod other statistical productions. 


[Began In lUsrast Vuili Xa 1**.) 

FOR CASH ONLY. 

Br JAMES TATS, 

Aerana et "Fat Ktiia," “ Css si 0.«s Une,* 
" Wilflii Woan," “Wna—anf Wovso," 
"VTa.r Ua C<« Haa.’ arc 


CHAPTER XX. 
njuiniru axt> Kt«7r.n- 
Evcnymitiy «ay» that it ia better to ho 
good than to be elerer, tboagli rery few 
people lielieve it. A judge I lie other day, in- 
deed, took off liatf tlie punishment be should 
bare inflicted upon a rery mini murderer 
becanao be waa iiifonned that tbn man wax 
"by disposition dull and slow”; but Hint 
wan an exceptional cnee, arising probably 
out of his lordship'* fellow-feeling with the 
prisoner. An a rule, it ia oorwiilered that 
dull people don't "get on," while clever 
one* do. I bare, however, my doubt* upon 
tbia subject. Tlie elerer once climb the 
ladder of surretw in life with great rapidity, 
but often aa not loao their footing (tbmngb 
altpperiuens), Uni back they tumble beets 
over head ; or they reach tbe very top men, 
and then, like vaulting ambition, fall on tlw 
ot her mile. Percy Fibbert, for example, waa 
perhaps tbe cleverest young fellow in fltoke- 
ville, but bis position ji**t now, as one may 
pna, waa fur from enviable. (Jerald I.y s- 
ter, too, bad lota of cleverness. tbuugli of 
tbe kind that ia called “canning”; and yet, 
as we have wen. be bud hi* apprehend. m» 
Pot the moment, indeed, it neemed that 
thing* were going 1 letter with him, ami that 
In bitting on a certain blot in Ilia oflair* of 
tbe suave and smiling Percy be bod, a* it 
were, “ struck oil.” Tbia, however, waa but 
an oasis in hia desert of troubles. If be bad 
been a wise mail, or Mm a dull one. be 
would havo let well alone for a while; but 
being oo astute, he thought that no timn 
should be lost in paying hta court to bis fa- 
ther's daughter and heiress, especially nuw 
he bsd won her hirer over to his side. 

8o he went op to Clare’s room, and knock- 
tag with all the sympathy that could he ex- 
presacd by tbe knuckle*, waa admitted. Kite 
was standing by tbe window with her back 
to bun, and did not tarn to meet him for a 
second or two. 

“ Blabbing,” said (Jerald to himself. 

And indeed Clare waa ahnddmg very bit- 
ter tears. ftiuco the death of her father alio 
had been consciona of a barrier, or rather- - 
for it waa very thin and vague — we will aay 
a film, of obstruction between Percy and 
herself. 8 he eonld rod forget that bar Ta- 
thar had not loved biro, and she auspectsd 
that that antagonistic feeling waa at least 
reciprocated. It seemed just now almost a 
sort of disloyalty to the deed man’s memory 
to encourage Percy's attention*, and in the 
lata interview hUc was MMdoM of having 
behaved with what ha might well couaider 
cruelty, lie bad not said so, bnt, on the 
contrary, which aggravated her remorse, 
had behaved with admirable self-control 
and gentleovm. He lia>1 recognised where 
the difficulty lay at once, and had addressed 
himself to remedy it. 

He had described to bsr in hia picUireaqne 
way tbe cironmatances of tbe faDrral. liow 
many of the shops hod been shut in Htoke- 
ville — a circumstance that hail earaped the 
observation of tbe oilier mourner*, no itonht, 
from the pronccu|>atinn of tlteir muds with 
grief— and bow every ene had Uatifiml by 
hta manner the sense of a loea to the com- 
munity. Then ho hail painted, without ex- 
aggeration, his own feelings, or rather what 
he imagined she hail conceived them to be: 
bow the knowledge that tbe dreut nnui had 
no* understood biro was a bluer pang lo 
him, now that tire time hail passed for such 
understanding, though on hia part there had 
been, bo waa glad to feel, at least tbe high- 
est respect awl rerareore. Indeed, of late 
(this ha pnt Tory carefully ) ho bad Tonturad 


tn hope that Mr. Ljrnter himself hart looked 
npnn him with leas unfavorable eyre. 

Never, perhaps, bail Percy Flldierl shown 
bimrelf so clever; ami y»t l« tire ears of 
loving regret all tbia hail a false ring tn it. 
flare Involuntarily compared it with tlie 
few words her oonain Herbert had whisper- 
ed to hex, hand clasped in hand, when he 
took leave of her, five minute* Iwfore. and 
tbs linos uf nnuiraat bail slued out with 
painful distiiietusMS. 

And yet sbu loved tbia man siitb all her 
heart. 

We call " marvellous" tbe love that is in- 
stinctive, na that of a mother fur her child. 
Hot how much more marvellous is that 
which ia no instruct, but infatuation — the 
lore of a pure girl M an unworthy object! 
flare hail cast herself for a nuxrmnt upon 
hi* breast, and returned hia kiaaca, for was 
he not hrr betrothed, and all she hod to look 
to in the future f But even of that she bad 
alinoat repented a* of an act of treason. And 
when, on the other band, ho proffered hia 
caresses, ami she bad avoided them, she felt 
that she «aa cruel ainl unkind. Percy did 
not put it in that quiet way hiinaelf, though 
lie thought hiinaelf badly treated, fie hod 
no " patience" with the grief tfant inter- 
fered with hia tender attentions; thought it 
'’infernal rubbish," and that mure than 
enough hail lieea already sorrl fired on the 
altar of filial rentimenf. The provlsioiia of 
the dead nun's will hod been satisfactory 
to lmu ; but be had looked fnr nothing tesa. 
nnd lie hail a strong conviction that bis un- 
cle would look for something mure. If Mr 
Lyitei'i property, apart frewi what b« had 
in the mill, should prove to bo nothing, or 
even, as waa quit* possible, a niinna quan- 
tity, fltr Peter would be fir from satisfied. 
It was expedient on that account that mat- 
ters should be arranged for Ilia marriage ns 
speedily a* passible ; and still more expe- 
dient inasainrh as a jealous woman to whom 
he had M Mffifffli fairly waa beut on put- 
ting every obstacle in the way. Thia last 
fact, it waa true, waa his trump card with 
Clare, and in an indirect way he aoulinwed 
to play it. Bnt, to hia biller disappoint- 
ment, it bail out the same effect as on tlm 
previous occasion. Sir I’etcr, and even Mil- 
dred, might do their worst, raid Clare (or 
as lunch as aaulh bnt for tlie present she for 
her psrt could uot tbink of marriage , ami U 
was plain that at Hist time Itdlslremeil and 
puinml her to speak about It. 

No wonder, then, that Mr. Percy Fibbert, 
with so many irons in tlie lire, bnt tlm* com- 
pelled to inactivity and suspense, should 
have resented it; ami though ho left the 
luMiitnir of hia lady-lovo with the gravest 
and tenderret of smile*, should have stood 
outside with a frown on hia face (as an an- 
gry cat walla for her tail to go down before 
abe can paa* under some grating) for bis rage 
to sulwide before lie shewed himself to so- 
ciety. 

Prom first to lost, however, tbe astute 
Perry bod never said one word about Clare’s 
money. 

Now Gerald, though, as we bare raid, as- 
tute in hia way, was quite unable to steer 
clear of that Important topic ; bn took It fur 
granted that bulb Herbert and Perry hod 
been full of it ; and bis first wards on cater- 
ing hia sister’ a room Were, 

"Well, Clare. 1 congratulate you — moot 
heartily congratulate yon." 

8 be turned from tbe window witb aeton- 
inhrrouil on Iter pale aod tearful face. 

“ Congratulate me, Gerald I” She scarce- 
ly tbongbt she could have beard aright ; be 
mast surely have meant condolence. 

“Well, yea, dear; of course, though you 
expected It— or at bast we all did-" It « ** 
had fur GeraUt, ss a habitant liar, that bn 
bad a very abort memory. “ Rat I am so 
glad that yonr hopes — and. indeed, my hopes 
— are confirmed." 

For the Moment she really thought that 
this unhappy boy, instead of having all his 
wits about him, and tbs steadiest j toast bla 
eye to the msiu chance, was in liquor. 

" 1 mean, of coarse," he lidded, very cheer- 
fully -for it snddenly struck him that he 
might, after all, be tbe first bearer of the good 
tidings to her — “ I mean that my father has 
mad* you hie heiress.” 

Lack 1 1* for Gerald tha material signifi- 
cance of tbia information, and consequently 
the motive that prompted it, *m not the 
first thing that struck Clare ; the news wra 
tn h*T only a fresh proof of the dead mail's 
love, and it utterly overcome her. 

" Don’t cry, dear Wore, don't cry ; ha sure 
1 am not bare to reprosah my father." 

“Reproach him. Gerald I" If a glaas of 
water bad been chucked in her face, aa Ger- 
ald afterward observed, it oould nut have 
brought her asm* speedily to bereelf. “ Why 
should you reproach him V 

" Of enarwe not ; there ia no sort of reason 
why ; and though, aa I told you, 1 w-ae led to 
imagine that matters would have been veiy 
differently arranged, I am not at all jea- 
lous — though perhaps Just a Htlla disap- 
pointed. I have not behaved aa I ought to 


have done. I know ; I did give him reason to 
ilistrnat roe ; hot— -but--" And Gerald took 
out bis handkerchief and covered his face. 

* My poor G*rald,” s*i«l Clare, kindly, 
with her hand upon bis shoulder, * it woo 
not distrust, I am sore, but only that he 
thought yon improvident, aud — and per- 
haps a little reckless. If lie has left what 
lie had to me, be did so knowing well that 
I should see yonr inlerrato were looked 
after." 

“That Isjnal what I told Mr, OldcMtle,” 
exclaimed Gerald, triumphantly. " • My fa- 
ther knew,' said I. 'that Clore would never 
let me bo the sufferer. Ho had such confi- 
dence in her sense of right.' ” 

" 1 hope so, dear Gerald," said Clare, hum- 
bly. 

"And Prroy," oonlinnrd Gerald, In the 
tone of one who makes a candid aduiusloii. 
“ though he bra not always shown himself 
friendly to me, I nmst say says tbe rainr. 
When be talks u> yon about it, Clare, if he 
lias nnt already done w. I aril mire yon will 
find that he takes luy side — the aids of Jus- 
tice. That I almntd 1st left penniless and 
you an beireus would, he allows, be very 
bard, if it waa not, as Mr. Oldcastle would 
say, for tlie intention of tbe testator. Tho 
mere wants uf the will are nothing when we 
kiMiw what lie really meant. 1 do nut ask. 
uf course, that we should share and shore 
alike, as we should have dnao If things had 
been Gie other way. bnt some amiable ar- 
rangement-something of Hie same kind — 
Percy thinks, should be entered into for my 
benefit." 

'• l think yon may tru*t ms,” said Clare, 
faintly smiling. "1 don't want- even Parry 
to advise roe a a to right or wrong.” 

“No, nor Herbert either," anid Gerald, 
quickly, for, next l« making mire of our 
friends, it is as w»]| to pro tide against onr 
enemies. " Herbert has always don* his 
brut to worm himself Into my father's good 
grace*, and act him against me." 

"Oh, Gerald (Gerald (don't aay that; Her- 
bert. is Justine itself” 

“Well, yuu'll see. He'll be the rety man 
to oppose my getting my right*. It was lie, 

I know, who suggested that I should no) 
Lave a lump *am. lliat'a down in the will.” 
“Bui, my dear Gerald, what ran a hoy 
lih* you want at prenent with a lamp sum, 
which I suppose means a large sum of ready 
money. If yon have any debts, of course 
they shall lie paid." 

There was u moment when, taking note 
uf Clare's gentle Imks and tender clasp of 
her band kit bis, he hail a mind to tell her 
all. How U* had clandestinely contract- 
ed a disgraceful marriage ; how something 
waa on its way toward Jifo which would 
he a life-long harden to him; how he hod 
Inst money, os well aa spent it, which was 
not his own. Bill hi* habitual canning re- 
strained him. 

“ Well, of conn* 1 have debt*,” be said, 
doggedly. " 1 hare expenses too, aa every 
young fellow baa— aa a fellow, I mean, in 
my |Hi«itiou” — for be saw he waa making a 
bad impression — “bos a right to have." 

“I will consult with Mr. Oldraatle, Ger- 
ald.” said Clare, earnestly, “ and everything 
aboil be managed for the beet. Pray, pray 
believe that I have nothing lint your good, 
the good of my dear fathers son, at heart." 

“ 1 bmt rather yon iHinxilteat with Percy, 
for lu-'s a young fallow blmaolf, aod know*. 
Mr. Oldcastle is an old fogy, and a skinflint 
besides, lie woo Id suggest, perhaps, three 
bn ml red a year." 

In Clare'a eyes three hundred a year for a 
young genlleunou wbo was hardly nineteen, 
amt lived at home, seemed a very sufficient 
allowance; but mhe only observed with a 
ugh, “All that ehall be aeen to, Gerald, 
but I must take the advice of wiser heads 
than mine." 

"Well, Percy, of course, woo Id be ynor 
natural adviser. I am sure I atn quite will. 
Ing to leave everything tn his g«sl feeling 
ami erase of Justice.” 

Clare thought it strange that Gerald 
eboahl exhibit tin* confidence in Percy, be- 
t ween whom and _ himself, a e be had often 
sold, " there waa no love Inat" ; aud it also 
occurred to her that Mr. Oldcastle, m much 
the older man, and her father's friend aud 
professional adviser, waa tho more proper 
person to cnosult oo such a matter. But os 
abe perceived it would annoy Gerald to aay 
so, she only Ironed her bend. A sense that 
she was somehow placed In aiitaguaisas lo 
Gerald, or rather that ha conceived her to 
lie *o, oppressed her, and begat a sense of 
embarrassment. It was literally a relief to 
her — such as ia hailed by a besieged garri- 
son — that her maid entered tbe room with 
" Mr. Olilcastle's compliments, aud, if ran* 
vimlent, h* would come up stairs and have 
a few words with her.” 

“ Now,” ssi d Gerald, witb great earnest- 
ere*, "you be firm, Clare. Tbe lawyers al- 
ways go by tbe letter and not by the spirit ; 
you mustn’t 1st him breed bad blood between 

"Bad blood!" 


" I mean, being a lawyer, nothing woald 
probably please him more than that we two 
should quarrel, which, living a* we do under 
the some roof, would be to the last degree 
unpleasant." 

The toDo m wall aa the words were men- 
acing. and under other circu instances would 
have brought the fire of defiance into flare's 
eyaa. She woa not a girl lo lie coerced into 
anything ; but on tbe present occasion aho 
only answered, gently, "It taka* two to 
make a quarrel, Gerald,” awl kissed him aa 
he left the room. 

Neither tbe kiss nor the assurance, how- 
ever, wna warmly received. 8 be felt that 
there sere troubles coming of a different 
anrt from those which had hitherto Wallen 
her, and in addition to them. It had been 
her earnest wish, and even her prayer, that 
fur the future Gerald and s lie should live* as 
•inter aud brol ber ought to d»; hut she could 
not help feeling that it would lie very diffi- 
cult U> gel no with him. Percy, too, she 
could not conceal from herself, was for froan 
pleased with her. In a word, abe fell not 
only forlorn and bereaved, but isolated. 

Thank Heaven, good little Miss Darrell 
was coming to-morrow ! 


CHATTER XXI. 

xixxnt, 

MtM Axmc Damucij. (commonly called 
Nannie by her intimate friends) wa* a hula 
lady of fifty nr thereabouts, wbo, thanks to 
early trouble* and later cares, looked in 
anmn reepoct* a hundred- Her face waa 
deeply lined, irer boar w»* white aa snow, 
and she had only a few ounces of flesh oo bar 
bones, impartially diatri t -cited. Bnt her mau - 
tier waa cheerful nnd even airy, her eye* 
bright ami bird-like, and her heart w«* 
young. I should rather say it waa rejuie- 
neweeut, for a sort of Indian summer (except 
that it wa* to last), had befallen it, As a 
pupil -teacher she hail tasted very few of tbs 
delights of ymith ; her friendship with 
flare's mother bsd been the one bright fea- 
ture of that dreary existence ; os a govern- 
ess she had had a still harder time of it; 
and as a school-inlstrvwa who never shirked 
her duty she had Iweii worn, os she heraelf 
expremed it, to fiddle-strings. Hnt compe- 
tence and leisure bad cotno at last to her; 
and, who!, also, seldom lisppena.not too late. 
Unlike the birds, she sang in tbe winter In- 
stead of the apriug. H«r experience was, 
for one of her sex, large and varied ; life bad 
no longer any illusions for her (Indoad, poor 
soul, It never hail had any), bnt sbe found 
It enjoyable. Though her face wna wrin- 
kled, it hail the delicate complexion of a 
child, which, combined with Hi* fragility of 
her form and tbe dinnnutivcDiwiof herslat- 
tire, gave her tbe look of a figure ui Dresden 
china. 

“ How good of yon to come T whispered 
Clare, after a long embrace. 

“Good of me! It t* the sort of goodness 
most easily practiced — the doing wbat one 
likes beat. What could be so plea san t to 
nw as to come to you T Only if yon cry I 
shall go away again. Yon know I newt 
could stand tears,” 

She hail •*« si a good deal of them in her 
liiue.DevertkrlrM ; and if she herself, (banka 
to I be necessity of self-control, had shod bnt 
few, it wa* uot because sbe had not had 
plenty to cry about. 

“ I can not help It, Nannie. I waa think- 
ing of the last time you were here." 

“ When yonr dear papa was alive. I un- 
derstand all that. Do you think, however, 
be would wiah you to weep like that I 
That is an rely the great point now — how 
you ran best fulfill bis wisbee.” 

“ It ia, indeed,” sighed Clare, thinking of 
many things : of wliat Mr. nhlrasUe had im 
pressed upon her with respoel to OeraUl ; of 
what Gerald bimaelf had aaid to har; and 
ehiefly of her lover. 

Mine Darrell atone* nudentood that there 
wa* a difficulty somewhere, and shifted her 
ground. 

“ It ia easy to see from your eye*, toy poor 
darling, that your debt of sorrow baa been 
overpaid. Yet yotir father waa a good man.” 

" ill* beat of men," answered Clare, fer- 
voatly. 

“ Then it la certain be la in heaven.’ Win 
was about to add, " with yonr sainted mo- 
ther," but the remembrance of hia reeond 
marriage, snggeeting a plurality of sainted 
wives, restrained her. " And if in heaven, 
why should you weep I Such behavior is 
nnt only Illogical, for it i* impossible you 
can grudge him Ins eternal happiness, but 
uiiflta you for your earthly duties, llua 
can you consider what is best to be done (nr 
other* — which is what we are given brain* 
for — when yonr thought* ore fixed upon one 
for whom yon can du uotliing, except, of 
coarve. carrying oat hi* whslisa." 

“ But that is the difficulty, Nanni*.'' 

“Tears, however, will only render you less 
fit tn nop* witb It." 

Then w*a a touch of tbe school mistress in 


DECEMBER M, 189!. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


871 


bur loop, which was not inopportune. Clare 
was Jual now not ouly in need of a count il- 
lur, hut even to Btinre extent of a dictator. 

Before an hour hod c«wil, Mies Darrell 
waa In full poasasaiom of tbe circumstance* 
in which her young friend wo* placed oh re- 
garded Gerald, and hod irnmed more, ]>er- 
haps, than Clare waa aware of, or hod m- 
tr ailed aba abotxld, of licr relation* with 
Percy. 

“I rmwJ look at thl ii it* f>>r a little with 
my own eye*,- waa tha old Uriy'aeoaeliialan, 
*' before giving yon any definite opinion 
Hot 1 think yon may trtut to roc, at all 
event*, aa to bnaiuesa matter* - * 

If Min* DottvII hud a weaktteas, it area the 
conviction that the wa* a " woman of buai- 
dm,'' anil It ninet le allowed tliat a be had 
enme ran*# for It. Aa a geur-ral rule I have 
noticed that the ladlea who have acquired 
thi* reputation derive it from their law yer*, 
and that it ia conferred on account of the 
number of letter* the aaid client* write to 
them, each of which detrouiil* o reply — price 
six and vigtitpeinw. Mi** Darrell lind had 
little or nothing to do with lawyer*; but 
vhe had a very accurate knowledge of 
finance*, and a consciousness of the value 
of money, which to pernoti* of aentiuicut 
would |ierhap* bale normed incompatible 
willi a generou* ami aimpl# onion- She 
would have given the very *liaw| off her 
back, in the bitterest of winter weather, to 
any one ahe loved, had *nrh a aacnfioe brail) 
required; hut ahe understood the comfort 
of clothing, and apecially the exceeding ili*- 
ronifert arinlug timii It* Insufficiency. Her 
•OIU* Of tbo evil* of poTrrty, quickened hy 
long experience, n aa in no way dulled by her 
present prosperity, anil, curiunsly cnoiigli, It 
indirectly led her to ire Gerald'* apologiet. 
Clare had told her, hot in tbo way of com- 
plaint of him, bur In explanation nf that 
want of sympathy with her half-tirother of 
which *he bad accused herself, and deplored, 
how be had come on the very day of her fa- 
ther’s fnoeral to congratulate her upon be- 
ing hi* heireo*. " It termed to me *o sadly 
Ill-timed,’’ ahe aald, “ and altogether no»ml- 
ahle, that I am afraid it rather net me again*! 
him. 1 ' 

“TbeD I don’t think it abould have done 
ao,” said the old lady, bluntly, “It i* a 
matter of very great congratulation that 
you are loft Independent of all money cans. 
Every other kind of trouble i* healed by 
time, but those eudnre forever. It is only 
those who have not felt it wbo underrate 
the pinch of pcoerty. When sorrow such 
a* your* OTtllMN US, It arauvi* for the time 
tliat nothing else i* worth thlbktng almnt; 
hut If narrow or iuMifikicnt meatm aroom- 
paay it, we have *oon to think of how to 
make them go as far a « poeaiblr, to the nt- 
ternxvd, to liftkb what iw not clastic. Our 
sorrow, w liu-Ii si'cnred nouielhiiig divine and 
eternal, I* thou quenched m sordid run ; 
but it is a very miserable way of getting rid 
of it. Dear Clare," continued the old wo- 
man, speaking with energy, “I hail once a 
free arid independent spirit like yourself. 
Thank Heaven, it ha* been restored to me; 
hue I shall never forget what it coat mo, 
and how 1 lost it. The shifts I have beoci 
put to, the wretched scraping* and hoard- 
ing*, the adding of not house to home and 
field to field, but of efallling to shilling — 
three things, not to mention the uci-cmily 
of holding one’* band when Pity cried, 'Give, 
give,* are not easily forgotten ; hot, bitter- 
est of all, and the remembrance of which 
can never fails, are the alight* and contume- 
lies that Poverty compel* ll* to anlmilt to; 
the hypocrisies it force* upon u»; llic haled 
breath, when we should speak out; the bend- 
ed knoe, when »« should stood upright ; 
the—" 

Rfae stopped sndilenly, quivering with 
•motion. “No matter. desr; all tliat I* punt 
and gone. Where were wel Talking of 
Gerald — true. Well, I think he viu quite 
right to congratulate yoo." 

*' I have forgiven him, I am sore. Indeed, 
your word* have put his own in qnkto a dif- 
ferent light. It wa* tbs iiMipportuiiensMi 
of the time, I think, that struck sir. Percy, 
for example, run or dreamed of alluding to 
niiMiur mature. - * 

" Indeed.* The tone of this remark wa* 
what wine merchant* term “extra dry." 
“I toppreo it is tire privilege of engaged 
young lodio* to know what their lover* 
dream aho«t." 

“ 1 mean," sold Clare, with a quick flnsh, 

“ that Perey ha* too much gored taste and 
delicacy of mind to have thought of aach 
thing* at such a time, much Ires to have 
talked about them." 

“And Herbert!" 

“ And of cooreo Hrrliert too. Indeed, at 
no time does Herbert mnch concern hinteelf 
with pecuniary matters. He is considera- 
tion and kindness itself, and there t* no on* 
— no oti* — of wham dear papa had a higher 
opinion." 

“Ha always gave me the impression of 
being a very sensible young man," said Miss 
Dorrs t), quietly, “Though ho take* no- 


thing under your father’s will.it seems, the 
continuation of partnership with Sir Peter 
must bn of great advantage to him, aitios be 
ha* money in the bn* in SB*” 

“ I suppose so; I'm sure I hope so." 

“But surely you sinrt know I under- 
stood that the year** profit* would lie euor- 

“So it la expected; but Mr. OldcaMle 
took great pallia to point out to ms that 
tbnt wna but a contingency. 1 am afraid I 
diil not give him my whole attention, bat 
he fainted that things might possibly go tbe 
other way.” 

“ You mean that tbs firm might have low- 
e* instead of gains, for which your father’s 
estate would bo reapnn*lbl*-" 

“ Yea ; and in that cure, a* I nnderatond 
him, there would be very little left for poor 
Gerald to quarrel abont." 

“Then there can l*< nothing but wbnt is 
in tha business — no saving*," suggested 
Him Darrell, thoughtfully. 

“I suppose not; at all events very little, 
and Mr. Ohtcastle even spoke of a deficit. 
There may tre liabilities; he said something 
about an uulimltod company.” 

"Hut, my darling, that ia nanal impor- 
tant," put in the lady, esnwwlly; "It may 

“Yon had Ire t ter talk to Mr. Oldcastls 
yourself," said Clare, wearily. “Oh drar’ 
uh dear! this money — it has act Gerald 
agaiiMt mo already, you nee.” 

“ Yea, it* Uie root of all svll," awreiited 
the old lady ; “ bat there - * one thing woe*, 
in v dear, than money- and that ia, the want 
of it. How’a Sir Peter T 

“I believe ho is as well aa usual, ” aaid 
Clare, coldly. 

“ Ah ! ao | shnuld suppose, and in his uaa- 
si apinta. 1 should think he waa a man 
wbo could trear to loa# he* friends with * 
great deal of pli ilosopby." 

“ I don’t think Sir Peter waa ever a friend 
of papa, though bo wa« hi* partner." 

“Indeed- Tliat btwhat seems to me a risk 
In partnership that I* nut duly cxnnitdernd 
If there is a oummou bund of aympathy, 
well and good; indeed, nothing could he 
more pleasant ; but if tbe bond ia only one 
of iulereet, it must become very irksome. 
It i» alitwwt a* great a lottery a* marriage." 

“Yon don't fall in hire with your part- 
ner, however, before entering with him into 
hnuboM,” said Clare, smiling <f"r the first 
time fur many a day) at tlie old lady's w- 
ri Quanta*. 

“No; yon do that with yonr eye* open, 
which is so far an advantage. I am not 
speakiDg of yonr c»*e, my dear, of conrwe ; 
you have known Perry Flblrert all bis life; 
it ia Dot a matter of love at Amt sight — tak- 
ing a hoose to live in all yonr life, a* it 
were, without inquiries, just because it looks 
well from the railroad.” 

“Bui I did love Percy at first sight," 
smiled Clare- “ Yon will forgive me, my 
dear Nannie, fur aaying that thi* la non of 
tile few things you don't utMlerataud.” 

“No doubt, my dear," answered tbo old 
lady, limply. “It’s a mystery to spinster*. 

I have never loved anybody till I felt, so to 
speak, justified in no doing, I like to have 
■ northing to go upon. Lor* one in* to me 
like ice, and one ought to try whether It 
will bear or not before one venture*." 

Clare laughed again, and this limo quite 
merrily. 

“ l-ov* l« not at all Ilk* ice, 1 d» assure 
yon. Namin'." 

“ Dy-tho-bye, talking of ice," aaid tha old 
lady, “ bow is yonr friend Mildred !" 

Clare's face grew very grave. “She ia 
quite well, 1 believe: I have nut seen much 
of her lately. 

“Ah! she is not one, I should imagine, 
wbo agrees with Solomon that it is better to 
come to tbe house of raociruiog than to that 
of feasting.” 

“I do not say she ha* Ireon inattentive, 
tmt tho fact »», w* are not very sympa- 
thetic." 

“You don't like the same things or tha 
same people." 

Clare fell the color glowing in her cheeks, 
thongli Mia Would have given world# to hide 
It from the other - * scrut I nixing glance. 

" We have not the same taste* m any 
way." ahe answered, quietly, “ and 1 don’t 
think Mildred like* me.” 

"Tliat » unfortunate, *in« you ore going 
to marry into ilia family." 

“Yea, it Is *o: one ha* niiafortnnim, yoo 
see,* ahe added, with a ghost of a aimle, 
“even though one is on heiress. " 

The old laxly nodded and went on with 
her Derail*- work Itfae was always armed with 
a needle and threail, being eoustitntimially 
unable to sit idle (nr five minute*). Then 
tho ennveraatton grew more desultory, suit 
she refrained from asking any more ques- 
tions. She had already poweased herself 
generally of His map of tha country with 
reapenr to lie? young Mend'* affair*. The 
hy-patha, ahs flattered herself, she should 
presently discover for herself. 


JOHN W. FORNEY’. 

Couixkl Jon* W. Fouxkv, who died in 
Philadelphia ou the 9th Inst-, wa* for over 
thirty yearn a conspicuous figure in the poli- 
tic* and journalism of the t’uited State*. 
In his twentieth year be became proprietor 
of the Lancaster IrUllif rarer, and from that 
period to the time of fat* death wa* constant- 
ly in the editorial hamaas. Hi* position* a* 
Clerk of the House ofReprcacntaUvratii infill 
and I960, and Herretary of the donate during 
tire aix years following, did not interrupt bis 
editorial work, which with him *m always 
a passion, but furnish#*! him with abundant 
material, which he promptly utilised, and 
which imparted a freshness. lutereat, and pi- 
quancy to hi* articles. Three were rend with 
avidity, and were largely quoted and eom- 
tnruted npoi) by the press of the country. 
Colonel FoKXXY w a* a mail of chi vslric char- 
acter. Ho waa always binding lii* voice asd 
pen in the promotion of good public nira- 
wins, and his real in advancing tbo intercut* 
of three in whom he took persona] interest 
never faltered nor cooled. Indeed, murli of 
bis hfo wo* devoted to tbe service of others. 
His good offices tu behalf of good fellow* 
were proverbial, and hi* fertility of rcvwvirc* 
and siiggratinn wa* often Invaluable. Hbs 
/cnwiwtovvcw #/ BiNIr Mr* ia one of tbe licet 
works of it* clow (hat baro been published , 
In this country, and worthy of tbe largr sale 
it ha* commanded. Hoeially, Colonel Fon- 
Kltr wo* one of the moat delightful of tu*B. 
His long and intimate pcrwniiat intercourse 
with three who have been foremost in tbo 
political, literary, and journalistic life of the 
coon try wa* not snrp sated by that of nny 
other man, and hi* charm a* a rmwstarr mndo 
him tbo moat foaeliiAttng of conipauiiwi*. 
Tbe tributes to hi* abilities and sterling 
qualities ahow how nniveraally he was es- 
teemed by tho prow aod by all wbo knew 
him. 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

A ETXTimn** aanounoM that fourteen out of 
every twvniy wen ia the United £tatr* carry 
watches. Three, it hIiouIi! he borne in mind, are 
Hummer figures. In the winter, lawny pereooe 
prefer to hang op their w*uhe* and take down 
their overroaU. 

Despite all that has been s*H about malaria 
there, h ir churned in Washington that the eapi- 
ul is visibd by a larger number of bridal partita 
this winter than ever before. 

A fla g was recently seen flying “ union down - ’ 
cw a little iilaad in Breton Harbor on winch 
there is only one house, and three steam-tug* an- 
swered the signal of distreos. They ire mod that 
a man wanted to go to (lie mainland. 


A formal charge of ~ riding a mub and Intntire 
lion" has town preform] against one of tha Bre- 
ton mini omen wlm were acrtuwd of improper con- 
duct So Kiehtnuni] ou Ihrir way from lb* York town 
rrUdiraiHui, Ttis charge fall* to th# grosnd : no 
intoxicated man can ride a muie. 

It is written of Governor Crittenden, of Mis- 
souri. that in bis (ompaaakei for convicts in (he 
penitentiary be often fixes them light employ- 
meat as servants ia the Eiecubv# Mansion. Not 
long ago tbe wife and daughter of a Si. Louis Po- 
lice CooatnUwkmer, while visiting the Governor's 
family, »#re robbed of their baggage, and It ia 
hinted that lb* next Eiomlixe Vrewage will not 
stroegly advocate llm utihxiog of convict labor, 

A correspondent at Crown Point. Indian*, sends 
«« (hr acnimpanyiag singular specimen. A firm- 
er of that place recently shot s wild -gome, tbe 
brewM-booe of which had boro transfixed by a 



Strang" Dial a Nebraska couple should have 

b*«a alter first to lie loarried hy ti-lnphiini-, a lim 
tliert are so itnay foolwli young person* ia the 
East, where the l* I" phone it old. 

An Ohio ni i wxivr *m>mmrrd not long ago 
that in consoqncsHW of a change in tb* parallel- 
ism of the earth's *iiw of reUlvw, which occnrred 
in the ronree of * superior planetary conjunctno 
on October II. I9TT. the Cniled fitate* is now in 
the torrid xooe ; that the mean annual tempera- 
ture bad already increased cipfat degree* in conse- 
quence of the change . that two years hence the 
temperature will average HP I’ahr., and that 
In 1H!*> this country will be broiling under “the 
full trial* of as uirflouiied equatorial sun.” Thera 
may b* room tor doubt as to the accuracy of the . 
utfoaoeser'a laiormstioo concerning the present t 


location of th* tone liaail* . but tbe fact remains 
Lliat ao Ire has l«. n cut tins season hereabouts, 
and ire-mnti are getting ready to charge a dollar 
a work for daily chucks large enough to nolt 
into ■ discernible puddle aa th* haaeavnt Stairs, 

Breton finds a source of pride in the fact that 
both Governor Latg and Mayur Prince wnto 
verves, ll is not many years since a Liroxenaot- 
Governor of Khmle Iviand lwosme very conspien- 
ous by writing a p<irn> Tbe feat wav hers) Jot 
as tin- first known in«t*noe of a Licwtenant-tkif- 
crtuir doing anything 

AIBgatnr rtories of modest dimensions, t,ul 
with more or less startling frature*. are enmmnn 
rnongh, hut it M scldxtn tliat a story teller has 
that reach of Imagjualx* ami recitleeenrM of 
purpooe necessary to tha prmluctsre) of a yarn 
like tha following, which i* found in an inenn- 
spicuou* part of a Mrs KM newspaper: "A laks 
in the rear nf Mananilio bnrst ita con fires lad 
month, and poured it* water* into the eea. Tho 
lake was fall of alligxlore. and the harbor of 
•harks. When the munrtera met. a water haul* 
immediately began. *od it was wired for veeetnl 
days in the presence of most of th* p«oplo nf 

Maoxanillo. Tor a long victory treml^l in 

the balance, hat tbe siiarkn finally prevailed, and 
look dinner on th# last of tire rootrel iatradera." 

The nurdu-r of women applicant* at the Whit# 
IIou*# ami lit* gtwrnmenc department* for *p- 
pointmiwt* has tm-n prevlcr of late than evur 
before, Many rtf the applicant* desire to hat* 
charge tif pod officer, ami n Waahliqpua paper 
say*. “ It wonlil appear that a movement on tho 
(oat-officr* throughout the country has Wn in, 
augur* ted by the gentler sex." A woman frren 
Kano** applied to be appointed regular of a land 
office in her town. 

A thief in Pennsylvania stele, smong other 
fowl*, a hen tliat had been taught to sing She 
sang for her rightful owner in court, and the thief 
was innvtctad and Mslenred. 

Prcre obaerratiniiv, more or less close, upon 
American* who travel in Europe, th# Londim 
H VrW gmerwlireri as to the American pmpi#. 
It ha* direoTcrei tlet tbe way* of the man of 
wealth wbo jxirneys from the far West u. Eng- 
kanri are copied by inferior InglMimen, asd it 
acvnnnta for the imptied admiratiua on the br 
pothrais that the aeif-radt WoJtrrwvr i. the ro ly 
original man the Inferior Englishman has ever 
met. “ Thus, -- tlie MorU nintiuu**, “ while th* 
higher el*»s of Amcricwtd arelokmaly ropy every, 
tiling English, their Infsriore are copied by Arey 
and t.'barlcy wbew tlint go abrrwri." Th* It orU 
ia at UUny, iu drawing iu own ifivoling line* as 
to the people of th# t'nliuJ Slat **, to .k-ignatc a* 
the - higher class**" those who copy everything 
that is Bngtlali. Thor* i« ooch a class here, and 
they afford mmo amuvcmrmt to ihoec who knew 
th#m before their imitative t*Vn:r raived them to 
pwlikai auKsig th# " higher rlaoscs." 

Wlie* a tawement-hnuHe falls, and some of tha 
pair perron e whore home* were la it *cw ulm 
dead or maimrei from th# pile of crnmbhng bricks 
and worm-ewten timbers, the aucutua of the mom 
favored is momentarily turned toward tlie con- 
dition* under which half of thrir fttiuw -bring* 
ia this tog cMt live. Erom thtar Mlieitade for 
the welfare of the half-uullloo or vnere of New 
York's poor ariu* a wntlmmit demanding that 
somcliody shall *mi Co It tliat the falling of walls 
doe* not btOMM a f requaiil orcurtrwee. Many of 
thosn from whea this Mmtinu-nt goe* forth would 
even gitu money, if tliat were oroereary, to pre- 
vent the falling of wall* withrii which rooms are 
rented to Ilia pt»ir at raXcw that would pay for tho 
building of r*w w*|h once in a score uf years. 
But that i* not Beceveary ; it is t king time before 
anther tenement - bouise eolkxpse* . and roreu- 
whtle the farewed half of New York ’a mtlllon 
#oul* seems to have forgotten about the welfare 
of the other fraction. Yet among the hundiwda 
of thousands who arc livlug here in poverty and 
squalor are many who. whea they go from their 
work to the place* ilwr call lirunn, are almost 
ready to pray that the wall* may fall in upon 
them and end the Uf* they are living. Rut prium 
walls ib> not fall Tlievw people aiiinug ua do not 
dW victim* of calamitire that appall ; tliry con- 
linos te lit" virtlen* of Mtafl W ltat that seera far 
lere iKiwerfal to attract compassion thin i* the 
tqiiritual condition of the rviuirx nnd unclad South 
African, nr hi* unconverted cousin* in other re- 
mote land*. There pereoav are a* anrefy d-jomed 
to lire in th# crowded and on healthy tesemrnis 
where they now have their home*, until aa tntai- 
ligent and practical philanthropy comes to their 
rrerexe, as they would be If the dtsw* and window* 
were grated aud guarded lest they slinold loeapo. 
ll t» tieyond tho possitolltha of etxaianiv for many 
nf thcni to better tlicir tondjtiou unaidrel Yrt 
what they Mud is not charity In tlm imltuary ac- 
re paano* of tlie term, ImjX tliat otliur kliul of char- 
My, that would laiild Iiuumm abd rent tluwn to Hie 
l»>or at rate* that wuukl make the gnoi work 
self rep p ort ing. Them they would awm lie aide 
to save the Rule money tliat they nrovt tore be- 
fore they ran liberate tbemrelvre frera tlie eaac- 
tiuns of greeiiy landlonla and tlie clutches of the 
small dealer* who snppJy them with fond and 
f ucL finch a chanty b contemplalrd br a Jewish 

society that was incoeporated in this city only a 
few weeks ago ; and ita plan (or doing gend in- 
dlcatea a better knowloig# of tha needs at the 
poor of New York, and gtres better prooiiae of 
•uortta*, Uiao any ultu-r in the rity. Every cm 
■ bo knows anything of tire lifn of the hundreds 
of UmusaiiiU who live in th* great tenement dls- 
tricta of tbr aretropnli* will Imp# that this work 
will suneerd *o well that it wiil lie the beginning 
of a gtesnl pbilaothroidc wurrament ia lb* aama 
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DECEMBER 34. 1881. 


BLESSED PROMISES. 


'V nmts ttt tfae violets, where »m tb# iUi«in, 
Ami >11 Ibrar prcuy rirtcr Ihreere «hu fragrant 
court »m keeping 

A few short Bbueilu ago? They base hid among 
the jrmc*, 

A ad o»er linen the winter wiml (lie winter snow 


Where are ilir bird* that sung from green »un- 
beigliteiml liruxiMl 

In Siw.-rli at wsrtiHir ehmr* they’vs goer, from 
mid anil frost a-thing. 

Where are the leant* that deckrd tlia Uwa that 
throng the forrets * 

Blown here, blown there, by cnid Watts, alas 1 
they're dead or dying. 

But ring, bells, merrily ! it ia the Chrirtmu-day, 

W him, rcnrtr&ti'ring bktehd promises, sad hearts 
forget their pain. 

And say, “ Returning spring 
Will bring Ilia bints to aUig, 

And leave* ami (loser* uleepsng mow will wahe 
to life again." 


Where wit the Christ- Child bom? In a bum- 
ble stable. 

Where awtet-hrmthed kine, their great brown 
eyes In wonder turning slowly 

Fpnn the stranger-guests, beheld a light from 
liraien shining 

Above their heads, and straightway knew than 
Indies! of the holy. 

A palace was that fcwiy plans, and angels them 
w s a o m b M 

To loudly ring triumphant song* of Imre sad 
peace and glory. 

And bow before that manger-throne. And many, 
many see* 

Shall er'ry (hrlstmas-day repeal the awret and 
woad'roni story. 

Than ring, bells, merrily ! It la the Chriatnaa. 
day. 

When earns must blnsshd proinissw with oar 
dear Saviour's birth. 

Of sin* to he forgiven, 

* {if peericsi* guidiw to hroeee. 

Of hope " f fife beyond the tkica to all who 
dwell on earth. 


THE BURNING OF THE VIENNA 
THEATRE 

Os Sunday, the I lth of November, twenty 
thousand people gathered in the Friedbof, 
th* grew! Viennese ei*mntery,ann»e four mill* 
from tbr Austrian capital. Thu assemblage 
thronged the avenues leading to anil the 
spare surrounding a vast pit with three 
openings, into which were lowered the 
charred and lorn remains of one hundred 
and fifty-on* bodies taken from the black- 
ened ruins of tb* Ring Theatre, homed on 
Thursday, the 8th. Over the fragments of 
the ttarecognirakli' human form Kntnsn and 
Cireek Catholic priest*, Jewish nbbi*, and 
Protestant clergymen Joined in the burial 
rites, laying aside their Jralonalew nnd tbeir 
fear of each other in the presence of an awful 
calamity, for which all rvtigirraa ore severe- 
Iv taxed to funiinli consolation or patience. 
Throe common tea, attended by the court and 
high official* in mourning, were eontinned 
until the lost of some one tliotuand victims 
were laid beneath the bare December sod. 

Mean while in the vast liiugatraaiie. before 
the rains of the theatre, a surging crowd 
time* as large muttered Imprecations <m Um 
police and the govemnanut for the wicked 
neglect thnt had brought this unpamllnlcd 
disaster, aud the paternal rulers of Vienna, 
with every soldier in the great barracks un- 
der arm*, trembled at the responsibility they 
had incurred. The day before, they display- 
ed their disciplinary power* by suspending 
a newspaper, the Bower Jlfmtiaa Zt itssp, 
which had dared to tell the truth regarding 
this horrible event- And what wsa the 
truth I The King Theatre wsa the largest 
in Vienna. It would scat twenty-Ava hun- 
dred persons Its passages, even from tho 
lobby to the parquet, were narrow and tor- 
tuous, so much so that Mr. Bhuwn, of the 
famous firm of bankers, coming with hia 
family from tlie niutiinh- «n 1 li*- day rhe the- 
atre was burned,* a ore ho would never again 
trust himself or Lu children in such a death 
trap. The uppe. - galleries were reached by 
still namiwer winding stairways. The safe- 
ty doors «p*.i:ed inward, and were lucked, 
The window* were twenty faat nr mure from 
the ground, with no eacnpo*. On the alagn 
there were several precautions against Am. 
There was an iron curtuin to he let down, 
hut la to discharge water freely, a telegraph 
n I arm to tbn iinarrat engine statinn, mid 
men, nominally firemen, to attend to all- 

Bnt these safeguards were Itaelrow. Tim 
firemen, mere stage hands, ran away. The 
iron curtain waa not lowered ; the water was 
not turned on; the alarm was either bro- 
ken or forgotten. There were numbers of 
attaches ef tlia theatre on the stage when 
the tire started there. Not a soul had the 
courage to use one of the means of extin- 
guishing it, or the nerve to warn the audi- 
•uce, Who might have escaped. Suddenly a 
door was ngwnrut at the rear; the drop-cnr- 
tain bellied outward a moment, llieti parted 
with the Oanvea, and in a flash the vast au- 
ditorium was filled with Same, and the hot 
air raahsd upon the doe* rank* of tb* Seeing 


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and panie-srrlcken multitnde. In the laby- 
rinth of passages barrier* of fallen human 
forma were piled breast high, and against 
l be in the maddened crowd beat in awful 
despair. Above, in tbe thronged galleries, 
row* of people sat, their heads drooping, in 
the steep of death, smitten instantly and 
hopelessly by tbe fatal whirlwind of beat. 
Outside, tbe alarm sped slowly, and death 
bad rome to hundreds before there arrived 
a single puny fire-engine, sucking a fewlds 
stream from luurrets of water borne upon 
the scene — a mere mockery of rewrite. 

These facta, clearly established, bear their 
own comment upon the brutally stupid, ig- 
nurant, corrupt, and imbecile Viennese gov- 
ernment. But they also arid one more to 
tbe many soleiun warnings which our own 
community In common with other* has re- 
ceived with refereneo to the safety of most 
place* of public resort- It is bnt a few 
month* since an opera-bouae in Ki«e was 
bunted, and many lives were lust fur want 
Of proper exits. It is only a few years since 
a throng not unlike that of tbs I'rtedbnf 
assembled id Greenwood to wltoass ths fu- 
neral crrermxiiiu of some three hundred vic- 
tims torn from tbe narrow aisles and stair- 
way* of the Brooklyn Theatre. Yet Coldhel 
MxPLESON says that nearly all the European 
theatres are wore* than the King of Vicuna, 
and that times of Imodon are worse yet. In 
ths mechanical contrivances for safety, and 
in ths arrangement of exits, all our large 
theatres in New York, and moat of oar small- 
er ones, are fairly provided. But in some 
of the larger cities of tbe Union tbe fatal 
faults of the Brooklyn Theatre are still to 
bo found, while scarcely anywhere is there 
a competent, constant, and disciplined force 
of firemen. In this respect London and 
Baris excel us. There there are to be seen 
st all times in tbe principal theatres, on ei- 
ther side of the stage, men whose sole duty 
It is to watch fur fire, and who are prepared 
to Instantly eheck it. fto efficient is this 
arrange me ut that Colonel MaHJCSuK relates 
that he has seen a prima donna shivering 
through an sir with a stream trickling over 
her bare shoulder*, which she Imagined came 
from a leaky roof, but which really fell from 
a small hone with which a fireman wsa put- 
ting out a flame that had rangbt a gauze 
aky above her head. With such discipline 
a thousand lives might have been saved at 
Vienna- Without it, the elaborate precau- 
tion* wees utterly in vain. But all mechan- 
ical precautions, and the disciplined fire serv- 
ice as well, are none too much, and should 
be anivenally, uniformly, aud rigidly en- 
forced. 


UNSECTARIAN CHARITIES. 

Tint success with which the Roman Cath- 
olic priesthood have made their way to the 
control of the publie sharities of New York 
ia dne partly to their seal, and more to their 
political influence. Slowly yet steadily they 
have mo red onward to their aim. Their 
lot ret ta to make their way into the House 
of Refuge. This institution ia oo» of the 
oldest and most useful of our public chari- 
ties. It is wholly non-sectarian. It was 
founded many years ago liy benevolent cit i- 
teua, to reform young criminal* by taking 
them away from the had influences of tho 
prison, and bringing them under moral and 
mental training. It has been singularly 
successful, and ita records show numerous 
instant** of tbe complete reform of Ita Ju- 
venile criminal*, and the gratitude they bavn 
felt fur the aid it has afforded them. Homo 
of them have risen to great respectability 
and usefulness ; many are laboring iu all 
parts of tbs laud to become virtuous and 
honored citizens 

To preserve its aneectarian character, the 
rules of the Hum* »f Refuge provide for the 
admission of ministers »f every denomina- 
tion at aueh times ss are not inconvenient. 
The chapel ia open to all ; the sick may be 
visited; the troubled conscience guided. 
Every care ia taken to give no preference to 
any religions body. I’reahyterians, Meth- 
oali*ta, Roman Catholic*, are placed upon a 
perfect <«|nality. lint ths Roman Cat holm 
]>nc*tboiMl are still Unsatisfied. A part of 
the juvenile criminals belong to that per- 
suasion, and perhaps tbe larger part. Tbe 
Kunlun Catholics now demand admission to 
the House of Refuge with all thn symbols 
of their faith. They ask that thn chapel bn 
decorated with tbmr pictures and images, 
their ritual and service, tbn caodlca. bells, 
and incense. All their powerful political in- 
floence has been employed to force through 
the Legislature a bill iNirn pelting the trust- 
ee* of tho Huns* of Refuge u> grant thnm 
unusual privileges. The bill is a general 
oue, including all “charitable institutions," 
hut the manager* of tbe New York House 
of Refuge know its real aim too well. It 
is to introduce sectarianism info an Institu- 
tion whore it has never been lolnrated- 

Tbe bill passed the legislature of 1880; 
it was wisely vetoed by Governor Cornell. 
Us Mid, with hi* usual good sen** : “To ex- 


pose the** Institutions to the caprice of any 
fire eitisnus would render discipline alumel 
impossible. Thn Inmates of such places are 
not brought together primarily fur religious 
instruction, but fur charitable support and 
comctiiHi." He is opposed to subjecting 
them “to th* rivalries of aectariau bigots." 
It would seem. In fact, an excess of real 
on tbn part of thn Roman Catholic priest- 
hood to pres* this claim when they have an 
many institution* of their own supported 
by tbn lavish gifts of tbe city. They have 
tb* W**teheet»r Protectory, which receives 
nearly $300 , 000 annually for maiutainiug 
Roman Catholic Juvenile criminal*. It has 
grown enormously wealthy, aud i* said to 
exercise a very important influence on the 
politic* of tbe rouutry. They have the Ro- 
man Catholic Foundling Asylum, founded in 
1H70 by tbn chiefs of tbs “Ring.” It was 
granted at once a dneatiuti in laud and rooc- 
ey of nearly half a million ; It receive* no- 
nuxlly from onr oppressed tax-payors about 
$350,000. They have school*, seminaries of 
tbe barred Heart, an orphan asylum, im- 
mense cathedrals, and Jesuit colleges, all fed 
by bountiful gifts from the city treasury. 
They have built on Ward's Idstid a fine 
church at a coat of $3f»,0U> to ths Stain ; the 
Protestants have only a dilapidated room to 
worship in. Tbe Reiman Catholics form 
probably but a third part of tlie inhabitant* 
of the city, yet they furnish, byr their own 
at at* mentis the majority of tb» inmate* of 
the Honan of Rafugn, hostile* filling np their 
own institutions with a growing bust of 
criminal* and pauper*. 

A denomination that produce* so great an 
exrpM of juvenile offenders, it is urged, can 
not bn a aucecMfbl trainer of the young. It 
would not bn safe to givn u free play in tbe 
Hnuae of Refuge, and why should a sent an 
richly endowed by the city wish to form 
Its rites ami ceremonies into almost the last 
retreat of mmsclHrian charity f Tho nt- 
tempt is imprudont and indelicate. Many 
intelligent Roman Catholic*, it hi said, dis- 
approve of tho rash zeal of a part of their 
priesthood. But it ia well known that In 
New York the extreme faction of the pnost- 
bood rule*; that the teaching* of enmmon- 
***** are often forgotten, and tbe suprem- 
acy of tha foreign C'bareb assarted by its 
indiscreet follower*. They are excusable. 
They are not familiar w 1th American fool- 
ing or principle*, and the wiser member* of 
their denomination will no doulit at last 
check their seal. The politician who yields 
to their arts la lost, and thn stain I* one that 
will never wash out. 

A recent instance shows that tlie Roman 
Catholic charities are far more costly than 
the Protestant. About a year ago some 
benevolent Ladina of Westchester County 
started a Temporary Hoorn, with a view to 
decreasing tbe nnuiber of panperehklJren de- 
pendent upon the eonnty. The project waa 
opposed by tbn whole weight of tbe Unman 
Catholic Protectory; but It wss I urnrpn ra- 
ted aisiler the act of thn State of New 
York framed for such purpose*. A plain 
building was hired; tbe ladies worked with 
pen and noodle for Us support. The insti- 
tution Itauruhud, and **»ry children under 
■ta protection are already rand for and 
provided with home*. Its cheapness Is re- 
markable. Tbe cost of maintaining each 
child for a year i* a little over $M ; it re- 
ceives from th* oonnty $H> of this amount j 
th* rest la raUsd by sulwription, An un- 
wise Law require* that children supported 
by tbe public shall be elomiflod according 
to tbeir religions creed. Tbe coat of sup- 
porting a child for a year in the Roman 
Catholic Protectory is $139 SO. of which 
the city pays $110; in tbe new ProlcuUnt 
Homo It Is only $thv IK, of which the connty 
pays $h 0; and It is said thn amount could 
bo MMily reduced. But, besides, thn Roman 
Catholic iMtitatlon retain* the children long 
after they are able to support tbemtelve* by 
their labor, and makes ita profit from their 
earnings. The Protestant sends thnm out 
as anon a* puieibl* to soiii* useful occupa- 
tion. 

Sectarianism should bn banished from 
our legislation. Onr charitable ioatitntiona 
should all rcuetnble tho House of Refuge, 
wbirh knows tin sect and inculcates no 
creed. Its noln aim U to reform and to 
wave. It takna tho children who have boon 
abandoned by their parents, their ehnrrhre, 
and tboir natural teacher* to Uvea of crime, 
and leads them buck to lioncuty. In thi* it 
ask*, and will no doubt receive, the support 
of the community. Tlie nxtravogiuit rlainm 
of an extrem* section of tho Roman Church 
have long awakened among u* a feeling of 
dlaaattafaetiou. Will nothing satisfy this 
active organization 1 Already ita political 
power ia far beyond what its real strength 
entitle* it to. Ila rigid organisation, its 
unity and real, make It tlie mast powerful 
of all political “mac hi or*. 1 ' It selects our 
legislator*. Judge*, officials. It boa made 
our city goverumeot almost a sectarian 
government. It baa made it tb* most ex* 
travagaat, worthl***, and corrupt of all. 


In all other countries the tendency of gov- 
eminent* is to become nnsectarien. Even 
Hpain recenlly rebuked il* binbnps when 
they ventured In aewail it* I literal measure* 
in thn C**t4*. In France, at tbe last cluing 
of ilia Deputies, clenra! luterfrrene* lu aloo- 
tions was condemned by an immense major- 
ity. In Ireland, where tbe violent measure# 
of a port of ita people aeevn tbe impulse of 
savage*, a Continental Lilieral ia tbe Cow- 
Itmparnry Rrrine < Nominlier, 1H*1 ) trace* the 
hand of ths ultramontane*. It I* their aim, 
he thinks, to make Ireland en altnunoiitane 
■tronghold. From Guatemala they have re- 
cently been expelled for political miscon- 
duct. Everywhere the aim of tbe liberals 
— tbe ProteMants and lit* more intelligent 
Roman Catholic* — la to tusks governments, 
action U, charities, and nation* wholly un- 
•cctorian, to rebuke bigntTy, to lnculeata 
harmony and peace. 

Ecwwx Lswxxxcx 


A LITTLE DINNER WITH JONES. 

Wires 1 came up to London two yaara ago 
to look for an opening as a medical man, iny 
aunt, Mias Ap-Rec*, of Ree* Castle, waa good 
euoitgh to give use a letter of iutroductioa 
to her cousin, Mr. Pwllhyll June*, of Ken- 
sington, who, eh* ensured tne, was a most 
influential man, and might ho of great serv- 
ice to me. Mnrvovrr, *bn added that be waa 
very rich, aud had an only daughter, wba 
waa both beautiful and amiable. 

I have a very treacherous memory, and ar- 
riving in lainilon, seeing that my annt’s let- 
ter »*» already fully directed lu her stiff, 
old-faaliinned hand, 1 thought I would mak* 
sure of not forgetting by sending It off at 
once. Bo, taking one of my cards, on which 
throe woni* were inscribed, Mr. John Rees, 
M.R.C-&, Biggwsheris," I wrote under the 
name, “ will have th* plantar* of calling on 
Mr. Pwllhyll Jones on Wednesday evening,'’ 
and popped it into tbe envelope with my 
onnt'a letter. Then I dropped tbe letter 
into a pillar box, and thanked goodness it 
was off my mind. Next day I received a 
most polit* note from Mr. Jouos, begging 
me to forego ceremony and come to dlua on 
Wcdtsrodsy n/amiltf. 

On tho Wednesday I drnued myself with 
care, and starting at six o’clock, took the 
under-ground railway to South Kensington. 
When I arrived there It eaiddonly occurred 
to me thnt I did not renumber my friend's 
addrran Stop, though! I bod his not* ia 
nty pocket, and I drew it out and glanced 
at tbe top. By Jove I it bad neither date 
nor snhlresa, rnpardnnsht* careleeanro* of 
June*. I thought; hut what waa to b* den* I 
It waa only a quarter past nix, an I bad lot* 
of time, and my first idea was to apply to a 
policeman. I did to. But ths man of law 
only knew one Mr. Jonro living in Kenring- 
t«t», ami be w»« s pawnbroker. Clearly 
this could not I* my Mr. Jonee, and tbe offi- 
cer recommended me to inquire at a cab 
stand. Thereupon n convocation of cabmen 
agreed that it must lie Mr Jons* of Redclyflo 
»n- flevcrul offered to drive me there, 
and 1 jumped lute a hansom. 

There waa a brass plate on the gate of 
tbe bouse at which we stopped, with “Mr. 
P, Jonee" in large letters, I diwniieed my 
rah and k nocked. Tbe door was opened by 
a funereal -looking man -servant. "Ia Mr. 
Jnnro at kernel" I naked. *■ Yea, air," said 
tbn man, eying me a* an undertaker might 
his “pstient.' 1 Then be sdded. “Tbe gen- 
tleman who won to be here at seven, I pre- 
sume F I nodded ac>iulsecence cheerfully. 
*' Master expect* you, sir,'’ ha almoat groan- 
ed, and then he threw open a aide door, and 
ushered me into a email room which looked 
like a library, and left me alone. 

Tbe chair I sat down iu was very comfort- 
able, and I tncu tally resolved that I would 
gel one some day precisely like It. It bad 
a very sloping hack worked by a crank to 
different angle*, and the top of the buck 
spread oat into a concave cushion, which 
exactly «ip ported the bead. Prroently Mr. 
Jonee entered. I wa* abashed to perceive 
that be was In morning drese, whsreo* I bad 
got myself np, aa they aay, “ regard lore at 
expense." Aa I rose Mr. Jone* extended 
hia baud and squeezed mine impressively. 
“ How are we to-day I" be murmured, with 
hi* head on one ante. I sutured him that I 
wn* never Uriter In my life, except for *» 
•light t winge of toothache. •• Ah ! Jnat so,'* 
he remarked. 

Then be motioned me to tbe chair, which 
he wheeled directly under the gsa, and I sat 
down. Evidently rather an eccentric sort 
of follow, 1 thought, ns lie pnt hi* left baud 
on tlie top of my hood, holding th* othwr 
behind him aa bn stood. " Have the good- 
ncM to open your month," he said. I smiled, 
and did so. “A little wider, please.'’ It 
was getting rather ridiculous, hut I renrera- 
la-red my aunt's injunctions to b* civil to 
tier cousin, aud 1 opened my month to ita 
widest extent. After peering intently into 
it for some seconds, nr host suddenly 
I brought, his right hand round from behind 


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bin back. and before I could say a wont he think tliA police [mill inilcii attention to It. "Jnst a* ttioujela I •if a baby!*' said standing on tiptoe. **) wouldn't start busi- 

bail gnt some linrrid instrument fixed on The constable who' had effected my raptor* little Alia* Joma owe day to bar Intimate ness in tint nelghliorhood for t tin world — 
ona of my favorite molar*, anil was wrenrli- swore that hr hail hail hia rye on me for a friend Uiaa Serena Woo. '• And I hate it, everybody 'll teaae ao ; and tbero'a lot* of 
ii»K away at it like a fiend. Thia waa too l«ng time, arxl knew iwtalet notorious ami I’ve almost made np my mind to strike children there; and I'm going to take It to- 
rn u oh. I struggled. I ar reamed. At laat rnukwiisii. He also armscd me cf being the next pemon who attempts it," And she Mimw; ami well move in a few days." 

I managed to aliako him off, and there we drunk ami disorderly, | think I TCI more atanipod her small font and shook her small " Thank M fcff Mkkf my ail vice on the 

• tood glaring at earh other and perspiring. indignant about tbe aorvisatiiHi of drunken- flat In aurh a cunning way that Mkaa Woo, subject, Mias Jema. It was exceedingly 
fortunately I liml anvrd my tooth. It felt nna than the more serious one. I eon Id, of who waa several yeara older than she, inane- kind of yoo," said the lover, with am mired 
looewi*, bnt it wna atiU there. I was very in- course, prove that I waa not a burglar, bat dimtely ernahed the pink rheeka between her sleninra*. “And your grandmother, from 
•I’K'iant Explanations followed. Decern- it i» another thing to convince an opinion, hand* and kiaoed the pouting lipa heartily. whom you are ao anxious to conceal your 
ewl he waa a dentist, and had an ap]xis»t- ated policeman that a man is not drunk. I “8ewoa Blrao," said little Him Jems, In- change of riirumstancos, aud who comes 
inenl with * patient, fur whom ho took me. Ilienifntsi insisted oil 111* divisional surgeon dlgnanlly, " yon ought to bo ashamed of from a wholesale family, as all" baa frequent- 
We both apologised, and he begged my ac- lieing amt for (o nay whether I waa anbor yourself." And then imagine. In addition to It told mo herself, what will the think of this 
ee [stance of one of bis cards, on which I ot not, and rather to my surprise the in- the pmty face, a wee figure. nor very alen- summary proceeding T" 

*w»«l , “ Mr. Fenrbya Jones, Surgeon Dentist.” specter consented. In the mean time I waa der on the contrary, delightfully plnmp — " I shall tell her, Aleck, I am doing It for 

I breathed freely once more aa I found my- thnsst into a cell to await the arrival of with Nix 1 feet and No, 5 hands, and I'm fith " 

•el f In the square, (be medical officer. In a quarter of an aairwyoo will acknowledge that your “uiiud's "Doing it for fnnt Keeping a confer - 

W hen I liaaxl somewhat recovered my boar or so that gentleman made his appear- eye" never looked on fairer picture. tl emery on a very limited scale for aninaei. 

••c[TxaaiilnutT, 1 looked at my watch, and anco. To him I recounted my history, ami " ‘Oh, she's a daisy!'" sang the butcher's rnent f" 

f«*« nd it atill wanted a quarter to sctod. All aa It proceeded hr* face, which at tint had boy while entting a steak for Aleck Wtl- “Yea," replied little Mias .loots, nodding 

waa not loot. then. Hurrying op Queen's been somew hat grave, expanded Into a martin, the young builder mentioned above ; her head cheerfully, and smiling brightly. 
Omtea, I found myself in Kensington High broad smile, and at laat be sat down on one ami so engTnmed was he with the. to him, “ Grandmamma has beard me aay over aud 
Blrool, and al tbo comer of a street I per- of the benches, and slapping his thighs, subject of the ***ng that be cut the tough over again I'd like to keep a candy shop, 

ceivod a boose agent’* office. Them seem- fairly burst inl« roars of laughter. 1 felt part of the steak t wire as thick as he did the And I can soon convince her that my bappl- 

•-*1 to be a chance here, and I entered and rather hurt, ami I think I told him so. At tenderloin, and *» be banded it to hlscaatom- uem depend* no starting on* at one*. It 
marie inquiries. “ Pwllhyll Jones," mnr- this he exploded into fresh naia. ainl at ex he winkod slyly, and aaid,“ Isn't ahn f" would never do— her head being ao queer at 
mure*! the agent, reflectively. "Von are length managed to gasp ont, " I)— d— don’t Aleck frowned upon him, and left the times to let her know I am obliged to do 

witrev it la Pwllhyll I" he asked. Tea. I re- you see tbo joke— ho! hoi bo! oh dear! ha! shop in dignified silence, which went to ao — " 

plied, I was quite snroof that, anyhow, Then ha! Why, man alive, / am Mr. Pwllhyll prove that to two persona at least there "Which yon are not," interpolated Mr. 

h« referred to a .book, and said, " Them's a Jones, and we had been waiting dinner for was bat n*m "daisy" in that vicinity. Wtlmartlo. 

P. Jones lives at No. — Holland Hoad, per- yoo a quarter of nil Ilnur, when I waa sent for Little Mtot Joma wept for liar mother a “For If I did, ahs'd begin, dear old son I, 

haps that’s your man.” I said I would tty to examine an alleged drunkard — ho! ho!" month and more, though, to tell tho honest to prepare for the poor- boose immediately." 

hlrn at any rate. Of course, after thin, I ws* immediately truth, their nffeetion for each other had been “Ami wbeu are yoo going to marry me !" 

No. — Holland Road proved to be at the set at liberty, and accompanied my new- loss strong than uanally exists between par- asked Aleck, 

oppet Utnnilf of that longest and straight- found fricnid to hia comfortable house on eol and child ; and then aho dried her eyes, “ As smn aa I have proved that I can sup- 

ent of streets. Tim lions* U-ikml respects- Campdr-n Hill, whore, after repairing, with and sat down in her snug parlor, on* Iwight port myself: snniuthiag that evsry girl as 
bio, and I rang tlie bell. Hardly hail my my host's assistance, aa fur ss was possible, December afternoon, to consider ways aud old as I am — srvsntaen laat week — should 
baud touched it wbeu the door wsa opened the damages my wardrobe h*d sustained, I means for tbo fnturo. be able to do.” 

cautiously, and the bead of a w eaten ed old waa taken by him into tho urawiug-ronm Grandmamma waa there too, in her own “And if yon ahoaild failf* 

woman thrust itself out. “ Yon are th* doc- and presented to his daughter, whom I found particularly easy rock ing-eliair, humming “* In the bright lexicon of youth there's 

tor,I sopjoieershu said. In a hoarse whis|>er. “all my [aunt's] fancy painted her,” and softly to herself, in the whitest of white no such word as fail,' " quoted little Mias 

I replied that my name was Mr. — or, if a Ike more- My host lieing a little man and fat, caps, adorned with the fioledest of llnted Jem*. 

liked, "Doctor”- Rees, whereupon she beck- wlilla I am long and sl.m, my appearance ruffles, with a ball of jam and a half-tinisli- “Yon are mistaken; Sichelien was mia- 

oued me In without saying another wont, in aomo of hu garments most, 1 feel, have ed stocking, which she waa rapidly lliiiah- taken; there is," persisted the lover — “on 
wild eloaed the door. The hall was rather been rather absurd; bat when once Miss ing. in her block alpaca lop. And while the last page of the book.” 
dork, bait tn the dim light I could make out Jones understood the situation, her sweet little Miss Jems waa thinking so hard that “Well, then, if I fail, 111 marry you all 

that tho old womau was vary pale, aad tram- sympathy with the suffering* I bnd under- throe wrinkle* were plainly discernible ou the soma. And now yon may kiss me once, 
blmg all over. "You had hotter go up to gone more than compensated me for the her fair brow, aomulwMly came whistling up and then run away; for since we have de- 
hlm,” she said; and I became aware of a bantering* of her papa, who, however, turn- the front step*. Mis* Jc-nas sprang from tided what is beat to be done, I must net 
tremendous noise above ns. Then a J.v- ed out to he a very good fellow Indeed, and her scat, ran to the door, opened it, soiled about doing it without delay.” 
panned tea-tray came bounding and rat- some time afterword (aa m> aunt predicted) the whistler by the baud, and drew him “ IT« hare decided," echoed Mr. Wilmar- 
tllog down tho stairs, whereupon the old waa of much service to roe. Indeed, it waa into tb» dining- mom. tin; and multiplying one liyais.be kissed 

woman, with a little shriek, ocutllod off bur- be who helped me to hoy (be very comfort- "Grandmamma la in th* parlor," she said, little Mias Jem* accordingly, »nd rushed 

riedly, and disapjieornl somewhere at III* able practice which I now enjoy In my na- “and abe knows nothing about tbs mosisy, around the comer to a half-finished batld- 
back, where I heard her lock herself in; and live town ofRiggwslioria- I need nut say I and, God willing, abe never shall." iug. before which half a dozen workmen 

I was left alone in the hall. 1 didn’t like it thoroughly enjoyed my dinner at la*t, aud "Of course not, my dear," said Aleck Wil- were lounging, “a-waiting for the boss.” 

at all, ami bad ball a mind t>< let myself quiet It waa really not mncli spoiled, after all, by martin, lifting her lightly ami seating her And the store was hired and stocked, and 

ly out again. Itnt thru 1 thought I might tlie unavoidable delay, lu fact, I shall si- upon the dlnitig-tahle, to her great Taxation, tha rooms abova It furnished with part of 
aa well see this thing through. So I boldly win look bark with peculiar pleasure to " Take mo down. I won't bo treated thk* tbo furniture from the cottage — lharestwaa 
mounted tho stairs. On tho landing there the first little dinner I bad “ekes Jowos." way, yon great rude thing,” she cried, mm- to remain there until a new tenant took pos- 
were several doors. One was portly open, F.S. — Mrs. K»«s, who ha* just read this, son with rage. “Take me down this in- session — soil everything was in apple-pie 

and * faint light streamed from it. From says that If 1 had seen her after I left that slant.” Ami the way she stamped her foot onlerwhen It was iqx-ned on Christ mas-eve. 

the inside I coahl hear a man's voice utter- evening, screaming, while her papa roared. (»he waa always stamping her foot about It had osily one window, and not a very large 
ing tbs moat awful imprecations. I feared at my adventures and appearance. I should something or other) when one* more ou the one at that, but little Miss Jem* had made 
1 might be intruding upon a family quarrel, not lay so much stress on her "sweet sym- dnoT, it's a wonder that the heel didn't fly the most of it. Cats, dogs, monkeys, cle- 
and therefore coughed loudly to eall aiten- pstliy.” Bail oo matter. off the dainty slipper. "I wont to talk pbants, burse*, cows, lainbn, snakes, liana, ti- 

ticn to my presence. There was a sudden - - - with yon as a woman with a man.” she eon- gers — in fact, a whole menagerie of barley- 

cewsatiou of the noise, and presently a man’s VHnitT AMll KWk’lPT tinned. " not a* a girl chattering to a boy." sugar waa Installed therein, and glowed red 

volcwealledout, querulously, “Come in, who- BllUt 1 At O ' * ' Mr. WllniorUB list her with mock solem- and yellow beneath tlie brilliant gas jet. 

*var yon are." Tins was not eni-iHiragitig -. B * HARGAJtrr ETTINGR. nlty B c hair t and seated himself beside Sparkling glass jar* filled with lemon drops, 

bnt I entered, and to my dismay found 1 whs Tiik death of little Mias Jems's mother her. “I am all attention. Proceed, Pigeon." gum drops, clove drops, aud all kiuda of 
in a bedroom. A middle-aged man, with a (she died suddenly one day in early Novem- " Pigeon, indeed! That's a fine nay to dropa, and peppermint slicks, cream sticks, 
very red face, lay on the lied half dressed, 1st) revealed the hitherto uiisnapwcted fact begin! I sba'n’t any a word until you be- Mttb sticks, and all aorta of slicks, were 
. and shaking v ioleutly all over. The funii- that her Income — supposed Ui have been do- have yourself;’ and little Miss Jenw turned ranged on tho store shelves, and the connt- 
tur« of tlie room looked aa if somebody had rived from an estate of her lato husband's, away and gated steadily out of tha window, er waa almost covered with brand-new tin 
haan dancing upon It, and Uis pillow* were but now proved to have been the liberal "Mis* Jenw," said hrr lover, "1 am be- pan* containing pea-nnt, cocoa-nut, walnut, 

lying about the floor. The man glared at yearly allowance of » wealthy uncle of bii having upon my word I am. And aa yon and cinnamon taffy, anil enticing chuuki of 
me savagely for a moment, and then, about- —died with her; and little Mia* Jems, after refuse to begiu the conversation. I - talking old-fashioned molasses candy, and from the 
ing, "Ob, here are some more of yon!" he tb* funeral espouse* were paid, found her- oa a man i<> a womnn — assure you that there ceiling hung socno wreath* of Christina* 
hurled the bolster with all bis force at my <elf and her maternal grandmother (a dnar is u<d the slighUwl necessity for making any green; and taken altogether, with little 

howl I dodged It. “ Who the d are idd lady, with “a bee is her bead,” it must change in yoar way of living. This boas* Mis* Jema in a large snowy white apron ha- 

yon 1" yelled the man. I endeavored Co ex- be confessed, lint a bee that never along) ia mine, therefore it is yours, and aa aonn as hind the money drawer, it would have been 
plain, hnt before I hod got half a dnxou left to begin the world anew with bnt a yon can make up your niiud to let me come hard to hare found a more attractive small 
words ont, my friend, who 1 saw waa suffer- hundred odd dollars aud a small houseful and share it with yon, the wedding ring will establishment for sweets anywhere. And 

Ing under an attack of delirium tremens, of furniture. be ready." grandmamma, soslng th* great delight of 

was mil of bed, and making a sudden *priog. Mrs. Jems had been of an e**y-gning, se- "And that’s yoar idea of a man’s talk to a hoc heart'* treasure, wa* proportionally de- 
pinnad me by th# threat before I could stir cretlve, apathetic nature, obeying implicitly woman !" said little Mua Jents, with aenrti- lighted, and softly murmured to herself, ev- 
a Unger to prevent him. I was nearly the command, “Take no thought for to-mnr- fill emphasis. "/ eall it a man’s talk to a ery five minutes, "She shall piny it aa long 
choked, but struggled desperately, and at row,” and strange a* it may appear, had child- a good-for-nothing, helpless, silly aa she wauta to, the dearie, aud Til help her.” 
last, by a great effort, succeeded in freeing never given even the slightest hint of the child. ADd I will np( live in yrmr honor, But just as little Mim Jems was nerving 
myself. real stale of affaire to her daughter, who Mr. Alexander Wilmartin, which is sof mine, her first customer — a very smalt hoy, who 

Seeing an open door, I dashed through it. wa* but three years of age when her father And you shall never put a wedding ring on bought, after long deliberation, a camel and 
and found myself in a email dressing-room, departed this Life, and who, by-tha-hye, re- tho finger of a beggar. Ho there now!" a chicken — a carriage stopped before tbs 
with no other egress than the window. Hast- semhlod her mother in no respect; and an, “Well, upon my word, you hare got a loan- door, and a handsomely dressed lady deacend- 
ily throwing it open, I sprang on to tha sill, aa may well be imagined, when the due I os- per of yoar own. Pigeon — Misa Jema, I ed from it, and entered the store in great 
and grasping the iron pipe which ran by ore ceme, little Mins Jems was much sar- mean.” said Aleck, retreating, in affected baste, 

Its side, I descended into the dark tires be- prised aud confounded. terror, to lbs other end of the room, tn re- "Are you Mtse Jem* t" she asked, 

neatb, and MM down with a eplash into Him hod liessi looked upon In list neigh- turn iri an iutant, however. " Bui, if it V*e "I am," replied Mim Jcnsa. 

the middlo of a huge water-butt. Happily bnrtiood quite in the light of on heiress, and not too preaumptnoiu an my part, may I “ I'm glad to bear it, for a nice time Ft* 

it had not mneb in it; bnt I could feel Gmi had been wooed by “the butcher, the linker, beg your ladyship to tell mo w bat jou do ia- had looking for yon. Your father’s uncle — 

cold fluid trickling into my tliia shoe*, anil the candleatirk-mnkeT," to speak poet- tendtoduf" the gentleman frem whom yusr mother used 

There waa a wall clone by, the top of whic h ically, and last, but not least by a great “ I shall keep a store, sir — a candy store." to receive a yeariy allow sun-e — is in the city, 

1 could just reach by standing on the edge deal, by the handsome young bn-bler just “Anil eat up all the profile, tossy nothing sod wishes tow* you inimndlalidy.aahe will 

of the waler-hull- I scrambled up without admilti-d U> |i*rtnereliip with liis father — of the stork, yourself f" be obliged to learn again to-night. I aiu 

much difficulty, and dropped down gently on who built the row of cottage* In one of ••AlexaiidorWHwi*rtln,oncefor*ll,lfy<m his ateji-daughter. Pleo*e come at one*, 

the other side — Into the anus of a policeman, which the Jritmcs lived. will not talk *ente, go borne.” Von will not be detained for more than au 

"Now there’s no use your kicking,” this I don't mean to say that it wa* entire “ Violetta Jems, familiarly known as Pi- hour." 
worthy remarked, aa he pinued me roughly ly on account of tbe fortune which it vu geon, rather than ‘go home, I promise to talk Little Mim Jems stared helplessly at her 
by the oollar and ctifl ; “ if yon don't come thought she would inherit that ao many sense by the buor." visitor a moment, then site stared hslplemly 

along quietly, I’ll whip tbe darbies on to yet came a-wooing tha heroine of my story. Ob “ Well, sir, I shall keep a candy store. I around Irer, then she cnUectod her scattered 

in a jiffy.” In vain I expostulated, and, no, ludnnd, for her far* wa* a fortune in it- don’t know bow to do anything els* to earn sruve*. and called, " Gran dm am m a !* The 
all breatlilr** aa I waa, triad to toll him all *elt It waa one of those pretty, cbild-lika money, and that's easy, 'causa It's mostly old lady cams out of the hock room. “ X 
shout it. Ha only warned mo that what- faces, with limpid hazel eye*, rod pouting pennies that oom« in — though I osa make must go away, granny dear, for a little 
ever I said would bo "need agin me," and lipa, and pink dimpled cheeks, which one change far a five-dollar bill with a little while,” she said. “Do yuo think you can 
taking a Arm grip, he marched me off, do- longed to kise as soon as one saw them, and studying— and aa fox grandmamma, she’s take care of the store until I come hack t” 
■pita my struggles. which everybody who could find the slight- awful smart at figures; and I've fuund the "I am sure I can,” said grandmamma. 

At the station I attempted to give a con- ret pretense for so doing did kise as soon vary store. It's two mile* away frosn hero" proudly, 
meted narrative of myself, but t do oot after seeing them ss possible. —catching him by tha Ispet of hi* co*t,aad Aud dropping the white apron aad dou- 


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wipin' and 8trurr.-"»TB too-too-tou fiunv ho,. nm**., Jv*. 


TIIK HON. PBKDBRtCK T. PBKUNOUmmtX. HR HKTAlIV OF STATE. 
l‘ilP’reuaAiwn> m Miiki ;H«* I’m *m.] 


niog her clonk awl 
liat, away wont lit- 
tle Min .li-nu with 
III* xtep - daughter 
nf her father'* uu- 

ll wa» two tioim 
befiov dir got liark, 
ami when die Hep- 
ped from tin- rar- 
ringn n croud of 
children, evidently 
iu flic very highest 
laughing mid 
•’Hiring ii u. I about- 
lug, their band* full 
of paper pared*, 
ram* pouring out of 
111* little aliopL She 
glanced in the Win- 
dow a* stir opened 
the door; not one 
aniiiml nf the « hide 
tnenagerle remain- 
•d. She looked nt 
the abelvc* n lien 
•lie entered ; the 
glnu j nra, Ii-«h •purk- 
ling limn when •tie 
left, were empty. 
Her even fell to the 
milliter ; not « hit 
of taffy nr old-fn*h- 

dy rlung to the 
pan*. 

"Why. grand- 
nuinmn," »lie erieit, 
her w hole faee Seam 
ing with sntiM fac- 
tion, '• what u Iki»I- 
tiewi yon bare done, 
to Ini wire! The 
money drawer nmat 
he nearly full. And 
I don’t believe you 
ever Hold anything 
in all your life be- 
fore." 

“ Sold f" repent ill 
the dear old lady, 
her am ile of welrome 
fading. •• Were the 
thiiiga to he wild on 
Chriidanm-eve, tny 
•lea lie. when we're 
only keeping *lore 
for tun! I hadn't 
it in my heart 
to lake the little 
Mion'penniea. ‘Mer- 
ry ChrlRtniHM,' any* 
they, m prettily j 
and * Help yonr- 
•rlvew,' nys I. And 
1 never are wick a 
lot nf ehlldrvh on 
did help tlirmttlven 
in all my life be- 
fore." 


you ever *ii»ee yon 
were Imrn bear of 
n hownew begun 
and ended tu three 

ln«im r 

" Twaa nbort and 
awoet, like little 
M**a Jem*," naiil 
Aleck. " By tieotgc! 
here'* three pep- 
permint drop* left! 
One for yoo, one 
for grandmamma, 
and oue foe me. 
Keep your moutli 
opru ami abut your 
ejw, plftou." 


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CVur jitiuvui. iii England a hundred y#» ra ago na* «l- 
waya attended n itli peril Our illustration allow* a hull 
nnd gentleman, perhnpa rvlnmtiia' from a Cbriatluaa parly, 
aurprised by- night. at a Mill leu (urn of I Ik Mini, by a 
masked highwayman. The deepy pcatilion baa burn ulnr- 
tl#d <mt «f hi* d«N by I Ik terrifying apparition and Ilia 
atari! command to »ti»ii, while I hi" iniuatr* of I hr ovarii 
are politely but Armly m|iiraleil to etep mil anil •nnru- 
drr tliuir pureea. walebiw. and utber v»lii»Mo«. Taken by 
aurpriw, anil coveted by llie pistol of their auiailanl, lb# 
Incklcaa traveller* Imvo an ob»l<« but In obey, amt will 
nonatdcr tbemaelvra fortunate If allowed to pmeeed iritli- 
out peraoual maltreatment. 

Many aneodote* are told of tko ingenuity exi-rvwod by 
traveller* to conceal valuable property fnwi highwaymen. 


Wo rend of RUUK who ranted rnunl.-rfi.il coin, for the pur- 
jkim of bunding it out on ileinaoil nod diverting aeairh for 
lie u in ik onto concealed atmut the person. There in a elory 
uf n number of lodlea and gentleman, travelling by roarb 
i«er a very lonely and dangerous road, who entertained 
I'neli other willi talee of highwaymen, mid the varlona 
Mratagi-ui* resorted to for the aafe-korping of valuable*, 
floe young lady incautiously admitted ilml .be had euo- 
eealeil a hundred pound* In her right aboe. Shortly after- 
wan! the coach m stopped, and Ibr pamri.gr r« were rum- 
|«c1l.-il In surrender Ibeir puree* ami watch#*. The rtil.be re. 
illwatialled with the ineagreiicw of their boatv, declared 
tbul they would searrb the baggage If a hmdred pound, 
mote were not forth coming. "Yon will lind Just that 
a runout in the right abuo of the young lady oppuaite," aaid 


a quiet, niiilille-iigi-il genllriuan. who bail been silent daring 
l I k whole prnceeiliug. The .hue na. promptly removed, 
and the highway ukii. after taking the money, anil pnlilely 
i-ntnplimeiitlng ibeir victim on the prertinc** of ber fool, 
nliiinod lb# roach lo proceed. The young lady waa iornu- 
Milahle. The noil.l)e-»g#d paMenger was runmll) deununrril 
ua an accomplice of the liigbwaynieu, ami tbrontened with 
arrest ill the Drat cropping. plnn-. lint on arriving there 
lie d>«ap|ieared before tbla could be carried out. The neat 
morning I lie yonng lady wna agreeably surprised liy a very 
handaome remittance, nrvrral tiniee lb# amount of Ibe lo«*, 

Imui I be .uppieuil ai-niwpllre (who bait managed In obtain 
her ndilreu). with the explanation that bin Irwult* contain- 
eil ten thousand pound*, which would have been but hail 
the highwaymen broken upcu ike baggage. f 

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CHAPTER XLVII. 

KUOXT HI UOU IUMTL 

IlniriTin. on I hr whole, it srcmo) at first « 
if Mr. I'rasum oowld Mwxi) hurt' doM better, la 
till* risk y toil of thine*, than go of both hit hca j 
and feel, uni become t helpless parirul. When- 
ever a nmn it ill (however ho may lmv nmnl 
his ilLocM). a (mint n( pity anil good-will *n»r« 
lu tbr brrasX* of all who ar« uut brute*. K-|— . 
vintly alien hr Id a man nf strength anil poinr 
that' aianl lo defy amall wlbiHwt, people n«. 
acinus of lltr-tr r»* n inure timmoui arnkniw fed 
for him Viniily, a»J |*st elf lianl niewrure* »itll 
Ur (mpiiUr -porit nf fair play. 

Mr. latiasrr had a oacwl amiable litnrt ; Mr. 
EmU'in, though sharper, wa* not hard. As soon 
as the doctor had pronounced that further >1- 
citonent must prove fatal, ami that nothing I 'at 
the free flow of Mood had roved his patient from 
apopleay, the lawyer* resolved to proeeed with 
their duty is terokriy as poMtble. Tnc brwt room 
in the home and nJI its comfort* were phioad at 
the service of the steward, and every ouc m< to 
attend to hid orders ns if lie had lawn tlie master 
still. None nf his seal* nn removed, Inn ilws 
uf that linn were placed beside them, and every - 
thltapc was itooe as if U Mill were doalnful aim 
might Imi the true executor. Thu uld Earl was 
hueiril, w ilia a quiet hippy funeral, ill tlie hen it 
of hit la lid, mid among the Imnc' nf hin fund, 
then All tin- urvuat* .tail gmsl uxiurnia •. and 
■ ere unlnred tu lie patient lo tin i|ixatina nf their 
W-rnviro until the law said whether they went to 
have them. Xeillier dal the public fur tome days 
hear “ of the heavy has* It had «ii-i*itro>." lint 
suttainod it witbrat knowing il Ami although 
Mrs. OibtaU and her daughter Mary were begin- 
ning to pack up for Enter, the* had knight noth 
a number of thiwgs in London. to pise to every 
friend they oonld rail In tniiwL ui to la«t on the 
mantel-piece forever. that Mr. Snacks Und to fetch 
(tawn from his cook -hi 1 1 every ancient pmtmatilh- 

that wwwM lrold together. Mr. Ihiacka. every 
morning of kta life, dn'Ured that write lie would 
to brother Tucker that same day and m> mistake. 
Hut ever? day, w lim he was gin up to do it. Mrs. 
Snack* implored him tu wait JO? I till to.iuoreow ; 
It was no inhospitable and downright unlucky lo 
write In flout of people who were leaving vour 
own huwe. She bid known a bmirgrooiii ami 
hrlilu uml a baby killed by flring agnie.it ilrevtiev 
*o And tluit was before throe trfxiptulnn . of 
the toed that lie was always jobbing with begun 
In Inul an gridiiuus. 

Moreover. Mrs. Tuldw held mu such 1io|mw of 
tbr great things she could well do now (with 
purest honesty and arose of trust) in the way uf 
Rule things, wlairii his poor aaintnl tonlshlp hail 
a huwdml times aositrod her that hu should Imve 
■so rest in Ilia grata if aaybudy else was to aliwl 
and inoke away willi— ami afire the way (die hail 
been rpikm j, assert her right *hv wimiLI, run- 
ecnitig a Vat never had Jws-u dmihsod nf hither- 
to. Mrs. (Jihlets, in reply to this, n> very rare, 
fill whit she Mid. She heartily dmired a great 
ooaay thing*, not only f«r I he mantel paper, fc**t 
to set up Mara in o thirty pound bane of bee 
own wbr-heviv she had »nw» her wild grnst — 
which is the feminine of oata — and aboaH tone 
to see that young Jemmy Splintrva, of the tint- 
laer yard, wouM make bee a goes) hushami. Mrs. 
(iilii. li smiled upon Jemmy's suit, for bit father 
was ikivn for Mayor of Eteter, which to bar 
mind was next in enmity eligible lo the Mayor of 
Ibrnsiaplc. But Mary as yet turned her pretty 
new up tt him. U--iviu.se be hod no wh iskeis. 
But her motlier was confident tbit these would 
iwnr, with the bottlra she h»d seen at the Loo- 
ihm ha'ir-dtraMir*', whereof she hail collected a 
bun (turn for him . urn) then Mary, wbu was Tea- 
eowablr, must give way. 

Hr liaatntt cnMewiI Into none uf these u».-eiles 
of Iwluiviar. Bring unlursv] to keep bu head 
well up— Wot noli in liguni of tpiwrh, hut of body 
—he eat in thu Earl's long CUlbkami chair, a 
chair a« extinct as piguds no*. It was a woo- 
ds! fully easy iKiir, aad a gfinuilw uiliul fbowever 
nctivei would have giwie In .leeji la H after so 
much loss uf IshaiH. Bat Mr tiaston was lint nf 
a nature that euuld be cmmUil on. Whatever 
thing he ought to do — not from a moral print of 
view, but .iccoeiling to awilysis, or synthesis, or 
humtn duitheris. or anything else whereby phi- 
lutoplii-M guide, explain, am) goicm liunatn sc. 
tiun— that tldag was the very Lt.it that he would do. 

lie shout) now have been thankful (wot only 
as a date, hot as a reicisily of nature) to latl- 
bwi , ami Bobbin, In Mrs Tuhlm, who brought him 
good aoap, uitiie wttb In-r own Imml. little as he 
ilssvrviil it of her, am) cicn to Mr. Sun-si, who 
tried with a huiulsvd borsr^mwiir uf (barlly to 
rknbt uf hi* sillaiiiy, Iwcausn he was M> ill, 

But ha was rnx hair *u Ul an tbe? au pp aasil, 
am) as lie wlahod tbplli to suppose. WtUi the 
strengtli of will which always helped him, and 
hvi Bii-k him wlmt lie was, lie fetched his mind 
lack to meet hi* trouble*, and liie Imddy powsc 
In lie wp and drisig. There w»* not a Asy to lie 
lost, not so hour to spare, if lie hops') Us save 
himself. Any minute the jump of event a might 
catch him. and the crash of hks diameter bury 
Imii. Was lie lo lie then 1 and wait tlie stroke. 
« strike for hicusdf. n» be used to do f llin 
pride sn himself Bud contempt of mankind 
awoke as lie thought of his enemies, and he rung 
fas’ three new laid qggs, a long gvies, and a bottle 
of fxiltra. lie broke the raw eggs into the big 


iliwp tumblfw. mint op with wine, sod swirling 
round the mixture, guljml it off, and castaway hi* 
medirine. 'I sin vuar tail," he sbnuted to uld 
Jnikins, who was wondering whethcc it wmilil 
kill him: "if you want to «»*-ape (lie wiirk-howe. 
Jenkins, your plan is to hold fast bv tnc.” 

" Vos. my hid— jM, sir. I should say. I did 
hmr. the him tiling was, that yon was to have tbr 
property." 

- Right emough. No doubt of chat. Why. tou 
know il. ynu uld fool. Who signed hit lordship's 
will but you. last week, at Mr. Foil's desire T 

1>>e old mint ruldmd Ida cvr-s, and thought ; 
ami then he said: - 1 dbramothre ; tiling, go 
through lay heel so now. But I hair heard say 
tliat you rau'l sign witliout forfeiting uf h giuire 
And we was told there was £Mt. old and young, 
for all of o*. Hisapprinling. afler fifty year, sir ; 
llinp|KenUng, I ill nay. Bill if ruy three yuurig 
grnmlHUrs get* it, the x sate n* Ibrir oW gninnt. 
wc most try lo psl up wvtb it, Mr. tlatton, as ar- 
rnnling to ti#e nierits of the family. TVe Lon) 
hath jus tire in His eye*. Though »o<tM '* lavsi 
a fairer thing to think on— f'JOu to mr. u&J tbeir 
share imlcpm.VsH." 

"So it would be. It is very hsid upon you. 
Jenkins, after *o many rears, and all yxss bavr 
been liustrel wish. To gsre Tubbs a ihuusainl 
| rounds, II II 'I you fifty, it an install as well as a 
NitrlH-n. Brit, under tbr will you slgncsl, there 
was tlie power to me. and tbs oeirr u, mw, to di- 
wJe a tluMiaacal prauwlt aliuMig tbr srrtaub^ or- 
rrrnling lo my uwu jndgineuL Alul tlie first thing 
I should do would is- to lay yua dawn £liO<>, U> 
do w listecrr you like sltk' 

- Well. sir. I'm sure I Am't know nothing. 
Hie tin*- is so much against an nil. They tell 
iw il will flMH tn a ligbl <.f l.vs n r>, mid Mt -i 
bnwref Mini get a ri • |tearv of it." 

' That's a bewp of l**n We ran krep out lire 
lawyrvw. ami all the park of robbers rou»J us, 
ami do proper jnslw-e to the ot>l retainer*, by es- 
tahliehing the rightful will. Wby. you mure re- 
member signing it tin huger ago than Wcdnes- 
dny weekf Call uf*« yoor memory, Jenkins: 
yon will have tu swtvir to iL Are they all off 
now to the funeral *" 

“ Vcs. sir. oil mine. Only llum carriages ! 
Why, tlwec was six wlwo liir ynmig krel died, 
amt tluit was culled out at for shobhiuess. No- 
thing is ever il.e.c now as used to he. They asked 
mo l» go . hut I <aid, * No, thunk too ; not'twhind 
lest than four horses, to diagram myrelf.' File- 
and thin? miire to travel ; aint only Ibe breree, 
and nne carriage, hare gi't font !" 

" Tlno wilt mmfi l.nek by rail. But Ita-v won't 
lw brtv till six «r wetew ibis rv.ning I feel »*et- 
trr; I shall lake a little walk in (tie gsnleti. 
Keep the rv-l uf the srrtants in-dmiri, I cell jrwa." 

•• Bless my |Hior old U»ms sir, you nun ner.w 
think uf rlniug that 1 Why, it anything was tu 
hup)wii lu ynu, Mr. (iuMuli, how slnnihl w« t-ui 
K"* " nr •' 

" Bon 'l lie llervowa, uld efcnp I am InCtew. I 
feel as stosig as a borer again. Stick l»y ine, sol 
| will stick l>y you, Jenkins, they want tn give 
lim the sack, invause I am Un hnnrel for tlma. 

Yonr interest i* hound up with mine. We shall 
best them. Never fear. Von know what iliwvi-s 
those lawyers arv. They wont lo throw it all into 
Chancery ; and tlm re> o*e get* twoptmee eiccpt 
themtlm. But they reckon without their host, 
uld Ihiv. Tnhbw i» guno u> the funeral, of ixsiiite 
Tubbs j* a spy, and she wauls to rob you. and 
your grawdson*. mnl every o*c of us. 1 shall go 
for a breath of air. Lei no o*e know that I have 
Irft my mu You get away, and hum t Isxilu 
of port - wine. They ucrer even offered vou a 
glass. TH be bound. A nice way co conduct a 
funeral J* 

lu a few miaul**, tiuslon, »:lh t laign duak 
on, and a slroug oik slick to lean upcor, alip^wd 
<>al uf Ibe duiir in tlie und wall, found a rab, and 
drove off In How ter Strorl, aul then lo au alky 
ralleil " lliih’ip's Iraoim*," wbevc he knocked at 
the door of Mr. Tot I, a Siwyrr not tai WgKimat*. 
Tliat gvnthrlnan, with bis usual JiM-ii’tino. we 
not tu lie caught in has first lilusli at homo ; bat 
gradually fame down Cu that caiidiliiin, after lung 
mediation of a l*»v win rouU lie truwhul, te- 
canto hi* name was ’’ Bill Full." 

•' I thought ynu would nemr cum* down, and 
I have not a nuraenl tn waste," kih! OaMmi. 
“ How can you lot so bu'! wp ns all this f 

■■ lloapitulilr — bmpitalilv, mv gocsl nr: you 
can understand it It has brought down our fam- 
ily to answer tbrir own ML And yet with ruy 
abilities, experience, and character, any day we 
nut go up. aay Ait we snsy look down upon nur 
enemies." 

•' Meaning the fulls wbo have givoi you credit. 
Sand away that grinning brat of yoora ; I want to 
ap«xk to yoa i|UMrlly. Have you any place fra* 
front 1 is truer* »" 

" Rather," laid Foil, with a ptaaiant wink. 
•• You ktinw what nsy tore uf silence la. suryaiMwiI, 
my rral *|r, by ny love of nnlhiug * »iv;,i xnir- 
ling Imnsity, of which I regard you aa the chain. 

" Anwog tire hliwl, tbs one-eyed nun i« king. 
Vesar vfitwls are n shady M, I fear Wefl, here 
wc are snug, and 1st -< have imi humbug. You 
rcnwruilwr this will, which you prtfsired ami at- 
tested together with the shaky old butler, when 
Ibe Earl was hi hi* right r.in.l, arid knew- his 
nminlag ? Tldesc* hare gul hold of him since, 
in my absence, and hive mails him sign aceaw- 
tbing arandakcis. Downright rubbery, ami hull- 
»*i men shnuld leave no slunc unturned to hafilr- 
it. I nuuld rather pas a thousniul |Kiuud* than 
knock anrler tu such villaiuy. Now r han't hugili 
to talk alsoxl ratuat*. udhiua Umuiis. and all 
tbat. Tkw reuanly is shnrl awl Mn:|de, if we are 
rewriml t« bxvo our righls, and sweep arrele 
wretched furmalilire — in make a man do wbit 
he meant 14 du. *s lung as he knew hi* own 
rnimi." 

" That rpiestkm will to fur a jury, I fear ; am) 
it alwaja is n most ticklish uric. A thousand 


pounds is but a drop In Ibe rerun when w« eurne 
to fiitht a will. " 

" 1 know that :. and tlie nwiui is plain — he- 
raiuw il goes into so many pw-ketM, But n thus 
sand pwuwta in nn» man's pocket, withrmt a far- 
Uiing hi |uy uut, and with plewty of h-jd pickings 
hi come, is onougi: to make one lalwr for the 
right. " 

" Put it plainly,' Bid Mr. Foil. “ What am I 
to do for the thousand fiounda *" 

" A* simple u thing a* ynu ever did, and a thing 
a* truly respectable. Tina will is dated 7th of 
May : II ought to tw "ill of ft-ptemhev." 

" Well, you sic a boH otw, Mr. ( iasxnii I Trana- 
pauiiuo fin life la what It imomn to, oo none 
tiun. And to face it out with that old Jenkiua! 
Jruliua has «*» uurvo at all," 

’• AH the I* tier for that, yon stupid. Jenkins 
is Bat certain now. He hu* no ruemury ; tmt ynu 
hove Ri'mind him of romelbing he :1>] tbat 
day, aa<l that will prove it tu him. There is no- 
thing like a line old had to baffle ihe sharpest 
lawrers. Make an entry in year day lumk, under 
7th of September, * P?e(Hire) aad atwwled Earl 
Ivinpoie's will’ ; and ovt with the leaf of tire 
Till <>f Mar. It will nut take tbrui by surprise, 
for I have prepared tbeir minds fur it. I ud) 
limn, wbm they produced their will, that I hid 
one of later date, and was going lo submit it to a 
lawyer. Killer my ikll lo fuu tosluy — ‘ Mr. liu- 
l«es/ to ruasult roe" alxwit tliu rarnnl will.' Make 
till’ n copy, to llmirii-b tn hue them, with the dxti, 
Scjacmtrer 7. I shall ar4 lit them hare it in 
tbrir huwds. Tlwy will Ukn it for Ibe original ; 
it will I* in the same handwriting; and when 
tbev come tu see the real thing, they will ltriicvc, 
and I shall swear, that il newer bis lieen nut nf 
mv possrwaiwo, unle*s they *u.Ae it while 1 was ilL 
Ymt know plenty of fellows wh» ran take «nl ink, 
aitliuut a sign. Make one nf limn do it u(*jO 
sonirthbig cl**, fur a ti-t of skill, and steal sum* 
of his ‘tuff. Ikm'l lc< him seethe will, of course. 
Nrshing ruts br airier . and >«a tec the dote oc- 

*' Tli* rush is mtt uilti-ient tu sustain car's 
eoiiM-ienre in a usk like this. Tlunc may hn 
justice in it, hut Mt aralo mwst bare more weight 
than that " 

“ 1 knew that you wtstVJ try In drive me. Bwt 
remriubcr th.it, huppm wluil will, uut au acre of 
the land will crer nun- to me All that is in set- 
tierin’ nl, and goc* with the title. Why. if 1 get 
mv tight*, you must know as well as 1 do it will 
Mnrcrlv come lo fifteen thousand. imUaJing the 
old Ionise, which is imwctlM I will give rest ten 
jwv c*4tL, fiflctn ItuBtlred that will hr, free hwn- 
■tnwl as soon as wt: can g« probate, and the bal- 
mier n« sum as 1 ren liar- And here— you can 
have fitly un laomt of c rewore*- " 

Dvi*, is tiosiun knew well awugh. proved the 
arr.»l leropliug h»H of all. To a who who live* 
from hand In luunlii — a kwh is the true wa? tu 
Ust* things, and tn liek nrtr's fingers dcliroxulr — 
lire nsnrp n.-e on the nail is OKre t.Vin the noble 
in tlie twighlmrltncid. Mr. Fril pot hts hand oul, 
and tlie rust was x rparslion of ilcluiL 

" (Inly tine tlitjut ‘oust he cerU'm— wrtiuKU one 
osMirance I rlo nulblng," r-vd Fril, at the end of 
a Imi g-—h ulk — “and tbit Is that the new mau 
must reft turn up. If one* he gen to Loudiui, 
all i* over He lit eo in some outlandish pan, 
and he hu* rest Ixscrtl uf these tilings set, accord- 
ing to tour aeivwml of lii*n. If oner in- u|qwars, 
it is nH over with mK'sdraif* to do JuMh-e. lYiti 
lawyers will !w as kern as tats la tbrir olre- 
qumusnCBO to him. I know what a diffmvmw it 
makes when a man atlanls to bis uwn umk All 
will lie rifled ; nothing will pass fiMSIwr, S*als 
will be broken, aciwuols priid Into, Utin raked 
up and the deuce knows wfcul. Thrir place it to 

fill’ll li'wn wishnut taring a day, And liowr do you 
know that they have not dune it f Yea may find 
him in tlie tan* wbm you gvt borne now. 

“No fewr of that ; t h-reu masked him wdl," 
Mr. (iasbrn ausocral. with *tt retry smile. " Ttsoe 
oA3 fool* may have tried to find him oat ; nod find 
him out, in the end, they moot. But it won't be 
done in a day, I can assure you. 1 inn premia* 
you at least a week without him.'’ 

" A wrek is not retnugb, nor yet a man til. You 
know bow skowlr the law mows. It Is nut him- 
self that we m«j fear — for, from all that ( Imre, 
he is an idiot — but it is the effect that ItU pre- 
seiuv wcsald hare. You know all about him, 
You inmt rowlrirr lo keep him away fur at least 
threw mouths Nothltt roil krep him from the 
land ami the tide. Uut if uu get peri ole, we 
may snap oar finger* at him as regard* Ihe purl 
that connwn* u*. You ean nsGv' everything, 
and lie uff." 

" My goo) fellow," said fiaotoo. roughly, “ leave 
that part of the affair to me. Brace up your 
mind, and this filtle doresmcwl. to the tree chro- 
nology. I will take this copy, with the pnsper 
date upon it. and expect you with th* real thing 
to-umcTow. Then I shall place you, as nty agent, 
in pasrewslnn, and iK off westwuci to Kulrmt 
the foe. I feci quite confident of defailing all 
tlieur Inch*, erafty huroliugs a* they ar*. Now 
krep yourself stiff. Hu your mwk, and earn your 
inonr-T. Tluit has always Item my rule in life." 

lie got into a rah, and was nsrigmt to hear a 
nasty huaung In his ears, a nmud its uf • hire of 
Inw* at mm*i-t after a busy Augw'l dny, " Ptwt 
npmi the dwlnr! llis liltliy drugs IUt in my 
bnifi II* Mf MB* M like Ml iJ-i jakes of 
«igbty If it were not for that Iwartly Devon- 

shire job I would sharw few a week, and they would 
dare tcsi.h tea King. H.i ' a fine idea ’ With ynmig 
Mill* to help roe. and .Strait, and old Jretkin*. 1 
might be gear litre* day* before tbey found it 
out. and (hr** days ought to mwk hi* goow* few 
hka Think ! think ! 1 - link ! Dash me il I cub 
iltiiak. I iii'mt have a flip to my svstreia.'* 

Uelwiiiing tu liia mum unseen — for mkuu of thu 
rorrnnt* were goue to tlie funeral, and the real 
Mere drinking tlu ii gtud health — Its obhtiitrd his 
flip, III the form uf half a lumUeiful of Irish* whis- 
key, and then, with all his criur rafiured, aud even 


heightened, Mt down to consider bit urgent era*- 
•Hiion. lie was playing a desperate gwtnr, a* he 
knew, and one that require) even more i.f lack 
titan skill . bat cither hr urott play it uu for ~ <&- 
etagB further, or fly at onro. a bvggaivl and a 
banished thief. In the day* * him he might hare 
laid up store from il»* pnmih <4 rw.lmuletnctit 
he had spent a* fast as ho Mule, twing even ntora 
a gambler than u reggae! He had taken tiino 
by tiro fortiuck ISIS w far as to srae and hiJo 
Lb* casb-lHia lo-fnre Ibe kitnuiun uf lawyer* ; but 
fully confiding in hoi own position, be had not 

dninyid all ll:r proof* of bis robberies, but hail 
srolvd up many things, nnd - • gut them scalnl 
agaiwst him, into whir), be sbotld rather Imve 
dipped his Sngen. Mr. U toner bad left a Irmly 
ogrtlt in puso-s'-sa, and iiast-on ruuU gvt bokl r.’f 
nothing for tbr momenl good eituugli to run away 
with, and furego all ilianre of further lioolr. 
Tree re for* be mast cirrv oa fur ib» prewat. uk 
ing his staud upon and Btaluiahuug tlie will of 
which he was curator. uttiU it altoold come lo 
the test of a law court, by ubwh time be might 
be prepared ls> n-lirei with ro<U|irlrest pirkiugs if 
danger arose. t*f coarM Mr Km I w.stlfi nc»cr 
gel liiure limit the £.V> he Imd jure»|wl at, imlres 
thing* went to Mwuthli that the proving of the 
will might puss vtilbiiul In -til rwrimitr. 

Him mid fomnusl nf all was this, to prevent 
thu arrival of the |wvaenl EirL alia* t'.iptuiu 
Isuk:.. alias Mr Artliwr Hr might be ata idiot, 
a* Mr. Full Imd said ; ixst such is tlie exiUtuslasia 
uf the English miinl that gloat people cinrrally 
may tas* their wits Wit brat lessening the aJiui- 
raUon duo U> them. So if Ospxaiu I -drk* now 
w«ni to march up tlie big stiiri with a basket of 
apptas on his tbralder — wbkh he ana ciptliln 
(ill body and in mhtdi of doing, and of *bi>iling 
all t?-* way every mind and body iu the lunuo 
would knock ibe doora down with jay aud act-ta- 
rnation, and tny duly to vour tardship K-r -till 
there lingered among them Irgntulary lure rent 
ccrutag Wnn. 

But the wllv (la « toll — who but for hi* violrat 
temper aright hate Iwett a Ural- rite rogue, equal 
to any nf thla greater generatioo — hod *o <on- 
treed thing* that Uitln.vr A Einhlin I although 
they Imd written to t'.ipiniu Jjirks direct hy pel 
as " L Arthur, Esquire," and had received, a* 
they supfuaeil, I13. answer) rent off in the wrong 
direction now to fire) that newly important client. 
Ill their kooks was the reipy of their Itttrr. ml 
•ireswnl In him at " Chriitowcll. near Exeter," 
folklore! by the copy of that tcry tude reply — n 
copy wheresif Imd Item scut to the old Karl, aud 
bad dririm him to eaecutc tbit hasty w ill. In Uni . 
Tn rift-ton, however, it was undesirable that they 
should prewrrre the cumret aihirrxt, wbii-b lie 
had given them fur hi* own pitrpw.- , tul iherr 
f’tre be had mid : “ It wos o wraidtr ultuosl tlml 
your letter ever found him. Nobody ever rolls 
it ‘Oiristuwuir now, itasrgii (hot limy bate lwsitt 
tlie old nine of il. 'tTarsweil' j* ibe proinnn i 
alkm, a»d tile ?»t»!e nf spelliaig now ill rogue " 
F|khi till* Mr Imtimer, n*l as yet of all »ii»|n- 
ri-st, boil carefully erased (with pctlluaife mnl 
witli piMincr, In the diligent rrianner of a fine uld 
firm) the genuine name of that very happy vil- 
luge, and Ha-1 let it down as "Carswell." Xuw 
there are three Canwell*. a* Mr. (sastoo know, 
haring tftken the trouble to find out this, ie the 
region of Devon round about the loymt city ; and 
pcrbips there aaay ho more. At any rale, the 
missive, or the messenger, wcsald have to salmowt 
first Canwell proper, whirh Is a haaikt near 
ilonikai.aud then King's C*r swell, ami then Air. 
bot'a CarawelL whirh nre la the iwighlioriiond of 
Teei.uay; niol when lbil was ihnni in rain, it 
wuuld have to be rc|ioiu>l t and fresh ilirirwrliuri* 
waited fur. 

*" Meanwhile," thought Mr. (•»• tun, •‘short mew- 
sums ate nre-dful I (ball cut dnwti straight, 
screw W unlaw to the sticking. prist at onoe, ami 
tkwn come lark In meet M-audal at my leisure. 
Who «iv* what is i time in those wiki part* * 
Tliat gardener mufti V wet to the garden of 
Erlen Tim peo|de ita tlie di-ranee, the far-off 
cun. in*, are a I* or tat, wbo will jump at tlwlr 
good luck, and he easy enough to handle.” 


CHAPTER XI.V1II 


I» U ait very w*U fnr strong-willed people Lo 
•land uji fur thrir right*, and to kick against 
their wrongs, and In shore the world oat uf U* 
way tu gel ibiir nww. But how much more 
wiuthy (if runri’tareition (m l llterefore liow ntoelt 
lew. lik.Jy tu get it) are they who, Iwtng of n 
wiak-wBM sort, rejoice iu tlie jota of tlie goml 
frik -re mod ibem. and sowlhe thrir own woe* 
with the woes uf other* ! 

Dieky Touchwood was under nrgrat ontarw lo 
render himself op on Monday morning, wtlbrat 
more elotbr* th.iu he could fiat n|Hiu hi* luck, 
to the dricM of all the drv.salcres uf I^yiWMith, 
Mr. rirowgrnT of Stuneliousu Wall. IHrkj Inul 
oritber strong miuiL nos- stiowg will, uor any tiling 
rise very strong shout hUn, excc|i« tlu> drairo lo 
lw phased, and os aa erhu (wtwher, hut p-ntr- 
ally the pretum-s when tbr srothcr penuiX- 
tod Uk a d.’*lro to flaw all who phwred him. 
and lit* echo’s muia refrain was " Bre-r — Itw. 
after ilm rain, :oid hewr again— let nobody aik 
for lw* iu >alia“ 

Wlicn it was reported at Touchwood Park, be- 
fore rervice-time on Sunday, that Squire Dicky 
“ar to lie turn'd out and lent into a tueon »hcp— 
for tbat was what it came to— three wa* nut a 
man, and murk mure a woman, in or around the 
Park, and betanging tu it, who did nut cry i cau- 
dal, and get up in Inmc to sen it 

Kckr wa* the hero of the day, and felt It, 
I ms toad of withdrawing from tbr public guns, 
lw pat on hist bright.-*-! apparel, and went to 
church with Mime Inc ln>te|u-ndcnt fanners, who 
utred but a imp fur Sir Juwpb. " We'll *ce 
yoa through it, rir; you keep yoar l«uk up," 



883 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 34, 18B1. 


•»« th* rennfort and cuunarl ho received cm every 
side, and aev*ral juiing ltdire, alio hml thought 
lilm “ rallwr fate," longed Co kiu him in tix »l> 

Kate of arinvSMS. 

" Am 1 to b* debarred from m j own na V 
l.adv Toachwiiul asked, ailli ibe cooociu ruled 
iMHwrw of pailuw ia hat voire aoj ext*. “ Stull 
ho I Ml tom from lay aim feature I kin: luted 
up lii* diming >wm » (Hi, Sir Juwrph, you arc 
a willful man. nml you always liaiu TOUT own Mil 
way ! Hot rritort, I implore *e»! pcordre. 1 im- 
plore jeon, the result* of thin eudilMi and uut- 
rageoua whim." 

“ It ia not sudden, and It i« mi whim. 1 ham 
had it in my mind for mootlx. Yon kanw no 
tiling of the lircumsUa-M-a. The bojr want* pull, 
ing down ; we all want pulling down, and now we 
shall haw it with a wngtaatc. To-morrow I 
shall aew the auction*** about aeUing this place, 
which has been th* min of inn, and oil ac go Into 
lodging* at Plymouth," 

" After all we Have dotni to hr a rrsdil to JOU t" 
H rx ladyship hurst into a wild Snnl of tears. 
Through all the hut wtalber she had kspt her 


Iml it >•* a great point to have anything printed, I 
lM-caiise it nival be impartial. Therefore f shall I 
order you some dinner m the drawing room, ami 
«*Hiie myself to nee you eat it, wnd yuu will lie 
welcome In bring in that large young man from 
Trinity — thia trouble hw driven his name nut of 
my head— I mean, of courae. the one whose boa- 
tie* your dear papa kinked over." 

This was managed well, aiul Julia, proud but 
nut releultosa, earn*, and the laigu youag man 
from Trinity alglied, according to biw uiagnitinlv, 
whuneser he raid sigh asi.W ; few nut only was 
hn largo, bat tender, and the prick* of the liarh 
that were niivilit to Ming him had acini as with 
a good rump. *t«ak— they had ocly made him 
sweeter. But freling that he had no iDcmer, he 
sighed behind his handkerchief. Jelia gave him 
several glances in her acll-expericored «ylr. soft 
and rich and to be fheriahol. to that Ins bturt 


th* greati-st tact, ami what I delete, minis sub- 
lerfugi'. Hut III' unit Im> almost a bruts In keep 
hit uuu wife and ehiMrva hi the dark. He is 
playing rouse deep game, and recks nut a rap 
bow wretched be makes them, to suit Ilia own 
ends. Perhaps my firs* impulse •«* right ; toot 
wow, right or wro**, I mu at go through with it 
(j« along, Trumpeter ; we arc on a smooth road 

The worthy hone put has best foot foremost, 
for likt spirit was willing and hit fiteh not weal, 
so lliat they were both in DeiuOjRirt ore to# 
■h«A-yard men Streamed forth to UUsuer. wliieli 
Is a linui of (he day to hr misted for mywd punc- 
tuality. Then Ills parson having Sim his borer 
i» comfort, and kindly recvivr>l nourirkmewt, call- 
e l upon a tpiiet man, a Omstowrtlian, own resiain 
to Mrs. Aggrtt'a reliekr — as she called her dear 
dead liiisbuid — and now rising steadily into social 
excellence os a widely esteemed skip's chandler. 
11 m name was Coil, aad be was mounting into 
roeh a sphere of whulcaale merit that lie wss to- 
ginning to nod to Sir Joseph ins lewd of touching 
bis hat to Ilian, and bad areu shaken hands with 
him at Cliristruas Ilmen But few did hut prelsnil 
to be on a par with the vicar of tlir paiieb he was 
born in. 

“Servant, sir," he said to Mr. Short, tombing 
hit forelock, like a Sunday. school boy; “glad to 
see 'e once again, sir. And how are all the good 
folk up to borne like f " 

“ Pretty well, considering the long dry weather. 
I never aaw the moor eo parched before. Our 
people say that Colonel W eaU-omliu'* grsiae liave 
ili. sui it. But 1 want a Hula talk with you, Mas- 
ter ('odd.' 1 

Cudd wad a simple, straightforward frUnw, get 
ting oo ehiwly by dint of downright huncety, at- 
tention to bwines*. sad beed of ancient maiims. 
Mre.Cod'l (who had been a brwssemasl at I.uM- 
leigh. wooed by Codd with his apron an l happen- 
ed to be up stairs, engaged im the periodic in- 
crease of an hottest race, and bo there was free- 
dom of tongue and of ear*. 

" 1 hope you may be wrong." aaid Mr. Short, 
as soon as be bed hewed the other's story, which 
i uao* without any qutalkois, (or the mh)ect was 
hot that day an PlyuiuuUi — " asxl I use. mil help 
thinking that you munt Iw wrung. Sir Joseph 
Tsmrbwovi, after all bis ytwre of dexterity aod 
uf experience, should be abort tbe last man in 
the kingdom to break wp suddrnly as you lie- 
nribe.” 

“Well, sir, I only know what I hear tell, aad 
1 heartily hope it may be wrong. Many a poor 
hrad will arbr, ami many a poor belly quag. If It 
is so bad as they tell me. And I an sorry fur 
the poor folk round our parish. Sir Jcaepb hath 
found work for a sight of 'em m the wuiWr-liiwv, 
to the people tril toe. He mightn't be alfogwlhor 
hiMirnt, but ha bath bean charitable ; ami if lu- 
ll nth fail'd, you may sty for certain ha hath failed 
respectably." 

" Tbtt mnata fur a big lump of money, Tlio 
mural* of Lnute are wtaiderfsl, Tell me, Gold, 
since it i* town -talk now, where I shall base the 

In-" l obatKW of OMTrct particulars." 

Mr. Codd told him, and the parson, with excite, 
in ml most unusual to him (because lie waa full 
of things larger than moneys liailened to the 
gentleman who knew all about it, according to 
bis own belief and that of all the public. This 
gentleman was not Inclined, bowevre, to Imjart 
ibe smtlh-st decimal of his kuowluige until Mr. 
Shurt apoke very plainly to him, and derUred 
what he was prepared to 'to It then became 
ibe duty of Ihe burimos man to issue <h>*n with 
lb* truth to thu uliimsl of his knowledge, and 
Ibe parson thaaknl him and wteil to fetch his 
iHirse Then his horee frlclud him at each a 
pace (Imcsusk be vra* oil Uie homeward read, and 
his eliore were got into wearing ! that it was i>ot 
dark to a clear eyed man when the parme of 
ChriitoweD pulled the bell of the great front 
door of the Toorhwncd linuic. “I want to tare 
tout master himself," he said. 

“ Voo can't see Kir Joseph, air, I fear. Just now. 
He is not very well today, and be kw-jw his 

“ Then let me see him In lilt run I simply 
Insist upon saving' him. Show uw where he is, 
without SOI mestagli " 

Tlie man obeyed, for be belli Mr Shurt in some 
awe. for various ru««" ; and presently the vicar 
wu face to face with the great contractor in his 

l ’ n - Mr Short ♦ Ah P Sir Joseph H«ke mildly, 
after closing bis mighty oak desk with a bang, 
to indicate sense of Intrusion. “ Important busi- 
ness, Mr. Short ?' 

“ That depends entirely upon bow you take H. 
You may think me foolish, but not isa|wrtuwnt, 
wliivn you have heard what I Lai* to say " 

“ St down and s»y It, my giaid sir f« are 
the last man to be impertinent." 

“Very well, You are a mss of hurinras, Sir 
Jooepb, and so am I in my little way. Today I 


there I heard things which grieved me. 1 heard 
that vour drra, the brst in the wed of England, 
was In dintcolclm." 

“ Oh, they say that, do they * Very wnll, sup- 
posing It to Im so, wu are but ill your dtbt lluit 
I'm aware «f." 

“ No. you owe nothing to me ; but I owe some, 
thing to yon, after many years of hospitality and 
kindnc-M. And now you can do raeasrether kind- 
ness top letting me make a good invrwlvncnt I 
have long bee* looking for a sound investment 
for ASd.i.vC, which came to me about two year* 
ago. If I may place It at falrlateml with yum, 
I shall h* under a dorp obligato*." 

What Vuu moan to aay la that too will have 
placid mw aider a drop obligation T" 

“ 1 moan what I aay, 1 haru pirfevl ceaddinee 
la your sagacity and tmUrprire 1 know that thu 
asm which I caentiun is nothuig ia vast affairs 
truth a* you conduct ; hut I wish to secure for 


myself a grad chance, however st-lfti* it may lie 
of mu. If you think five per tent, too much — " 
“ Fifty per wwt, woalil not be enough for moo- 
ey inverted in a falling boune. Sir, you have made 
me very grateful to yuu for year faith in me and 
most friendly offer. I shall never forget it a till* 
I live, for not uuc of my best frtsndt hat recur in 
do It ; bet I am happy to tall yon, Mr. tDiurt, that 
my businres la as good as ever, sad t>«» I cm 
put a guioaa on the top of every shilling I owe 
in th* world. I toll ynu ibis in strict confidence, 
for 1 wish to mislead my own family. It is high 
tine to atop their most reckless profusion, and to 
pull litres up sharply upon their marrew-boewa. 
I have not said a weed that they can lay hold of. 
I have left both them and tho puUse to form their 
own opinions about my affairs, lwvaus« H suits 
me, at this time, that both should he certain of 


3 bankruptcy. Couiwrnis** the public I will not 
I you why, though rt ia a Itypliruato enterprise . 
but reswvriilag my family you know as weU u 1 


do that Uiey winnow my gatherings on ererv win-i 
of whimsy. I have palled them up, sad 1 (ball 
keep them m. if you res port my secret It was 
my good wife "bo seat you to Plnnoulh. Till 
her exactly what you heard there." 

Mr. Shm t was a fettle surprised, and showed it 
He thought that be bad got away muss cdreoly 
on has Plymouth expaditkm, and acrumplisbed it 
mret eUvrrty. Hut hres waa the sabject of it 
touting at him aa if be hail Item tbe ordaining 
cause. Sir Joseph smiled, aad took tbe upper 
land again 

"Tull her esactly what you beard, and let her 
hare a wight of it I bare bad atony a night of 
towwng with the way they bare scattered my *uU 
stance. It to time for them to bare a turn. Short, 
vuu arevi-ry wise to be a settled bachelor <»u*l 
by; 1 ahsll bear in mind your k Indians, ■> — gh ” 

" Henceforth that man to my tuail foal friend," 


tu spare. But my part to dlOculc, none the lesv 
I must to* allow to tu ha Imagined. And then 
thare to this punto atnul poor Dicky. Ah, Lady 
TiHJvhwuud, a«U met indeed I I was ~—*~£ to 
took for you quietly ” 


“ Come in, and tell me all.'' ibe said; “Icanfaasr 
the worst better than this saspcauc." 

Bring bound by her husband's confidence, hr 
could tell her only what they said at Plymouth. 
But, string her deep distress, he could not bcl.i 
adding scene weeds of comfort. 

“ Visa know that I du mil aay thing* rashli 
I arts sure that alt tlito to grossly magnified t . 
taalksi and ensv. You will uta Sir Joseph rise 
above it like a laws, or rather perhaps as eagle, 
and it will have done good to your spirited sou 
to be restricted for a while in cash and credit aad 
uportire joys. I will feed him as weU aa be ought 
to be fed ia tbe proper octree of dry-aaldtg; 
and I wiU borrow a gua, baling only una Uf.. 
and walk him off hi* Icp* with Nous. Hr shsi] 


“ Tis a terrible rough road, air," aaid lb* fa- 
mous Mr. Permit, of Ongford—nul th*n so wide- 
ly known aa now, but already called " Th* Dart- 
moor guklr" — “or rather, I should aay, nu read at 
all, aftsw you be past Kcalor Hock*, But yuu caa't 
mtoa the way, without a fog cornea ca, if yuu gu 
asseunliug to my dlrecttona." 

“Tbcy are clear enough, aad I am no fool 
Aftor laiMiliK Kustor 1 are WaUrn Tur aliout two 
inilus tsi the wret, Urn on* with the hole ia it, 
which thou aayust a man uf groat stature ckt nde 
through. When I get there I go ooutbwest. and 
rvosw the Walla BnaA, aa thou bast relied it, 
and then over aome rough ground to another lit 
lie stream, which is tbe head-water of the Taa, 
and llm over a hill to Craumere Pool" 

" You've gyto it as right as taa be, air ; bet yen 
can't get to Crenmerv very well on horseback, 
even now that tbe bogs be down so. In the win- 
tar-lima Yto a bad Job afoul althuUl yoa koua 
the ground a* I do. Hot now. If yoa go bredfsl, 
It MV* isn't rnurh to risk ; for the uidswt msn nuvsr 
knrw the nun dried up a& All tile black place* 
are safe enough niiw, for thu crust is firm on tbe 
tup of Dina. And wlierevur tbe rashes grow roi 
can stop freely ; but you muut bare a care of tbe 
bright green moss ; for it auu't bold a dog up. let 
atone a heavy man. But you better let me come 
with lost, air, though Pui not rcry food uf Bunds r 
Job*. You may be within a score laniards ef 
L'eanmevo and uver find 'un after all. I’ve known 
a party (Mat about ibsi hill all day, and ctasse burns 

" Spare me that nibfetoli, friuod, ttolws tl*u 
art afraid that this quswr toukiog Iwrea uf Hum 
will lireak down," 

” Charlie break down ] Not wnlasa you throw 
him. Charlie will lrevt-1 threcucore miles a dsy 
without tot or sup. He is true foreut breed 
Only you put him up where 1 told yoa. But 
mmd vies oo* thing. Xu wrelbcf won't but 
Ubarlir, bat it mac hurt you, tar. And to aiv 
mind thu waatber will break up before the ds> 
to out,” 

TV* elderly gtvUrtuan, a* be apfwaired (who 
had eWpl tort night at the Three Crown* Ian. an i 
hired Mr. Pevrott’e best horse for the dark *ri 
off, without answer, at a good round trot, with tfc ? 
murky morning tun behind bvm, aad tbe bean 
dry air slowly waving tbe ailvury locks bcncal • 
hu broad-brimmed hat 
That spirited cipiurtv, Mr. (lascon, rode oa apart 
to the bridge aortas Houtli Trigs and tlxo thruQth 
Trigotombe to the foot at Kustor, whore all in-id 
failed him, and the wild umor lay around. Then 
he pulled off hit bet guaksr hat and bettor a^ 
[bulb of which be had bought at LxetorX tad 



SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 24, 1881, 


HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


hiding lima In a deep lull at bracken at tbe font 
of a tall rock whkh he would know again, * ipod 
Iii* warm forehead, and uwd hut language n» 
trmiog th* #tato of ihu woalhrr. TVn li« >1 row 
from Ilia pock at a folded up, to oww liU lawny 
trapped hud from flic*, and grtliug upso Charlie 
set forth aguio 

Gascon left hi* home at length in an old peat 
hut, and ftrode on. lie ana rather quirk of step 
far a man of ripe line and no feather weight, hut 
lie found the travelling full of travail. aa he sought 
for " the mother of watera." It la pamllr sup- 
|otad (with aa much of truth as ilicre la In gen- 
anil opinions) that fl*o rirers liara their fountains 
Sera — •» if flic Naiad* mill J lire UgvGira! Hot 
hr* not uf the ground within the •tore of one 
square mile, perhapa ; and the rorth. in llie j*>wee 
of such prodorcion, trucks and iqdita like a thin, 
akinned fig Especially on the eastern siile (from 
which Mr. Gaatoo was striving to get in | deep 
Idack chaaneb interlacing one aaotfcvr, and tapped 
with heath, required great outlay of king leaps, 
or much light downing and heary upping of boots 
Inerustnl with the cake of mire— aa wearisome a 
plod aa a light font can go through with, or a 
hear* ear got * lodged in, with much aching of 
III* k:.*v-ia{« George (raatoo began to ka* 
courage, and bad temper took the flare of it, 
Hia great square jaws began to work like thora 
of a panting boll dug, and hi* ebrek* darkcneil 
into the color of prat- water where it is suffus'd 
with iron. For his recent iliac** had left it* Craws 
boch upoa odoniraance and in limb. 

Suddenly springing from a channel of black 
ooue. In a labyrinth of deep gullies roofed with 
Mdga and heath, he stood face to face with a 
man who had risen from a bog scans to the sans* 
quivering cn»l “ Who are you T rrtod Gaston, 
pulling out a hig liorw-pfolui. 

“ Vmi n ee dn ’t shoot me.” rwp lard the otlwr ; “ 1 
am only going home, sir. and I won’t hart you." 

A ahamrd of hi* (lurry. Mr Gantasi wultuml 
g about the noaoriou* robber* mi the 


embrowned hr the son, and deeply scarred upon 
case cheek. Me was tall and active, and straight 
of figure, and carried a bundle on a ground-ash 
•tick, while he failed not to return with interest 
the inquiring gate which hr rrerlrod. 

" If yoa know this (vastly country,” saVi Gas- 
ton, " I* wish you aould show ma whore Oauawto 
la I moat hare (vmi bunting for It at least two 
hours, amt as yri am no w ia*r than when 1 began. 
A bumpkin (old me that * be beirfh himself,' and 
*o he sevm* to do with a vsngranov." 

“ I used to know it well ramgh," was Ui* an- 
swer; “hut the ground is *n quaggy that the 
landmarks shift. However. I dare say that I nan 
find it; but when you get there, there is nothing 


“ It may soom an odd thing, air, but the very 
same idaa as* into my brad about you. litre 
as are ; this is 11* plate they make a fuse about. 
Ah, th*v havea'l ms llui world, aa ] have!" 

Rightly had bs said, indeed, that there was not 
much to tor there. In spile uf lli* drought there 
wan water then (which has mure dirappeered, 
through some tapping of the peat), but the water 
was not large reewgh to cast any tight or life 
erownd. The only ooanfort to the heart of the 
persevering traveller aaa that he never hence- 
forth could hr m a more ancwnYoeubic spot. 

"Thank you," said Mr Gaatoo, briskly ; " it has 
falfltWd my expectation*. Oat thing certain la 
our Ufr It to And everything intad escribed. The 
Ft*« Ditch, according to my roeullrelloa*, pre- 
sents a more striking wren* than this, and the 
•mall of dead Muff ia lea* livid* here tiuod hy, 
my fine follow ; don't let me ifoiaia too. It la a 
Ksaday mooting, and if there bt a plan* that 
won't let me in, I shall sit ilown to moralise. 
Would you like to have anything for year trem- 
ble, or are you superior to sack thought* f 
Without any answer, his guide departed, being; 
a roach man of the world, who bad learned to 
form dislikes with swiftness. and to express them 
•lowly. Among the black nfla of the wild bo 
disappeared, aa If be had sunk into the earth ; 
while Gaston ml down upon a left of rusty heath, 
and has heart breams a* dismal u the dreariness 
around. He bad worked vary liard, and Iwmmd 
his wrefcreed health, to recur* hat own purjum — 
which was good in his own 171a ; and lv thought 
it very hard that Ins fortune should liar* driven 
him into a place so lowering Fora reapiat* man 
of that sort rejoice# in miff hills and steep v*|. 
leva, but finds no pleasure in a rut expanse bor- 
ering between hill and valley. 

" How much longer shall I beat about the 
fcnah ? Tbo aky Is thickening over ; there ia no 
time to spare. To lie caught la a steers her* 
wont* b* a frightful tiling.” 

Rising, ha ebook bis heavy shoulder* and Mg 
neck, fur the weight of the drowsy air bowsrl his 
bead ; and then he whistled liirior upon his naifo 
with a wound like the rail of a cwrlvw. In hro 
than two minutes a rough, dark man wm wired 
ing through the swamp toward the pool, the style 
of whose dress was not church-going. 

They saluted each other without much good, 
trill oe courtesy of expression, sad then the last 
owner sat down, and crusted his legs and stared 
at his visitor corapUesntly 

" You are nut at all lb* thing, my city friend," 
he aaid ; “ yoa want a mins of Dartmoor Ire* 
dun Uf*, garubling, and hot whiakay (day old 
Harry with the tnanlHalscm. If natare hsul gifusl 
you with a del scale enmptotton. what an iaterret- 
ing Mbjiat row would be I Gome down and live 
■’ e peat with me, Dry, gonial, bracing 
I will hoard you for a' fortnight for 




Iai 


"Thar* are many legal askaas that might be 
quoted. A bad oath is honored by the breach, 
And again, no man is bound to the Hnpu**ihlr " 

" What impossibility bs* there been * Thst 
would be the only etcuee for yosL t'nlcw you 
ran prove that to my satisfaction. things will go 
badly with you, Master Wen low." 

"turrets bvcouie a joke," replied the other, 
with a smile, “ when the threatener is wholly in 
the power of the threatened ana. You have gal- 
lantly vvntuml into the ban's den, and aitbout 
my |wrmfo*iun you caa not go forth. You are 
niri-ml by a iwrliin* whure you sit, and to shout 
in* would only bring your own dnuh-*boL Lreik 
ronnd as much a* you like, Georg* Gaston, but 
veu will not tee my noble mate. Now listtm hi 
suund reawn, and attempt nu threat*. I went 
10 carry out my agreement with you, but the 
man's 1 laughter came between us. Could even 
you bar* slam him ia the presence of his child I 
If you could, lake the job oat of my hands alto- 
gether W by don't you do so ? for the crime is 
jwt the asswr. Hut I suppose yon can not trust 

” I suppose In," relumed Gaston, fer be Wwdl- 
ed to skip that question ; “at may rat*, you niuM 
do It quite slone. You nwl not take that other 
ruffian with you." 

“ What ruffian, George Gaston ♦— oh. I see, you 
mean my friend, who is watching my interrelal 
No, lie known nothing of thia little by-play . be is 
noili-r a doud, but he never could tiring himself 
to sbooc an hontsrt man, aa you or I might do ; 
but he might times yrro. Ah, It fci not oompli- 
rneolsry t Bui you Ml statid upon such trifles 

" I am here npM Imiunroa, and not for ribald 
arguing You are entirely ruteide the world — 
iou have no champ of returning to it in this stiff 
little kingdom. I offer you the chance of a new 
world, a here you mar start anrw, and cultivate 
your much - neglected virtues, rise in position, 
'foaml a family, and look back upoa this Iwgj^r 
period as no rears than a black dream gear by. 
In eseliangs for all thus* t.lresinus ycu hare sim- 
ply to riren vi' ws worthies* life— a life extin- 
guished in diqpac* already, tired of itself, and 
desirous to depart. A ml whet is that to you, who 
have taken two already?" 

Gaston's brutal cynicism foiled Itself ; without 
those list words he might perhaps hav* conquer- 
ed, for (he other man was desperate. and well- 
tugb sunk into that black depth of our natare in 
which we acorn our lives, out brethren's, and that 
of him who gave them , but the tense of wrong 
was in him Mill, though the sense of right wta 

“ It is a Its, a gross Be P lie shoutod, evorbear- 
iag fin um with ilia fart of til* oyas, as It* prvM- 
cd down hi« shoaldore willi this pownr of hi* 
baoie " They M through nm, l*it I dvJ not 
kill them. If anybody ktows the troth, you know 
it; without vwn, non* of it woald have luqiponat 
Gaston. I bettered that there aaa 110 ifovU, but 
when I look at yoo I am Sure there *1 on*." 

"llnee more, there ia no base for bandying 
wonts. You hare failed of your protnww, *0 that 
tlui kho; is preparing lo start to-morrow, If 
h* smew gala to London, he will cause (be great- 
rot irwstil* This very day you must carry out 
the matter ; you know his ways as no one else 
dnea Do it, am] be off to-night for Falmouth. 
There you shall havu your passage-money to New 
York, and five hundred dear In 
banc with" 

" It can not be done for lb* id, 
deed * A thosssand ia tlie very 
hoar of." 

" It ia out 0/ my power I can not dn it for 
the moment. But you shall ha»* security for the 
c4h*r lire hundred in six months' tiroe; that will 
tv roach be CUr for yon than to have it all at 

“ A thmirorvl Uiank* for suck, thoughtful klnd- 
aeso ; but now, a* yoo hare e*> rime to leas, un- 
derstand me V« say that 1 has* Ukuu two 
live* already. Yery wall, that is enough for on* 
hfotime. 1 will hare nothing to dn with (hia 
murder. I have done many bail thing*, but no- 
thing quite *o vUlamoos. Go and do it roureelf, 
George Gaston ; yon may Iron l my honor not to 
p*ach." 

•' Stuii ud re I ! after all that I hare done—" 

*' Hard wont* break no bonea, my fnend. Pop 
at mr if vnu tike, but first look round and 
my body guard, a* dead a shot as I am Mike, 
stand wp; nor friend la pugnacious. Ah, ruiw 
sou are wise ; to shore as* aould never brio you. 
One word of mooed in return, my friend, I liave 
seen you rather nervous ill a thunder.atonn ; w*I|, 
the heaviest and biggest there ha* been for gen 
era Uoni is gathering in the southeast now. If 
iou are caught upon the moor, and lose your 
bred, you wUI certainty grt bogged, unless the 
lightning saves the trouble. Farewell, George; 
w* shall never n>Mt agun ! If I were re vengeful, 
you would not go SO." 

Without fiirtWv reromrmv, off hr walknd, and 
vanished in a shaggy clout Iwtsd* the black mo- 
rns*. while Gaston stared with disappointment, 
vr carder, and Berne augur 


CHAPTER L 


AnassouxA thus in thin desert place (the must 
■ unhid,” both to see aod feel, srithui the Bcrtiali 
Kiogdouil, Mr. Gaabm last bis temper — nr rather 
found and gsr* way 10 It — for Um vahmhfo space 
of half an hour. II* was not weak enough lo 
suppose that powerful language has power upon 
facta, but he wta amply weak enough to Bad 
comfort in thr free trade 'of work rolled " swear- 
ing." Then hia rptril came back lo him much 
refrasliod; and that hia bcdlly strength might 
tally, lie put away ooo pistol and polled out an. 
ocher, whoso chars* was liquid, and discharged It. 

Ovtihsad, for the tx-ccwnt, the doll air Ufiad, 


Eire hnn- 


and a littie yvlkiw light screamed down ; but be- 
fore the hope Of this grow oubitAM, a low growl 
trotnlilrd far away. 

"Tush I U H those fouls firing at Hy mouth — 
admire] onneoot of churob, or Munelhiug. They 
are always making some row there. I will gel 
out of this Ivaelly nve®. Two cannon shot nev- 
er come into on* hole. A man who hsa been 
•truck by ligbtnipg once most be free of it, 
like small. pox. Those fellows who roll lliem- 
selvrw ' clretriisaxu' are nothing hut thundering 
quacks, afur alL How can there be any »pc- 
rral atirocliun la certain persona, etc. ? Ifoh ! I 
don't In-Here a word of It. Beside*, I don't b«v 
Here them wUI lv a storm at all ; and if there w, 
it will drew lei thr highest qoU, like Yea Tor. 
George Gawton is not going to lv lurrldad fur 
nnthing in lht< crisis of hi* fortune*. Forth 
among the bkrwrd Img* again I 1 sum lrtgitutiag 
to understand them." 

This sanguine view of (he position restored 
the deep red color to his ebreka. which lasted for 
as boar oe more, while he clodded on righl itob- 
lKimlf ovsr and through the shaggy fen powth, 
erorriml at the top and aoddrn at the koctcan. 
Then he roiou to a little daek-ryed nund, steal- 
ing from iu credlr head with tntierlug uncertain- 
ty, and tumbling Into Uulo flutters, whore It lay 
and rreted " ThU ought to bo lb* T«w. but I 
am much afraid it isn't," thuugbl GuUwi, porea- 
ing iu direction few a nwcwiu ; “ iuotaad of Um 
Taw U is the Tsvy, I beffov* ; aw] iotarod of get- 
ting near my hone, i must have grew away ! rum 
him." 

A sudden ahift of (tie panting air and waver- 
ing light had misled him ; for the track of the 
snn was now lose In thr sky is eompWte-ly as if 
be were qnagnitrad, while a flit of tawny base ob- 
scured thr own not of distinctive tors. In a rags 
with himself ami thn weather and tlm world. Its 
turned upoo his track at the head of Tavy Cloa**, 
awl making a corrort lamb-aol this time, found 
hia way to the fountain* uf the Taw and to the 
|Kvt-*h<d- llcre Mr ForrvU'a stout bore* Char- 
lie was getting wnroay aliost tbo wrother, sod had 
wrll aigb jerked hit bridle off With gladnroi he 
acrepted Mr. Gaston's weight, and set Ilia bend 
toward th» Chagford stable. 

The willing horee made play with vigor and 
with gaysty among the rugged bowlders and the 
combings of the tussocks, and the tiring softness 
of the many tony tangles, till the roughness of 
the ground and Iwwatklira burden of th* air be- 
gan to tell npcm hi* laUi«ml flank*, and legs tlist 
wanted scraping. He paiilol witii hmg lalmc, 
and twgan to hang hi* head down a* tv carefully 
put fine after foot 00 the *Uppy ri*e that wind* 
along th* bceaal of Watom To* There Gaston 
halted liiui uj.:o a rocky platform, and took s 
careful survey of the wild and threatening pros- 
pect- It was rightly manifewt by this time, both 
la rnsn ami Mast, that a great tunnoil of the 
wocbl almiw tticm was preparing to break loose. 
Over (he heights dark elouila were Filing, like 
sack* upon a wout-oomber's wain; in the deep 
gktv host fogs sull were hoddling. while along 
tlv followings and Ins *n<I out* of landscape a 
cvmfnsioo of tlw scittlcmcsl of light and shad* 
was moving. 

Mr. Gaston fett hi* hair prick up, and the whole 
of his sywtem teem with fiwr. He Imikcd for th* 
Kcscc* Ruck*, the nrot .tone pi cocos* bright in 
front of him, and lo, they were covered with a 
red of tempest, letting down Urge loops of grey. 
Hi* spirit fa.lrd within him and hia noart sunk 
low, ami In- dreplv wished for a cellar or a care 
in (he Israel* of the wholesome earth. He durst 
on* go for his broad -brimmed hat and wig cum- 
ended in the braeksn, hut urged his reluctant 
here* out of t)u> homeward track and down to the 
lira ground This led him to the sourrw of (ho 
.South Trign, and so along torn* winding Imlloens 
to the Mureton road. Gaston, ill has terror, wimbi 
havo been too glsd to aet off at foil gallop for 
More- ton, and aa it *a* he followed that road few 
some distance, until it began to mownl a cloud- 
capped hill, another noclrei* of the storm. For, 
aciueding to all accoonts of that groat tempest. 
It differed from all others within memory, not 
only in pawn and intent, but also in the manner 
of its furmalHiti, for u neither cam* with the 
wind aur against it (although flrwt appearing per- 
haps in the Mothra*!), but accumulatod gredu- 
ally round the whole bo ri kOU. rem verging stead- 
fastly toward the smith, and enmpaaring (as with 
a great bliek t*irt | the whole of tbe moor, till it 
filled It all with fire. 

- Away now few ‘ The Raven V what a fool not 
to hare thought of it T be whispered to himself, 
for be feared to speak alood, as If it might hare 


deep shelter Ibera. Get along, yoo old *crow I 
what are yoo afraid of * The proper thing for 
you is a stout crab-atiek." 

Ku.klenly wan heard a pleasant sound— th* 
sound of a bell, calling jwciplu hi cbwrh, Clear 
iy enough it was a largo, rich Ivll, a long war off, 
in some high tower, rorVrUomly, with measured 
swing, inviting all of a qwt mind to bear good 
weeds in a holy place. Through (he menace of 
the brooding storm and deepening awe of rkmd 
and crag the soritow tone came, gently vary '.tig 
with tbo ebb and flow of sonnd. To a youthful 
sMlisr, seared a*d checknj, it might hav* lm« 
hk« the puls* of anwey, oe throb of som* good 

anto*r* heart 

But thv old offetwlev hail no each tbcnghln 
All hi* misgivings were of the body, If church 
or chapel would save hi* body, that was (he right 
place for him. ne pulled up the borer, and with 
nil hand spread from his eyebrows, peered along 
the hovering amule of surra. Rising from Uu.- 
lower level half a league or *0 a war, and not as 
yet enveloped la the cksed-niase of uie inour. was 
a ihapely tower of fair gtwnlto, tlie finoii aud licat- 
peofMtionod pteo* of masonry round Dartiuuur. 
Huceaasful snlnsra had built rf, as their free tliank- 
offsrtof to th* Lord, in tht days a ban men wm 


883 

not too proud to believe in a Power over them. 
It was Um tower of Christowril ; the Ml with u- 
live silver re*, the largu-t of the seven, ceasol 
calling, ami llio four o'clock service w*s begun. 

" It must lv more than twenty yesrw since I <a« 
the iinide of a church, ” thought Gtstoa; “but 
a=y port in a storm, we sav, and nuliodv kaoas 
me hereabout, and if (hey did, it wouU all toll fur 
me. Larks will dc 4 be there, of rourac, Rut [ 
will not go if lean hidp kL On for 'The Ravru,’ 
H we ctut- ^ VYbrai thu atorra is gone by, my time 

He »» keeping to (he right to pan the church 
afar, and gel into a track Ivkiw the crest, whew 
the volume of the storm came sweeping toward 
bun liko a rolling op of heaven. “We will hast 
en to the house of the Lord," be cried, Iu a stu- 
por of wild rilnUry. shot across with memory of 
childhood's faith, and of knee-ling bosidn b» nso 
ther In s few minutes he was at the church 
ysrd gate, where the coffins rented iu haul weatbev. 
and be pulled the trembling bora* la through, 
and knotted the bridle cm a tombstone. 

They wura singing the pvulm Ivfnre the *er- 
mon with aa unusual ilvptli of reive, enooursgiug 
on* another |iartly, as they do at funerals Lull 
man, with his Open nvmlh, looked hsrel at his 
nrighbor growing ifork to him; and the women 
la ill* Sower row held hand*, to keep their voices. 
A ptc-uliar smell oppreeacd tbe church, aa if th* 
ilrod were rising. 

The great west ifcor, beneath thn tower, vu 
open, where the Ivll ropes bung, with the frayed 
Kemp glistening in the dirknoas like *0 many 
hangman's nooses Gaaton stole Ids way hr- 
twcee them to the pillar of ih* wislern arch, 
and slipped Into tlw church uum-n ; for even 
mind was orerlsinw with a heavy hwd of ilmik.t 


creeping khadra of roof am 

Th* vicar with a *lnw and salemn rtep went 
up ih* winding pulpit stair*, every rwitle of hi* 
surplice founding through the breathless hush 
•round; and whim bo knelt far his own flhfll 
prater npoo the cushion, th* murmuring of the 
Chmtow beeok came in at tbe chancel window, 
ami was heard ihrcnigliaui the ehureh hv imny 
who had never beard Ll there befevs, and never 
should hear It anywhere again. 

The person's voire was unmlJing slightly, not 
lias fear, hut solemn awn, a* h* proiHiuiuwd hm 
toil, the prayer of Daiid ia Uv hour c.f dread— 
" let iww fall into the hand of the lord " Bcf- re 
h* had pnHinunccvi it twice, thick Meekness fell 
upon roof tol window, pillar, arch, and »ep<il- 
chm! straw. A men could scarcely tee hii wife 
or lilclc ones at hia elbow ; mothers caught their 
children itp, to be ware «f bang near them, and 
the preacher's vtnec cam* out uf night. 

Iu this last Udokrnt of Ills Uf* Mr. Gaston 
knew acA what ht did. Buprems terror lirid 
him, soul and body, while hi* Iduod kike a fool- 
ing fountain new. A ilvliottn Ugure, drewvd in 
while, stoed near him at Uv column's fouv. 
Tresnlillsg so Umt lv could not stand, lie spread 
one hand Iw-foni his yw*. with th* elbow on n 
Ulga for hooka Th.-n hi* olber hand oaizv 
foctli and cloqral, tu the wild hope of scary sav. 
mg jmiwiw, the skirt of a gentle masdea. It wu 
Kins wfoi stood with hsr form so straight, and 
her face as firm as marble : the daughter of the 
man be wu corny here to murder ! 

Then fell the greatest crash of tempest ever 
known in England. Tbe tower wa» cleft. Gin 
church wu fire, the people cost like blasted 
straws. The roof flew whir, (he pillars reappot. 
the Gathers fell Uk« cobwebs, and Gw wall* were 
real ** a btaildcr burst*. Pitchy night an<( 
Miffing va|Hir*lirouii«d sll who w*re anroiif-umol 

Thia was tail for cow innmml only, bat (if any 
Iiobmw reckoning of each time were possible) to 
count it by the thing* that happened, makes five 
micnles of it For instancy, there were eight 
boys piled upon tbe communion table, who after 
their dinner had been at school, and were sitting 
round the altar rails. They all got off wlyu 
their senses returned — which could not have 
happened immoflatclr— and then anntlirv *l*c- 
tric fling, though toss never*., rsplacMl tfoon. 
A l*o R i* quit* certain that a men wlu> wu mr- 
riving (lying Thiioia* Raul, th* warrevier) mufo 
the ffrel allraapt to pi out of church, witii bis 
brindled deg coreroi in snlphur sparks sniffing 
the way in front of him. Bot when the dog 
came to the arch of the tower, where a nan wu 
silling steadfastly, he was caught up and whirled 
seven time* round, and rest upoo the step Into 
the tower as dead as if be never htd born S-eu 
Tlui made Thoms* Read draw back, aud Mvrd 
him from an utripc end; for the birr of Gin 
eliureh, with its six ligs flying, went by him lik* 
unit Wry practice, aud inusl hav* pasanl through 
(hr cliamwl window, bring found in the thatch of 
a tinhay twlow, when th* burial* were done with, 
out it. 

All who got over it are agreed thst it must have 
gone on for it least five minutes, and some nay a 
groat deal more than thav It begin with a (Ml 
ball of fire descending and splitting the north side 
of the lower, then scorching all the bvlt-mpi-, 
and passing ap the nave after kllbng nor man in 
Ik* archway. Thun it killed another man, with 
hia toad apuuit a suar, by driving hi* «hull into 
the granite, u*dt all tbt hair off an rlderiy wonran 
(which did re* Mong to her), and then parted 
into a liig globe and a small one, the big going 
out through the not, and the small ono through 
the chancri window. 

After that, nobody knows what happened , for 
they all fell down upon their faces, with Gin 
thundering of stones and beams store there, 
and roartetinn of thn Judgment day. In G10 
Mcmrh of sulphur ntrtl held (mill, and wvwnm 
rto-wcil thiur hamUivvIiii'f*. Tlirough the wi»*l- 

wovk of Gi* jvws thi-y could *er thr lightning, 
to aud fro, like clotted wnskre; and a m*r |IAn 
an overshot wheel in a flood ! rang along tbeir 
backbones. For It wu no* one expknion only, 
b«t a continuous rush and bis to, of which there 





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SUPPLEMENT. DECEMBER 24, 1891. 


niiMt furiooa ruin rrer known 
li mM have burst forth on 
the ln-li;titi #m foe the CliM** »u toot- 
ing dim ii like a blown wall jutted on tbe crret 
with jag* uf rock. Three month* of drought 
were to be mad* tip, aa.! nature spared no effort 
toward It. Km awl her father were drenched 
before that |ia**cd through the gat* of their mea- 
dow , and the m.xiw nt they had crossed the draw. 
Uiilge a ihu-t. of du.Nl ware carried It away. Till 
the morning they were milt* rul off frees chance 
nf hearing any mors than the mil of deluged 
thunder and the rushing of thr flood. 

Hot in Urn mumlng courage eaiim to the stittmed 
and taUrrml riUag*, and the qttwt MUM of shadow, 
where poor people lie* and are outset. Many 
a cot tag* nut so tall u to inrit* the lightning, 
nor so big as to challenge the wind blast, had 
been robbed of long paternal comforts and of 
high nuicmsl prides settles, wcal-chairv, feather- 
beds, dishes “ (lowered with" a gravr-wcll, and 
Hriuunix-mcUl tea-pots — by the roaring felony 
of the littie brook that ararxvly Bile! thiif ket- 
tle* when they went ti> church And worst) than 
that, Ufa tianca as lad, there was amrerlj a ret. 
aeruxtoais'l to soft gouip and charitahh- dinin' 
to know all about its nrighlsire, tlint was UK full 
Of Maiding KToMUt, anil quick pain ndling ia 
gre**ed lint, la this drop trouble uf the wciind- 
cil and the dying there appeared a kn and a 
heroine ; or, to pot it more rorrertly, all the good 
dredr done centred by altractM round thuae 
two. as in classic ■jl talsgy, and in every British 
crisis— and the pair were Dicky Touchwood and 
Sporett* Pcrpcrapt. 

Poor Squirt Dicky, Mill U. exile at the virarag* 
and standi In bn acorn of dry-aaib-rttin, had es- 
caped the Worst Issue of that great rhvlrir fore* 
bf thu [wrfi-et fonnatkwi of bis fiwt rif this be 
was uk at the moment aware; hut bis mother 
pttrred it aftrrwanl. It appeal* that the light 
wing ran under his taupe, which were aritad be 
noire (alniori like those of all yonng Indies now), 
and intend of tearing, it only Unwed him, like tlw 
lad of pith he was. leaning down happily on 
all fours, he was nut oe.lv unhurt, bat filled with 
a.tiritT, hitherto urdcvcloped. though latent In 
h it system, as a close observer eight have judged 
from lua manner of dancing ear foot. And few 
of the many strange facta recorilid ennuming 

that great romuMluti nf llm element* an Ntntpr 
than the pvrmacHStl clisnge effsctvd in the nature 
uf Sqwb* Dicky, t'usviraiUk pereon* might 
ascribe llial effect h> other unti l — atsnn. fur 
Instance, at hit father's conduct, nr daily inter- 
train* with Parxiii S*ort, «w the fright of the 
storm and the narrow escape, or the saddening 
power of deep suffering around. But science n 
always mrrert, and allows no room for any but 
its own opininn . and sricoee declared that the 
organic substances, and protoplastic synthesis 
of psychic neontolcgr, in tl.U portion of tha 
Cantab which was called fait romd, had Ufa rough 
the agones of ita-mx'. b-ctric current*) undurgeme 
a pca-es* uf precipitation not Inapatslbfy man- 
hired with fusion, which— to put it la plain Er-g 
liish — had made him much Im of a fool than he 

Thu*, wlien Use nun could not lift the beam 
which kail dropped between the parrot; and the 
clerk, jamming Mr. Short upiw the jnilpit, so that 
he could not help ulhers or himself, it was young 
Squire Picky to where it first occurred that there 
is in this country a tool called a saw. Neither 
did any one else perceive, until he impressed it 
cm them, that the first attention shook! be given 
to Iho living, and not to those who were hvyewd 
all help; for tho pour folk were Reared nut uf 
all po nw ss k a by till* rcurKig fury of Uie Evil 
One. 

Pur a* root) M Uie people who escape! from 
cbarvh told their story to the people who had 
stayed at home, they Brand out the meaning of 
all that had happened, which they crcld mta la 
any wit account for before without thinking 111 
of the bouse of the Lord. But now It was much 
to the credit of the church that Its principal en- 
emy had been inside It. For the blacksmith of 
Cfart*to*cU,a long-haired, grimy man, nni'er know* 
to go to church or t-taptl, had Ison tbiitsd by 
Si tau some years luck, while as oaring very hard 
1iecaus« he could unt get a ploughshare into 
lorn lie was panting by hi* liellnw*, and his 
quart nf brer wa* empty, when the Evil One ttned 
by him with an apron on, and said : * I will do it 
for yes, dosiah, fur a very Utile manner* on your 
part. Bromine me that if you go to sleep In 
church, I mar pass my fingers through your 
hair. * “ Dome . replied the blickamlth ; "foe I 
never go to church. " Then tiio stranger touched 
the ploughshare with one linger, and H smoked, 
and bool Uko a hedger's filote Into the shape 
required. For arses year* Juslah carried on his 
bus Incas without golog to sleep la any church 
w ha la rye, because h« rowuinid outside uf the 

tlllOr, 

But when he hKt Ins wife, hi* daughter Betsy 
did persuade him to come to church with her on 
the Sunday neat the funeral, to show their black 
rVKhes, as all respectable folk do. Tho wrathcr 
waa ao drowsy, ami the chunk, so hot, that hi* 
head began to nod toward Ills kbrea, ar.J tin* 
ho pot hi* albows cm hi* now black hroei-hiw, and 
his chin hot wren Ids thumb*, anil ouald not help 
■oaring. Then there was reen at the * Three 
lloreewlmea" a lean dark figure on a tall black 
horse. He railed for a quirt of ale ; and it wa* 
riKicwd by the maid who served him that it biased 
down his throat like the quenching of hut iron, 
and the pot smelled of brimstone ever afterward. 
When he eamn to the cburch-iard, be threw the 
horse's breils on the tomtaluuo nf a man ah* 
had cut hi* own throat ; th*'ii strlilieg In through 
I be SCSI areh, with ainokn around him, [lutsc! his 
hand through thr king hale or Jusaafa, aud tan- 
iked up thu tower, which be daft la twain with | 
a tremendous, thunderclap. 

Thus tala had bran prosed to be over true by a I 
man upon the read, where tha air via* clearer. 


who could "w.wr. if H *u his dying day, tliat 
• bile the great nar was grang on a horse with 
limk*n Iridic Hashed by him like a mad thing; 
aad Mr Pemrtt know* that hi* good nag Oiarlie 
came pitroordy crying to get in that night, drench- 
ed ami foundered, and inral eager to relate ad- 
venture# as yet net In human language. 

Moreover, the blacksmith's corps* was found 
■wire than ten lanyards from the church, ah* re 
it iw nattily never could have fclclicd itself. 

Mlsa I'crfv-rap* escaped oven tiM.ro completely 
than the gallant fan tab, simply hy nut Imag 
there at all, liuC attending (o [aw Mrs. Huge. » In. 
■till Suffered from the sptaa nf the talgiding.ea 
ai-ci.nnt of her age Ali«y her father had exer- 
cised the medical privilege of ('OBtemplatisig the 
mervd tmililu.g externally. And now there two 
hi word in their vocation, earning quantities of 
money which never were paid— *iecpt that tho 
doch-w wa* wire enough not to part without the 
mooev diwn with a single one of hut prophylactic 
antiphlogistic pilUliw. without which no person 
In C M mwtl Tcntarcd near a rluud of any sort 
that winter. 

tNae uf tha meet severely scewvhed or lh» aitty- 
l»» »bn got OYCW it wa* pair Samn.-l tflnwlmry ; 
ami tin* *a* all the mm* haul upon him Iw- 
ran-e he niroe »i*j much * garnet his will, and 
only to oblige his wife hr getting risk of Achau's 
curse. He bad pledged himself oo his father's 
Hthle. In esrap* Lid drevuos, and scoldiogs men 
woewe, that he omild 'lip ialothc chureh-bag that 
day, dcinc up in brown paper a a if it were a pen- 
ny, the money which hr had received for betray- 
ing. and spying; upon hi* nustrr. Not thu*, boas, 
ever, was lie juatllml. but paid «Uh hi* skin fur 
the »ili of hi* soul. Mi-fi of si-vence hsni ihcland 
that no man can Karri re tin. Ins* of mure than 
twioly- right pew crart. uf hi* natural covering 
*za«n»t the air Kam Slow bury Inet, at the mild 
eel ixev.piita tines, very nearly twice as ninth u 
that; yet, after a time of "iiffcrinp (which mode 
him feel ennugh fur fifty, sad to the rod of hi* 
eiistence hate all flies l. hr was finally restated to 
his Urge but Iras family, with the sump of tho 
royal mint upon him. Tndtr his girdle— or, la 
■incur fact, hvs waisuvMt pocket — on tha tough- 
est uf hi* craeklius not singed off, were two in- 
dclthlo tiooegr and flrogocis, and ate fine math 
touts of linorge III. King of Hriuin, Frenre, 
and Ire la nil. and IVfviider of the Faith, Kam 
charged a shilling to a gnat extent few elm wing 
there, and rearml an hiHusst family withoBt ex- 

What with the ferwo* rain, and the fright, and 
the darkening; of the evening*— for nnw n was 
erwne to the eqniaox — the shattered church was 
scarcely cleared of the peor scorched sufferers 
that night All who were wihurt worked hard 
under the guidance of Mr. Short, Dicky Touch- 
wood, anil Miss Terperaps- After the fiood nun* 
■town In fall, tha t'hriatow could not tw |mml 
foe hours, except at onn spot, wlmre a pair of 
gianite pillars Served to iwrry somv lung plunk*, 
and this delayed tin. rlvaranrv uf the tbwrrh as 
wc-JL The large pni|wrtMin of tlw wniinde<l to 
thu kills-*! (Iving alnm*t a* nine to one | snrj.fi t*>J 
all who w«re not in either number, and aroused 
their pmu* gratitude. And thus the didactic nod 
of the Tillage, after delicate altainn to Slow, 
bvrj-'s cane, which he feared to describe too nice- 
ly, declares, with true poetic force, 

d toil. 


Thoae who were happily absent most nos speak 
at if they knew meeb shout it; yet it was main- 
tained upon inquiry that the rush from heaven 
which clove the tower dashed to pieces all It Diet, 
while the fire of the stony Boar, and of tho earth 
replying, burned the oslaido fares and skla-env- 
ertnga of the people. And a sad case ladred 
waa thu of the cxcelkwt Mr*. Aggett, who de- 
wtvtd to be spared it ever anybody did, sad wi* 
so CO mulcted with the wey pulpit that she tumid 
*|wak neitvrs fur tho sermon's length to the make- 
Up anil the measure of her own kitohra fire. If 
the had hewn masted with her hre* dress off, and 
thu little dog to turn tit* spit, she never oould 
have been sret purely browned, and she never 
could have carried on the noise she did about 
Ik 

Mr. Short was much concerned. Bat knowing 
many other* to be ten times wocm, ha could not 
liars her seen to first; for which she prescind 
to fnrgiv* him, as won a* ska abnuld Iv otroog 
reough. Forgetful of his own inteevwt, he pasb- 
c*l no. earning with hi* own sturdy arm* aoror 
of hi* chsrrivl pariidikmta to an empty barn of 
Fasrocr WilWtn's, which was to be the hospital 
foe those who could not he onrritd beane. Then 
the dead were taken home; and it must have 
been quite midnight when, with lantcnw raised, 
they came to one unksown to any present 
■ What a fearful sight!" the ywrsoo whisper- 
ed, hiihtinc liaek the cahcrs. " The far* ks a *»ry 
remarkahlo ooe, usd the fignro ks that of a large, 
strong man, ]* there no non hem who knows 
him f " 

All shosik threr head* a* they gated with 
awn. *• A had 'an, whoever he were," raid eeie; 
“I reckon 'twcrc be who d rawed down the 

" Hush f replied Mr. Short ; " who ahall Judge 
a man gooe to hit JOtlgmcnt* If no iiiih know* 
hire, bt him sue. To essoin hhn wouh! ilestrov 
all knowladge. So rain fall* here, fro and fetch 
Hi* curtain that Ml from the chanced window. 
IVu will fit It before him until Itatoesrww. AH 
the ns*igh!*wbonl will he here tomorrow, and 
some ooe, perhap*. to identify him. Any cot 
who ha* ever seen it will recognise such a face 
- 1 that’* 

Bo tfatt which had lieen George Gaston spent 
« first night of death, with non* to hned U, 
ooe in the awful darkneaa, and grisly taint and 
ghastly ruins, itself the most awful form of dark- 
and the most ghastly ruin. 


CHAPTER MI. 

“ Ok, father dear, even if he rouses. I beg y 
to put it off a tittle. After all the yean we bs 
s peut at CbristowelL, it will seem so unkind 
leave it bow. And 1 am— I seem to fed so VI 
odd to-day. Thr things that I have hsarel sea 
to ssr ike inc like the lightning, after my bring 
lh« midst of them. But Imw wlcksd of tn* 
i*> talking of myself !" 

Alnvuly, on lh* Monday morning, frightful 
and (if that were |iMaihte;i rsaggvratod talra of 
the rhri«tnweU ralaatroph* had rtasrhwi l-ark' 
Cot, sml the Captain's main reason for insisting 
on departure at the lime appointed wa* his dread 
of the effect upon liis darling's health. The fur- 
nace of death, from whkh *h* had come forth 
unscathed, like the holy children, might have 
spared bee only for the moment, if aho staid 
among tho scenes which followed iL Therefore 
Ihi rejoiced that ha had fixed that day for f'ugs- 
l*y to fetch them to Moreton, o hue Ku*« would 
rvoaain while her father went oa to Uuulon. But 
nnw lie looked rjrasly at this drar child — sin* 
life wa* all the world to him — ami h* dwthted 
whether she could iwwr thr jolting of what Mas 
ter Pugsler descriliod as "wtr onrommon aisy 
rabeykkei" 

‘■Here he is! Here he Is, I do declare • Whs; 
can have brought him without his breakfast •" 
cilod Hose, who win always excited about Puss- 
ier ; " and the stream is still very Strang foe him 
to cross : aud ha reollr has got two— two gentle- 
men with him. One U that kind old Mr. Tucker ; 
but I hare no idna who the usher Is." 

The other Mott preveel who he was, for straatg 
iwdigtmtUin is nut silent exerpt Hi a highly supe- 
rior mind. Mr. Greatorex, a yunag insurgent at- 
torney of the future, the foremost dwk and the 
rlevercwt quill hi thr clerks' rocot of Latimer k 
Emblin. had been oral from pillar to prat for a 
fortnight, to find out such a bale x* the ' 

Pugsley's red face wss expanded with a glow 
of gentle Juy. The common lay mind halas lii* 
lawyer, as tile lay body ut.pxcs to the ilostue, and 
Uie soul is timorous of the parson Bo llial t*Kh 
1‘ugsh-y aud MuMer Tucker had lletanivl Uiroucli- 
emt the tag drive from Morebwi !<• the plaint* 
and menaivs of tfaia warm ysmth, with furtive 
ehnigu mol some intvrrhsnge of willk^ The 
clerk anil the rarvvr msw came up, with di-coroo* 
nalutew to a genuine Earl; but thr timber mer- 
chant gave his hand sis usual, and Captain larks 
bowed at he pmwc<l it warmly. 

* I ought to hire lieen here before now,* Mr. 
Tocher explained, with dignity ; “ not for lh* 
change in jour fceluBe*. my tad, but because nf 
my duly to a asaa who trusts me; but the fault 
la n>K mine, air, as vow will sew. Our folk never 
cam* liiiinn till Saturday uight, with all their 
brads tunn-d. Karsr to Lsodan shall they go 
again, no long a* I !w living Tou would think 
lhun< wa* nothing to Eteler goal enough to put 
tlieir sIhmm osk, yi< all Uie time they was in Lun- 
diMi they was crying wji Exeter And Snacks, 
who married my sisrter, hath behaved the worst 
nf all. Whrther it was that he knew too much 
nr to) little, or rompnunded with lh* lawyers—" 

“ Not said Mr. Greatocex, ronung forward ; 
"our firm ia above all that. But it wa* felt, my 
tad, that in a position like this you should U 
well advised, and that our firm ahould spqirrach 
yon first, with an aesurate *taUment nf the ima*. 
1 waa dispatched with prasnptiiode ; hut through 
wrong Information, purposs-iy sufqdied, I bare 
ts-s-n wandvriBg for swveral Java uviw thin beau 
Uful but frigid fully rough county. Peril* pe e gwe 
bat myself would hai* found vour lordship now. 
I hat* no skin Ml In several plane* — but that 
will form the basis uf a future action May I 

have the huour uf epraking with your lordship, 
qwito in private f" 

“ A* soon asyou please. But Mr. Tucker shall 
hear all Mr. Tucker ia the truest frwal I have, 
ami I wish him to bear everything." 

General Punk was gone back to Wrstconibe, 
and preparing there for a great campaign. The 
Captain showed them Into thn room which had 
lieco Ids, whild Pugsley tch! wonderful tale* ia 
the kitchen. 

" I am in tha lxw| |M«s*ihUr hands," said the 
Captain, a* nrn a* he hail learned all particular! 
of moment. * and I tee no occasion for extreme 
haste now. Perhaps you, Mr. Grewtorex, will re- 
turn at once to your excellent prmckpala, with a 
note from me. I will follow aa aooa a* things per- 
mit. Yon hare heard of tho terrible disaster hunt 
I must go down. Will you coma with us f 

Mr. Tuckor had hired a carriage at Exeter on 
the Sun-ixy morning, hoping to ho at Glirisdusrll 
that day ; tiul at More inn thu moor row fright- 
fully bwfora tht'Ki, swatliod in black, and laced 
with fire. The driver tunwd in at the " White 
Hart," and Mopped, and would nut come mil again ; 
and there they found the lawyer, also weather- 
bound, and fuming. Home one told them that 
Pugsley was ordered to start right early in the 
morning to fetch a gentleman, who proved to bo 
the very one they both were seeking. 

Now while these three were gaxmg with araajo- 
ment at the aid wreck of tito tower, and lh* 

< rocketed p&nnaidc* stuck into lh* rarth (like tfa* 
sceptre of Canute ill pictures). Mr Kbnrt a*kod 
Ihraa to ciita, " There," he said, drawing the 
ml curtain hack, " we can not identify tfai* poor 
man. And how can sr» bnry him without it? 
Tire strong face show* a man of mark, yet none 
of the thousand gaac n knows him.” 

41 1 know him by name," cried Mr. Ticker, shud- 
dering, for be was gentlc-bcartod. " I am sure it 
must lie George U as ton." 

"And l know him mora than by name," said 
vouug (inaturi x. " What villainy wa* he eomu 
for here T Lrol Dsdafiolr. It 1* your dsaiUy •■*>»- 
say. The loan who fax* UlHired to rob ami ruia 
ywi." 


me ; bet I never even knew hi* tame, Let os 
say nothing against turn now," 

la thr afunuxin, when II res tom hi gome off 
in all haste to l*mdo«. as>d Mr Kbort "M resting 
at tart in hi* ow* room, hot Oiristowcll tharch- 
yard still wa* thronged with timid and vudir 
ing proplr, among tt»**rd monumenu and head- 
long Iran b« too re. cast abext like skltllr-piaa, two 
persons met ind looked with astoKiihaornt at ooe 
anuthrr. 

“Like a beosbardment, ain't U, sir T” sul tbe 
younger of the two, though wril of age. as be 
made a sekdirr'a salute. " Rmulnda me how it 
was at Italajua" 

44 Ah, you were there? I know yoor fscc; bwl 
at present 1 forget your name, roy friemd, if, in- 
deed, 1 ever knew H," 

" Roe* HwweM, sir, of the Hussar*. • the 

Never-mind- Wlmt. 4 they used to call iul Miwt of 
ns knew Colonel Wretcombe." 

“ Because I knew most of your o fib-ore," an- 
swered the Colonel, with his aausl uiMltwly “ Bvt 
where are yew faring now, Rsws Unwell ?” 

“ At 4 Thr Harm,' with my father, *ir. I only 
came home veaturday. Just in front of this great 
slims. I nirwr saw worse in any of the berries, 
a* they call them. Tie as t«d as a gmrrai 
ttax. a'anret The harm) are full of groaMre, as 
»e weed to call the wounded chaps. l‘ve a great 
miml to Unk up my elrevea and help. ] hate 
seen a good bit of scorching." 

“ Bee* nowrll, I am going to do the same, with 
penniation of thr doctor*. I hope you have no 
friend or relative hurt." 

44 No, *ir. The only one that I kasw i* a dead 
man. and lie might have made on* of nr yr* tar- 
day, foe br drew a pistol on m*. by Cranmere, 
anil I suite sure he wtxilil hsre skra me. Ah ! 
hu wx* a tail mi*, by hi* face, I speak the asm* 
of a cliap, lit* or dead. Yoa can't hurt him, wh*u 
h*'s gone to Ui* devil. Rut who do you think I 
saw btw, not half an hear agonc. sir, and mail* 
me stare so when I inert voi ? It never ralaa hut 
it poor*, sure enough, tbowt Dartmoor ; Umugh [ 
knew from my father that yow wens there, Cnknel 
Why, thr jot young Captain, young enough he 
wss tliew, who toU such ■ pits of lies to save his 
brother, and was ready to he shot foe it, witbost 
a button moving. There waa only myself and 
oaw other man, hsaidta their two rrires, that 
know all about it,” 

" Howell, you surprise me.” answered Colons! 
\V«s4rwedi«, leading turn to a retired tombs ton*. 
" I hare always «wler*ta>d— Is it postslbl* (hat 
any man ran have sacrificed himself so?" 

* Y c*. sir. I suppose they made It square be- 
tween them, for the younger ono to uie the 
■ham*, with t heap of cash to rase U. 7k* eld- 
er ooe gave /BO fur me and Bill Hosier to divide, 
tho only two that could swnxr to the truth upwi 
oath, to hold our tongue* about iL And not bring 
naked, why should we apeak, air, when they had 
settled It tel* c«n them ?” 

" Thai wa* your vWw of lx, and natural enough. 
But how rook! you two atone know the troth, and 
be out of all i Inn hrt euncertuog it ?" 

"Simply enough. *ir, a* yuu will say. The Bight 
wa* like pilch, you may remember; and after lew 
hour* in saddle, our eyelid* was the hrtghtost part 
uf them. The story turned upte tho qumtta 
which of them lav rrowaed the river ; for tlie one 
that had crossed oould tare northing to do with 
■he runaway, oeilher could ho stop iL And it 
Bit aosnd queer, but troe it is, th* night bring 
■ oth. and tho wood so black, and th* boat bridge 
so daiigrroua In tha dark. Boa on* of us might 
taro b«m aura till rooming which of tbe bro- 
thel* eamo with u*,wilhuut a certain little acci- 
dent lewalway* Iho two were *o much alike, in 
aisn and vulor and sundiag, that I could not tart 
■worn which wa* whkb ia the dark, agaiaot tb«*r 
own word about H, although I shoulsl tare know n, 
in my own mind, whkh irt was, from hi* saa- 
cer o ( riving order*. But there liappeno! to 
be on the further bank a pit of white aluff aa 
white ae pipe -clay, and into that our Captain 
popped, up to the top* of hi* big aaddlalxxiu, and 
Bill Hosier and me gave a tand to pull him out 
The bridge wia unsafe in tta dark fur boraee, so 
we crossed on foot, to koep a look-out there 

" Colons!, I rut away aa fast aa anybody when 
tho great alarm aruae ; bach over th* bridge in a 


of the reel of them. Tbe Captain drew hli sword, 
ml flood before <09 ; but tbe rush of men went 
rer him, and he had tbe place all to himself and 
rrlccroe. In the morning we slunk tack, all 
straggling anvbow, and attained to look at non 
another; and he must tare alippod from a by- 
road in among wa to stare the disgrace of tta 
lut of ui. And he did more ttaa that, he took 
It all ufsxi Iihuadi when tlm Uesaeni rode up to 
inquire ; and you know tlm rvsa a* well ■* I do. 
But Header and I saw tta white stuff no hst boot*, 
and Ctasld swear where tha tad cvnoe from, ami 
waa tli* caly man that kept his post, and 
to deliver u* frosn being laughed at ; and 
•to* was Captain Arthur Pole." 

And you were extent to stand by and see 
him short fee the sake uf /Ml, you scoundrel* r* 

“ No, Colonel Westcomho, that is nut fair. Tta 
money was no* spoken of nil after that, when fait 
life waa out of dangle. But you know wha the 
punier- waa, and wtat men are. Neither Hosier 
tad a ftanru to (i[mx nuitk We were all 
under guard, and roolrt nut gert at cue another, 
»c did not hear a won! nf wtat waa going 
Bill thought tbe same a* I did, until we got 
together, that the saddle would turely be put am 
the right borne. Aud when we were brought out 
ec the execution, 1 Silence' waa tbe order, and 
one of us dare more, though our flesh upon 
benea was creeping. If one of ua tad tau- 
nnk, a bulkrt would be through I tan. For 
tho General, to add to our disgrace, hail drawn 
tbe rest of the Light Dtvknon round us, Ah, 
Colonel, 1 never ahall forget tha day. But wc 
made up for all of it afuiwanl." 



SUPPLEMENT, DECEMBER 34, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


" Ay, Alt you did. Yaw were dewperele fel- 
loirs. 1 iiorr shall forget Gra rn! time you 
aero in aclioa. Ilowrll, I am delighted to hate 
heard your talc It ha* wired a great mystery 
that ha* lasted many years. I suppose you are 
ready to make oath to it before any magistrate, 

If tadlitl U|*o» " 

” At any Iimmflit, Caknral And Bill Hcwier it 
firing, I tame acres* him an* mi very king ago, 
Be keep* the • Nag’s Bead' at Ipawtefe.'* 

“ Very well. Say BO more aliuut it, tialnw you 
e called upon to do an But don't leave thi# 
tl without my know ledge." 


CHATTER LI1I. 


Baron any one at Touchwood Park could hear 
of the great calamity, a Inter from Mr. Short ar- 
tiled with uunOL-e of Dicky's aafety. But the 
young squire, thinking that they well deserved a 
fright, had added the*c words, without the par- 
•on’s knowlHdge: “ It ia tree iliat 1 am •(•■red ; 
but in Divine ntrilmtion on luy follur'* Impara* 
scheme, I bear upon me lima forever the itiil 
impreseion of a high • dried ham. We are all 
marked with something; anil I am amrkid with 
this, from tu constant prereuce in my mind. Hu*- 
ever, it makes do differmrr " 

" I don’t belie re a word of it," said Mire Touch- 
wood. “ Ducky boa always bee* a dreadful story 
toiler And if be has gut it, we can rub it out 
with pumice - (tune, anil sstucctc a little aqua- 
fortis in Don't he ao foolish, mother dear. He 
would have wriltou threw pages if it were tine. 
And even if ll is, why should w* weep * He will 
be useful is the world at Use by giving proplc 
an appetite. And It prose* lure rigid my father 
was ia choosing his vuoitiuri. lie can show a 
aaiop Ic of hia pods, and they dare sot nm • 
■kewer through H." 

“ Julia, you bare no feeling. That has always 
been yoor fault. Oblige me by ordering the car- 
riage at onus. Mr. ftrart beer me scry much no* 
to go over, because of the awful sights and scene*. 
But what Kim* can be Imagined lialf so awful as 
the ur, vim couiiu-uaiire at my only son with a 
high-dried bam up* it* tieow • I shall go and 
tell your father my oprah.ii of him. IVxi’t taLk 
to me about nerit after that." la spile uf all Isis 
strength of mind. Sir Joseph gut the worst of it, 
and was glad to hear wheels at the door t*KS 
again. 

In such a cumiitwn of thing)! Miss T'Hirhvimd 


on a pretty half-mourning draws, with a genth 
imaginative want of pattern a&J a mildness ui 
lustre, like tear* that are suppressed, ll became 
her w wiec f wHy wwi, and aha wo* ao* enurely 
ignorant uf that fort. 

Not far from the Urtipik* they overtook a rory 
nice old gentleman, a mjuira In a poof way now, 
but rich with keg descent uf edncaliuu (uvea a* 
Nous among dog* to); and h* enter was arro- 
gant to the Touch Winds, although he was so 
much poorer. Now Jolin had a weaknraa for 
nice old gentlemen, as handoutst and clever girts 
often hare, and so abc inrited Sjuirv Wray into 
the carriage, little dreaming of the conscqueocv 
toi her own Ufe. >‘or Mr. Wray, who had been 
present in the church. ■*! about among the peo- 
ple afterward, could apeak of no* lung edte but 
the grand war and sublimity of Mr. Short's behav- 
ior. Like a rtrtaruou* Churchman and stiff -heart- 
ed Tory, he almost oonaidvrwd this great blow a 
blessing, from Lbc gkiry accruing to the Estab- 
lished (Wli. 

“ ' Heroic' it scarcely thu wonl fur it, asailam," 
he at el (being rather hard <f heariagk '» reply to 
Ladv Touchwood's agonised inquiry wl»*h»r low 
sou had a ham on hi* forehead. " 1 no proms 
it berote, and you well may do so, but it 
something muck higher than that. There was a 

K iiawr of sslf pisMswian, a dignity, a trust in 
idcwKU, ixsnbitud with a mayescic sclfreli- 
un> and a nobility of presence — although 1 am 
snee he milt* (lava Inugrd to tra suracnhrra rise — 
which inspired un all. like thu voice of a Nelson, 
but with a more tnnupul and lofty courage. With 
a brain computed at thrvrequarUra of a ton, 
crashing, as you rosy nay. between him ami Urn 
cfcrk (who made off with all cefcrityX this rev. 
(tend and must resolute gentleman "tuck to his 
text, till be cculdn't hear hit own rotor. And 
afue that, when there were seven profile killed 
and alxtv-iwo wounded, and the church all in 
rags, dkl liu lay, ' Let us run away ' ? No, madam ; 
liu said, 'Lul us pray.' And has prayee aared 
BflV livot at Last ; fur if the surrtvoes had all 
rushed out. one *to»Jdtra to think of wliat must 
have happened I never lowed a grander prayer 
in all my fife, (bough I like them out of the 
Prayer-book beit." 

“ But buw could he se« ahore the beam T” ask- 
ed Julia ; “ be is so — I mean, be m nut very 
taM." 

“ la the momcal of trial he seemed to tower. 
Ills mural rWvsLkm raised him, so that be looked 
gigantic lit thu smoke. Dcqieud upon it, my dear 
yoontc lady, no sinks 1st tlic battlv-dcld has ever 
IHrfurtnud any feat of take half ao noble, half 
ao heroic — far, after all, that ‘m the word for It. 1 * 
" B«l has my son got a hum ** bis forehead V* 
lrtdy Touch wonl alraxwl shouted, so difficult was 
It to get a word in. 

41 It ia not at all unlikely,” the "quite replied, 
calmly; “mewl people hare go* some mark or 
other. Ouc highly respectable youog woman ha* 
a gridiron with surau l>oia ; to that they might— 
llut I moat tint maku light of your anxiety, Lady 
Touchwood, K>eu if liu lias, how thankful you 

-Iwksed. then, I shall 


amends. “I hear goMee words everywhere of 
him, Lady Touchwood, lie has spent every far- 
thing of Id* moory ; and wliat is more, be baa 
worked like a horse with his own hand*" 

“ He always Joe* spend every farthing of hS» 
momry," replied has saruiatfe sister ; " but it to 
quit# a new thug for him to work wiili his own 
U»M like a horse. But hero «v are. Dicky, 
take your hat off, and show us the haw upon yoar 

“Oh ! that was only to I wing you over, and to 
get the guverswr into a row," Squire Dicky re- 
plied. without a blush, and in like style eluding 
the maternal hug. “ No, no; no* s hair Imre I 
turned yet, though 1 hear tbat Betty Cork lost a 
good live pounds' worth, not icug ennui from Exo- 
icr. fume and sec Short ; ho is a splsudid fol- 
low. You ought to hare corking pin* stuck into 
your Isarks. and the rolling abral to ail against, 
instead of while silk and eider-down. Then you 
might wmlcraUsid some little uf my doings- I 
am an altered man from this dsy forth.'’ 

“ An altered roan ! An altered boy," exclaim- 
' ' ’ “ltet any chaugc musa he 


dorm It all’ 

" No, Indeed, bo has rant," erird the parron, 
euniteg nut from the sirh luHihs I)i«-k was enter 
ilia, " Lady Tt-uvhwoed, your sun to a wotsder- 
ful fellow. 1 had no* the leant ulea of the gcml 
■tuff in him. He baa been up all night, he ho* 
torn up all hia linen, he has put up. fike an an- 
gel, with any quantity of groans, and— and really 
be has no* cam asked for ao aoDch as a single 
glass of beer.” 

“ Yon Lighten me. Such thlnn ara out of all 
nature. Butairt,'’ eiclalutod lsuly Touchwood, 
“drire at tains to tlw ■ Kumwiim-e.' or wbalovr 
thu plarw is ewllei), and bring lialf a dna>ii uf Ihuir 
tout b.atle.1 ale Oh, Mr. Slaiet, ran I trier »w 
■hank fill loeugh for this wonderful prawerrslkro * 
Hut to carry it ao far Vs tempting Hretrcn, Don't 
mind ne. I shall get over it, if alluwed to sit 
witli Richard." 

Mr. Short saw that be wns do* wanted, for her 
ladyship now desired to cry. “ I would ark you, 
if yow can spare a moment," said the ready Jo- 
lu. " to show me at least the outside of the 

church." 

“tikJlr would I alinw you the Inside too." re- 
plied Mr." tOnirt, witbeat any second niswjung ; 
" but I fear dial it would lie «u great a leuturu- 
ikunrei ami Imams keep nuahliug down " 

'• I should liavu sro fuse, with fan tn guide me." 
she annweretl. in her softiwt ware, wiUi a giaiKe 
that tnaile him tremble man than the rooe* furi- 
ous electric flash. “ Oil. how I do admire lofty 
courage and grand chiralry I" 

" Bo do IT said Me »«* ; *' but one doesn’t 
know where to find them. I believe that the 
only brave creature in the rhxrch— fov I know 
that I was neared out of all my seven senses— 
was that beautiful Mvm Arthur. Fee ooe moment 
there came a lane of light between us from some 
driftage of the smoke and wreck, and there sire 
stout like a glorious tiree-k statue, not defiant, 
nut dramatic, but simply with her ecurage gath- 
ered, to fcv* or to die, u the will of God might 
I HI Tbs hwivI nubility of her face waa beyond 
all tlw psrweni of aruljiiere." 

" No dool< That young lady is giftod with 
graco* which always hsvu lbs foctutur to eiitiui 
owt. Otberw m«w*l alwaya db<ap|Mwr tins inninint 
she appear* upon th»‘ "csror. Kli* must bars 
some womlerful tiwnrwvndmt Iwight •>! rourage, 
by which she defies the lightning, and fric* fish 
Ilow long have you worshipped that Greek statue. 
Mr. Short »" 

" Upon my word. Miss Touchwood. I hsd no 
id>« that you could talk such nonsense if ytra 
tried. 1 am cAl enough to be little Raw's father, 
and I dtro'l fall ill love with the girls 1 christen 
A* it Is, I have set my heart oa a young lady 
much tw ynutiK ft* mo to thtidt of in my ninr- 
and'thrrlirtb year. I am even *upt***d to !« 
ufdev than that, fnww tK* dryness of usy sermons, 
and the absent!* uf anything Ihiriil In my IhroAo- 
gv. os well as becwiww I keep my liair so slHirt — 
and other things ladies ran no* enter into." 

“ Yes, they can. I demand to knu« them all, 
liccauso ruv mother think* so much at you. I 
have beard of Mrs. Aggelt being sadly roasted, 
and it makes me so anxious about your dinners, 
'try says that you hare tasted nothing but 
t/ioir and Uluoien since your &inday break- 
fast. I wish I knew anything about rooking— 
like thi* Greek stator — bul 1 dun't, I dult'L Ub. 
Mr. Bhort, wlw is that young lads so much too 
young fur you to think ofT Will she lot me 
tome aud help her ? For you are sure tu bar* 
her." 

I wish I had anv such faith ia ray power*. 
W III you promise to help me to your vtvy islmovt, 
if I toll you who it la ?' 

Miss Touchwood nodded blandly, and with an 
iiiriprwMiUc slynnH in her brilhut eyes, which 
*nm Mr. .tbort could not InterpreL But he said 
to hiowrif, " Now, Rank ur nothin*." 

" The Tilling tally's name i* Julia 
and I hsie loved Irar fur 

" And von had every right to do it," sold Julia, 
in her slraigblforwani way; “and tli» lovely ob- 
ject bos lung so) petted that you felt an inter*** 
m her. Bnt she waited for a proof of wliat you 
were, because she has no* much faith in wonL. 
And now she has got the proof, and i* very proo.1 
logo* It" 

“Them, Julia, do you to «m to say—” 

* Certainly 1 do, and you may repent it. But 
I am too prcroJ ever to repent, even when my 
mother ha* Nttcd my cam. Ub, Mr. Short, yoo 
won’t do that?" 

The place was a lonely 004, and Mr. Short 
i scarcely believing in his (oral iwch) did some- 
thing else, to feel sure of it And Julia ward, 
“ It is resignation ; remember now, ll is tesigna- 
Uo only, which 1 hive heard you describe a* at 
ouos a uuty and a bicasing." 


a Touchwood, 


CHAITEK UV. 

MMCUItO. 

Ara mm of feriuov outbreak and firece owt- 
ragii u|sin Irv* and Mower aid friendly banks 
that cradle it, llis CVristsw Immk fell bor'k to 
owwic, the.rogblfiil [kwL, and smiling shaduws 
Among the Captain's pears remained the “ wit- 
neiiwil tHurpocion" . hut no* a tree was waaliui 
away, ao proirotlj hail It token heed of the fus- 
tible raiigr of waur. Neitlitr w era hi* grape* 
Ditch hurt, foe no bad fell within the focus uf 
tlio stottu, though arouerj Its margin, as at IHr- 
mouth anil at lluth.il. igli, hailuuiiiu as large aa 
turkey*' egg*, ssad mom »r «vou sdnauntHu weight, 
art' r»|KirU.l to have falho Shuv of llis banchlB 
had tbvir riidi tdroro slurred by the violcnu' of 
rain, sod some were sjilailuil , hut the ton hul 
rovrtl amt nf them from tliis; srd upre the 
w hole they Voked bright and handsome ; and 
he might fell them, if ro miuded, as noble carls 
do nowaday*, to turn an honest sitpeoce. 

Reloeunt still to take the needful plunge Into 
the world of uproar, strife, deceit, and grred, ami 
luMaiag that his Intoiesto cooM ntH suffer in tin. 
hands uf Ui" gvaai mi Heitors, be llngrrvd awbilo 
aiming hw fatoeitos, Hearer tu tii« tit lure than 
pomp lie hnwry. wealth or grandeur Foe a week 
of bright October weather, the gulden reckoning 
of foe years waa gleaming gently round all fnirt- 
sge, with tender touch to ripeu it In the lovely 
afternoon of tempered sun and mellow shade the 
Captain took bis aoruMotned course, with a tran- 
quil mind, among tranquil thing*. Then a brirk 
stop, as of an elderly man going more oa his 
heels than be used to du. feu softly where tlio 
leave* ware tilling and the grass was touehud 

Colonel WrtiU-ombe hrU uwt hi* hard and 
tiowi-d — a tew bow, aurh » hr nwvrv offered, even 
to thu most r sal ted rank, nnlw* his heart went 
with it The Captain looked at him with norae 
anrpriiw, knowing what his nature was, and even 
with sotae pain, as if there were <v lemony put 
l>e*weea them. 

"I ib heartily ashamed to look at yon,” said 
(he Ccdood, gumg none the leas, with Ills thick 
pay eyebrows muiUig. “Wliat a foul I Into 
been fur (rusting fart* insSutd uf trusting char- 
acter r* 

“ Yoo Lavs hron the kindiwt of lha kind." (he 
Captain answered, warvuly “ Winn every one 
oh* diulaiewil ear, rua hail dnulics whether I de 
surve<| it And I am not sure that I do not A 
man ia too prone to aojwit hiiu«eif. Rut who bos 
told yws anything?" 

“ K« teythiog has been told me by a man win. 
know* all about it I renolred to think it over 
find, lost I should sewn to seek you, thrutgh your 
altered poaitiem in the world. Itet a little thought 
convinced me that it was naean to imagine that a 
maa likr yim would impwte s<mIi motivcw to me. 
So I waited for the month yoo fixed, and came 
the first day after it” 

“ I bare been hoping to see you. Came and 
sit upoo my bunch of thought, ami tell tat all 
that moves yonr mind." 

•'.Nothing mores my mind," said Colonel Wiwl- 
cumbe, listening thoughtfully to tht iuuruui of 

the bruok and waiUtng uf the Itakfwudinil robin, 
"so much a* the wreug* that w« town do to mu' 
allottee carekwvly. C|hiii out u* u affaire we ton 
no* roaku our mliai* np, through disuring to Itave 
pcrftvt liwtaoce ; but w« a rt t i s another man's brai 
him* for liiia, and Mast bis name, without two 
thoughts. I frel tint I have 'tewe this to yoo. 
no* wantonly. a» "awe [wople have, hut narrow. 
It, very narrowly ; and I ask your pardon fur it 
A young man would nnt have judged you ao. 
The longer wc lire in thin world, the lean wc come 
to know of H. " 

“ Where n Jack V asked the Captain, sralllag- 
“ Aeooedtng to your theory, my freeud, w« aiiouhl 
call him tn to teach os wisdom." 

“ And yoo wouhl ncs be so far wrung there. 
That young man is of very koen pevcefitioo 
When old Dunk said something in Jack'* lim- 
ing coawvriilng tho father uf s curtate lowly girl. 




* lliii 




before him. Jack ho been 0 ._ 
up like a Bpartan, under the code of— 1 foTget 
hia name, Bulnn or Epnminirodai— and sooner 
would be le* the fux gnaw out— But I never 
get itraight in a metaphor. Wliat I mean is chat 
I told him to stop leTtm the water, and no pow - 
er to earth con bring hitu over until bo receive* 
tLe signal. Now 1 have two point* to seUlo. 
First, for ar own satisfaction — but yuu nrwil nut 
toll nw units.* yu* pleaso — why dsJ rots ruin ywr 
Ufa thus* Awl lliuu, what do you mean to du 
abort my Jack 1" 

" I did what I did," raid the Captain, slowly, 
" lwvro.se it was imposssblc not to do it We have 
■opposed ourselves to be of many generation* 
without taint Taint of cowardice or treachery, 
I mean, fur the taint of any other riee teems light. 
My father knew that hi* heir, my brother, was of 
a violent weak nature, brave cmongli, so far a* 
that goes, but in no way atoailfost In all eurapt 
the liclrvlup, and tho tauarj spent upon mu,! was 
alwaya kcAol ufon a* tho rlisr of lhn two, and 
title made my Iwotlnw dislike toe. Or prrtajw | 
hate Bo right to ray tint end perixsjM the fault 

was oa my tide ton; but wo were never onnfurt- 
*Me togeUier. W l.wi wo gut our rorasnusinae, I 
pvooviw.1 my father to look after Philip so far a* 
I cunld ftwcroiar he was wild and Ihoqghtlrosl, 
and to keep him from doing disgrace to our name 
by any unfaahicmablc vice*. 

“ Philip fonght shy of me as much ia posublc. 
He L'lieved that I dnqiisod him bccauso he waa 
so self- indulgent, and pewhaps to some extent I 
dill Bul I do not want to puff myself at his <»- 
pnnwt He had always twun indulged, and hail 
known no curb, while I had lhn tireclii of bwtug 
kept abort Its fell into trouliar in London, and 
my fallww, who bad then much inter***, reutrired 
to get bias went out to join us. hoping that difri- 
pfine and rougli work might stiffen tip hi* char- 


acter. Philip Hobniittod with a very bad grace, 
atul I saw that lie would get into some scrape 
IM fbOflgb I little inugixwd what it wuuld be 

"For t tan assure yun. Culund Wiatroml*. 
that kw was aa brave as the best uf u* ; a* brave, 
I Man, in mere bodily cuinigu mu I nintmupt uf 
visible danger. What adid )iim that night, wi.tw 
he lost his mind so, and ru.lied away beadlwig. 
like a tul pljm! dug, earning oar men after him. 

was the terror of an evil (uureienec. He bad 
duOB an uusuanlv thing at homr. and lie paid for 
it with Ids manhood. He had seduced, under pro- 

mia* uf uurriage. a bvaatilu] sa>i inuiKrut young 
glri. Ore daughtor of one of our el.Uf uaiuu. 
AliaiidoiiH todirgrace. she drowned licrsulf, after 
writing him a tetter s«h is no man should receive. 
Aii.l no« in the depth of tint .lark tight, by tbs 
iiiolancbi.ly morning uf the Tagro, Irer form rams 
•lowly np the waur u Idm, Inuring tor dead balm 
oil her braos*. He Icxjwil on his bone, aud shunt- 
ed madly, calling .* bis men to save him. The 
flight was scuadnl, ami away went all. arourir^ 
out of the ghastly in a panic never know* 
before. My part was •ample. 1 had to n.ivrea 
tu? protnlas to my father, and to save lira loir of 
our rare and war ancient title from ignominy. 
Kv«w my father never knew tlra troth, for to re 
furoret to sue me, and I eoild not ante against my 
bvmliiT. | lived abroad for •ervral years, after 
marrying a maidni whom I long bad lovol, and 
who f error* the world for me. whea I teat tier, 
I came back to England with one only little chilli, 
and •rttlrd la Dcruu, for my dear wife’s sake. 

“Now whether I havvi town right in pouit of 
conscience lo Maintain a lie is a quuitica for 
cilhrra to duehla, who have nnt been placed as I 
have. Bat I nrt.u have regretted it; and uu lira 
wbcJe, my life Iras (wen a happy one." 

" ri> it aight to »«?." sail Colonel IN’escrnmlra, 
rnit disdaining to shed tears. "I bcqwi that I 
might bare (hme the same. But 1 tear that my 
to art wouhl have broken. Aud to ktwp Ito re- 
cret all ttoro years, nod to be prepares] to die 
with it ! Pole, yea are the tuAdrel mas I bare 
ever known or beard at." 

“ Bf dear friend,” said the Captain, calotte, 
“ there was nothing nuhln in it. Holloa ! Timm 
is Jack co oar side of the water ! You said *u 
power would bring hie* over." 

“And 1 said it lu all gcr.1 faith. What ran 
hnre brought him P Why, Booe. dear Hera, my 
own child Rcmc, at you are guing to to, I to,*, 
wliat ha* brought you here tn suth a flurry T" 

"I ara tint in a Hurry, Cokcaii WesMomlie; I 
am calm, iwnviderinc all my truaUnroL For at 
liuet threw months I have had such ureters, no* 
to go to this place, and nut to go to that ; and 
then your ron. Mr. John fftstomte, ramps all 
screws the riser into my rarnaiica bed! It ap. 
p.wra to me as if there was lio law left. And is- 
•trail of protecting, yuu ar* greng to totrav me." 

• My darting,” sold her father, -it t* I who 
ntwl do that. Jack <umo bora. You were lira* o 
enough jrot now. Boso, doe't he foolish. What 
did I catch you doing under the leather-coat ap- 
ple- tree?" 

" You didn't tatoh me doing anything, pap* — 
only haring h dauu lu me.” 

“ Terr well ; *o it shall be now. Jubn West, 
combe, take her two hands ia voura, if she will 
give them, a* I think the wilL thon Uie Colonel 
will kiss Irar, and m will I 1 

"I will kiss ray own dear father find," sail 
the maiden, with a prospect uf mtnh bhuhing ; 
“ araJ thi-o Cotenri Wcstcomto, and that will bo 
qtiltu uliiMlgll," 

Now whither she turned out that armcgcmcril 
without the lady's conscript toit— where the git 
of the cnmraunicallou lira— U a qwestion for Jack 
arid htvorif ateera. For the Ccdoul and ito 
CapUia marched away, discussjTig the day* 
“ when life was llfn"(tmaMM there was so muuli 
denth to mark it X and with grewt lircadth of In- 
stance proving buw rad it would be to be orw's 
own grandsun. Hippy is the fior frail ri|Ha.ing 
thus, with pity for the hhxmi bu.1 fonwiiig at iu 
base, picas .ire in the memory of by-gou* Storm*, 
and sunny exmunt with its own Hell hutior, 

Bat Itm •*• a little tuntiult vet to vnrae, when 
(niicrml Pank, on a Dartmoor cirargrr twelve 
hand* and a half in height, set forth at the brad 
of a tart eipniitiou lu rapture or slay BUck 
Window. That araunraiit >ull form" a date in 
the a Mills of the Oku* aod of t skebaraptoo. ; 
for verily there U was lltlrel out, the d*v before 
great market-day. KtSfJ Iravast w*a mspirrel 
with ancestral vater.ervry throat and atooaacl. 
with nitive Uilrs* and hunger, became tho ul.l 
General stood treat. Aud if. after that, they 
«ught nobody at all.it was uraplv hecausu tltwrw 
was nobody there A* for Guy SYenluw, aud the 
vsry uatni.inlia.arT things dial happmwd to him. 
Ilia naMin* for Mking to savage life, hia grvwt 
■ingle handed cnccuxitcr with Ncow, the effect 
upon hW mind of Mr. Gaston's waddrai end. and 
the marvelluus dcvx-c anil Ingenuity by which he 
built himself n dry house tM-nraih the peat, and 
fumiabnl it purely at Ida neighbor*' eipenae, ll 
would be a iVcakiriaii or e*»n a Muarorian act 
c* our part to pirate tlw work which Mr. Abort 
ha* ui hand upon that arable tulijert. 

Nelthcw has Mr Abort yet finished that "Song 
of tho Kusc," wlurli he promised to the world; 
foe which ib lay them are two good reason*— die 
Aral, thst Dicky Touchwood, upon kis return to 
(ainlrailge, developed extraordinary pwlk power 
(which nteievl him above all cumpwiiiiua ] whether 
from die way in which he was taken off hi* feet, 
or whether from such sen to of wrong a* invent- 
ed the iambus. AraJ a still loiter reason wai 
that Julia, though generally mbuiixnve. and en- 
wnipprd in children — wlw were called “the toll 
Shorts" mnvbm-mM by no follacv of am- 
nubtal logic ho urgi*J into sufferance of such an 
outrag.' But i»H; vju the beat reaaco of all was 
tin* — thu die mh j ict was above him, a* tho 
beauty of the roee is above inugmaUuo, because 
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THE PRESIDENT. 


L ECKY describes Walpole: an a statesman who 
knew that “a wise minister will carefully avoid 
exciting violent passions, provoking reactions, offend- 
ing large closees, ami generating enduring discon- 
tents.” Doea the President mean tn pursue this 
course f Tlie situation and the tendency an- plain, 
and it is but just to President ARTHUR thnl lie should 
hear how they present thamehei to thaw who lielong 
to the same party, but who liave steadfastly distrusted 
his former associations, and opposed the methods with 
which ho has been identified. The gentlemen whom 
lie ha* called to the cabinet. Mesws. FRBLW U H U T B K B, 
Kouikr, Brewster, and Howe; the first AsariUnt 
Postmaster-General, Mr. Hatton; the Assistant Sec- 
retary of State. Mr BANCROFT Da Via; tile Assistant 
Treaaurer ut New York, Mr ACTON — with various 
minor officers — are all Republican* of the ’'Stal- 
wart” school. The figure of Mr. Thomas C. I*latt, 
who was peremptorily and contemptuously rejected 
as Senator by the Republicans of New York, under 
disgraceful c i rvumstanooi which need not be recalled, 
i* seen Hitting busily to and from Washington ; and 
other persons, whose name* are not of a kind for such 
association, are reported os in intimate conference 
with the President. Mere rumor* are not to be too 
seriously regarded, but it is obvjgai that no person— 
with th* signal exception of Judge Gray, of whom wc 
speak elsewhere— hut theme who (uid been already do 
signaled by President Garfield, lias been appointed to 
office nor known to have been in consultation with 
the President, who is nut of the same "Stalwart” 
bcImxiI. That is to aay, the Administration thus for 
represents the minority of the party aa shown at Chi- 
cago, and a minority which by it* unscrupulous con- 
duct iu New York. Pennsylvania, and Illinois and by 
the want of a common organisation among it* oppo- 
nent* in the Convention, was made to appear much 
larger than it really was. 

Thi* is a fart which cun nut safely be forgotten or 
disregarded. However discreetly and softly the steps 
of the Administration may be taken, if liiey are all in 
a reactionary direction, they will certainly lead it and 
the party to disaster. The President we believe to be 
a sagacious politician. He imwt therefore feel inutinct- 
ively tire force of the various current* of feeling. He 
must know that if the party sentiment at t.'hicagn and 
in tin* country which rejected General Grant and se- 
lected General GaROTKLO a* lire candidate is to be pro 
scribed, he court* a catastrophe. lie must see tkiat the 


spirit which gave Mr. WOCFB fifty thousand votes in 
Pettiuyl valiia, anil which, deqate the "Stalwart” hos- 
tility ill New York, and by force of feeling, not of or- 
ganization, won the victory in that State— liu* tqnrit 
which put aside < ieuenil Tracy in Brooklyn, and elect- 
ed Mr. Ia»w, and which, above all. in Erie County, de- 
liberately routed “ tire machine" and it* leafier*, repu- 
diating tlreir caucus and tlreir candidate*, and serving 
notice upou them that so long os tlreir caucus was u 
false caucus, and their candidate* not the honestly de- 
signaled cindklalw of the party, *1 long they and thrir 
cutididaUw should Is* defeated is n spirit which is more 
alert and vigorous than ever, and which the Pnnddeut 
should neither drepbre nor defy. 

The situation seems Ut be a contradiction, but it b 
intelligible to every attentive observer. StalwartUm 
hus cotire into power by the vote, yet against the will, 
of the party. If the President d«e* not perceive this 
and heed it. lie and the party will pay the penalty. 
Tire spirit which we have mentioned a* *0 widely dif- 
fused is that of the must resolute hostility to "bo** 
politic*." If tire "Stalwart" step* of the Adminis- 
tration mean a return to the rejected liosaea, us is su»- 
pecU-d in some quarter*, if tin* appointing power is to 
lie devoted to erecting a huge “Stalwart machine." 
the destruction of such a machine will tie the chief 
object uf independent Republicanism, and responsi- 
bility for the result must rent with those who make it 
inevitable. We must not Ire understood os saying 
that we believe tire President intend* to attempt to 
carry the party and the country backward. His course 
ho* been thus far too prudent to allow that to be uh- 
sunred. But there are certainly signs which are un- 
pleasantly suggestive. There are many Republican* 
closely watching the course of events whose previous 
difference* with him he knows to have been honest, 
and whose disposition cordially to sustain Ilia admin- 
istration iu the interest of real progreas and reform 
he will not doubt. The friends of administrative re- 
form urge tin* postage of the I’RNDIXTuN bill ns a wise 
ami thoroughly considered measure, and the Presi- 
dent ho* statist his readincra to approve and enforce 
it, and has recommended an ap]m>]iriaLiuu to carry 
out the purpose* of the prerant Htutute under which 
the Civil Her vice Commission was created. These are 
good sign*, and if it should uppear tlml lit* executive 
action nMpplenierit* hi* word*, and that Ilia "Stal- 
wart" appointments do not uh-uii the attempted n-xto- 
rat ion of what the party and the country have reject- 
ed. it will be re assuring to the country. It is not 
what an executive officer says, but what be doc*, 
which determine* his real feeling and purpose. But 
the President is much too laguciou* a puliticiun to 
Hupjxme that the profession* of the inaugural address 
or the candid paragraphs of the Message are a* signifi- 
cant ns the manifesto of purpoee whiclt is made by 
appointuMinta 


A GREAT POST-OFFICE. 

Public attention has lieen ncfMs'ially attracted to the 
New York Puet-ofUce within tlie lust few years by the 
report* of tin* administration of Mr. James, and by the 
appointment of his efficient coadjutor, Mr. Pearson, 
os his successor. Thi* appointment was mode upon 
sound principles, and in despite of the ordinary polit- 
ical interference, which promote* extravagance and 
incapacity in thr public service. It ww miulc wholly 
in di-fen-nc** to the public interests which the Post office 
is intended to serve, and it was one of the significant 
act* uf tlu* Garfield administration. The detailed 
statistics of the service at this great office are intere-st- 
ing. The whole number uf persons employed, includ- 
ing carriers and substitute*, during the present year, 
was 1481. and the pay allowance was $1,300,308. The 
net revenue of the office during the year was 27.05 per 
cent, of the total revenue from the entire postal service. 
The sale of postage stamps amounted to $1,888,808 h$, 
altliougli it is computed that the aggregate of small 
remittances in stomp* to New York deahtni reduces 
the Knits ut the oilier by $800(8081 (>n the 1st of No- 

vember, 1881, there were 548 publications entered at 
currently tallied in the city, and there were 19,380,800 
jKHinda of such matter mailed from publication office*. 
Tlif number of pieora, including letter*, postal cards, 
circulars, wond-clam matter, transient newspapers, 
and merchandise originating in New York, or iu for- 
eign or domestic transit, was 450,333,82#. There were 
1,004,798 racks dispatched from the office, containing 
newspupent and miscellaneous letters, and 175,290 
pouches uf letters. 

In the Registry Division, the number of articles 
dispatched wo* 822,573; letters, 833,451 ; merchandise 
jwicketa, 207,813 ; packages of pcatage stamps from the 
agency, 148,881; registered jourkages and pouebe* re- 
(x-ived, 1.444.458; made up, 591,700 — making a total of 
4.048,875. In the Money Order Diviakiu there were 
42.845 domestic oreler* iwiuod, amounting to <043.507 00 ; 
foreign orelcrs, 19,588. amounting to <949.489 77. Tlio 
number of domestic orders paid was 829.841, amount- 
ing to $7,580,970 14 ; and of foreign orders, 18,189. 
amounting to f 25 1, 290 41. At the branch offices there 
were 146.840 orders issued and paid, amounting to 
02.905.923 68. The number of paper* and packets im- 
perfectly addressed, but corrected and forwarded, was 
206,180; and of letters, 207,794. The total number of 


piece* of mnit matter dealt with at the New York Post- 
office during the year 1KSI wiu fill). 481, 544. of which 
in the mailing uml distributiun dejiurtni'-nt there were 
450.83S.826; iu the City Delivery, 186.096,943; iu the 
Registry. 4,048.875. 

These ure but a few of the interesting statistic* of 
the office. How thoroughly and satisfactorily this 
enormous scrrjco is transacted every one who lias 
either large or small dealings with the office knows. 
It i* only n ere wary to consider the daily and nightly 
constant and ccusrlraa pressure of infinite and petty 
dctuils u|»m the office to perceive tliat only the nswt 
intelligent supervision and administrative nbility could 
pomibly accotuplisli the rreulU that are uchievcd. The 
court csy with which complaint* are heurd, however 
unreasonable, and the promptitude with which any 
difficulty is corrected, are the praiac of the whole New 
York pisind force, It is obvious that for the proper 
mamigenM-nt of such a husincra, which i* rapidly in- 
creasing everj- year, and for the development of im- 
proved methods in it* conduct, fur which improve- 
ment the public must depend upon aide and skilled 
officers, notliing is mure absolutely indispensable tluui 
an organization of the service which si util select tlx* 
most competent assistant*, and secure their exclusive 
intrrret in tlicir dutire and devotion to tlie aslvance- 
nriit of tlx* service. To accomplish this reRiiit. selec- 
tion by political favor is a proven* wtirthy of HoUen- 
tol* : and tlx* prawii t unequalled efficiency and economy 
uf the New York Poot-officc is due to tlie decision uf 
the late and prraeiit postmaster iltoi the husintra uf 
the olllre shall be done ujion sound principles, and to 
their ability to carry out their decision. 


A CARD FOR THE SEASON. 

Wl have received in an envelope from the ofil<-e 
of the First Assistant Postmaster - General a card 
headed, "The Golden Text— Civil Service,’' and con- 
taining the following capitalized extract from the 
Presidents Message; "There ore very many charac- 
teristic* which go to make a model civil servant. 
Prominent among them are Probity, Industry. Goud 
Sense. Good Habits, Good Temper, Patience, Order, 
Courtesy, Tact, Self-Reliance, Manly Deference to 
Superior Officers, and Manly Consideration for In- 
feriors.” 

This is well said. Such qualities are most desira- 
ble in all civil servants. If the card is issued from 
the office of tlie Assistant Postmaster General ns a 
friendly reminder to all subordinates, it will be use- 
ful. But it is a capital retiuuder. also, of the fart 
that such qualities can never be ascertained by the 
spoils method of appointment, and can be determined 
only by the reformed method. Whoever undertakes 
to quote this passage as evidence that exsential fitness 
can not be ascertained by the competitive system will 
have a fall. The competitive method provide* that 
after personal favoritism und inilurnce have been baf- 
fled by the examination, the most successful competi- 
tors shall be — not appointed, but placed upon proba- 
tion. to ascertain by practical experiment whether 
they have precisely the qualities which, in addition to 
generaliiitelligcncc. make "the model civil sen-ant.” 

The "doctrinaire*” do not araert that examinations 
in genrnil or special knowledge determine practical 
fitmuat for a place. Wbat they do say is that a boss's 
favor, or u committee's recommendation, does not 
prove it, and that the only way in which it cun be 
proved is by experiment, and fur experiment their 
method provides, and the present spoil* method doe* 
not provide. Let us hope at this pleasant season that 
the pretty card has no covert intention of assorting 
tliat a bow of high or low degree knows or care* what 
goes to make "a model civil icrvaut,’ 1 


OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. 

The publication of the letter* of tlie late Secretary 
of State to our ministers in London and in Lima has 
excited great attention and interest. The dispatch to 
Mr. I AlWELL pro putting to the British government the 
modification of the Cluyton-Bulwer Treaty is very im- 
portant. It is, indeed, nut no much a propuaitiuu for 
British action as a declaration tliat we propose prac- 
tically to abrogate the treaty. There may be adequate 
reasons for neb a course; but when a nation proposes 
to withdraw from a solemn pledge, it would seem to 
bo wiser to seek relrevoe from the other party by a quiet 
and friendly and private discussion, instead of a public 
proclamation of a foregone conclusion. At least we 
can give nu other interpretation to thi* sentence in 
the dispatch: " It is the fixed purpose of the United 
States to confine it fthe question of interoceauic con- 
trol] strictly and solely a* an American question, to 
be dealt with and doculod by the American govern- 
ment*." 

If we have already decided thi* point, when we 
state the modifications tliat wo rack in the treaty we 
merely announce what we have determined to do. 
Wc leave nothing for Great Britain but to acquiuice 
in our decision, or if the British government thinks 
that our decision is injurious to British interest*, to 
dispute it by arms if neeeaatry. Now as the question 
concerns nuthing whatever within our own domain, 
but relate* to territory wholly withiu foreign border* 



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HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


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and state*, granting that the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty 
was unfortunate, and conceded more titan we ought 
to have yielded — granting that circumstance* have 
changed, and iJiut a revision of the treaty, or its total 
abrogation, is desirable, it wus equally desirable that 
it should be sought in a conciliatory tone. Disregard 
of the faith of treaties is a serious offense. But even 
when a nation is just) lied in repudiating its pledged 
faith, the utausit courtesy and consideration of method 
are always possible and |iolit»c. 

In this case the abrogation of the treaty is sought, 
not for the particular work niton which it is bused, 
but because of another similar work over which we 
have asserted, in Mr. BlaDTI'k circular note of June 
34, 1881 , a sole protection. That note is hotted, in turn, 
upon the general principle of jewlouay of European 
interference upon this cunliiieul. Within reasonable 
limits tins is a sound principle. But if it should he 
understood to mean a perpetual fussing and dictation 
among all the smaller South American and Central 
Auiericau slates, which have important commercial 
relations with the rest of the world, it could easily 
become a very troublesome business. Lord Dausrji 
CTDI t was always lecturing and hectoring in European 
politics, but it was not to the glory or profit of Eng 
land. Friendly counsel to American states that fall 
into disorder and ask our advice would be highly be- 
coming, but u practical dictatorship of the continent 
is more than we ought to undertake. In South Amer- 
ica. so far oa yet appears, the State Department has 
acted discreetly and vigorously, It has warned its 
minister in Pent that the legations of tho United 
States are not to be usod as private claim agencies. 
That is to say, we luivc nothing whatever to do with 
Mr. LANbMUl.’ and the Peruvian Company. Mr. 
CHIUKTJASc.Y was instructed to recognise the CaLDK- 
IttiH government if in lm judgment it was bo sus- 
tained as to be a if* facto government, and upon his 
own discretion he did recognise it. Ills tustmetiou* 
in this respect were in accord with our traditional 
policy, and Mr. BlaiNK has probably saved us from 
disagreeable complications. His alertness and saga 
city are well illustrated in the correspondence, and 
we regret only the jx-rcmpUiry and conclusive lone 
of the London dispatch. 


THE LAW AND THE MORMONR 

The stringent hills of Mr. WltAJCTS to reorganise 
the Territory of Utah and to secure honest trials for 
bigamy indicate a renewal of the attempt to suppress 
Mormon polygamy which has been so often foiled. 
The late President Uarrielh consulted with Mr. 
WnXKM upon these bills, and approved them, and 
there is an evident revival of interest in the subject, 
which gives peculiar timeliness to the visa’s of Sena- 
tor Kdiivnm in the January number of Haki'Ick'* 
Magazine. In the Senator's opinion, there is an ir“ 
rcpressible conflict between this aspect of Mormontsm 
and the social and political systems of the rest of the 
country. The object of the Mormons is to maintain 
their political supremacy in lull and the neighbor- 
ing Territories, and to favor polygamy. Tbe preseut 
population of Utah is 143,903. more than 73,000 of 
which number are persons under age. Hie actual 
number of plural marriages it is impossible to ascer- 
tain, but in 1886 it was estimated to bo a third of the 
married males. 

Plural marriage is a crime under the United State* 
law. and in the eye of tluit law the Mormons, who 
hold bigamy to bo a divine institution, are a bund of 
criminals associated to defy the authority of the Unit- 
ed States. The government lias eudeuvored to awe it 
its authority. But to impanel a jury in Utah with- 
out a Mormon is almost impossible, and it is equally 
impossible to prove both marriages, as the "scaling" 
to “saiuta" is done vrith the utmost secrecy. But 
Mr. Edmenew is of opinion that, with suitable legisla 
tion and a vigorous execution of the laws, tbe prac- 
tice of polygamy might be broken up within a few 
years, and even with existing laws and u persistent 
determination the evil would succumb. If the peo- 
ple of tbe United State* sincerely wish to extirpate it, 
the task would be easily accomplished by legal and 
peaceful meuus. All aid by appropriation of land 
should be refused to the Mormon body, and, if neco* 
sary, the Territory might >»e annexed to adjoining Ter- 
ritories, to merge and destroy tho Mormon political 
ascendency. 

This is u different view from that of those who sup- 
pose that a vigorous attempt to suppress polygamy 
would be followed by a long and desperate war. re- 
quiring upon the side of the government ail army of 
not less lliuu 1M>,000 men. aud ending doubtfully and 
in the desolation of the interior of ihe continent. If 
there were any reason to suppose this to bo true, no- 
thing would be more evident than that the United 
States should repeal the statute against bigamy, ordeal 
at any coat with criminals who defy its authority. 
The bills introduced by Mr. WlLLBTO open the whole 
question, and the discussion should close only with 
the adoption of some puna live policy to be rigorously 
enforced. The Supreme Court has held that the pica 
of religious institution in the ease of bigiuny is not 
valid, and it could hardly have held differently. The 
question is not one of those which decide themselves 


by delay. As it stands, it is simply a question of the 
power of the government to enforce obedience to tho 
law. 


THICKS OF A TRAVELLER. 

Ws observe hi • wrot nuajt-r of the Huston JVmlkr 
tho following rrniulk, which lies born repeated in sub- 
stance by a writer iu the Kugliab Contemporary AVrirw. 

“ Nothing con bn Doors fata than Mr Gxotut W. Cram's state- 
iu miic that it m • lb* son* roil rwrviw, save tint uf Siam, perhaps, 
la tbe world.' " 

We agree that nothing oould be more fulse than such a 
elatemrut, except possibly tbe assertion that Mr CCRTfs 
ever rendu it. Whut he said in an ndilrem in Huston and 
in Buffalo was the familiar truth that " there i« nut a pub- 
lic service in tbu world on so contemptible a basis as ultra 
[that is, personal favor J, except perhaps iu Turkey ur biom.” 


MR. JUSTICE GUAY. 

Tux nominal inn «f Horace Gray, Chief Justice of Mss- 
sncbeuwtls. In be an AmiKiate Justice id the Supreme Court 
of the I 'cited States, has l>«eu received with more gniH'iul 
aatiafacfiiMi than hoe greeted any appointment for many a 
year. It recalls the days when Iyujky and CL'RTts were 
the represenlatives of New England upon the Supreme 
bench, ami those einmrltt BiogiM ruUw were not worthier 
then CiRAT to sit where Jat aud Mahsh iu. sat. 

Judge Ghat u a man of tho highest character and nf a 
singularly judicial mind. He is a jurist of thorough train- 
ing, with a lefty sense of tbe just dignity of the Juilletul 
•tattoo, mill s man of wide and generous synipaihiee and 
cultivation, whom lit* jhtmidbI friends Imld in equal respect 
and alfertiuu. Il« baa what la cal lad hii ohl-fBahioucd |*n- 
trlotism and public spirit, and the essential nturdionss aud 
ii|irightnras of tbe old New England character n--*|<|iear in 
him in a modern aud accomplished fiam. Politically be 
was a Republican of the beat type, and bis political sympa- 
thies are still with original Republican priuciples nnd their 
true represuotatl vhm. Hot since bis elevation to the bench 
a line sense of propriety has withdrawn turn wholly from 
the political arena, and Ins new honors will be hailed with 
equal pleasure liy men of all portico. 

It is a nominal ion which is most bouornhle to the Ad- 
ministration, because it is made, as we believe, upon the 
Presiibmt's perception of lie finu-ra, and not to fulfill a anp- 
powrel pur|ujwc of his predceeasor, and inode also against n 
atremiiKia pressure for a purely political appointment. If 
upon the retirement ofJiiBtioe Hllfl, whose present position 
is greatly to be regretted, n nomination of similar chnraotcr 
slioiihl be made, the pnldlc rnnfiitence which the Adiuiiiis- 
trutiou naturally dustres would bo greatly ntrvtigilmuml. 


THE TENTH MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY. 

To this generation of Americans the story nf tbo war 
will be always uf the most exciting and pathetic interest, 
and turning the pages of the latest contribution to its he- 
roic annals. The Ihttory of lAr Temtk JfaunrA wsrft* Battery of 
Light Artillery, both m.-uiory aud ilriagiliatton recur to (lie 
abeorblug iu turret uf the days when every hour might bring 
tilling* must imunenioua to the country, anil must appalling 
to private heart* and homes. 

The record of the actual service of this gallant battery 
ill Virginia in the last two years uf tbe wax is lutscd upon 
a manuscript prepared by a menitier of the company In IH65. 
It has been thrown Into a spirited, graphic, and Interesting 
form by aoutlu-r tui-mber, John D. Uiluncih, aud it is iUon- 
I rated with portrait* of the captain, J. HtUtKV hutrcit, iu<! 
uf Mime of bis comrades. The last lie pictures are vivid, aud 
tile whole work is dime with such care and detail that, as a 
contemporary authority, ft bt very valuable for the student 
of the war. 

Tbe imperishable charm of all such works, however, is 
Hie glimpse of tbe noble patriotism, tbe uunclfisb consecra- 
tion, of die dower of the youth of the conn try. Here is n 
record of the eagerness and energy and indomitable spirit 
of yontb. Tbe first battle Is doscrtlied with stirring sim- 
plicity. There Is a certain reaUtiemueas of impetas lu the 
mere narration. “It ia give as well as take, and every 
ranounner to tbrillod to the very core at tbe first belch of 
Ilia own 10-pnaikdrr. It is his first blow from the slmulder 
fur self-defriMc and Union. Hid It braure him up fur the 
work before him." But the author, with tho gi-mns.lt) of 
the gallant soldier, is Jest to Ills opponents. “No braver 
tneu were ever banded in on mirtghlcon* cause than consti- 
tuted the rebel Army of Northern Virginia, unquestionably 
the Mower of tbe Southern forces. They fought will, a 
value that wonhl have insured sourest, had the (1ml of Imt- 
tlca liecu on their side. To defeat such an army was glory 
eturagh ; to be defeated by them, no disgrace.” There is 
nothing but ioanlinn«n In aiieh a strain os that. Bu say you, 
geutleuien uf the Tcmth Massachusetts Battery. 8u say all 
generous soldiers of the Union. 


THE DECORATIVE ART MISSION. 

Ncmttiru is more evident at till* season, iu the profusion 
of every kind of object f»r bouse lia Id use which ullracU. 
tho spectator oo every aids, than the enhanced beauty of 
form. The simplest furniture has a p ret li news of design, 
and every arllclu uf convenience a hint of grace, which are 
exceedingly agreeable. It is not doubtful that very much 
uf tbl* improvemeut is due to the recent interest in •Irauira- 
ttre art. and tbe consequant cntllvatioo of the public taste. 
One valuable nuoili uf tba lutercet which it both mutes 
and rejinoenU Is the discovery that bciuily is aa elieup as 
ugliurea. and thot there is no need that the moat familiar 
object should be clumsy sod uosttraetive because it i« 

common. 

Tlie associations which carry on the good work of In- 
struction iu this refilling and bcoolifel art— Ihe art of 
household decoration — are miaaioourics to the poor in a 
new and tuoat beneficial sense. It ia a form of charily 
which naturally aoccunpann-s that of tbe modern wiser re- 
lief of actual want and sulfctiug, becaoee, while not espe- 


cially addressed to the pour, it proposes to enrich the taunt 
moderate mrana with tbo tost*, ansi knowledge without 
which the costliest objects are not IhinuII(u]. 

Tbo Indie* of tho Society of Decorative Art in New York 
have established a library fur those living out of town who 
do not have access to the city libraries nnd the classes of 
th« society. After the 1st »r January, lre<i, thu library will 
be open for ooiHiiltar lire all day, liiaCeiul of 4 few boon., and 
tbe hooka will lie sent by mail, upon application to the Li- 
brary Committee, for ooe cent a day aud the postage in re- 
turning. Tbe catalogue of the library contains all kinds 
of troutim upon snrbut and umhIctu ornumeol, general 
principle* of art ami decoration, cbioa and ]»dU'ry paint- 
ing, water-colors, embroidery and u«wdlo-worfc, art travel* 
and journals, aud tho .South Kenauigton piimera. 


THE PRESIDENT AND REFORM. 

Trot editor of H super's Wxrttir is reported to have wel. 
earned President Aiinirn into the ratik* uf lbs civil service 
lefiirmers. Ho lias uot doDci so, but ho would be lety glad 
if tbe President's course should aotkoriic such a wcleouw. 
Iu his iuaugural address, President Annu a said : 

"All the noble sniirstKoo of my luwatcd predecessor wliU-h 
found csprcasuin ia bis life, tbe measures duviud slid miggistoj 
during lus briuf siiuuuUtrsliua to curm-t slraws end eufurtw 
ccvuiouii, to adisaev |wu*(i«riiy and promote U.<- grnersl s.lf-rv, 
to lusorc doeucUu! ssvurity ami muiatsia frieodly ami liotuir*l>l« 
rclaliiiiiA with tint nalkau of tlie earth, »tl be gtraered in the 
b«srts of Uni isuplii, sad it sill b* my earnest codes ror to pevfit. soJ 
to sso that the tuaiuu shall profit, by bis example and experience.” 
Thsmt ku|ww are umliintdedly garnensl in the hearts of 
the people, and should ihn Prusnbuit'* uonrse fullUl tluwo 
solemn pledges, tt would be unpowslble to douy (bat lie had 
entered the rank* of refonu. 


PERSONAL. 

Tax tost practical tret uf Mr*. L*»nT«r'* suecnw aad talret fur 
llw stage is that a Lunina iu»ii»E<-r la* .*r>>rvd lu-r uus handrei 
guimwa fur every n|K-ucMiUtiiiii itt A Lair ttiws trr, which she 
will cunsent to give si uiwt lafies At libs tbcsln- Mr. lawatiuisr, 
in Lmdan Troth, say* : ” It is far nwre cosy to fin*l sc-lresees who 
ran in trsgivly llisu who arc side lo act iu comedy u 

tlemgli to tlie manner born. This Mr*. Lu surer, to judge by Urn 
debut *t Twiehenbam, seem* exorolingly well able to do.” 

—Alluding lo tbe funeral of the Lt« Colonel IWei, tlie Phila- 
delphia RrmrJutyt: “Amoiixthowwhowcrecwrtrin taking tbi-.r 
liwre of the rerun ire were General Hicklm, E_ b. Uajit, slid ox- 
ripesker ILsoall. General Sickles luukcd La some Luur upou 
U.c face of tl*c dreiL and thru, muring hu ctucebra, be bent uvre 
the cavkct, kissed the |Mllbl brow, aud rcuiAtkcd, In uii uadsr-tODU, 
to Mr. Kavoalu as be brushed u»ay bis trars, • Vfa will U. 
there too, Ok- J feliuw.' I ivUL-isI I I a H HC K , wbu eoiun ill lste, stool 
for s Mae i no menu at the bead of the catluc, his eyre suffused with 
lean.'' 

--It is twl well for cfaslent IkistisiUns to die ia PtiUsdel|diia. 
Mr. VViujAH Wild, wbo died lu tbr luttur city on the “lb hist., 
left s fortune of about ill, 000,00a When lu. left Biulca to rvsi.l* 
lu Phlladclpbis be took with him sit lus jmwuiu.1 property, tsmdi, 
etc. As shjs as hu agiail ia Iksbai lowrd of lii»d»roi*e b-: -UrtcJ t„ 
ITiibsili'lphu to Uko (MwwSwiun of his ssfe. fancy bis di-gn.t to 
aaceetalo uu bii arri. si that the i-ily of Philadelphia bad placed 
on altui-tiiiiiSil uo till- safe ami ocssteuls lo pay • auevesawn tax of 
8900, iKSI ! 

— Merer*, L.mu sKi. are rising to tbe wants of the tobsrvo 
chewprs aod iHinverw by erecting s new building 123 by ti») fret, 
»lx elories high, to be used entirely for tlie manufacture of tine-cut 
chewing and smoking tobacco, and tr.itff, while the old building 
will be ranecicnlvowl; >fevuted to pl'jg. The firm expect* to saa- 
aftctsrc next retr •U.tHW.lMX) jumnds of tobacco, the rcrciiuc 
slanipa for which will be over 8&,t uw,cicu. 

Mr. Cononan, the pbilaucbropuc, of Wasblagton, and fouadrrof 
the Louise llecne in tbu city, is pWasantlr iciui-oilmred ia dial in- 
•litutbiti un Ida txrtMsr, Dreerebar 27, which is always a flee day, 
■ad will be to regarded and hurouvd after hi* dawlli. 

— ripoakrc Kuna Is one »f tlie fuw wbobara livbl that preitUm 
who touM t*e iwlinl iiiuli of wealth. Of tlie twenty -right [ereont 
who fmtu 1,88 to lhHl ureupasd lli.i Rpwokwr’a chair, the only esse 
who was urrJrrstuoJ to 1m rich was KoiiMeT (I WtJtTMBDr. Skvcral 
wore (wtswMwd of swwtoiwto minua, oral had good professional in- 
com**, last they wnn* not torts of wraith 

—Mr, Axowxw Caturoil, a ftnitcbewaa, who early in life went to 
Plltidrurgh, Penu»ylv*iiia, where he made a larcr fortune, has offer- 
ed that city H3<>,''x» for a free librery, pmjrbied tlie city will 
appn.priote f IA.in'ni a year fur itt maintenance Mr. Caokegik 
recently gave * Imudnwsje library snd building lo bis iniure town 
in ikotland. 

—Mr. Timrraoy, who is now seventy-threw, grnw* more Indiffer- 
eat to all sorts of society as tsiric goes on. OtcsskaiAlly In, gout 
user to Oxford aivJ stare * few *ixys wick Mr. Jowitt, and wewue- 
tiinra vbtiu Mr. Glaimtosl Lsat year be wua awlsibr in Lmduu, 
and gave a few dinner yunlre at Ills town bousn. Hit prim-ipal 
curepAwton, however, la his 1*1*, sad AS to whuE gore on in “socie- 
ty” he it wltoriy imliffvrtxil 

— Tim nrniaim* uf politiiwl life icmre nut sc»in in tbe family 
of the new United Stale* Attorney. Irinen.1, Mr lurnstvn. abac 
wife is Ike youngest dsughtee of the late Hubsst J. Wauutn, Sec- 
retary of the Treasury muter President I'm x. Mrs. Uuwmxuuoe 
held a clerkship in the TresHary She will now, as the wife uf a 
member of the cabinet, till thr fA*oe rewe socupied Ivy her lumber. 

—A recent nujmbcc of the .Yrnkm A <fuA.i»A». published in Areta, 
Swedrn, mentions the great uiccews uf the fiseduh iraathtUun of 
Mr. Uv Crauxl-'s new work. It says : “ The capacity of our pr>*»ca 
has been taxed to the utrwwt lo print Df CaAOXt 's renowned wink, 
Th c Land if the ITutnlyhl Are Htrdly had the tta»l edit foil of 
five tbonaaml «i|*es ap|*ar«d w lire the firm of Lixdlx, wldnh jml*- 
lialisd the work, waa utd^wsl to print a new nlitfoe to su|*ply tliv 
■mlurs whieli kept |Miurlilg in.” So rapid was the *al*> that ritAiiy 
In inks** Here were uuaIiIk to ulitaia a sint-le .-upy of uV firet wfitfoa 
of this nraarkalde work. It is rare iwdrsd that a lM*ok of tra.cfo 
sfovsld enjoy such great popularity aswasg tlie pevple uf wlmin il 

— A sparkling comedy bv* , 0uids," called (Ti*4 n f GM and (1*1 
of Frttar, will Ingin in liasm’H WncxtT few January 7, 188*. 
It ia one of the i>richtsvt nnd most fneeinating pieces of wviliug 
that ever sppearr*! from the pen of this pupulur auliior. 

— A cheap olhi--o of Mr. lfox«u> It F.srcor'e inlcrtwllug and 
rabiitblr work. CJeif Nrovee in Great Hiitnin, has Just appuared 
to •• liarywt't Frankliu Square Library." 

— A proposition lint txen under consl.kratKM, snd finally dvUr- 
mlnud upou, to remove lSishup Comu'i Italua frvau all the Rng- 
lish clerical liat, and though by law he Lt sull lord Hishup u( Na- 
tal. h« will eutoc to be recorded is wck It it araxulalosy lu him, 
huwerec, that he can act be deprived of his salary nor his sun, no 
bu snips bis Bugera at Us * place pal broth rut, aud " •lacks.” 



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ESCAPE W THE nun ATE - COKOTITCTION" AFTER THREE DAYS* CHASE BY MUTISII SHITS.— Ditaw* nr J. O. Daewoo* 


“OLD IRONSIDES." 

Oku of tba iiimi NMtliltb Incidents In ibr earner «f 
the frigate r'.nMt«f»riuu, familiarly known a* ~Ohl Iron- 
aides" dm lift eacape from ■ Beet of Engtiali 
in the month of July, lei?. A* the glorion* old .hip ban 
jnat boon dlnmauth-d unit laid np in tlm Brooklyn Niivy- 
jatd, »«i more to lironal tin* waves "itr romlero will In* tn- 
taro*fr,| In recalling III* atory of tlial rwn|m. I'li* narrative 
in cntiilruaed from the irnwnl In f'onrrtt'* AVimJ //iSoiy. 

The Ci'utUlHhnm. under romniniid of Captain llt'U, tailed 
from Aunnpuli* on tbe I'ith of Jnly, mnl atood to tlm north- 
ward, She bail a new crow, mnl bring prov inionet) for a 
long rrwim*, wee deep in Ihn water, tin I lie I7lli »lie right- 
ed a man-of-war, whl<li anhacijimntl.v proved to lie tbr 
Umtrrim. Four other tail won- alto al rilled, and all Air 
appeared to ho m company. Tim afternoon anil night 
P»wd without inriilent. but In the morning Captain lici t 
dl*r.ivrrvd two frigate* on the Ic* Ijnatier, nod aatrra were 
a *li >[• of tli* tin*, two frigate*, a brig, nod a aeliooncr. 

It waa Uow •|iiitr calm, anil tbr roiufifuflua liuiatrd oat 


her boat*, »ml went thrill aimed to toor. By *ix oVlock a 
tight ninil rnnie from the nottliwnnl of neat; llm *hi|i'* 
In-Mil «o got toluol to thi! aoiitbwanl, and nil llm light 
rativon that would draw wn* art. Soon nflrrwanl Captain 
lit LI . Uniting that tlie enemy wan likely to clou-, nu lie w*. 
able to |mil the l«>nt« of Inn »lii|i* on one, ntilmil all the 
•pare tigging wliirb «»• M lor tin- pm-jiour to lm payed 
lion II Into tlm fatter*. Then n hedge wai roll out imatl.V 
half a mile ahead, and let go. At n eignnl given, llm new 
rlapimd on, and walked anay with llm all ip, oremi lining 
nmi tripping tlm hedge n* aim rnnie up oilh the end of the 
line. While llii* waa doing, frowli Him ntnl another hedge 
urre eanied nheucl, ami tlioilgb mil of aiglit nf land, the 
frigate glided away from her pnr»ilet» before they iliacov- 
eroil tlm manner in which it ««» done. It wa« not long, 
however, before the enemy rrmorted to the annm rxpedi- | 
ent .. Ily nine tlm iirrml frigate, the AJtrraaon, an which 
the EliglMi had put moat of Iheli tmnta, waa eloaiug lari, 
and there waa every pcvwpert, not n Itliatuii.liiig the atradi- 
near, and artivity of the Coaalitarieo't people, that the frigate 
jnat went toned would get near enough to cripple her. when 


her capture by tbe test of the tqundmn would he iuei liable. 
At tin. try ii.g moment the lowt apirit prevailed id the ahi|i. 
Eiery thing «aa *tnp|>#rod : and Captain Hru. wn* not 
without lio|tra, even abnuld lie lm foreeil into art ion, of 
throwing the Aha«Mm ntrm by hi* lire, and of maintaining 
hi* dial juice from tlm other vraaeta. It waa known that 
the enemy coaild not low very near, aa it wnnhl have been 
r*»V la »i«U bl» Imlt with llm alern gnu* of the (vnrfifa- 
riuv, and not a niau In tbe latter vemel allowed a diapnation 
to despondency. 

This waa a critical moment. Tlm AJUean* waa fa*l clo*- 
ing, while tlm J.'arrrier* waa nlcnnat aa n«ai on llm larboard 
'puirter Suddenly. about nine o'clork, a light brnrze Irom 
the anuthward atnack tlm *hip, bringing her to windward. 
Tbe aklllful manner In nblrli thia advening* waa improved 
excited admiration even in Ibn enemy. Aa tlm hroero *n 
■men coming, tlm ahip'a aail* title inmiimd, and na aoon aa 
»be wn iimlcr eomnmnil, abe wa» brought rloa* np to tlm 
wind on the Inrloiard tnck. The boat* were all drop|md in 
alongside: lbo»e that belonged to the davit* were run np, 
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ctmara on the spur* outboard *par», where 
t Ur v were ill readiness i# >"• uard at n B» 
meut'a notice. ha the ship cam* by the 
wind alie brought the Gnrmarr neatly on 
brr lee Iwnm, when that frigate opened a 
fire from her broadside. While the ahot of 
till* vnutrl were Jimt falling short of them, 
the people of the OmiMWIm were hoisting 
np their boute with »• much sles.llm-e* aa if 
the duty waa performing In a friendly port. 
In about mi hoar, however, it fell nearly 
calm again, when Captain Hr IX onlered a 
quantity of the water etarteil to lighten tho 
ahip. More than two thousand galloon were 
pumped out. and the boate were sent ahead 
again to tow. 

For several hoot* during the day the 
enemy 'a frigate* were within long guimhoc. 
but not sufficiently near fur effective work. 
Evening ram*, and the boat* of the fowsri- 
fvlio* were again «ent out ahooil to tow. 
Toward midnight a light air from the sontb- 
ward at rock the ahip, and the aallnra, forth* 
lira* time in many hoarw, were allowed to 
steep. On the morning of the next day it 
wa» found that three of the enemy'a iiliips 
were within long gnnahot ou the lee quar- 
ter, anil the other at about the mow di»- 
tanon on the loo beam. "Tlio arena, M says 
Cooper, " waa very beautiful, and of gTeat 
interest to the lovers of uantical exlnbi- 
tiona. Tile weather wm mild and loTely, 
tlie aea smooth aa a pond, and there waa 
quite wind enough to remove tho til-lvWsity 
nf any of the extraordinary mean* of getting 
ahead that tinal lieen an freely toed during 
the preriona elght-and-forty hour*. All the 
l'lngliah vessel* hod got on the oatno tack 
with the Cessfifsrie* again, anil the Bve 
frigate* were thunl* of rnnvaa from their 
truck* to tho water. Including tho Ameri- 
can ahip, eleven anil were III eight.* 

The (.‘oaetilHtnia gradually gained on the 
enemy's eliips, and at four o'clock iu the 
afternoon, a pleasant hrrN haring sprung 
op, they were found to Iw mure than four 
mile* aatern. Early in tho evening a heavy 
equal I, accompanied l»y rain, atrnck tho 
ahip*. The Cosifitwfios wna bronght nniler 
abort sail in nn incredibly short time, and 
wa* soon flying away from brr pnnmer* at 
the rate of eleven knot* At daylight next 
morning tho nearret veseel waa hull down 
aatern, and soon afterward the enemy gave 
up tlie chase. It had lasted uearly three 
dny« and as maDy nights. 


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CHATTER XXII. 


CHECK AMI OOUSTKIt-CHEC*. 

Tiinrnn Perry FiUbert'a last interview 
withClarefaad not lieen wholly aaliafactocy, 
hi* conduct hid betrayed no sign of It; his 
temper, to *ay the truth, waa not nf the beat, 
and when once let Iihhmi was one of the 
worst, hut lie hail great control ore* it. 
Yon would never bnve gurnard. to ore him 
in tho presence nf hi* Wind bed with that 
smiling air of his, and only an occasional 
sigh pi abow tier how cruelly she waa treat- 
lug him, what a volcano of impatience waa 
raging within him ; how be drtpited all that 
affectation of affection and regret which 
seemed to And relief in procrastination, ami 
waa only one degren Inn cojiteniptilde tit 
hi* eyea than prudery Itself. 

IVrliape if ho could have told her nil, Clare 
would have named some reasonably early 
date for their union, hut all be d sred not tell 
her; and mere pnmimmle pleading was nut 
only of no avail in her esse, hut might de- 
fcal ita object. Clare's eoldnem whetted 
bla piusdon, or some of the lawyer’s revela- 
tion* might have cooled it. for the young 
msn hail aa keen nn eye to tbo main chance 
aa his uncle, though lie punned it tinder 
other condition*- Ho liked risk — that «s 
the gambler’s “ perfect eertaintieu" — for Ita 
own sake; sail when be hod ooec promised 
anything (to hinnclf ), was moat houotably 
lUMilnte to keep hit word. Thu* it hap- 
pened that when Mr. Oldcaatle pointed out 
that Mr. hysteria affair* were not only bad 
In themselves, but were involved in certain, 
or rather uorortain, contingencies, Percy re- 
ceived tbs Information with considerable 
philosophy. If an investment was in an 
unlimited company, then it must W got out 
of it ; If a security was slinky, it mum lie dis- 
posed of for wlial it would fetch — advice it 
w»« easier to oltbr than to put Into effort. 

One morning aa Perry uaa leaving tbo 
house the lawyer called him into the stndy. 

" Look hero," he aaid. " I have been going 
into theue things.” pointing to a little heap 
of papers labelled personal expenses. “They 
are of little consequence aa compared with 
other matters; bat what dD yon think of 
ttbP 


It was one of Mr. Lyster'a r berks, pay- 
able to “self or bearer," and cnumsl os usual, 
for M, 

•' I sen nothing peculiar In It," aaid Percy ; 
" tlial la hu signal nre, if yon mean that." 

•• No doubt ; but look on tbo otbrr aide-’ 
wliat do yon think of the indorsement I" 

“ Samuel Chigwell ! That'sodd, oertaitily.” 
Mr, Satxmel Chigwell, or Horn Chigwell, a* 
he wa* more generally called, wa» a remain 
of Mr. l.ystar's around wife, ami the most 
disreputable raemlier of what at best waa 
not a very respectable family. lie bod acute 
little property of hi* on u, snppwil to have 
been ncqnired in the lower walk* nf sport- 
ing life, asirh n* deg-fightlng uud plgeon- 
shMillog.ai.il which hail placed him in tlie 
enjoyment of a hanker's account. It was 
nn wonder, therefore, that on Bering Mr. 
Lyater's cheek with ham's indorsement, 
Mr. Percy flbhcrt should have exclaimed, 
“ That’s odd, certainly.” 

" Yon know Master .“am — to speak to — 
don't yon t” Inquired Mr. Oldcaatle, dryly. 

" Yea, 1 know him, n* von say. to apeak to, 
or rather to nod to. "said Percy, indifferently. 

“ Well, I dare say it's all right — indeed, 
we have it under Mr. I.* steps hand — Imt I 
should just like to have that view confirm- 
ed. If (ho check waa paid directly to Mr. 
Chigwell, It could hardly be for valise re- 
ceived, and otherwise I don't see how it 
cornea here through his bands.” 

“That's true," aaid Petty; "TU find it 
out.” And Ite folded thn check with his 
uanal neatntuui, aud put It in lit* note esse. 

That wry evening s* he came out of the 
pool-room of the local club he met Mr. Sam- 
uel Chigwell in the street, aud. considering 
lie only knew him “ to nod to.” addressed 
him with considerable familiarity. 

“ I say. 8am, I wont a wotd with yen; 
jnat walk a few yards with me up J estops 

Having attained this retired spot. Perry 
stopped Hiiddonly, laid hi* hand on the oth- 
er'* coat collar, and oxclalrond, iu a voice of 
suppressed passion, 

“ Whnt bavo you been saying about me 
to Gerald Lyster, yon drunken dog f” 

“ Nothing, s'elp me. I never breathed 
your name,” replied the other, with much 
csriiPHlncsM, but with some difficulty of ar- 
ticulation. 

“ But yon breathed Jennings's name, which 

“Strike m* dead if I did ; that Is, not as I 
know of. I wna a little ' nn* tlie other night 
when wo were at billiards at the Crown 
together, hnt not so bad ns to do that.” 

“ Yon did, I say.” answered the other, pas- 
slouatrly. “ Gerald knows all about it.” 

“ It don't follow that I told him," was the 
dogged reply. “There'* other* n* knows it 
liesiiiea me. It’s u thing that most come out 
sooner or later,” 

“ If it come* nut sootier, it will ho the 
worse for yon." 

“Now, really. Master Percy, thl* i* very 
hard," answered Chigwell, in n tone between 
a whimper anil a whins, “1 give yon my 
word of honor — " 

"Wbatr 

" Well, well, yon most let a fellow tell bis 
story his own way. 1 was no more ‘oil’ at 
the Crown that night than I am at this 
blessed moment of time." 

He pronounced “ moment" in aeverel syl- 
lable*, and luado hi* " blessed" very soft and 
squashy. 

“Yon drunken hetat,” cried Percy through 
hi* teeth, “wlyit did Ly*ter give you for 
telling llissT If yon lie Pll kill yon And, 
braid I know tlm exact sum. It was a 
cheek for flve-aml-twenly pounds" 

“That's right. Passable, peaceable — I 
mean payable to bearer." 

“So yon wild me, did yon — told him all 
about me and the horses — for twenty-five 
pounds V 

" Not a won). Not a blooming ay I Inhob 
— ay liable. Might have said Jennings, hut 
don’t think an," said Kant, straggling with 
a gigantic effort of memory. “Never men- 
tioned your name, that 111 go to the chop— 
1 mean stake — upon,” 

“Then why did he give you tho money P* 
“ lying sinmiit — billiard*, drink, beta, all 
aorta of thing*, (lot tired of watting. ' Pay 
use what you owe me,' say* I, ‘or, by hooky, 
I'll tell your father' — dying, yon know," add- 
ed Ram, with n c mining leor — “which put 
the screw on. you sin, on my young friend," 
" Yon mean if hi* father hod know it whnt 
tho money was for, he might have cat him 
out of Ids will." 

“Just *o. We are up to snuff. we two." 
And be stroked the other’* shoulder in a man- 
ner that expressed at once conciliation aud 
sympathy. 

" 1 didn't half like tho cheek," b* contin- 
ued; “1 should liavo much preferred tho 
shiners; but.na it happened, it was all right. 
1 suppose the old man got soft-hearted at 
the Inal, Hut of course he didn't know that 
lb* check was coming to roe, and when 
Gerald heard I bad put my iimiiw ou it, hs 
wanted it back again, offered mo At* stiff 


’nna for it — where h* got 'em from nobody 
knows; hut, nays I, • Why, I ain't a bloom- 
ing fool, my lad : I got your chock changed 
tho same day.' 11 

“A very proper precaution," said Percy, 
in modified tone*; "only tu fatare he equal- 
ly printout a>mut my affairs as shout your 
own, or you'll get Into IroQble. 1 don't 
threaten twice, mind." 

“ I'll he as cUiaa a* wax, Percy. Your 
secrets are my own. It's Jennings A Com- 
pany. and I'm the Co." 

“ How are thing* getting on at the col- 
lage *” inquired the other, abruptly. 

" Worse sinl wore*. Wie I* sorry enough, 
I reckon, that she ever took such point) to 
catch him. Aud now there’s a young *un 
coming that makes him more bard apnn brr 
— as is Iml natural, " added Mr, Chigwell, 
apologetically. 

"Just so," saiil Percy, dryly. “Ton are 
qmt* sore, by-tlis-hy*, that III* marriage 
was a legal one f" 

“Certain sure. I was there mynrlf. It 
was the neatest thing. Gerald waa sent to 
town to leant how things were done at your 
London agents', and thou he combined plea- 
sure with Inialnem; both partina resided Iu 
tho ssnsn parish for the pn>]ier time, and 
hnd tlirir Imuiis pat np all regular. It waa 
hi* contrivance, not here, of course; bnt she 
fell into it very easy; ami now, poor thing, 
sit* wishes it undone. That often ootucs 
of marriage, don't it f* 

" 1 dare say. Now look you, Chigwell ; 
keep a qnlct tonguo in your bead for the 
future, aud not a wont of my having spoken 
to yon to-night, mind that,” 

He turned on his heel, ami walked away 
without another word. 

Tbo next morning, as Gerald was engaged 
in bis room at the mill in bis uanal occupa- 
tion — biting his nails and looking ont of the 
window at tbe strong burse* drawing their 
huge Inad* np the steep incline of the yard 
— lie saw Percy mining his way. Under 
ordinary circumstances he would have 
plnngcd, as it were, head-foremost into the 
ledger; bill since he had obtained that lit- 
tle loan of his brother-in-law that was to 
be he had grown more independent. Tlie 
borrower, iu hu ease, in place nf being the 
servant of the leudrr, hod got the upper 
haisd of him, aud he did not scruple to 
show it. 

“Well, Percy, how goo* It I" inquired tbs 
young gentleman, producing a toothpick. 

“I)o you mean the business! Oh, ex- 
tending on nil sides, like an octopus." 

“The tiusincws!” answered Gerald, con- 
temptuously. "What do 1 care almut tbe 
biiMiucMf Though that remind* me,” lie 
added, suddenly. “ I am going to care. I 
think I have Item working long enough and 
hard ■•rioagh without any share of the pro- 
lit*, ami by hook or crook I intend to become 
a partner." 

“Well, aa to that, Gerald,” observed the 
other, smiling, “ I am only a Junior myself, 
yon know. 1 have no power.” 

“ Yon mean that yon hare not the will," 
answered Herald, sulkily. “I hate hennt 
yon say that yen could ito n*o*t things for 
which yon had a mind, so Jnst have a mind 
for this, will yon P’ 

* You shall have my good word, Gerald, 
when (ha time cornea, you may be sure." 

••That's all very well ; but when will tb« 
time ensue! I can only aay that in tbo 
mean while I mast look to somebody to have 
it mnile tip to me- that's only fair." 

“Well, well, well see what can bo done. 
Tour penmanship, I must soy" — bore ho 
turned over the ledger — " is firet-rate. Your 
handwriting U ever so much better than 
ynnr poor father's, aud yet aometimna I see 
a likeness." 

“ I never beard that before," aaid Gerald, 
suriily. 

“ It’s only occasionally -, taut when It's like. 
It's very like. I don't mean to aay It woo hi 
deceive an expert. Of course yon had to 
practice before you attained perfection — 
that is. almost perfection. They are what 
Mr. Jennings calls trial gallop*." 

'• What tin deuce do you mean P' 

" Well, it's rather delicate to explain ; hut 
to a pcrmiu of your keen Intelligence a hint 
will suffice. Do yon recognUo thia cheek! 
Not so near, if you please : yon hare very 
good eyes, anil I don't wish it to bo thrown 
in the fire. It is, or has been, money." 

“ 1 see that." 

'■ And you bavo never seen it before T" 

'• Never." 

“llow curious! — then I roust have been 
misinformed." 

From white to red. from red to white 
again, and then to a leaden gray, with moist- 
ure on it, grew tie raid's fare. But his voice 
was confident aa brass aa ho ouce more re- 
pealed. •' Never." 

*■ The story I have hoard," continnrd Per- 
cy, his eye# fixed on him with relentless 
scorn, “ is that yon gave this check to Sam 
Chigwell, In discharge for a debt yon owed 
him." 

“ Ram I* a liar,a» ovsTyliodr known; the 


check ia to liearer; who knows to whom my 
father gave It !” 

“In your very natural excitement and 
apprehension*,” observed Percy, coldly, "yon 
have lost sight of your hind ness habits. The 
check is missed ; here is Kara's itsmn at tho 
back of it." 

“ And what if it is P* 

“ It shows it came into hi* hands, and, aa 
he I* prepared to swear, from yon." 

“And what If It did!” 

“Well, it nhowa that other people are 
linrs besides Sam. for yon have Jast aaid you 
had never seen it. However, that's dot hing. 
Ram is prepared to swear that yon wanted 
to bay it back again with live five-pound 
note* — siy notes. I don’t blame you. for 
it would hare been worth tlis money to 
you, my friend, ton times told. I don't won- 
der you were so anxious to aaaiat your fa- 
ther of lute in his private affairs. I don't 
wonder that you were si* anxious and ex- 
cited in your manner that soui* people re- 
ally began to give von credit for filial aor- 

"I deny everything," said Gerald, dag- 
geilly. 

" Very good ; that is, yon rese r ve your de- 
fense. In that case tlie bank has no alter- 
native bnt to prosecute you for forgery." 

Geralil staggered and sat down ; or rather 
be fell backward into a chair, where hs lay 
huddled up like a heap of clothes, hut with 
Ills frightened eyes fixed mechanically upon 
Ilia persecutor. HI* !l|si essayed to speak, 
but could only murmur the noma of Mr. Otd- 

“ Quite right," said Percy, approvingly. 
“ As living a friend of the family. Mr. OUlcaa- 
tle would natorally wish to avoid exposure, 
hnt then he la a lawyer also, and would nev- 
or compound a felony. No, there is only 
one way out of it that 1 can are," lie adiled, 
thought fully. 

“ A way ont nf it f — what way !" exclaim- 
ed the wretched ymitb. “ I’d pay tbe mon- 
ey twenty times over to have it squared." 

" Squared ! thus would think the mailer 
in hand was forty shilling* or six week*. In- 
stead «f penal servitude. Yonronly chance, 
sir, is to plead guilty." 

" Bnt then I shall he sent to prison.” 

“ Not nrccmarilr. No, I think I can stop 
that. When 1 said plead guilty, I only 
meant make a clean breast of it. I hais 
brought a little slip of writing in case I 
found yon In a sensible frame of mind. It 
I* a full acknowledgment of your error, 
that's alt. But you'll have to sign It." 

“And then you'll destroy the check," ex- 
claimed Gem Id, eagerly. 

“ I ohall tell Mr. Oldrnatle that I have de- 
stroyed it, which will be the name thing, 
lie does not know what I know; he baa 
only his suspicion*. | shall tell him that I 
have mode inquiries, and fonnd them ground- 
less” 

“And the hank T" 

“ What can tho hank do without the 
cheek P* 

“ I’ll sign It," gasped G-emhl. “ A ml benre- 
forth I’ll never bother you — 1 won't, upon 
my word, Perry — shoot Jennings." 

" I'm quite sure you won't," aaid Percy, 
grimly, as Gerald signed it. 


CHAPTER XXin. 

M7M (lAMELL's VIEWS OX GIOUL 

Me. Lysttx's Affairs were left in a ren- 
dition an Intricate, as Mr. Oldcaatle ex- 
pressed it, that their settlement seemed 
indefinitely postponed. To all tUr Peter’s 
inqulrlre, which were numerous, tba lawyer 
had one answer — " I do not know myself.” 
He protested that his late client had dais- 
bled in pretty nearly everything, ami that 
whst he might be worth waa for the present 
incalculable. This last word was a very 
satisfactory one to Sir Peter, who chanie- 
Irrlsttr-ally aisuwisted it with untold wrnlth 
Instead nf affixing to it its Irgi I imate mean- 
ing. When closely prrased as to tho press Id* 
snm, tbe lawyer resolutely shook hi» head. 
“ You musl surely know within a few thou- 
sand |HMi»da," persisted Sir Peter. 

“No, air," sold Mr, Oldcsstle; “nor yet 
within twenty thousand,” which was strict- 
ly true, since even that Amount might tum 
out to he a drop in the ocean of hi* late cli- 
ent’s liabilities as respected hi* nultmlted 
ventures. Sir Peter never suspected that 
tbe sum might be a minus quantity, and in 
Mr. Oldcaatle’* opinion it was not bis Kusi- 
nesa to enlighten him. Ho enlertained a 
great regard fur Clare, whose happinem he 
perceived waa in Percy’s keeping, ami hia 
object was to do his best for the young cou- 
ple, He had a InwreT's regard for agree- 
ment*. ami that notion which be perceived 
Sir Peter had in his head of the mam.-ige 
Wing mails itopeiident upon how Clare wm 
“ left,” offended hi* sense of right. Mr. Obi 
castle would not perhap* bare Wn so soli- 
citous thni tlie mono of true love should 
run smooth hail he euteTtainrd the name 
opinion of Mr. Percy Fililiert a* of yore. 



December m, isAi. HARPER'S WEEKLY. A05 

Put allic* Mr. l.ys tor's death be hart seen a 


gmMl ileal nf | bn young mall, amt win* In- 
clin'd to iIIsibIm certain pn judiru* lie hart 
formed >caintt Iiiib. 

Moreover, hr wii* very favorably impresa- 
ed with hia conduct toward Gerald. Hr ha.il 
asked him " ho«r about the check," anil IVr- 
ry Ivanl given bint im ovariv* answer. * Hoi 
1 must know, my ilrar air, If thorn la any- 
thing wrong about it. It i* a mrrr question 
of duty. If JSarn Cldgwcll liaa obtaitH-d that 
check improperly, Ilia brims poor L.vatrria 
couain aball not arteen liini from the c»ll«e- 
qilsiiceA.” 

“thun Phlgwell wna not to blanir in the 
nutter," replied 1‘rrcy, with a pinned look. 

“That U on good aa aaying that aotne on* 
els* wna." 

■’ll wna a disreputable transaction njw.n 
anenefash's part," admitted Percy, uiia lib 
ingly, “ but It would be better— touch bet- 
ter-- to ay nothing aliont it." 

“My dear yoong air, I appreciate yoor 
iiKitirea, but thi* ia a biinim-M attain Aa 
Mr. LyatWa uxoontor I nu»»t at leant know 
whether that chock waa honestly c« .me hy." 

•• 1 am aorry to aay," anawrtcd Percy, qui- 
etly, “that I luuRt decline to aoawer that 
question. The cheek ia bnrneiL” 

“ Burned ! Who borne*! it !" 

“I dirt. It la, aa yon nay, a haainoa* affair; 
ami hern ia tbo tnenty-tlvo pounds, which 
ma lie* all square.” 

“And you are paying that anm oat of yonr 
own pcnket f 

“Well," said Perry, with n furred smile, 
“it i« ymir doty to tnkn it an a |urt of the 
notate, Imt not to aak nnituimimlug qocw- 
tlonu However, between ourselves, I am. 
Pray let na aay no more about it" 

Mr. Oldraatle shook Ilia hr mi aa he took 
the note*, Imt lie did lake them. Tbnt Ger- 
ald hint behaved in aou»* disreputable wav, 
Im wan well ixinvtnrod. anil he wna far from 
wishing to know tlie detail*. On the other 
hand. Perry aeeuied to have liehaved admi- 
rably ; and that yxmng gentleman, who had 
the check quite wife in hia note- book, wna 
very well satisfied with what had taken 
place. “I have nmit<-heil a home before, 
now," he anid to himself, “hot never paid 
forfeit to anrh advantage." He felt that 
Gem Id *w more under hia thumb thou ever, 
while he hart aneoreal a powerful advocate 
npou hia able In many ways, bnt eapeclalty 
with Clare. 

If that young lady, indeed, had lieen of 
the othrT vet. it would hare le-en difficult for 
her to rewial the argourent* which were ad- 
dressed t*. her ill favor id mi early marriage. 
A decent Interval hail now rlnpord alnce bet 
law*, and it seemed reasonable enough that 
the should tnni her thoughts toward matri- 
mony, instead of easting bn'kwnrd glance*, 
aa It were, upon the timib. But being a wo- 
man. argument and leueon, even though her 
own feeluig* aeroiulrd their efTorle, were 
powerless .xgxinst sentiment. The void* of 
her father's rti«uppn>1>iilinu still rang in h*-r 
ear*, though diHibttiwa with failing strength ; 
she atlll plrailcrt for time. 

To Miss Harrell, to whom ahe hod often 
spoke upon the subject generally, mie may ba 
sure she said nothing of this. She only af- 
firmed that her heart * as far the present too 
sure w it h sorrow topenuit her to think ofloxo. 
It waa rntlicr iniaaliafo'-tory that to thewc 
prolewtaUoti* l lie little old lady routined Iwr- 
wlf in her replir* to “Just so" and “ Indeed.” 
Talkatire enough upon other matters, aim 
waa very ret Icetit U|Min this one, nor did she 
even volunteer on* syllable of advice. To 
Herbert Newton. however, ahe was lews re- 
served. Hia wientific invention hail not 
yet been brought to perfection, the weather 
beisg still very unfavorable to siiIhuiuikhis 
experiments, and be had therefore postponed 
his departure fur South America, and waa 
•till an ocraaional visitor at the Lodge. 

One afternoon, when Mias Darrell and 
the young engineer happened In W alone 
together, " Dana Clam ever talk to you 
alHint her marriage T~ inquired the old lady, 
bluntly. 

“To roe! Good heavens! 1 mean." he 
added, repenting of tb* aatnnislinient in hia 
tone, which he saw had excited hardly leas 
•urjirise in his companion, ‘‘it wonld li* 
surety strange if she did so. Young women 
don't uMially talk to young men a boat such 

“ Hut you nre her cousin, and her father's 
dearest friend," replied the other, shutting 
one of her bright rjii, ami threading bar nee- 
dle with lie It deliberation. “ W by aliuuldn’t 
she!** 

“For that very reason,” answered Her- 
bert, quietly. “Her father never took to 
Percy, and she naturally imagines that I 
tnay shore hi* prejudices,” 

“ AikI do you r 

"Well, speaking tor one'* aelf, one dotw 
not call one's dUlikea prejudices; hut I do 
not like Percy Fibber!.” 

"That ia frank, at all events. Yonr waya 
are always above-board; that I will aay for 
you. I don't believe,” said the aid lady, 
smiling, “ that you will over ba able to 


tarathe under witter. Herbert. You must 
b-t some one else make yonr experiment* 
for you. However. I think 1 know why you 
don't like our young friend." 

** Indeed,” antd Herbert, with an answer- 
ing smile ; nnd, in a tone of oflrcted indif- 
ference, “that ia very clever ol yoa." 

“Tea; the reason *»" — anil she paused 
Item, which was cruel of the eld laity, since 
the poor tad waa blushing scarlet — “that 
you and Percy are *o different in this mat- 
ter — I mean aa in plum Bailing. He tacks a 
good ileal. / call him Percy FI biter.” 

" I am not going to aay a word against 
him." said Herbert, resolutely. 

“Of conn* not; a n Miwc oWiyc. Bat yon 
k now that he tells Monis. lie told odb yea- 
lerrtav to Clare.” 

*' It la just paaaibta.” said llethort. 

"Wall, there now, I ahonld uevey have 
thnaght yon cnnld have been so hitter. But 
this waa not an ordinary story; it waa a 
bolder flight of the imagination than usual. 
And what'* more, 1 don’t think Clare be- 
lieve* it 

“ Indeed.” The word, so far from being 
indifferent, had this time a good deal of In- 
terest in It. 

“Y'e*. It ia the first time, perhaps, that 
Care has had suspicions of bis veracity) 
Imt they are certainly arm inert, Hr wua 
l>re*sing hi* salt, as usual, importuning her 
(as I must aay he has anam light to do) to 
iioni* the day for their marriage; and ah*, 
also aa nsaal, was pleading the newness of 
her sorrow, which is really not now so very 
new. • What yon mean,' he said, getting. 
I fancy, a 111 tie out of temper, ' la that you 
can't forget yonr father's objection* to nor 
on ion. That they existed at one time I do 
not deny, hilt I do aaanre yon, Clare, he anr- 
•nuqntedtbem. He told me so with bia own 
II,*.- 

•• That I* alle,” cried Herbert, veheir-enlly, 

“Hiuh! hush! Some people think dial ail 
thiuga are fair in love and war; let na call 
it a stratagem. Of course Mr. Fibber was 
very particular aa to the date of the inter- 
view In wlitch Mr. Lyster withdrew liia op- 
pusitino. It was Ifc>n>inl»r the Till Clare 
told me that Percy and her father hart a 
long talk together on that day.” 

‘‘That waa tree,” assented Herbert. 

“ I sup, nmol so, Percy is not a man to go 
wrung as to circumstance. But aa to the 
main faet, Clare W doubtful. Percy's nawr- 
tioo has had a very painful effect on her. I 
told her that else should endeavor to place 
herself In the young man's |Miaition, and nut 
bo too hard upon him.” 

" Then I think yoa did very wrong,” put 
in Herbert, bluntly. 

Miss Darrell looked nt him with twink- 
ling eyes. “ How mid it ia that srientifio 
falks are always so simple I” she said. “ The 
tontlieuaatiral master III toy school, to w bom 
j ulgebra waa easy, sail waa understood to 
I know something even of logarithms, could 
never understand w hen the girls were laugh- 
ing at him. hot that I am laughing at you, 
Mr. Herbert, of course, lint ia it pnMitdn 
that yo«l, to whom creating a vacuum ia. I 
suppose, quit* a rumiDon occurrence, can 
iuiagina that Mr. Percy Flhfctt fa likely to 
jiiniIH by any advocacy of mine, or that de- 
fending him to Clare la tha way to further 
hi* interest with herT 

“ I should certainly say that it waa tbn 
nay.” 

“O — an) heaven* r exclaimed the old 
lady, “and this ia the man who ia going fa 
tcneli na to breathe nmicr water! Why, a 
child nf fourteen— that ia, a girl child — 
would know tlnat to take a woaiau's partin 
a quarrel with her lover i* to turn her com- 
plaint into nppruvol, and fa reiinit* them at 
one*.” 

“I did not know yon wished them fa be 
disunited.” 

" Jior would yoa ever have guessed it bail 
I not told you. I flatter myself Clare dues 
not know It bnraelf; hut I do wbvli it, Mv- 
trtfcal— i* 

“ It is no nae wishing, however," sighed 
IIcrlieTt. 

“No- But, tlinnkn to whnt Mr. Fibber, 

I when speaking of it to use, has termed 
‘Clare’s exquisite aenaltlveiiiwH,' and when 
speaking of It fahimaclf — for I happened to 
hear him oare on the landing— her * infer- 
nal obstinacy,’ we have still time npoa onr 
side; and tin? longer she know* perry an 
a Inver, tit* better chance ah* has of Hurt- 
ing him out, aud rejecting him as a hiw- 
liand." 

“ Sliet will never do that now," aigbeil Her- 
bert," aiuce she clove fa him w hen her father 
waa alive, nud spoke to her against the 

“My dear Mr. Herbert, yon may under- 
stand steam loeoiuotinn, hut it isqulto plain 
yoa knuw nothing of the workings of a wo- 
man's mind. There m an old riddle that 
compares oar sex fa ivy because ' the greater 
the min, tb* clower it clings' (one or your 
cynical sex has answered it the other way, 
'tbn clour it oUoga,tbe greater tho ruin'; 
that's rubbish). 1 don't aay the more worth- 


lem a mail is, t hr more a good girl lovra him, 
Imt the more ba Is abuanl, the more unques- 
tionably ah* foal* Inclin'd to stand by him. 
In luy opinion— soil 1 onght to know aniue- 
tbing of girls’ minds — Percy haa not ad- 
vanced In Clure’s good gTore* since you un- 
ci*’* death.” 

•* Bui, my dear madam, they are engaged 
fa b* ntarried." 

And you've been engaged aa deputy as- 
sistant acting engineer to the i'enionilmro 
Kail way any time within the last si x months, 
yst here yen are still at Slokeville." 

- But that's brcaiiMi lay experiments are 
not tliikshciL" 

“ And perhaps some one else ia try mg ex- 
periment*.” 

“What! do you really think Clare hna 
doubts ef him T Oh, niv dear Mim Darrell, 
If you knew what I think — I do not soy— of 
Percy — I do not wish fa apeak of any man 

behind liia bark — Imt th* apprehensions 1 

entertain foe Clare's happinew*. which I be- 
lieve is alswit to lie intrusted fa at>Mf« 
bands! I Ventured nsM, with no sinister 
or scltlah inteiilioa, Heaven knows, tossy as 
ami'll. | told her she was throwing tx-rnrlf 
nwny. I warned her that a day would com* 
when ahe would thiuk aa much." 

“ You did, did you 1" cried the old lady, 
throwing up Iwr hands. " And this is a man 
who make* railways — one of thnoe to whoie 
intelligence and farralght honest folks in- 
trust themselves whenever they go a Jotir- 
n*y. It’s eonogh fa make tli* poorest take 
povt-lmrvea. Clare may marry, *ir - partly 
thanks to yoil ; of rraiiw she will find out 
h*r mistake; but (f she oruiftwere It, after 
whnt yon liavo aairt fa her, ami fa yea, I’ll 
swallow this ease of Deed lea. Pray go away 
— go fa the — junction. Black yourself, oil 
yourself, altetMl to yonr liu»in*M, hut don't 
ensue hero (utileMt you can keep your mouth 
abut) till I semi for you. It may be Clare 
will want yoor help.” 

“ Clare ! Oh, Mias Darrell, if I could but 

“ Of course. I know all that. I aahl, it 
may he. |f no want you, Til 1*1 you know. 
The idea of yuur having tub) her Omt! no 
wonder aha ktmpa you at arai’a-leuglh. / 
would if I were ahe. Go away, nr. You’ll 
do no barm f Yoiill never speak f I am 
nut so Mire of dial ; indeed, ynu’ve spoken 
eBiiugh, and dune liurm enmigti, fa last n 
profnmniinl mi*4't.iel-ainkrr for his natural 
I if*. Go away, sir.” 

1*0 as mwnaraw] 


THE nON. W. H. TRESCOTT. 

Whjjam Hxxht TRracriTT, who ban been 
dispatched on Ml lm|s>rtant emtisuny fa th* 
(South American repiibllcaofChlli, Pom, amt 
Bolivia, i* a native of Chorlmton. Son III 
Carolina. He wan educated nt Harvard, and 
was appoint'd by Mr. PtFItCB Secretary of 
1 -eg*' l<ui at Loiulim. During the Presiden- 
cy of Mr. Bi < ius*» he wa* maile Axeistnoi 
Secretary of Slate, and at one period was 
Acting Secretory of State. When hi* na- 
tive Slat* seceded, Mr. TRBIOOTT resigned, 
lUut lived in retirement during tb* continu- 
ance of th* war siul for senw< year* after- 
ward. In 1S7& be began the practice of 
law at Washington, and in 1K7Q appeared an 
counsel for the I’niUsl State* before the 
Halifax Fisheries ComroUeicn. Iu IM) be 
whs one of the Cammlmi«n*n t» negotiate 
th* treaty lietween tho I’nlfad State* and 
China — a duty which h« performed with 
great anecea*. Mr. THIMCvvrr ia reganled na 
a man of great moderation ansi of great tact. 
Ho is a graceful writer. A book published 
by him ill 1«CD on American dlpiuaiaey at- 
tracted conMileTubio attention. Wo may 
expect that he will anceecd in discharging 
with honor to lb* country the important 
and delicat* functions with which be ia now 


WAIFS AND STRAYS. 

Bacarnr a tua roaring a »aU white hat hail 
rrtTrmM aoan* ru&)M in Miumirt, Itwy dn-Ured 
that they woold kill the mil man thucauie among 
them riinilarty altimJ aa to hw heaiL The on. 
ccnucknifly uffivsling )tere« happanml fa he a 
mx bouk-I Stewi, sod be was nwrdfcxl. 

The Hnry comca from Rnudx that a primmer 
i* in oiMod* there who »ay» he waa on* nf four 
men who were stationed wlwre the Vat waa to 
pure on the dav that he was asaareinaurt. The 
first and secoad men threw the l«mil» that were 
raaetwfal wndev their clothing This man, whose 
name ia Emilianoff, was the fourth in die line, 
lla mvi that when he raw the Coat fall, he ran 
fa him. and supported ham on hit right arm til) 
iilisr help caw*, and that he still belli 'icier hia 
loft anil a bccab aamllar to that utoi by the a*- 

There is one portion of New Turk city that ia 
noisy during erery minute of the time from the 
beginning of the new rear to the dore of the ok, 
and that m Chatham Square. Owe need only be 
le fait vicinity at any boar of the night when a 
piafaMhot la beard — which is not a rare ooeor- 
rtnot — to bars evidence of what the police anther- 


I ilk* think of the Ucality. A few night* ago- 
shortly after ndJnighl, the bine of » plant «i 
hranl in one U lie bar moms near the !■>*»* aid* 
of the square, and alniu't ioitanlawou.lv the 
forms of a down jsdirerocu were area burryiBg 
from as many directions toward the *|k* whearw 
came the auund. A young fellow who rlahnrd 
that br had shot at a man who trinl to rrh bin 
•as lake* out of a brawling crowd, and hurried 
away to a poiie* autiou. 

Thin-s would rerm fa tw in a rtlher unactl!cd 
rereriiwei iu the ooc* prixperoee Island of Seia. 
in the Grrctan Archipelago r-vtliqaike* arc fre- 
quent there, Imt apringt are botihling up ttrough- 
ont the island, the land seem* fa be sinking tato 
the or*, and it la feared that it will entirely du- 


A writer la Paris, whn hia also bee* an oefar, 
haa published a M'liednle of charge* made hr the 
r>af»r for varinu* gredre of apptsme. rise of 
th* »HHt expenair* oompllmcui* shirk actor* can 
tbn* noretiase is repented roralts, and the charge 
» 110. A regh of relief at lh« dure of a death 
scene coda (3 30. 

The London IE.uVJ offered a prire for th* fast 
brief kUki of a MM Among atony sreui- 
rnmtaiones, tl* folliiwmg .IrAiiittoii was offered : 
* A Ida* la merely a contraetko of tho orWutaria 
orinmucl*.” 

That many of the show window* In the eity 
are tastefully and artiitlcallv arranged for the 
fafiday seaeun is indicated by tb* throng* which 
remain in front of (horn tbreioghuut tb* dav and 
»v*nmg. Hut tfaro are aom* inMsnmr in wkick 
the ib-rre to moke an sUhoml* display with the 
article* krpt fw sale within g>u the falter of 
good tail*, aid Own tin. artistic fasti net of the 
faholder ia not prntlihd. A red Inhaler gvaxmg 
njwn a moas-cappad meubtain p*wk in a restau- 
rant window, while oyalere urainrunifarert by 
rfrril* scruj to fa climbing in drove* from crag 
fa wap, and pWkbd pig* feet wallow ia the in- 
terr riling vnurya, fawn, evidrme of aa nniMl 
desire fa please th* city pohlic hv unfolilirig a 
reallirlc re|'rr>enuii*n <jf hacrdic serevry ; hut 
tint* are firuiim. in it *o opan to ertticuin that 
tlicy are truly need to fa partioalaribrl in this 
toamtahm. Tlie red lob* ter presents • lively 
moiraal with the mcatiitaia'a niaiule of gveeu, 
but while it might fa asauau-il that * live Infa 
#i*r tnsild enjoy such a clamfa?. i< is quite im- 
pwdbie to in.iginc a h.lotcv thus engaged after 
having undergone the only piwrms by which lofa 
slere are nude red — that' id failing. Whatever 
may fa Mill of the appcnprutcnc-e of an oysttf 
in his native wild*, it can nut fa urged with aay 
show of r cur'd that, dtawdni nf hia shell, and ret 
upon a conn tain crag, be hu any of the grace- 
fulness of the gasvlla. Much hss faen raid lh 
favng of pickled pigs' fret, liut not in roqmct to 
their uaes aa atom mcniwned. A single show 
witvi-jw of this kltod, analyte*! with painatakieg 
fldclitT, peesenu Inoungniitir* Piftclent to bo a 
forcible warning fa tradesmen generally. 


ATTORN EY-GENERAL 
BREWSTER. 

Mil Bnr.raMiN IUwiu.< ltnrwuTfR, tbo 
new Attorney -General nf the l!iiiu-d Ktatea, 
wa* bom October 13, Hid, in &tlem t'nunry, 
New Jerwry. II* graduat'd at Pnneermi 
(.‘ollcp* in 1<U. scul imimsliulely rDtered 
ii|w<ii tlfa study of law In the office of Mr. 
E u K. Piucr, iu Philadslpblo. In 1KB* be> 
waa nrtinittert to practice at tbn bar, and 
*>on attained great proniioeure in hta prr>- 
fesoicin. He wna appointed by Frreident 
PotJt » Commisaionor to adjudicate th* 
claims of the Cherokee Indiana against tlio 
l!ult«<t (Mates, mid iu IrtC wan ap|H>inted 
At tomey-t irvirtwl of the Rtnte of I’m.nsjl- 
vania by Goverunr IlKAKT. For forty years 
Mr. BREwmr.it ban W» regarded as one of 
tlm fare tun* t lawyers of Philadelphia, and 
haa lire-ii retaiiml os rmiDwl in a large Dum- 
ber of cckhratwl caeca. He haa also won 
renown na a clorertcal scholar, lecturer, and 
orator. 


8IR0 DELMONICO. 

Mn. Klltt> IlEMlnKim, who died on th* 
19th Inst., in hia fifty-eighth year. waa tho 
Inst or that remarkable family of broth ere 
wliuwa fame in their profeaaion i« known 
throughout tlm n«tid. Indeed, if may be 
said that no other family in cnlinnry beatory 
hna so cootiunonaly and siiceerefully main- 
Sainml its repntottoB, or aumarml no great 
a fortaifa. In none of th* Winding cities nf 
III* world, not excepting Faria at Lodi Ion, 
is there aa eatuhlisbraeut in which the fast 
cookery ami service at* wo promptly obtain- 
able aa in tb* Broadway, Beaver, or Broad 
Ntreet restaurant*, whit* the loading estab- 
lishment in Fifth Avenue, both in lire ex> 
tent anil perfedion nf iu resource* nud de- 
tail*!, ia eunreiteil to lie peerieisa. Mr. (into 
DflUfomeo wn* w*ll known to the hsbitufa 
of all these resorts, and very highly eateem- 
ed for the arbanity of hia hmumd, the an- 
rvtiity of his te(ii|ier, hia picas an I and go- 
lilal ways, and His nnnatentatlous lent lib- 
eral charities. For many years hu* health 
had born infirm. Hurt bis plivsiciao* hod long 
aince intimated lo him that hi* tennro of 
life was exneodiugly uncertain. Ho will li* 

. long and affectionately rooMinifa>r*d by a 
| large circle of friend*. 



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A BIltD SANG AT A PRISON 
DOOR. 

B* MABOAWr ETTD5QE. 

A mu> rang »t a pmnti ilnor 
iMc luiely, sunny Chnatananiar ; 
fH note* it had but tliirc or (our. 

Hut T»rr -War and »we«t were they. 

Ami ear •Winn, «b»J, (or tome -In. 

Though yet hn knew not manhood'* year*, 
Impri—innl foe tong mniitha had tawti, 

Heard it with many Miter tear*. 

For ili'i* the anog »i< borne to him : 

“Ok, hippy cottage liy the era. 

Near which. a neat cot errry limb. 

Stand*, straight *»1 tall, the cedar-tree. 
Where In tho garden lllira grow, 

And ahull* and pebble* (mm the there 
Like pmrinua Jewel* gleam and glow," 

TV tool rang; at th« prUon ihxir. 

“Ok, little mom trith pertain* white. 
Through which the gulden morion* fall*. 
Where branches grren and Vme* height 
Today am hanging <® tb* wall*. 

And the dear HKrther, meek and mild 
As the the wine men knelt t>e(ore. 

It watting (or her only child.*' 

Dio hint aang at the priwm doc*. 

“Thank llratrn ! iht dream* not of hit fat*; 

N«r dora tho father. "Tl*,’ llioy ray, 

1 Sumo urgent duty bid* him wait 
In that gnat city far away,' 

And mill they think nf him «ilh joy. 
Although their watching heart* an- rare. 
And ask God'* bleating •« tbrir hoy, 1 * 

The bird aang at the prison door. 

And then, in louil*r, sweeter strain*. 

" Cjhiii tlin day that gave Him birth, 

A* inir dear Clinet in Iiiwtiui reign*, 

Vt layer and Merer reign on earth. 

And let throe word* tu nm nl t ewd he: 

‘ Thnn art forgiven : rim no moroi' 

For ihna to rianer* all rpake He,” 

The bini sang at the priract door. 

And “ Grant, 0 Loci,'' tho litt'ner prayed, 
“Tlila day oaiy V tb r ire Mrsrad to me: 
Help Thu mv (ret, which long have strand. 
Again to fiori tV way to TW" 

And pitying angelt, llwg'rtng nigh. 

Tim •impln player to Jttau* laow, 

A», *' Night i* rnmitig, I must (It,” 

TV bin! aang at the person door. 


bob CRATcnrrs dinner. 

Tint plot ora n( the dinner at Bob Crnteb- 
tt'a bring* to mind that (IriiMiu Coral 
upon which PHrXK.wii lavished all that was 
1-e-it in hia nature, and in which bo taught 
effort iveljr wune Ireumtm that <ve can not con 
l««» often iw leant to-* well. Wo are twit nit 
tiurrgerieratr KtMOgaa in apint or life— fur 
which let na giro tbaoka nor hare moot 
of na the oppnrlutiitii'* of the tv farmed and 
regenerate ScboOfft. And yet upon both iU 
nuleo tlie CknWtma* Corn/ has A hint to giro 
to ail of na. If it did on mum titan act u* 
thinking of the nature of that happuiew* 
whit'll make* Christ iiuas the merriest holi- 
day in nil the year, it would atill he worth 
our rending na an annual preparation for 
the feanf. Klumtercr* a* we are In our way* 
of ewlabrattng Java, we have antnebnw kept 
clear of blntwler* heir, and in all our Chriat- 
tuaa enatotna we hare preserved something 
of the spirit that helungu by right to tbi* 
feast above all other*. 

Wo begin the day with rivalry only in 
our ert'urt* to be lint in wishing well to 
thnae about it*. We devote the wbnle of it, 
not to a search for Imppincaa, but to undeo- 
roni to milk* other* happy. It ia the feaal 
of giant wiabm, tho tlnm of gin*, tlie day 
of gladnci® not In onr own hot In other*’ 
Joy. We are merry then bemuse each of 
us bna excuse and opportunity to surprise 
others with lieuedl*, l®eau*e each Hilda a 
war to bring glad new* Into other heart* aud 
light into oilier etna than hia own. 

la not thii in the very apint of Christ- 
man, tho day wo keep in memory of the 
great Teacher whom nin-vige »ns "Lore 
one another," whom life vine *elf sacrifice, 
and win we ndigii-n hn* taught tbn world 
the glory and tho glndiu-M of brat liorty 
kiitdiiewtl It in lit tbut Christman, of all 
-lay* in the year, should be celebrated with 
good wishes and good gift*, because good- 
will and kindly helpfulness to pii* another 
ore the fundamental principle* of tho reli- 
gion whim* birthday Chrihtma* l*. 

It la Tiny Tint In tint llAdnai Coral who 
aanat strongly appeal* to na; it ia tbe night 
of hi* innocent belpleaani-m that work* the 
miracle of Scrooge's refamrat lost ; and tlii* 
feo i* a* il alien Id he. TV day halongaof 
right to the little one* e»|iei'Laily, amt uirn 
aud women everywhere show kow faithful- 
ly they hare preserved tbe right traditions 
of the time by the large place they give 
in nit their t'hriatnias preparation* In the 
working of gladne** in young mind* and 

aouk. In all our little cm alamo t* and 

device* for aurpriatxg the children. In all 
tbe pleasure we take in laying plana to make 
the day one of gladnewe to them, we are hot 
working out in ael the spirit nf the religion 
wo profeaa ; fur tbe truths that nudcrtle the 
CtrutMO* Corel ora older than the atory of 
Tioy Tim, to which they loud their charm 


Aa BnbCratehit Invo* to carry the poor crip- 
pled boy upon hia shoulder, and to have him 
alt by liia aide, so tbe Master where teach- 
ings are only echoed in the Carol l«-k "the 
little children” in hia arm*, and lovingly 
said, “ Suffer them.'* 

II Atn-rjt's WttKKt.Y is not a religion* news- 
paper — though wa should not like to think 
11 an Irreligious one — but without trenching 
upon a domain beyond ilia proper bounda- 
ries, it may properly point to this tearliing 
of homari k indrawn and of tender affection 
fi-r little children a*ewaetui*1 feature* of tho 
religion whose oil vent we celebrate at Christ- 
mas. ritAXtr* lltcKRM* wo* not a theo- 
logian, for that matter, but he preached a 
mighty sermon when he wrnie that Ckraaf- 
ao Corel, on* scene of which is represented 
on png* rW. Who sltail tay that wo should 
not all be Uie better fur the more frequent 
presentation of that aspect of oar reli- 
gion in arnitona a* well a* in storiesT It i* 
worth while, at nny rate, a* a preparation 
for Christmas, to recall that dinner at the 
Cmteliit*', where the feasting was great, be- 
cause tho love wa* great, (hungb thorn wa* 
only a grume for dinner, with a very small 
prattling to follow it, while "two tumblers 
and a custard nip without a handle" con- 
stituted the whole of the family diaplay of 
glass when the drinking of toasts began. 


SCHROEDER’8 QUEER CHRISTMAS, 

A Ltm-X abon In a *Ule street off a btwy avenue 
acmaa town, newt ud orderly, with an eve to 
•ana -fleet* In ixAoring, nuvful toning of lint*, 
and withal a pleasant neutral light (nr su wwtVtic 
eye. It "il what might lie ralir-l a threwil and 
noedle -hop There were many plain and homely 
garment* put sway in drawer* l-cmeath the oouwt- 
itb, and e»cn a (cw boiuchold implemeota were 
to be had (nr the asking, for the ncighborVrd 
■ a* a poor but thrifiv one, and the owuct at the 
•b-Lp had an eve to burinr**. Notwithitamllng 
thl*, there si* an air pervading the wi.Ae catah- 
Vbnuni that toU of an arthtle Mhieuca; an 
article of wuod-rwrrlog in the wlwduar taU of nu 
arti-tic hand ; and la fact, at thn very momctit 
of wblik I write, there >u uimelhing guing on 
in tV n*im alsrre that told of lb* llcim-liaa- 
neichl«wh>sMl at an artist. Di* room itself won 
what a nrannimipbur person might rail a garret : 
leit a pts-ii-grapher, who li**l long *go bred ram- 
polled by advecw rircmerlnactw to IrtHn bualaea* 
there, had added • skylight ami a frw little ad- 
Jwnrta cd that diameter, that rendered the place 
passable for a sliuka A brd in tlie comer, un- 
der tbe sloping caver, was rather an innovation ; 
but Srhrwxli r, the artist, had rtipstad wprm Cath- 
arine, the aku|>-kr<'prf and litidlmlT, nut to let a 
fen tiler in or isu of a tickle* .ibide in that ajiart 
merit, aud uner to disturb Ilia hard straw aat 
ire**, or shake a euieilrt within the boundary of 
hia sanctum. Catharine had stipulated that' tlie 
artist alionkl allow hi* little rw, alio was a mure 
liag Ilf keq**, as Catharine h *4 yaUl, to sleep w ith 
tier in the mom View, to abirb ha had readily 
ngrvni. with the air of one aim hr 111 ill minor im- 
portance the art* nf rai ing, nr sleeping, or any of 
the ordinary fnortiim* nf urrry-ilay life. Fur in- 
stance. bow unreasonable it wa* oft the day before 
Oriilma*, when tliere were caraway cunkiiw to 
make for little Pawl'* -nuking, ami the tough old 
chicken to toil and boil for Scbroedtr'a Christmas 
soup, and the stop and the bouse l<* garnish with 
Chrwtiuai grrens, to in- in upew dclayincall these 
ii(i|sirtanl Christmas ditties, to that the artist 
might take the best and brightest hour* of the 
crxirrilng to paint upon hia eternal picture of the 
Makant ! 

Nu< hut that ah* wouil hare been proud to 
are** for hia tn-slal, had lie hewn imitutit with her, 
but at tint namrnt V was Ibsllng fault will) 
Isrth her and hi* boy, Mil even tin- nssn, which 
nu only divided from IV wiiuie RuLai-ro of 
brawn by a niof of class. 

" Hu liehrr Hirator’ I" he cried, " but tho light 
i* vile ia this eiecraMe garret I Wilt Ibow. then, 
my excellent Catharine, keep thy fate turned from 
me. so that it may out disturb the siniuii in my 
fancy ’ If the bur would but reft trampril for 
<«* ilulc mcraent, that I might cut him properly 
down to tbn suitable piopurtwns of the Infant 
Jesus !" 

TV sirelletil Catharinn Mrare to quiet the 
wriggling buy n|iun Imr knee, and turned Ur fau* 
quite away from the impatiiail artist, whits a dwdi 
of crimwio mounted fmra her neck to her brow, 

Tbe cnioriwt cnuld Dot fail to wru tbi* mark nf 
veaatkm upt® the part of hi* model, and pwiiM-d, 
with kit boiah nirperwle-l over his palette, A 
aingul-irly magnetic and vivid "mile softened, ir 
ia.LuW' 1 , and tratiifigored his dark. Hern, ill- 
shaven virago. 

He EO-iilcd good- nntn redly, and pwt hi* brashes 

o&d I -alrtte away. 

“ Thoa hast lama, my gnod Catharine.” ha 
*a>J, “ I iWvuur thy previou* utoe, like the ugre 

that I are, without clan giving Ihrii thw coaru-y 
c.f thank*. let IV boy go, and do llmu rub-ni 
thyself to thy bcrawMAl dubr*. I am at*» ea- 
pn'tetl at my work «p town." He *(-s.l a mo- 
ment with hia hand* ft**r«l before Ike picture 
Heaven knows what rrrUlk- dream* flitted 
ihreiagh hia brain ar.-d heart. Nodding and arar- 
muiirv softly to himself, be flung his dial -by clt*ik 
about h-m, aluurhrd his hat over bis forehead, 
and strode with his long bat ahapelr legs down 
the narrow stairs, and cat through the little shop 
into tlie atreot. 

Dw lillk* i hop-woman also stood awhIW with 
elatps*! lianda and warning area tirJure tho pic- 
ture ujKvn the raraL Slio would hare given h«r 
■hop and it* cunteoi*. th* leu port of b«w life, to 
tiave bad a face liks UiaL Not that tkr hoowetly 


thnuglu it very baranlifnl. At tV distance frren 
whii i. i'ai Inline b*Aoi upon it, the daub* nf paint 
which Schroedrr railed “ tiroa-i eflerta" were ton 
ctraldy perceptible . but fatbarlr-e was not devosf 
of imagination, and all the desired !■* the foun- 
dation uf her fancy wa* llut till* wa* tlie fire 
that Srhiwdr* lovtd. In tier envy, she toull 
have torn her own from it* fleshly fasn-niwgt aid 
cost it In the four w iiul* of Uh- rarlh whiih woukl 
ham In wo a pity, fur (n an Obawtlu-lie ami Oertt- 
oary aliM-rver Catharinn'a face was a ramclt ami 
prepoaoesniig one ; far to V pevftwred tjy surli 
to the one the picture wwa meant to port ray ; for 
■ sympathetic heart lent it ■ womanly, gentle ct- 
prnwiun: a pood digestion gave it a liralthy, clear, 
honest complexion . and the brown ryes of Cath- 
arine looked straigtit la your own, opeu, frank, 
and free from guile, like her ennseieneo. Her 
mouth, if large, wa* shapely, and her Uwth wrre 
Kltlsiut a flaw; whiln If llmso uf thn original of 
the pointing hod born pni|mrly purtraunl, gull 
enough uegfat tit have Iwwti bidib-n within dm 
(Hurts tn g-1 a huig way hcwaid ll-e gilding «f thn 
from* While Catharine stural tin- rr, her heart 
tors with envy, a loud rspf-ng was heard lietow, 
ud upon going In the font of the stairs and Wok- 
ing thersigh the plara door, she saw something 
tl-st made her heart stand Hill a nromeot. then 
brat as hard a< the thump* upon the shop door. 
Die face thkt Schroeilcr loroi was gating upon 
her through the narrow pane*. It na* far morn 
beautiful, to be »ur«, Uow the painted on* at-ore, 
hut dial wa* IwwauM 11 was in tfwvh and Uoml ; 
not much fl**h, and wry little Mural, f<r die farw 
• a* of a divine (lallur. and of that rvfisnt quality 
that diraMM-iate* the iiliw uf anything B*»tly 

Hut it wa* unt»i"tah>hlH. It wa* decidedly 
the fare that Schroodrr loved. An immense hat 
of some fuTTv materinl iretlli upon the gnldrn 
hair Schracder ha-d almost grown mid in imita- 
ting from hi* talie* of tin, and the long Bismol- 
•lisped eves wrre almost hlibien by laahra tb*t 
COtsed and furled. 

Cutharioe opened the door with a trcmhtng 
hand, and Ik* vlstun slipped In. No a|Hwlun: 
could harw brm too Mma, Th* artistic tufa* 
fltt**d ati rhw* to the willowy form dull H Siwmed 
a (-art of H, and nun wa* as beautiful as lira other. 

" Ib»w Mr SelinwvSee — Mr. IW tw-hnevSer — 
live here?” And die rear* auitnl the fare, the 
figure, and the drees. It was fike a spent liell, 
who** dying eatlenre raught the eiquisile tcwie 
of it* birth in anraher aphere, 

" Tea," raid poor Catharine, whtwe voice was 
like ynnra, or mine, re anybody'*. 

“ Is he nt btsne?" nid t'br voice, and the brau- 
tiful eye* looked about with an air of apprehen- 

“No," said Catharine; and immediately ike 
whole aapcvt of die vltdloe was one uf relief. 

“ Would yon kindly alk-w mo to wait fre him V 
*h« raid; and added— r •• la hit studio?” 

Catharine haallatad, .Su dared not nay no, 
for tVlinsder might have mail* tb* app-iiilmrr.t, 
hut #h* Ini the way up th* narrow «Uirv very 

It w»* rsiw tl-e fair risilnr's torn In Hand 1-e- 
f«re dm e«*el, atsd t'albarine • nicked bee with 
an angry eye. Nut aln-«vther Iwrame she wa* 
Ike divinity of Srbroedrr's adoration, h-n there 
w»» a lurking mockery in the exquisite voice, and 
xn indefinable air of acurnful amusement in the 
half shut dreamy eye* that locked upet* pane 
SthroedeT'a picture, hi* lied, hi* little son that 
dung to the skin* of Catharine, and even upon 
Cat hn rime herself. 

•'Prsv e I reive the trouble I hnr* giwn yon," 
she sard at last. " I do nut think I will wait" 

Then gi slilig down dm ataira, her pluue* *w.ep- 
Ing tlio whitewaslusl wall, kbe Imwid gran-fulit 
to Catharine (row* ike dn n ealaf ^ ami pick iug rare 
fully her way (fur a tqelit awow wa* I— ginning to 
fan I l» a rah in waiting, die driapp-wred from 
Caiharine'* -ight. 

Dm rah rolled rapidly arrow and up town to a 
fashinnaMc nrighlHirhnod, anil * topped at a high 
narrow house wedged in between brewder and 
still loftier maaHioaa, all of brown atooe. Here 
tbe lady alighted, dismiswd Ike cab, ran up the 
step*, and was toon within tba narrow but im- 
posing portal. 

Sin- glided on to the end of the hall, and into 
a amtli rata goo* I a|iarliiicet, diluted from the 
ifrawing-nvMii, ms® itir aamn floor, by a curtain 
of pale g-x-A which was half withdrawn, dro kw- 
ing «|H«I the other »id* (oibrenderie* of Egyptian 
woills, and an hnmenre dodo worked in black. 
A Mill young and beautiful woman, so closely re- 
sem hling Schroe-deria fair vasilor that the rela- 
tinnship «m discernible in a glance, aat at one 
end of n table sipping chocolate from a tier cop 
of Sever* china. A nwasstrraia presiie, shaved to 
bit neck, reposed U(-.« the fidil* of her robe. At 
the other end of the table her hiitlsiE-i ale ravi-ti- 
ouriy from a plate of the tamo man-rial, unly five 
tlnurs a* largr a* that of hia wife, ami drank from 
a cap of Uw •amu cliiea. but gigantic in *itw. 

"Here's f'-awiltu at last,'' «d the geiitli-man, 
diuiuiwiiug the rerrant in waiting, a* Sdiroredpr'a 
viailur aotered, and fasitwiing oik® her a -harp, 
M-rtitiRMing glance. “ P-d yon -ee Scbroeder »" 

“ No." she ri-jdied, lst-rnidly drawing oil her 
piroi", a tad railing upon tier brother-in-law a look 
of »icn<eltiinnir |iL “ It's ail right. Jack ; dou't 
be frightened." 

“ There'* no knowing what a woman w3l do,” 
muttered Jark. “ lluw did you find thing*, any- 
way?” 

" 1 found tinea prettr much a* | etj*rled," 
said CamiLV. “ S rti rov d wr b) not girt® to dm 
plility. Hi* M'i.I'ki i* a garret oxer a little *!>np 
in a queer Inrality aero** lows ; rather a nice gar- 
ret, with a prettv glare naif, a neat little bed in 
litre etirner Cpon the ease I wv« a remarkahtc 
effort. | think it was meant fur a Maduiina. and 
I think I iiucunKioody aat foe the ponrau. 
Itreakfari was served in a back room off tlir shop 
for an odd bltlc akelctoa of a boy with boggy 
trouser* and a Mwe note — “ 


"And ynu don't care to lire In the nice Ultlr 
garret, over the nice little shop, aud I-e tnamrna 
to the nice little akelctoa of a boy srilk the bog- 
gy trouser* and the blue nose t” 

"If I wa* the only one eonrerned." she re- 
plied, “ 1 think I kliimlil pref-ir a»> thing with 
Ix-b roe-tor to every thing with Itugg* ” 

'* I wish Hogg* wa* bore," raid Jack ; ” he'd 1® 
mill nw®*Lrc>u*ly amureil, Hot it's Ida Inuinere 
now, not mine. I*t liina diipuw* of any long- 
lisinHl feJbiw* he find* hanging around “ 

A lightning glance aliirt from under the long 
laihe*. “ He'd hare a aier time of it," she raid. 
“ If *mi co*tU afford it, I’d let him try." 

" Hut I can't afford it. Meet ; and neither ean 
you," raid Jark. “All the «»me. I'm arevv fur 
Bdirocder. Hell have a devilish queer Christ- 
man. I'm afraid." And wishing down hia meal 
with hit strong black csifft*, Jack left the women 
to ibrmaetiK*. 

Is tin- down while ft-broe-ter all uneooariimaly 
wa* w iirking away at the Mg Jewelry cataMrili- 
BHM ill t'olon S-piare, 

His running fancy and V®g deft fingers were 
highly re-pert 1-1 liy tb* firm, and »o long be 
did ik< stipulate fur a high remuneration for his 
service*, they were treated “rih that considera- 
tion which his uncertain temper, irregular busl- 
nera hnblto, and artstrarr will demandnl II wa* 
even with considerable trepidation that the reniur 
member ventured to oak a little favor -if richre«d*r 
at alseot fire o’clock in th* aflcracoi of tliia Iwvtt. 
ty. fourth day of Ilewretirr of whk-h I writ*. 

“ A IritUng srrvicvi fur a recy valuable rowtam- 
wr of our*." said the •onior mnotow " Step tliia 
way, Mr, ltogjc*. and explain your idea* to our 

Mr Hoggv wn» eridracljr a*:ro»tnmod to haring 
Mi idea* made to order with htw other purchase*. 
“Ipsid a pretty »tecn price foe a dunned ring 
Sere the other day," raid Hogg*, tkrnstjng Id* hand 
in the povkrt of Id* seal skin overootl iul bring- 
ing forth a package ; " hut the l®ty’< finger* are 
•o ronfoundeillr riiui I’m blamed if It didu't slip 
over her knutkln a* If U wa* groaswd. So I 
thought I'd gut another t-i keep- It na Here it 
la. No — ram f. hi mi it l this i» tl-e no* *11* gate me 
b* liighl a* a ww-plc of the »i»e of her fioper .” 

Schmwdtr’s eye* wuddunly dilatrai to twice their 
■reuai *i»e. lie «a* gating upon the ring which 
the lady had giren Mr. Boggs a* a sample of the 
*i«r of her linger. It »i» an old-fashkoed circlet 
of pale yellow, smooth, med shiny gold, worn to 4 
mere thread. 

“ Ah. here's the article." ccetinned Mr. Hogg*, 
duckoing a brand -new ring nf tlie rerv laiiwi 
style, with a suiid aurfara uf gold. " I ihnugbt 
first I’d har* only Ike name* Inside — enine and 
fire*, yua know — but my name ta J-revnUh, and 
'■1 take up too omkIi rooiu. It wouldn’t do to put 
Jerry— tliKV're mi i-uufouiid-KlIy leatitncwtal up 
item they'd find fault with the natural rorl in a 
diyt'* tail I tliiiuglit perhaps ynu mu Id think of 
miii-tliing in their line — larkwfciisiral. you know ; 
a little matter of a heart with rlasprel hands 
over it — mine anil here, you know. How would 
that do. eh f” 

“ Rsivfi nom de Pieu !" munnnred Mradtr, 
still gazing upui the ring which the lady bad gre- 
en Mr. Ht«rs m a raniplr of the *lzv of her fin- 
ger. “How call* (he beeaelf?" he raid to Bc£ga 

What ia ber name f— tlie lady wliu gate you 
th« ring T" 

” Why, you see, you muicn't imt k»r rn*I name 
In the rlu*” said Hogg*. " Her rvwl name i* 
Amelia." 

” Amelia V r*pralt<d Rchme-Jer, ea gn I r 

“ Tea ; but stir rail* berv-df Camille. Women 
will <k> then" tiling". Now if I thould change 
my name from Ji-remiab to George — But, ray ! 
tlie whole Uiiug it a ihriitmai present ; I waal 

Sclirocdcr was already upon hit feet, reaching 
foe Me cloak and hat. 

” flay ‘ helki !'* wiri Boggs : but Seheoedee was 
half-way down tlie store. Waring pow Hugga so 
eleetrifled that he didn't even mi** the ring which 
the lady had gives him a* a ratn|il« of tlie tiv of 
ter finger. 

The brief TVrermW day had already darkrmed 
Inb) night. The rngyiri glmm* of wintry »nn- 
shine were eilinguielu-d by hrary iniun of lead- 
en cloud* that luing tnw and threatesing orer the 
head* of pedretram* A wild scurry of toow, 
with flakra a* big a* a full-blown mate® blnaaom, 
fillr-l Ike air. and an icy wind awepa down the 
ride street*, rarrying with it all available arttdeo. 
Subjects of Saato clan* carried their bundle* ta 
one hand ami held on to there hrad-gmr with th* 
oaht-r ; proprietor* of apple ataral* gathered llu-ir 
fruit into baskets ; bqggara huiUlnJ their rag* 
bImiuI lb ran aud crept lulu raniv-uirut nirk*a of 
ntitlontail buildUigt ; dram drinker* *lunk in Ire- 
hind tke sheltering M-revn* fur their winter toddy ; 
and -ivcetba-lr tliat had brane* worth gcrag to 
aiv-'levati-l til-dr fre-e«tep« in that dirertioo. 

S-lm—Wr uodoalite-lly l-rioogrel Ui this latter 
rlara, awl would hare t-ren piaii of the privilege, 
had he Ire® in a roocktvm of mind to reckon up 
hia advantages. The little thop acrora town was 
nut tho p-wl of hi* oanhitkm, although It a** 
bravely illumioatcd by so ritra lamp or two to 
honor of CbriMmaseve. The back room wa* fur- 
I rahed up with Clritimat green* ; tlie umtio -nor 
the mould of "God bli-M our Home,” which 
Cathanno had worknl with her own hawk, •** 

gatlamWd with ericas.® Imrrir* ; the Uwgh leu 
■tun* -if thn anciimt fowl h*-J sucrnmlwd to huurt 
uf iKiillng. and a etmoing iloeico of sarcey herbs 
had remltevd the anop lit f«e tlie palate of a patron 
nf rWiwmico'*. A "M-mlrat *tl*d crowned the 
rrpa*t, the fare of little Paul, ahinitg with jay 
and a liberal application of soap and water, rum 
radiantly above the tpoaleat (able Lima, and 
Catharine hen-elf was nK-aioily attiroj in a new 
guwxi cd the warm color that S.-hm-vt*r lnrr-1 
Each and all were waiting for Hcbrewler, but the 
Lille ihop wa* out even a numhla mile -atc-ie upnu 
hu exciting jeomey. He had oaten nothing tiara 



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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


899 


morning, unit a sick toss luirn nf [oMiag and thn 
praowniLii-a of Inievrj Wan-lirel liua jaw noJ 

ma-to hi* leg* iretahlu 1-cocath Mm, bo* b« tug- 
pH mi. 

Wlu-n be resrhfd (he lrixnrinn* mansina wp 
town, he never wnulil hare gamed xdmiltoaee had 
■ml hit coming an>l gving been an ordioarr oc- 
currence. lit* hair wu matted and frosted about 
the collar of hit cloak, hi* abuea were a mere 
wreck of the clerocms. aid tbe brim of hia hat 
flacewd helplessly orcr Ida eye*. 

Tho door <A the drawing-mum waa ajar, and 
Pehroedet walked boldly in. I'andlle war reclin- 
ing upoo a tort ut dirau, iln-wnl in a emlumi- »f 
her own deviling. tliu prevailing tint of shirk >u 
a pale blue, Imrasdlauty behind |wr war Ik* 
drapery of the curtain u|hiii which waa ewibrnid- 
cred the ennrtnuua ibaln, serving aa an eandVnt 
background to tbe excellent pi-furs upon which 
fell Schrucdst’s haggard t-ves, lie never will for. 
get, to h.i Jric-g llajr, this portrait of a lady, and 
the cnibcei-kry nf the extinct bird. U« wme alone 
with I'amUIn The warm and perfumed air, the 
Want from the chaodrirer, the eenrotion of soll- 
tarinewa with the woman he luve-i. for the mo- 
ment Htujwlied and brminibctl (Miro-*kr. tie 
Ml hia xam awini, and caught tbe back of a 

chair to save bimaelf from [tiling. 

All this gave Camille time to nnw from the 
first all n i t of Ills spi«*rmnc*. Hbe bail kn»«ii 
for Mine Uaae that b>r amuwuient »ai bernming 
dangcrows to liuraelf and twhnsskr. ami war lia- 
ble to be abruptly lertmaitod at any time. She 
wa* tea, Uiarefure, altogrtli-r napei-pare-L But 
she tcareely knew how to liegm, S-i- feeder sated 
her the tnwlile. StMuIjing hioorri by the back 
of tbe chair, he opentd hia clinched band, which 
had new once related its hold of the ring, aid 
encoded it to Oumlje. 

“A man brought it to onr establishment, and 
anld >t waa given him by a lady aa a Muiplu of 
Uio size of her finger— a man by the uaaoc of— 
of — Allmachtigrr I whu waa the iiamu ut tlie 
man ’—who M be T" 

Camille drew a long breath, and gam herself 
up to the Imminent emitlngutH-y of twiitg shot or 
Strangled, but ah* retufivd to uiak* the interv iew 
as ahiirt aa pcauibtr. Them «a* no knuwing 
when thin nun Hoggs »»«=ld »pp«*r upon the 
scene, anli-sa, iraked, lie liad luwo [iitvkki.It di»- 
poeed of by tlw infuriated Sebroeder, ami she 
was not quite sure of herself, idle had newer, la 
all the various pliaun of llmr iotertourer, found 
Eaiil quite so ictrrmting as now that she wa* 
about to part with him forever, 

“ He is the man to whom I am engaged to bn 
married," Mid Camille. " Hie name la Hoggs.** 

"Tbe man to whom thou art eugagnl to b* 
married 7" repeated duhroaler. " And U wot tlial 
man myself f 

" 1 a*o not aware of any qurwtVm of marriage 
hot *<en us," alia mil Mil. ** It would be too a>s- 
mnL Would yuu ham me share loir garret, 
and the Scanty tin! loaralli Uui •liqdcg n*>f * 
And ciHik dinner fur too and ywwr mi in the lit- 
tle room off the slurp 7 1 went to see yeas this 
morning;" 

"To see ssr* this morning T’ repeated poor 

Schroeder. 

“ Tes. I went wp to tour studio, and saw tho 
funny picture upon the caael— the drcndlal wo- 
man with the verauhoo checks, the boy with ilia 
wooden legs." 

" (kiu In llunmri f* rrinl Pohmcdor. 

" Ves," said Camille, losing control of brrarif. 
as ahn hail of tbr speech slm bad n-luwmed, " alt 
wiuilrl nut ham tuvn kail if 1 had fniiiul a hope 
to ding to, if your raiarraU* daub* had eten tire 
pmw of gnuiua r 

" Atlmach tiger I" no re. I Schroe-kr, ami rais- 
ing llir frail wurkman-hipof the wetheiic cnbmet- 
mtker in hi* lumd*. he loweml it a<piia with w*:h 
force that i» dew into a down piece*. One of 
these fragrocats. granny tbe delkwte skin at Ca- 
mille, left a crimson stain. 

Tbe embroidered curtain was sudilrnlv thrust 
sole, and the trmfinl fare of a man appeared, 
"So violence, Bebroodee," ciclaiiunl Jack, ap- 
proaching the scene of action — ~ aa vt-diare, fur 
Hod's sake! It's cmifoundirily rough, I know, 
tad a lisvllwh i) iinrr I'lirielsau foe yew ; but hands 
off a woman, yo* know |" 

" Ikjw'l Ihi a fool. Jack !" said Camille. "It 
waa »n!y a piw-e of »I*my from the chair tbai fell 
to ptm* In Mr. ifebrorder's liaud.” 

Bat Jack waa not sal-shed with this little IX- 
planatioo. lie was contiiient that Schruolcr had 
broken tbr chair orer the head of hia slstcr ln- 
law, and was afrael be wo<ild tmUb bee with tlw 
piece he still held in Ida hiXrJ. 

" Diiu't do anything you’ll lie aoery for," espns- 
tolated Jack. “ If you'll only Lake tliu* to think 
the matter over, you'll be glad to lie rid nf it. 
Then* wotorn sps-ml a pile u( tnunay, ami fhiggs 
Is willing to pal a ftiiw little lun^i into the huav 
ns**. If it wasn't fur Boggs. Pd be a rained 
man, Scfarwder, sol you oeuldnl caTTT <w tbe 
husiaes* even if you bail the money, there'* so 
much OMapetiUoa in soap." 

“ Stand aside, imbecile !" twi-d Ss-hroedcr, and 
Jack leaped aeide with great alacrity. 

Schroeder went out into the ttiiuliag storm. 
An icy wind pierced to the marrow of tin lum*. 
bat a burning heal raged within hi* brnrt and his 
brain. A muhituile of chaotic, murderous thought* 
found rent through hss c-liurlmi Uetli, ||* raised 
his hands to heaven, and railed down curse* upoa 
the Imartlews w.-jut. in yooder lu.turious room, 
upon her Imbnilei at a rrlatire, upww tbe man 
with llir queer name slie was about to marry, but, 
almvr all, apoti himself, her miserable tool uiui 
pkaything. As be staggered along, a prey to 
llie wind and the storm, he f«U what a jnllry 
thing wan the mere cmtencc to ahkh liu rlung, 
and blesaeil the power a mucking tWn had left 
to miserable mortaU to *nd llm straggle. 

On be stumbled, through the familiar streets, 
and at last reached tba little aliup which was still 
a blase with tbe aatra iUutuinatioa of Chmtma*- 


itv. The d«*r of the Imck n*im was ajar. 
fW'bnxder paused, listened, and louketl wislMn. 
Catharine was al-uul putting little Paul to bed; 
he was knewling in his white little gown, with his 
head bowed uy»:« the fcWs of Catharine's nrw 
gown. Catharine's hands were claipol u|>on the 
head of tlw boy. anil at slie aaiJ aloud the words 
of th.- peases lilt la Paul rvprau.t them afur Imr. 

"(hid bits* duar papa, and bring him aaf* 
Ilium-," raid fMnrike'i friimd and iMosfai-lnr, 
h*» faithful t'atWriiiu ; arid ” tn.l bleM dear papa, 
and bring him safe humc," aa'el lii* tittle wm, the 
iMie froit of hia dead love, buried long ago in Al- 
sace. 

Schmoicr lifted the wet megi nf a hat from his 
head and listened to the last words «f the prayer. 
As he alntid root mules* there, the froas and tho 
hail, cfitsiil.ii.g from the folds of hia miserable 
cloak, made a black pool upcas Catharisa's a|x>t- 

Tlwn lie went on up to his garret, and lighted 
the atuileiil's lamp—* present from Chtharine— 
by the light nf which he had composed ponce, 
sk (tehee. |>ainting*. and made a hundred diverse 
foola of bimsrlf in behalf of yonder fiancee nf 
the man Boggs. Now he Imgan, aa quietly as 
poswible, with great method and precision, to bond 
and break his frame*, to etuah up hia canvases, 
and to demolish his easel. 

This crashing and crushing and tramping ecu U 
nut fall to rsarh llte ear* of the tiulc woman to- 
low, who »n up llir stair*. Iks heart to hr* throat, 
and Ix-lirU kiln in tin- very luxury nf drs*ulilk*i. 

"rilin ba* driven tliu mad at last, ms [kko 
B diroeder," wkl Catl'iarine, wringing her hand* 
and Imiking with in-milling pity upco the slarod 
and droiiclml. half-frosrn, ami miserable maw. 

Schroeder turned upon her hi* spectral face, 
upon which ahnne a aardunic mile. 

" I sea prtqwring fur thee arone excellent fire- 
wood,” hn said, putting his wet and broken boot 
through tbe face of the Mjdi:<u>i; “the till and 
the paint will burn admirably." 

" My Owd, any God, hare pity upoo ut 1* cried 
Csthantie, falling ufco her kwrew. 

“ Lichor Kroiind," said Scliewdre. lifting tho 
poor bull' woman to h*r frvt, and ksuking upon 

lior with iiiuffabln UBnlrnu**, " 1 am but mwil. 
I think I a a* in a sort at frwnzy whim I Unit ramp 
in, but thy prayer, thinn and my little I'anl’n. 
uvnl me May God lile*» and bring roe safe 
home, I him «>.!■!, and w» pr-rhap* H* did. The** 
dost not say the one thing and mean annthtv. like 
some of thy sex. I may trust thee, lichee Cath- 

“God knows you mav." as id Catharine, he* 
tears beginning to flow, but her heart growing 
lighter and happier, slm scarcely knew why. 

And Bchrooie* told her all sl*iut it after a 
while, when be was driut and warnnd awd fed. 
TIib Moral abated, the chime* of idd Trimly rang 
out sweet and Miami! and skiw, llir star* leapid 
out la lb* edrar coVJ sky, while Hebrorder wont cm 
with bis story ; and I sbmibin't uumler if liu min 
glid With it many caressing wnnl* from his in*. 
UHi|mliun viMwIwsUry ; anil who knows but that 
I'atlummi liegan lb* new war aa th* vtir.nl of 
S«4iro*«lvr, aa Camille did w itb liogg- 7 Srlurwdr* 
was an iip pr as siusi alils MW, and weodni love a* 
much a* Itowenv do the sun. I can *M ray. bwl. 
at ail event*, H wasn't *urh a vivy queer Cliriov 
luae for Bchrocder, after all. 


NEW SEA WALL OF SAN 
KBANCISOO. 



Oxr, of the moat important public wnrka 
niuli-rtaki-ii at any time lsy tho 8 tat* of Cal- 
ifornia ia that of n-mmUdling tho water front 
of rian I'ratinlaoo. TUI* u lieiug aceoin- 
pliabml by the conatmction of a broad ein- 
Iratikment of earth and riprap parallel with 
Iho tidal current sweeping the northern 
atwl *M|eni ahorewof lb* |mniiroulai>n which 
the city stand*. Tilt* ernliaiiksmiut is |sop- 
tilarl.v called tbn " New Kwa-Wall." Its ob- 
ject ia to increaoe dockage for shipping a 
ineasMTe tnavle necewuary by the rapid growth 
of the commerce of the |K>rt; to adapt the 
water front It the scouring action of the 
tidul current, ami Ibn* leswti tlm coat of 
ilrodging, which now form* a large item In 
harbor expense*; and to correct irregulari- 
ties in tlw arrangement of wharves. 

The history of tbia oca-wall dates aa far 
hack an lr*¥, when engineers were luvitml 
hy advcrtUcuient to submit to III* Board of 
Ilarlur Ouiimlnseotserw plana for tta eon- 
structioo. The plana submitted hy Engl- 
lirera W. J. Lewis and (iniWit F. AL!.aiij*t 
were accepted by the Board ami approved 
by it* engineer, T. J. AKNdiji. In IriJfi th* 
*»a-wall line waa aatahtlabed, after aboaii 
eighteen mnntha' mveaUgatMin aud dlneua- 
vtou of tba subject, by a riiiuinlmtna consast- 
iug of the Governor of tbe State, tho Mayor 
of San Francieco. Rear Admiral JoHN Itnl>- 
I'.rtw (Ihcu (vniiniainlniit of Mare Island 
Navy -yard), Lieutenant -Colonel Moxtsvi. 
(United States Kiiglnevnv ITofcwuirt iguana 
Da vtciaox (I'nltevl Htntes ('-mutt amt Geodet- 
ic Survey }, tbe three Harbor Cotninisaioneta, 
and T. J- AKXulJ* (since deceaaed ), engineer 


of the Harlunr Coinmlwlon. Till* wa-wall 
line extends in a serpentine conroo from tho 
l'rvsidio Military licaervation on tbe north 
to Ihc San Malco C'onnty line on tba aottth — 
a total distance of thirteen miles. Ob the 
lfdh of March, 1V7H, an act of the Legisla- 
ture directing the Harlmr Cotniniwvioivcrs to 
cnnatrnct the sea-wall in accordance with 
the adopted plana of Lewis and Au-auivt, 
which bad In-en amended in tbe mean tinse 
hy Knglneer Arxoih so ns to raubrwre a 
water-frrait thoronghfare, went into effect. 
On September 13 of rlio naiiun year work 
was ln-gnn, under the managetuoit of the 
Harbor Coiuiuvssiiwi. on tbe northern water- 
front of tho city, in tbe vicinity nf North 
Point. Since that lime four sections, ag- 
gregating VT>1 fret, have been finished. 

Tbia port of the New Sea-Wall fomsa it 
rrvwecnt around North Point, It* Uklreme 
wrwtern end resting on an old historic struc- 
ture railed Meigjpi Wharf, which wa* bo IK 
hy the late Peruvian railroad king Haiiry 
Mxhmm before hia flight to South America 
n* a fugitive from Jnstlce. This strncltire 
waa originally devoted to the discharging 
of vessels engaged in tho northern const 
lumber trade, but for year* it has 1mm used 
solely an a marine) roporten' statino and n 
crab hshrry. It Is from the dilapidated re- 
miun* of tliis histone strtu-tnro that the II- 
lustratinfl of tbe New Boa- Wall on page !M> 
waa taken. 



••••mu trtr-o* trrtA wtufa r*wi\j*a»<ss/. 


The New Sea-Wall ia constructed very sol- 
idly nf earth awl riprap, the latter funning 
tlm hay tlopa, Tlie soimI for this pnry>n*c t» 
obtninml from the iluucw suljacrut to point 
B»n Jotrf(or Black Point! Military Reaerva- 
tiou, and the rork is qnurried from tbe outer 
flanks of Telegraph Hill, a siignr-loaf clcva- 
lioo — one of the highest in tbe city— over- 
looking North Point. The Htimmit of Tele- 
graph Hill wna in early daya used as the 
aite of a nmriiic telegraph slut Ion, signaling 
to tbe city Wlnw the incoming of deep- 
water vessel* through Ihc Golden Gate, of 
which It cotttittaroU a sptrudid view. Tlie 
usamm telegraph station Is now at Point 
LoUm, the south bead of the (iolilcn Gate, 
a«ul llte suniniit <»f Telegraph Hill lias been 
laid out as a public square, named Pioneer 
Path. The r>vk quarries of thn Now Sea- 
Wall have deeply t'nrrowcd the side of th* 
hill, atxl their upper galleries reach nearly 
to it* tap. 

Tlm magnitude nf (ho New Sea-Wall may 
I* better appreciated from its dimension*. 
It* breadth at Ihc txtoe is about 230 feet ; at 
tho top. l&O fc*t ; aud in depth it averages, 
front city Indsc. almut feet. Thorn uico- 
stire«nenl* repnwnt only the ootid earth and 
riprap eRilianknteni. There in in addition 
on tlm liar solo a wooden wlutrf alrttcinre, 
rotming parallel with aud faclug Ihc w.-ill, 
which ho* a breadth of 10 feet on tap, mak- 
ing tbe total brradth of the sea -null mi 
lop 9TO fret. Til* coontrnction of the four 
sections of th* wall now filiislicvl baa taken 
1 JK>I,(3t cubic ranis or sand and rock- and 
3438 piles, aud 3,44ri,«S!l feet of lumlier have 
been used in tbe cnnstrvictinu of the wharf 
and sheds. Tbe total coat to date amounts 
to frtifl,!rjl (Si, or 8lrt> 75 ju-r liucal foot of 
scn-w*l| built. Tbe cost fans Wen defrayed 
from the rerenooa nf tho port. 

Before l he construction nf the New Hca- 
Wall wna begun, vesoels discharging wheat 
suffered great inconvenient-* for the want 
of suit able place* to alore grain pending its 
transfer to a fuieign-Winud ship. Tbe Board 
of Harlmr Cnreiralssi oners conscqimtitly as- 
signed tlie four sections built for that special 
purpose. On two of these section* an rnor- 
niovm abed, suitable for tbe storage of saeked 
grain, bos been creeled. This shed is JWO 
feet liMig anil 180 font wide. It la Intended 
to add about TOO feet more to Its length. 
An uncovered space lies in front of tlie shral 
for tbe occrnnmoiUtinn of cranes, donkey - 
caginea. and othrr marliinery used in the 
losiiing nml dlnrharging of verael*. Along 
side the rear la the waler-rroni thoroughfare, 
eighty foot acrina, amt wvll macadaisiireil, 
The** font aertton* bar* added to tlie dock- 
age capacity of tbe port room for twenty 
ship* of 1500 tiros register and upward. 

In some places the New Hen- Wall will in- 
fenced tbe present irregular system nf 
wharves ami docks- With lit* eseeptson 
of that part surrendered to the great wheat 
stimla, Its brood top will fern a nobln thor- 
oughfare, two hundred feet acmta nud thir- 
teen mile* in length. Toward th* south- 
ern end tbe nca-wall witl inclose four groat 
wet-docks for tbe accommodat uui of ship- 
ping, to lie known rvaportlvelr as Cltirut, 
Gnutral, liul ia. and Bouth haslns. Tlieunall- 
est of these haain* will rover an area of near- 


ly forty aero*. When this great puliUc work 
» ill lie finished, imiim can tell. Nur Wit pos- 
sible to eolimats tbe total cost. If It does 
not aicond tlm pro-wilt rate, it will reach 
the enormous sunt of about #13,000,000. 


THOMAS C. ACTON. 

Mr. Arrow, who has jnst been appointed 
Assistant Treasurer in New York, lias had 
thirty yeani of active political life. He was 
I’ohce Commissioner for nine yearn, am) Pre- 
sident of the Hoard for seven. lie cs|ieciaity 
distinguished himtelf dnrmg the drutl riots 
in this city. Ksipcrinlcmletii KlUXtnr was 
wonndod on the llr»-t day of the distnrlianrea, 
anil the whole nianagvumnt of t lie |s*lioe force 
was devolved upo:i Mr. AoTOk, wlio alotm 
knew the plans that had been arranged by 
tbn Hupcrinleudunt. He remnined at l'olicn 
llcnd-tjuartrr* fur a week, anil aat for ono 
hnDitred honr* at the telegraph instrument, 
without sleep, nr ofhnr refreshment than a 
rnp of coffee, which a friend ins toted on 
administeritig, Ihiring Mr. Kvtwx'm scrvica 
on tbe Police Itnanl he etiforee-1 the provi- 
sions of the exclsn taw, by which the city 
debt cirold all hav* boon wiped out in six- 
teen years. In 1*70 Mr. Am« was appoint- 
ed hy President Gram Superintendent, of 
tbe I'nitcd States Assay Office n sit nation 
wldrh he faivi filled with credit and honor 
for neatly twelve years. Allliongh a litwyeT 
hy proferaion, Mr. Afros bus never engaged 
in aetire legal practice. During bis long 
political life be has ms-le very few enemies, 
ami has always displayed groat executive 
ability. It waa largely owing to tbe exer- 
tions of Mr. Acrox that tho Legwlaturw 
passed the bill providing for tlm present 
Board of Health, os well u.s the hill for the 
paid Fire Department. Both tliese bill* 
were introduced lu-foro lb* le-gislattirc by 
Mr. Amur, who spoke In tlmir ludialf. 

Mr. ArriJX was Iwru in New York in 1HSB, 
nud hus all hi* life resided on Manhattan 
Island. Ho became Iieputy County Clerk 
in IrijO, » a* Deputy Ifcgislrar under J. J. 
IkoARE for nearly six year*, and, aa we have 
staled, waa appoiDtnl by Governor MolUMX 
us Police Coramimiouer iu lfifll. 


A RESCUE AT SEA. 

Tttr steam-ship riussdn. of Ihc National 
Line, which reached this port a short time 
ago, after a tong and ti-inpeslmroa voyage, 
met with an incidvot which waa hketrlu-d 
on lb* spot by one of the passengers, v> bime 
drawing i* repfndtlrcd on page RKx West- 
erly galea prev ailed during tbu greater pnrt 
of tin- voyage, and seas frequently broke 
over the veencl as she stcniucd alotig at half 
her usual rale of spied, Several of the deck- 
houses were mure nr leas broken in liy thn 
heavy seas, amt two of the life boats were 
smashed. 

On November »>. in latttmlo «H” Sri', and 
longitude 17 J 50, it waa blowing a brisk 
gule, and a heavy -wa was running- Out of 
tlio offiritni on the bridge discovered n sail- 
ing vpsacl rolling badly, and Captain RoB4>- 
e-iN ordered tbe steam-ship to la- beaded in 
the direction of the stranger, ublrli « as evi- 
dently in dislrvwa. The German flag uus 
flying at half- mast on the sailing vessel, 
i which proved to bo tbs hark .(»sn. of Pillan. 
Her muster signaled that they were sink- 
ing. and that they desired to abandon tbs 
wreck, but they had no life-boat that could 
1m tru><r*d In the sea which waa then mo- 
iling. Tlm dock of the bark seemed to have 
been atom io in several places l»v heavy 
wave*, nud aim tossed about os thiMigh mi- 
tnnnageable. 

Notwithstanding the heavy era, Captain 
ICnnivMiX derided to rescue the crew of the 
hark if |W)*ailiio. T>m- steamer was hore to 
at a short distance ftoro the distreraed ret- 
set. The chief officer volunteered to take 
rominand of tbe boat, nnd a crew of four 
picked men waa selerled. A life-boat waa 
then lowered, ami tin- fire gallant men start- 
ed for tlie rescue. They nmd» their way 
slowly through the high rolling seas, wliirb 
drove tiie spray over them, nud the host, 
finnlly came alongside the bark, after much 
diflirulty. A dug then sprang from the 
.4eaa into the lifs-lmat. This animal wna 
followed hy ten nw-u, who saved nothing but 
n few articles of clothing. The luvat pndmil 
off from thn hark, but had a hard strnggls 
before tlie atenmer could 1-e reached. It was 
very dangerous work mining alongside tire 
high iron sides of the f'ossda, which rose 
and tell with tire huge seas. All tbe occu- 
pants of tba boat, including the diq(, ronrhed 
the deck in Mfety, but when left to itself 
th* boat d**bcd violently against 1 be steam- 
ship, and was •* amp-si The lines were 
cut, and tbe boat which hail proved of sarb 
great service was atwmloned. Tbe *team- 
ship started up, tuid the wreck of the A saw 
was left astern, teasing among Hie billows 
w liirh were sweeping over her broken decka. 
1 1 is probable that tbe wreck went do wnsoon 
after she had I wen abandoned. 


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THE NEW POSTMASTER GENERAL. 

Tint Hon. Timothy O. Ho**, *v-I f nlted State* IniM 
from \Vi*con*iii. who •nrn^l* Mr. Jamkk n* I’mlmutn- 
General, n< barn on the TlU of February, Hid, In Lirer- 
»ni». Oxford County, Maim-. After receiving an academii- 
education at the Headlicld Seminary be atudied la*. and in 
1839 waa admitted to the bar. Settling in lleudMd in' look 
nil active intcrc*t In politic*, and In 19*3 w a* elected a mem- 
ber of the Maine Legi*]ntnrc. In the latter part of that 
mill- year be removed to Green Bay. W iaconein. where. in 
I SMI, bo waa elected n Circuit Judge. He belli the office 
for five year*, and tlicn tvMgiscd- in I nil U« wan elected a 
Senator in Congrcw from WioconaLn. Hetcrred on a num- 
ber of tbe important committees, and ai chairman of tboao 


on Appropriation* anil Revolutionary Claim*, lie wo* a 
delegate to !be rbiladelpbia Loyaliala' Convention of lNftj. 
In tbe follow iug year, wliew bin Senatorial term expired, lie 
• na re-elvricd, Mid ugnlu In 1173 for the term ending in 1879. 


THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE. 

Tint Hon. .Inns t'ti.i.M>LKii IUscihxt Dana, I bo now 
A mutant Secretary of Stall', wn* horn at Worvarter, Mwm- 
elinaello, UeeomlMT JK», |t*£i. He graduated at Harvard 
Col lego In 1MU, anil entered npun the Htady of law. In 
1819 he wa* appointed Secretary of Legation at Loudon, 
where lie wa* repeatedly called Upon to net a* Clung* 
d'Aflaire*. In 1859 be returned to thi* country, and devoted 
himself to tbe practice of bU profession in New York city. 


In 180? lie wa* elected to tbe New York State LegUlatnrr. 
mill lii 1-all u a* appointed Amialant Secretary of Stale. II. 
mdgwml that poomnn In 1871 to become the tpnl of the 
Cnitcd Slate* govemmeut at tbe Geneva Court of Arbura- 
tiiHi ou the .HolMma Claim*, where he ]ieifoniieil morh im- 
portant work. Ill 1875 be wa* rr appointed Auutaut Sec- 
retary of Slate, Slid in tbe following year be wu« ms.de 
Min Inter Plenipotentiary to German) . While in llie Stale 
Department he acted a* arbitrator between 1‘m In gal and 
Great litiluin, and wa* *ecretary a* well a* a member of tbe 
High CmnaiMoa wliicli concluded tbe Treaty of Waabiug- 
l«ni in 18JI. In 18JH Mr. P.\ vi* on* neembd at tbe court 
of llerlm by IUyaiui Tati/iU, and returning to llii* coon- 
try. wa* nppoiutcd by Pre*iilrut Harr* Anoociuto .laatir* 
of the United Statea Court of Claims. 




DECEMBER SI, IMI. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


901 



DR. HAYES. 

Isaac Iaraki. Hatf-s tbo well-known 
arctic explorer, died suddenly ou Katurdny, 

December 17, nf disease of the heart. In lil* 
forty ninth year. Dr. HaYKS wn* a native 
of Cheater, Pennsylvania, and gradual"! in 
medicine ill III* Clllvomity of Ft-imsy Ivnuiii. 

Ill the HAUfl year ho tendered IiIn services 
an medical officer to Dr. Kaxc, atxl iu ap- 
pointed surgeon to the nrcand li allots: u. 
expedition, n ill* which lie sailed in tbe brig 
Airoocr. Wbon Dr. KaNK delrnuine-d In 
return, Dr. llAYra Joined tlio putty which, 
under the coninnuid of I'ktkkakx. endea- 
vored to find its way to I'pernavik. Dar- 
ing thin jounsey tbe traveller* lived for 
threw no-nlbe among tins Eupiliuaux, and 
rrlnriied to the .Idtwair n It h tbedng-sledgca 
of the natives. Dr. IIaycs liccuuie eou- 
vinced bjr his explications that there exist* 
ed au open polar soil. In litOO lie set not 
in the wlioouer I'ollnl Ailn f«r Melville 
Ray, and sau- open aster beyond HI’ 37'. 

In tbe following year be entered the army 
as a snrgeoti, nud built and controlled the 
army hospital at Went Philadelphia. In li^O 
he again sailed, III the /‘waller. to explore the 
coast of Greenland, and on bis return pub* 
lulled fir L o»4 of Dtmlotion and Co it Jireijr 
is lie CM. He found (Irrriilnud to lie it 
iiiom of ice mid hiwiw, where front mi elevu- 
tiou of fJXNI foot no hare land tvns to Iw seen. 

Dr. Have* was disappointed nt not re- 
ceiving tbe command of the expedition of 
IriTis hut roMoled himself by entering into 
p--lill.al life, a uil for five yeni* lepivsented 
tbo Hcvcnlb Assenibly District. Ills most 
important service* were those lie diichnrgcd 
as Chairauiu of tbe Committee «u Canals 
and t lie Committee on Cities. Withdraw- 
ing from uetlve polltleal lifts lust full. Dr. 

IIa yes, during this ami tbe preccdingnionth, 
baa delivered lecture* on “The Wu ter Courses 
of New York" slid on hie old subject, “Are- 
tie Exploration." IIU |j*t lecture wss de- 
livered on tbe Sth of Decembssr. In It ho 
spoke hopefully of tbe Jraooiife and Die 
Lojcu’s haply crew, ami repeated his argu- 
ments In prove that tln-re wim an open pninr 
sen as imvlgabla as the Atlnutle Ocean. 

Tbo daring explorations conducted by 
Dr. IIaYKh in Him. when be went northward 
by way of Kinilh's Hound, travelling iu Invars nud dog- I 
■ledges, uiiO enduring lerrihle Imnlihip*. were rewarded | 
by the gedd medals of the (irograplib-nl Society of 1‘aria 
anil tlse Royal tieograpbical Society of Loudon. Dr. IIaY&O 
was full of energy and cothnsiasm, a goml speaker and 
writer, and Ills den Hi will be widely regretted. 

THE LOSS OF THE “JEANNETTE." 

Oxer more rouioe a story of disaster from lire arctic rc- 
gsoiu. The JraonrtU, fitted out two yean mol n half ago 
by Mr. James f.imiwix lliixxrn to nmke amithrr attempt 
to reach the north pole, hns been crushed Iu the ier. Tire 
greater part of tbe gallant crew, veterans in arelie service, , 


thst tbe first cutUr, eontalnlofO Lieutenant Dx 
Loan, Dr Axssxa, anil tselve oilier*, bail laudod 
at the a-rib mouth of the bus Tim ronusaa- 
dsnt at Bolt-o -.*» /-cut in-Unl r*IWf lo Ike whale, 
bust party, who are all well. Nivas max sod Noes- 
arrived at Boloncugi c« <-<u4wr lift fur relief for 
tbe first cutler, all of whoov are in a sad rood; 
Ik*. sn>i in danger of lUrtataxs, and all tod I’ 
fruit®. The eonuaisrJant at Bulnnmjra has rent 
native iccols to took for them, and wilt urge rig 

The sreoiid cotter has md yet been heard from 
Telegraph meswy for ins Unt use to Irkowlak and 
lakoutsL" 


Tbe story is told iu more detail in 
patch to Clcucnil It.YtFlEFF, ■ In ted , 
it. .01-1., Decciulit-r tbe Iftl It. it leads i 
inns: 


THE LATE 1>IL I. I. HAW.!*. - fo-twos unan is rooni-ES. 

have rest-bed the mainland of Siberia, after weeks of peril 
In open host ■<, and hopes are cnlcrlniiird Hint Ibo reiiialtnler 
may vet Is- beard frum nt some other point. Tbe story of 
tin- disaster is briefly fold hi the following gnipbic dispatch 
from tbe chief engiueer of the ship: 

•• laustTss ;ioti*>r!i-:m r.a. 

“Jtomnttu war irehcd by the ire in luiiimlv 77 s Ifi' ooeih, 
longitude lit’ eo-t Howls sod slot? load-- a good retreat to lifts 
mile* northwest of tbe Ltos litter, where tbe three busts «trv 
separated in s pile. The whale. fowl, in charge uf Chief Engineer 
Mil vuxx, entered the east mualh of the Lena River on September 
17. It was stopped hv lee in the river. We found a native vil- 
lage, nod >1 won Li the liter closed I f*s1 myself in rvnnmnoira- 
tioo with the commandant at Ilofowenga- On October HD I It turd 


- Tbe Governor of lakontik n rites that on th. 

I till of Srptemlor three nstlves of llsgau Oulnw 
tie Zigsnr st Cape llsrhay, M<» voffta north ol 
Cape Ihknff, discovered a luge Ixiat with elrten 
survivors fresn tlio thapwrevh(*l steamer Jo ss 
u<tfr. Thev bad suffered greatly The Adjunct 
ol Chief of the Irisliitl wa- imnxdiotrlv charged 
to plorced with a iltslnr swd medicines In nm> 
the sort Ivors at lakcouk, and lo reatvli for lb< 
re»l of llu? shipwrecked crew. Five hundred rw 
Idas have been assigned lo meet ll>e most urgr-nl 
sipcases. The engineer. Miltillx. has eetil three 
id- iiiKnl tcVrgrsms — one addressed In llie Lmdosi 
oflliv of 1 111- Ihratil, one to the Srctetarv uf the 
Navy, Washington, alid the third to tbr Jinn. In 
of file I tilled Sl-llu* ul fiL I'etreshucg. 

" Tlo> |«mr follow* hate 1 i everything. Ea 
giru-er M KI.riiEK mi » tUl the J< oootih was caught 
and ce*»h.-l liy llie kv; on tbo rt-1 of June, to 
latitude 77 regns- tiuHb aud 157 ibgretw m*l 
lonriludr. '. Ill- Mtrtlvor* of the Jromiiittr trfl rn 
three hoot 4 . Fifty milr* frvm the tonulli of tin 
l.coa lliry lost - itiil of cadi olhc* during s vio 
lent gsle sod -’-n— hg Heal No k undrr coat 
malld of Engineer MsLVIll.lt, reached rite rssterp 
mouth of Itw L.-o* 04I the Slllh of 2 w(ili-iiikcr, *•! 
am slopped by iceberg* mar Ui Ike lismlcl ol 
Idulneiru Idtdsire on 1 I 10 Trih of OtSnln-r 

"There 1 I 10 arrived at Bo*mir»r> Boat No. 1. 
with the sailor* Nivunwaax and Ne«j*. Tliey 
lit might the Infomutioa that Liratensnt Dt Loo. 
Dr. Annus, slid a duutn other -urvivor* bad 
landed at the noitle-rn month of tbr Ltctx, where 
tlici a tv at present ill s most dit.iwtre- sute, 
mail) having then llm'u frviicn. An eipcsilw 
was tiiumdian-lr Kilt frum Bukowsga to make 
ilirgcnt acarvb fur (lie unfoelumilt-i, who are in 
danger of death. No news has a* JH been re>- 
o-ivetl of Beat No. 7. Ill the coiomuiiiratlon addfcisrd 10 Mr. 
Hewitt, JDxviue add* a cre|wet( that mooev »lniuld h<- scnl Ins- 
mstSalely pev lelcgraph m LVeoult ami ukoutsh. Will you 
urgonlly rrepiiat Ihn ruMr* ho UutsmltU-l iumiedlalcli lo 
! lint liovemo.- of lakoottlt for r«».-arebra for llte dead and inltl- 
• 111 * ami care, as well a* for iho Mutn and conveyance of the 
shipwreck'd men lo Iho hnM of the fioveinoi f There if a »ui- 
gcvMi, who aill beo tour o|»ni Dm at all possible cvirvi." 

Tills dispute li nos signed by President Pi:dai Iiexko. 
Tlie Emperor of Russia, imniediutrly on receipt of the uews, 
personally ordered that all supplies I loti were neccMtary for 
fisnl, rlotbiug. nnd Iransportatiou sbuiild l>o placed at Ibo 
dia|Mit:ri of Captain IJr. Iavxii mid hi* men. In every qnar- 
| ter of Iho glolie tbe ucua hu* been received with heurty 



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gratification, mlugtrel with sl**|» regret and 
"“kiety for the Wru in t]m miming boat. 


It 


• leg 


*»•:•*! HIMB ... IISW ollirvi of lief IsMIg 
age. what may bit limit lain* u» v 
and hirer far they ainy go t.mauJ a., 
the great. pioMriu which fug rent line 
In I ailviiiliiti.K. Qii'ii In liruve the tin 
of the turtle mux. AlllidUgli ill* ./nr 


u ttiu lee, her muiie will «l- 

tlns miunlx uf Point 

— Jililiiheelst'* nt' Mr. Hest- 

r, *n*l iIm. bravery nf ('apium I tv. hmi 


ways ntuinl Ligli i 


*1 tli 


~~ who wili'ii <*ritli him, will a 
luuibernj with mliuiriitimi. 


“HELL'S KITCHEN'" 

It is uoly the police — who ate a sort of 
enigma! corps for the Inwiy-jMiHrle, to regu- 
late tls fuiKliiuiB. prevent, if they can, ita 
disorders, Ui|> off ill diwiutil member*, amt 
disperse, if limy ran not drain away, 
""ret liamntw — It I* only they who know 
the sjmts in a great city whew the life-i 
tent of (he community runs |imsr uml tl 
or where it gnlliers in foul mul |K-rllnsiH ul- 
cers, brswalu.g plagues uml spreading lufi 
tion. The*' average" eilisrn who goes al*>ut 
his daily occupation alone the uiniu thor- 
oughfares, on the huno-ear linen, or whirled 
on tliu elevates! ron.la. hits lent little I'noeep- 
tioo of tli* Diuubvr and extout of Uiuwn neigh- 
borhood* lit whUh poverty, driuikeuiirm, 
misery. viee.aud imum make their pitiful or 
hideous seal*. When lie takes up biausnni- 
Itig paper at the Monday's breakfast table, 


apt to li 


with a 


from I tm atereolyped Iwaill-iie, "Th# Csiiat 
Bumiay Munlir," ..r the “ Horrible Crim* In 
Battle Uow," «r *’ Another Wife Killed In 
Hnll'a Kitchen.” If Its is a sober aim! fko- 
tiillons man, sod if ho boa a family of grow- 
ing children about him, lie prolkibly, silently 
or aJuail.riMidetaua the depraved JiHirtialUiu 
of the day which « ill make its reader* break- 
fast ns well aa “sup on homin," forgetting 
that in the Diany-fueed mirrur of Itia daily 
paper every phase of Uni varied life or a 
mixed eomiaunity must lie, in purt at least, 
rejected. Aiul he ktiowa nothing nf tb* pa- 
tient vigilance, tho linn discipline, which in 
•II fiiat-rnle (inwapapsT idttces shut out a 
IIkkimdiI harrowing or dingustiug detiuU 
of what, after all, is tit* record of actual ex- 
tierlenee, perbups within a etiwniVlhrew of 
his tranquil and wcil-otilered Lnom. 

Krcriit otwiimtiJi-. *, not unusual in tbolr 
rburucter, but crowding each other a little 
inure closely tliau ordtuanty, have called at. 
tent Inn to lbs quart ere some of whoee g I last- 
ly natiicw wo has* meutioneiL Then* naume 
are but tbo gTot<'~ ( iie and half picluresiin* 
desigtiatious which the mile but quick tut- , 
agination of the lower claw has given to 
)duree quite ileaerviug tliemi. “ Hell’s Kilch 
•li,* for JMstaucc, is a largo tiiuilde-dewu 
tcnejinrut-lnnise uu the north aisle of West 
Thirty-ninth BUN*‘I, between the Ninth and 
Tenth aveni m. It runs hock against tba 
high reeks which thirty .twsrs ago were cov- 
ered with wild shrub firry, auii formcil tbo 
play-gTuniul of tire children of imi* «f tbo 
pleasantest puitiiios of tho city. Bourn uf 
the lower apartments of the boose bavsi 
lhe*r llcmre and sill* walls dug from this 
reeky h<ll. The house belongs to a couple 
«f worthies, Tirevus and Oitiikiuw Win* 
•ox, who are now iu biug Bing fur high- 
way robbery. From the ebarseter of the 
ownere, that of tbo ■Hvtipnnts may be Im- 
agined. All of them are desperately poor 
and tiltby; some of them are habitual or 
prufossirnnil criminals : nearly all, luen, wo- 
men, and children, are iltuukanl*, and on 
Saturday ulgbt, uImui tbo vile liquor frmn 
the distillerica mul the “ bucket shops" — 
wbiakry which sells for ten acuta the gallon, 
mid brandy for live routs tho quart— circa- 
talcs freely, lights ire frrqtuiht. A police 
sergeant nKenlly re market : “ Shy your hat 
up anywhere In tho iieigliborliood, If yon 
want a tight, and you will ho accommodated 
aDy time after nine •’dock at night." A 
reporter who recently vUltnd this hole— iu 
rot»|iany with a policeman, it U ur-odlnas to 
smv — slsnmlsed its occupant* in thn coluniDs 
of tlie It mss. Tin* hero of the pirns, is 
“ Bully” Moiutm.x, "a noted blackguard and 
bally and a comnono ilmukanl." From fond- 
ucw for fighting rather than fretu any reti- 
givia oonrictiono. as may Ini Imagined, be 
" Is an Orangeman, anil is cordially haled l>y 
the other r*«l<lvu(s, who, however, f«ar liiu 
great perMiiel strength. When tilled u 1th 
the fiery liquor itlHprnimd in ||m> neighbor- 
hood, be roams about, luukiitg night hidcoci 
with hi* oaths and ribald songs and jest*. 
H* stuns himself with a stave tlroen a hay 
hale, and runs amuck tbruugli the streets. 
Ills wife is a receiver of stolen goods, and 
pigs, goats, gonah and cliiekeM Hud their 
wny to her room lu Ilia rear of ‘Hell's 
Kltcbru.’and thence to tlno matlvl", unlen 


ing, John Mooney best his wife to death- 
Tljiflr little son told tho terrible lain in 
court with tho simplicity of childish nar- 
rulire, that made thn sickening fuels the 
noire awful. Tbo uun eamo •* home*' FK- 
itsy evening, foil mi his wife in hod drunk, 
dinggoil her coil ofitaud In-at her, now non 
Djnriikifg ami Ural her uguiu, monied about 
noon and psmuhI Mime three hours iu further 
beating her and tli* two children. Almut 
live in the aflc-rnoiHi u in-tglil.or saw him 
dragging ||>e nakrel hinjy of bin wkfo, brnkM<d 
siwl hlmuliug, hy the feet over tile rocks In 
the tour nf ih* hoove. On Sunday a report 
of murder nidltd the police. Ad officer 
went t» the •• Kitchen,” and round MoctNEY, 
Lis murdered rite's brother, isimI the boy of 
I welv e drinking “still" whiskey In one room. 
On the w retched pallet iu the other lay Uie 
horribly disfigured coqis* of the woman. 
Tli* olb.i r iirnmled the httsbaud, in spit* 
of bodui resistant* and a tlireat to shoot. 
At the station thn murderer was stolid. Ho 
bad “licked" liis wife U.-ansc tdie would 
u»t dnnk with btui, lie bad giv«u her 
“ ninny a black eye in his day.” •* Yea, be 
killed her, and he weold kill another before 
be qnil.” And Dow tbe ksoSened wretch 
awnits trial in tlw Tumi**. Iu tbe same Jsil 
eight others also await trial, all itidirled fur 
felony, and all from the nanuo house. In the 
-Msl*-|<ri win are eighteen niureof its inmutee, 
serving Iwigrr or shorter terms. On “ the 
Island" are many nuue. In all ‘<fc?7 penoi 
have been brought b«‘fi.>r* tli* criminal cwur 
witbiu two year*, all from this one teo 
meiil. Its aliocklng iian>o I* well desrrro 
Nn fiend could ask fur richer irr rarer dbibcs 
of crime mid wicked news than ere uvery day 
prepared ort Ibnt few huodred si|iiare foot 
of the fair city nf New York which its own 
deuixeus are proud tu call " Hell's Kitchen." 


BUCKWHEAT CAKES. 

I rows r*< -V* r»t Tnbm* ] 

Ackeno* has eve* tssiUwlfcinlxed the tnitbcd 
msXhiK lnsrkwk*at cakes. Tbe ci>) way, watte* 
to law titer nkrti. toaeinjc, rarmcntlns. dotoui- 
I-wteiC- and dcstreytmr dm nutettVuc fw« u( llw 
fwfhoate srM eat wo* liMalumi, and it* 
°*k»w made Debt But a well (--.ended tuHtO.-l.iu 
hn* alauts sabtml that buckwheat id« ua4» I 
tills rnunner nr* unwfiuk-ti.ui« *to 1 ladlrrstlbli 
(wv-aut)' tbe ehetuiiwl action that lake* plan* » 
silent tbu Hour from lu uriirlaul clisraetie Ibst th 
MinriBtr.tr decoui|HitlHK pn.m* e.mtlawcs In tli- 

re'uhTw' IUlJ f * > “ *WWPda and kind mi 

Tbe new way dot* away with all donmipwriarr, 

.’XKSK BSStSK BW as 

Ules. the IniTrnllnr i-trmvul .( tile new ptineu. 
with*? '^1' "^^ ****^»( t, ' h y* inliml 

tu, sad In no way rloitf-. ill,, a-.ueh 
(rum lr» urUtual t»«o ami wolrtUuia omtltun*. 
la rntet of koalrhralnrssll tea polite* fact that 

^•ckwbsiu and rrMlIr ewkio auol* tn ihl* way 
w» healthy, and 

■alM« Without dlaocoufuet. 


" 7,0 h ^ djBJeptUw si 


HOLIDAY SOUVENIRS, 

Tbs hufidoyt, with their jots and frsilvitir*. 
are at hand. Many ire looking fvrwird with 
l-i-soirr to aooiil srel IntuJIv gN(hi>riii|rB smi 

nwnions. It is atea a season lit* riHu;.limetitir> 
prwMntatkmi, ami our aides tu all who contem- 
plate gi'iftg holiday IxwmuiIm is first to tall u 
the netresc drug »mie and n>b them tosh»w reu 
Dr. S..-OH'* tl. iCi 1c Hair liru-h. It make* a mote 
hindMiiue, trsef'U, Mini dsralilti holiday gilt, one 
which sUI last: sad being in article of dally iih, 
is jiiti (ho th log hi remind the ««<r u( its demur 
L'r. SroTT slmd'Jli'ly guarantees thetn to eurv 
beads, to, iicurslgis, felling hair ind 
spurt from wlilcti j| is a tfdendid bur I. 
L>tii.g fur year*. .Mi, mi Id any uf tour fiiemls to 
wliuiu you |iuryi** nuking presentations slrva.tr 

pciiMus caw of (ht-if inifirpcnKiL-le Inllrt siJ- 
rtrt. I lien loir om; of Dr. ScaU's Etetli Ic II.-. I. 
brushm Three, tew, are guarantied to imry 
rlioumslwm, Derrous debility, biifalred elreula- 
law, ami our other UUfbut nnl all) tu which 
lk*h u heir. Doth these attiifies are fur sale by 
stl drug and fare, y efutv*, nr cs* lie oblsieed uf 
the Doctor fll So Ml Knmilwat, ranee IVdr- 
texnth Street, New York — ( A Jr ] 


H0RSF0RDVI ACID PHOSPHATE 

IX tXrBA(TAhl.ll DYUI'BIKIA. 


u urUficd llul 


a.0- 


-Udt.) 


CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG. 

Krtffli. Pan k Son : Clarendun Hotel. 

The value of jaw Aourieaii Kate Powder as 
toilet rrt|al>lt* nwi tw urcrewtireiled. 1 rt 
done it with pleasure. Your, nuorrrly, 

— (ddtj Clam hwui kiuua 


uriutis preparations and mUnuas law been 
put uu thn m*rke« from time tu Unin to take the 
pile* of (bo "Moya! UakUur powder." sucb a* 
•wir-otlMt*" or “ midJu-eat*-' flours, («t aaoly- 
slj shows many cA thuu lu b» mode (rum uawfed*- 
»hdt mtatiuiea an, I strona adds. wl.I.J, hn. ,, 
eonsxtlaie eOret on the wr-mresnes of tl*. 

It U murk sofnr f <t all Mnuuincr* to piiroteue 
fcstr tbi.iiu*)>*« (hat they knots to *. k h and 
rcllablic and mid the Iwklno |uwlir«| a cotuldcr- 
"Uh, .M.-tTte Uox to piin-huM any of tb* *ocaU»I 
" wlr-niMInf" floars. which are iwulltviioitviudi 
of (be Tllest hail urn. iceuhltii alum or rhosebanw 
It Is stated that I Wf-wnm. << rhu r M ir-r»wm* 
but-kabewt sold In the market U rejthir.ywm.re 
"" " " "■'■'illltw*." rj» tbe dark -colors it MRtsga a ml 
a the staa*ruct- 

IV fuilowlmi te a good nn-qw. and most oeoaom- 


"'■** Uostt lirosrt. ; lul^llMesntl WUucrety 

tel tnka Old (it* pint rsM *> ter. ur»nfte:lrt, 

r. adr bur lutre, sad ' - -- - 


fridilli 

» The (Uktns IV>snWat>ouU new* he pat Into 
Um- lwtuir, bat alwajs uUud with dour In a dry 



GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, IS7*. 
B AKER ’S 


DECEMBER 81, 1WI, 

EPPS’S COCOA. 

SSATEnJL-OOlSFOETIKO. 


a ihnrungto krmwledr* of 

rvssett Mr npereik** uf dU 

isl .*¥ i mrcflu H*alcaliun ut .... 

K|S* kos pmsydnl 


wi ,.y 


pmoertua 
__ , .Odrtl -tor 
tteevrei borne 


lock w-aerestr tbsre Is 

m»ny t Caul Matt hr Ureyog wrelm wail IokUm 
nlrr. psre Wu»! s*d a l "[ ur j uuansbol turn.'-, 
CYva tinrscs Uarstte. 

Mute simply wit* tnlllsg water or milk. 

Sow only la soldered Urn, H and *. , labelled 

JAM Eh cm k CO, //oonn^rire OemrMt. 
Losoas, Ena. 

Ate*, hyfl Osestete A 



I«n Siditii InKl'Lulii; jjii hi 


WimM 


C sss «, from wbkb tbs tires 
Of oil ko* bsna nmared. Ills* 

dskcltas drink, oonristeag and 
s-r-wjtbrsisg; easily dk|reu<l 

health. 

■aid hy tlnsm STrrywhe rs. 
■W. BAKER ct CO.* 


THE BANNER - 


*/ IteiJ A liner. 


inttey SclKall Axil- Bool 


OF FICTORY! 


<d.I vartelr nt orerente yi.re lo lbs huinlsy HcIkoI aa 
siit-dtegly bropK sure inin.l*r re-tri lot 

- — tiuvnN nrmox a. cx»., r 


An. pttsens sltUrfsd with llreursb, 

soil all si, MW,. I lud|(^ltn*.BHl Aral l 

rillsd sail sure rare hy using Itmn 

Tbr HiUf gsvqlws te manatee uml by Dr. 1. Q. Ik S, 
most A Kms- {.I ds J 



IT sjp i gds Is^dwa*^ w*i ms 

falll'i. iAteVid 

f.uf 

plS-SViiJSirBt 


VolTsrsally jeMetibre) hy 

TAMAR : : 


ADVERTISEMENTS. 



N n | p || sreabrsl magesiVw, Ac. 

0 1 £ N " 3 - 2 xSr 

‘ la Psctou rte Psria, 


GRILLON' 


U0 


bold by sil Chuuute 
snd 1 tenet 

cants th* box. 


Plnd Prise Brdal. Tlnsao, JVXA 


f.WEISI,."”',' 

Wknlrsaw sad Retail. « 


Herd fur Clr- 


° l'f* 


the ptsllr* an 

It was lu this liorribk' hauut llLat, ost thn . 
teitfht of Lkjotiulicr !» uml tbe day follow- | 


POWDER 

Absolutely Pure. 

This powdor lMirar varteo. A msmtl nf parity. 

mid In (..miMtltlim 


tin ordinary klufis am 
with Us mntUtud* of 
plireptalu powders , 
liurai. liaamu 1'us 


WELLING 

ctwpittovNKii iTam *«;. co. ilureik 

White hnwk, Mirrew, tad C-wnb, stidlam seze. fk sri 
■*4, In Satin Lined Cate. BwAord Balia, fk. (1»W 
1-t. Pool. t!a. ant pal soitw re lenry. tbM* set. 

< breka. Ill Intfn-a. *t bo t-sr ion. lit C«*lrs 
**rm, New York, tateteirtnl 

“nolieitU HITTKI1A," THE Ill.tV 
ret oat there* Sinmseh Mttere knam, 
(MtMlteit for Ibedr meslieiirel prcpsvtV*. and 
lur tbrlr dneacss as a csvdlat. 1\> O- hwi tu 
Own. aid Plots. I.. Ft rfVKB, 

Msnnfacttrtr and PtrerriKor, 28 juhu SI.. 

Ik. T. P.O. Mai iotB. 


•situ, iik* f TtesHuywa trukUM** mu 

v .— is • tin y.- o* -in., —iso iiy 

vs-» Sotuus c*. nar ass, aal • >~.a 
ama. r » -a i, u. ***. «— « 

JtS O- P. WOOtte'8 SONS, 

JOHN DUNCAN'S SON* 

UNION iQl'ARK, 

NBKBBIIX, Pile, Dry. Fruity, Ac . Ac. 

It fK Iik, Fluyundlre. C'Urala haaasrrtrs, At. At 
«. H tBPiteh th. Dry or Fruity. Eslccamt Vsitedte* 
fix. Sira, lu Dmilyohns an; BeHttea. 

SLY. Hillload bnpuriH) In Jure 
■BKBkUIlK.Ja-aAi. JsaK," 

FBi'in turn, ti 
hlWI'ITh-AUwrutml Waters, Mah l temiss.gdtptmrgb 

THE MENDELSSOHN FAMILY 

(1780-1847 L 

From Letters and JuuntabL By Sasarni* II rv 
stl. With Kqflil Purtrails from thawing* by 
Wilhelm IJniM'l. Sccund (Urlted Editiwi. 
Trausloterd by Carl Klingetuanu aad on Arner- 
ican Cullsboestor : with a Meltot by Uegsge 
brory, Ksq, D.C.L. 2 rult, »*o, duth, fa ou. 

In iblt V>ik, whlrb te Ml nf oe* IrCIres and mw 
ebareetere, e,f wit osd clrvemeste, P*l,x Ms ud Stare dm 
Is, uf tuurre. tbe pclucipsl charterer, of the maay 
new Inuire by him here printed, edlra of a stay pri- 
vate nauirs, there are few tbu do nut odd ant new 
iralt nf uolillUy. guodnsM, etsuteraess. nr delicacy uf 
feeling to bl« pwUslU For the history of hi* work*, 
slid -if Ike ilrrctopiMBt nf l* genlis and Ulese. ike 
Usnk Is Instead InvsIuaMa Felix's Isstera. tores y... 
tbimg* Me motel fealur* «f th. •• N<mtelare.hu rani- 
tlf.“ are by n» means tu otly one. Hut to apvk ct 
the atrly ond atore hteUirltml peUna nf tines red. 

• tres. to tbs miyority of reader* Fsdx's talbsr eta he 

• new Ota nneipemd lAartCtce. Ills tellers treao 
Faria sud Liodue abnnisd iu beaew, shrewd mo sod 
auaoiag guoslp of Mat reiw ressoiv date. The ssoeb- 
sr, ton, te a sets sud say of Unctlsc pctaucrellty. Tbe 
tan slshsrs are e»tls«ty dbliisel, **d each iioksu b*r- 
Seff lu numteudutee cube*. Tbt«r yenrnote are full 
uf otorervetton Orel sblllty, sod bring s number of dlt- 
ttUCSteAed perewres, lu *arVuu walks nf liHa-fMlsien, 


Fskilsksd by IU krill A BDOTUABb, Yew lark. 

rw IBsaf by mud, yaetaps prspste, «s say pari tf (As 
fitted State*, *n fecreyd t) lit prsas. 

HITCHCOCK 8 OLD AND Of 

songs, rs 


-'V'idbJ tlldmtefl 
L'BlC STOHK. teas 


•1AM. 

* ptCsw. Ihrer store 

by IIITl IlCuckM 

Building. lts Xtoia H(l. ff. Y. 


CANDY 


1 »Att:U CH.tRMS s 


MICROSCOPE ’ 


CtS. 


ISTOTICK. 


Having mrgealtod nor PATTKHX DIF ART- 
•SENT, we liars sasiptsd to Ms. J. U CHOnT. (• 
Cliff hansst. New Tswk City, tbs suk right to ustak- 
Uite Agiwi'ba. uo Ills own acensxd. lor thr aale of cu 
Cut Fspee f uterus tkrosgvist tbe filled hteica. 

BAOFSB A BK(>yilKR8. 


M Rxtm Fin* White Wreidirw llrisnsi <"trda Nsw 
b, ScripcTyr* sqnil to at- P-Mru-d Cesd, Savva, 
pwstptld. «KO. I. kem A Xaseail. H. T. 


} 


DECEMBER 31, 1881. 


HARPER’S WEEKLY. 


TastoriA 

OM Or. llUWi'* m»47 Snr 

CUUm i Complaint*. 

LIEBIG COMPANrS EXTRACT 

OK ME VI nSEUT AM’ tfllUPIWr MEAT 
Kl.A’ DltlNii oTi « li FOK BOll'H, MAU< 
IIIAUIB, AMI MAUL- 8 & 

LIEBIG CQIUPANY'S EXTRACT 

OK MEAT. It ln«vln*hle aid pahun 
In aU cam of .rrak .llgeatyxi mil duH 


Ml do Hilly. 


LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT 

OFMKAT. T.>lwl'»d«M*lllheMfc*ov^Ofyc«r^ 
Mini CbcmmU. 5al* Agnate few thet.aUad Malm 
(HlKAmlc oulTi, V IMVU) * CM-, U Mari 
Lane, Lueei.io. EaglMul. 

Redd nhuUaiia In Sea, To* by PARK A T1LP«IHA 
AMHCKBSKti. AlKKK, MKItKALL, * 


THE LAND 

THE MIDNIGHT SUN. 

Suimwr and Winter JourfM-jd tliro-uftL 
Sweden, Korwnj, Lapland, and Nurtli- 
ern Finland. By I’acl B. Dc Ciuille, 
Autlior of “ Explorations in Ki|nut«c- 
bd Africa," “ A Journey to AjJuuigo 
LadJ," '"Stories of tbe Gorilla Coun- 
try," Ac. With Map and 5f:*i» IlKiMia- 
liona. Id Tau Volumea. hvo, Clulli, 
$7 30. 

The pJewrantont and hurt honk «li It'll lia* »*<w 
Wen wriUem, to oar knowl-nlp?, alrnot l He (V’*n- 
diuavian peninanli — /Vdf M*<! PoJ^t, London, 

No a-ritrr baa made travel in rlevulate opum 
more Attrnilirv ; be geiaea »|*od every object of 
Animal ami reputable fife, anil be Juemhea tbe 
cLaelv dcacripiiru ponkeu of the wuik, in which 
naefiaj knowledge la packed with profesiiunal 
skill, with penonal Ui-iulU, anecdote*, ami re- 
marks ilia! rarer tiic Matter on ill an in variably 
pleuibt Coilipaiixeolilp. — .Safr.iftir, Lollilull. 

Tbe gr»u>t bunk of travels of the *ea*ou. It 
in the IIIIMI liunrcaalag work Mr. Du Ohiilln ha» 
jet pulilkaWd. • • • So <•<«* waa «»•»* P u*>tl»be il 
with bit name on tbe tiktofaRX that ««a out 
laborioual r prepared, tmt in tbi» iuntonfn iwnw 
than that >u 'lone. * * * It m uru|tii»lionably tire 
RteatcM and moot oon»|ilc«n l.nik of irmwU that 
hu bran published in many yean. — ,V, )'. Cum. 
merraaf AJttrtUtr. 

Pah JH had by MAKPKK A BRUT* MW. Sew tork. 

rr £mf hi Mil yuecayv j>-cp«lY, U MW, part t/IU 
t’altwf Stain, aa rueyt 0 / Ur prim. 


ODE OHM'S SONGS. 

ILLUSTRATED. 

8*o, Ornitmeutnl Covrr, 91 00. 


A vary full and altogether god adteclkin.— X. T. 


Tbe Inat oitojAUlWa at annp, fa- the children that 

•b.iiru r»id laata. uni Juilgiaanl uf U)a bjettrad ordar. 
—Arm IlNtAnl Irmrv. 

PaMlihed by HARPER A BROTHER. 1 ,, Raw I'm*. 

jy Smf Ay Mil, paa t pai f , oa tmttpt «/ lAa prim. 


HARPER’S PERIODICALS. 

Par I tait 

II »UPEU'B HAM ALIVE. MM 

IIAKPBHS WEEKLY < N 

liAHPElTS Kara II .... AM 

Tba TURER abom pahTcarVoa la a* 

Aay TWO ahnra Dialed . . |R 

lUKI'EKS VOCSU PEOPLE I M 

HARPER'S NaOAUVB I _ — 

IIaRPKBS YtIUNU PHOPLE f * # 

IIAIU'WC* Fit ARK LI V SQt’AKB LIBRARY, 


One Tear (M b uaU> 


HAMPERS FR AMU, til SQUARE LIBRARY: a 
waab’jr pnhleuna. tnnlaltiliiy wh*« of Trarrl, 
Bbrcmplry, UiMeey, Klrsi™. and Pratry, at prkaa 


Hi It PER k 8I10TREJIS, franklin S^rne. I. T. 



(Wrlla fee partknlu* ; i 


rtyoer Mo rev tli,,rvu«hty idnrtcg web whe 

BOYNTONS 

GAS-TIGHT DURABLE FURNACES. 

during the [ra« HR yeara. »rd are in Bed II- 

1 " any rad iim Haw more iki.vot^ cooler diLm- 

enanta lot <u,lii| Id. I toil labar eLui . .r fonraea 

turtvrtly free- b,i: bill ImrtxnenJr popalur 
*i«s nalrcrMtly aaecmlaf. K*wl for cueulira. 

lllfiummoy. BOT.VTOA A CO., Hau.fielatTi t. 
tst Tl.lrr ML. Saw Ta«k, A M Lake MU. thWapa, UL 


HARPER'S CYCLOPEDIA 

itr 

UNITED STATES fflSTORY. 

Hwpti’i 1’iipular Ccclop«<dia of L'nit^l 
.ScaU’v History. From Ui« Alx>ri|i’iiiKl 
PHTiod to 1876. Colilaitiitijt Brief 
•Skib lira uf ImjKi rbiDl Evrtiln mid 
Cwupicuuni Actor*. By Bebsuv J. 
Loamvu, LliiTX Autlior of *Hn Field- 
Book of tlw Ittvolti tion," “H.'ld-lloi'ik 
of tlw War of 1812." Jtc. liluatratod 
l*y Two Stwl-11«te 1'or trail* and over 
1000 ETij-ravinjju 2 vuU., lioyal 8vo, 
ClutU, $12 00. 

The wnck >• eii|iinu>Jy cmletli.lunl with Hlub. 
tratintM at a auriMl ami truthful rliarnrbiv. amutlE 
wliiuli avoerjUi fwrtrwitanf ewr SlllUtrkia* ntatca- 
awn an] nivnla arv Iieeninral, It will lie f . 
pafiilly u lavuralv III fvrr.ili.'i, fumiiliioi a nwJv 

rusptioae tu tit i**i»irwa which onar a> freely 
frevn (he lijw of lf»- inimp, and wlU Ire wljely 
■toefiil mmaiE prufc-ninnal tuen. joiiraalwU. puU 
tic a|H'ik<ev, ami cahers wlu> ilcaire to ot/lutu In- 
furmiitiuu with the least pnadblc delay. It an. 
not (ail to invest the suhiral with a new Imeirat 
and to facilitate the aci|ijiallK« of whit uo Intel- 
ligent nmu Will tic wllkuig l» du wllhniu — a 
kii„w leiige uf tho hlalury uf Ills native uvunt/y. 

— .v. r. vw*. 

Pabllabad by IUUFER A RRUT1I MW, Saw York. 
tW~ Sent by •*!, paaiov* yuvpwtd, U any part tf rAa 
Culrad SuJM an rnwtpr a/ rAe y itr. 


AUTOMATIC 

Oft “HO TKSM0.V * BKW1SU HACULNC. 

ubUi linalloa. Hand-one. raeful 
d Camilla - DUfcra Iron all alh.n. 


KO BETTES 


Wedding or Holiday Gift. 

No Tension, Bobbin or Shuttle. 

NOISKLBSS AS A t'HlHI K MOLKB- 


ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT DANGER 
TO HEALTH. 

A nawicn »r child cab do bettor work 


>o lady careful of health can afford to 
Rue any other. 

Roney pram pel j nenmol If, after btiA, para 


WILLCOX & GIBBS S. M. CO, 

658 Broadway, Now York. 


The Moral Pirates. 

By W. L. ALDEN. 

Illaatralcd. square 1(n*,Clalk,tl 00. 

It ta nf tba rtnea id lliaratma that wilt An tla yontb 
pxti—X }’ CtmmmrM ,*denl»mr. 

FabUabad by (URPKX A DMTIIEII*. Saw t«b. 

tr -Soil by mail, fn-tora prepaid, an rmmpt cf prim. 


BY THE LATE DR. HAYES. 

THE LAND OP DESOLATION: 

IwinR a IVranfial Varrative of Obeervation 
ervl Adventure in fin.i»l»niL Dy Iaaac L 
UaYEa, M.D., AntW o( “The Ojco P«Uf 
Pea," kc. With lllaMratlom. l'Juia, Ckith, 

ft 76. 

FaUUA-d b, lURPUt A KH0TEEEK, Sew Yart. 


ITS POPULARITY IS UMPARALLELEO ? ! 
130.000 SOLI) ! ! ! £ M 

rial woa d eefi .1 «i.-l laenwvkaw 4vman4 fur by flu 
TIIK mwr, moat i-ipilar, oral LflKAl-tHT 

LIFE OF GARFIELD SSEf $2 

Thu WMb h FrafSarlj llla.lrafni. tail* tlrt Hi- 
15 ru rbr.lfrap taury ol Laa e»a(/ul Ufe and mutt 
death ; hi. I .fen mllmllp ter i— eel an m,«W by 

■ " * J " ' ‘ ‘ peraraof baa far 

■raan«e the lor mid ektap- 
— • 1 uf any. 

, 5 Or. 

*. J mbiw'ir«Ke. Habbud'jw.. P^n^Tl’oita. 


300 ;»~j« 


Bj & lats Cutei Forney. 

AKECDOTEB OF PCIILIC HEN. By Jmty W. 

lriai.tr- nr** S«rW*. Itencv Ckith, <2 0 M. 
AKICD 0 TSS OF PUBLIC HEX. By J«nr W 

FulWkY. SraonJ SttSea. I Scno, Ckith, f 2 OJl 

P iMiiM.J by III firm A EUOTELB, Saw Tatk. 

Sr*t tv M»a, ftrpril, an rmaip* 1/ prim. 


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a Dr. CaiaaV »•« Ra-. iem 



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THE AUTOPHONE. 

THIS FTJTK9T 

AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT 

1C Visit OFFERED. 

JiikI the thing tor tbe Holiday*. 

Baud tar Clnalar aa4 Catalecat o* Mu lie, 

AU» THE Al T0P110\E CO., 

ITHACA N. Y. 


GASPER & BROTHERS’ 

LIST OF NEW BOOKS. 


OLIVE* GOLDSMITH'S WO*M EHued by N- 

vea Ctau.munaw.FXA. Trum Nrw Wratnuvim 
Futea. WKb jhtwi.riMe Fuetrvlt. 4 v..l*. ■!>«, 
ci*h, IVi« L-belt. laiUt M|« nud Qlli T-pa, 

*• ey. Luifoiwi nil* the .ken ivVraey Fmfanu ./ 
Jbwanfa". If -nr. IBirdaa, JUaUey, am R.ilniA, ui- 
rimty pwbluhnL 

It 

MANUAL or OBJrcr TEACHING. Wlih lllara 
u-ulve Lraw-vi. In bfelli,^, raid ibe Bekuec .t tiiu- 
ratl.1*. Bf N. A. r.uum Aaibwr at ••Pru.ary 
Ol«>el lemaa,- •'Fb.ailc Ctuew,* ud “ acbwt 
and Family lharu,” Ipahl, L'iKb, S3 *L 
TIL 

CIVIL SERVICE If 
uf Alma, and HaT.u 
AmaHrao FJItlta. 


buu U, Karua. Abe, 


SIR CHRISTOPHER WntN , Ilia Family A*t Ella 

Timaa, vrlib Urlfiual Lraiera «-d a [Hwvorw <« 
ArrhllraUira Kllhen* anuudllticd. IM-L'O. By 
Uo. rmiiiwaan. Wilt Twu llliuUaik.ua. Mu, 
Taper, <w caul* 


HARTER'S POPULAR CYCLOPEDIA OF UNIT- 
ID STATES HISTORY. Fra. IU Aharigma 
IVrlAl In 1»7* I'.nUAniue Brief ah-ulu- of Ini. 

. lain. Dy Hen. 
Kt*l*-E*wik ,if lb* 


*rtal In W!A t iaUAniiu Bi 
Wtniil KtaiiU an* l.'aiuylru,i, 
al J. Laaman. Arun.ie <.f “Th 


tlFiralratail by 1 ^' MmYVTm VultiaiM and uvea 
Umi Kc^m >Dgv. Svola. Bvya] S«a, Clutb, fUrtn. 

THE BOV THAVXLLSRA IN THE FA* EAST. 

ran III. Ailventraaa uf T*r. Y -uiu n, a Jamwrr 
I'lC-rylem Aliil liulla. R'ltb Dcaerlptluaa of lken«^ 
thr ntllpidrw Uanda. ini llairmu Ky Tn„H.s 
W. Kama. Auibra M -TS. V.uaif A t. 

'.’■•larauly lOa-eratad. aro.Onirwei.ini CKnk.taM. 
“ — 1 Kam i J by J VatmOar* in the 


V oifism witl 


rill. 

Till. 


Umu.c'lutfe, stsai 

t HEART OF THE WHITS MOUNTAINS. 


Avu. Chub. *: S*. 

THE CRUISE OF THE 

ifaint’ S|uu. icons Ch 


u FliilMd. lly Fail U. Liu 
M,*- and «U llluKraUvOa. t tuIl, 


CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS; and tbr TrVke id 

Tmpuliwr and Trap Muklmc. CnuMali* Ca.w«era 
beuviae llinl* m Ibrni. Mrlle-r, L-w Sul*. II. r a 
a»M», W.udland Meda nui Bedillug, Dual aud 
SUjt(«>ll'iiia uu Trig- 


CviiM aaAl'.u nf Train n 

alMirl.vi. f„r tlu Capmr. 

allnjtl-lf.r 


THE NEW NOVELS 

HARPBB k BROTHERS, New York. 

TW Qurat lOR id Calm By Mr*, f. c»ui«L Boar. 
A Or«pw Rum a Thorn. By J»n«a Fii«_ McwuCa. 

A lArtdlrewn. By Turn.*, li.anr. With Two Illiu- 
lewUulia. » inula. _ 

Tba Cceuaa nf a Wtaon. By Jy*T 1II JftC.arav. SI eta, 
LDHmvwHI. Dy R. D. Bu<u«* Sb caota. 

Tha MyMetlwuf Huniu Dyka. W canto. 

Tba Banea i.f Yaemw. H) > HiaiaaOiMeM. ttlrawta. 
A Llfha AluotmraL By D. C. Maaa.i. tueanla. 
Ifjl Coaatn tud BrrAe. ByPaacvOaia. m oeuta 
Braptra and Blag. By M It. ttoxvan. Wectila. 

Tim CMtmunlnw By J.uaa Ok. nr. SOceata, 

TIM Fllr.le Snatuey. M mala. 

WJlb Cud*. By Nra. Hawwin. lbcemto. 


PUMWainw 


BiartK k BWfTBtKS, Fiasklte Square, *. f. 


P-,, pud paid H. I. mm A CO., Hawn. K. T. 


A V Intel f n 

CO,Vi Bari~»i 

$s ts $20 iirtiassSiwssisiE 


"* A Vli.lnt f mm Morhef * Grave "d II (Hlur 
l*lv pnpelnr Anny*. arrvnl* md MDI ' 
fne II ramta I'ATTKS A CO .r! Buraia 


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HARPER'S WEEKLY. 


DECEMBER 31. iwi. 



THE POLICEMANS NEW TEAR'S CALL 

*t duee lip BOW, pleato* AU tlw ivwf yrop eAoya *liu( up Inns af"* 


C. G. GUNTHER’S SONS. 

Sfal-Skic Saline* and Cloak*; 
Fnr-Liaea Oanuanta; 

Fnr TrinmuBg*, Muff*, ami Oollan. 

184 Fifth Ave..New York. 


» loforini&se desired, wUI receive 


f Mr.Ju. .A. rruwtts Pro f. 
■ >U>, Itleb'd A. IVar*ww, 

K; ESK 


FRAG KANT S0Z0D0NT 



SOLD DY DKtUUlSIit 



Litlell’s Living Age. 

tun. I, IMS. m Uvim Aua wider* npaa lu IBM 

,ne * 

THREE AND A QUARTER THOURANO 

fl Ii ijii 'i 11 ?* 11 N*»T^S<Snn« , iu'p2A 

*«V a«* aTwiaLTcep IpilJ'oArr 

pwMiraM**.u-n*« »>•*>'. ud 

Mb.il Nlunn, lUuulm cl Tr»»cl t>,| pxoiny. PinrT. 
laaiulc, Ih.grecl.Kat, ItocoMr&l u.1 h ftrn l Mdirtau- 
Ib'i. Ci>mOi»«ilif» !*•<> > "I rirncb I>r»*t.wl Uienetr*. 

It u IMnlm luTUnlU (« frit Awir.i. imki.u 
tbr ... r B£*t»rt,.nly tro.li and L'r >UrU. I H ru*»po*ll- n 
of to ^h^.iWunr., mdupe.a e M* I— 

A BLEST LIVING WRITERS 

la all Am/. of Uimfnn, Maw, reBc**aat Art. 

•• >'• elker pm*fa ..I mo (vwmeeanM Till Ur too Acs 

■ bMnlmfr^v. . .1 otniaNt Ib.iarvi «/ tA. O'.! 

iM At Bj^ayf <jJl>"W ve*»*r* >• «n<A 


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fMpaM*lie,a*nWMWeUwu'rt*t*at 
JVrHlOr*lu*.“-l>»U<i Jtanol 

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SrftSxwss; ~v&5ji£gs&£. 

fgfJJMj' CtMIsST' r *"' Vr,> » ruif “". «r orr.- - — 

"S raiUiu M Ml* lit M t.Od Wmlao. W wbe 

|S^sS 2 t£?- 5 cSS 

■ru at.vo Olf wt*iN VMtfiybt ft N/mmI 

“A nut.'.i It* ...fro ft l«f /tflV c *o«l V*' M 
V cJ*UUa&*a.*--I'Bbt*ugbCkr»- 
* ft kit-f a orrilr ■ AAr df l i , W. ro t Mo f lw R nwb 
k>. 9* tfWop-w n*v>-‘*< ^i«iW.'-eunomU A4- 
M.I- r. ! * ‘r .L 

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SMOKE MARSHALL’S 

PREPARED CUBEB CIGARETTES, 

For Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Asthma, 
Hay Fever, Throat Diseases, &o. 

y ( Sold by all Druggists ; or MJid 25 ccuU For auiuf.le box l»y luiul, l<> 

JAMES B. HOHNER, 60 Maiden Lane. Now York. D. S. A. 

Model Wetting Toy liaglnr* and |..ru 

U't. ortul InelM, Klj.tro, I'oUr**. 3 , At., 
»ll n»fn piece m ikC u. 1 , jl.d lu o oik lux «nn. 
by anil for (I a« 

Xtor.lWaAJRUc lot Ifcl J, lit lUiwlr.l m*. 

H. If I A INHIUWBL.Y.1. 

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O LT'c Profitable to Everybody J-J A 

Flower*. ISTEHE8TED IN Cotton. 

O Orchard*, Cattle, Bheep, Poultry. Building*, 

Lawns. Horae*. Swine. Bats, Dairying, 

HOUSO- / City, Vlllairr. 4 oeanlry l YOUth & 

O keepers,} y ’ K • * 1 f Children. 

BEST RURAL and FAMILY JOURNAL in the WORLO 1 

q American Agriculturist, Q 

an n.mrd 40 yum e#<>, <*heo Hanoi aa a Hand .innrml. bat bow <nl*ts"l m «»- 

O boe- lb* wkolo nine* of traun labor Uilan. i.ul llluatraKd <*ilb atoul 

\ Thousand Original CngrnTing* Q 

■oaMO«4i^md^fr«lMr Wot* . do* Eagriflta* of Aalmala, riaata. flower*. Implrweaaa. 


•MOiitMt liHlnirWitt, I 

«»". uulboUlUif*. » lit Uiui< plculnr. liuirvtKr IKiwuiw t miu* mi OU...'. f all • 

I .Mod I'seful Intbriunt ion, 

f V.tlmr (rliliuat grttlox saay If lit* aad bixfcr*ll’.ii* Uiai « ||| fact) ttcbly* repay Ibr .unit cm*1. 

.Tinny lltiinbiigR Eipeied.-f^ 1 

. rtpcvul lotMlltilr* <« Rumbltt* tot Mwlutaux Brb.n*r«. atal Uiu* u 
| nr IK. I Ur*. TV** ariU 6* rlp*r*o«l t /nlVurnf uf d.iri.y IM|. 

DiatiiiffuiNhcd t onlrllhutor**: 

I all part* W U*o cotatfy, Uo loOavlax am amrag Uc Harris I tasirlbaiam i 


ir Amt titan Agrint- 
M hu (oaM«mly larmlltciirC *ut 

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fe* Atncua >*.!.’ C i lW a r* . ale. 

•• a! LMaitrfc S.S VrlrlTu* !y Ci.ti. 

I W.r. ,.. aS r. Jg. in. 

’ - Jana* Law, do. VM> Dat- 

“ W./.KMl.MIrb. AgrtcDllural Coll. 
•• a. J Cock. do. dj. 


Floreston-SS-rr 

Cologne, 

All F»rnr." ■>. N;*b-r*. flu* nn«, Xn. M or tin u - 
». Ac.wB.i are t rod -i' by work or worry, ud all 
hn *f aiunrablo wKB PyRRlW. RaoaiBatlaaB. 
oor ilri*. nr Onvid. KiBnay cr Uter ComiBalwa,^ 


PARKER’S GINGER TONIC 


Ulucrr Tunic lll*> groueK a - od rwrt Jutw and ih< 
Drat Health * fitnagtk RtaUrt r ,N Caa l >-. 

•nl tir ranwtar tn UUI -r>. as>l outer Tonic*, y* B 

^'c?%sjssssaau& 


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acini r.»rrj w nerr, un city, *u>« xrt.rd* u,r br*t Rrn**>A-*i *t>- 
plUorra. anuu. aw.. Ihr *«rur»« AnarcciTi aiat u wdayo-d l* tto wkaU coaniry. KA-T. 

i WENT, MINTH. HOUTTI. atd «i accoaM «f X* rarmlnn. ta«iow,a*Ua. 

I lu-iuu-Vu* rlpunrra.rtr., H»K 
' manytdbar Jcnrnala ore lakeo. 1 

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tooe 8pe<i€KD Copy acat t>ua| paid for 10 ocnlil. 

| Premium, to Clabae-^^n-J-^.js^ 

tan, or atom aabaerlfdltaa. tW Illax rated iVnuam UNamt [m! piU w alloatmi u. 


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Antique Furniture. Clocks, 
Bronzes, China. &c.. &c. 

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PrinL^Your Own£J»t 

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KKIAAT* I rni . lfrUea.toaa. 

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TW IN KS AND N ETTING, 

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Seprrtrr BolU U*al ’ 

Hllver ruled pie. Butler, Table, Detaert. 
aad Tea Ealrca, In Xalrli. 

ALFORD, WARD & DAVENPORT. 

65 ciuxbcils sr M n:w yokv. 


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nilimWATISM AND COPT rkrat by 

DKAN’B MlIRt'XATir I'll t.«. 

Of allDraegtrla tl U*. * Hn*. IhalljmiBnn 
ul yika.bg t. S. Ulttmloa, IIS TbIIm *tl 


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I Mr Ealfr. tf.N « Tahir Kalin*. M.M 

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< I. a lalm. LM *r aay part U a pwa mt a. 

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By CHARI.BR DICKERS. 

II.I.I bllt.VI I.U. 

! r«k. la «or. lino, Hair Lealher, «0 eesta. 
rubllahed by lUKrEB * BBOTBEU, Tea York. 

A pmfra tl, m rtmtfl nftht prtm. 

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